California's 8th State Assembly district

California's 8th State Assembly district
California's 8th State Assembly district
Current assemblymember
	Jim Patterson; R–Fresno
Population (2010); • Voting age; • Citizen voting age	463,773; 352,594; 310,070
Demographics	61.19% White; 8.48% Black; 17.68% Latino; 9.14% Asian; 1.41% Native American; 0.73% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; 0.28% other; 1.09% remainder of multiracial;
Registered voters	263,704
Registration	39.76% Democratic; 32.54% Republican; 22.02% No party preference

California's 8th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Republican Jim Patterson of Fresno.

District profile

The district comprises seven California counties in the Central Sierra Nevada and Eastern Sierra regions of the state.^[2]

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2021	Recall	No 54.0 – 46.0%
2020	President	Biden 55.1 - 42.2%
2018	Governor^[3]	Newsom 52.2 – 47.8%
2018	Senator^[4]	De Leon 50.1 – 49.9%
2016	President	Clinton 51.8 – 41.0%
2016	Senator	Harris 65.4 – 34.6%
2014	Governor	Brown 56.5 – 43.5%
2012	President	Obama 51.6 – 45.5%
2012	Senator	Feinstein 54.5 – 45.5%

List of assembly members

Due to redistricting, the 8th 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
Allen Henry	Democratic	January 5, 1885 - January 4, 1889	Butte
C. H. Porter	Republican	January 4, 1889 - January 5, 1891
T. H. Barnard		January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893
D. P. Durst		January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895	Sutter, Yuba
William M. Cutter		January 7, 1895 - January 2, 1899
Charles G. Raub		January 2, 1899 - January 1, 1901
Lawrence Schillig		January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1903
Alexander C. McLaughlin		January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1905
E. T. Manwell		January 2, 1905 - January 7, 1907
Arthur Hathaway Hewitt		January 7, 1907 - January 6, 1913
Joseph Alfred Murray		January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915	Sutter, Yuba, Yolo
L. N. Tabler	Democratic	January 4, 1915 - January 8, 1917
Louis Tarke	Republican	January 8, 1917 - January 6, 1919
Edward Lewis		January 6, 1919 - January 8, 1923
Fred B. Noyes		January 8, 1923 - January 5, 1931
Frank L. Gordon		January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933	Napa, Yolo
Roy J. Nielsen		January 2, 1933 - January 4, 1937	Sacramento
Chester M. Gannon	Democratic	January 4, 1937 - January 6, 1941
John Edward Cain	Democratic	January 6, 1941 - January 4, 1943
Chester M. Gannon	Republican	January 4, 1943 - January 3, 1949
Gordon A. Fleury	Republican	January 3, 1949 - August 28, 1955		Resigned from the Assembly
Thomas Jamison MacBride	Democratic	January 7, 1957 - January 2, 1961
William Adolphus “Jimmy” Hicks		January 2, 1961 - December 29, 1961		Died in office. Died from a heart attack.^[5]
Walter W. Powers		November 27, 1962 - November 30, 1974		Was sworn in on November 27, 1962 after winning the special election^[6]
Alfred C. Siegler		December 2, 1974 - May 18, 1976	Napa, Solano, Sonoma	Died in office. Died from a heart attack while playing Tennis.^[7]
Michael Gage		December 6, 1976 - November 30, 1980
Don Sebastiani	Republican	December 1, 1980 - December 6, 1982
Don Sebastiani		December 6, 1982 - November 30, 1986	Lake, Napa, Solano, Sonoma
Bev Hansen		December 1, 1986 - November 30, 1992	Lake, Napa, Solano, Sonoma
Thomas M. Hannigan	Democratic	December 7, 1992 - November 30, 1996	Sacramento, Solano, Yolo
Helen Thomson		December 2, 1996 - November 30, 2002	Sacramento, Solano, Yolo
Lois Wolk		December 2, 2002 - November 30, 2008	Solano, Yolo
Mariko Yamada		December 1, 2008 - November 30, 2012	Solano, Yolo
Ken Cooley		December 3, 2012 – Present	Sacramento

Election results (1992–present)

2020

2020 California's 8th State Assembly district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ken Cooley (incumbent)	73,444	57.0
	Republican	Cathy Cook	55,376	43.0
Total votes			128,820	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Ken Cooley (incumbent)	126,969	55.1%
	Republican	Cathy Cook	103,496	44.9%
Total votes			230,465	100%

2018

California State Assembly election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ken Cooley (incumbent)	53,490	53.9
	Republican	Melinda Avey	40,792	41.1
	Libertarian	Janice Marlae Bonser	3,017	3.0
	No party preference	Lawrence Ray Murray	2,025	2.0
Total votes			99,324	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Ken Cooley (incumbent)	95,450	55.8
	Republican	Melinda Avey	75,742	44.2
Total votes			171,192	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016

California State Assembly election, 2016
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ken Cooley (incumbent)	61,704	58.3
	Republican	Nick Bloise	36,630	34.6
	Libertarian	Janice Marlae Bonser	7,588	7.2
Total votes			105,922	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Ken Cooley (incumbent)	104,552	57.0
	Republican	Nick Bloise	78,848	43.0
Total votes			183,400	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014

California State Assembly election, 2014
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ken Cooley (incumbent)	35,294	51.8
	Republican	Douglas Haaland	28,049	41.1
	Libertarian	Janice Marlae Bonser	4,830	7.1
Total votes			68,173	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Ken Cooley (incumbent)	62,892	56.7
	Republican	Douglas Haaland	48,057	43.3
Total votes			110,949	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012

California State Assembly election, 2012
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ken Cooley	33,304	42.8
	Republican	Peter Tateishi	18,237	23.4
	Republican	Barbara Ortega	15,592	20.0
	Republican	John Thomas Flynn	4,853	6.2
	Libertarian	Janice Marlae Bonser	3,368	4.3
	Republican	Phillip A. Tufi	2,424	3.1
Total votes			77,778	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Ken Cooley	92,630	54.3
	Republican	Peter Tateishi	78,006	45.7
Total votes			170,636	100.0
	Democratic hold

2010

2010 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mariko Yamada (incumbent)	79,787	61.7
	Republican	Michelle P. Connor	49,714	38.3
Total votes			129,501	100.0
	Democratic hold

2008

2008 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mariko Yamada	112,524	66.03
	Republican	Manuel Cosme	57,883	33.97
Total votes			170,407	100.00
Turnout				74.21
	Democratic hold

2006

2006 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lois Wolk (incumbent)	78,171	66.02
	Republican	John Gould	40,238	33.98
Total votes			118,409	100.00
Turnout				61.78
	Democratic hold

2004

2004 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lois Wolk (incumbent)	101,171	62.83
	Republican	John R. Munn	59,842	37.17
Total votes			161,013	100.00
	Democratic hold

2002

2002 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lois Wolk	57,360	57.45
	Republican	John R. Munn	41,482	42.55
Invalid or blank votes			5,207	4.96
Total votes			105,049	100.00
	Democratic hold

2000

2000 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Helen Thomson (incumbent)	92,315	62.18
	Republican	John R. Munn	51,671	34.80
	Natural Law	Robert W. Wilson	4,483	3.02
Invalid or blank votes			5,991	3.88
Total votes			154,460	100.00
	Democratic hold

1998

1998 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Helen M. Thomson (incumbent)	73,315	64.19
	Republican	Toni Thompson	40,904	35.81
Invalid or blank votes			10,333	8.30
Total votes			124,552	100.00
	Democratic hold

1996

1996 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Helen Thomson (incumbent)	75,010	55.79
	Republican	Ed Schlenker	51,707	38.46
	Libertarian	Harold J. Helbock	7,728	5.75
Invalid or blank votes			9,408	6.54
Total votes			143,853	100.00
	Democratic hold

1994

1994 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Hannigan (incumbent)	62,135	55.27
	Republican	Bryant J. Stocking	50,282	44.73
Invalid or blank votes			9,391	7.71
Total votes			121,808	100.00
	Democratic hold

1992

1992 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas M. Hannigan (incumbent)	83,839	57.49
	Republican	John W. Ford	53,509	36.69
	Libertarian	Richard Fields	8,307	5.70
	No party	Jeanne Patrick (write-in)	181	0.12
Invalid or blank votes			10,222	6.55
Total votes			156,058	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
^ "Assembly Districts". State of California. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
^ Supplement to the Statement of Vote ca.gov
^ Supplement to the Statement of Vote ca.gov
^ "Assemblyman Hicks of Sacramento dead at 55". cdnc.ucr.edu.
^ "1963 session" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.
^ "Vallejo Assemblyman Dies". cdnc.ucr.edu.

External links

District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission

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

[2] "Assembly Districts". State of California. Retrieved February 7, 2024.

[3] Supplement to the Statement of Vote ca.gov

[4] Supplement to the Statement of Vote ca.gov

[5] "Assemblyman Hicks of Sacramento dead at 55". cdnc.ucr.edu.

[6] "1963 session" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.

[7] "Vallejo Assemblyman Dies". cdnc.ucr.edu.

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