U.S. Congress

U.S. House of Representatives, 48th District


Candidate Last Report Total Raised Total Spent Debt Cash-on-Hand Net COH
headshot Stephen Houlahan (D)
Registered Nurse
03-31-24 $18,642.44 $17,746.10 $0.00 $7,924.45 $7,924.45
headshot Darrell Issa* (R)
Representative, U.S. Congress
03-31-24 $950,390.91 $526,428.75 $5,081,387.99 $1,178,273.03 -$3,903,114.96
* = Incumbent(s)
Current Registration Data (As of February 2024)
Total Voters DEM REP OTHER MARGIN
475,029 29.95% 40.86% 29.19% R +10.92%
Candidate Performance
Election DEM REP Margin Turnout
2022 Gubernatorial Newsom - 38.1% Dahle - 61.9% R +23.8% N/A
2020 Presidential Biden - 42.7% Trump - 55.0% R +12.30% N/A
2018 Gubernatorial Newsom - 38.3% Cox - 61.7% R +23.40% N/A
2016 Presidential Clinton - 37.2% Trump - 57.1% R +19.90% N/A
Census Data (Voting Age Population)
Total Population Total White Hispanic Black Asian Native Pacific
758,617 53.3% 29.4% 4.9% 10.2% 4.2% 1.0%

2024 Primary Election Results (March 5, 2024)
Name Votes Vote % Vote Share
Darrell Issa (R) 111,510 62.36%
Stephen Houlahan (D) 26,601 14.88%
Whitney Shanahan (D) 21,819 12.2%
Mike Simon (D) 12,950 7.24%
Matthew Rascon (D) 3,988 2.23%
Luncinda KWH Jahn (DTS) 1,959 1.1%
2022 General Election Results (November 8, 2022)
Name Votes Vote % Vote Share
Darrell Issa (R) 155,171 60.36%
Stephen Houlahan (D) 101,900 39.64%
2022 Primary Election Results (June 7, 2022)
Name Votes Vote % Vote Share
Darrell Issa (R) 101,280 61.52%
Stephen Houlahan (D) 45,740 27.79%
Matthew Rascon (DTS) 14,983 9.1%
Lucinda Jahn (DTS) 2,614 1.59%