California's 48th Congressional District

Republican John Campbell has represented the district in the U.S. House Of Representatives since the special election of December 7 , 2005 . He replaced Chris Cox who had resigned on August 2 , 2005 to become chairman of the Securities And Exchange Commission .

ELECTION RESULTS

2005

	party	Republican Party (United States)
	candidate	John Campbell
	votes	41,450
	percentage	447
	change	-203

	party	Democratic Party (United States)
	candidate	Steve Young
	votes	25,926
	percentage	280
	change	-42

	party	Constitution Party (United States)
	candidate	Jim Gilchrist
	votes	23,237
	percentage	251
	change	+251

	party	Libertarian Party (United States)
	candidate	Bruce Cohen (politician)
	votes	880
	percentage	09
	change	-19

	votes	15,524
	percentage	167

votes

93,138

	winner	Republican Party (United States)
	swing	-81

2004

	party	Republican Party (United States)
	candidate	Christopher Cox
	votes	189,004
	percentage	650
	change	-35

	party	Democratic Party (United States)
	candidate	John Graham
	votes	93,525
	percentage	322
	change	+38

	party	Libertarian Party (United States)
	candidate	Bruce Cohen (politician)
	votes	8,343
	percentage	28
	change	-03

	votes	95,479
	percentage	328

votes

290,872

	winner	Republican Party (United States)
	swing	-37

2002

	party	Republican Party (United States)
	candidate	Christopher Cox
	votes	120,643
	percentage	685
	change	+28

	party	Democratic Party (United States)
	candidate	John Graham
	votes	50,056
	percentage	284
	change	-27

	party	Libertarian Party (United States)
	candidate	Joe Michael Cobb
	votes	5,495
	percentage	31
	change	+02

	votes	70,587
	percentage	401

votes

176,194

	winner	Republican Party (United States)
	swing	+28

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