California's 36th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Republican Tom Lackey of Palmdale. Despite California's six-year term limit on the State Assembly, during the 20-year period from 1992–2012, the seat was held continuously by members of either the Knight family of Palmdale or the Runner family of Lancaster.[citation needed]
California's 36th State Assembly district | |||
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Current assemblymember |
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Population (2010) • Voting age • Citizen voting age | 463,038[1] 323,398[1] 247,869[1] | ||
Demographics |
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Registered voters | 234,801 | ||
Registration | 40.34% Democratic 33.01% Republican 21.03% No party preference |
District profile edit
The district contains the wide swath between the Tehachapi Mountains to the north and the San Gabriel Mountains to the south. The district is dominated by the Antelope Valley and forms the western edge of the High Desert and the Mojave Desert in general. Most of Edwards Air Force Base is contained in the district.
Kern County – 5.2% |
Los Angeles County – 4.1%
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San Bernardino County – 0.9%
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Election results from statewide races edit
Year | Office | Results |
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2021 | Recall | No 50.9 – 49.1% |
2020[2] | President | Biden 53.6 – 43.8% |
2018 | Governor | Newsom 51.2 – 48.8% |
Senator | de León 52.7 – 47.3% | |
2016 | President | Clinton 49.9 – 43.9% |
Senator | Harris 57.5 – 42.5% | |
2014 | Governor | Kashkari 57.9 – 42.2% |
2012 | President | Obama 48.8 – 48.5% |
Senator | Feinstein 50.1 – 49.9% |
List of assembly members edit
Due to redistricting, the 36th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2011 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.
Assembly members | Party | Years served | Counties represented | Notes |
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John Lafferty | Republican | January 5, 1885 - February 24, 1886 | San Francisco | Died in office.[3] |
Charles F. Curry | January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889 | |||
Charles H. Kiernan | Democratic | January 7, 1889 - July 16, 1889 | Died in office from hemorrhage in the lungs.[4] | |
John P. Glynn | Republican | January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893 | ||
John Brownlie | Democratic | January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895 | ||
John McCarthy | January 7, 1895 - January 4, 1897 | |||
Henry McGrath | Fusion | January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1899 | ||
Albert H. Merrill | Republican | January 2, 1899 - January 1, 1901 | ||
William J. Guilfoyle | January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1903 | |||
Augustus M. Mahany | Democratic | January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1905 | ||
Eugene E. Pfaeffle | Republican | January 2, 1905 - January 7, 1907 | ||
John Wessling | Independence League | January 7, 1907 - January 4, 1909 | ||
Henry Nixon Beatty | Republican | January 4, 1909 - January 6, 1913 | ||
Frank M. Smith | January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915 | Alameda | ||
Harry A. Encell | Progressive | January 4, 1915 - January 8, 1917 | ||
Frank M. Smith | Republican | January 8, 1917 - January 6, 1919 | ||
Leon E. Gray | January 6, 1919 - May 17, 1919 | Resigns from office to become Deputy City Attorney of Oakland.[5][6] | ||
Gilbert L. Jones | January 3, 1921 - January 8, 1923 | |||
Edward J. Smith | January 8, 1923 - January 7, 1929 | |||
William W. Hoffman | January 7, 1929 - January 2, 1933 | |||
Lucius Powers Jr. | January 2, 1933 - January 7, 1935 | Fresno | ||
Claud Minard | January 7, 1935 - January 4, 1937 | |||
Hugh M. Burns | Democratic | January 4, 1937 - January 4, 1943 | ||
Charles Lester Guthrie | January 4, 1943 - January 27, 1946 | Kings, Tulare | Died in office from a heart attack.[7] | |
Harry J. Johnson | January 6, 1947 - January 3, 1949 | |||
Harlan Hagen | January 3, 1949 - January 3, 1953 | |||
Stanley T. Tomlinson | Republican | January 5, 1953 - January 3, 1955 | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | |
James L. Holmes | January 3, 1955 - January 4, 1965 | |||
Winfield A. Shoemaker | Democratic | January 4, 1965 - January 6, 1969 | ||
W. Don MacGillivray | Republican | January 6, 1969 - November 30, 1974 | ||
John Kenyon MacDonald | Democratic | December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1976 | Ventura | |
Charles R. Imbrecht | Republican | December 6, 1976 - November 30, 1982 | ||
Tom McClintock | December 6, 1982 - November 30, 1992 | |||
William J. Knight | December 7, 1992 - November 30, 1996 | Los Angeles | ||
George Runner | December 2, 1996 – November 30, 2002 | |||
Sharon Runner | December 2, 2002 – November 30, 2008 | Los Angeles, San Bernardino | ||
Steve Knight | December 1, 2008 – November 30, 2012 | |||
Steve Fox | Democratic | December 3, 2012 – November 30, 2014 | Kern, Los Angeles, San Bernardino | |
Tom Lackey | Republican | December 1, 2014 – present |
Election results (1992–present) edit
1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014• 2016 • 2018 • 2020 |
2020 edit
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Tom Lackey (incumbent) | 45,255 | 53.0 | |
Democratic | Steve Fox | 14,771 | 17.3 | |
Democratic | Johnathon Ervin | 6,615 | 7.8 | |
Democratic | Diedra M. Greenaway | 5,084 | 6.0 | |
Democratic | Michael P. Rives | 4,055 | 4.7 | |
Democratic | Ollie M. McCaulley | 3,729 | 4.4 | |
Democratic | Lourdes Everett | 3,405 | 4.0 | |
Democratic | Eric Andrew Ohlsen | 2,440 | 2.9 | |
Total votes | 85,354 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Tom Lackey (incumbent) | 102,442 | 55.2% | |
Democratic | Steve Fox | 83,240 | 44.8% | |
Total votes | 185,682 | 100.0% | ||
Republican hold |
2018 edit
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Tom Lackey (incumbent) | 35,628 | 60.3 | |
Democratic | Steve Fox | 23,447 | 39.7 | |
Total votes | 59,075 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Tom Lackey (incumbent) | 66,584 | 52.1 | |
Democratic | Steve Fox | 61,310 | 47.9 | |
Total votes | 127,894 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2016 edit
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Tom Lackey (incumbent) | 35,019 | 48.2 | |
Democratic | Steve Fox | 21,541 | 29.6 | |
Democratic | Darren W. Parker | 11,236 | 15.5 | |
Democratic | Ollie M. McCaulley | 4,891 | 6.7 | |
Total votes | 72,687 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Tom Lackey (incumbent) | 77,801 | 53.1 | |
Democratic | Steve Fox | 68,755 | 46.9 | |
Total votes | 146,556 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2014 edit
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Tom Lackey | 15,095 | 41.1 | |
Democratic | Steve Fox (incumbent) | 12,055 | 32.8 | |
Republican | JD Kennedy | 4,460 | 12.2 | |
Republican | Suzette M. Martinez | 3,390 | 9.2 | |
Democratic | Kermit F. Franklin | 1,706 | 4.6 | |
Total votes | 36,706 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Tom Lackey | 42,107 | 60.2 | |
Democratic | Steve Fox (incumbent) | 27,866 | 39.8 | |
Total votes | 69,973 | 100.0 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
2012 edit
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Ron Smith | 15,097 | 35.1 | |
Democratic | Steve Fox | 14,160 | 32.9 | |
Republican | Tom Lackey | 13,795 | 32.0 | |
Total votes | 43,052 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Steve Fox | 66,005 | 50.1 | |
Republican | Ron Smith | 65,860 | 49.9 | |
Total votes | 131,865 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
2010 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Steve Knight (incumbent) | 66,312 | 57.6 | |
Democratic | Linda K. Jones | 48,943 | 42.4 | |
Total votes | 115,255 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2008 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Steve Knight | 79,502 | 51.5 | |
Democratic | Linda K. Jones | 74,841 | 48.5 | |
Total votes | 154,343 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2006 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Sharon Runner (incumbent) | 55,712 | 61.6 | |
Democratic | Robert "Bo" Bynum | 34,863 | 38.4 | |
Total votes | 90,575 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2004 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Sharon Runner (incumbent) | 89,365 | 66.3 | |
Democratic | Hotron Scioneaux | 45,595 | 33.7 | |
Total votes | 134,960 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2002 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Sharon Runner | 46,155 | 64.0 | |
Democratic | Robert Davenport | 26,056 | 36.0 | |
Total votes | 72,211 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2000 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George Runner (incumbent) | 90,712 | 63.1 | |
Democratic | Paula L. Calderon | 47,528 | 33.1 | |
Libertarian | Gregory James Bashem | 5,581 | 3.9 | |
Total votes | 143,821 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1998 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George Runner (incumbent) | 64,221 | 62.9 | |
Democratic | Paula L. Calderon | 34,697 | 34.0 | |
Libertarian | Gregory James Bashem | 3,190 | 3.1 | |
Total votes | 102,108 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1996 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George Runner | 78,383 | 64.2 | |
Democratic | David Cochran | 43,746 | 35.8 | |
Total votes | 136,240 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1994 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | William J. Knight (incumbent) | 75,676 | 69.7 | |
Democratic | James L. Hutchins | 26,913 | 24.8 | |
Libertarian | Eric Fussell | 5,979 | 5.5 | |
Total votes | 108,568 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1992 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | William J. Knight | 79,718 | 58.2 | |
Democratic | Arnie Rodio | 45,893 | 33.5 | |
Libertarian | Ronald Tisbert | 11,403 | 8.3 | |
Total votes | 137,014 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
- ^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
- ^ "Death of Assemblyman Lafferty". cdnc.ucr.edu.
- ^ "Charles Kiernan". cdnc.ucr.edu.
- ^ "Assemblyman Leon E. Gray Tenders His Resignation". cdnc.ucr.edu.
- ^ "Assemblyman Gray Sends Resignation". .cdnc.ucr.edu.
- ^ "Assemblyman C. L. Guthrie Died Sunday". cdnc.ucr.edu.