CQ Risk Rating: Republican Favored 
| GENERAL ELECTION: NOVEMBER 7, 2000 |
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| Steve Horn (R) | 87,266 | 48% |
| Gerrie Schipske (D) | 85,498 | 47% |
| Karen Blasdell-Wilkinson (NL) | 3,744 | 2% |
| Jack Neglia (LIBERT) | 3,614 | 2% |
| PRIMARY ELECTION: MARCH 7, 2000 |
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| | Votes | Percentage | | Democratic |
| Gerrie Schipske | 17,676 | 15% |
| Erin Gruwell | 16,062 | 14% |
| Peter Mathews | 13,937 | 12% |
| Ken Graham | 7,248 | 6% |
| | Libertarian |
| Jack Neglia | 1,765 | 2% |
| | Natural Law |
| Karen Blasdell-Wilkinson | 1,396 | 1% |
| | Republican |
| Steve Horn | 59,209 | 50% |
Source: Congressional Quarterly. To suggest updates and corrections: politics.feedback@cq.com
Major Industry | Population | Cities | People | Race | Median Household Income | Unusual Features
CALIFORNIA 38
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Long Beach; Downey; Lakewood
Moderate Republicans with liberal social views fare well in this largely
middle-class, residential district, despite a strong Democratic voter
registration advantage. The 38th takes in about two-thirds of the coastal
city of Long Beach and stretches north to include the inland cities of
Paramount and Downey.
While Downey is middle- to upper-class and leans Republican, Paramount
is a blue-collar, Democratic city and about 60 percent Hispanic. Politically
mixed Long Beach is the district's largest city and has the nation's busiest
container port. The city's Cambodian population in the southwest is said to
be the largest outside of Cambodia. Schoolchildren in Long Beach speak more
than four dozen languages.
Defense cuts, coming on the heels of the 1980s depression, seriously
hurt the district; it lost 58,000 jobs when its naval station, hospital and
shipyard closed in the 1990s. Since then, the economy has been clawing its
way back, although area leaders met fierce resistance when they tried to
lease the closed naval station to COSCO, a Chinese shipping company.
Major Industry
Service, aerospace, high-tech
Population
572,676 (1990)
Cities
Long Beach (pt.), 296,670 (1990); Downey, 99,700; Bellflower, 66,640
(1998 est.)
People
100% urban; 12% age 65+ (ranks 13 of 52 in state; middle third nationally);
46% married couples, 21% married couples with children; 21% college educated
(ranks 26 of 52 in state; middle third nationally); 62% white collar (ranks
23 of 52 in state; top third nationally), 25% blue collar (ranks 22 of 52 in
state; middle third nationally) (1990)
Race
69% white, 8% black, 9% Asian; 25% Hispanic origin (1990)
Median Household Income
$34,364 (ranks 26 of 52 in state; top third nationally) (1990)
Unusual Features
Long Beach known as "The Sinking City" in the 1950s and is still pumping
water into the ground to replace oil lost to drilling; The Queen Mary docked
at Long Beach; Long Beach home to the Aquarium of the Pacific, the Toyota
Grand Prix of Long Beach, and former home of the Hughes Flying Boat, or HK-1
"Spruce Goose," the world's biggest wooden airplane, flown by Howard Hughes.
Source: Congressional Quarterly (Updated April 1999)
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