| District: | 56 |
| Chamber: | Assembly |
| Population: | 465,302[1] |
| Population Year: | 2010 |
| Voting Age: | 328,306 |
| Citizen Voting Age: | 227,204 |
| Percent White: | 21.92 |
| Percent Black: | 3.14 |
| Percent Latino: | 71.80 |
| Percent Asian: | 1.92 |
| Percent Native American: | 0.79 |
| Percent Pacific Islander: | 0.09 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.17 |
| Percent Remainder Of Multiracial: | 0.18 |
| Registered: | 180,376 |
| Democratic: | 48.00 |
| Republican: | 25.29 |
| Npp: | 22.52 |
California's 56th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Lisa Calderon of Whittier.
The district encompasses portions of southeastern Los Angeles County and the San Gabriel Valley. The district is primarily suburban, socioeconomically diverse and majority Latino with a growing Asian population.
| Year | Office | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 2020[2] | President | Biden 62.2 – 35.9% |
| 2018 | Governor | Newsom 61.5 – 38.5% |
| Senator | de Leon 53.8 – 46.2% | |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 64.2 – 31.2% |
| Senator | Sanchez 59.2 – 40.8% | |
| 2014 | Governor | Brown 62.9 – 37.1% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 62.1 – 36.3% |
| Senator | Feinstein 64.0 – 36.0% |
Due to redistricting, the 56th 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George W. Watson | Republican | January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | Alameda | ||
| Charles O. Alexander | January 3, 1887 - January 5, 1891 | ||||
| Almon Ames | January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893 | ||||
| Massey Thomas | Democratic | January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895 | Santa Clara | ||
| Walter A. Meads | January 7, 1895 - January 4, 1897 | ||||
| M. E. Arnerich | Republican | January 4, 1897 - January 1, 1901 | |||
| George Steward Walker | January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1903 | ||||
| Eli Wright | January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1905 | ||||
| Ward M. Jarvis | January 2, 1905 - January 7, 1907 | ||||
| Guy Whitman Smith | January 7, 1907 - January 4, 1909 | ||||
| Lewis Dan Bohnett | January 4, 1909 - January 6, 1913 | ||||
| William E. Simpson | Democratic | January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915 | Kern | ||
| Witten William Harris | Socialist | January 4, 1915 - January 6, 1919 | Changed his party from Socialist to Democratic when running for his 2nd term. | ||
| Democratic | |||||
| Grace S. Dorris | Republican | January 6, 1919 - January 3, 1921 | First woman elected along with Esto Bates Broughton, Elizabeth Hughes, and Anna L. Saylor. | ||
| Franklin Heck | Democratic | January 3, 1921 - January 8, 1923 | |||
| Grace S. Dorris | Republican | January 8, 1923 - January 3, 1927 | |||
| Robert Lincoln Patterson | January 3, 1927 - January 5, 1931 | ||||
| Walter J. Little | January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933 | Los Angeles | |||
| Bert V. Callahan | Democratic | January 2, 1933 - January 7, 1935 | |||
| Thomas Cunningham | Republican | January 7, 1935 - January 2, 1939 | |||
| Norris Poulson | January 2, 1939 - January 3, 1943 | ||||
| Ernest E. Debs | Democratic | January 4, 1943 - June 30, 1947 | Resigned from office to become a member of the Los Angeles City Council. | ||
| Glenard P. Lipscomb | Republican | November 25, 1947 - November 10, 1953 | Sworn in after winning special election to fill vacant seat left by Debs.[3] Resigns after winning a Congressional seat in the 24th district. | ||
| Seth J. Johnson | January 3, 1955 - July 16, 1959 | Died in office. Died in the hospital due to respiratory ailment.[4] | |||
| Chet Wolfrum | December 2, 1959 - January 7, 1963 | Sworn in after winning special election to fill vacant seat left by Johnson after he died in office.[5] | |||
| Charles Warren | Democratic | January 7, 1963 - November 30, 1974 | |||
| Art Torres | December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1982 | ||||
| Gloria Molina | December 6, 1982 - February 27, 1987 | Resigned from the Assembly to become a member of the Los Angeles City Council.[6] | |||
| Lucille Roybal-Allard | May 18, 1987 - November 30, 1992 | Sworn in after winning special election.[7] | |||
| Bob Epple | December 7, 1992 - November 30, 1994 | ||||
| Phillip D. Hawkins | Republican | December 5, 1994 - November 30, 1996 | |||
| Sally M. Havice | Democratic | December 2, 1996 - November 30, 2002 | |||
| Rudy Bermudez | December 2, 2002 - November 30, 2006 | Los Angeles, Orange | |||
| Tony Mendoza | December 4, 2006 - November 30, 2012 | ||||
| V. Manuel Perez | December 3, 2012 - November 30, 2014 | Imperial, Riverside | |||
| Eduardo Garcia | December 1, 2014 – present | ||||