| District: | 59 |
| Chamber: | Assembly |
| Population: | 465,168[1] |
| Population Year: | 2010 |
| Voting Age: | 319,044 |
| Citizen Voting Age: | 168,548 |
| Percent White: | 2.60 |
| Percent Black: | 19.38 |
| Percent Latino: | 75.00 |
| Percent Asian: | 2.05 |
| Percent Native American: | 0.13 |
| Percent Pacific Islander: | 0.04 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.36 |
| Percent Remainder Of Multiracial: | 0.43 |
| Registered: | 193,106 |
| Democratic: | 66.83 |
| Republican: | 5.04 |
| Npp: | 24.16 |
California's 59th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Republican Phillip Chen of Yorba Linda.
The district encompasses most of South Los Angeles, centered along Interstate 110. The district is primarily urban and heavily Latino.
Los Angeles County – 4.7%
| Year | Office | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Recall | align="right" No 87.5 – 12.5% |
| 2020 | President | Biden 84.6 – 11.8% |
| 2018 | Governor | Newsom 88.6 – 11.4% |
| Senator | Feinstein 58.9 – 41.1% | |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 90.1 – 5.1% |
| Senator | Harris 54.2 – 45.8% | |
| 2014 | Governor | Brown 90.9 – 9.1% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 93.2 – 6.2% |
| Senator | Feinstein 91.8 – 8.2% |
Due to redistricting, the 59th 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flavel Joseph Woodward | Republican | January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | San Joaquin | ||
| James Riley Henry | Democratic | January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889 | |||
| John McMullin | January 7, 1889 - January 5, 1891 | ||||
| John Lyman Beecher Jr. | Republican | January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893 | |||
| John H. Matthews | Democratic | January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895 | San Benito | ||
| Charles G. Cargill | Republican | January 7, 1895 - January 4, 1897 | |||
| Claudius Frazier Rubell | Democratic | January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1899 | |||
| Charles G. Cargill | Republican | January 2, 1899 - June 18, 1900 | Died in office[2] from pneumonia.[3] | ||
| William Higby | January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1903 | ||||
| Montague B. Steadman | January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1905 | Monterey | |||
| J. B. R. Cooper | January 2, 1905 - January 7, 1907 | ||||
| John Jay Wyatt | January 7, 1907 - January 2, 1911 | ||||
| Charles B. Rosendale | Democratic | January 2, 1911 - January 6, 1913 | |||
| Henry C. Bagby | January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915 | Santa Barbara | |||
| Ira E. Kramer | Progressive | January 4, 1915 - January 8, 1917 | |||
| Theodore Randolph Finley, Sr. | Democratic | January 8, 1917 - January 6, 1919 | |||
| William C. Oakley | January 6, 1919 - January 3, 1921 | ||||
| Oscar W. Smith | Republican | January 3, 1921 - January 8, 1923 | |||
| Edgar W. Stow | January 8, 1923 - January 5, 1925 | ||||
| Edgar O. Campbell | January 5, 1925 - January 3, 1927 | ||||
| Theodore Randolph Finley, Sr. | Democratic | January 3, 1927 - June 1, 1927 | Resigned to become Mayor of Santa Barbara. | ||
| George R. Bliss | Republican | January 7, 1929 – January 5, 1931 | |||
| Willard E. Badham | January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933 | Los Angeles | |||
| Charles W. Lyon | January 2, 1933 - January 6, 1947 | ||||
| Willard M. Huyck | January 6, 1947 - January 8, 1951 | ||||
| Charles W. Lyon | January 8, 1951 - January 3, 1955 | ||||
| Thomas M. Rees | Democratic | January 3, 1955 - January 7, 1963 | |||
| Anthony Beilenson | January 7, 1963 - January 2, 1967 | ||||
| Alan Sieroty | January 2, 1967 – November 30, 1974 | ||||
| Jack R. Fenton | December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1980 | ||||
| Matthew G. Martínez | December 1, 1980 - July 15, 1982 | Resigned from office after winning a congressional seat.[4] | |||
| Charles Calderon | December 6, 1982 – April 16, 1990 | Resigned to be sworn in the 26th Senate district after winning special election.[5] | |||
| Xavier Becerra | December 3, 1990 – November 30, 1992 | ||||
| Dick Mountjoy | Republican | December 7, 1992 - January 23, 1995 | Removed from office after a majority of the membership of the Assembly determined that he was not duly elected and qualified to be an Assembly Member. | ||
| Bob Margett | June 7, 1995 - November 30, 2000 | Sworn in after winning special election.[6] | |||
| Dennis Mountjoy | December 4, 2000 - November 30, 2006 | ||||
| Los Angeles, San Bernardino | |||||
| Anthony Adams | December 4, 2006 - November 30, 2010 | ||||
| Tim Donnelly | December 6, 2010 - November 30, 2012 | ||||
| Reggie Jones-Sawyer | Democratic | December 6, 2012 – present | Los Angeles | ||