California's 20th State Senate district

California's 20th State Senate district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Connie Leyva of Chino.

California's 20th State Senate district
Current senator
  Connie Leyva
D–Chino
Population (2010)
 • Voting age
 • Citizen voting age		935,935[1]
645,309[1]
465,480[1]
Demographics
Registered voters441,629[2]
Registration49.31% Democratic
19.77% Republican
24.58% No party preference

District profile

The district encompasses parts of the Inland Empire and Pomona Valley. The district connects the San Gabriel Valley to the desert communities in the east.

Election results from statewide races
Year Office Results
2020 President Biden 65.2 – 32.5%
2018 Governor Newsom 65.7 – 34.3%
Senator Feinstein 52.9 – 47.1%
2016 President Clinton 67.9 – 26.8%
Senator Harris 50.6 – 49.4%
2014 Governor Brown 61.7 – 38.3%
2012 President Obama 68.2 – 29.8%
Senator Feinstein 68.8 – 31.2%

List of Senators

Due to redistricting, the 20th 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
Dennis Spencer Democratic January 8, 1883 - January 3, 1887 Lake, Napa, Sonoma
Thomas J. Pinder January 3, 1887 - January 5, 1891 San Francisco
George H. Williams Republican January 5, 1891 - January 7, 1895
Eugene Forster Bert January 7, 1895 - January 2, 1899
Frank W. Burnett January 2, 1899 - January 5, 1903
Frank French January 5, 1903 - February 27, 1905 Expelled from the Senate for accepting bribes.[3]
Thomas J. Kennedy Democratic January 7, 1907 - January 2, 1911
Edward F. Bryant Republican January 2, 1911 - January 4, 1915
William Stoddard Scott Progressive January 4, 1915 - January 8, 1923 Served as a member of San Francisco Board of Supervisors while serving in the Senate. Ran as a Republican during his second term.
Republican
Patrick J. Gray January 8, 1923 - April 23, 1930 Died in office. Died from a heart attack.[4]
Bradford S. Crittenden January 5, 1931 - January 8, 1951 San Joaquin
Verne W. Hoffman January 8, 1951 - January 3, 1955
Alan Short Democratic January 3, 1955 - January 2, 1967
William E. Coombs Republican January 2, 1967 - October 19, 1973 San Bernardino Resigned from the Senate.[5]
Ruben Ayala Democratic January 23, 1974 - November 30, 1974 Sworn in after winning special election.[6]
Alan Robbins December 2, 1974 - November 19, 1991 Los Angeles Resigned from the Senate after being charged with racketeering, income tax evasion, soliciting and accepting bribes.[7]
David Roberti July 2, 1992 - November 30, 1994 Sworn in after winning special election.[8]
Herschel Rosenthal December 5, 1994 - November 30, 1998
Richard Alarcon December 7, 1998 - November 30, 2006
Alex Padilla December 4, 2006 – November 30, 2014
Connie Leyva December 1, 2014 - present Los Angeles, San Bernardino

Election results 1994 - present

2018
2018 California State Senate election
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Connie Leyva (incumbent) 40,112 47.0
Republican Matthew Munson 30,233 35.4
Democratic Paul Vincent Avila 14,985 17.6
Total votes 85,330 100.0
General election
Democratic Connie Leyva (incumbent) 137,748 69.5
Republican Matthew Munson 60,578 30.5
Total votes 198,326 100.0
Democratic hold

2014
2014 California State Senate election
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Matthew Munson 14,124 33.0
Democratic Connie Leyva 9,096 21.2
Democratic Alfonso "Al" Sanchez 7,958 18.6
Democratic Shannon O'Brien 6,769 15.9
Democratic Sylvia Robles 4,843 11.3
Total votes 42,790 100.0
General election
Democratic Connie Leyva 56,943 62.4
Republican Matthew Munson 34,256 37.6
Total votes 91,199 100.0
Democratic hold

2010
California State Senate election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alex Padilla (incumbent) 94,356 68.4
Republican Kathleen "Suzy" Evans 37,420 27.1
Libertarian Adrian Galysh 6,245 4.5
Total votes 138,051 100.0
Democratic hold

2006
California State Senate election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alex Padilla 84,459 74.85
Libertarian Pamela Brown 28,377 25.15
Total votes 112,836 100.00
Democratic hold

2002
California State Senate election, 2002
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Richard Alarcon (incumbent) 88,902 100.00
Invalid or blank votes 35,228 28.38
Total votes 124,130 100.00
Democratic hold

1998
California State Senate election, 1998
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Richard Alarcón 82,258 65.94
Republican Ollie M. McCaulley 34,120 27.35
Libertarian Linda Starr 8,372 6.71
Invalid or blank votes 11,473 8.42
Total votes 100.00
Democratic hold

1994
California State Senate election, 1994
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Herschel Rosenthal (incumbent) 75,345 58.46
Republican Dolores Bender White 53,528 41.54
Invalid or blank votes 14,694 10.23
Total votes 143,567 100.00
Democratic hold

See also

References
  1. "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
  2. "Report of Registration as of July 3, 2020" (PDF).
  3. "FOUR SENATORS ARE VOTED OUT OF OFFICE The Bribe Takers Are Expelled by a Unanimous Vote-Wright Attempts to Thwart Movement at Last Moment". cdnc.ucr.edu.
  4. "Services Today for Senator Gray". cdnc.ucr.edu.
  5. "William Coombs Resignation letter". babel.hathitrust.org.
  6. "Ruben Ayala Sworn in". babel.hathitrust.org.
  7. "Alan Robbins Resignation letter". babel.hathitrust.org.
  8. "David Roberti Sworn in". babel.hathitrust.org.
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