Editing Darrell Issa (section)

====2000====
{{See also|United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2000#District 48}}
Nine-term incumbent Republican U.S. Congressman [[Ron Packard]] decided not to run for reelection in 2000, in [[California's 48th congressional district]]. Issa ran for the seat, capitalizing on his name recognition from the 1998 Senate race. The district was primarily based in [[North County (San Diego area)|northern]] [[San Diego County, California|San Diego County]], but had small portions in [[Riverside County, California|Riverside]] and [[Orange County, California|Orange]] counties. Issa finished first in the all-party primary with 35% of the vote, winning a plurality in all three counties; Republican [[California State Senate|state senator]] [[Bill Morrow (California politician)|Bill Morrow]] was second, with 24% of the votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=456734|title=CA District 48-All-Party Primary Race|date=March 7, 2000|publisher=Our Campaigns|access-date=September 30, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2000_primary/us_rep.pdf|title=2000 California congressional primary results|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070612144846/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2000_primary/us_rep.pdf|archive-date=June 12, 2007|publisher=sos.ca.gov}}</ref> Issa won the November general election, defeating Democratic nominee Peter Kouvelis 61%–28%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=319|title=CA District 48 Race|date=November 7, 2000 |publisher=Our Campaigns|access-date=September 30, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2000-general/us-rep.pdf|title=House Results|publisher=sos.ca.gov|access-date=September 30, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018054213/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2000-general/us-rep.pdf|archive-date=October 18, 2012}}</ref>