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2012 California U.S. House District 40 Election

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Who won the 2012 California U.S. House District 40 Election?

Lucille Roybal-Allard won the 2012 California U.S. House District 40 Election. Lucille Roybal-Allard received 73,940 popular votes (58.89%). The main challenger was David Sanchez (41.11%).

See the full head-to-head between Roybal-Allard and Sanchez

Roybal-Allard +17.8 pts · won by 22,327 votes
Lucille Roybal-AllardDemocraticWINNER58.89%
73,940 votes
David SanchezDemocratic41.11%
51,613 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. House elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.