California's 36th senatorial district

California's 36th State Senate district
California's 36th State Senate district
Current senator
	Janet Nguyen; R–Huntington Beach
Population (2010); • Voting age; • Citizen voting age	938,083; 708,785; 603,622
Demographics	63.43% White; 2.48% Black; 23.75% Latino; 8.33% Asian; 0.64% Native American; 0.55% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; 0.27% other; 0.54% remainder of multiracial;
Registered voters	576,535
Registration	36.48% Republican; 33.74% Democratic; 24.05% No party preference

California's 36th senatorial district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Republican Janet Nguyen of Huntington Beach.

District profile

The district includes most of coastal Orange County, including Seal Beach, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Emerald Bay, Laguna Beach, and Dana Point; San Clemente;the Little Saigon area of northwestern Orange County, including Garden Grove, Westminster, Fountain Valley, Midway City, Stanton, Cypress, Rossmoor, and Los Alamitos; and Artesia, Cerritos, and Hawaiian Gardens in southwestern Los Angeles County.

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2021	Recall	Yes 52.2 – 47.8%^{[citation needed]}
2020	President	Biden 53.2 – 44.6%^{[citation needed]}
2018	Governor	Cox 51.2 – 48.8%^[3]
2018	Senator	Feinstein 53.8 – 46.2%^[4]
2016	President	Clinton 48.1 – 45.8%^[5]
2016	Senator	Harris 58.8 – 41.2%^[6]
2014	Governor	Kashkari 57.5 – 42.5%^{[citation needed]}
2012	President	Romney 54.8 – 43.2%^{[citation needed]}
2012	Senator	Emken 55.8 – 44.2%^{[citation needed]}

List of senators who have represented the district

Senators	Party	Years served	Electoral history	Counties represented
District established January 3, 1887
John Roth (Tulare)	Democratic	January 3, 1887 – January 5, 1891	Elected in 1886. [data missing]	Inyo, Kern, Tulare
George S. Berry (Visalia)	Democratic	January 5, 1891 – January 7, 1895	Elected in 1890. Redistricted to the 32nd and 34th districts.	Inyo, Kern, Tulare
Cyrus M. Simpson (Pasadena)	Republican	January 7, 1895 – January 5, 1903	Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1898. [data missing]	Los Angeles
Benjamin W. Hahn (Long Beach)	Republican	January 5, 1903 – January 7, 1907	Elected in 1902. Lost re-election.
Charles W. Bell (Pasadena)	Nonpatisan	January 7, 1907 – January 6, 1913	Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1910. Retired to become a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Charles W. Bell (Pasadena)	Republican	January 7, 1907 – January 6, 1913
William J. Carr (Pasadena)	Independent	January 6, 1913 – January 8, 1923	Elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1918. [data missing]
	Progressive
	Republican
A. Burlingame Johnson (Pasadena)	Republican	January 8, 1923 – January 3, 1927	Elected in 1922. [data missing]
Frank C. Weller (Los Angeles)	Republican	January 3, 1927 – January 5, 1931	Elected in 1926. [data missing]
Ralph E. Swing (Upland)	Republican	January 5, 1931 – January 8, 1951	Redistricted from the 30th district and re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1946. [data missing]	San Bernardino
James E. Cunningham (San Bernardino)	Republican	January 8, 1951 – September 10, 1957	Elected in 1850. Re-elected in 1854. Resigned.
Vacant		September 10, 1957 – December 31, 1957
Raymond H. Gregory (San Bernardino)	Republican	December 31, 1957 – January 5, 1959	Elected to finish Cunningham's term. Lost re-election.
Stanford C. Shaw (Etiwanda)	Democratic	January 5, 1959 – January 7, 1963	Elected in 1958. [data missing]
Eugene G. Nisbet (Upland)	Democratic	January 7, 1963 – January 2, 1967	Elected in 1962. Redistricted to the 20th district and lost re-election.
Gordon Cologne (Indio)	Republican	January 2, 1967 – March 2, 1972	Redistricted from the 37th district and re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1970. Resigned to become a Justice of the California Courts of Appeal.	Riverside, San Bernardino
Vacant		March 2, 1972 – June 15, 1972
W. Craig Biddle	Republican	June 15, 1972 – November 30, 1974	Elected to finish Cologne's term. Redistricted to the 34th district and lost re-election.
Dennis Carpenter (Newport Beach)	Republican	December 2, 1974 – November 30, 1978	Redistricted from the 34th district and re-elected in 1974. [data missing]	Orange, San Diego
John G. Schmitz (Santa Ana)	Republican	December 4, 1978 – November 30, 1982	Elected in 1978. Retired to run for U.S. Senate.	Orange, San Diego
Robert B. Presley (Riverside)	Democratic	December 6, 1982 – November 30, 1994	Redistricted from the 34th district and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1990. Retired to run for Board of Equalization.	Riverside
Ray Haynes	Republican	December 5, 1994 – November 30, 2002	Elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1998. Termed out and ran for State Assembly.	Riverside, San Diego
Dennis Hollingsworth (Murrieta)	Republican	December 2, 2002 – November 30, 2010	Elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2006. Termed out.
Joel Anderson (Alpine)	Republican	December 6, 2010 – November 30, 2014	Elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 38th district.
Patricia Bates (Laguna Niguel)	Republican	December 1, 2014 – December 7, 2022	Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2018. Termed out.	Orange, San Diego
Janet Nguyen (Garden Grove)	Republican	December 7, 2022 – present	Elected in 2022.	Orange