California's 21st senatorial district
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California's 21st State Senate district | |||
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Current senator |
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Population (2010) • Voting age • Citizen voting age | 930,282[1] 649,719[1] 507,189[1] | ||
Demographics |
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Registered voters | 519,113[2] | ||
Registration | 39.25% Democratic 31.34% Republican 22.35% No party preference |
California's 21st senatorial district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Republican Scott Wilk of Santa Clarita.
District profile
[edit]The district encompasses northern Los Angeles County and parts of the High Desert. It includes most of the Antelope, Victor, and Santa Clarita Valleys.
Los Angeles County – 6.1%
San Bernardino County – 16.3%
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Election results from statewide races
[edit]Year | Office | Results |
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2020 | President | Biden 52.0 – 45.8% |
2018 | Governor | Cox 50.9 – 49.1% |
Senator | de Leon 51.6 – 48.4% | |
2016 | President | Clinton 48.6 – 45.7% |
Senator | Harris 56.8 – 43.2% | |
2014 | Governor | Kashkari 58.6 – 41.4% |
2012 | President | Romney 49.9 – 47.5% |
Senator | Emken 51.1 – 48.9% |
List of senators representing the district
[edit]1852–1862
[edit]Senators | Party | Years served | Electoral history | Counties represented |
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M. M. Wombough (Colusa) |
Democratic | January 5, 1852 – January 3, 1855 |
Elected in 1851. Re-elected in 1853. [data missing] |
Colusa, Yolo |
[data missing] | January 3, 1855 – January 5, 1857 |
[data missing] | [data missing] | |
![]() John C. Burch (Weaverville) |
Democratic | January 5, 1857 – January 3, 1859 |
Elected in 1856. Retired to run for U.S. House of Representatives. |
Humboldt, Trinity |
James T. Ryan (Eureka) |
Democratic | January 3, 1859 – January 7, 1861 |
Elected in 1858. [data missing] | |
Joseph Kutz (North San Juan) |
Republican | January 7, 1861 – January 6, 1862 |
Elected in 1860. | Nevada |
1862–1875
[edit]Dates | Seat A | Seat B | Seat C | Counties represented | |||||||||
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Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | |||||
January 6, 1862 – December 7, 1863 |
Edmund W. Roberts (Grass Valley) |
Union | Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1863. Re-elected in 1865. Re-elected in 1867. Re-elected in 1868. [data missing] |
Joseph Kutz (North San Juan) |
Union | Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1863. Re-elected in 1865. [data missing] |
John C. Birdseye (Nevada City) |
Union | Elected in 1862. [data missing] |
Nevada | |||
December 7, 1863 – December 4, 1865 |
Third seat was eliminated for the term. | ||||||||||||
December 4, 1865 – December 2, 1867 |
David Belden (Nevada City) |
Union | Elected in 1865. [data missing] | ||||||||||
December 2, 1867 – December 6, 1869 |
Second seat was eliminated for the term. | Third seat was eliminated. | |||||||||||
December 6, 1869 – December 4, 1871 |
Republican | Miles P. O'Connor (Nevada City) |
Democratic | Elected in 1868. [data missing] | |||||||||
December 4, 1871 – December 1, 1873 |
Charles Kent (Nevada City) |
Democratic | Elected in 1871. Re-elected in 1873. [data missing] |
Second seat was eliminated for the term. | |||||||||
December 1, 1873 – December 6, 1875 |
Miles P. O'Connor (Nevada City) |
Democratic | Elected in 1873. [data missing] |
1875–present
[edit]Senators | Party | Years served | Electoral history | Counties represented |
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Benjamin F. Tuttle (Petaluma) |
Democratic | December 6, 1875 – December 3, 1877 |
Elected in 1875. Retired to run for State Assembly. |
Sonoma |
[data missing] | December 3, 1877 – January 5, 1880 |
[data missing] | ||
W. W. Moreland (Healdsburg) |
Democratic | January 5, 1880 – January 3, 1881 |
Elected in 1879. [data missing] | |
[data missing] | January 3, 1881 – January 8, 1883 |
[data missing] | ||
![]() George A. Johnson (Santa Rosa) |
Democratic | January 8, 1883 – January 3, 1887 |
Elected in 1882. Retired to run for Attorney General of California. | |
J. J. Sullivan (San Francisco) |
Democratic | January 3, 1887 – January 7, 1889 |
Elected in 1886. [data missing] |
San Francisco |
W. O. Banks (San Francisco) |
Republican | January 7, 1889 – January 2, 1893 |
Elected in 1888. [data missing] | |
![]() William J. Biggy (San Francisco) |
Democratic | January 2, 1893 – January 4, 1897 |
Elected in 1892. [data missing] | |
![]() Edward I. Wolfe (San Francisco) |
Republican | January 4, 1897 – January 6, 1913 |
Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1908. Redistricted to the 19th district and lost re-election. | |
![]() Frederick C. Gerdes (San Francisco) |
Republican | January 6, 1913 – January 8, 1917 |
Elected in 1912. Lost re-election. | |
![]() James C. Nealon (San Francisco) |
Democratic | January 8, 1917 – March 1, 1920 |
Elected in 1916. Died. | |
Vacant | March 1, 1920 – January 3, 1921 |
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![]() Charles W. Godsil (San Francisco) |
Republican | January 3, 1921 – January 5, 1925 |
Elected in 1920. [data missing] | |
![]() Roy Fellom (San Francisco) |
Republican | January 5, 1925 – January 5, 1931 |
Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1928. Resigned to assume seat in the 14th district. | |
Timothy E. Treacy (San Francisco) |
Nonpartisan | March 10, 1931 – January 2, 1933 |
Elected to finish Fellom's term. [data missing] | |
![]() Harry L. Parkman (San Carlos) |
Republican | January 2, 1933 – January 7, 1957 |
Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1952. Announced retirement, then ran for re-election. Retired after committee endorsed successor. |
San Mateo |
![]() Richard J. Dolwig (Redwood City) |
Republican | January 7, 1957 – January 2, 1967 |
Elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1964. Redistricted to the 12th district. | |
![]() John L. Harmer (Glendale) |
Republican | January 2, 1967 – October 4, 1974 |
Elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1972. Resigned when appointed as Lieutenant Governor. |
Los Angeles |
Vacant | October 4, 1974 – December 20, 1974 |
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![]() Newton Russell (La Cañada Flintridge) |
Republican | December 20, 1974 – November 30, 1996 |
Elected to finish Harmer's term. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1992. Retired. | |
![]() Adam Schiff (Burbank) |
Democratic | December 2, 1996 – November 30, 2000 |
Elected in 1996. Retired to become a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. | |
![]() Jack Scott (Altadena) |
Democratic | December 4, 2000 – November 30, 2008 |
Elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2004. Termed out. | |
![]() Carol Liu (La Cañada Flintridge) |
Democratic | December 1, 2008 – November 30, 2012 |
Elected in 2008. Redistricted to the 25th district. | |
![]() Steve Knight (Lancaster) |
Republican | December 3, 2012 – January 3, 2015 |
Elected in 2012. Resigned to become a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. |
Los Angeles, San Bernardino |
Vacant | January 3, 2015 – March 19, 2015 |
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![]() Sharon Runner (Lancaster) |
Republican | March 19, 2015 – July 14, 2016 |
Elected to finish Knight's term. Died. | |
Vacant | July 14, 2016 – December 5, 2016 |
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![]() Scott Wilk (Santa Clarita) |
Republican | December 5, 2016 – present |
Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2020. Retiring due to term limits. |
Election results
[edit]2020
[edit]Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Scott Wilk (incumbent) | 96,701 | 53.1 | |
Democratic | Kipp Mueller | 34,232 | 18.8 | |
Democratic | Dana LaMon | 21,911 | 12.0 | |
Democratic | Warren Heaton | 18,554 | 10.2 | |
Democratic | Steve Hill | 10,863 | 6.0 | |
Total votes | 182,261 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Scott Wilk (incumbent) | 199,342 | 50.8 | |
Democratic | Kipp Mueller | 193,202 | 49.2 | |
Total votes | 392,544 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2016
[edit]Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Scott Wilk | 69,403 | 46.7 | |
Democratic | Johnathon Levar Ervin | 50,078 | 33.7 | |
Democratic | Steve Hill | 17,735 | 11.9 | |
Republican | Star Moffatt | 11,439 | 7.7 | |
Total votes | 148,655 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Scott Wilk | 160,043 | 52.8 | |
Democratic | Johnathon Levar Ervin | 142,886 | 47.2 | |
Total votes | 302,929 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2015 (special)
[edit]Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Sharon Runner | 26,360 | 94.1 | |
Democratic | Steve Hill (write-in) | 996 | 3.6 | |
Democratic | Joshua Conaway (write-in) | 252 | 0.9 | |
Republican | Jerry J. Laws (write-in) | 120 | 0.4 | |
No party preference | Joshua Cody Chandler (write-in) | 108 | 0.4 | |
Democratic | Richard E. Macias (write-in) | 91 | 0.3 | |
No party preference | Jason Zink (write-in) | 90 | 0.3 | |
Total votes | 28,017 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2012
[edit]Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Steve Knight | 61,245 | 69.0 | |
Democratic | Star Moffatt | 27,545 | 31.0 | |
Total votes | 88,790 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Steve Knight | 153,412 | 57.6 | |
Democratic | Star Moffatt | 112,780 | 42.4 | |
Total votes | 266,192 | 100.0 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
2008
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Carol Liu | 204,737 | 66.88 | |
Republican | Teddy Choi | 77,525 | 25.33 | |
Libertarian | Steve Myers | 23,842 | 7.79 | |
Total votes | 306,104 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | 69.81 | |||
Democratic hold |
2004
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jack Scott (incumbent) | 217,515 | 78.05 | |
Libertarian | Bob New | 61,160 | 21.95 | |
Total votes | 278,675 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
2000
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jack Scott | 158,145 | 58.92 | |
Republican | Paul Zee | 100,901 | 37.59 | |
Libertarian | Bob New | 9,339 | 3.48 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 23,047 | 7.91 | ||
Total votes | 291,432 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
1996
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Adam Schiff | 125,649 | 51.78 | |
Republican | Paula L. Boland | 107,039 | 44.11 | |
Libertarian | Bob New | 9,981 | 4.11 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 19,207 | 7.39 | ||
Total votes | 261,876 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
1992
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Newton R. Russell (incumbent) | 133,385 | 50.04 | |
Democratic | Rachel J. Dewey | 116,486 | 43.70 | |
Libertarian | James R. "Bob" New | 10,658 | 4.00 | |
Peace and Freedom | Jan B. Tucker | 6,031 | 2.26 | |
No party | Lewis Weiss (write-in) | 3 | 0.00 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 25,122 | 8.61 | ||
Total votes | 266,563 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |