District: | 27 |
Chamber: | Assembly |
Population: | 464,103[1] |
Population Year: | 2010 |
Voting Age: | 343,687 |
Citizen Voting Age: | 240,288 |
Percent White: | 15.72 |
Percent Black: | 3.19 |
Percent Latino: | 46.28 |
Percent Asian: | 33.05 |
Percent Native American: | 0.41 |
Percent Pacific Islander: | 0.45 |
Percent Other Race: | 0.23 |
Percent Remainder Of Multiracial: | 0.67 |
Registered: | 195,886 |
Democratic: | 50.32 |
Republican: | 16.09 |
Npp: | 29.96 |
California's 27th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Esmeralda Soria of Fresno.
Located in the City of Fresno
Santa Clara County – 26.0%
Year | Office | Results |
---|---|---|
2021 | Recall | align="right" No 75.3 – 24.7% |
2020[2] | President | Biden 70.6 – 27.6% |
2018 | Governor | Newsom 74.1 – 25.9% |
Senator | Feinstein 60.2 – 39.8% | |
2016 | President | Clinton 77.8 – 17.3% |
Senator | Harris 54.2 – 45.8% | |
2014 | Governor | Brown 78.6 – 21.4% |
2012 | President | Obama 76.4 – 21.5% |
Senator | Feinstein 79.1 – 20.9% |
Due to redistricting, the 27th 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 | |
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R. C. Carter | Republican | January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | Solano | ||
Robert J. Currey | January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889 | ||||
Jackson Fay Brown | January 7, 1889 - January 5, 1891 | ||||
John C. Wolfskill | Democratic | January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893 | |||
D. J. B. Schroebel | January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895 | Calaveras | |||
Willis Dunbar | Republican | January 7, 1895 - January 4, 1897 | |||
C. D. Fontana | January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1899 | ||||
Harvey S. Blood | January 2, 1899 - January 1, 1901 | ||||
William Chapman Ralston Jr. | January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1903 | ||||
Aubrey M. Lumley | Democratic | January 5, 1903 - January 7, 1907 | Inyo, Tulara | ||
Peter W. Forbes | January 7, 1907 - January 4, 1909 | ||||
George Washington Wyllie | Republican | January 4, 1909 - January 6, 1913 | |||
Edward P. Walsh | Democratic | January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915 | San Francisco | ||
Nicholas J. Prendergast | Progressive | January 4, 1915 - April 14, 1920 | Died in office.[3] | ||
Republican | |||||
Patrick J. Gray | January 3, 1921 - January 8, 1923 | ||||
William Seward Scott | January 8, 1923 - January 5, 1925 | ||||
Leland Richard Jacobson | January 5, 1925 - June 5, 1928 | Died in office before finishing his last term.[4] | |||
Melvyn I. Cronin | Democratic | January 7, 1929 - January 2, 1933 | |||
B. J. Feigenbaum | Republican | January 2, 1933 - January 7, 1935 | |||
Jefferson E. Peyser | January 7, 1935 - January 2, 1939 | ||||
Albert Charles Wollenberg | January 2, 1939 - January 4, 1943 | ||||
Harrison W. Call | January 4, 1943 - January 6, 1947 | San Mateo | |||
Richard J. Dolwig | January 6, 1947 - January 5, 1953 | ||||
Glenn E. Coolidge | January 5, 1953 - January 7, 1963 | San Benito, Santa Cruz | |||
Leo Ryan | Democratic | January 7, 1963 - January 3, 1973 | San Mateo | Elected to Congress. | |
Lou Papan | January 8, 1973 - November 30, 1974 | ||||
John E. Thurman | December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1982 | Merced, Stanislaus | |||
Gary Condit | December 6, 1982 - September 20, 1989 | Resigned after winning special election in Congress.[5] | |||
Sal Cannella | February 1, 1990 - November 30, 1992 | Was sworn after winning special election to fill vacant seat left by Gary Condit.[6] | |||
Sam Farr | December 7, 1992 - June 16, 1993 | Monterey, Santa Cruz | Resigned from the Assembly after winning a special election for the 17th Congressional district.[7] | ||
Bruce McPherson | Republican | November 14, 1993 - November 30, 1996 | Was sworn in after winning a special election for a vacant seat left by Sam Farr.[8] | ||
Fred Keeley | Democratic | December 2, 1996 - November 30, 2002 | |||
John Laird | December 2, 2002 – November 30, 2008 | Monterey, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara | |||
Bill Monning | December 1, 2008 – November 30, 2012 | ||||
Nora Campos | December 3, 2012 - November 30, 2016 | Santa Clara | |||
Ash Kalra | December 5, 2016 - December 5, 2022 | ||||
Esmeralda Soria | December 5, 2022 – Present | Fresno | |||