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California's 8th State Assembly district
American legislative district
California's 8th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Republican Jim Patterson of Fresno.
Quick Facts 's 8th State Assembly district, Current assemblymember ...
California's 8th State Assembly district | |||
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Current assemblymember |
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Population (2010) • Voting age • Citizen voting age | 463,773[1] 352,594[1] 310,070[1] | ||
Demographics |
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Registered voters | 263,704 | ||
Registration | 39.76% Democratic 32.54% Republican 22.02% No party preference |
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The district comprises seven California counties in the Central Sierra Nevada and Eastern Sierra regions of the state.[2]
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More information Year, Office ...
Year | Office | Results |
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2021 | Recall | No 54.0 – 46.0% |
2020 | President | Biden 55.1 - 42.2% |
2018 | Governor[3] | Newsom 52.2 – 47.8% |
Senator[4] | De Leon 50.1 – 49.9% | |
2016 | President | Clinton 51.8 – 41.0% |
Senator | Harris 65.4 – 34.6% | |
2014 | Governor | Brown 56.5 – 43.5% |
2012 | President | Obama 51.6 – 45.5% |
Senator | Feinstein 54.5 – 45.5% |
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Due to redistricting, the 8th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2011 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.
More information Assembly members, Party ...
Assembly members | Party | Years served | Counties represented | Notes |
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Allen Henry | Democratic | January 5, 1885 - January 4, 1889 | Butte | |
C. H. Porter | Republican | January 4, 1889 - January 5, 1891 | ||
T. H. Barnard | January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893 | |||
D. P. Durst | January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895 | Sutter, Yuba | ||
William M. Cutter | January 7, 1895 - January 2, 1899 | |||
Charles G. Raub | January 2, 1899 - January 1, 1901 | |||
Lawrence Schillig | January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1903 | |||
Alexander C. McLaughlin | January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1905 | |||
E. T. Manwell | January 2, 1905 - January 7, 1907 | |||
Arthur Hathaway Hewitt | January 7, 1907 - January 6, 1913 | |||
Joseph Alfred Murray | January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915 | Sutter, Yuba, Yolo | ||
L. N. Tabler | Democratic | January 4, 1915 - January 8, 1917 | ||
Louis Tarke | Republican | January 8, 1917 - January 6, 1919 | ||
Edward Lewis | January 6, 1919 - January 8, 1923 | |||
Fred B. Noyes | January 8, 1923 - January 5, 1931 | |||
Frank L. Gordon | January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933 | Napa, Yolo | ||
Roy J. Nielsen | January 2, 1933 - January 4, 1937 | Sacramento | ||
Chester M. Gannon | Democratic | January 4, 1937 - January 6, 1941 | ||
John Edward Cain | Democratic | January 6, 1941 - January 4, 1943 | ||
Chester M. Gannon | Republican | January 4, 1943 - January 3, 1949 | ||
Gordon A. Fleury | January 3, 1949 - August 28, 1955 | Resigned from the Assembly | ||
Thomas Jamison MacBride | Democratic | January 7, 1957 - January 2, 1961 | ||
William Adolphus “Jimmy” Hicks | January 2, 1961 - December 29, 1961 | Died in office. Died from a heart attack.[5] | ||
Walter W. Powers | November 27, 1962 - November 30, 1974 | Was sworn in on November 27, 1962 after winning the special election[6] | ||
Alfred C. Siegler | December 2, 1974 - May 18, 1976 | Napa, Solano, Sonoma | Died in office. Died from a heart attack while playing Tennis.[7] | |
Michael Gage | December 6, 1976 - November 30, 1980 | |||
Don Sebastiani | Republican | December 1, 1980 - December 6, 1982 | ||
December 6, 1982 - November 30, 1986 | Lake, Napa, Solano, Sonoma | |||
Bev Hansen | December 1, 1986 - November 30, 1992 | |||
Thomas M. Hannigan | Democratic | December 7, 1992 - November 30, 1996 | Sacramento, Solano, Yolo | |
Helen Thomson | December 2, 1996 - November 30, 2002 | |||
Lois Wolk | December 2, 2002 - November 30, 2008 | Solano, Yolo | ||
Mariko Yamada | December 1, 2008 - November 30, 2012 | |||
Ken Cooley | December 3, 2012 – Present | Sacramento | ||
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2020
More information Primary election, Party ...
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Ken Cooley (incumbent) | 73,444 | 57.0 | |
Republican | Cathy Cook | 55,376 | 43.0 | |
Total votes | 128,820 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Ken Cooley (incumbent) | 126,969 | 55.1% | |
Republican | Cathy Cook | 103,496 | 44.9% | |
Total votes | 230,465 | 100% |
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2018
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Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Ken Cooley (incumbent) | 53,490 | 53.9 | |
Republican | Melinda Avey | 40,792 | 41.1 | |
Libertarian | Janice Marlae Bonser | 3,017 | 3.0 | |
No party preference | Lawrence Ray Murray | 2,025 | 2.0 | |
Total votes | 99,324 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Ken Cooley (incumbent) | 95,450 | 55.8 | |
Republican | Melinda Avey | 75,742 | 44.2 | |
Total votes | 171,192 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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2016
More information Primary election, Party ...
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Ken Cooley (incumbent) | 61,704 | 58.3 | |
Republican | Nick Bloise | 36,630 | 34.6 | |
Libertarian | Janice Marlae Bonser | 7,588 | 7.2 | |
Total votes | 105,922 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Ken Cooley (incumbent) | 104,552 | 57.0 | |
Republican | Nick Bloise | 78,848 | 43.0 | |
Total votes | 183,400 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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2014
More information Primary election, Party ...
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Ken Cooley (incumbent) | 35,294 | 51.8 | |
Republican | Douglas Haaland | 28,049 | 41.1 | |
Libertarian | Janice Marlae Bonser | 4,830 | 7.1 | |
Total votes | 68,173 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Ken Cooley (incumbent) | 62,892 | 56.7 | |
Republican | Douglas Haaland | 48,057 | 43.3 | |
Total votes | 110,949 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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2012
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Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Ken Cooley | 33,304 | 42.8 | |
Republican | Peter Tateishi | 18,237 | 23.4 | |
Republican | Barbara Ortega | 15,592 | 20.0 | |
Republican | John Thomas Flynn | 4,853 | 6.2 | |
Libertarian | Janice Marlae Bonser | 3,368 | 4.3 | |
Republican | Phillip A. Tufi | 2,424 | 3.1 | |
Total votes | 77,778 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Ken Cooley | 92,630 | 54.3 | |
Republican | Peter Tateishi | 78,006 | 45.7 | |
Total votes | 170,636 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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2010
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mariko Yamada (incumbent) | 79,787 | 61.7 | |
Republican | Michelle P. Connor | 49,714 | 38.3 | |
Total votes | 129,501 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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2008
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mariko Yamada | 112,524 | 66.03 | |
Republican | Manuel Cosme | 57,883 | 33.97 | |
Total votes | 170,407 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | 74.21 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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2006
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Lois Wolk (incumbent) | 78,171 | 66.02 | |
Republican | John Gould | 40,238 | 33.98 | |
Total votes | 118,409 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | 61.78 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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2004
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Lois Wolk (incumbent) | 101,171 | 62.83 | |
Republican | John R. Munn | 59,842 | 37.17 | |
Total votes | 161,013 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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2002
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Lois Wolk | 57,360 | 57.45 | |
Republican | John R. Munn | 41,482 | 42.55 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 5,207 | 4.96 | ||
Total votes | 105,049 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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2000
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Helen Thomson (incumbent) | 92,315 | 62.18 | |
Republican | John R. Munn | 51,671 | 34.80 | |
Natural Law | Robert W. Wilson | 4,483 | 3.02 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 5,991 | 3.88 | ||
Total votes | 154,460 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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1998
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Helen M. Thomson (incumbent) | 73,315 | 64.19 | |
Republican | Toni Thompson | 40,904 | 35.81 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 10,333 | 8.30 | ||
Total votes | 124,552 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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1996
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Helen Thomson (incumbent) | 75,010 | 55.79 | |
Republican | Ed Schlenker | 51,707 | 38.46 | |
Libertarian | Harold J. Helbock | 7,728 | 5.75 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 9,408 | 6.54 | ||
Total votes | 143,853 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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1994
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tom Hannigan (incumbent) | 62,135 | 55.27 | |
Republican | Bryant J. Stocking | 50,282 | 44.73 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 9,391 | 7.71 | ||
Total votes | 121,808 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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1992
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Thomas M. Hannigan (incumbent) | 83,839 | 57.49 | |
Republican | John W. Ford | 53,509 | 36.69 | |
Libertarian | Richard Fields | 8,307 | 5.70 | |
No party | Jeanne Patrick (write-in) | 181 | 0.12 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 10,222 | 6.55 | ||
Total votes | 156,058 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||
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- "Assembly Districts". State of California. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- "Assemblyman Hicks of Sacramento dead at 55". cdnc.ucr.edu.
- "1963 session" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.
- "Vallejo Assemblyman Dies". cdnc.ucr.edu.