California's 48th congressional district

California's 48th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since 2023 (Used in the 2022 elections)
Representative	Darrell Issa R–San Diego
Population (2022)	766,556
Median household income	$105,095[1]
Ethnicity	53.3% White 29.4% Hispanic 6.9% Asian 5.4% Two or more races 3.1% Black 1.0% Native American 0.9% other
Cook PVI	R+9[2]
Created	1993

California's 48th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California based in San Diego County in Southern California as well as Murrieta and Temecula in southwestern Riverside County. It is currently represented by Republican Darrell Issa.

From 2013 to 2023, the district included Costa Mesa, Emerald Bay, Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach, Laguna Niguel, Newport Beach, Seal Beach, Sunset Beach and parts of Garden Grove, Midway City, Aliso Viejo, Santa Ana and Westminster.^[3] It was very competitive and had recently been won by each of the two main parties. In the 2018 House elections, Democrat Harley Rouda became the district's representative, defeating incumbent Republican Dana Rohrabacher.^[4] Rouda was then defeated by Republican Michelle Steel in the 2020 elections.

From 2003 to 2013, the district included the cities of Aliso Viejo, Dana Point, Irvine, Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Lake Forest (formerly known as El Toro), Tustin, parts of Irvine and parts of Newport Beach and San Juan Capistrano.