| District: | 70 |
| Chamber: | Assembly |
California's 70th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Republican Tri Ta of Westminster.
The district encompasses parts of Northern Orange County including Little Saigon and has a significant Vietnamese American population.
| Year | Office | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Governor | Dahle 51.7 – 48.3% |
| Senator | Meuser 52.5 – 47.5% | |
| 2021 | Recall | align="right" No 68.2 – 31.8% |
| 2020 | President | Biden 69.3 - 26.5% |
| 2018 | Governor | Newsom 69.1 – 30.9% |
| Senator | Feinstein 55.5 – 44.5% | |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 68.1 – 25.1% |
| Senator | Harris 63.6 – 36.4% | |
| 2014 | Governor | Brown 63.5 – 36.5% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 67.4 – 29.9% |
| Senator | Feinstein 68.7 – 31.3% |
Due to redistricting, the 70th 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angus Marion Clark | Democratic | January 5, 1885 – January 3, 1887 | Fresno | ||
| Joseph Phillip Vincent | Republican | January 3, 1887 – January 7, 1889 | |||
| Egbert Harris Tucker | Democratic | January 7, 1889 – January 5, 1891 | |||
| G. W. Mordecai | January 5, 1891 – January 2, 1893 | ||||
| Cyrus Mortimer Simpson | Republican | January 2, 1893 – January 7, 1895 | Los Angeles | ||
| Henry G. Weyse | January 7, 1895 – January 4, 1897 | ||||
| Walter S. Melick | January 4, 1897 – January 2, 1899 | ||||
| Charles Edson | People's | January 2, 1899 – January 1, 1901 | |||
| Walter S. Melick | Republican | January 1, 1901 – January 5, 1903 | |||
| William H. Kelso | January 5, 1903 – January 2, 1905 | ||||
| William H. Wickersham | January 2, 1905 – January 7, 1907 | ||||
| Walter Ransome Leeds | January 7, 1907 – January 2, 1911 | ||||
| Edwin M. Butler | January 2, 1911 – January 6, 1913 | ||||
| John H. Strine | January 6, 1913 – January 4, 1915 | ||||
| Joseph A. Rominger | January 4, 1915 – January 8, 1917 | ||||
| Frank Merriam | January 8, 1917 – January 3, 1927 | ||||
| Morgan Keaton | January 3, 1927 – January 5, 1931 | ||||
| James K. Reid | January 5, 1931 – January 2, 1933 | ||||
| Ira S. Hatch | January 2, 1933 – January 7, 1935 | ||||
| John Gee Clark | Democratic | January 7, 1935 – January 2, 1939 | |||
| Maurice E. Atkinson | January 2, 1939 – January 6, 1941 | ||||
| Lorne D. Middough | January 6, 1941 – January 6, 1947 | ||||
| William S. Grant | Republican | January 6, 1947 – January 5, 1953 | |||
| Willis W. Bradley | January 5, 1953 – January 3, 1955 | ||||
| William S. Grant | January 3, 1955 – January 7, 1963 | ||||
| James Edward Whetmore | January 7, 1963 – January 2, 1967 | Orange | |||
| Robert H. Burke | January 6, 1967 – November 30, 1974 | ||||
| Bruce Nestande | December 2, 1974 – November 30, 1980 | ||||
| John Lewis | December 1, 1980 – November 30, 1982 | ||||
| Marian Bergeson | December 6, 1982 – November 30, 1984 | ||||
| Gil Ferguson | December 3, 1984 – November 30, 1994 | ||||
| Marilyn Brewer | December 5, 1994 – November 30, 2000 | ||||
| John B. T. Campbell III | December 4, 2000 – November 30, 2004 | ||||
| Chuck DeVore | December 6, 2004 – November 30, 2010 | ||||
| Donald P. Wagner | December 6, 2010 – November 30, 2012 | ||||
| Bonnie Lowenthal | Democratic | December 3, 2012 – November 30, 2014 | Los Angeles | ||
| Patrick O'Donnell | December 1, 2014 – December 5, 2022 | ||||
| Tri Ta | Republican | December 5, 2022 – present | Orange | ||