CQ Risk Rating: Safe Democrat 
| GENERAL ELECTION: NOVEMBER 7, 2000 |
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| Barbara Lee (D) | 182,352 | 85% |
| Arneze Washington (R) | 21,033 | 10% |
| Fred Foldvary (LIBERT) | 7,051 | 3% |
| Ellen Jefferds (NL) | 4,214 | 2% |
| PRIMARY ELECTION: MARCH 7, 2000 |
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| | Votes | Percentage | | Democratic |
| Barbara Lee | 117,173 | 85% |
| | Libertarian |
| Fred Foldvary | 4,565 | 3% |
| | Natural Law |
| Ellen Jefferds | 2,333 | 2% |
| | Republican |
| Arneze Washington | 13,563 | 10% |
Source: Congressional Quarterly. To suggest updates and corrections: politics.feedback@cq.com
Major Industry | Population | Cities | People | Race | Median Household Income | Unusual Features
CALIFORNIA 9
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Alameda County - Oakland; Berkeley
Looking across the water from the east side of the San Francisco Bay,
the 9th is anchored by two racially diverse and liberal communities, Oakland
and Berkeley, that gained national attention for their political activism in
the 1960s.
Most district residents live in Oakland, which is 45 percent black. The
city's unemployment rate is slightly above state and national averages, but
revitalization efforts have kept the area in good health, despite the
closing of several military facilities. In the city's eastern hills, the
neighborhoods tend to be wealthy and less diverse. Tension between blacks
and police gave birth to the Black Panther Party in 1966.
Just north of Oakland, Berkeley, home to the flagship campus of the U.
of California system, looks out over the Bay from the Berkeley Hills. Home
to student protests in the 1960s, Berkeley still looks much the way it did
then. The remainder of the district includes smaller communities such as
Alameda, an industrial port city, and Albany, a suburb at the north end of
the district.
With a core constituency in the left-leaning cities of Oakland and
Berkeley, the 9th is a Democratic stronghold. Republicans account for only
12 percent of registered voters.
Major Industry
Biotechnology, shipping
Population
573,669 (1990)
Cities
Oakland (pt.), 361,584; Alameda (pt.), 76,457 (1990); Berkeley, 103,243
(1998)
People
100% urban; 12% age 65+ (ranks 12 of 52 in state; middle third nationally);
37% married couples, 17% married couples with children; 35% college educated
(ranks sixth of 52 in state; top third nationally); 69% white collar (ranks
11 of 52 in state; top third nationally), 17% blue collar (ranks 44 of 52 in
state; bottom third nationally) (1990)
Race
45% white, 32% black, 16% Asian; 11% Hispanic origin (1990)
Median Household Income
$30,067 (ranks 39 of 52 in state; middle third nationally) (1990)
Unusual Features
Author Jack London lived in Oakland for nearly 20 years, ran for mayor
twice, and the cabin he lived in during the Yukon Gold Rush of 1897 was
moved to Jack London Square, a waterfront shopping center in Oakland, in
1970; West Oakland train station - a terminus for the Transcontinental
Railroad - was home to the Union of Sleeping Car Porters, the first
integrated union in the country.
Source: Congressional Quarterly (Updated April 1999)
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