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California's 17th congressional district

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Current Representative
  
Ro Khanna (D–Fremont)

Cook PVI
  
D+20

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Ethnicity
  
26.8% White2.4% Black49.7% Asian17.5% Hispanic3.7% other

California's 17th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California that is currently represented by Ro Khanna. The district is located in the South San Francisco Bay Area, the heart of Silicon Valley. The district includes parts of Alameda County and the East Bay. It encompasses the cities of Sunnyvale, Cupertino, Santa Clara, Fremont, Newark, North San Jose, and Milpitas. The district also includes Santa Clara University, Apple Inc, Intel Corp., Yahoo, and eBay.

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From 2003 to 2013, the district covered all of Monterey and San Benito counties, as well as part of Santa Cruz County. It included all of the coastal communities surrounding Monterey Bay, the city of Salinas, as well as the vast majority of the Salinas River Valley.

1942 (Special)

Democrat Cecil R. King won the special election to replace fellow Democrat Lee E. Geyer, who died in office. Data for this special election is not available.

Living former Members

As of January 2017, there are six former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 17th congressional district that are currently living. The most recent representative to die was John Hans Krebs (1975-1979) on November 10, 2014.

References

California's 17th congressional district Wikipedia