California's 39th State Assembly district

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California's 39th State Assembly district
Map of the district
Current assemblymember
 
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
  • 0.29% other
  • 0.30[1]% remainder of multiracial
    • Registered voters227,835
    Registration52.94% Democratic
    15.13% Republican
    27.01% No party preference

    California's 39th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Juan Carrillo of Palmdale.

    District profile

    The district represents heavily Hispanic portions of San Bernardino County and Los Angeles County. The district takes in portions of Lancaster and Palmdale before stretching east across mostly uninhabited areas to take in half of the region known as the High Desert, including portions of Adelanto, Victorville, and Hesperia.


    Election results from statewide races

    Year Office Results
    2021 Recall No No 73.5 – 26.5%
    2020
    President
    		 Biden 70.3 - 25.7%
    2018
    Governor
    		 Newsom 74.0 – 26.0%
    Senator
    		 Feinstein 55.0 – 45.0%
    2016
    President
    		 Clinton 74.6 – 19.8%
    Senator
    		 Sanchez 50.3 – 49.7%
    2014
    Governor
    		 Brown 69.8 – 30.2%
    2012
    President
    		 Obama 73.7 – 23.7%
    Senator
    		 Feinstein 74.4 – 25.6%

    List of assembly members

    Due to redistricting, the 39th 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
    Charles H. Ward
    		 Republican January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887
    San Francisco
    James E. Britt
    		 Democratic January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889
    John H. McCarthy
    		 January 7, 1889 - January 5, 1891
    Charles S. Arms
    		 January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893
    Julius Kahn Republican January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895
    H. G. W. Dinkelspiel
    		 January 7, 1895 - January 4, 1897
    Leon E. Jones
    		 January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1899
    Justus S. Wardell Democratic January 2, 1899 - January 1, 1901
    Frank D. MacBeth
    		 Republican January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1903
    W. W. Allen Jr.
    		 January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1905
    Thomas Atkinson
    		 January 2, 1905 - January 7, 1907
    Charles Morris Fisher
    		 January 7, 1907 - January 4, 1909
    Edward Joseph Callan
    		 January 4, 1909 - January 2, 1911
    Walter T. Lyon
    		 Democratic January 2, 1911 - January 6, 1913
    George Fitzgerald
    		 Republican January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915 Alameda
    Frank W. Anderson
    Progressive
    		 January 4, 1915 - January 5, 1925
    Republican
    Michael J. McDonough
    		 January 5, 1925 - January 5, 1931
    Clifford Wixson
    		 January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933
    George R. Bliss January 2, 1933 - January 7, 1935 Santa Barbara
    Alfred W. Robertson
    		 Democratic January 7, 1935 - January 4, 1943
    Thomas H. Werdel Republican January 4, 1943 - January 6, 1947 Kern
    Wright Elwood James
    		 January 6, 1947 - January 3, 1949
    Joe C. Lewis
    		 Democratic January 3, 1949 - January 8, 1951
    H. W. "Pat" Kelly
    		 Republican January 8, 1951 - January 5, 1959
    John C. Williamson Democratic January 5, 1959 - January 7, 1963
    George Deukmejian Republican January 7, 1963 - January 2, 1967 Los Angeles
    James A. Hayes January 6, 1967 - August 31, 1972 Resigned[2] after Governor Reagan appointed him to be a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.[3]
    Bill Bond
    		 January 8, 1973 - November 30, 1974
    Jim Keysor Democratic December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1978
    J. Robert Hayes Republican December 4, 1978 - November 30, 1980
    Richard Katz Democratic December 1, 1980 - November 30, 1996
    Tony Cárdenas December 2, 1996 - November 30, 2002
    Cindy Montañez December 2, 2002 - November 30, 2006
    Richard Alarcon December 4, 2006 - March 16, 2007 Resigned to become a member of the Los Angeles City Council.[4]
    Felipe Fuentes May 25, 2007 - November 30, 2012 Sworn in after winning special election filling the seat Alarcon left vacant, after becoming a member of the Los Angeles City Council.[5]
    Raul Bocanegra December 3, 2012 – November 30, 2014
    Patty López December 1, 2014 – November 30, 2016
    Raul Bocanegra December 5, 2016 – November 27, 2017 Resigned after sexual harassment allegations.
    Luz Rivas June 11, 2018 – present Sworn in after winning special election.[6]

    Election results (1992–present)

    1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2007 (special) • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014 • 2016 • 2018 (special) • 2018 • 2020

    2020

    California State Assembly election, 2020
    Primary election
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Luz Rivas (incumbent) 54,512 77.8
    Republican Ricardo Benitez 15,590 22.2
    Total votes 70,102 100.0
    General election
    Democratic Luz Rivas (incumbent) 117,207 74.1%
    Republican Ricardo Benitez 41,033 25.9%
    Total votes 158,240 100.0%
    Democratic hold

    2018

    California State Assembly election, 2018
    Primary election
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Luz Rivas (incumbent) 20,453 43.9
    Republican Ricardo Antonio Benitez 11,679 25.1
    Democratic Patty López 6,783 14.6
    Democratic Antonio Sanchez 4,705 10.1
    Democratic Patrea Patrick 1,740 3.7
    Democratic Bonnie Corwin 1,220 2.6
    Total votes 46,580 100.0
    General election
    Democratic Luz Rivas (incumbent) 85,027 77.7
    Republican Ricardo Antonio Benitez 24,468 22.3
    Total votes 109,495 100.0
    Democratic hold

    2018 (special)

    California's 39th State Assembly district special election, 2018
    Vacancy resulting from the resignation of Raul Bocanegra
    Primary election
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Luz Rivas 8,222 42.9
    Republican Ricardo Antonio Benitez 3,862 20.1
    Democratic Antonio Sanchez 3,802 19.8
    Democratic Patty López 1,907 9.9
    Democratic Yolie Anguiano 922 4.8
    Democratic Patrea Patrick 467 2.4
    Total votes 19,182 100.0
    General election
    Democratic Luz Rivas 20,598 69.8
    Republican Ricardo Antonio Benitez 8,926 30.2
    Total votes 29,524 100
    Democratic hold

    2016

    California State Assembly election, 2016
    Primary election
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Raul Bocanegra 30,119 44.4
    Democratic Patty López (incumbent) 18,472 27.2
    Democratic Joel Fajardo 6,831 10.1
    Democratic Joanne Fernandez 4,538 6.7
    Democratic Mina Creswell 4,418 6.5
    Democratic Kevin James Suscavage 3,489 5.1
    Total votes 67,867 100.0
    General election
    Democratic Raul Bocanegra 74,834 60.1
    Democratic Patty López (incumbent) 49,649 39.9
    Total votes 124,483 100.0
    Democratic hold

    2014

    California State Assembly election, 2014
    Primary election
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Raul Bocanegra (incumbent) 13,069 62.5
    Democratic
    Patty Lopez
    		 4,940 23.6
    Democratic Kevin J. Suscavage 2,876 13.7
    Republican Michael B. Boyd (write-in) 36 0.2
    Total votes 20,921 100.0
    General election
    Democratic
    Patty Lopez
         		22,750 50.5
    Democratic Raul Bocanegra (incumbent) 22,284 49.5
    Total votes 45,034 100.0
    Democratic hold

    2012

    California State Assembly election, 2012
    Primary election
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Raul Bocanegra 11,521 36.2
    Democratic
    Richard Alarcón
    		 8,567 26.9
    Republican Ricardo A. Benitez 5,037 15.8
    Republican Omar Cuevas 2,596 8.2
    Green John Paul (Jack) Lindblad 2,421 7.6
    Republican Margie Margarita Carranza 1,697 5.3
    Democratic Kevin J. Suscavage (write-in) 2 0.0
    Total votes 31,841 100.0
    General election
    Democratic Raul Bocanegra 62,612 58.4
    Democratic
    Richard Alarcón
    		 44,624 41.6
    Total votes 107,236 100.0
    Democratic hold

    2010

    California State Assembly election, 2010
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Felipe Fuentes (incumbent) 43,267 78.5
    Green John Paul (Jack) Lindblad 11,905 21.6
    Total votes 55,172 100.0
    Democratic hold

    2008

    California State Assembly election, 2008
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Felipe Fuentes (incumbent) 59,495 73.7
    Republican Grady Martine 14,689 18.2
    Green John Paul (Jack) Lindblad 6,505 8.1
    Total votes 80,689 100.0
    Democratic hold

    2007 (special)

    Richard Alarcón
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Felipe Fuentes 5,819 50.8
    Republican Jose Bonilla, Sr. 2,277 19.9
    Democratic Felipe Siordia 1,457 12.7
    Democratic Eric Dwight Rothenay 1,300 11.4
    Democratic Margie Carranza 597 5.2
    Total votes 11,450 100.0
    Democratic hold

    2006

    California State Assembly election, 2006
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic
    Richard Alarcón
         		40,603 100.0
    Total votes 40,603 100.0
    Democratic hold

    2004

    California State Assembly election, 2004
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic
    Cindy Montanez (incumbent
    )     		56,017 76.8
    Republican Ely De La Cruz Ayao 16,936 23.2
    Total votes 72,953 100.0
    Republican hold

    2002

    California State Assembly election, 2002
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic
    Cindy Montanez
         		36,175 76.1
    Republican Ely De La Cruz Ayao 11,371 23.9
    Total votes 47,546 100.0
    Democratic hold

    2000

    California State Assembly election, 2000
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic
    Tony Cardenas (incumbent
    )     		54,466 78.1
    Republican Enrique (Henry) Valdez 12,269 17.6
    Libertarian Christopher "Kit" Maira 3,020 4.3
    Total votes 69,755 100.0
    Democratic hold

    1998

    California State Assembly election, 1998
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic
    Tony Cardenas (incumbent
    )     		41,841 86.7
    Libertarian Christopher "Kit" Maira 6,423 13.3
    Total votes 48,264 100.0
    Democratic hold

    1996

    California State Assembly election, 1996
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic
    Tony Cardenas
         		41,798 71.7
    Libertarian Ollie M. McCaulley 16,522 28.3
    Total votes 58,320 100.0
    Democratic hold

    1994

    California State Assembly election, 1994
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Richard Katz (incumbent) 34,976 70.6
    Republican Nicholas Fitzgerald 14,583 29.4
    Total votes 49,559 100.0
    Democratic hold

    1992

    California State Assembly election, 1992
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Richard Katz (incumbent) 45,387 69.4
    Republican Nicholas Fitzgerald 16,739 25.6
    Libertarian David H. George 3,270 5.0
    Total votes 65,396 100.0
    Democratic hold

    See also

    References

    1. ^ a b c d "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
    2. ^ "James Hayes Resignation" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.
    3. ^ "Reagan Picks Hayes". cdnc.ucr.edu.
    4. ^ "Richard Alarcon Resignation letter" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.
    5. ^ "Felipe Fuentes Sworn in" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.
    6. ^ "Luz Rivas Sworn in" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.
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