California's 59th State Assembly district

California's 59th State Assembly district
California's 59th State Assembly district
Current assemblymember
	Phillip Chen; R–Yorba Linda
Population (2010); • Voting age; • Citizen voting age	465,168; 319,044; 168,548
Demographics	2.60% White; 19.38% Black; 75.00% Latino; 2.05% Asian; 0.13% Native American; 0.04% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; 0.36% other; 0.43% remainder of multiracial;
Registered voters	193,106
Registration	66.83% Democratic; 5.04% Republican; 24.16% No party preference

California's 59th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Republican Phillip Chen of Yorba Linda.

District profile

The district encompasses most of South Los Angeles, centered along Interstate 110. The district is primarily urban and heavily Latino.

Los Angeles County – 4.7%

Florence-Graham
Huntington Park – 11.9%
Los Angeles – 9.8%
- Exposition Park – partial
- Florence
- Historic South Central
- University Park
- Vermont Square – partial
- Vermont-Slauson
Walnut Park

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2021	Recall	No 87.5 – 12.5%
2020	President	Biden 84.6 – 11.8%
2018	Governor	Newsom 88.6 – 11.4%
2018	Senator	Feinstein 58.9 – 41.1%
2016	President	Clinton 90.1 – 5.1%
2016	Senator	Harris 54.2 – 45.8%
2014	Governor	Brown 90.9 – 9.1%
2012	President	Obama 93.2 – 6.2%
2012	Senator	Feinstein 91.8 – 8.2%

List of assembly members

Due to redistricting, the 59th 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
Flavel Joseph Woodward	Republican	January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887	San Joaquin
James Riley Henry	Democratic	January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889
John McMullin	Democratic	January 7, 1889 - January 5, 1891
John Lyman Beecher Jr.	Republican	January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893
John H. Matthews	Democratic	January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895	San Benito
Charles G. Cargill	Republican	January 7, 1895 - January 4, 1897
Claudius Frazier Rubell	Democratic	January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1899
Charles G. Cargill	Republican	January 2, 1899 - June 18, 1900		Died in office^[2] from pneumonia.^[3]
William Higby		January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1903
Montague B. Steadman		January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1905	Monterey
J. B. R. Cooper		January 2, 1905 - January 7, 1907
John Jay Wyatt		January 7, 1907 - January 2, 1911
Charles B. Rosendale	Democratic	January 2, 1911 - January 6, 1913
Henry C. Bagby	Democratic	January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915	Santa Barbara
Ira E. Kramer	Progressive	January 4, 1915 - January 8, 1917
Theodore Randolph Finley, Sr.	Democratic	January 8, 1917 - January 6, 1919
William C. Oakley	Democratic	January 6, 1919 - January 3, 1921
Oscar W. Smith	Republican	January 3, 1921 - January 8, 1923
Edgar W. Stow		January 8, 1923 - January 5, 1925
Edgar O. Campbell		January 5, 1925 - January 3, 1927
Theodore Randolph Finley, Sr.	Democratic	January 3, 1927 - June 1, 1927		Resigned to become Mayor of Santa Barbara.
George R. Bliss	Republican	January 7, 1929 – January 5, 1931
Willard E. Badham		January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933	Los Angeles
Charles W. Lyon		January 2, 1933 - January 6, 1947
Willard M. Huyck		January 6, 1947 - January 8, 1951
Charles W. Lyon		January 8, 1951 - January 3, 1955
Thomas M. Rees	Democratic	January 3, 1955 - January 7, 1963
Anthony Beilenson		January 7, 1963 - January 2, 1967
Alan Sieroty		January 2, 1967 – November 30, 1974
Jack R. Fenton		December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1980
Matthew G. Martínez		December 1, 1980 - July 15, 1982		Resigned from office after winning a congressional seat.^[4]
Charles Calderon		December 6, 1982 – April 16, 1990		Resigned to be sworn in the 26th Senate district after winning special election.^[5]
Xavier Becerra		December 3, 1990 – November 30, 1992
Dick Mountjoy	Republican	December 7, 1992 - January 23, 1995		Removed from office after a majority of the membership of the Assembly determined that he was not duly elected and qualified to be an Assembly Member.
Bob Margett		June 7, 1995 - November 30, 2000		Sworn in after winning special election.^[6]
Dennis Mountjoy		December 4, 2000 - November 30, 2006
Dennis Mountjoy		December 4, 2000 - November 30, 2006	Los Angeles, San Bernardino
Anthony Adams		December 4, 2006 - November 30, 2010
Tim Donnelly		December 6, 2010 - November 30, 2012
Reggie Jones-Sawyer	Democratic	December 6, 2012 – present	Los Angeles

Election results (1992–present)

2020

2020 California State Assembly election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Efren Martinez	22,416	50.6%
	Democratic	Reggie Jones-Sawyer (incumbent)	19,873	44.9%
	Democratic	Marcello Villeda	1,999	4.5%
Total votes			44,288	100.0%
General election
	Democratic	Reggie Jones-Sawyer (incumbent)	63,448	57.5%
	Democratic	Efren Martinez	45,853	42.5%
Total votes			109,301	100.0%
	Democratic hold

2018

California State Assembly election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Reggie Jones-Sawyer (incumbent)	19,188	76.8
	Democratic	Leslie Hagan-Morgan	5,797	23.2
Total votes			24,985	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Reggie Jones-Sawyer (incumbent)	47,765	66.9
	Democratic	Leslie Hagan-Morgan	23,653	33.1
Total votes			71,418	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016

California State Assembly election, 2016
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Reggie Jones-Sawyer (incumbent)	35,820	100.0
Total votes			35,820	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Reggie Jones-Sawyer (incumbent)	77,324	100.0
Total votes			77,324	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014

California State Assembly election, 2014
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Reggie Jones-Sawyer (incumbent)	12,404	100.0
Total votes			12,404	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Reggie Jones-Sawyer (incumbent)	28,493	100.0
Total votes			28,493	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012

California State Assembly election, 2012
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Reggie Jones-Sawyer	7,029	43.6
	Democratic	Rodney D. Robinson	3,038	18.8
	Democratic	Greg Akili	2,772	17.2
	Democratic	Gertrude "Trudy" Holmes-Magee	2,487	15.4
	Democratic	Armenak H. Nouridjanian	810	5.0
Total votes			16,136	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Reggie Jones-Sawyer	40,519	52.3
	Democratic	Rodney D. Robinson	36,949	47.7
Total votes			77,468	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

2010

2010 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Donnelly	82,475	57.3
	Democratic	Darcel Woods	52,928	36.8
	Libertarian	Tony Tyler	4,335	3.0
	American Independent	Robert Gosney	4,269	2.9
Total votes			144,007	100.0
	Republican hold

2008

2008 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Anthony Adams (incumbent)	91,366	51.01
	Democratic	Donald Williamson	73,011	40.76
	Libertarian	Maureen Keedy	14,744	8.23
Total votes			179,121	100.00
Turnout				70.33
	Republican hold

2006

2006 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Anthony Adams	67,499	55.78
	Democratic	Elliott Barkan	45,655	37.73
	Libertarian	Jill Stone	7,845	6.48
Total votes			120,999	100.00
Turnout				50.82
	Republican hold

2004

2004 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dennis L. Mountjoy (incumbent)	99,381	58.22
	Democratic	Dan Harden	64,375	37.71
	Libertarian	Fritz R. Ward	6,937	4.06
Total votes			170,693	100.00
	Republican hold

2002

2002 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dennis L. Mountjoy (incumbent)	65,183	71.69
	Democratic	Patrick D. Smith	25,739	28.31
Invalid or blank votes			7,761	7.86
Total votes			98,683	100.00
	Republican hold

2000

2000 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dennis L. Mountjoy	67,036	48.30
	Democratic	Meline Dolores Hall	60,013	43.24
	Libertarian	George White	6,359	4.58
	Natural Law	Louis M. Allison	5,390	3.88
Invalid or blank votes			13,498	8.86
Total votes			152,296	100.00
	Republican hold

1998

1998 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Margett (incumbent)	58,339	54.73
	Democratic	Christian P. Christiansen	44,133	41.40
	Natural Law	Louise M. Allison	2,269	2.13
	Libertarian	Jerry Johnson	1,855	1.74
Invalid or blank votes			9,144	7.9
Total votes			115,740	100.00
	Republican hold

1996

1996 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Margett (incumbent)	72,438	58.42
	Democratic	Brent A. Decker	51,551	41.58
Invalid or blank votes			15,816	11.31
Total votes			123,989	100.00
	Republican hold

1994

1994 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dick Mountjoy (incumbent)	74,126	65.22
	Democratic	Margalo Ashley-Farrand	39,489	34.74
	American Independent	Gary V. Miller (write-in)	45	0.04
Invalid or blank votes			9,440	7.67
Total votes			123,100	100.00
	Republican hold

1992

1992 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dick Mountjoy (incumbent)	79,846	55.47
	Democratic	Louise Gelber	64,091	44.53
Invalid or blank votes			12,288	7.87
Total votes			156,225	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
^ "HON. C. G. CARGILL DEAD". cdnc.ucr.edu.
^ "Republican Assemblyman Cargill dead". cdnc.ucr.edu.
^ "Matthew Martinez Resignation letter" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.
^ "Charles Calderon Resignation letter" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.
^ "Bob Margett Sworn in" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.

External links

District map — from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.

[population-1] "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).

[2] "HON. C. G. CARGILL DEAD". cdnc.ucr.edu.

[3] "Republican Assemblyman Cargill dead". cdnc.ucr.edu.

[4] "Matthew Martinez Resignation letter" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.

[5] "Charles Calderon Resignation letter" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.

[6] "Bob Margett Sworn in" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.

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