District: | 68 |
Chamber: | Assembly |
Population: | 463,053[1] |
Population Year: | 2010 |
Voting Age: | 348,844 |
Citizen Voting Age: | 283,274 |
Percent White: | 48.63 |
Percent Black: | 1.78 |
Percent Latino: | 28.07 |
Percent Asian: | 19.99 |
Percent Native American: | 0.45 |
Percent Pacific Islander: | 0.31 |
Percent Other Race: | 0.27 |
Percent Remainder Of Multiracial: | 0.50 |
Registered: | 281,656[2] |
Democratic: | 34.64 |
Republican: | 35.32 |
Npp: | 25.35 |
California's 68th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democratic Avelino Valencia.
The district encompasses inland central Orange County, running along the Santa Ana Mountains. The district is primarily suburban and affluent, with several planned communities.
Orange County – 15.4%
Year | Office | Results |
---|---|---|
2021 | Recall | align="right" No 52.0 – 48.0% |
2020 | President | Biden 54.3 – 43.5% |
2018 | Governor | Cox 51.4 – 48.6% |
Senator | Feinstein 52.6 – 47.4% | |
2016 | President | Clinton 49.4 – 44.6% |
Senator | Harris 57.2 – 42.8% | |
2014 | Governor | Kashkari 60.1 – 39.9% |
2012 | President | Romney 55.1 – 42.6% |
Senator | Emken 56.4 – 43.6% |
Due to redistricting, the 68th 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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Maurice Timothy Dooling | Democratic | January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | San Benito | |
John H. Matthews | January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889 | |||
E. C. Tully | January 7, 1889 - January 5, 1891 | |||
Charles G. Cargill | Republican | January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893 | ||
William Lyman Talbott | January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895 | Santa Barbara | ||
James L. Barker | People's | January 7, 1895 - January 4, 1897 | ||
L. Harris | Republican | January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1899 | ||
Charles Warren Merritt | January 2, 1899 - January 5, 1903 | |||
William A. Johnstone | January 5, 1903 - January 7, 1907 | Los Angeles | ||
Prescott F. Cogswell | January 7, 1907 - January 6, 1913 | |||
William A. Johnstone | January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915 | |||
Lewis L. Lostutter | January 4, 1915 - January 8, 1917 | |||
Earl R. Shepherd | January 8, 1917 - January 6, 1919 | |||
Henry A. Miller | January 6, 1919 - January 3, 1921 | |||
Ira A. Lee | January 3, 1921 - January 8, 1923 | |||
Allen G. Mitchell | January 8, 1923 - January 5, 1925 | |||
Harry F. Sewell | January 5, 1925 - January 5, 1931 | |||
George H. Wilber | January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933 | |||
John T. Rawls | Democratic | January 2, 1933 - January 7, 1935 | ||
Fred Reaves | January 7, 1935 - May 20, 1940 | Died in office. Died from heart failure.[3] | ||
Vincent Thomas | January 6, 1941 - November 30, 1974 | |||
Walter M. Ingalls | December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1982 | Riverside | ||
Steve Clute | December 6, 1982 - November 30, 1992 | |||
Curt Pringle | Republican | December 7, 1992 - November 30, 1998 | Orange | |
Ken Maddox | December 7, 1998 - November 30, 2004 | |||
Van Tran | December 6, 2004 - November 30, 2010 | |||
Allan Mansoor | December 6, 2010 - November 30, 2012 | |||
Donald P. Wagner | December 3, 2012 - November 30, 2016 | |||
Steven Choi | December 5, 2016 – November 30, 2022 | |||
Avelino Valencia | Democratic | December 5, 2022 – Current |