District: | 65 |
Chamber: | Assembly |
Population: | 461,510[1] |
Population Year: | 2010 |
Voting Age: | 345,653 |
Citizen Voting Age: | 254,368 |
Percent White: | 31.01 |
Percent Black: | 3.06 |
Percent Latino: | 38.85 |
Percent Asian: | 25.27 |
Percent Native American: | 0.47 |
Percent Pacific Islander: | 0.54 |
Percent Other Race: | 0.24 |
Percent Remainder Of Multiracial: | 0.57 |
Registered: | 224,960[2] |
Democratic: | 42.57 |
Republican: | 28.76 |
Npp: | 24.25 |
California's 65th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Mike Gipson and was previously represented by Sharon Quirk-Silva of Fullerton.
Up until the 2022 election, the district encompassed parts of north Orange County, anchored by the city of Fullerton. The primarily suburban district was ethnically and socioeconomically diverse.
Orange County – 15.3%
Year | Office | Results |
---|---|---|
2021 | Recall | align="right" No 56.6 – 43.4% |
2020 | President | Biden 57.0 – 40.9% |
2018 | Governor | Newsom 54.5 – 45.5% |
Senator | Feinstein 55.4 – 44.6% | |
2016 | President | Clinton 56.7 – 37.3% |
Senator | Sanchez 50.6 – 49.4% | |
2014 | Governor | Kashkari 50.7 – 49.3% |
2012 | President | Obama 51.9 – 45.7% |
Senator | Feinstein 54.2 – 45.8% |
Due to redistricting, the 65th 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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D. M. Pyle | Republican | January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | Santa Clara | ||
Samuel Rucker | Democratic | January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889 | |||
Lyttleton Albert Whitehurst | January 7, 1889 - January 5, 1891 | ||||
George E. Hersey | Republican | January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893 | |||
William H. Alford | Democratic | January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895 | Tulare | ||
David VanLear Robinson | January 7, 1895 - January 4, 1897 | ||||
William Pell Boone | January 4, 1897 - January 1, 1901 | ||||
Harry Levinson | January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1903 | ||||
Christopher Peter Pann | Republican | January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1905 | Ventura | ||
David T. Perkins | January 2, 1905 - January 7, 1907 | ||||
George Lincoln Sackett | January 7, 1907 - January 2, 1911 | ||||
David Wallace Mott | January 2, 1911 - January 6, 1913 | ||||
Charles W. Kingsley | Socialist | January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915 | Los Angeles | ||
Peter C. Phillips | Republican | January 4, 1915 - January 6, 1919 | |||
George M. Easton | January 6, 1919 - January 3, 1921 | ||||
Joseph L. Pedrotti | January 3, 1921 - January 5, 1925 | ||||
Thomas L. Dodge | January 5, 1925 - January 3, 1927 | ||||
Willis M. Baum | January 3, 1927 - January 5, 1931 | ||||
Sam M. Greene | January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933 | ||||
Herbert S. Hallner | Democratic | January 2, 1933 - January 7, 1935 | |||
Gene Flint | January 7, 1935 - January 2, 1939 | ||||
John W. Evans | January 2, 1939 - January 3, 1955 | Ran as a Republican during his 6th term. | |||
Republican | |||||
Jesse M. Unruh | Democratic | January 3, 1955 - January 4, 1971 | |||
David C. Pierson | January 4, 1971 - January 8, 1973 | ||||
Frank Holoman | January 8, 1973 - November 30, 1974 | ||||
Bill McVittie | December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1980 | Los Angeles, San Bernardino | |||
Jim Cramer | December 1, 1980 - November 30, 1982 | ||||
Charles W. Bader | Republican | December 6, 1982 - November 30, 1990 | |||
Jim Brulte | December 3, 1990 - November 30, 1992 | ||||
Paul A. Woodruff | December 7, 1992 - November 30, 1994 | Riverside, San Bernardino | |||
Brett Granlund | December 5, 1994 - November 30, 2000 | ||||
Janice C. Leja | Did not serve her term due to settlement | Agreed not to assume her Assembly seat as part of a settlement with the Attorney General's office, in addition to pleading guilty to misdemeanor violations in relation to campaign finance reporting. | |||
Russ Bogh | April 5, 2001 - November 30, 2006 | Sworn in after winning special election to fill in seat that was vacant.[3] | |||
Paul Cook | December 4, 2006 – November 30, 2012 | ||||
Sharon Quirk-Silva | Democratic | December 3, 2012 – November 30, 2014 | Orange | ||
Young Kim | Republican | December 1, 2014 – November 30, 2016 | |||
Sharon Quirk-Silva | Democratic | December 5, 2016 – present | |||