California's 1st State Senate district
California's 1st State Senate district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. Republican Brian Dahle represents the district, having won the seat in a June 2019 special election after Republican Ted Gaines of El Dorado Hills resigned to become a member of the California Board of Equalization in January 2019.[3][4][5]
California's 1st State Senate district | |||
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Current senator |
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Population (2010) • Voting age • Citizen voting age | 935,336[1] 728,887[1] 672,832[1] | ||
Demographics |
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Registered voters | 618,334[2] | ||
Registration | 42.07% Republican 30.27% Democratic 19.85% No party preference |
District profile
The district stretches along the eastern edge of the state from the Oregon border to the Lake Tahoe area. It wraps around the Sacramento Valley along the northern Sierra Nevada, extending westward into the eastern Sacramento suburbs. While the district is primarily rural, a substantial minority of the population is concentrated in the suburban southwestern portion.
All of Alpine County All of El Dorado County All of Lassen County All of Modoc County All of Nevada County
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Placer County – 62.9% All of Plumas County Sacramento County – 10.2% All of Shasta County
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All of Sierra County All of Siskiyou County
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Election results from statewide races
Year | Office | Results |
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2018 | Governor | Cox 59.9 – 40.1% |
Senator | de Leon 55.7 - 44.3% | |
2016 | President | Trump 54.3 – 38.6% |
Senator | Harris 62.9 – 37.1% | |
2014 | Governor | Kashkari 55.0 – 45.0% |
2012 | President | Romney 57.3 – 39.9% |
Senator | Emken 57.9 – 42.1% | |
2010 | Governor | Whitman 52.4 – 42.5% |
Senator | Fiorina 57.4 – 36.2% | |
2008 | President | McCain 52.1 – 45.8% |
2006 | Governor | Schwarzenegger 71.0 – 24.0% |
Senator | Mountjoy 48.8 – 46.0% | |
2004 | President | Bush 60.2 – 38.6% |
Senator | Jones 54.2 – 42.2% | |
2003 | Recall | Yes 69.0 – 31.0% |
Schwarzenegger 59.9 – 18.5% | ||
2002 | Governor | Simon 57.2 – 31.8% |
2000 | President | Bush 57.6 – 36.3% |
Senator | Campbell 50.5 – 41.0% | |
1998 | Governor | Lungren 51.5 – 44.9% |
Senator | Fong 51.1 – 44.0% | |
1996 | President | Dole 50.8 – 37.1% |
1994 | Governor | Wilson 65.3 – 28.7% |
Senator | Huffington 55.1 – 35.8% | |
1992 | President | Bush 39.2 – 34.9% |
Senator | Herschensohn 50.5 – 36.9% | |
Senator | Seymour 45.3 – 45.2% |
List of senators
Due to redistricting, the 1st district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2011 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.
Senator | Party | Dates | |
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Jonathan J. Warner | Democratic | 1850-1852 | |
David B. Kurtz | Whig | 1852-1855 | |
Benjamin Davis Wilson | Democratic | 1855-1858 | |
Cameron E. Thom | Democratic | 1858-1859 | |
Andres Pico | Democratic | 1859-1861 | |
John C. Bogart | Democratic | 1861-1863 | |
M. C. Tuttle | National Union | 1863-1867 | |
William Alexander Conn | Democratic | 1867-1871 | |
James McCoy | Democratic | 1871-1875 | |
John W. Satterwhite | Democratic | 1875-1882 | |
John Wolfskill | Democratic | 1882-1884 | |
A. P. Johnson | Republican | 1884-1886 | |
John P. Haynes | Democratic | 1886-1888 | |
Frank McGowan | Republican | 1888-1896 | |
James N. Gillett | Republican | 1896-1900 | |
Thomas H. Selvage | Republican | 1900-1906 | |
George T. Rolley | Republican | 1906-1908 | |
Charles P. Cutten | Republican | 1908-1912 | |
William Kehoe | Republican | 1912-1920 | |
H. C. Nelson | Republican | 1920-1932 | |
Harold J. Powers | Republican | 1932-1953 | |
Dale C. Williams | Democratic | 1953-1955 | |
Stanley Arnold | Democratic | 1955-1966 | |
Randolph Collier | Democratic | 1966-1976 | |
Ray E. Johnson | Republican | 1976-1984 | |
John T. Doolittle | Republican | 1984-1991 | |
Tim Leslie | Republican | 1991-2000 | |
Rico Oller | Republican | 2000-2004 | |
Dave Cox | Republican | 2004-2010 | |
Ted Gaines | Republican | 2011–2019 | |
Brian Dahle | Republican | 2019–present |
Election results
2019 (special)
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Brian Dahle | 57,725 | 29.6 | |
Republican | Kevin Kiley | 54,290 | 27.9 | |
Democratic | Silke Pflueger | 49,164 | 25.2 | |
Republican | Rex Hime | 18,050 | 9.3 | |
Democratic | Steve Baird | 10,855 | 5.6 | |
Republican | Theodore Dziuba | 4,672 | 2.4 | |
Total votes | 194,756 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Brian Dahle | 70,556 | 53.1 | |
Republican | Kevin Kiley | 62,259 | 46.9 | |
Total votes | 132,815 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2016
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Ted Gaines (incumbent) | 140,739 | 49.4 | |
Democratic | Rob Rowen | 104,262 | 36.6 | |
Republican | Steven Baird | 39,958 | 14.1 | |
Total votes | 284,959 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Ted Gaines (incumbent) | 287,314 | 64.0 | |
Democratic | Rob Rowen | 161,502 | 36.0 | |
Total votes | 448,816 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2012
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Ted Gaines (incumbent) | 110,168 | 48.2 | |
Democratic | Julie Griffith-Flatter | 68,947 | 30.2 | |
Republican | Les Baugh | 37,442 | 16.4 | |
No party preference | "Bo" Bogdan I. Ambrozewicz | 11,923 | 5.2 | |
Total votes | 228,480 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Ted Gaines (incumbent) | 263,256 | 63.7 | |
Democratic | Julie Griffith-Flatter | 150,111 | 36.3 | |
Total votes | 413,367 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2011 (special)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ted Gaines | 91,083 | 62.9 | |
Democratic | Ken Cooley | 53,747 | 37.1 | |
Republican | Joseph McCray, Sr. (write-in) | 28 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 144,858 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dave Cox (incumbent) | 267,426 | 62.3 | |
Democratic | Anselmo Chavez | 162,044 | 37.7 | |
Total votes | 429,470 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dave Cox | 261,607 | 62.8 | |
Democratic | Kristine Lang McDonald | 141,462 | 34.1 | |
Libertarian | Roberto Leibman | 13,292 | 3.1 | |
Total votes | 416,361 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2000
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Rico Oller | 220,427 | 57.8 | |
Democratic | Thomas A. Romero | 144,997 | 38.0 | |
Libertarian | John Petersen | 16,075 | 4.2 | |
Total votes | 381,499 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tim Leslie (incumbent) | 215,931 | 63.2 | |
Democratic | Thomas "Tom" Romero | 125,894 | 36.8 | |
No party | Lamar Norton Latimer (write-in) | 55 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 341,880 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
1992
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tim Leslie (incumbent) | 189,095 | 54.8 | |
Democratic | Thomas A. Romero | 123,563 | 35.8 | |
Green | Kent Warner Smith | 32,717 | 9.5 | |
Total votes | 345,375 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
See also
- California State Senate
- California State Senate districts
- Districts in California