California's 2nd senatorial district

California's 2nd State Senate district
Map of the district
Current senator
  Mike McGuire
DHealdsburg
Population (2010)
 • Voting age
 • Citizen voting age
928,077[1]
729,486[1]
635,914[1]
Demographics
Registered voters551,154[2]
Registration53.40% Democratic
19.12% Republican
21.53% No party preference

California's 2nd senatorial 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 northern San Francisco Bay Area in the south. It includes Del Norte, Humboldt, Trinity, Mendocino, Sonoma, and Marin Counties. The northern part of district is primarily rural, while the southern parts are more suburban.

Election results from statewide races

Year Office Results
2020 President Biden 72.7 – 24.9%
2018 Governor Newsom 71.1 - 28.9%
Senator Feinstein 55.9 - 44.1%
2016 President Clinton 68.0 – 24.3%
Senator Harris 73.0 – 27.0%
2014 Governor Brown 72.7 – 27.3%
2012 President Obama 68.7 – 27.4%
Senator Feinstein 72.6 – 27.4%
Election results from statewide races
Year Office Results
2002 Governor Davis 49.3 - 33.3%
2000 President Gore 55.0 - 35.9%
Senator Feinstein 57.2 - 32.1%
1998 Governor Davis 60.8 - 32.0%
Senator Boxer 57.8 - 37.5%
1996 President Clinton 51.7 - 32.0%
1994 Governor Wilson 48.8 - 45.8%
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 who represented the district

1851: two seats

Years   Seat A   Seat B Counties represented
Member Party Electoral history Member Party Electoral history
District established January 6, 1851
January 6, 1851 –
January 11, 1851
 
Stephen C. Foster
(Los Angeles)
Democratic Elected in 1850.
Redistricted to the single-member
district after Hope resigned.
 
Alexander W. Hope
(Los Angeles)
Republican Redistricted from the Los Angeles and San
Diego
districts and re-elected in 1850.
Resigned.
Los Angeles

1851–present: one seat

Senators Party Years served Electoral history Counties represented

Stephen C. Foster
(Los Angeles)
Democratic January 11, 1851 –
January 2, 1854
Redistricted from single-member district.
Re-elected in 1851.
Re-elected in 1852.
[data missing]
Los Angeles

Pablo de la Guerra
(Santa Barbara)
Democratic January 2, 1854 –
January 6, 1862
Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1854.
Re-elected in 1855.
Re-elected in 1856.
Re-elected in 1859.
Re-elected in 1860.
[data missing]
San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara
Douglas
Democratic
James R. Vineyard
(Los Angeles)
Democratic January 6, 1862 –
August 30, 1863
Elected in 1861.
Died.
Los Angeles
Vacant August 30, 1863 –
December 7, 1863

Henry Hamilton
(Los Angeles)
Democratic December 7, 1863 –
December 4, 1865
Elected in 1863.
[data missing]

Phineas Banning
(Wilmington)
Democratic December 4, 1865 –
December 6, 1869
Elected in 1863.
[data missing]

B. D. Wilson
(Los Angeles)
Independent December 6, 1869 –
January 8, 1873
Elected in 1868.
[data missing]

C. W. Bush
(Los Angeles)
Independent January 8, 1873 –
December 3, 1877
Elected in 1873.
[data missing]

George H. Smith
(Los Angeles)
Democratic December 3, 1877 –
January 8, 1883
Elected in 1877.
[data missing]

R. F. del Valle
(Los Angeles)
Democratic January 8, 1883 –
January 3, 1887
Elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
[data missing]

John M. Briceland
(Shasta)
Democratic January 3, 1887 –
January 5, 1891
Elected in 1886.
[data missing]
Shasta, Siskiyou, Trinity

R. H. Campbell
(Etna)
Republican January 5, 1891 –
January 7, 1895
Elected in 1890.
[data missing]
Lassen, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou, Trinity

James M. Gleaves
(Shasta)
Republican January 7, 1895 –
January 2, 1899
Elected in 1894.
Retired after being appointed as Surveyor General of California.

James T. Laird
(Alturas)
Republican January 2, 1899 –
January 5, 1903
Elected in 1898.
[data missing]

Clifford Coggins
(Igerna)
Republican January 5, 1903 –
January 7, 1907
Elected in 1902.
[data missing]
Lassen, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou

Abner Weed
(Mount Shasta)
Republican January 7, 1907 –
January 2, 1911
Elected in 1906.
[data missing]

T. W. H. Shanahan
(Redding)
Democratic January 2, 1911 –
January 4, 1915
Elected in 1910.
[data missing]

William B. Shearer
(Yreka)
Democratic January 4, 1915 –
January 8, 1923
Elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1918.
[data missing]

Franklin J. Powers
(Eagleville)
Republican January 8, 1923 –
January 3, 1927
Elected in 1922.
[data missing]

James M. Allen
(Yreka)
Democratic January 3, 1927 –
January 7, 1935
Elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1930.
[data missing]
Del Norte, Siskiyou

Henry M. McGuinness
(Dunsmuir)
Democratic January 7, 1935 –
March 16, 1936
Elected in 1934.
Died.
Vacant March 16, 1936 –
May 25, 1936

James M. Allen
(Yreka)
Democratic May 25, 1936 –
January 2, 1939
Elected to finish McGuinness's term.
[data missing]

Randolph Collier
(Yreka)
Republican January 2, 1939 –
January 2, 1967
Elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected 1946.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1962.
Redistricted to the 1st district.
Democratic

Fred W. Marler Jr.
(Redding)
Republican January 2, 1967 –
November 30, 1974
Elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1970.
Retired to become a Justice of the
Sacramento County Superior Court.
Shasta, Butte, Colusa Glenn, Sutter, Tehama, Yolo, Yuba, Solano

Peter H. Behr
(San Rafael)
Republican December 2, 1974 –
November 30, 1978
Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1974.
Retired.
Marin, Solano, Napa
Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Sonoma

Barry Keene
(Santa Rosa)
Democratic December 4, 1978 –
December 15, 1992
Elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1990.
Resigned.
Vacant December 15, 1992 –
May 20, 1993
Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Solano, Sonoma

Mike Thompson
(St. Helena)
Democratic May 20, 1993 –
November 30, 1998
Elected to finish Keene's term.
Re-elected in 1994.
Retired to run for U.S. House of Representatives.
Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Solano, Sonoma, Lake, Napa

Wesley Chesbro
(Arcata)
Democratic December 7, 1998 –
November 30, 2006
Elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2002.
Termed out.
Humboldt, Mendocino, Solano, Sonoma, Lake, Napa

Pat Wiggins
(Santa Rosa)
Democratic December 4, 2006 –
November 30, 2010
Elected in 2006.
Retired.

Noreen Evans
(Santa Rosa)
Democratic December 6, 2010 –
November 30, 2014
Elected in 2010.
Retired.

Mike McGuire
(Healdsburg)
Democratic December 1, 2014 –
Elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2022.
Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Sonoma Trinity

Election results

2022

California's 2nd State Senate district, 2022
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike McGuire (incumbent) 197,999 75.1
Republican Gene Yoon 65,762 24.9
Total votes 263,761 100.0
General election
Democratic Mike McGuire (incumbent) 283,689 73.3
Republican Gene Yoon 103,333 26.7
Total votes 387,022 100.0
Democratic hold

Results

2022 California State Senate election
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike McGuire (incumbent) 197,999 75.1
Republican Gene Yoon 65,762 24.9
Total votes 263,761 100.0
General election
Democratic Mike McGuire (incumbent) 283,689 73.3
Republican Gene Yoon 103,333 26.7
Total votes 387,022 100.0
Democratic hold

2018

2018 California State Senate election
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike McGuire (incumbent) 163,723 76.2
Democratic Veronica "Roni" Jacobi 51,186 23.8
Total votes 214,909 100.0
General election
Democratic Mike McGuire (incumbent) 233,688 67.2
Democratic Veronica "Roni" Jacobi 114,184 32.8
Total votes 347,872 100.0
Democratic hold

2014

2014 California State Senate election
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

2010 California State Senate election
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

2006 California State Senate election
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

2002 California State Senate election
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

1998 California State Senate election
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

1994 California State Senate election
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

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Report of Registration as of July 3, 2020" (PDF).

External links

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