| District: | 16 |
| Chamber: | Senate |
| Population: | 922,123[1] |
| Population Year: | 2010 |
| Voting Age: | 662,419 |
| Citizen Voting Age: | 564,836 |
| Percent White: | 52.04 |
| Percent Black: | 5.13 |
| Percent Latino: | 35.72 |
| Percent Asian: | 4.41 |
| Percent Native American: | 1.73 |
| Percent Pacific Islander: | 0.29 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.23 |
| Percent Remainder Of Multiracial: | 0.45 |
| Registered: | 481,235[2] |
| Democratic: | 28.99 |
| Republican: | 41.40 |
| Npp: | 22.46 |
California's 16th senatorial district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Melissa Hurtado of Sanger.
The district consists of portions of southwestern Central Valley, including Kings County, western Tulare County, and northwestern Kern County.
| Year | Office | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Recall | align="right" Yes 63.7 – 36.3% |
| 2020 | President | Trump 57.9 – 39.6% |
| 2018 | Governor | Cox 63.0 – 37.0% |
| Senator | de Leon 60.5 – 39.5% | |
| 2016 | President | Trump 59.0 – 35.2% |
| Senator | Harris 54.3 – 45.7% | |
| 2014 | Governor | Kashkari 64.9 – 35.1% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 61.7 – 35.9% |
| Senator | Emken 62.1 – 37.9% |
Due to redistricting, the 16th 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Thomas Baldwin | Democratic | January 8, 1883 - January 3, 1887 | Amador, San Joaquin | Served together with Langford.[3] | |
| Benjamin Franklin Langford | January 8, 1883 - January 3, 1887 | ||||
| Frank James Moffitt | January 3, 1887 - January 5, 1891 | Alameda | |||
| Eli Sherman Denison | Republican | January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893 | |||
| George G. Goucher | Democratic | January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895 | Fresno | ||
| Alfred Joel Pedlar | Republican | January 7, 1895 - January 2, 1899 | Fresno, Madera | ||
| Chester Rowell | January 2, 1899 - January 5, 1903 | ||||
| Frank W. Leavitt | January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1911 | Alameda | |||
| Edward J. Tyrrell | January 2, 1911 - January 6, 1919 | Ran as a Progressive for his 2nd term. | |||
| Progressive | |||||
| A. P. Anderson | Republican | January 6, 1919 - January 8, 1923 | |||
| Edgar Sanders Hurley | January 8, 1923 - January 5, 1931 | ||||
| Arthur Hastings Breed, Sr. | January 5, 1931 - January 7, 1935 | ||||
| William Knowland | January 7, 1935 - January 2, 1939 | ||||
| Arthur H. Breed Jr. | January 2, 1939 - January 5, 1959 | ||||
| John W. Holmdahl | Democratic | January 5, 1959 - January 2, 1967 | |||
| Hugh Morrison Burns | January 2, 1967 - January 4, 1971 | Fresno | |||
| George N. Zenovich | January 4, 1971 - November 30, 1974 | ||||
| Walter W. Stiern | December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1986 | Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, San Bernardino | |||
| Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, San Bernardino | |||||
| Don Rogers | Republican | December 1, 1986 - December 15, 1992 | Resigned his seat from the 16th Senate district to assume another seat in the 17th Senate district due to redistricting. | ||
| Phil Wyman | May 3, 1993 – November 30, 1994 | Sworn in after winning special election.[4] | |||
| Jim Costa | Democratic | December 5, 1994 - November 30, 2002 | Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Tulare | ||
| Dean Florez | December 2, 2002 - November 30, 2010 | Fresno, Kern, Kings, Tulare | |||
| Michael Rubio | December 6, 2010 – February 22, 2013 | Resigned from the Senate. | |||
| Andy Vidak | Republican | August 10, 2013 - November 30, 2014 | Sworn in after winning special election. | ||
| Jean Fuller | December 1, 2014 - November 30, 2018 | Kern, San Bernardino, Tulare | |||
| Shannon Grove | December 3, 2018 - December 4, 2022 | ||||
| Melissa Hurtado | Democratic | December 5, 2022 – present |