California's 9th senatorial district
Appearance
California's 9th State Senate district | |||
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Current senator |
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Population (2010) • Voting age • Citizen voting age | 940,601[1] 743,998[1] 595,108[1] | ||
Demographics |
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Registered voters | 575,696[2] | ||
Registration | 66.05% Democratic 5.96% Republican 23.78% No party preference |
California's 9th senatorial district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Tim Grayson of Concord.
District profile
[edit]The district encompasses the East Bay and consists of the urban, coastal northwestern portion of Alameda County, and western portion of Contra Costa County, including Alameda, Oakland, Piedmont, Emeryville, Berkeley, El Cerrito, and Richmond.
Election results from statewide races
[edit]Year | Office | Results |
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2021 | Recall | No 89.6 – 10.4% |
2020 | President | Biden 87.8 – 10.2% |
2018 | Governor | Newsom 88.9 – 11.1% |
Senator | Feinstein 59.8 – 40.2% | |
2016 | President | Clinton 85.6 – 7.8% |
Senator | Harris 79.1 – 20.9% | |
2014 | Governor | Brown 90.2 – 9.8% |
2012 | President | Obama 86.8 – 9.9% |
Senator | Feinstein 90.0 – 10.0% | |
2010 | Governor | Brown 79.9 – 16.5% |
Senator | Boxer 79.5 – 16.7% | |
2008 | President | Obama 84.0 – 14.1% |
2006 | Governor | Angelides 62.1 – 29.8% |
Senator | Feinstein 67.6 – 28.0% | |
2004 | President | Kerry 81.1 – 17.5% |
Senator | Boxer 80.1 – 15.6% | |
2003 | Recall | No 77.0 – 23.0% |
Bustamante 60.7 – 19.4% | ||
2002 | Governor | Davis 65.0 – 16.8% |
2000 | President | Gore 78.9 – 12.6% |
Senator | Feinstein 74.0 – 12.6% | |
1998 | Governor | Davis 83.3 – 12.4% |
Senator | Boxer 80.9 – 16.6% | |
1996 | President | Clinton 75.5 – 13.0% |
1994 | Governor | Brown 74.0 – 22.9% |
Senator | Feinstein 80.2 – 14.0% | |
1992 | President | Clinton 77.3 – 12.5% |
Senator | Boxer 79.4 – 15.2% | |
Senator | Feinstein 82.4 – 13.4% |
List of senators
[edit]Due to redistricting, the 9th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2011 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.
Senators | Party | Years served | Counties represented | Notes |
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John J. Harrigan | Democratic | January 8, 1883 - January 5, 1885 | San Francisco | Both Harrigan and McCarthy served together.[3] |
Timothy McCarthy | January 8, 1883 - January 5, 1885 | |||
Egisto C. Palmieri | Republican | January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | Both Palmieri and Parkinson served together.[4] | |
George C. Parkinson | January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | |||
Henry Clay Gesford | Democratic | January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889 | Napa, Yolo | |
Frank S. Sprague | Republican | January 7, 1889 - January 2, 1893 | ||
J. B. Hoyt | January 2, 1893 - January 4, 1897 | Solano | ||
John J. Luchsinger | January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1905 | |||
Charles Mortimer Belshaw | January 2, 1905 - January 4, 1909 | Contra Costa, Marin | ||
Ennio Batista Martinelli | January 4, 1909 - January 6, 1913 | |||
James Curtis Owens | Democratic | January 6, 1913 - January 8, 1917 | ||
William R. Sharkey | Republican | January 8, 1917 - January 2, 1933 | ||
Andrew L. Pierovich | Democratic | January 2, 1933 - January 6, 1941 | Alpine, Amador, El Dorado | |
Harley E. Dillinger | January 6, 1941 - January 5, 1953 | |||
Swift Berry | Republican | January 5, 1953 - January 2, 1961 | Amador, El Dorado | |
John C. Begovich | Democratic | January 2, 1961 - January 2, 1967 | ||
J. Eugene McAteer | January 2, 1967 - May 26, 1967 | San Francisco | Died in office. Died from a heart attack while playing handball at the Olympic Club.[5] | |
Milton Marks | Republican | September 4, 1967 - November 30, 1976 | Sworn in after winning special election.[6] | |
Nicholas C. Petris | Democratic | December 6, 1976 - November 30, 1996 | Alameda | |
Alameda, Contra Costa | ||||
Barbara Lee | December 2, 1996 - April 17, 1998 | Resigned to become a member of Congress for the 9th Congressional district.[7] | ||
Don Perata | December 7, 1998 – November 30, 2008 | |||
Loni Hancock | December 1, 2008 – November 30, 2016 | |||
Nancy Skinner | December 5, 2016 – present |
Election results
[edit]2020
[edit]Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Nancy Skinner (incumbent) | 263,751 | 100.0 | |
Libertarian | Jamie Dluzak (write-in) | 126 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 263,877 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Nancy Skinner | 404,455 | 84.4 | |
Libertarian | Jamie Dluzak | 53,256 | 11.6 | |
Total votes | 457,711 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2016
[edit]Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Nancy Skinner | 116,710 | 47.8 | |
Democratic | Sandré Swanson | 74,365 | 30.5 | |
Democratic | Katherine Grace Welch | 32,698 | 13.4 | |
Republican | Rich Kinney | 20,287 | 8.3 | |
Total votes | 244,060 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Nancy Skinner | 236,133 | 62.2 | |
Democratic | Sandré Swanson | 143,573 | 37.8 | |
Total votes | 379,706 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2012
[edit]Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Loni Hancock (incumbent) | 123,624 | 99.3 | |
Peace and Freedom | Mary Catherine McIlroy (write-in) | 785 | 0.6 | |
Libertarian | Lisa D. Ringer (write-in) | 95 | 0.1 | |
Total votes | 124,504 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Loni Hancock (incumbent) | 300,994 | 85.8 | |
Peace and Freedom | Mary Catherine McIlroy | 49,987 | 14.2 | |
Total votes | 350,981 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2008
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Loni Hancock | 272,225 | 77.2 | |
Republican | Claudia Bermudez | 53,299 | 15.1 | |
Peace and Freedom | Marsha Feinland | 26,996 | 7.7 | |
Total votes | 352,520 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
2004
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Don Perata (incumbent) | 248,614 | 77.1 | |
Republican | Patricia Deutsche | 50,110 | 15.6 | |
Peace and Freedom | Tom Condit | 17,412 | 5.4 | |
Libertarian | Peter Von Pinnon | 6,383 | 1.9 | |
Total votes | 322,519 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2000
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Don Perata (incumbent) | 218,550 | 83.4 | |
Republican | Linda J. Marshall | 30,062 | 11.5 | |
Libertarian | Peter Von Pinnon | 13,622 | 5.1 | |
Total votes | 262,234 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
1998 (special)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Don Perata | 164,476 | 77.2 | |
Republican | Deborah Wright | 34,461 | 16.2 | |
Peace and Freedom | Marsha Feinland | 14,250 | 6.7 | |
Total votes | 213,187 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
1996
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Barbara Lee | 196,430 | 78.2 | |
Republican | Thomas N. Hudson | 37,341 | 14.9 | |
Peace and Freedom | Robert J. Evans | 8,870 | 3.5 | |
Natural Law | Carol Flyer Prettie | 8,465 | 3.4 | |
Total votes | 251,106 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
1992
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Nicholas C. Petris | 228,283 | 84.6 | |
Peace and Freedom | David Campbell | 41,555 | 15.4 | |
Total votes | 269,838 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
- ^ "Report of Registration as of February 18, 2020" (PDF).
- ^ "The Next Legislature (1882)". cdnc.ucr.edu.
- ^ "26th Senate Session". babel.hathitrust.org.
- ^ "The State and the Southland (Death of Senator Eugene McAteer)". cdnc.ucr.edu.
- ^ "Milton Marks takes Oath of Office". babel.hathitrust.org.
- ^ "Barbara Lee Resignation letter". babel.hathitrust.org.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- California State Senate districts
- Government of Alameda County, California
- Government of Contra Costa County, California
- Alameda, California
- Albany, California
- Government of Berkeley, California
- Emeryville, California
- Oakland, California
- Piedmont, California
- San Leandro, California
- El Cerrito, California
- Hercules, California
- Pinole, California
- Richmond, California
- San Pablo, California
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