California's 9th senatorial district

California's 9th senatorial district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Nancy Skinner of Berkeley.

California's 9th State Senate district
Map of the district
Current senator
  Nancy Skinner
DBerkeley
Population (2010)
 • Voting age
 • Citizen voting age
940,601[1]
743,998[1]
595,108[1]
Demographics
Registered voters575,696[2]
Registration66.05% Democratic
5.96% Republican
23.78% No party preference

District profile

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The district encompasses the East Bay and consists of the urban, coastal northwestern portion of Alameda County, and western portion of Contra Costa County, including Alameda, Oakland, Piedmont, Emeryville, Berkeley, El Cerrito, and Richmond.

Election results from statewide races

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Year Office Results
2021 Recall   No 89.6 – 10.4%
2020 President Biden 87.8 – 10.2%
2018 Governor Newsom 88.9 – 11.1%
Senator Feinstein 59.8 – 40.2%
2016 President Clinton 85.6 – 7.8%
Senator Harris 79.1 – 20.9%
2014 Governor Brown 90.2 – 9.8%
2012 President Obama 86.8 – 9.9%
Senator Feinstein 90.0 – 10.0%
2010 Governor Brown 79.9 – 16.5%
Senator Boxer 79.5 – 16.7%
2008 President Obama 84.0 – 14.1%
2006 Governor Angelides 62.1 – 29.8%
Senator Feinstein 67.6 – 28.0%
2004 President Kerry 81.1 – 17.5%
Senator Boxer 80.1 – 15.6%
2003 Recall No 77.0 – 23.0%
Bustamante 60.7 – 19.4%
2002 Governor Davis 65.0 – 16.8%
2000 President Gore 78.9 – 12.6%
Senator Feinstein 74.0 – 12.6%
1998 Governor Davis 83.3 – 12.4%
Senator Boxer 80.9 – 16.6%
1996 President Clinton 75.5 – 13.0%
1994 Governor Brown 74.0 – 22.9%
Senator Feinstein 80.2 – 14.0%
1992 President Clinton 77.3 – 12.5%
Senator Boxer 79.4 – 15.2%
Senator Feinstein 82.4 – 13.4%

List of senators

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Due to redistricting, the 9th 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
John J. Harrigan Democratic January 8, 1883 - January 5, 1885 San Francisco Both Harrigan and McCarthy served together.[3]
Timothy McCarthy January 8, 1883 - January 5, 1885
Egisto C. Palmieri Republican January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 Both Palmieri and Parkinson served together.[4]
George C. Parkinson January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887
Henry Clay Gesford Democratic January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889 Napa, Yolo
Frank S. Sprague Republican January 7, 1889 - January 2, 1893
J. B. Hoyt January 2, 1893 - January 4, 1897 Solano
John J. Luchsinger January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1905
Charles Mortimer Belshaw January 2, 1905 - January 4, 1909 Contra Costa, Marin
Ennio Batista Martinelli January 4, 1909 - January 6, 1913
James Curtis Owens Democratic January 6, 1913 - January 8, 1917
William R. Sharkey Republican January 8, 1917 - January 2, 1933
Andrew L. Pierovich Democratic January 2, 1933 - January 6, 1941 Alpine, Amador, El Dorado
Harley E. Dillinger January 6, 1941 - January 5, 1953
Swift Berry Republican January 5, 1953 - January 2, 1961 Amador, El Dorado
John C. Begovich Democratic January 2, 1961 - January 2, 1967
J. Eugene McAteer January 2, 1967 - May 26, 1967 San Francisco Died in office. Died from a heart attack while playing handball at the Olympic Club.[5]
Milton Marks Republican September 4, 1967 - November 30, 1976 Sworn in after winning special election.[6]
Nicholas C. Petris Democratic December 6, 1976 - November 30, 1996 Alameda
Alameda, Contra Costa
Barbara Lee December 2, 1996 - April 17, 1998 Resigned to become a member of Congress for the 9th Congressional district.[7]
Don Perata December 7, 1998 – November 30, 2008
Loni Hancock December 1, 2008 – November 30, 2016
Nancy Skinner December 5, 2016 – present

Election results

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2020

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California State Senate election, 2020
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Nancy Skinner (incumbent) 263,751 100.0
Libertarian Jamie Dluzak (write-in) 126 0.0
Total votes 263,877 100.0
General election
Democratic Nancy Skinner 404,455 84.4
Libertarian Jamie Dluzak 53,256 11.6
Total votes 457,711 100.0
Democratic hold

2016

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California State Senate election, 2016
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Nancy Skinner 116,710 47.8
Democratic Sandré Swanson 74,365 30.5
Democratic Katherine Grace Welch 32,698 13.4
Republican Rich Kinney 20,287 8.3
Total votes 244,060 100.0
General election
Democratic Nancy Skinner 236,133 62.2
Democratic Sandré Swanson 143,573 37.8
Total votes 379,706 100.0
Democratic hold

2012

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California State Senate election, 2012
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Loni Hancock (incumbent) 123,624 99.3
Peace and Freedom Mary Catherine McIlroy (write-in) 785 0.6
Libertarian Lisa D. Ringer (write-in) 95 0.1
Total votes 124,504 100.0
General election
Democratic Loni Hancock (incumbent) 300,994 85.8
Peace and Freedom Mary Catherine McIlroy 49,987 14.2
Total votes 350,981 100.0
Democratic hold

2008

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California State Senate election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Loni Hancock 272,225 77.2
Republican Claudia Bermudez 53,299 15.1
Peace and Freedom Marsha Feinland 26,996 7.7
Total votes 352,520 100.00
Democratic hold

2004

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California State Senate election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Don Perata (incumbent) 248,614 77.1
Republican Patricia Deutsche 50,110 15.6
Peace and Freedom Tom Condit 17,412 5.4
Libertarian Peter Von Pinnon 6,383 1.9
Total votes 322,519 100.0
Democratic hold

2000

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California State Senate election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Don Perata (incumbent) 218,550 83.4
Republican Linda J. Marshall 30,062 11.5
Libertarian Peter Von Pinnon 13,622 5.1
Total votes 262,234 100.0
Democratic hold

1998 (special)

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California's 9th State Senate district special election, 1998
Vacancy resulting from the resignation of Barbara Lee
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Don Perata 164,476 77.2
Republican Deborah Wright 34,461 16.2
Peace and Freedom Marsha Feinland 14,250 6.7
Total votes 213,187 100.0
Democratic hold

1996

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California State Senate election, 1996
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barbara Lee 196,430 78.2
Republican Thomas N. Hudson 37,341 14.9
Peace and Freedom Robert J. Evans 8,870 3.5
Natural Law Carol Flyer Prettie 8,465 3.4
Total votes 251,106 100.0
Democratic hold

1992

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California State Senate election, 1992
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Nicholas C. Petris 228,283 84.6
Peace and Freedom David Campbell 41,555 15.4
Total votes 269,838 100.0
Democratic hold

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Report of Registration as of February 18, 2020" (PDF).
  3. ^ "The Next Legislature (1882)". cdnc.ucr.edu.
  4. ^ "26th Senate Session". babel.hathitrust.org.
  5. ^ "The State and the Southland (Death of Senator Eugene McAteer)". cdnc.ucr.edu.
  6. ^ "Milton Marks takes Oath of Office". babel.hathitrust.org.
  7. ^ "Barbara Lee Resignation letter". babel.hathitrust.org.
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