California's 2nd State Senate district

California's 2nd State Senate district

Current senator		Mike McGuire (D–Healdsburg)
Registration	51.23% Democratic 21.21% Republican 22.21% No party preference
Demographics	69.94% White 2.10% Black 19.53% Latino 4.29% Asian 3.02% Native American 0.32% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.35% other 0.35% remainder of multiracial
Population (2010) • Voting age • Citizen voting age	928,077 729,486 635,914
Registered voters	514,209

California's 2nd State Senate district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Mike McGuire of Healdsburg.

District profile

The district stretches along the North Coast from the Oregon border in the north to the Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco Bay Area in the south. The northern part of district is primarily rural, while the southern parts are more suburban.

All of Del Norte County

Crescent City

All of Humboldt County

All of Lake County

All of Marin County

All of Mendocino County

All of Trinity County

Sonoma County – 71.5%

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2012	President	Obama 68.7 – 27.4%
2012	Senator	Feinstein 72.6 – 27.4%
2014	Governor	Brown 72.7 – 27.3%

Election results from statewide races
Year	Office	Results
2002	Governor	Davis 49.3 - 33.3%
2000	President	Gore 55.0 - 35.9%
2000	Senator	Feinstein 57.2 - 32.1%
1998	Governor	Davis 60.8 - 32.0%
1998	Senator	Boxer 57.8 - 37.5%
1996	President	Clinton 51.7 - 32.0%
1994	Governor	Wilson 48.8 - 45.8%
1994	Senator	Feinstein 52.4 - 38.9%
1992	President	Clinton 50.1 - 28.4%
	Senator	Boxer 53.4 - 36.4%
	Senator	Feinstein 60.6 - 31.5%

List of senators

Due to redistricting, the 2nd district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2001 redistricting by the California State Legislature.

	Party	Dates	Notes
Pablo de la Guerra	Democratic	1851-1861	^[1]
Romualdo Pacheco	Democratic	1857-1863	^[2]
John P. West	Workingmen	1863-1877
George H. Smith	Democratic	1877-1878
John M. Briceland	Democratic	1878-
R. F. Del Valle	Democratic
R. H. Campbell	Republican
James M. Gleaves	Republican
James T. Laird	Republican
Clifford Coggins	Republican	1902–1906
Abner Weed	Republican	1906–1910
T. W. H. Shanahan	Democratic	1910–1914
William B. Shearer	Democratic	1914–1922
F. J. Powers	Republican	1922–1926
James M. Allen	Democratic	1926–1934
Henry M. McGuinness	Democratic	1934–1938
Randolph Collier	Republican	1938–1962
Randolph Collier	Democratic	1962-1966
Fred W. Marler Jr.	Republican	1966–1974
Peter H. Behr	Republican	1974–1978
Barry Keene	Democratic	1978–1993
Mike Thompson	Democratic	1993–1998
Wesley Chesbro	Democratic	1998–2006
Pat Wiggins	Democratic	2006–2010
Noreen Evans	Democratic	2010–present

Election results

2014

California State Senate election, 2014
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike McGuire	104,670	57.9
	Republican	Lawrence R. Wiesner	48,401	26.8
	Democratic	Derek Knell	19,733	10.9
	No party preference	Harry V. Lehmann	8,060	4.5
Total votes			180,864	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Mike McGuire	188,142	70.0
	Republican	Lawrence R. Wiesner	80,778	30.0
Total votes			268,920	100.0
	Democratic hold

2010

California State Senate election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Noreen Evans	190,824	63.4
	Republican	Lawrence R. Wiesner	110,209	36.6
	Independent	Ed Musgrave (write-in)	10	0.0
Total votes			301,043	100.0
	Democratic hold

2006

California State Senate election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat Wiggins	173,053	66.1
	Republican	Lawrence R. Wiesner	88,960	33.9
Total votes			262,013	100.0
	Democratic hold

2002

California State Senate election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wesley Chesbro (incumbent)	156,755	63.3
	Republican	Peggy Redfearn	80,079	32.6
	Libertarian	Laura Jean Likover	12,214	4.1
Total votes			249,048	100.0
	Democratic hold

1998

California State Senate election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wesley Chesbro	137,728	51.2
	Republican	John Jordan	112,754	41.9
	Peace and Freedom	Brian Garay	18,612	6.9
Total votes			269,094	100.0
	Democratic hold

1994

California State Senate election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Thompson (incumbent)	162,610	60.4
	Republican	Frank McMichael	95,275	35.4
	Peace and Freedom	Pamela Elizondo	11,289	4.2
Total votes			269,174	100.0
	Democratic hold

References

↑ Guinn, J.M. Historical and biographical record of southern California : containing a history of southern California from its earliest settlement to the opening year of the twentieth century ; also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present, Chapman Publishing Company, Chicago, 1902, OCLC 15646879, 1295 pages, see pages 220-221.
↑ "Romualdo Pacheco 1875 - 1875". Governors of California. 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2012.

External links

District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission

California State Legislature districts

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Sacramento (capital)

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