California's 61st State Assembly district
California's 61st State Assembly district | |||
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Current assemblymember |
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Population (2020) • Voting age • Citizen voting age | 491,779[1] 389,814[1] 305,884[1] | ||
Demographics |
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Registered voters | 213,988 | ||
Registration | 47.91% Democratic 26.77% Republican 20.93% No party preference |
California's 61st State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Tina McKinnor of Hawthorne.
District profile
[edit]The district encompasses a section of southwestern Los Angeles County. The district is primarily urban.
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Other levels of government
[edit]The 61st Assembly district is completely contained within the 35th Senate District, represented by Democrat Steven Bradford.[2]
In the United States House of Representatives, the 61st Assembly district is part of the California's 43rd congressional district, represented by Democrat Maxine Waters.[3]
Election results from statewide races
[edit]Year | Office | Results |
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2020 | President | Biden 63.3 – 34.6% |
2018 | Governor | Newsom 60.4 – 39.6% |
Senator | Feinstein 54.6 – 45.4% | |
2016 | President | Clinton 62.5 – 31.6% |
Senator | Harris 54.4 – 45.6% | |
2014 | Governor | Brown 57.1 – 42.9% |
2012 | President | Obama 63.4 – 34.5% |
Senator | Feinstein 64.9 – 35.1% |
List of assembly members
[edit]Due to redistricting, the 61st 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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Mark S. Torrey | Republican | January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | Calaveras | |
Fred W. McClenahan | Democratic | January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889 | ||
John Gardner | Republican | January 7, 1889 - January 5, 1891 | ||
Alexander Brown | January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893 | |||
S. J. Duckworth | January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895 | Monterey | ||
William George Hudson | January 7, 1895 - January 2, 1899 | |||
Frederick P. Feliz | Democratic | January 2, 1899 - January 5, 1903 | ||
Alexander M. Drew | Republican | January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1911 | Fresno | |
William Angus Sutherland | January 2, 1911 - January 6, 1913 | |||
William Alexander Roberts | January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915 | Los Angeles | ||
Harry A. Wishard | Progressive | January 4, 1915 - January 6, 1919 | Ran as a Republican for his 2nd term. | |
Republican | ||||
John Robert White Jr. | January 6, 1919 - January 8, 1923 | |||
Frank C. Weller | January 8, 1923 - January 3, 1927 | |||
James Cleveland Crawford | January 3, 1927 - January 5, 1931 | |||
Clarence N. Wakefield | January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933 | |||
Charles W. Dempster | January 2, 1933 - January 7, 1935 | |||
Ernest O. Voigt | Democratic | January 7, 1935 - January 4, 1943 | ||
Lester A. McMillan | January 4, 1943 - January 6, 1969 | |||
Henry Waxman | January 6, 1969 - November 30, 1974 | |||
Bud Collier | Republican | December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1978 | ||
Dick Mountjoy | December 4, 1978 - November 30, 1982 | |||
Bill Leonard | December 6, 1982 - November 30, 1988 | San Bernardino | ||
Paul A. Woodruff | December 5, 1988 - November 30, 1992 | |||
Fred Aguiar | December 7, 1992 - November 30, 1998 | Los Angeles, San Bernardino | ||
Nell Soto | Democratic | December 7, 1998 - March 13, 2000 | Resigns from the Assembly after winning a seat in the Senate to be sworn in.[4] | |
Gloria Negrete McLeod | December 4, 2000 - November 30, 2006 | |||
Nell Soto | December 4, 2006 - November 30, 2008 | |||
Norma J. Torres | December 1, 2008 - November 30, 2012 | |||
Jose Medina | December 3, 2012 - November 30, 2022 | Riverside | ||
Tina McKinnor | December 5, 2022 – Present | Los Angeles County |
Election results (1992–present)
[edit]2022
[edit]Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Robert Pullen-Miles | 24,322 | 38.6 | |
Democratic | Tina Simone McKinnor | 20,478 | 32.5 | |
Republican | James Arlandus Spencer | 8,942 | 14.2 | |
Democratic | Angie Reyes English | 6,777 | 10.7 | |
Democratic | Nico Ruderman | 2,540 | 4.0 | |
Total votes | 63,059 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Tina Simone McKinnor (incumbent) | 58,888 | 63.6% | |
Democratic | Robert Pullen-Miles | 33,691 | 36.4% | |
Total votes | 92,579 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2020
[edit]Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Jose Medina (incumbent) | 51,402 | 66.2% | |
Republican | Ali Mazarei | 26,250 | 33.8% | |
Total votes | 77,652 | 100.0% | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Jose Medina (incumbent) | 116,060 | 65.9% | |
Republican | Ali Mazarei | 59,979 | 34.1% | |
Total votes | 176,039 | 100.0% | ||
Democratic hold |
2018
[edit]Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Jose Medina (incumbent) | 36,442 | 99.4 | |
Republican | Mohammad-Ali Mazarfi (write-in) | 212 | 0.6 | |
Total votes | 36,654 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Jose Medina (incumbent) | 75,327 | 67.8 | |
Republican | Mohammad-Ali Mazarfi | 35,821 | 32.2 | |
Total votes | 111,148 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2016
[edit]Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Jose Medina (incumbent) | 45,888 | 67.3 | |
Republican | Hector Diaz | 22,281 | 32.7 | |
Total votes | 68,169 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Jose Medina (incumbent) | 90,663 | 65.9 | |
Republican | Hector Diaz | 46,924 | 34.1 | |
Total votes | 137,587 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2014
[edit]Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Jose Medina (incumbent) | 13,631 | 43.8 | |
Republican | Rudy Aranda | 12,942 | 41.6 | |
Democratic | D. Shelly Yarbrough | 4,549 | 14.6 | |
Total votes | 31,122 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Jose Medina (incumbent) | 34,160 | 58.8 | |
Republican | Rudy Aranda | 23,973 | 41.2 | |
Total votes | 58,033 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2012
[edit]Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Jose Medina | 17,473 | 44.6 | |
Republican | Bill Batey | 13,713 | 35.0 | |
Republican | Joe Ludwig | 6,254 | 15.9 | |
No party preference | Fredy R. De Leon | 1,757 | 4.5 | |
Republican | Thomas Carlos Ketcham (write-in) | 16 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 39,213 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Jose Medina | 76,774 | 61.0 | |
Republican | Bill Batey | 49,003 | 39.0 | |
Total votes | 125,777 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2010
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Norma Torres (incumbent) | 43,813 | 60.2 | |
Republican | Ray Moors | 29,009 | 39.8 | |
Total votes | 72,822 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2008
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Norma Torres | 61,004 | 60.52 | |
Republican | Wendy Maier | 33,284 | 33.02 | |
Libertarian | Michael Mendez | 6,517 | 6.46 | |
Total votes | 100,805 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | 65.60 | |||
Democratic hold |
2006
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Nell Soto | 36,482 | 62.77 | |
Republican | Benjamin Lopez | 21,639 | 37.23 | |
Total votes | 58,121 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | 40.92 | |||
Democratic hold |
2004
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Gloria Negrete McLeod (incumbent) | 58,120 | 63.59 | |
Republican | Alan Wapner | 33,281 | 36.41 | |
Total votes | 91,401 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
2002
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Gloria Negrete McLeod | 30,953 | 62.44 | |
Republican | Matthew Munson | 18,619 | 37.56 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 3,955 | 7.39 | ||
Total votes | 53,527 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
2000
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Gloria Negrete McLeod | 51,335 | 54.04 | |
Republican | Dennis R. Yates | 40,751 | 42.90 | |
Libertarian | David Kocot | 2,894 | 3.05 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 1,089 | 1.13 | ||
Total votes | 96,069 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
1998
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Nell Soto | 37,382 | 56.21 | |
Republican | Bob Demallie | 29,127 | 43.79 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 6,621 | 9.05 | ||
Total votes | 113,130 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
1996
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Fred Aguiar (incumbent) | 44,314 | 55.01 | |
Democratic | Paul Vincent Avila | 32,445 | 40.27 | |
Libertarian | Michael Alan Piltch | 3,800 | 4.72 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 7,691 | 4.31 | ||
Total votes | 88,250 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
1994
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Fred Aguiar (incumbent) | 42,209 | 64.09 | |
Democratic | Larry Silva | 23,653 | 35.91 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 6,286 | 8.71 | ||
Total votes | 72,148 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
1992
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Fred Aguiar | 52,686 | 58.40 | |
Democratic | Larry S. Simcoe | 32,740 | 36.29 | |
Green | Cynthia Allaire | 4,787 | 5.31 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 8,433 | 8.55 | ||
Total votes | 98,646 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2021" (PDF).
- ^ "Statewide Database". UC Regents. Archived from the original on February 1, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
- ^ "California's 41st Congressional District - Representatives & District Map". Civic Impulse, LLC.
- ^ "Nell Soto Resignation letter" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.