| District: | 8 |
| Chamber: | Senate |
| Population: | 929,712[1] |
| Population Year: | 2010 |
| Voting Age: | 694,800 |
| Citizen Voting Age: | 606,375 |
| Percent White: | 56.00 |
| Percent Black: | 4.07 |
| Percent Latino: | 28.22 |
| Percent Asian: | 8.72 |
| Percent Native American: | 1.94 |
| Percent Pacific Islander: | 0.27 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.28 |
| Percent Remainder Of Multiracial: | 0.51 |
| Registered: | 540,098[2] |
| Democratic: | 33.09 |
| Republican: | 39.43 |
| Npp: | 21.00 |
California's 8th State Senate district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Angelique Ashby of Sacramento.
The district is located in the core of the Sacramento metropolitan area, consisting of the state capital of Sacramento and several of its surrounding suburbs, including Rio Linda, McClellan Park, North Highlands, Vineyard, Rosemont, Florin, and Elk Grove.
| Year | Office | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | President | Trump 50.6 – 44.0% |
| 2018 | Governor | Cox 57.4 – 42.6% |
| Senator | de Leon 55.6 – 44.4% | |
| 2016 | President | Trump 52.3 – 41.9% |
| Senator | Harris 57.0 – 43.0% | |
| 2014 | Governor | Kashkari 56.5 – 43.5% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 54.6 – 43.0% |
| Senator | Emken 55.5 – 44.5% |
Due to redistricting, the 8th 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah Lynch | Democratic | January 8, 1883 - January 3, 1887 | San Francisco, San Mateo | ||
| John Boggs | January 3, 1887 - January 5, 1891 | Colusa, Tehama | |||
| Henry C. Wilson | January 5, 1891 - January 7, 1895 | ||||
| Butte, Tehama | |||||
| John Henry Seawell | January 7, 1895 - January 2, 1899 | Colusa, Glenn, Mendocino | |||
| John Boggs | January 2, 1899 - January 30, 1899 | Died in office.[3] | |||
| James Wilkens Goad | March 17, 1899 - January 5, 1903 | Sworn in after winning special election.[4] | |||
| Edward F. Woodward | Republican | January 5, 1903 - January 7, 1907 | Sonoma | ||
| Walter Fitch Price | January 7, 1907 - January 2, 1911 | ||||
| Louis W. Juilliard | Democratic | January 2, 1911 - January 4, 1915 | |||
| Herbert W. Slater | January 4, 1915 - January 5, 1931 | ||||
| John L. Moran | Republican | January 5, 1931 - January 7, 1935 | Colusa, Glenn, Tehama | ||
| Daniel Jack Metzger | January 7, 1935 - January 4, 1943 | ||||
| Clair Engle | Democratic | January 4, 1943 - September 14, 1943 | Resigned after he won special election for the 2nd Congressional district. | ||
| Louis G. Sutton | Republican | June 2, 1944 - January 5, 1959 | Sworn in after winning special election.[5] | ||
| Virgil O'Sullivan | Democratic | January 5, 1959 - January 2, 1967 | |||
| Lewis F. Sherman | Republican | January 2, 1967 - January 4, 1971 | Alameda | ||
| John W. Holmdahl | Democratic | January 4, 1971 - October 15, 1982 | Resigned from the Senate. | ||
| John Francis Foran | December 6, 1982 - November 30, 1986 | San Francisco, San Mateo | |||
| Quentin L. Kopp | Independent | December 1, 1986 - November 30, 1998 | |||
| Jackie Speier | Democratic | December 7, 1998 - November 30, 2006 | |||
| Leland Yee | December 4, 2006 - March 28, 2014 | Suspended by the Senate after being charged by the Federal Government with conspiracy to traffic in firearms without a license and accepting campaign funds in exchange for political favors.[6] | |||
| Tom Berryhill | Republican | December 1, 2014 - November 30, 2018 | Amador, Calaveras, Fresno, Inyo, Madera, Mariposa, Mono, Sacramento, Stanislaus, Tulare, Tuolumne | ||
| Andreas Borgeas | December 3, 2018 – December 5, 2022 | ||||
| Angelique Ashby | December 5, 2022 – present |