| District: | 72 |
| Chamber: | Assembly |
| Population: | 469,933[1] |
| Population Year: | 2010 |
| Voting Age: | 361,195 |
| Citizen Voting Age: | 296,747 |
| Percent White: | 38.67 |
| Percent Black: | 1.15 |
| Percent Latino: | 25.67 |
| Percent Asian: | 32.81 |
| Percent Native American: | 0.50 |
| Percent Pacific Islander: | 0.53 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.20 |
| Percent Remainder Of Multiracial: | 0.46 |
| Registered: | 256,514[2] |
| Democratic: | 34.83 |
| Republican: | 35.89 |
| Npp: | 24.48 |
California's 72nd State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Republican Diane Dixon.
The district encompasses mostly of coastal communities Orange County. The district is primarily suburban.
| Year | Office | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Recall | align="right" Yes 52.4 – 47.6% |
| 2020 | President | Trump 50.3–47.8% |
| 2018 | Governor | Cox 51.6–48.4% |
| Senator | Feinstein 54.0–46.0% | |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 51.4–43.1% |
| Senator | Sanchez 50.4–49.6% | |
| 2014 | Governor | Kashkari 53.7–46.3% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 51.1–46.7% |
| Senator | Emken 51.3–48.7% |
Due to redistricting, the 72nd 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. J. Van Voorhies | Republican | January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | Alpine, Mono, Inyo | ||
| Andrew J. Gould | January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889 | ||||
| Cyrus Coleman | January 7, 1889 - January 5, 1891 | ||||
| Frank Eugene Hunewill | January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893 | ||||
| T. J. Kerns | Democratic | January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895 | Los Angeles | ||
| Brewster C. Kenyon | Republican | January 7, 1895 - January 2, 1899 | |||
| Joseph M. Miller | January 2, 1899 - January 1, 1901 | ||||
| William H. Savage | January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1903 | ||||
| Herbert Swift Greenwood McCartney | January 5, 1903 - January 7, 1907 | ||||
| Fred E. Pierce | January 7, 1907 - January 4, 1909 | ||||
| John N. O. Rech | January 4, 1909 - January 2, 1911 | ||||
| Henry S. Benedict | January 2, 1911 - January 6, 1913 | ||||
| Arthur G. Kuck | January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915 | ||||
| Harry A. Chamberlin | January 4, 1915 - January 8, 1917 | ||||
| George C. Watson | January 8, 1917 - January 6, 1919 | ||||
| Alexander P. Fleming | January 6, 1919 - December 15, 1920 | Died in office before the end of term. Died from complications of heart and kidney maladies.[3] He also served as Los City City Council from July 7, 1919 to his death.[4] | |||
| Willard E. Badham | January 3, 1921 - January 5, 1931 | ||||
| Ben A. Hill | January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933 | ||||
| Hobart R. Alter | January 2, 1933 - January 7, 1935 | San Bernardino | |||
| Godfrey A. Andreas | Democratic | January 7, 1935 - October 13, 1942 | Died in office.[5] | ||
| R. Fred Price | Republican | January 4, 1943 - January 8, 1951 | |||
| Stanford C. Shaw | Democratic | January 8, 1951 - January 3, 1955 | |||
| Eugene G. Nisbet | January 3, 1955 - January 7, 1963 | ||||
| John Quimby | January 7, 1963 - November 30, 1974 | ||||
| Richard H. Robinson | December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1986 | Orange | |||
| Dick Longshore | Republican | December 1, 1986 - June 8, 1988 | Died in office. Died from Pneumonia.[6] | ||
| Curt Pringle | December 5, 1988 – November 30, 1990 | ||||
| Tom Umberg | Democratic | December 3, 1990 - November 30, 1992 | |||
| Ross Johnson | Republican | December 7, 1992 – May 11, 1995 | Resigned from office to be sworn in the 35th Senate district after winning special election.[7] | ||
| Dick Ackerman | September 13, 1995 - November 30, 2000 | Sworn in after winning special election.[8] | |||
| Lynn Daucher | December 4, 2000 - November 30, 2006 | ||||
| Michael D. Duvall | December 4, 2006 - September 9, 2009 | Resigned from office after he was caught on tape talking about having an affair with a female lobbyists.[9] | |||
| Chris Norby | January 29, 2010 - November 30, 2012 | Sworn in after winning special election.[10] | |||
| Travis Allen | December 3, 2012 – November 30, 2018 | ||||
| Tyler Diep | December 3, 2018 – November 30, 2020 | ||||
| Janet Nguyen | December 7, 2020 - November 30, 2022 | ||||
| Diane Dixon | December 5, 2022 – present |