| District: | 61 |
| Chamber: | Assembly |
| Population: | 491,779[1] |
| Population Year: | 2020 |
| Voting Age: | 389,814 |
| Citizen Voting Age: | 305,884 |
| Percent White: | 18.40 |
| Percent Black: | 25.25 |
| Percent Latino: | 45.55 |
| Percent Asian: | 5.74 |
| Percent Native American: | 0.18 |
| Percent Pacific Islander: | 0.39 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.82 |
| Percent Remainder Of Multiracial: | 3.68 |
| Registered: | 213,988 |
| Democratic: | 47.91 |
| Republican: | 26.77 |
| Npp: | 20.93 |
California's 61st State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Tina McKinnor of Hawthorne.
The district encompasses a section of southwestern Los Angeles County. The district is primarily urban.
The 61st Assembly district is completely contained within .[2]
In the United States House of Representatives, the 61st Assembly district is part of the .
| Year | Office | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | President | Biden 63.3 – 34.6% |
| 2018 | Governor | Newsom 60.4 – 39.6% |
| Senator | Feinstein 54.6 – 45.4% | |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 62.5 – 31.6% |
| Senator | Harris 54.4 – 45.6% | |
| 2014 | Governor | Brown 57.1 – 42.9% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 63.4 – 34.5% |
| Senator | Feinstein 64.9 – 35.1% |
Due to redistricting, the 61st 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark S. Torrey | Republican | January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | Calaveras | ||
| Fred W. McClenahan | Democratic | January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889 | |||
| John Gardner | Republican | January 7, 1889 - January 5, 1891 | |||
| Alexander Brown | January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893 | ||||
| S. J. Duckworth | January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895 | Monterey | |||
| William George Hudson | January 7, 1895 - January 2, 1899 | ||||
| Frederick P. Feliz | Democratic | January 2, 1899 - January 5, 1903 | |||
| Alexander M. Drew | Republican | January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1911 | Fresno | ||
| William Angus Sutherland | January 2, 1911 - January 6, 1913 | ||||
| William Alexander Roberts | January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915 | Los Angeles | |||
| Harry A. Wishard | Progressive | January 4, 1915 - January 6, 1919 | Ran as a Republican for his 2nd term. | ||
| Republican | |||||
| John Robert White Jr. | January 6, 1919 - January 8, 1923 | ||||
| Frank C. Weller | January 8, 1923 - January 3, 1927 | ||||
| James Cleveland Crawford | January 3, 1927 - January 5, 1931 | ||||
| Clarence N. Wakefield | January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933 | ||||
| Charles W. Dempster | January 2, 1933 - January 7, 1935 | ||||
| Ernest O. Voigt | Democratic | January 7, 1935 - January 4, 1943 | |||
| Lester A. McMillan | January 4, 1943 - January 6, 1969 | ||||
| Henry Waxman | January 6, 1969 - November 30, 1974 | ||||
| Bud Collier | Republican | December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1978 | |||
| Dick Mountjoy | December 4, 1978 - November 30, 1982 | ||||
| Bill Leonard | December 6, 1982 - November 30, 1988 | San Bernardino | |||
| Paul A. Woodruff | December 5, 1988 - November 30, 1992 | ||||
| Fred Aguiar | December 7, 1992 - November 30, 1998 | Los Angeles, San Bernardino | |||
| Nell Soto | Democratic | December 7, 1998 - March 13, 2000 | Resigns from the Assembly after winning a seat in the Senate to be sworn in.[3] | ||
| Gloria Negrete McLeod | December 4, 2000 - November 30, 2006 | ||||
| Nell Soto | December 4, 2006 - November 30, 2008 | ||||
| Norma J. Torres | December 1, 2008 - November 30, 2012 | ||||
| Jose Medina | December 3, 2012 - November 30, 2022 | Riverside | |||
| Tina McKinnor | December 5, 2022 – Present | Los Angeles County | |||