# How many of California's federal representatives to the house are republicans now **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 13, 2018, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-californias-federal-representatives-to-the-house-are-republicans-now/824437 "2018-11-13T00:19:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-californias-federal-representatives-to-the-house-are-republicans-now/824437/1 "2018-11-13T00:19:14Z")
They have 53 representatives. I know there are a few elections outstanding, but how many of those 53 reps from California are republicans now? I think it is only around ~10 at this point, and they may even lose some of those as the ballots keep coming in. Does anyone know? I’m wondering if after all the ballots are counted, as few as 6 of those 53 will be republicans. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-californias-federal-representatives-to-the-house-are-republicans-now/824437/2 "2018-11-13T00:42:49Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > I’m wondering if after all the ballots are counted, as few as 6 of those 53 will be republicans. What, you’re trying to beat the spread? 😉 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-californias-federal-representatives-to-the-house-are-republicans-now/824437/3 "2018-11-13T00:54:03Z")
Apparently, somewhere between 9 and 12, depending on the result in some races where the vote hasn’t been decided yet. The article below is as of Wednesday. Does anyone have more recent results?: > **[California Republicans in danger of hitting new lows](https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/11/07/house-of-representatives-democrats-lead-in-half-of-contested-california-races/)** > > If Democrats win five of six contested California House races, Republican caucus would dwindle to single digits. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-californias-federal-representatives-to-the-house-are-republicans-now/824437/4 "2018-11-13T00:57:28Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > Apparently, somewhere between 9 and 12, depending on the result in some races where the vote hasn’t been decided yet. The article below is as of Wednesday. Does anyone have more recent results?: > > [California Republicans in danger of hitting new lows](https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/11/07/house-of-representatives-democrats-lead-in-half-of-contested-california-races/) > [@](#): > > And while Democrats didn’t need California to clinch control of the House of Representatives from Republicans, two vulnerable GOP House seats in the state flipped to Democrats by Wednesday afternoon, with four more still locked in races that were still too close to call. Wouldn’t that make it 7 to 11 GOP reps? I thought the GOP only had 13/53 seats before the 2018 election. They’ve already lost 2 and I don’t think they gained any D seats. ---
**Author:** ![TSBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-californias-federal-representatives-to-the-house-are-republicans-now/824437/5 "2018-11-13T00:59:14Z")
Here’s a roundup from the LA Times. They’ll give you a few free article views before paywalling. > **[Newsletter: Essential Politics: In California's House races, the vote tallies...](https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-20181112-story.html)** > > As election day’s frenzy finally faded, California officials estimated close to 4.5 million ballots that were uncounted. TL;DR no more than 11, possibly as few as 6. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-californias-federal-representatives-to-the-house-are-republicans-now/824437/6 "2018-11-13T01:01:08Z")
But as long as Devin Nunes is among them, we are still not safe. ---
**Author:** ![Frankenstein\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ccd318/32.png) [@Frankenstein\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frankenstein_Monster)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-californias-federal-representatives-to-the-house-are-republicans-now/824437/7 "2018-11-13T01:12:04Z")
Both [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_California#2003%E2%80%93present:_53_seats) and [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/California_elections,_2018#U.S._House) show 8 Republicans and 3 TBD. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-californias-federal-representatives-to-the-house-are-republicans-now/824437/8 "2018-11-13T01:33:27Z")
Zero seats flipped to red. Three seats flipped to blue. The three TBD seats are currently red, only one of which will probably flip. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-californias-federal-representatives-to-the-house-are-republicans-now/824437/9 "2018-11-13T02:01:50Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > But as long as Devin Nunes is among them, we are still not safe. [Moderator Note] Let’s keep the political jabs out of General Questions. > [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > What, you’re trying to beat the spread? 😉 Also, please hold the joke answers until some real answers have been given. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![TSBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-californias-federal-representatives-to-the-house-are-republicans-now/824437/10 "2018-11-13T02:06:07Z")
Based on the LAT article, there are 14 R seats. Three have flipped, leaving 11. Four are still too close to call–so my bad on the math in my prior post. So possibly as few as 7. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-californias-federal-representatives-to-the-house-are-republicans-now/824437/11 "2018-11-13T03:15:40Z")
> [@Frankenstein\_Monster](#): > > Both [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_California#2003%E2%80%93present:_53_seats) and [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/California_elections,_2018#U.S._House) show 8 Republicans and 3 TBD. Thank you for that. I miscounted, there were 14 GOP reps before the election, not 13. Three were flipped (25th, 48th, 49th), 3 are TBD (10th, 39th, 45th). So there will be 8-11. ---
**Author:** ![TSBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-californias-federal-representatives-to-the-house-are-republicans-now/824437/12 "2018-11-13T04:02:40Z")
Again, LAT suggests there are still 4 possible flips. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-californias-federal-representatives-to-the-house-are-republicans-now/824437/13 "2018-11-13T05:31:27Z")
> [@TSBG](#): > > Again, LAT suggests there are still 4 possible flips. Again, there are only three now as shown in the Wikipedia link. Mike Levin was declared the winner earlier today for Issa’s former seat. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-californias-federal-representatives-to-the-house-are-republicans-now/824437/14 "2018-11-13T17:26:35Z")
> [@TSBG](#): > > Again, LAT suggests there are still 4 possible flips. One of those was the 49th, and that has now been called for the Democrat. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-californias-federal-representatives-to-the-house-are-republicans-now/824437/15 "2018-11-14T03:16:08Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > Thank you for that. I miscounted, there were 14 GOP reps before the election, not 13. > > Three were flipped (25th, 48th, 49th), 3 are TBD (10th, 39th, 45th). > > So there will be 8-11. [https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Democrat-Harder-ousts-California-GOP-US-Rep-13389838.php](https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Democrat-Harder-ousts-California-GOP-US-Rep-13389838.php) The 10th just officially flipped! ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-californias-federal-representatives-to-the-house-are-republicans-now/824437/16 "2018-11-14T04:22:19Z")
The SFGate is annoying about their paywall - could not read just one article. Here is a recent LA Times [article](http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-california-house-ballots-20181113-story.html). > [@](#): > > If Republicans lose all six contests, they will be left with just eight of the state’s 53 House seats and neither of its two U.S. Senate seats. > > The four House defeats, combined with the party’s routinely dismal results in races for state office, have already prompted a reckoning among Republican leaders trying to come to grips with the GOP’s seemingly unstoppable decline in California. > > “The California Republican Party isn’t salvageable at this time,” Kristin Olsen, a former Assembly GOP leader, wrote Tuesday on the CalMatters website. “The Grand Old Party is dead — partly because it has failed to separate itself from today’s toxic, national brand of Republican politics.” Four of the six seats have been flipped. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-californias-federal-representatives-to-the-house-are-republicans-now/824437/17 "2018-11-16T02:05:37Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > Thank you for that. I miscounted, there were 14 GOP reps before the election, not 13. > > Three were flipped (25th, 48th, 49th), 3 are TBD (10th, 39th, 45th). > > So there will be 8-11. > [@hajario](#): > > [https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Democrat-Harder-ousts-California-GOP-US-Rep-13389838.php](https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Democrat-Harder-ousts-California-GOP-US-Rep-13389838.php) > > The 10th just officially flipped! And the 45th has now flipped. It’s right in the middle of Orange County. [Democrat Katie Porter flips U.S. House seat in California's Reagan country, beats GOP incumbent Mimi Walters](https://apnews.com/ea379b7d1e9641a18537ea14c27125a9) ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-californias-federal-representatives-to-the-house-are-republicans-now/824437/18 "2018-11-16T02:10:53Z")
All we have left is the 39th. Out of almost 199k votes cast, they are separated by 122 votes. The Republican is ahead. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-californias-federal-representatives-to-the-house-are-republicans-now/824437/19 "2018-11-16T03:32:43Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > All we have left is the 39th. Out of almost 199k votes cast, they are separated by 122 votes. The Republican is ahead. Down to 48 as of [5pm today](https://vote.sos.ca.gov/returns/us-rep/district/39).With quite a few [uncounted](https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/statewide-elections/2018-general/unprocessed-ballots-report.pdf) ballots in LA, Orange and San Bernadino counties. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-californias-federal-representatives-to-the-house-are-republicans-now/824437/20 "2018-11-16T04:35:11Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > Down to 48 as of [5pm today](https://vote.sos.ca.gov/returns/us-rep/district/39).With quite a few [uncounted](https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/statewide-elections/2018-general/unprocessed-ballots-report.pdf) ballots in LA, Orange and San Bernadino counties. Gil Cisneros is now in the lead. Edit: by a thousand votes? wow. Could’ve sworn his lead was only a few hundred votes not long ago. Looks like 8 republicans, 45 democrats in the house from California. Nice. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-californias-federal-representatives-to-the-house-are-republicans-now/824437.md?page=2)