California's 34th congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in

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. Located in

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, the district is represented by Democrat

Jimmy Gomez Jimmy Gomez (born November 25, 1974) is an American politician serving as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for since 2017. His district includes the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, Eagle Rock ...

. Its previous U.S. representative, Democrat Xavier Becerra of

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, resigned January 24, 2017, to become attorney general of California. Representative Gomez won a

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on June 6, 2017, beating fellow Democrat Robert Lee Ahn to replace Becerra. He was later sworn in as the district's U.S. representative on July 11, 2017. The district is almost entirely within the City of Los Angeles and includes the following neighborhoods in Central,

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, and

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: Boyle Heights,

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, City Terrace, Cypress Park,

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, Eagle Rock, El Sereno, Garvanza, Glassell Park, Highland Park,

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, Little Bangladesh, Little Tokyo, Lincoln Heights, Montecito Heights, Monterey Hills, Mount Washington, and Westlake.

Recent election results from statewide races

Composition

Under the 2020 redistricting, California's 34th congressional district is located in

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, taking up an area almost entirely within the City of Los Angeles. It includes the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Boyle Heights, Lincoln Heights, Naud Junction, El Sereno, Highland Park, Glassell Park, Mount Washington, Eagle Rock, Garvanza, Pico-Union,

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, Westlake,

, Elysian Park, Montecito Heights, and Cypress Park; as well as the census-designated place

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. Los Angeles County is split between this district, the 28th district, the 30th district, the 37th district, the 38th district, and the 42nd district. The 34th and 28th are partitioned by Colorado Blvd, Lantana Dr, Church St, Adelaide Pl, Highway 110, N Huntingdon Dr, S Winchester Ave, Valley Blvd, Laguna Channel, Highway 710, l-10 Express Ln, Rollins Dr, Floral Dr, E Colonia, Belvedere Park, Highway 60, S Atlantic Blvd, and Pomona Blvd. The 34th, 37th and 30th are partitioned by S Alameda St, E 7th St, Harbor Freeway, Highway 10, S Normandie Ave, W Pico Blvd, Crenshaw Blvd, Wilshire Blvd, S Van Ness Ave, S Wilton Pl, N Wilton Pl, Beverly Blvd, N Western Ave, Melrose Ave, Hollywood Freeway, Douglas St, Lilac Ter, N Boylston St, Academy Rd, Pasadena Freeway, Highway 5, Duvall St, Blake Ave, Fernleaf St, Crystal St, Blake Ave, Meadowvale Ave, Los Angeles, Benedict St, N Coolidge Ave, Glendale Freeway, Roswell St, Delay Dr, Fletcher Dr, Southern Pacific Railroad, S Glendale Ave, Vista Superba Dr, Verdugo Rd, Plumas St, Carr Park, Harvey Dr, and Eagle Rock Hilside Park. The 34th, 38th and 42nd are partitioned by S Gerhart Ave, Simmons Ave, Dewar Ave, W Beverly Blvd, Repetto Ave, Allston St, S Concourse Ave, Ferguson Dr, Simmons Ave/S Gerhart Ave, Highway 72, Goodrich Blvd, Telegraph Rd, S Marianna Ave, Noakes St, S Bonnie Beach Pl, Union Pacific Ave, S Indiana St, Union Pacific Railroad, Holabird Ave, S Grande Vista Ave, AT & SF Railway, Harriet St, and E 25th St.

Cities and CDPs with 10,000 or more people

– 3,820,914 *

– 118,786

List of members representing the district

Election results

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Historical district boundaries

From 2003 through 2013, the district consisted of parts of downtown

, including Downey, Bellflower and Maywood. Due to

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after the 2010 United States census, the district pivoted north east within

and still includes downtown

and areas north east.

References

External links

California's 34th congressional district
GovTrack.US
California Voter Foundation map - CD34
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