| District: | 26 |
| Chamber: | Senate |
| Population: | 927,757[1] |
| Population Year: | 2010 |
| Voting Age: | 778,734 |
| Citizen Voting Age: | 669,916 |
| Percent White: | 64.87 |
| Percent Black: | 3.96 |
| Percent Latino: | 13.62 |
| Percent Asian: | 15.85 |
| Percent Native American: | 0.42 |
| Percent Pacific Islander: | 0.26 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.43 |
| Percent Remainder Of Multiracial: | 0.60 |
| Registered: | 666,958[2] |
| Democratic: | 50.55 |
| Republican: | 19.10 |
| Npp: | 25.03 |
California's 26th senatorial district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by of .
The district is located in the central and eastern Los Angeles neighborhoods of Los Feliz, East Hollywood, Silver Lake, Echo Park, Cypress Park, Koreatown, Wilshire Center, Westlake, Glassell Park, Eagle Rock, Garvanza, Lincoln Heights, Hermon, Little Tokyo, Chinatown, Boyle Heights, and El Sereno, along with the adjacent communities of City Terrace, East Los Angeles, and Vernon.
| Year | Office | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | President | Biden 72.3 – 25.8% |
| 2018 | Governor | Newsom 72.1 – 27.9% |
| Senator | Feinstein 62.4 – 37.6% | |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 71.4 – 23.0%[3] |
| Senator | Harris 72.1 – 27.9%[4] | |
| 2014 | Governor | Brown 65.4 – 34.6% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 64.9 – 32.3% |
| Senator | Feinstein 68.4 – 31.6% |
| Years | Seat A | Seat B | Counties represented | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | ||||||
| District established January 7, 1861 | |||||||||||
| nowrap | January 7, 1861 – January 6, 1862 | R. C. Gaskill | Republican | Elected in 1861. Re-elected in 1862. | Richard Irwin | Union Democratic | Elected in 1861. | Butte | |||
| nowrap | January 6, 1862 – December 6, 1863 | Thomas B. Shannon | Union | Elected in 1862. | |||||||
| December 6, 1863 – December 4, 1865 | F. M. Smith | Union | Elected in 1863. Re-elected in 1865. | Second seat was eliminated for the term. | Butte, Plumas | ||||||
| Butte, Lassen, Plumas | |||||||||||
| nowrap | December 4, 1865 – December 2, 1867 | Seneca Ewer | Union | Elected in 1865. Re-elected in 1867. | Butte | ||||||
| nowrap | December 2, 1867 – December 6, 1869 | John Conly | Union | Elected in 1867. | |||||||
| Senators | Party | Years served | Electoral history | Counties represented | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George C. Perkins | Republican | December 6, 1869 – December 4, 1871 | Elected in 1868. | Butte | |
David Boucher | Republican | December 4, 1871 – September 16, 1872 | Elected in 1871. Died. | Butte, Lassen, Plumas | |
George C. Perkins | Republican | November 5, 1872 – December 1, 1873 | Elected to finish Boucher's term. | ||
| December 1, 1873 – December 6, 1875 | |||||
William C. Hendricks | Republican | December 6, 1875 – December 3, 1877 | Redistricted from the 24th district and re-elected in 1875. | Butte | |
| Butte, Lassen, Plumas | |||||
| Years | Seat A | Seat B | Counties represented | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | |||||
| nowrap | December 3, 1877 – January 5, 1880 | John C. Coleman | Democratic | Elected in 1877. | Niles Searls | Democratic | Elected in 1877. | Nevada | ||
| nowrap | January 5, 1880 – May 26, 1881 | William George | Republican | Elected in 1879. Redistricted to the single-member district. | B. J. Watson | Republican | Elected in 1879. Resigned. | Nevada, Sierra | ||
| nowrap | May 26, 1881 – January 3, 1881 | Vacant | ||||||||
| Senators | Party | Years served | Electoral history | Counties represented | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
William George | Republican | January 3, 1881 – January 8, 1882 | Redistricted from the multi-member district and re-elected in 1880. | Nevada, Sierra | |
W. W. Kellogg | Democratic | January 8, 1882 – January 3, 1887 | Elected in 1882. | Butte, Lassen, Plumas | |
Thomas H. McDonald | Democratic | January 3, 1887 – January 5, 1891 | Elected in 1886. | San Francisco | |
John T. Broderick | Republican | January 5, 1891 – January 2, 1893 | Elected in 1890. Redistricted to the 20th district. | ||
| Vacant | January 2, 1893 – January 7, 1895 | ||||
Eli S. Denison | Republican | January 7, 1895 – July 7, 1898 | Elected in 1894. | Alameda | |
Frank W. Leavitt | Republican | January 2, 1899 – January 5, 1903 | Elected in 1898. | ||
Chester Rowell | Republican | January 5, 1903 – January 7, 1907 | Redistricted from the 16th district and re-elected in 1902. | Fresno | |
George W. Cartwright | Democratic | January 7, 1907 – January 4, 1915 | Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1910. | ||
W. F. Chandler | Progressive | January 4, 1915 – January 6, 1919 | Elected in 1914. | ||
M. B. Harris | Republican | January 6, 1919 – January 3, 1927 | Elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1922. | ||
Charles H. Cobb | Democratic | January 3, 1927 – January 5, 1931 | Elected in 1926. | ||
Dan E. Williams | Republican | January 5, 1931 – January 2, 1939 | Elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1934. | Calaveras, Mariposa, Tuolumne | |
Jesse M. Mayo | Republican | January 2, 1939 – March 11, 1953 | Elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 150. Died. | ||
| Vacant | March 11, 1953 – July 1, 1953 | ||||
Stephen P. Teale | Democratic | July 1, 1953 – January 2, 1967 | Elected to finish Mayo's term. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1962. Redistricted to the 3rd district. | ||
Anthony Beilenson | Democratic | January 2, 1967 – November 30, 1974 | Elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1970. Redistricted to the 22nd district. | Los Angeles | |
Alfred H. Song | Democratic | December 2, 1974 – November 30, 1978 | Redistricted from the 28th district and re-elected in 1974. Lost re-election. | ||
Joseph B. Montoya | Democratic | December 4, 1978 – February 9, 1990 | Elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1986. Resigned after being indicted due to the BRISPEC sting operation. | ||
| Vacant | February 9, 1990 – April 16, 1990 | ||||
Charles Calderon | Democratic | April 16, 1990 – December 4, 1994 | Elected to finish Montoya's term Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the 30th district. | ||
Diane Watson | Democratic | December 5, 1994 – November 30, 1998 | Redistricted from the 28th district and re-elected in 1994. Termed out. | ||
Kevin Murray | Democratic | December 7, 1998 – November 30, 2006 | Elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2002. Termed out. | ||
Mark Ridley-Thomas | Democratic | December 4, 2006 – November 30, 2008 | Elected in 2006. Retired to become a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. | ||
| Vacant | November 30, 2008 – June 8, 2009 | ||||
Curren Price | Democratic | June 8, 2009 – July 1, 2013 | Elected to finish Ridley-Thomas's term. Re-elected in 2010. Resigned to become a member of the Los Angeles City Council. | ||
| Vacant | July 1, 2013 – September 26, 2013 | ||||
Holly Mitchell | Democratic | September 26, 2013 – November 30, 2014 | Elected to finish Price's term. Redistricted to the 30th district. | ||
Ben Allen | Democratic | December 1, 2014 – December 5, 2022 | Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2018. Redistricted to the 24th district. | ||
María Elena Durazo | Democratic | December 5, 2022 – present | Redistricted from the 24th district and re-elected in 2022. | ||