California's 8th State Senate district

California's 8th State Senate district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Republican Andreas Borgeas of Fresno.

California's 8th State Senate district
Current senator
  Andreas Borgeas
R–Fresno
Population (2010)
 • Voting age
 • Citizen voting age		929,712[1]
694,800[1]
606,375[1]
Demographics
Registered voters540,098[2]
Registration39.43% Republican
33.09% Democratic
21.00% No party preference

District profile

The district stretches from the Sacramento suburbs to Death Valley. It encompasses most of the southern Sierra Nevada and parts of the Gold Country and Central Valley. The Central Valley portions comprise most of the district's population.

Election results from statewide races
Year Office Results
2018 Governor Cox 57.4 – 42.6%
Senator de Leon 55.6 – 44.4%
2016 President Trump 52.3 – 41.9%
Senator Harris 57.0 – 43.0%
2014 Governor Kashkari 56.5 – 43.5%
2012 President Romney 54.6 – 43.0%
Senator Emken 55.5 – 44.5%

Election results

2018
2018 California State Senate election
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Andreas Borgeas 117,673 59.4
Democratic Paulina Miranda 42,044 21.2
Democratic Tom Pratt 30,984 15.6
No party preference Mark Belden 7,304 3.7
Total votes 198,005 100.0
General election
Republican Andreas Borgeas 202,741 59.6
Democratic Paulina Miranda 137,311 40.4
Total votes 340,052 100.0
Republican hold

2014
2014 California State Senate election
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Berryhill (incumbent) 97,056 65.4
Democratic Paulina Miranda 51,415 34.6
Total votes 148,471 100.0
General election
Republican Tom Berryhill (incumbent) 145,587 66.5
Democratic Paulina Miranda 73,417 33.5
Total votes 219,004 100.0
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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