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California's 12th State Assembly district
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California's 12th State Assembly district | |||
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Current assemblymember |
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Population (2020) | 486,148[1] | ||
Demographics |
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California's 12th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democratic Damon Connolly of San Rafael.[2]
District profile
The district is has the Sonoma Valley to its north and the San Francisco Bay to its south.
All of Marin County |
Sonoma County – (45.79%)
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Election results from statewide races
Year | Office | Results |
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2022 | Governor | Newsom 75.9 – 24.1% |
Senator | Padilla 77.5 – 22.5% | |
2021 | Recall[3][4] | ![]() |
Elder 59.7 - 6.6% | ||
2020 | President | Trump 52.5- 45.3% |
2018 | Governor[5] | Cox 56.1 – 43.9% |
Senator[6] | De Leon 59.0 – 41.0% | |
2016 | President | Trump 51.1 – 43.1% |
Senator | Harris 59.2 – 40.8% | |
2014 | Governor | Kashkari 53.0 – 47.0% |
2012 | President | Romney 52.4 – 45.1% |
Senator | Emken 53.2 – 46.8% |
List of assembly members
Due to redistricting, the 12th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2021 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.[7]
Assembly members | Party | Years served | Counties represented | Notes |
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E. W. Britt | Democratic | January 5, 1885 – January 3, 1887 | Lake | |
L. H. Gruwell | January 3, 1887 – January 7, 1889 | |||
C. M. Crawford | January 7, 1889 – January 5, 1891 | |||
James H. Renfro | January 5, 1891 – May 20, 1892 | Died in office. Died after being kicked in the head by a horse on his ranch.[8] | ||
Richard I. Thomas | Republican | January 2, 1893 – January 4, 1897 | Nevada | |
William Siles Robinson | January 4, 1897 – January 1, 1901 | |||
Frank M. Rutherford | January 1, 1901 – January 5, 1903 | |||
Benjamin F. Howard | Democratic | January 5, 1903 – January 2, 1905 | Colusa, Glenn, Lake | |
Ernest Weyand | Republican | January 2, 1905 – January 7, 1907 | ||
F. H. Smythe | Democratic | January 7, 1907 – January 4, 1909 | ||
John L. Mendenhall | January 4, 1909 – January 6, 1913 | |||
G. W. Libby | January 6, 1913 – January 4, 1915 | Sonoma | ||
Knox Boude | Republican | January 4, 1915 – January 8, 1917 | ||
Lyman Green | January 8, 1917 – January 6, 1919 | |||
A. F. Stevens | January 6, 1919 – January 8, 1923 | |||
Emmett I. Donohue | January 8, 1923 – January 5, 1925 | |||
Hubert B. Scudder | January 5, 1925 – January 5, 1931 | |||
Percy G. West | January 5, 1931 – January 2, 1933 | Sacramento | ||
James E. Thorp | January 2, 1933 – January 27, 1948 | San Joaquin | Died in office. Died from heart condition.[9] | |
Verne W. Hoffman | January 3, 1949 – January 8, 1951 | |||
John J. McFall | Democratic | January 8, 1951 – January 3, 1957 | ||
William Biddick Jr. | January 7, 1957 – January 2, 1961 | |||
Bob Monagan | Republican | January 2, 1961 – April 9, 1973 | Resigned from the Assembly[10] | |
Douglas F. Carter | July 17, 1973 – December 2, 1974 | Was sworn in after winning a special election to replace the vacant seat of Bob Monagan.[11] | ||
Kenneth A. Meade | Democratic | December 2, 1974 – November 30, 1976 | Alameda, Contra Costa | |
Tom Bates | December 6, 1976 – November 30, 1992 | |||
John Burton | December 7, 1992 – November 30, 1996 | San Francisco | ||
Kevin Shelley | December 2, 1996 – November 30, 2002 | San Francisco, San Mateo | ||
Leland Yee | December 2, 2002 – November 30, 2006 | |||
Fiona Ma | December 4, 2006 – November 30, 2012 | |||
Kristin Olsen | Republican | December 3, 2012 – November 30, 2016 | San Joaquin, Stanislaus | |
Heath Flora | December 5, 2016 – November 30, 2022 | |||
Damon Connolly | Democratic | December 5, 2022 – Present |
Election results (1992–present)
2022
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Damon Connolly | 42,950 | 37.1 | |
Democratic | Sara Aminzadeh | 41,934 | 36.2 | |
Democratic | Steve Schwartz | 16,612 | 14.3 | |
Democratic | Ida Times-Green | 13,164 | 11.4 | |
Republican | Andrew Podshadley (write-in) | 1,181 | 1.0 | |
Total votes | 115,841 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Damon Connolly | 92,287 | 51.8 | |
Democratic | Sara Aminzade | 85,900 | 48.2 | |
Total votes | 21,599 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |