California's 7th State Assembly district
California's 7th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Republican Josh Hoover of Folsom.
California's 7th State Assembly district | |||
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Current assemblymember |
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Population (2010) • Voting age • Citizen voting age | 464,310[1] 346,100[1] 286,401[1] | ||
Demographics |
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Registered voters | 242,595 | ||
Registration | 48.52% Democratic 20.79% Republican 25.09% No party preference |
District profile
Before remapping necessitated by the 2020 census, the district encompassed the northern two-thirds of the city of Sacramento and its northern and western suburbs. The California State Capitol was located in the district. After remapping, the district has moved to include northeast Sacramento County, including the cities of Folsom, Rancho Cordova, and Citrus Heights, with Sacamento itself moved to the 6th Assembly District.
Sacramento County – 29.3%
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Yolo County – 24.3%
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Election results from statewide races
Year | Office | Results |
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2021 | Recall | No 68.8 – 31.2% |
2020 | President | Biden 69.1 – 28.4% |
2018 | Governor | Newsom 68.3 – 31.7% |
Senator | Feinstein 55.4 – 44.6% | |
2016 | President | Clinton 67.5 – 25.6% |
Senator | Harris 63.6 – 36.4% | |
2014 | Governor | Brown 71.9 – 28.1% |
2012 | President | Obama 67.5 – 29.6% |
Senator | Feinstein 69.7 – 30.3% |
List of Assembly Members
Due to redistricting, the 7th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2011 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.
Assembly Members | Party | Years served | Counties represented | Notes |
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John F. Ellison | Republican | January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | Tehama | |
William P. Mathews | Democratic | January 3, 1887 - January 5, 1891 | ||
James Thompson Matlock Sr. | Republican | January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893 | ||
Edward B. Price | Democratic | January 2, 1893 - January 31, 1893 | Butte | Died in office.[2] |
Frederick R. Stansell | Republican | January 7, 1895 - January 2, 1899 | ||
Richard DeLancie | January 2, 1899 - January 1, 1901 | |||
Barnabas Collins | January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1901 | Died shortly after being sworn in office. Died from Pneumonia[3] | ||
Frederick R. Stansell | January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1905 | |||
William F. Gates | January 2, 1905 - January 7, 1907 | |||
William James Costar | January 7, 1907 - January 2, 1911 | |||
John H. Guill Jr. | Democratic | January 2, 1911 - January 4, 1915 | ||
B. B. Meek | January 4, 1915 - January 8, 1917 | |||
C. H. Brown | Republican | January 8, 1917 - January 6, 1919 | ||
Elizabeth Hughes | January 6, 1919 - January 8, 1923 | |||
Bert B. Snyder | January 8, 1923 - January 5, 1925 | |||
Charles H. Deuel | Democratic | January 5, 1925 - January 5, 1931 | ||
Hubert B. Scudder | Republican | January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933 | Sonoma | |
January 2, 1933 - January 6, 1941 | Sonoma, Marin | |||
Richard H. McCollister | January 6, 1941 - January 2, 1961 | |||
Bill Bagley | January 2, 1961 - November 30, 1974 | |||
John Garamendi | Democratic | December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1976 | Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mono, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Tuolumne | |
Norman S. Waters | December 6, 1976 - December 6, 1982 | |||
December 6, 1982 - November 30, 1990 | Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mono, Placer, Sacramento, Tuolumne | |||
David Knowles | Republican | December 3, 1990 - November 30, 1992 | ||
Valerie K. Brown | Democratic | December 7, 1992 - November 30, 1998 | Napa, Solano, Sonoma | |
Pat Wiggins | December 7, 1998 - November 30, 2004 | |||
Noreen Evans | December 6, 2004 - December 6, 2010 | |||
Michael Allen | December 6, 2010 - November 30, 2012 | |||
Roger Dickinson | December 3, 2012 - November 30, 2014 | Sacramento, Yolo | ||
Kevin McCarty | December 1, 2014 – Present |
Election results 1992 - present
2020
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Kevin McCarty (incumbent) | 88,445 | 99.8% | |
Libertarian | James O. Just (write-in) | 199 | 0.2% | |
Total votes | 88,644 | 100 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Kevin McCarty (incumbent) | 149,083 | 73.9% | |
Libertarian | James O. Just | 52,543 | 26.1% | |
Total votes | 201,626 | 100% |
2018
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Kevin McCarty (incumbent) | 63,705 | 99.6 | |
Republican | Scott Schmidt (write-in) | 237 | 0.4 | |
Total votes | 63,942 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Kevin McCarty (incumbent) | 107,849 | 71.3 | |
Republican | Scott Schmidt | 43,361 | 28.7 | |
Total votes | 151,210 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2016
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Kevin McCarty (incumbent) | 69,901 | 99.5 | |
Republican | Ryan K. Brown (write-in) | 254 | 0.4 | |
Libertarian | Janine Kloss (write-in) | 51 | 0.1 | |
Republican | Ralph Merletti (write-in) | 43 | 0.1 | |
Total votes | 70,249 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Kevin McCarty (incumbent) | 111,112 | 69.8 | |
Republican | Ryan K. Brown | 48,097 | 30.2 | |
Total votes | 159,209 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2014
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Kevin McCarty | 18,935 | 34.9 | |
Democratic | Steve Cohn | 15,877 | 29.3 | |
Republican | Ralph Merletti | 8,115 | 15.0 | |
Democratic | Mark Johannessen | 6,413 | 11.8 | |
Republican | Oliver Ponce | 4,869 | 9.0 | |
Total votes | 54,209 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Kevin McCarty | 46,983 | 58.7 | |
Democratic | Steve Cohn | 33,051 | 41.3 | |
Total votes | 80,034 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2012
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Roger Dickinson (incumbent) | 41,100 | 68.0 | |
Republican | Jonathan Zachariou | 19,304 | 32.0 | |
Total votes | 60,404 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Roger Dickinson (incumbent) | 96,422 | 69.8 | |
Republican | Jonathan Zachariou | 41,735 | 30.2 | |
Total votes | 138,157 | 100.0 |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Michael Allen | 86,641 | 63.8 | |
Republican | Doris Gentry | 43,350 | 31.8 | |
Libertarian | Kathryn N. Moore | 5,993 | 4.4 | |
Total votes | 135,984 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Noreen Evans (incumbent) | 128,279 | 71.95 | |
Republican | Doris Gentry | 50,020 | 28.05 | |
Total votes | 178,299 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | 80.89 | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Noreen Evans (incumbent) | 99,262 | 98.55 | |
Republican | Raylene Wiesner (write-in) | 1,464 | 1.45 | |
Total votes | 100,726 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | 57.39 | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Noreen M. Evans | 101,130 | 60.12 | |
Republican | Pat Krueger | 62,035 | 36.88 | |
Republican | F. Aaron Smith | 5,051 | 3.00 | |
Total votes | 168,216 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Pat Wiggins (incumbent) | 71,463 | 75.99 | |
Libertarian | David J. Kozlowski | 22,585 | 24.01 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 15,926 | 14.48 | ||
Total votes | 109,974 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2000
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Pat Wiggins (incumbent) | 102,425 | 66.45 | |
Republican | Pedro J. Rivera | 45,563 | 29.56 | |
Libertarian | William Schoeffler | 6,147 | 3.99 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 11,892 | 7.16 | ||
Total votes | 166,027 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Pat Wiggins | 80,178 | 62.13 | |
Republican | Bob Sanchez | 43,398 | 33.63 | |
Libertarian | Mike Rodrigues | 3,694 | 2.86 | |
Peace and Freedom | Irv Sutley | 1,773 | 1.37 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 8,532 | 6.20 | ||
Total votes | 137,575 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Valerie K. Brown (incumbent) | 89,864 | 61.70 | |
Republican | Ken Larsen | 48,114 | 33.04 | |
Peace and Freedom | Al Liner | 5,690 | 3.91 | |
Natural Law | Alan Roy Barreca | 1,977 | 1.36 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 8,799 | 5.70 | ||
Total votes | 154,444 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1994
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Valerie K. Brown (incumbent) | 73,389 | 58.48 | |
Republican | Roger D. Williams | 48,928 | 38.99 | |
Peace and Freedom | Irv Sutley | 3,178 | 2.53 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 10,455 | 7.69 | ||
Total votes | 135,950 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1992
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Valerie K. Brown | 99,269 | 60.22 | |
Republican | Janet Nicholas | 59,121 | 35.92 | |
Peace and Freedom | Irv Sutley | 6,358 | 3.86 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 10,255 | 5.86 | ||
Total votes | 175,003 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||
References
- "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
- "ASSEMBLYMAN PRICE DEAD". cdnc.ucr.edu.
- "BUTTE'S ASSEMBLYMAN DIES AT SARAMENTO". cdnc.ucr.edu.