- Lead
- 36,335
- Total
- 155,347
- vs nation
- D+24.9
California 29th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 68,477
- Total
- 172,566
- vs nation
- D+35.2
- Lead
- 55,497
- Total
- 137,290
- vs nation
- D+38.3
- Lead
- 45,967
- Total
- 126,616
- vs nation
- D+32.4
- Lead
- 49,542
- Total
- 132,712
- vs nation
- D+30.1
- Lead
- 28,943
- Total
- 126,037
- vs nation
- D+25.4
- Lead
- 23,500
- Total
- 115,715
- vs nation
- D+19.8
- Lead
- 18,565
- Total
- 106,079
- vs nation
- D+9.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+23.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 499,6342024 5-year
- Population density
- 178 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 2,803 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $98,5512024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 18.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 72.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+45.3 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+49.4 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Assembly District 53, CA · twin score 96.2
presidential history
Party record book
California 29th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
68.8%
118,697 votes · D+39.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 67.6%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
67.5%
6,249 votes · R+41.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 63.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
118,697votes
68.8% of the vote · D+39.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 93,557 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
57,222votes
36.8% of the vote · D+23.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 54,403 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Hillary Clinton2016
+38.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+40.4 · U.S. D+2.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +35.2 pts
Republican
Calvin Coolidge1924
+24.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+49.4 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · +16.3 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | D | 74.7%81,400 | 25.3%27,532 | 108,932 |
| 2018 | D | 93.8%116,916 | 6.2%7,766 | 124,682 |
California 29th State House District sits in the Pacific Coast. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 45.3 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 49.4 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 16.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 23.4 points.
A population of 499,634, a 19% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $98,551 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Assembly District 53 and Assembly District 62.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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California 29th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/06029/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.