| District: | 7 |
| Chamber: | Senate |
| Population: | 924,708[1] |
| Population Year: | 2010 |
| Voting Age: | 687,634 |
| Citizen Voting Age: | 569,011 |
| Percent White: | 54.65 |
| Percent Black: | 6.14 |
| Percent Latino: | 20.95 |
| Percent Asian: | 15.92 |
| Percent Native American: | 0.69 |
| Percent Pacific Islander: | 0.52 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.32 |
| Percent Remainder Of Multiracial: | 0.80 |
| Registered: | 598,594[2] |
| Democratic: | 47.50 |
| Republican: | 22.96 |
| Npp: | 24.41 |
California's 7th senatorial district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Jesse Arreguín of Berkeley.
After 2020 redistricting, the 7th district moved to cover the westernmost portions of Alameda and Contra Costa counties. The district includes the cities of Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley, Richmond, and Hercules.
The district encompasses most of Contra Costa County, including Concord, Antioch, Pittsburg, Bay Point, Martinez, Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Danville, San Ramon, and Orinda; along with Castro Valley, San Lorenzo, and San Leandro in Alameda County.
| Year | Office | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | President | Biden 67.9 – 30.0% |
| 2018 | Governor | Newsom 63.1 – 36.9% |
| Senator | Feinstein 56.8 – 43.2% | |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 64.3 – 29.6% |
| Senator | Harris 68.7 – 31.3% | |
| 2014 | Governor | Brown 63.1 – 36.9% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 60.5 – 37.5% |
| Senator | Feinstein 64.3 – 35.7% | |
| 2010 | Governor | Brown 59.2 – 37.0% |
| Senator | Boxer 58.1 – 37.4% | |
| 2008 | President | Obama 66.7 – 31.6% |
| 2006 | Governor | Schwarzenegger 54.2 – 40.9% |
| Senator | Feinstein 67.6 – 28.0% | |
| 2004 | President | Kerry 60.9 – 38.1% |
| Senator | Boxer 62.0 – 34.8% | |
| 2003 | Recall | No 54.9 – 45.1% |
| Schwarzenegger 40.8 – 36.8% | ||
| 2002 | Governor | Davis 51.7 – 37.2% |
| 2000 | President | Gore 54.3 – 41.7% |
| Senator | Feinstein 58.2 – 37.2% | |
| 1998 | Governor | Davis 58.7 – 38.5% |
| Senator | Boxer 53.1 – 43.8% | |
| 1996 | President | Clinton 51.3 – 39.4% |
| 1994 | Governor | Wilson 58.2 – 40.1% |
| Senator | Feinstein 54.1 – 39.8% | |
| 1992 | President | Clinton 45.4 – 32.9% |
| Senator | Boxer 50.8 – 39.5% | |
| Senator | Feinstein 59.3 – 35.1% |
Due to redistricting, the 7th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2011 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.
| Senators | Party | Years served | Counties represented | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. H. Maddox | Democratic | January 8, 1883 - January 5, 1885 | Santa Clara | ||
| A. W. Saxe | Republican | January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | Both Saxe and Lowe served together for 2 years.[3] | ||
| James R. Lowe | January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | ||||
| A. P. Hall | January 3, 1887 - January 2, 1889 | El Dorado, Placer | |||
| Thomas Fraser | January 2, 1889 - January 2, 1893 | ||||
| Henry C. Gesford | Democratic | January 2, 1893 - January 4, 1897 | Lake, Napa | ||
| Calhoun Lee LaRue | January 4, 1897 - January 1, 1901 | ||||
| Robert Corlett | Republican | January 1, 1901 - January 2, 1905 | |||
| James A. McKee | January 2, 1905 - January 4, 1909 | Sacramento | |||
| Charles B. Bills | January 4, 1909 - January 6, 1913 | ||||
| Philip Charles Cohn | Democratic | January 6, 1913 - January 8, 1917 | |||
| J. M. Inman | Republican | January 8, 1917 - January 2, 1933 | |||
| Jerrold L. Seawell | January 2, 1933 - November 6, 1946 | Nevada, Placer, Sierra | Resigned from the Senate. | ||
| Allen G. Thurman | November 4, 1947 - January 3, 1949 | Sworn in after winning special election.[4] | |||
| Harold T. Johnson | Democratic | January 3, 1949 - January 3, 1959 | Resigned, after winning congressional seat for the 2nd district. | ||
| Ronald G. Cameron | April 20, 1959 - September 3, 1963 | Sworn in after winning special election.[5] Resigned to become a Judge for the Placer County Superior Court. | |||
| Paul J. Lunardi | December 6, 1963 - January 2, 1967 | Placer | Sworn in after winning special election.[6] | ||
| George Miller Jr. | January 2, 1967 - January 1, 1969 | Contra Costa | Died in office. Died from a heart attack.[7] [8] | ||
| John A. Nejedly | Republican | April 7, 1969 - November 30, 1980 | Sworn in after winning special election.[9] | ||
| Daniel Boatwright | Democratic | December 1, 1980 - November 30, 1996 | |||
| Alameda, Contra Costa | |||||
| Richard Rainey | Republican | December 2, 1996 – November 30, 2000 | |||
| Tom Torlakson | Democratic | December 4, 2000 - November 30, 2008 | |||
| Contra Costa | |||||
| Mark DeSaulnier | December 1, 2008 - January 2, 2015 | Resigned to be sworn into the 11th Congressional district. | |||
| Alameda, Contra Costa | |||||
| Steve Glazer | May 28, 2015 – present | Sworn in after winning special election. | |||