California's 26th State Assembly district

California's 26th State Assembly district
California's 26th State Assembly district
Current assemblymember
	Evan Low; D–Campbell
Population (2010); • Voting age; • Citizen voting age	470,166[1]; 320,827[1]; 241,074[1]
Demographics	35.19% White; 1.40% Black; 57.68% Latino; 3.41% Asian; 1.75% Native American; 0.14% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; 0.21% other; 0.23[1]% remainder of multiracial;
Registered voters	172,092
Registration	42.02% Republican; 32.37% Democratic; 20.77% No party preference

California's 26th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Evan Low of Sunnyvale.

District profile

The district encompasses part of Santa Clara County.

Part of Santa Clara County

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2021	Recall	Yes 59.4 - 40.6%
2020	President	Trump 53.2 – 44.7%
2018	Governor[2]	Cox 57.6 – 42.4%
2018	Senator[3]	De Leon 60.5 – 39.5%
2016	President	Trump 52.9 – 41.5%
2016	Senator	Harris 52.7 – 47.3%
2014	Governor	Kashkari 61.7 – 38.3%
2012	President	Romney 56.7 – 41.2%
2012	Senator	Emken 57.5 – 42.5%

List of Assembly Members

Due to redistricting, the 26th 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
Douglas G. Barnes	Republican	March 24, 1884 - January 3, 1887	Solano	Won special election after it was vacant and was sworn in.[4]
Frank O'Grady	Democratic	January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889
J. A. Mullaney	Democratic	January 7, 1889 - January 5, 1891
Charles Durner	Republican	January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893
J. L. Hutson	Democratic	January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895	San Joaquin
Thomas Alvin Nelson	Republican	January 7, 1895 - January 4, 1897
Charles W. Austin		January 4, 1897 - February 6, 1898		Died in office
August E. Muenter		January 2, 1899 - January 1, 1901
Frederick H. Kincaid	Democratic	January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1903
Edward N. Baxter		January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1905	Mariposa, Tuolumne
C. V. Jones		January 2, 1905 - January 7, 1907
Edward N. Baxter		January 7, 1907 - January 2, 1911
Dan E. Williams	Republican	January 2, 1911 - January 6, 1913
William B. Bush		January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915	San Francisco
Jeremiah Joseph Hayes		January 4, 1915 - January 6, 1919
William J. Kenney		January 6, 1919 - January 3, 1921
Roy Fellom		January 3, 1921 - January 5, 1925
Ray Williamson		January 5, 1925 - January 6, 1941
Edward M. Gaffney	Democratic	January 6, 1941 - January 5, 1953
Richard J. Dolwig	Republican	January 5, 1953 - January 7, 1957	San Mateo
Carl A. Britschgi		January 7, 1957 - January 4, 1971
Dixon Arnett		January 4, 1971 - November 30, 1974
Carmen Perino	Democratic	December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1980	San Joaquin, Stanislaus
Adrian C. Fondse	Republican	December 1, 1980 - January 5, 1981		35 days in his term. He lost the election after his opponent contested the election and asked for a recount which ended with Fondse losing.[5]
Patrick Johnson	Democratic	January 5, 1981 - January 10, 1991		Johnston wins contest after losing to Fondse. He was sworn in on January 5, 1981.[6] He also resigns after winning a special election for State Senate.[7]
Patrick Johnson	Democratic	January 5, 1981 - January 10, 1991	San Joaquin
Dean Andal	Republican	May 16, 1991 - November 30, 1992	San Joaquin	Sworn in after winning a special election for Johnson's seat that was left vacant running for State Senate.[8]
Sal Cannella	Democratic	December 7, 1992 - November 30, 1996	Merced, Merced, Stanislaus
Dennis Cardoza	Democratic	December 2, 1996 - November 30, 2002	Merced, Merced, Stanislaus
Greg Aghazarian	Republican	December 2, 2002 – November 30, 2008	San Joaquin, Stanislaus
Bill Berryhill		December 1, 2008 - November 30, 2012	San Joaquin, Stanislaus
Connie Conway		December 3, 2012 - November 30, 2014	Inyo, Kern, Tulare
Devon Mathis		December 1, 2014 – Present	Inyo, Kern, Tulare

Election results 1992 - present

2020

2020 California State Assembly election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Devon Mathis (incumbent)	49,413	61.5%
	Democratic	Drew Phelps	30,981	38.5%
Total votes			80,394	100.0%
General election
	Republican	Devon Mathis (incumbent)	85,005	54.9%
	Democratic	Drew Phelps	69,717	45.1%
Total votes			154,722	100%
	Republican hold

2018

California State Assembly election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Devon Mathis (incumbent)	19,081	30.3
	Democratic	Jose Sigala	18,794	29.8
	Republican	Warren Gubler	17,650	28.0
	Republican	Jack Lavers	7,473	11.9
Total votes			62,998	100.0
General election
	Republican	Devon Mathis (incumbent)	62,629	57.9
	Democratic	Jose Sigala	45,558	42.1
Total votes			108,187	100.0
	Republican hold

2016

California State Assembly election, 2016
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Devon Mathis (incumbent)	28,563	42.4
	Democratic	Ruben Macareno	20,536	30.5
	Republican	Rudy Mendoza	18,216	27.1
Total votes			67,315	100.0
General election
	Republican	Devon Mathis (incumbent)	76,289	63.3
	Democratic	Ruben Macareno	44,205	36.7
Total votes			120,494	100.0
	Republican hold

2014

California State Assembly election, 2014
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rudy Mendoza	18,648	40.3
	Republican	Devon Mathis	9,497	20.5
	Democratic	Carlton Jones	7,943	17.2
	Democratic	Ruben Macareno	3,755	8.1
	Democratic	Derek A. Thomas	2,872	6.2
	Republican	Teresita "Tess" Andres	2,092	4.5
	Republican	Esther Barajas	1,473	3.2
Total votes			46,280	100.0
General election
	Republican	Devon Mathis	34,683	53.6
	Republican	Rudy Mendoza	29,991	46.4
Total votes			64,674	100.0
	Republican hold

2012

California State Assembly election, 2012
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Connie Conway (incumbent)	34,299	71.8
	Democratic	Jonathan Louis Sosa	12,627	28.2
Total votes			46,926	100.0
General election
	Republican	Connie Conway (incumbent)	72,061	66.5
	Democratic	Jonathan Louis Sosa	36,379	33.5
Total votes			108,440	100.0
	Republican hold

2010

2010 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Berryhill (incumbent)	64,625	60.8
	Democratic	Tim Weintz, Sr.	41,775	39.2
Total votes			106,400	100.0
	Republican hold

2008

2008 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Berryhill	70,620	51.71
	Democratic	John Eisenhut	65,940	48.29
Total votes			136,560	100.00
Turnout				67.18
	Republican hold

2006

2006 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg Aghazarian (incumbent)	54,703	58.39
	Democratic	Kenneth Goeken	38,990	41.61
Total votes			93,693	100.00
Turnout				48.65
	Republican hold

2004

2006 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg Aghazarian (incumbent)	78,381	62.55
	Democratic	Tim Weintz, Sr.	46,924	37.45
Total votes			125,305	100.00
	Republican hold

2002

2002 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg Aghazarian	47,561	57.39
	Democratic	Tom Hallinan	35,307	42.61
Invalid or blank votes			7,019	7.81
Total votes			89,887	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

2000

2000 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dennis Cardoza (incumbent)	67,326	65.61
	Republican	Marshall Sanchez	35,294	34.39
Invalid or blank votes			8,231	7.43
Total votes			110,851	100.00
	Democratic hold

1998

1998 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dennis Cardoza (incumbent)	53,059	64.07
	Republican	Patty Hollingsworth	27,848	33.63
	Libertarian	David Eaton	1,128	1.36
	American Independent	Carl Towe	776	0.94
Invalid or blank votes			3,285	3.82
Total votes			86,096	100.00
	Democratic hold

1996

1996 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dennis Cardoza	46,648	50.05
	Republican	Tom Berryhill	46,562	49.95
Invalid or blank votes			8,355	6.23
Total votes			101,565	100.00
	Democratic hold

1994

1994 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sal Cannella (incumbent)	42,470	53.61
	Republican	Greg Thomas	33,003	41.66
	Libertarian	Rob Parks	3,748	4.73
Invalid or blank votes			5,488	6.48
Total votes			84,709	100.00
	Democratic hold

1992

California's 26th State Assembly district election, 1992
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sal Cannella (incumbent)	54,552	56.82
	Republican	Scott Weimer	33,771	35.18
	Libertarian	Rob Parks	7,682	8.00
Invalid or blank votes			14,025	12.75
Total votes			110,030	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

References

"Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-general/ssov/governor-assembly.pdf
https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-general/ssov/us-senate-by-assembly.pdf
"Douglas Barnes takes Oath". babel.hathitrust.org.
"Fondse lost recount" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.
"Patrick Johnson takes Oath" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.
"Patrick Johnson Resignation Letter" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.
"Andal takes Oath" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.

External links

District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission

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[population-1] "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).

[2] ttps://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-general/ssov/governor-assembly.pdf

[3] ttps://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-general/ssov/us-senate-by-assembly.pdf

[4] "Douglas Barnes takes Oath". babel.hathitrust.org.

[5] "Fondse lost recount" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.

[6] "Patrick Johnson takes Oath" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.

[7] "Patrick Johnson Resignation Letter" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.

[8] "Andal takes Oath" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.