| District: | 2 |
| Chamber: | Senate |
| Population: | 928,077[1] |
| Population Year: | 2010 |
| Voting Age: | 729,486 |
| Citizen Voting Age: | 635,914 |
| Percent White: | 69.94 |
| Percent Black: | 2.10 |
| Percent Latino: | 19.53 |
| Percent Asian: | 4.29 |
| Percent Native American: | 3.02 |
| Percent Pacific Islander: | 0.32 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.35 |
| Percent Remainder Of Multiracial: | 0.45 |
| Registered: | 551,154[2] |
| Democratic: | 53.40 |
| Republican: | 19.12 |
| Npp: | 21.53 |
California's 2nd senatorial district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by of .
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.
| 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% | |
| Years | Seat A | Seat B | Counties represented | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | ||||||||||
| District established January 6, 1851 | |||||||||||||||
| nowrap | January 6, 1851 – January 11, 1851 | align=left | Stephen C. Foster | Democratic | Elected in 1850. Redistricted to the single-member district after Hope resigned. | align=left | Alexander W. Hope | Republican | Redistricted from the Los Angeles and San Diego districts and re-elected in 1850. Resigned. | Los Angeles | |||||
| Senators | Party | Years served | Electoral history | Counties represented | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen C. Foster | Democratic | January 11, 1851 – January 2, 1854 | Redistricted from single-member district. Re-elected in 1851. Re-elected in 1852. | Los Angeles | ||
| Pablo de la Guerra | 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. | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | ||
| Douglas Democratic | ||||||
| James R. Vineyard | Democratic | January 6, 1862 – August 30, 1863 | Elected in 1861. Died. | Los Angeles | ||
| Vacant | August 30, 1863 – December 7, 1863 | |||||
Henry Hamilton | Democratic | December 7, 1863 – December 4, 1865 | Elected in 1863. | |||
Phineas Banning | Democratic | December 4, 1865 – December 6, 1869 | Elected in 1863. | |||
B. D. Wilson | Independent | December 6, 1869 – January 8, 1873 | Elected in 1868. | |||
C. W. Bush | Independent | January 8, 1873 – December 3, 1877 | Elected in 1873. | |||
George H. Smith | Democratic | December 3, 1877 – January 8, 1883 | Elected in 1877. | |||
| R. F. del Valle | Democratic | January 8, 1883 – January 3, 1887 | Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. | |||
John M. Briceland | Democratic | January 3, 1887 – January 5, 1891 | Elected in 1886. | Shasta, Siskiyou, Trinity | ||
R. H. Campbell | Republican | January 5, 1891 – January 7, 1895 | Elected in 1890. | |||
| Lassen, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou, Trinity | ||||||
| James M. Gleaves | Republican | January 7, 1895 – January 2, 1899 | Elected in 1894. Retired after being appointed as Surveyor General of California. | |||
James T. Laird | Republican | January 2, 1899 – January 5, 1903 | Elected in 1898. | |||
Clifford Coggins | Republican | January 5, 1903 – January 7, 1907 | Elected in 1902. | Lassen, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou | ||
| Abner Weed | Republican | January 7, 1907 – January 2, 1911 | Elected in 1906. | |||
| T. W. H. Shanahan | Democratic | January 2, 1911 – January 4, 1915 | Elected in 1910. | |||
William B. Shearer | Democratic | January 4, 1915 – January 8, 1923 | Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1918. | |||
Franklin J. Powers | Republican | January 8, 1923 – January 3, 1927 | Elected in 1922. | |||
James M. Allen | Democratic | January 3, 1927 – January 7, 1935 | Elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1930. | |||
| Del Norte, Siskiyou | ||||||
Henry M. McGuinness | Democratic | January 7, 1935 – March 16, 1936 | Elected in 1934. Died. | |||
| Vacant | March 16, 1936 – May 25, 1936 | |||||
James M. Allen | Democratic | May 25, 1936 – January 2, 1939 | Elected to finish McGuinness's term. | |||
| Randolph Collier | 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. | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Democratic | December 7, 1998 – November 30, 2006 | Elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2002. Termed out. | |||
| Humboldt, Mendocino, Solano, Sonoma, Lake, Napa | ||||||
Pat Wiggins | Democratic | December 4, 2006 – November 30, 2010 | Elected in 2006. Retired. | |||
| Noreen Evans | Democratic | December 6, 2010 – November 30, 2014 | Elected in 2010. Retired. | |||
| Mike McGuire | Democratic | December 1, 2014 – present | Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2022. | Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Sonoma Trinity | ||