CA-43
California District 43
Tue, Nov 3 · Seat held by Maxine Waters Democratic since Jan 1991
Cristian MoralesRepublicanMaxine WatersDemocratic · IncumbentAge 88 · 35 years in Congress
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Maxine Waters (D) 75.1, Steve Williams (R) 24.9
- Last election
- Maxine Waters (Democratic) won by 50.2 points, 2024
- Margin since 2022
- 4.4 points toward Republicans
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Morales left, Waters right- Total receipts, 2025-2026 cycle, through Oct 14
- $15K
- $1.1M
- Cash on hand
- $539
- $105K
- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativeWatersNo published score for Morales
- Record
- None on file
- 18-0
- Years in politics
- Not available
- 35
- Age on Election Day
- Not available
- 88
Cristian Morales on fec.gov. Maxine Waters on fec.gov. One or more are matched to the FEC by name, party and seat, so a total could belong to someone else.
How these are counted
Total receipts line of each candidate’s principal campaign committee, 2025-2026 cycle. Other sites may show career, six-year or all-committee totals, which differ. The spectrum is a published research score, not our rating. How this works. Record is wins and losses in the races in our results files, the same count as each profile.
More about this race
Candidates on the ballot
- Maxine WatersIncumbentDemocraticUnited States Congresswoman
- Cristian MoralesRepublicanManufacturing Executive
Source: elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov (PDF), dated Aug 27
Shift since 2022: 4.4 points toward Republicans (Democratic by 54.6 in 2022, Democratic by 50.2 in 2024).
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2024 US House margin
- D 15+ pts
- D 5 to 15 pts
- D under 5 pts
- R under 5 pts
- R 5 to 15 pts
- R 15+ pts
- Other winner
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- California District 11· Nancy Pelosi (D), Democratic by 62.0 points, 2024
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- California District 43· Maxine Waters (D), Democratic by 50.2 points, 2024
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Official results for California
History (25 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 213,232
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Same as today
US House, California District 43, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMaxine WatersWon Democratic 160,08075.1% RepublicanSteve Williams Republican 53,15224.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 123,447
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Same as today
US House, California District 43, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMaxine WatersWon Democratic 95,46277.3% RepublicanOmar Navarro Republican 27,98522.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 277,898
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2020)
US House, California District 43, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMaxine WatersWon Democratic 199,21071.7% RepublicanJoe E Collins III Republican 78,68828.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 196,052
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2020)
US House, California District 43, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMaxine WatersWon Democratic 152,27277.7% RepublicanOmar Navarro Republican 43,78022.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 219,516
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2020)
US House, California District 43, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMaxine WatersWon Democratic 167,01776.1% RepublicanOmar Navarro Republican 52,49923.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 98,202
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2020)
US House, California District 43, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMaxine WatersWon Democratic 69,68171.0% RepublicanJohn Wood Jr Republican 28,52129.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 200,894
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2020)
US House, California District 43, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMaxine WatersWon Democratic 143,12371.2% DemocraticBob Flores Democratic 57,77128.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 106,916
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2010)
US House, California District 43, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoe BacaWon Democratic 70,02665.5% RepublicanScott Folkens Republican 36,89034.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 156,571
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2010)
US House, California District 43, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoe BacaWon Democratic 108,25969.1% RepublicanJohn Roberts Republican 48,31230.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 81,860
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2010)
US House, California District 43, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoe BacaWon Democratic 52,79164.5% RepublicanScott Folkens Republican 29,06935.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 130,834
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2010)
US House, California District 43, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoe BacaWon Democratic 86,83066.4% RepublicanEd Laning Republican 44,00433.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 68,340
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2010)
US House, California District 43, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoe BacaWon Democratic 45,37466.4% RepublicanWendy C Neighbor Republican 20,82130.5% LibertarianEthel M Mohler Libertarian 2,1453.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 190,332
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2000)
US House, California District 43, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKen CalvertWon Republican 140,20173.7% LibertarianBill Reed Libertarian 29,75515.6% OtherNathaniel E Adam Other 20,37610.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 149,071
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2000)
US House, California District 43, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKen CalvertWon Republican 83,01255.7% DemocraticMike Rayburn Democratic 56,37337.8% GreenPhill Courtney Green 5,5083.7% OtherAnnie Wallack Other 4,1782.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 177,640
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2000)
US House, California District 43, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKen CalvertWon Republican 97,24754.7% DemocraticGuy C Kimbrough Democratic 67,42238.0% OtherAnnie Wallack Other 6,5763.7% OtherKevin Akin Other 3,3091.9% LibertarianGene L Berkman Libertarian 3,0861.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 154,386
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2000)
US House, California District 43, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKen CalvertWon Republican 84,50054.7% DemocraticMark A Takano Democratic 59,34238.4% LibertarianGene L Berkman Libertarian 9,6366.2% Scattered write-insName as filed: Writein Write-in 9080.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 190,639
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2000)
US House, California District 43, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKen CalvertWon Republican 88,98746.7% DemocraticMark A Takano Democratic 88,46846.4% OtherGary R Odom Other 6,0953.2% LibertarianGene L Berkman Libertarian 4,9892.6% Scattered write-insName as filed: Writein Write-in 2,1001.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 222,138
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1990)
US House, California District 43, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRon PackardWon Republican 151,20668.1% OtherDoug Hansen Other 40,21218.1% LibertarianRichard L "Rick" Arnold Libertarian 30,72013.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 282,529
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1990)
US House, California District 43, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRon PackardWon Republican 202,47871.7% DemocraticHoward Greenebaum Democratic 72,49925.7% LibertarianDanuel L Muhe Libertarian 7,5522.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 187,789
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1990)
US House, California District 43, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRon PackardWon Republican 137,34173.1% DemocraticJoseph Chirra Democratic 45,07824.0% LibertarianPhyllis Avery Libertarian 5,3702.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 223,517
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1990)
US House, California District 43, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRon PackardWon Republican 165,64374.1% DemocraticLois E Humphreys Democratic 50,99622.8% LibertarianPhyllis Avery Libertarian 6,8783.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 180,736
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1990)
US House, California District 43, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRon PackardWon Republican 66,44436.8% DemocraticRoy "Pat" Archer Democratic 57,99532.1% RepublicanJohnnie R Crean Republican 56,29731.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 345,176
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1980)
US House, California District 43, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanClair W BurgenerWon Republican 298,81586.6% DemocraticTom Metzger Democratic 46,36113.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 243,458
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1980)
US House, California District 43, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanClair W BurgenerWon Republican 167,15068.7% DemocraticRuben B Brooks Democratic 76,30831.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 267,051
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1980)
US House, California District 43, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanClair W BurgenerWon Republican 173,57665.0% DemocraticPat Kelly Democratic 93,47535.0%
All rows: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House 1976-2024, retrieved Oct 28, 2026
District numbers are reused after each redistricting, so rows on older lines cover different territory than today's California District 43.
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- web/data/results/house/{ST}.json. The Dataverse API refuses this file behind a guestbook, so the identical file was taken from two public GitHub copies (Hackquantumcpp/snoutcounter-midterms-2026-model data/1976-2024-house.csv and sta199-f26/sta199-f26.github.io _data/gerrymander/1976-2024-house.tab), which are byte-identical to each other and match the md5 a9566ac393913a1af343284e837c17bb that Dataverse lists for dataset version 15.0 (2026-03-09). sha256 76eec42483ee9f0fc5cf6e377442c783d1ae6eefa929729fd6561a69bab47f2a.
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- October 28, 2026
- Link
- https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/IG0UN2
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- cd.topo.json, sld/*.topo.json
- License
- US Census Bureau, public domain
- Retrieved
- October 28, 2026
- Link
- https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Legislative/MapServer
- Used for
- web/data/officials/congress.json (name, party, bioguide, official site, service start) and web/data/people (birth year, committees, social media handles and profile links; links only, nothing copied from the platforms). As-of: the files saved in data/raw/people on 2026-10-29.
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- October 28, 2026
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- https://unitedstates.github.io/congress-legislators/legislators-current.json
DataState data (JSON)Sources: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House 1976-2024, FEC, DIME (ODC-BY), Portraits: unitedstates/images (public domain)Data as of Oct 28, 2026