California's 6th State Assembly district
California's 6th State Assembly district | |||
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Current assemblymember |
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Population | 517,094[1] | ||
Demographics |
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Registration | 44.52% Republican 28.49% Democratic 21.65% No party preference |
California's 6th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Kevin McCarty of Sacramento.
District profile
The district is located entirely within Sacramento County, encompassing the urban core and unincorporated suburbs and rural areas to the north and east.
Sacramento County – 32.7%
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Election results from statewide races
Year | Office | Results |
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2021 | Recall | Yes 57.7 – 42.3% |
2020 | President | Trump 51.5 – 46.1% |
2018 | Governor[2] | Cox 58.6 – 41.4% |
Senator[3] | De Leon 53.2 – 46.8% | |
2016 | President | Trump 52.0 – 41.2% |
Senator | Harris 63.6 – 36.4% | |
2014 | Governor | Kashkari 54.3 – 45.7% |
2012 | President | Romney 59.1 – 38.6% |
Senator | Emken 58.9 – 41.1% |
List of assembly members
Due to redistricting, the 6th 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 |
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George Wood | Republican | January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | Plumas, Sierra | |
R. H. F. Variel | January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889 | |||
Henry K. Turner | January 7, 1889 - January 5, 1891 | |||
Felix Grundy Hail | January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893 | |||
George Standart | January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895 | Lassen, Plumas, Sierra | ||
Ephraim VanBuren Spencer | January 7, 1895 - January 4, 1897 | |||
Frank D. Soward | January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1899 | |||
Greenleaf Greeley Clough | January 2, 1899 - January 5, 1901 | |||
John B. Irish | January 5, 1901 - January 5, 1903 | |||
Francis M. Weger | Democratic | January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1905 | Mendocino | |
William D. L. Held | Republican | January 2, 1905 - January 4, 1909 | ||
John W. Preston | Democratic | January 4, 1909 - January 2, 1911 | ||
William D. L. Held | Republican | January 2, 1911 - January 6, 1913 | ||
T. J. Weldon | Democratic | January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915 | ||
J. A. Pettis | Republican | January 4, 1915 - January 6, 1919 | ||
Charles Kasch | January 6, 1919 - January 3, 1921 | |||
J. A. Pettis | January 3, 1921 - January 8, 1923 | |||
Patrick Connolly | Democratic | January 8, 1923 - January 5, 1925 | ||
Charles B. Melville | Republican | January 5, 1925 - January 7, 1929 | ||
R. R. Ingels | January 7, 1929 - January 5, 1931 | |||
George Milton Biggar | January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933 | Mendocino, Lake | ||
Jesse M. Mayo | January 2, 1933 - January 2, 1939 | Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Tuolumne | ||
Allan G. Thurman | Democratic | January 2, 1939 – November 4, 1947 | Resigned after winning special election for Senate district 7. | |
Francis C. Lindsay | Republican | January 3, 1949 – January 5, 1959 | ||
Paul J. Lunardi | Democratic | January 5, 1959 - December 20, 1963 | Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Tuolumne, Yuba | Resigned due to winning a special election for Senate district 7. |
Eugene Chappie | Republican | January 4, 1965 – November 30, 1974 | ||
Leroy F. Greene | Democratic | December 2, 1974 – November 30, 1980 | Sacramento | |
Lloyd Connelly | December 6, 1982 – November 30, 1992 | |||
Vivien Bronshvag | December 7, 1992 – November 30, 1994 | Marin, Sonoma | ||
Kerry Mazzoni | December 5, 1994 – November 30, 2000 | |||
Joseph Nation | December 4, 2000– November 30, 2006 | |||
Jared Huffman | December 4, 2006 – November 30, 2012 | |||
Beth Gaines | Republican | December 3, 2012 – November 30, 2016 | El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento | |
Kevin Kiley | December 5, 2016 – December 4, 2022 | |||
Kevin McCarty | Democratic | December 5, 2022 – present | Sacramento |
Election results (1992–present)
2022
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Kevin McCarty | 57,740 | 55.40% | |
Republican | Cathy Cook | 21,522 | 20.60% | |
Total votes | 104,242 | 100.0% | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Kevin McCarty | 98,656 | 65.60% | |
Republican | Cathy Cook | 51,823 | 34.40% | |
Total votes | 150,479 | 100% |
2020
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Kevin Kiley (incumbent) | 104,412 | 58.0% | |
Democratic | Jackie Smith | 75,557 | 42.0% | |
Total votes | 179,669 | 100.0% | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Kevin Kiley (incumbent) | 178,559 | 59.0% | |
Democratic | Jackie Smith | 124,294 | 41.0% | |
Total votes | 302,853 | 100% |
2018
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Kevin Kiley (incumbent) | 80,843 | 61.3 | |
Democratic | Jacalyn "Jackie" Smith | 50,953 | 38.7 | |
Total votes | 131,796 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Kevin Kiley (incumbent) | 131,284 | 58.0 | |
Democratic | Jacalyn "Jackie" Smith | 94,984 | 42.0 | |
Total votes | 226,268 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2016
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Brian Caples | 26,707 | 19.8 | |
Republican | Kevin Kiley | 22,019 | 16.3 | |
Republican | Andy Pugno | 19,033 | 14.1 | |
Democratic | John Edward Z'berg | 15,884 | 11.8 | |
Republican | Cristi Nelson | 12,834 | 9.5 | |
Republican | Bill Halldin | 12,342 | 9.2 | |
Republican | Kevin Hanley | 8,989 | 6.7 | |
Republican | Ron "Mik" Mikulaco | 8,239 | 6.1 | |
Republican | Suzanne Jones | 4,397 | 3.3 | |
No party preference | "Bo" Bogdan I. Ambrozewicz | 2,634 | 2.0 | |
Republican | Gabriel L. Hydrick | 1,649 | 1.2 | |
Total votes | 134,727 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Kevin Kiley | 231,334 | 64.6 | |
Democratic | Brian Caples | 81,919 | 35.4 | |
Total votes | 231,334 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2014
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Beth Gaines (incumbent) | 55,167 | 64.3 | |
Democratic | Brian Caples | 30,575 | 35.7 | |
Total votes | 85,742 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Beth Gaines (incumbent) | 94,020 | 65.7 | |
Democratic | Brian Caples | 49,044 | 34.3 | |
Total votes | 143,064 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2012
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Beth Gaines (incumbent) | 38,827 | 37.1 | |
Republican | Andy Pugno | 33,382 | 31.9 | |
Democratic | Regy Bronner | 32,573 | 31.1 | |
Total votes | 104,782 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Beth Gaines (incumbent) | 128,465 | 69.2 | |
Republican | Andy Pugno | 57,086 | 30.8 | |
Total votes | 185,551 | 100.0 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jared Huffman (incumbent) | 119,753 | 70.5 | |
Republican | Robert Louis Stephens | 50,218 | 29.5 | |
Total votes | 169,971 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jared Huffman (incumbent) | 145,142 | 69.45 | |
Republican | Paul Lavery | 50,053 | 23.95 | |
Libertarian | Timothy Hannan | 13,790 | 6.60 | |
Total votes | 208,985 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | 83.72 | |||
Democratic hold |
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jared Huffman | 106,589 | 65.84 | |
Republican | Michael Hartnett | 43,864 | 27.09 | |
Green | Cat Woods | 6,922 | 4.28 | |
Libertarian | Richard Olmstead | 4,519 | 2.79 | |
Total votes | 161,894 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | 72.50 | |||
Democratic hold |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Joe Nation (incumbent) | 148,556 | 72.51 | |
Republican | Carolyn F. Patrick | 56,311 | 27.49 | |
Total votes | 204,867 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Joe Nation (incumbent) | 83,214 | 68.98 | |
Republican | Kenneth Hitt | 32,676 | 27.09 | |
Libertarian | Richard Olmstead | 4,750 | 3.94 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 9,622 | 7.39 | ||
Total votes | 130,262 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
2000
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Joe Nation | 134,394 | 67.86 | |
Republican | Edward John Sullivan | 48,163 | 24.32 | |
Independent | Anna Nevenic | 10,594 | 5.35 | |
Libertarian | Richard Olmstead | 4,893 | 2.47 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 16,016 | 7.48 | ||
Total votes | 214,060 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kerry Mazzoni (incumbent) | 99,887 | 67.33 | |
Republican | Russ Weiner | 45,237 | 30.49 | |
Peace and Freedom | Coleman C. Persily | 3,221 | 2.17 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 10,763 | 6.76 | ||
Total votes | 159,108 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kerry Mazzoni (incumbent) | 109,139 | 64.91 | |
Republican | David Crockett | 49,367 | 29.36 | |
Libertarian | Mary Jane Clifford | 5,913 | 3.52 | |
Peace and Freedom | Coleman C. Persily | 3,729 | 2.22 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 13,289 | 7.31 | ||
Total votes | 181,437 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
1994
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kerry Mazzoni | 92,675 | 61.23 | |
Republican | Brian Sobel | 55,008 | 36.34 | |
Peace and Freedom | Coleman C. Persily | 3,672 | 2.43 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 13,106 | 7.97 | ||
Total votes | 164,461 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
1992
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Vivien Bronshvag | 100,812 | 53.28 | |
Republican | Al Aramburu | 74,739 | 39.50 | |
Libertarian | Adam McAfee | 9,016 | 4.77 | |
Peace and Freedom | Coleman C. Persily | 4,637 | 2.45 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 14,391 | 7.07 | ||
Total votes | 203,595 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |