California's 16th State Senate district

California's 16th State Senate district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Republican Shannon Grove of Bakersfield.

California's 16th State Senate district
Current senator
  Shannon Grove
R–Bakersfield
Population (2010)
 • Voting age
 • Citizen voting age		922,123[1]
662,419[1]
564,836[1]
Demographics
Registered voters481,235[2]
Registration41.40% Republican
28.99% Democratic
22.46% No party preference

District profile

The district consists of portions of the southeastern Central Valley, as well as the High Desert and the intervening mountains. Most of the population is in the Central Valley portions, while the desert regions in the east of the district are fairly sparsely populated.

Election results from statewide races
Year Office Results
2018 Governor Cox 63.0 – 37.0%
Senator de Leon 60.5 – 39.5%
2016 President Trump 59.0 – 35.2%
Senator Harris 54.3 – 45.7%
2014 Governor Kashkari 64.9 – 35.1%
2012 President Romney 61.7 – 35.9%
Senator Emken 62.1 – 37.9%

Election results

2018
2018 California State Senate election
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Shannon Grove 90,353 59.1
Democratic Ruth Musser-Lopez 44,303 29.0
Republican Gregory Tatum 18,152 11.9
Total votes 152,808 100.0
General election
Republican Shannon Grove 169,714 64.2
Democratic Ruth Musser-Lopez 94,579 35.8
Total votes 264,293 100.0
Republican hold

2014
2014 California State Senate election
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jean Fuller (incumbent) 79,843 99.8
Democratic Ruth Musser-Lopez (write-in) 189 0.2
Total votes 80,032 100.0
General election
Republican Jean Fuller (incumbent) 122,700 72.8
Democratic Ruth Musser-Lopez 45,812 27.2
Total votes 168,512 100.0
Republican hold

See also

References
  1. "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
  2. "Report of Registration as of February 18, 2020" (PDF).
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