| State: | California |
| District Number: | 46 |
| Image Caption: | Interactive map of district boundaries from January 3, 2023 |
| Residence: | Santa Ana |
| Population: | 746,079 |
| Population Year: | 2023[1] |
| Median Income: | $81,916[2] |
| Percent White: | 14.8 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 65.2 |
| Percent Black: | 1.8 |
| Percent Asian: | 15.4 |
| Percent More Than One Race: | 1.9 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.9 |
| Cpvi: | D+15[3] |
California's 46th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California.
It has been represented by Democrat Lou Correa since 2017, when he succeeded Loretta Sanchez, who retired to run for the U.S. Senate. The district is based in Orange County and includes the communities of Anaheim, Santa Ana, and Stanton, as well as parts of Orange and Fullerton. It is both the most Democratic-leaning and most Latino congressional district in Orange County.
The congressional district contains the theme park Disneyland and Angel Stadium.
From 2003 to 2013 the district covered part of Los Angeles County and Orange County. It included Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa and Rancho Palos Verdes.
| Election results from statewide races | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Office | Results |
| 1992 | President[4] | Bush 39.9% – 37.1% |
| Senator[5] | Herschensohn 53.1% – 36.2% | |
| Senator (Special) | Seymour 45.7% – 42.6% | |
| 1994 | Governor[6] | Wilson 60.1% – 34.1% |
| Senator[7] | Huffington 54.2% – 33.2% | |
| 1996 | President[8] | Clinton 48.3% – 40.8% |
| 1998 | Governor[9] | Davis 55.9% - 39.6% |
| Senator[10] | Boxer 49.9% – 44.2% | |
| 2000 | President[11] | Gore 54.1% – 42.3% |
| Senator[12] | Feinstein 49.9% – 44.2% | |
| 2002 | Governor[13] | Simon 55.8% – 36.4% |
| 2003 | Recall[14] [15] | align="right" Yes 70.0% – 30.0% |
| Schwarzenegger 62.2% – 17.8% | ||
| 2004 | President[16] | Bush 56.9% – 41.6% |
| Senator[17] | Jones 48.6% – 45.5% | |
| 2006 | Governor[18] | Schwarzenegger 68.9% – 26.3% |
| Senator[19] | Feinstein 47.9% – 47.1% | |
| 2008 | President[20] | McCain 49.8% – 48.0% |
| 2010 | Governor[21] | Whitman 55.8% – 38.8% |
| Senator[22] | Fiorina 56.4% – 38.4% | |
| 2012 | President[23] | Obama 61.4% – 36.2% |
| Senator[24] | Feinstein 63.0% – 37.0% | |
| 2014 | Governor[25] | Brown 59.5% – 40.5% |
| 2016 | President[26] | Clinton 66.3% – 27.9% |
| Senator[27] | Sanchez 58.7% – 41.3% | |
| 2018 | Governor[28] | Newsom 63.8% – 36.2% |
| Lieutenant Governor[29] | Hernandez 52.8% – 47.2% | |
| Secretary of State | Padilla 67.1% – 32.9% | |
| Controller | Yee 67.0% – 33.0% | |
| Treasurer | Ma 65.9% – 34.1% | |
| Attorney General | Becerra 66.2% – 33.8% | |
| Insurance Commissioner | Lara 59.9% – 40.1% | |
| Board of Equalization, 4th District | Schaefer 63.4% – 36.6% | |
| Senator[30] | Feinstein 52.8% – 47.2% | |
| 2020 | President[31] | Biden 64.3% – 33.5% |
| 2021 | Recall[32] | align="right" No 64.3% – 35.7% |
| 2022 | Governor[33] | Newsom 59.6% - 40.4% |
| Senator[34] | Padilla 60.6% - 39.4% | |
| Senator (Special)[35] | Padilla 60.4% – 39.6% | |
Orange County is split between this district, the 40th district, the 45th district, and the 47th district. The 46th and 40th are partitioned by E La Palma Ave, E Jackson Ave, E Frontera St, Santa Ana River, Riverside Freeway, Costa Mesa Freeway, N Tustin St, E Meats Ave, N Orange Olive Rd, Garden Grove Freeway, 16909 Donwest-16791 E Main St, E Chestnut Ave, 16282 E Main St-717 S Lyon St, E McFadden Ave, Warner Ave, and Red Hill Ave.
The 46th, 45th, and 47th are partitioned by Red Hill Ave, E Alton Parkway, Costa Mesa Freeway, Sunflower Ave, Harbor Blvd, MacArthur Blvd, Santa Ana River, W Lehnhardt Ave, Gloxinia Ave, Lilac Way, Edinger Ave, Pebble Ct, 10744 W Lehnhardt Ave-10726 Kedge Ave, 724 S Sail St-5641 W Barbette Ave-407 S Starboard St, Starboard St/S Cooper St, Taft St, Hazard Ave, N Euclid St, Westminster Ave, Clinton St, 14300 Clinton St-1001 Mar Les Dr, Mar Les Dr, 2729 Huckleberry Rd, N Fairview St, Fairview St, 13462 Garden Grove Blvd-13252 Marty Ln, Townley St/Siemon Ave, W Garden Grove Blvd, S Lewis St, W Chapman Ave, E Simmons Ave, S Haster St, Ascot Dr, W Orangewood Ave, S 9th St, 2209 S Waverly Dr-11751 S Waverly Dr, Euclid St, Haven Ln, W Dudley Ave, S Euclid St, Katella Ave, Dale St, Rancho Alamitos High School, Orangewood Ave, Barber City Channel, Arrowhead St, Del Rey Dr, Westcliff Dr, Lampson Ave, Fern St, Garden Glove Blvd, Union Pacific Railroad, 7772 W Chapman Ave-Bently Ave, Highway 39, Western Ave, Stanton Storm Channel, Knott Ave, 6970 Via Kannela-6555 Katella Ave, Cerritos Ave, 10490 Carlotta Ave-Ball Rd, John Beat Park, S Knott Ave, Solano Dr, Monterra Way, Campesina Dr, Holder Elementary School, W Orange Ave, 6698 Via Riverside Way-Orangeview Junior High School, W Lincoln Ave, 195 N Western Ave-298 N Western Ave, 3181 W Coolidge Ave-405 N Dale St, W Crescent Ave, N La Reina St, W La Palma Ave, Boisseranc Park, I-5 HOV Lane, Orangethorpe Ave, Fullerton Creek, Whitaker St, Commonwealth Ave, Los Angeles County Metro, W Malvern Ave, W Chapman Ave, E Chapman Ave, S Placentia Ave, Kimberly Ave, E Orangethorpe Ave, and 2500 E Terrace St-Highway 57.
The 46th district takes in the cities of Santa Ana, Stanton, most of Anaheim, southern Fullerton, and western Orange.
| Member | Party | Dates | Cong ress(es) | Electoral history | Counties | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created January 3, 1993 | ||||||||
| align=left | Bob Dornan [36] | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Lost re-election. | 1993–2003 Orange (Garden Grove, Santa Ana) | ||
| align=left | Loretta Sanchez | . | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003 | Elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Redistricted to the . | ||
| align=left | Dana Rohrabacher [37] | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the . | 2003–2013 Los Angeles (Long Beach, Palos Verdes), Orange (Huntington Beach) | ||
| align=left | Loretta Sanchez [38] | . | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. | 2013–2023 Orange County (Anaheim and Santa Ana) | |
| Lou Correa [39] | Democratic | January 3, 2017 – present | Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024. | |||||
| 2023–present Orange County (Anaheim and Santa Ana) | ||||||||
The 2003–2013 iteration of the district was commonly considered[40] to be typical of gerrymandering. It covered some or all of the following cities in Orange County: Costa Mesa, Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach, Los Alamitos, Seal Beach, and Westminster. In Los Angeles County, the district covered Rancho Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, Palos Verdes Estates part of Long Beach, and a very small portion of the San Pedro neighborhood of the City of Los Angeles, and Santa Catalina Island, on which Avalon was the only city. The district also included the whole of the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
Due to redistricting after the 2010 United States census, the district moved East to parts of Orange County such as Anaheim and Santa Ana.