| District: | 8 |
| Chamber: | Assembly |
| Population: | 463,773[1] |
| Population Year: | 2010 |
| Voting Age: | 352,594 |
| Citizen Voting Age: | 310,070 |
| Percent White: | 61.19 |
| Percent Black: | 8.48 |
| Percent Latino: | 17.68 |
| Percent Asian: | 9.14 |
| Percent Native American: | 1.41 |
| Percent Pacific Islander: | 0.73 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.28 |
| Percent Remainder Of Multiracial: | 1.09 |
| Registered: | 263,704 |
| Democratic: | 39.76 |
| Republican: | 32.54 |
| Npp: | 22.02 |
California's 8th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Republican Jim Patterson of Fresno.
The district comprises seven California counties in the Central Sierra Nevada and Eastern Sierra regions of the state.[2]
| Year | Office | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Recall | align="right" No 54.0 – 46.0% |
| 2020 | President | Biden 55.1 - 42.2% |
| 2018 | Governor[3] | Newsom 52.2 – 47.8% |
| Senator[4] | De Leon 50.1 – 49.9% | |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 51.8 – 41.0% |
| Senator | Harris 65.4 – 34.6% | |
| 2014 | Governor | Brown 56.5 – 43.5% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 51.6 – 45.5% |
| Senator | Feinstein 54.5 – 45.5% |
Due to redistricting, the 8th 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Henry | Democratic | January 5, 1885 - January 4, 1889 | Butte | ||
| C. H. Porter | Republican | January 4, 1889 - January 5, 1891 | |||
| T. H. Barnard | January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893 | ||||
| D. P. Durst | January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895 | Sutter, Yuba | |||
| William M. Cutter | January 7, 1895 - January 2, 1899 | ||||
| Charles G. Raub | January 2, 1899 - January 1, 1901 | ||||
| Lawrence Schillig | January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1903 | ||||
| Alexander C. McLaughlin | January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1905 | ||||
| E. T. Manwell | January 2, 1905 - January 7, 1907 | ||||
| Arthur Hathaway Hewitt | January 7, 1907 - January 6, 1913 | ||||
| Joseph Alfred Murray | January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915 | Sutter, Yuba, Yolo | |||
| L. N. Tabler | Democratic | January 4, 1915 - January 8, 1917 | |||
| Louis Tarke | Republican | January 8, 1917 - January 6, 1919 | |||
| Edward Lewis | January 6, 1919 - January 8, 1923 | ||||
| Fred B. Noyes | January 8, 1923 - January 5, 1931 | ||||
| Frank L. Gordon | January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933 | Napa, Yolo | |||
| Roy J. Nielsen | January 2, 1933 - January 4, 1937 | Sacramento | |||
| Chester M. Gannon | Democratic | January 4, 1937 - January 6, 1941 | |||
| John Edward Cain | Democratic | January 6, 1941 - January 4, 1943 | |||
| Chester M. Gannon | Republican | January 4, 1943 - January 3, 1949 | |||
| Gordon A. Fleury | January 3, 1949 - August 28, 1955 | Resigned from the Assembly | |||
| Thomas Jamison MacBride | Democratic | January 7, 1957 - January 2, 1961 | |||
| William Adolphus “Jimmy” Hicks | January 2, 1961 - December 29, 1961 | Died in office. Died from a heart attack.[5] | |||
| Walter W. Powers | November 27, 1962 - November 30, 1974 | Was sworn in on November 27, 1962 after winning the special election[6] | |||
| Alfred C. Siegler | December 2, 1974 - May 18, 1976 | Napa, Solano, Sonoma | Died in office. Died from a heart attack while playing Tennis.[7] | ||
| Michael Gage | December 6, 1976 - November 30, 1980 | ||||
| Don Sebastiani | Republican | December 1, 1980 - December 6, 1982 | |||
| December 6, 1982 - November 30, 1986 | Lake, Napa, Solano, Sonoma | ||||
| Bev Hansen | December 1, 1986 - November 30, 1992 | ||||
| Thomas M. Hannigan | Democratic | December 7, 1992 - November 30, 1996 | Sacramento, Solano, Yolo | ||
| Helen Thomson | December 2, 1996 - November 30, 2002 | ||||
| Lois Wolk | December 2, 2002 - November 30, 2008 | Solano, Yolo | |||
| Mariko Yamada | December 1, 2008 - November 30, 2012 | ||||
| Ken Cooley | December 3, 2012 – Present | Sacramento | |||