California's 5th State Senate district

California's 5th State Senate district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Susan Eggman.

California's 5th State Senate district
Current senator
  Susan Eggman
D–Stockton
Population (2010)
 • Voting age
 • Citizen voting age		939,163[1]
670,015[1]
541,374[1]
Demographics
Registered voters477,778[2]
Registration42.19% Democratic
30.76% Republican
20.65% No party preference

District profile

The district is centered on the northern end of the San Joaquin Valley and forms the gateway between the Delta, the San Francisco Bay Area, the Sacramento metropolitan area, and Gold Country.

Election results from statewide races
Year Office Results
2021 Recall[3][4] 51.0 - 49.0%
Elder 55.0 - 6.6%
2020 President Biden 54.2 – 43.6%
2018 Governor[5] Newsom 51.4 – 48.6%
Senator[6] De Leon 54.6 – 45.4%
2016 President Clinton 52.5 – 41.8%
Senator Harris 58.3 – 41.7%
2014 Governor Brown 53.3 – 46.7%
2012 President Obama 54.2 – 43.6%
Senator Feinstein 55.5 – 44.5%

List of Senators

Due to redistricting, the 5th 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
John D. Spencer Democratic January 8, 1883 - January 3, 1887 Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus
Austin Walrath Republican January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889 Nevada
Edward Myers Preston January 7, 1889 - January 2, 1893
Noble Martin Democratic January 2, 1893 - September 1, 1896 El Dorado, Placer Died in office.[7]
Emery Washington Chapman January 4, 1897 - January 1, 1901
William B. Lardner Republican January 1, 1901 - January 2, 1905
Benjamin F. Rush January 2, 1905 - January 7, 1929 Napa, Solano
Thomas McCormack January 7, 1929 - January 2, 1933
John B. McColl January 2, 1933 - December 19, 1938 Shasta, Trinity Died in office. Died in a car crash.[8]
Jesse W. Carter Democratic January 24, 1939 – September 12, 1939 Sworn in after winning special election.[9] Resigned on September 12 to become a Judge for California Supreme Court.
Oliver Jesse Carter January 6, 1941 – January 3, 1949
Edwin J. Regan January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1965 Resigned from the Senate.[10]
Fred W. Marler Jr. Republican March 26, 1965 – January 2, 1967 Sworn in after winning special election.[11]
Albert S. Rodda Democratic January 2, 1967 – November 30, 1976 Sacramento
Milton Marks Republican December 6, 1976 – November 30, 1984 San Francisco
John Garamendi Democratic December 3, 1984 - September 3, 1990 Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mono, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tuolumne Resigned from the Senate.[12]
Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Tuolumne, Yolo
Patrick Johnston January 10, 1991 – November 30, 2000 Sworn in after winning special election.[13]
Sacramento, San Joaquin
Michael Machado December 4, 2000 - November 30, 2008
Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Yolo
Lois Wolk December 1, 2008 – November 30, 2012
Cathleen Galgiani December 3, 2012 – November 30, 2020 Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus
Susan Eggman December 7, 2020 – present

Election results 1992 - present

2020
California State Senate election, 2020
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Susan Eggman 71,808 34.9
Republican Jim Ridenour 49,398 24.0
Democratic Mani Grewal 40,086 19.5
Republican Jesús Andrade 32,836 16.0
Republican Kathleen A. Garcia 11,499 5.6
Total votes 205,627 100.0
General election
Democratic Susan Eggman 217,651 54.9
Republican Jim Ridenour 178,915 45.1
Total votes 396,566 100.0
Democratic hold

2016
California State Senate election, 2016
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cathleen Galgiani (incumbent) 96,710 56.8
Republican Alan Nakanishi 47,355 27.8
Republican Samuel Anderson 26,343 15.5
Total votes 170,408 100.0
General election
Democratic Cathleen Galgiani (incumbent) 174,847 56.7
Republican Alan Nakanishi 133,604 43.3
Total votes 308,451 100.0
Democratic hold

2012
California State Senate election, 2012
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cathleen Galgiani 52,148 40.7
Republican Bill Berryhill 45,819 35.8
Republican Leroy Ornellas 30,109 23.5
Total votes 128,076 100.0
General election
Democratic Cathleen Galgiani 142,145 50.5
Republican Bill Berryhill 139,502 49.5
Total votes 281,647 100.0
Democratic win (new seat)

2008
California's 5th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lois Wolk 207,108 64.54
Republican Greg Aghazarian 113,778 35.46
Total votes 320,886 100.00
Turnout   73.54
Democratic hold

2004
California's 5th State Senate district election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael Machado (incumbent) 154,519 52.19
Republican Gary A. Podesto 141,539 47.81
Total votes 296,058 100.00
Democratic hold

2000
California's 5th State Senate district election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael Machado 142,392 48.06
Republican Alan Nakanishi 141,013 47.59
Libertarian Carole Brow 10,208 3.45
Natural Law William S. Nicolas 2,667 0.90
Invalid or blank votes 5,260 1.74
Total votes 301,540 100.00
Democratic hold

1996
California's 5th State Senate district election, 1996
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Patrick Johnston (incumbent) 159,932 60.12
Republican Kurt C. Boese 108,075 39.88
Invalid or blank votes 12,981 4.65
Total votes 280,988 100.00
Democratic hold

1992
California's 5th State Senate district election, 1992
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Patrick Johnston (incumbent) 162,122 57.46
Republican Ron Stauffer 105,333 37.33
Libertarian Eric Roberts 14,713 5.21
Invalid or blank votes 23,682 7.74
Total votes 305,850 100.00
Democratic hold

See also

References
  1. "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
  2. "Report of Registration as of July 3, 2020" (PDF).
  3. "Supplement to the Statement of Vote September 14, 2021, California Gubernatorial Recall Election Counties by Congressional Districts for Recall Question" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on March 7, 2022.
  4. "Counties by Congressional Districts for Recall Election Gubernatorial Replacement Candidates" (PDF).
  5. https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-general/ssov/governor-senate.pdf
  6. https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-general/ssov/us-senate-by-senate.pdf
  7. "Death of Dr. Noble Martin". cdnc.ucr.edu.
  8. "Auto Crash Fatal to State Senator". cdnc.ucr.edu.
  9. "CARTER TAKES OATH FOR NEW SENATE POST". newspapers.com.
  10. "Edwin J. Regan Resignation letter". babel.hathitrust.org.
  11. "Fred W. Marler Jr. Sworn in". babel.hathitrust.org.
  12. "John Garamendi Resignation letter". babel.hathitrust.org.
  13. "Patrick Johnston Sworn in". babel.hathitrust.org.
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