California's 47th State Assembly district
California's 47th State Assembly district | |||
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Current assemblymember |
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Population (2020) • Voting age • Citizen voting age | 518,651[1] 414,224[1] 366,475[1] | ||
Demographics |
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Registered voters | 309,416 [2] | ||
Registration | 39.97% Democratic 33.56% Republican 18.51% No party preference |
California's 47th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Republican Greg Wallis.
District location
[edit]Prior to the 2022 election, the district was located in the heart of the Inland Empire. The heavily Latino district was anchored by Fontana, while Rialto and San Bernardino also comprised sizable portions of its population.
Following redistricting in 2021, the district became centered around the Coachella Valley in Riverside County and the High Desert in San Bernardino County.
Election results from statewide races
[edit]Year | Office | Results[3] |
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2022 | Governor | Newsom 51.1 – 48.9 |
Senator | Padilla 52.4 – 47.6% | |
2021 | Recall | No 65.8 – 34.2% |
2020 | President | Biden 66.5 – 31.2% |
2018 | Governor | Newsom 67.4 – 32.6% |
Senator | Feinstein 54.8 – 45.8% | |
2016 | President | Clinton 70.1 – 24.8% |
Senator | Sanchez 50.7 – 49.3% | |
2014 | Governor | Brown 65.0 – 35.0% |
2012 | President | Obama 71.5 – 26.5% |
Senator | Feinstein 72.1 – 27.9% |
List of assembly members
[edit]Due to redistricting, the 47th 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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Charles D. Douglas | Republican | January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | San Francisco | |
Thomas F. Mitchell | Democratic | January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889 | ||
G. W. Burnett | January 7, 1889 - January 5, 1891 | |||
John T. Stelz | Republican | January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893 | ||
Aaron Bretz | Democratic | January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895 | Alameda | |
James A. Waymire | Republican | January 7, 1895 - January 2, 1899 | ||
Joseph R. Knowland | January 2, 1899 - January 5, 1903 | |||
Joseph Clement Bates Jr. | January 5, 1903 - January 7, 1907 | |||
Frank Otis | January 7, 1907 - January 2, 1911 | |||
Sumner Crosby | January 2, 1911 - January 6, 1913 | |||
George Alexander Clarke | January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915 | Mariposa, Tuolumne, Mono, Inyo | ||
Maurice B. Browne | Democratic | January 4, 1915 - January 8, 1917 | ||
Dan E. Williams | Republican | January 8, 1917 - January 6, 1919 | ||
Maurice B. Browne | Democratic | January 6, 1919 - January 3, 1921 | ||
John Calvin Webster | Republican | January 3, 1921 - January 8, 1923 | ||
George Alexander Clarke | January 8, 1923 - January 5, 1925 | |||
Maurice B. Browne | Democratic | January 5, 1925 - January 3, 1927 | ||
Dan E. Williams | Republican | January 3, 1927 - January 5, 1931 | ||
Augustus F. Jewett Jr. | January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933 | Kings, Tulare | ||
Eleanor Miller | January 2, 1933 - January 4, 1943 | Los Angeles | ||
Willis Sargent | January 4, 1943 - January 8, 1945 | |||
Albert I. Stewart | January 8, 1945 - January 5, 1959 | |||
Bruce V. Reagan | January 5, 1959 - January 7, 1963 | |||
Frank D. Lanterman | January 7, 1963 - November 30, 1974 | |||
Bill Greene | Democratic | December 2, 1974 - April 7, 1975 | Resigned from Office after winning a special election in the 29th State Assembly district.[4] | |
Teresa Patterson Hughes | July 22, 1975 - November 30, 1992 | Sworn in after winning special election to fill the vacant left by Greene after he was sworn in the State Senate.[5] | ||
Gwen Moore | December 7, 1992 - November 30, 1994 | |||
Kevin Murray | December 5, 1994 - November 30, 1998 | |||
Herb Wesson | December 7, 1998 - November 30, 2004 | |||
Karen Bass | December 6, 2004 - November 30, 2010 | |||
Holly Mitchell | December 6, 2010 - November 30, 2012 | |||
Cheryl Brown | December 3, 2012 - November 30, 2016 | San Bernardino | ||
Eloise Reyes | December 5, 2016 - November 30, 2022 | |||
Greg Wallis | Republican | December 5, 2022 – present | Riverside, San Bernardino |
Election results (1992–present)
[edit]2022
[edit]Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Christy Holstege | 51,169 | 46.5% | |
Republican | Greg Wallis | 37,996 | 34.5% | |
Republican | Gary Michaels | 12,716 | 11.6% | |
Democratic | Jamie Swain | 8,200 | 7.4% | |
Total votes | 110,081 | 100.0% | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Greg Wallis | 84,752 | 50.0% | |
Democratic | Christy Holstege | 84,667 | 50.0% | |
Total votes | 169,419 | 100.0% | ||
Republican hold |
2020
[edit]Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Eloise Reyes (incumbent) | 45,618 | 71.0% | |
Republican | Matthew Gordon | 18,649 | 29.0% | |
Total votes | 64,267 | 100.0% | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Eloise Reyes (incumbent) | 109,635 | 69.0% | |
Republican | Matthew Gordon | 49,170 | 31.0% | |
Total votes | 158,805 | 100.0% | ||
Democratic hold |
2018
[edit]Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Eloise Reyes (incumbent) | 30,629 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 30,629 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Eloise Reyes (incumbent) | 77,458 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 77,458 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2016
[edit]Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Cheryl Brown (incumbent) | 25,165 | 44.1 | |
Democratic | Eloise Reyes | 20,342 | 35.6 | |
Republican | Aissa Chanel Sanchez | 11,613 | 20.3 | |
Total votes | 57,120 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Eloise Reyes | 62,432 | 54.6 | |
Democratic | Cheryl Brown (incumbent) | 51,994 | 45.4 | |
Total votes | 114,426 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2014
[edit]Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Cheryl Brown (incumbent) | 12,643 | 68.3 | |
Democratic | Gil Navarro | 5,854 | 31.6 | |
Republican | Kelly J. Chastain (write-in) | 32 | 0.2 | |
Total votes | 18,529 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Cheryl Brown (incumbent) | 23,632 | 56.9 | |
Democratic | Gil Navarro | 17,875 | 43.1 | |
Total votes | 41,507 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2012
[edit]Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Joe Baca, Jr. | 11,033 | 42.3 | |
Democratic | Cheryl Brown | 7,566 | 29.0 | |
Republican | Jeane Ensley | 5,787 | 22.2 | |
Republican | Thelma E. Beach | 1,685 | 6.5 | |
Total votes | 26,071 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Cheryl Brown | 53,434 | 55.7 | |
Democratic | Joe Baca, Jr. | 42,475 | 44.3 | |
Total votes | 95,909 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2010
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Holly Mitchell | 93,541 | 80.7 | |
Republican | Lady Cage | 17,195 | 14.8 | |
Libertarian | Sean P. McGary | 5,305 | 4.5 | |
Total votes | 116,041 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2008
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Karen Bass (incumbent) | 134,003 | 85.00 | |
Republican | Lady Cage-Barile | 23,642 | 15.00 | |
Total votes | 157,645 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | 68.20 | |||
Democratic hold |
2006
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Karen Bass (incumbent) | 84,674 | 84.87 | |
Republican | Jeffers Dodge | 15,096 | 15.13 | |
Total votes | 99,770 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | 48.63 | |||
Democratic hold |
2004
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Karen Bass (incumbent) | 118,495 | 80.77 | |
Republican | Dale V. Everett | 21,485 | 14.64 | |
Libertarian | Peter "Pedro" De Baets | 6,730 | 4.59 | |
Total votes | 146,710 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
2002
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Herb Wesson (incumbent) | 72,063 | 81.82 | |
Republican | Jonathan Leonard | 13,287 | 15.09 | |
Libertarian | Keith Clemens | 2,729 | 3.10 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 7,519 | 7.87 | ||
Total votes | 95,598 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
2000
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Herb Wesson (incumbent) | 100,328 | 83.27 | |
Republican | Jonathan Leonard | 16,137 | 13.39 | |
Libertarian | Scott Pacer | 4,027 | 3.34 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 14,467 | 10.72 | ||
Total votes | 134,959 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
1998
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Herb Wesson | 80,222 | 84.02 | |
Republican | Jonathan Leonard | 12,666 | 13.27 | |
Libertarian | Eric Michael Fine | 2,596 | 2.72 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 9,848 | 9.35 | ||
Total votes | 105,332 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
1996
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kevin Murray (incumbent) | 86,763 | 79.87 | |
Republican | Jonathan Leonard | 17,616 | 16.22 | |
Libertarian | Bob Weber | 4,252 | 3.91 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 16,851 | 13.43 | ||
Total votes | 125,482 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
1994
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kevin Murray | 66,884 | 71.81 | |
Republican | Jonathan Leonard | 17,754 | 19.06 | |
Peace and Freedom | Tamara Taleebah | 4,424 | 4.75 | |
Libertarian | Kevin C. Murphy | 4,077 | 4.38 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 13,747 | 12.86 | ||
Total votes | 106,886 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
1992
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Gwen Moore (incumbent) | 105,838 | 80.80 | |
Republican | Jonathan Leonard | 18,344 | 14.00 | |
Libertarian | Chuck Hammill | 4,969 | 3.79 | |
Peace and Freedom | Yassin A. Saededdin | 1,834 | 14.00 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 15,939 | 10.85 | ||
Total votes | 146,924 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
- ^ "Report of Registration as of February 10, 2023, 2023" (PDF).
- ^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
- ^ "Bill Greene Resignation letter" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.
- ^ "Tersea Hughes Sworn in" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.