| District: | 12 |
| Chamber: | Assembly |
| Population: | 486,148[1] |
| Population Year: | 2020 |
| Percent White: | 61.56 |
| Percent Black: | 2.02 |
| Percent Latino: | 23.89 |
| Percent Native American: | 0.36 |
| Percent Pacific Islander: | 0.25 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.70 |
| Percent Remainder Of Multiracial: | 5.26 |
| Percent Asian: | 5.92 |
California's 12th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democratic Damon Connolly of San Rafael.[2]
The district is has the Sonoma Valley to its north and the San Francisco Bay to its south.
All of Marin County
Sonoma County – (45.79%)
| Year | Office | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Recall[3] [4] | 58.1 - 41.9% |
| align="right" | Elder 59.7 - 6.6% | |
| 2020 | President | Trump 52.5- 45.3% |
| 2018 | Governor[5] | Cox 56.1 – 43.9% |
| Senator[6] | De Leon 59.0 – 41.0% | |
| 2016 | President | Trump 51.1 – 43.1% |
| Senator | Harris 59.2 – 40.8% | |
| 2014 | Governor | Kashkari 53.0 – 47.0% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 52.4 – 45.1% |
| Senator | Emken 53.2 – 46.8% |
Due to redistricting, the 12th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2021 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.[7]
| Assembly members | Party | Years served | Counties represented | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. W. Britt | Democratic | January 5, 1885 – January 3, 1887 | Lake | ||
| L. H. Gruwell | January 3, 1887 – January 7, 1889 | ||||
| C. M. Crawford | January 7, 1889 – January 5, 1891 | ||||
| James H. Renfro | January 5, 1891 – May 20, 1892 | Died in office. Died after being kicked in the head by a horse on his ranch.[8] | |||
| Richard I. Thomas | Republican | January 2, 1893 – January 4, 1897 | Nevada | ||
| William Siles Robinson | January 4, 1897 – January 1, 1901 | ||||
| Frank M. Rutherford | January 1, 1901 – January 5, 1903 | ||||
| Benjamin F. Howard | Democratic | January 5, 1903 – January 2, 1905 | Colusa, Glenn, Lake | ||
| Ernest Weyand | Republican | January 2, 1905 – January 7, 1907 | |||
| F. H. Smythe | Democratic | January 7, 1907 – January 4, 1909 | |||
| John L. Mendenhall | January 4, 1909 – January 6, 1913 | ||||
| G. W. Libby | January 6, 1913 – January 4, 1915 | Sonoma | |||
| Knox Boude | Republican | January 4, 1915 – January 8, 1917 | |||
| Lyman Green | January 8, 1917 – January 6, 1919 | ||||
| A. F. Stevens | January 6, 1919 – January 8, 1923 | ||||
| Emmett I. Donohue | January 8, 1923 – January 5, 1925 | ||||
| Hubert B. Scudder | January 5, 1925 – January 5, 1931 | ||||
| Percy G. West | January 5, 1931 – January 2, 1933 | Sacramento | |||
| James E. Thorp | January 2, 1933 – January 27, 1948 | San Joaquin | Died in office. Died from heart condition.[9] | ||
| Verne W. Hoffman | January 3, 1949 – January 8, 1951 | ||||
| John J. McFall | Democratic | January 8, 1951 – January 3, 1957 | |||
| William Biddick Jr. | January 7, 1957 – January 2, 1961 | ||||
| Bob Monagan | Republican | January 2, 1961 – April 9, 1973 | Resigned from the Assembly[10] | ||
| Douglas F. Carter | July 17, 1973 – December 2, 1974 | Was sworn in after winning a special election to replace the vacant seat of Bob Monagan.[11] | |||
| Kenneth A. Meade | Democratic | December 2, 1974 – November 30, 1976 | Alameda, Contra Costa | ||
| Tom Bates | December 6, 1976 – November 30, 1992 | ||||
| John Burton | December 7, 1992 – November 30, 1996 | San Francisco | |||
| Kevin Shelley | December 2, 1996 – November 30, 2002 | San Francisco, San Mateo | |||
| Leland Yee | December 2, 2002 – November 30, 2006 | ||||
| Fiona Ma | December 4, 2006 – November 30, 2012 | ||||
| Kristin Olsen | Republican | December 3, 2012 – November 30, 2016 | San Joaquin, Stanislaus | ||
| Heath Flora | December 5, 2016 – November 30, 2022 | ||||
| Democratic | December 5, 2022 – Present |