California's_21st_senatorial_district

California's 21st State Senate district
California's 21st State Senate district
Current senator
	Scott Wilk; R–Santa Clarita
Population (2010); • Voting age; • Citizen voting age	930,282; 649,719; 507,189
Demographics	39.99% White; 11.73% Black; 40.73% Latino; 5.47% Asian; 0.81% Native American; 0.29% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; 0.33% other; 0.65% remainder of multiracial;
Registered voters	519,113
Registration	39.25% Democratic; 31.34% Republican; 22.35% No party preference

California's 21st senatorial district

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California's 21st senatorial district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Republican Scott Wilk of Santa Clarita.

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"Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).

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"Report of Registration as of July 3, 2020" (PDF).

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Year	Office	Results
2020	President	Biden 52.0 – 45.8%
2018	Governor	Cox 50.9 – 49.1%
2018	Senator	de Leon 51.6 – 48.4%
2016	President	Clinton 48.6 – 45.7%
2016	Senator	Harris 56.8 – 43.2%
2014	Governor	Kashkari 58.6 – 41.4%
2012	President	Romney 49.9 – 47.5%
2012	Senator	Emken 51.1 – 48.9%

Senators	Party	Years served	Electoral history	Counties represented
M. M. Wombough (Colusa)	Democratic	January 5, 1852 – January 3, 1855	Elected in 1851. Re-elected in 1853. [data missing]	Colusa, Yolo
[data missing]		January 3, 1855 – January 5, 1857	[data missing]	[data missing]
John C. Burch (Weaverville)	Democratic	January 5, 1857 – January 3, 1859	Elected in 1856. Retired to run for U.S. House of Representatives.	Humboldt, Trinity
James T. Ryan (Eureka)	Democratic	January 3, 1859 – January 7, 1861	Elected in 1858. [data missing]	Humboldt, Trinity
Joseph Kutz (North San Juan)	Republican	January 7, 1861 – January 6, 1862	Elected in 1860.	Nevada

Dates	Seat A			Seat B			Seat C			Counties represented
Dates	Member	Party	Electoral history	Member	Party	Electoral history	Member	Party	Electoral history	Counties represented
January 6, 1862 – December 7, 1863	Edmund W. Roberts (Grass Valley)	Union	Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1863. Re-elected in 1865. Re-elected in 1867. Re-elected in 1868. [data missing]	Joseph Kutz (North San Juan)	Union	Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1863. Re-elected in 1865. [data missing]	John C. Birdseye (Nevada City)	Union	Elected in 1862. [data missing]	Nevada
December 7, 1863 – December 4, 1865							Third seat was eliminated for the term.
December 4, 1865 – December 2, 1867							David Belden (Nevada City)	Union	Elected in 1865. [data missing]
December 2, 1867 – December 6, 1869				Second seat was eliminated for the term.			Third seat was eliminated.
December 6, 1869 – December 4, 1871		Republican		Miles P. O'Connor (Nevada City)	Democratic	Elected in 1868. [data missing]
December 4, 1871 – December 1, 1873	Charles Kent (Nevada City)	Democratic	Elected in 1871. Re-elected in 1873. [data missing]	Second seat was eliminated for the term.
December 1, 1873 – December 6, 1875	Charles Kent (Nevada City)	Democratic	Elected in 1871. Re-elected in 1873. [data missing]	Miles P. O'Connor (Nevada City)	Democratic	Elected in 1873. [data missing]

Senators	Party	Years served	Electoral history	Counties represented
Benjamin F. Tuttle (Petaluma)	Democratic	December 6, 1875 – December 3, 1877	Elected in 1875. Retired to run for State Assembly.	Sonoma
[data missing]		December 3, 1877 – January 5, 1880	[data missing]
W. W. Moreland (Healdsburg)	Democratic	January 5, 1880 – January 3, 1881	Elected in 1879. [data missing]
[data missing]		January 3, 1881 – January 8, 1883	[data missing]
George A. Johnson (Santa Rosa)	Democratic	January 8, 1883 – January 3, 1887	Elected in 1882. Retired to run for Attorney General of California.
J. J. Sullivan (San Francisco)	Democratic	January 3, 1887 – January 7, 1889	Elected in 1886. [data missing]	San Francisco
W. O. Banks (San Francisco)	Republican	January 7, 1889 – January 2, 1893	Elected in 1888. [data missing]
William J. Biggy (San Francisco)	Democratic	January 2, 1893 – January 4, 1897	Elected in 1892. [data missing]
Edward I. Wolfe (San Francisco)	Republican	January 4, 1897 – January 6, 1913	Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1908. Redistricted to the 19th district and lost re-election.
Frederick C. Gerdes (San Francisco)	Republican	January 6, 1913 – January 8, 1917	Elected in 1912. Lost re-election.
James C. Nealon (San Francisco)	Democratic	January 8, 1917 – March 1, 1920	Elected in 1916. Died.
Vacant		March 1, 1920 – January 3, 1921
Charles W. Godsil (San Francisco)	Republican	January 3, 1921 – January 5, 1925	Elected in 1920. [data missing]
Roy Fellom (San Francisco)	Republican	January 5, 1925 – January 5, 1931	Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1928. Resigned to assume seat in the 14th district.
Timothy E. Treacy (San Francisco)	Nonpartisan	March 10, 1931 – January 2, 1933	Elected to finish Fellom's term. [data missing]
Harry L. Parkman (San Carlos)	Republican	January 2, 1933 – January 7, 1957	Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1952. Announced retirement, then ran for re-election. Retired after committee endorsed successor.	San Mateo
Richard J. Dolwig (Redwood City)	Republican	January 7, 1957 – January 2, 1967	Elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1964. Redistricted to the 12th district.	San Mateo
John L. Harmer (Glendale)	Republican	January 2, 1967 – October 4, 1974	Elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1972. Resigned when appointed as Lieutenant Governor.	Los Angeles
Vacant		October 4, 1974 – December 20, 1974
Newton Russell (La Cañada Flintridge)	Republican	December 20, 1974 – November 30, 1996	Elected to finish Harmer's term. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1992. Retired.
Adam Schiff (Burbank)	Democratic	December 2, 1996 – November 30, 2000	Elected in 1996. Retired to become a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Jack Scott (Altadena)	Democratic	December 4, 2000 – November 30, 2008	Elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2004. Termed out.
Carol Liu (La Cañada Flintridge)	Democratic	December 1, 2008 – November 30, 2012	Elected in 2008. Redistricted to the 25th district.
Steve Knight (Lancaster)	Republican	December 3, 2012 – January 3, 2015	Elected in 2012. Resigned to become a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.	Los Angeles, San Bernardino
Vacant		January 3, 2015 – March 19, 2015
Sharon Runner (Lancaster)	Republican	March 19, 2015 – July 14, 2016	Elected to finish Knight's term. Died.
Vacant		July 14, 2016 – December 5, 2016
Scott Wilk (Santa Clarita)	Republican	December 5, 2016 – present	Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2020. Retiring due to term limits.

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Wilk (incumbent)	96,701	53.1
	Democratic	Kipp Mueller	34,232	18.8
	Democratic	Dana LaMon	21,911	12.0
	Democratic	Warren Heaton	18,554	10.2
	Democratic	Steve Hill	10,863	6.0
Total votes			182,261	100.0
General election
	Republican	Scott Wilk (incumbent)	199,342	50.8
	Democratic	Kipp Mueller	193,202	49.2
Total votes			392,544	100.0
	Republican hold

California's_21st_senatorial_district

California's 21st senatorial district

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carol Liu	204,737	66.88
	Republican	Teddy Choi	77,525	25.33
	Libertarian	Steve Myers	23,842	7.79
Total votes			306,104	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}	69.81
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jack Scott (incumbent)	217,515	78.05
	Libertarian	Bob New	61,160	21.95
Total votes			278,675	100.00
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jack Scott	158,145	58.92
	Republican	Paul Zee	100,901	37.59
	Libertarian	Bob New	9,339	3.48
Invalid or blank votes			23,047	7.91
Total votes			291,432	100.00
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Adam Schiff	125,649	51.78
	Republican	Paula L. Boland	107,039	44.11
	Libertarian	Bob New	9,981	4.11
Invalid or blank votes			19,207	7.39
Total votes			261,876	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Newton R. Russell (incumbent)	133,385	50.04
	Democratic	Rachel J. Dewey	116,486	43.70
	Libertarian	James R. "Bob" New	10,658	4.00
	Peace and Freedom	Jan B. Tucker	6,031	2.26
	No party	Lewis Weiss (write-in)	3	0.00
Invalid or blank votes			25,122	8.61
Total votes			266,563	100.00
	Republican hold