California's 17th State Senate district
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California's 17th State Senate district | |||
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Current senator |
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Population (2010) • Voting age • Citizen voting age | 931,341[1] 724,678[1] 615,065[1] | ||
Demographics |
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Registered voters | 567,749[2] | ||
Registration | 46.61% Democratic 23.90% Republican 23.72% No party preference |
California's 17th State Senate district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Democrat John Laird of Santa Cruz.
District profile
The district encompasses the Central Coast, including the coastal Monterey Bay Area, as well as the extreme southern parts of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Monterey County – 45.8% All of San Luis Obispo County |
Santa Clara County – 11.7%
All of Santa Cruz County
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Election results from statewide races
Year | Office | Results |
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2020 | President | Biden 66.8 – 30.8% |
2018 | Governor | Newsom 63.8 – 36.2% |
Senator | Feinstein 54.0 – 46.0% | |
2016 | President | Clinton 63.4 – 29.6% |
Senator | Harris 67.0 – 33.0% | |
2014 | Governor | Brown 66.0 – 34.0% |
2012 | President | Obama 62.8 – 33.9% |
Senator | Feinstein 65.1 – 34.9% |
List of senators
Due to redistricting, the 17th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2011 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.
Senators | Party | Years served | Counties represented | Notes |
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Charles Dent Reynolds | Democratic | January 8, 1883 - January 5, 1885 | Calaveras, Tuolumne | |
Andrew B. Beauvais | Republican | January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | ||
Henry Vrooman | January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889 | Alameda | ||
William E. Dargie | January 7, 1889 - January 2, 1893 | |||
William J. Dunn | Democratic | January 2, 1893 - January 4, 1897 | San Francisco | |
Samuel Braunhart | January 4, 1897 - June 28, 1900 | Resigned to become a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. | ||
Joseph M. Plunkett | January 1, 1901 - January 2, 1905 | |||
Frank A. Markey | Republican | January 2, 1905 - January 4, 1909 | ||
Thomas Francis Finn | January 4, 1909 - January 6, 1913 | |||
Archibald E. Campbell | Democratic | January 6, 1913 - January 8, 1917 | Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo | |
Elmer S. Rigdon | January 8, 1917 - December 13, 1922 | Monterey, San Luis Obispo | Died in office.[3] | |
Ralph Leon Hughes | Republican | March 5, 1923 - January 5, 1925 | Sworn in after winning special election.[4] | |
C. C. Baker | January 5, 1925 - January 2, 1933 | |||
William Richard Sharkey | January 2, 1933 - January 4, 1937 | Contra Costa | ||
Truman H. DeLap | January 4, 1937 - January 3, 1949 | |||
George Miller Jr. | Democratic | January 3, 1949 - January 2, 1967 | ||
Donald L. Grunsky | Republican | January 2, 1967 - November 30, 1976 | Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz | |
Bob Nimmo | December 6, 1976 - November 30, 1980 | Monterey, San Benito, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz | ||
Henry J. Mello | Democratic | December 1, 1980 - November 30, 1992 | ||
Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz | ||||
Don Rogers | Republican | December 15, 1992 - November 30, 1996 | Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, San Bernardino | Took his seat in the 17th district after resigning from the 16th district. |
William J. Knight | December 2, 1996 – May 7, 2004 | Died in office. | ||
George Runner | December 6, 2004 – December 21, 2010 | Kern, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Ventura | Resigned from the Senate. | |
Sharon Runner | February 18, 2011 – December 3, 2012 | Sworn in after winning special election. | ||
Bill Monning | Democratic | December 3, 2012 – November 30, 2020 | Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz | |
John Laird | December 7, 2020 - present |
Election results 1992 - present
2020
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | John Laird | 138,986 | 44.4 | |
Republican | Vicki Nohrden | 98,649 | 31.5 | |
Democratic | Maria Cadenas | 65,525 | 20.9 | |
Democratic | John M. Nevill | 10,040 | 3.2 | |
Total votes | 313,200 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | John Laird | 320,090 | 64.7 | |
Republican | Vicki Nohrden | 174,587 | 35.3 | |
Total votes | 494,677 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2016
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Bill Monning (incumbent) | 185,586 | 68.8 | |
Republican | Palmer Kain | 84,142 | 31.2 | |
Total votes | 269,728 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Bill Monning (incumbent) | 268,806 | 65.5 | |
Republican | Palmer Kain | 141,339 | 34.5 | |
Total votes | 410,145 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2012
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Bill Monning | 110,890 | 59.4 | |
Republican | Larry Beaman | 75,713 | 40.6 | |
Total votes | 186,603 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Bill Monning | 236,213 | 63.3 | |
Republican | Larry Beaman | 136,836 | 36.7 | |
Total votes | 373,049 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
2011 (special)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Sharon Runner | 44,238 | 65.27% | |
Democratic | Darren W. Parker | 23,534 | 34.73% | |
Total votes | 67,772 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George Runner (incumbent) | 182,295 | 54.85 | |
Democratic | Bruce McFarland | 150,060 | 45.15 | |
Total votes | 332,355 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | 70.90 | |||
Republican hold |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George Runner | 179,992 | 59.70 | |
Democratic | Jonathan Daniel Kraut | 109,037 | 36.16 | |
Libertarian | John S. Ballard | 12,479 | 4.14 | |
Total votes | 301,508 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
2000
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | William J. Knight (incumbent) | 172,723 | 64.36 | |
Democratic | Richard Lott | 84,427 | 31.46 | |
Libertarian | John R. Gibson | 7,667 | 2.86 | |
Natural Law | Douglas R. Wallack | 3,543 | 1.32 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 10,416 | 3.74 | ||
Total votes | 278,776 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | William J. Knight | 163,531 | 66.61 | |
Democratic | Steven A. Figueroa | 61,962 | 33.39 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 17,880 | 6.79 | ||
Total votes | 243,373 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
1992
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Don Rogers (incumbent) | 136,298 | 52.15 | |
Democratic | William M. Olenick | 101,715 | 38.92 | |
Libertarian | Fred Heiser | 23,340 | 8.93 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 27,834 | 9.62 | ||
Total votes | 289,187 | 100.00 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
- ^ "Report of Registration as of February 18, 2020" (PDF).
- ^ "Senator Rigdon Dies, Following Collapse at Hotel". Santa Cruz Evening News. San Francisco. AP. 1922-12-13. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-07-07 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ralph Hughes Sworn in". babel.hathitrust.org.
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