California's 15th congressional district

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California's 15th congressional district is a U.S. House district in California’s San Francisco Bay Area that has historically been a Democratic-leaning, urban-suburban seat.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States congressional district
abbreviation CA-15
apportionmentBasis decennial United States census
category United States congressional districts in California
surface form: Congressional districts of California

San Francisco Bay Area politics
United States congressional districts in California
surface form: United States House districts in California
characteristic urban-suburban
contains parts of San Francisco Peninsula
parts of San Mateo County
country United States of America
surface form: United States
createdFor 78th United States Congress
creationYear 1943
currentRepresentative Kevin Mullen
surface form: Kevin Mullin
currentRepresentativeParty Democratic Party
electoralCollegeRole no direct role
elects one member of the United States House of Representatives
federalLevel House district
governingDocument United States Constitution
governmentalJurisdiction federal
hasElectionCycle biennial elections
hasRepresentationType single-member district
hasVoterRegistrationTendency Democratic majority or plurality
higherLevelDivision California, United States
surface form: California
historicalCharacteristic Democratic-leaning seat
urban-suburban seat
language English
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
levelOfUrbanization high
locatedIn San Francisco Bay Area
lowerHouse United States Congress
partOf California's 15th congressional district self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bay Area congressional districts

California congressional delegation
party Democratic Party
Democratic Party
politicalLeaning Democratic-leaning
previouslyRepresented California's 15th congressional district self-linksurface differs
previousRepresentative Eric Swalwell
primarySystem nonpartisan blanket primary (top-two primary)
redistrictedIn 2020s redistricting cycle
region Northern California
representedIn 118th United States Congress
represents California's 15th congressional district self-linksurface differs
state California, United States
surface form: California
timeZone Pacific Time Zone
typicalOutcome won by Democratic candidates
usesBallotLanguage English
votingSystem first-past-the-post

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Norman Mineta representedDistrict California's 15th congressional district
Ashland representedIn California's 15th congressional district
subject surface form: Ashland, California
Kensington federalRepresentation California's 15th congressional district
subject surface form: Kensington, California
this entity surface form: United States House of Representatives California district (East Bay)
California's 15th congressional district represents California's 15th congressional district self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Kevin Mullin
California's 15th congressional district previouslyRepresented California's 15th congressional district self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Eric Swalwell
California's 15th congressional district partOf California's 15th congressional district self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bay Area congressional districts