California's 4th State Senate district
California's 4th State Senate district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Republican Jim Nielsen of Gerber.
California's 4th State Senate district | |||
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Current senator |
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Population (2010) • Voting age • Citizen voting age | 937,962[1] 702,185[1] 622,033[1] | ||
Demographics |
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Registered voters | 528,784[2] | ||
Registration | 37.27% Republican 33.88% Democratic 21.38% No party preference |
District profile
The district encompasses much of the Sacramento Valley, reaching almost to the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta. The district mainly comprises rural farmland, but a substantial minority of the population is clustered in the Sacramento metropolitan area in the southern tip of the district.
All of Butte County All of Colusa County All of Glenn County
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Placer County – 37.1% Sacramento County – 21.8%
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All of Sutter County All of Tehama County All of Yuba County
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Election results from statewide races
Year | Office | Results |
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2018 | Governor[3] | Cox 56.7 – 43.3% |
Senator[4] | De Leon 56.1 – 43.9% | |
2016 | President | Trump 50.4 – 42.4% |
Senator | Harris 60.0 – 40.0% | |
2014 | Governor | Kashkari 52.4 – 47.6% |
2012 | President | Romney 52.6 – 44.4% |
Senator | Emken 53.3 – 46.7% |
Election results from statewide races | ||
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Year | Office | Results |
2002 | Governor | Simon 57.6 - 21.5% |
2000 | President | Bush 53.0 - 42.0% |
Senator | Feinstein 47.3 - 44.8% | |
1998 | Governor | Davis 51.8 - 44.6% |
Senator | Fong 56.3 - 39.5% | |
1996 | President | Dole 45.1 - 43.4% |
1994 | Governor | Wilson 60.6 - 33.8% |
Senator | Huffington 52.7 - 38.4% | |
1992 | President | Clinton 40.1 - 35.9% |
Senator | Herschensohn 47.4 - 41.1% | |
Senator | Feinstein 48.1 - 42.6% |
List of State Senators
Due to redistricting, the 4th 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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W. A. Shippee | Republican | ||
R. A. Redman | Democratic | ||
Philip A. Roach | Democratic | ||
Dr. Chester Rowell | Republican | ||
Thomas Fowler | Democratic | ||
Sherman Day | Democratic | ||
Jacob Grewell | Whig | ||
Selim E. Woodworth | Independent | 1849–1851 | |
Albert F. Jones | Democratic | ||
Samuel B. Bell | Republican | ||
Charles L. Pond | Republican | ||
Augustus L. Rhodes | Republican | 1860-1864 | |
Wanton Allen Shippee | Republican | ||
Patrick Reddy | Democratic | ||
George E. Gardner | Democratic | ||
John Bunyan Sanford | Democratic | 1902–1906 | |
C. M. Hammond | Republican | 1906–1910 | |
John Bunyan Sanford | Democratic | 1910–1914 | |
Claude F. Purkitt | Democratic | 1914–1922 | |
Fred C. Handy | Republican | 1922–1930 | |
R. R. Ingels | Republican | 1930–1934 | |
George Milton Biggar | Republican | 1934–1946 | |
Burt W. Busch | Republican | 1946–1954 | |
James E. Busch | Republican | 1954–1958 | |
Waverly Jack Slattery | Democratic | 1958–1962 | |
Frank S. Petersen | Democratic | 1962–1966 | |
John F. McCarthy | Republican | 1966–1970 | |
Peter H. Behr | Republican | 1970–1974 | |
John F. Dunlap | Democratic | 1974–1978 | |
Jim Nielsen | Republican | 1978–1990 | |
Mike Thompson | Democratic | 1990–1993 | |
Maurice Johannessen | Republican | 1993–2002 | |
Sam Aanestad | Republican | 2002–2010 | |
Doug LaMalfa | Republican | 2010–2012 | |
Jim Nielsen | Republican | 2013–present |
Election results
2018
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Jim Nielsen (incumbent) | 118,756 | 60.3 | |
Democratic | Phillip Kim | 42,661 | 21.7 | |
Democratic | Michael "Mike" Worley | 35,472 | 18.0 | |
Total votes | 192,889 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Jim Nielsen (incumbent) | 190,441 | 57.1 | |
Democratic | Phillip Kim | 142,817 | 42.9 | |
Total votes | 333,258 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2014
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Jim Nielsen (incumbent) | 92,191 | 64.0 | |
Democratic | CJ Jawahar | 51,781 | 36.0 | |
Total votes | 143,972 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Jim Nielsen (incumbent) | 139,199 | 63.7 | |
Democratic | CJ Jawahar | 79,457 | 36.3 | |
Total votes | 218,656 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2013 (special)
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Jim Nielsen | 188,207 | 49.8 | |
Democratic | Michael "Mickey" Harrington | 104,572 | 27.7 | |
Republican | Dan Logue | 43,303 | 11.5 | |
No party preference | Jann Reed | 24,966 | 6.6 | |
No party preference | Dan Levine | 9,882 | 2.6 | |
No party preference | Benjamin "Ben" Emery | 7,146 | 1.9 | |
Total votes | 378,076 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Jim Nielsen | 97,849 | 66.6 | |
Democratic | Michael "Mickey" Harrington | 49,004 | 33.4 | |
Total votes | 146,853 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Doug LaMalfa | 226,239 | 68.3 | |
Democratic | Lathe Gill | 105,460 | 31.7 | |
Total votes | 331,699 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Sam Aanestad (incumbent) | 161,516 | 61.0 | |
Democratic | Paul R. Singh | 87,926 | 33.1 | |
Libertarian | Tony Munroe | 8,246 | 3.1 | |
Green | Robert Wells Vizzard | 7,456 | 2.8 | |
Total votes | 265,144 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Sam Aanestad | 148,023 | 58.1 | |
Democratic | Marianne Smith | 92,786 | 36.3 | |
Libertarian | Robert H. Underwood | 14,325 | 5.6 | |
Total votes | 255,134 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Maurice Johannessen (incumbent) | 135,528 | 56.7 | |
Democratic | Mark Desio | 103,620 | 43.3 | |
Total votes | 239,148 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1994
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Maurice Johannessen (incumbent) | 133,101 | 54.4 | |
Democratic | Michael H. McGowan | 111,667 | 45.6 | |
Total votes | 244,768 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
See also
- California State Senate
- California State Senate districts
- Districts in California