California's_18th_State_Senate_district

California's 18th State Senate district
California's 18th State Senate district
Current senator
	Steve Padilla; D–Chula Vista
Population (2010); • Voting age; • Citizen voting age	928,725; 699,815; 471,813
Demographics	29.05% White; 4.23% Black; 56.53% Latino; 8.93% Asian; 0.32% Native American; 0.15% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; 0.35% other; 0.44% remainder of multiracial;
Registered voters	503,382
Registration	53.43% Democratic; 13.75% Republican; 27.24% No party preference

California's 18th senatorial district

American legislative district

California's 18th senatorial district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Steve Padilla of Chula Vista.

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Year	Office	Results
2021	Recall	No 75.2 – 24.8%
2020	President	Biden 73.7 – 24.3%
2018	Governor	Newsom 76.5 – 23.5%
2018	Senator	Feinstein 57.9 – 42.1%
2016	President	Clinton 75.9 – 18.8%
2016	Senator	Harris 59.5 – 40.5%
2014	Governor	Brown 71.6 – 28.4%
2012	President	Obama 73.9 – 23.5%
2012	Senator	Feinstein 75.3 – 24.7%

Senators	Party	Years served	Counties represented	Notes
Frederick Cox	Democratic	January 8, 1883 - January 3, 1887	Sacramento	Served together with Routier.^[3]
Joseph Routier	Republican	January 8, 1883 - January 3, 1887	Sacramento	Served together with Routier.^[3]
M. W. Dixon	Democratic	January 3, 1887 - January 5, 1891	Alameda
William Simpson	Republican	January 5, 1891 - January 7, 1895	Alameda
Hugh Toner	Democratic	January 7, 1895 - January 2, 1899	San Francisco
John A. Hoey	Republican	January 2, 1899 - January 5, 1903
Harry Bunkers	Democratic	January 5, 1903 - February 27, 1905		Expelled from the Senate for bribery.^[4]
Daniel J. Reily	Republican	January 7, 1907 - January 2, 1911
Daniel P. Regan	Republican	January 2, 1911 - January 4, 1915
Dominic Joseph Beban	Progressive	January 4, 1915 - February 29, 1916		Died in office.^[5]
Victor J. Canepa	Independent	January 8, 1917 - January 5, 1931		Change his party to Republican when he ran for his 2nd term.
Victor J. Canepa	Republican	January 8, 1917 - January 5, 1931
Herbert C. Jones		January 5, 1931 - January 7, 1935	Santa Clara
Sanborn Young		January 7, 1935 - January 2, 1939
John D. Foley	Democratic	January 2, 1939 - January 4, 1943
Byrl R. Salsman	Republican	January 4, 1943 - October 1, 1949		Resigned from the Senate to become a Judge.
John F. "Jack" Thompson		January 8, 1951 - January 7, 1963
Clark L. Bradley		January 7, 1963 - January 2, 1967
Walter W. Stiern	Democratic	January 2, 1967 - November 30, 1974	Kern, Kings
Omer Rains		December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1982	Santa Barbara, Ventura
Gary K. Hart		December 6, 1982 - November 30, 1994	Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura
Jack O'Connell		December 5, 1994 – November 30, 2002	San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura
Roy Ashburn	Republican	December 2, 2002 – November 30, 2010	Inyo, Kern, San Bernardino, Tulare
Jean Fuller	Republican	December 6, 2010 - November 30, 2014	Inyo, Kern, San Bernardino, Tulare
Robert Hertzberg	Democratic	December 1, 2014 – December 5, 2022	Los Angeles
Steve Padilla	Democratic	December 5, 2022 – present	Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Hertzberg (incumbent)	72,462	66.3
	Republican	Rudy Melendez	12,564	11.5
	Democratic	Roger James Sayegh	12,238	11.2
	Republican	Brandon Saario	12,048	11.0
Total votes			109,312	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Robert Hertzberg (incumbent)	195,623	78.1
	Republican	Rudy Melendez	54,888	21.9
Total votes			250,511	100.0
	Democratic hold

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Hertzberg	35,338	63.1
	Republican	Ricardo Antonio Benitez	16,289	29.1
	Green	John P. "Jack" Lindblad	4,392	7.8
Total votes			56,019	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Robert Hertzberg	79,495	70.2
	Republican	Ricardo Antonio Benitez	33,794	29.8
Total votes			113,289	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jean Fuller	166,051	68.9
	Democratic	Carter N. Pope	75,229	31.1
Total votes			241,280	100.0
	Republican hold

California's_18th_State_Senate_district

California's 18th senatorial district

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roy Ashburn (incumbent)	147,767	69.74
	Democratic	Fred Davis	59,187	27.93
	Green	Matthew Rick	4,923	2.32
Total votes			211,877	100.00
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roy Ashburn (incumbent)	153,878	100.00
Invalid or blank votes			20,830	11.92
Total votes			174,708	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jack O'Connell (incumbent)	169,818	66.87
	Republican	Gordon Klemm	79,872	31.45
	Libertarian	Jack Ray	4,276	1.68
Invalid or blank votes			12,531	4.70
Total votes			266,497	100.00
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jack O'Connell	158,161	59.04
	Republican	Steve MacElvaine	109,734	40.96
Invalid or blank votes			11,965	4.28
Total votes			279,860	100.00
	Democratic hold