California's 44th State Assembly district
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California's 44th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Laura Friedman of Glendale.
California's 44th State Assembly district | |||
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Current assemblymember |
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Population (2010) • Voting age • Citizen voting age | 462,271[1] 338,873[1] 261,592[1] | ||
Demographics |
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Registered voters | 241,389 | ||
Registration | 41.85% Democratic 31.66% Republican 21.76% No party preference |
District profile
editThe district is located in the southeastern end of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County.
Election results from statewide races
editYear | Office | Results |
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2021 | Recall | No 56.6 – 43.4% |
2020 | President | Biden 59.3 - 36.9% |
2018 | Governor | Newsom 55.9 – 44.1% |
Senator | Feinstein 51.9 – 48.1% | |
2016 | President | Clinton 57.1 – 37.0% |
Senator | Harris 61.2 – 38.8% | |
2014 | Governor | Brown 53.2 – 47.8% |
2012 | President | Obama 52.4 – 45.5% |
Senator | Feinstein 54.4 – 45.6% |
List of assembly members
editDue to redistricting, the 44th 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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Frederick M. Lovell | Republican | January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | San Francisco | |
Richard Cohen | Democratic | January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889 | ||
H. H. Black | January 7, 1889 - January 5, 1891 | |||
George A. Wentworth | Republican | January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893 | ||
James McGown | January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895 | |||
Louis P. Zocchi | January 7, 1895 - January 4, 1897 | |||
Edward S. Ryan | Democratic | January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1899 | ||
Michael H. Barry | Republican | January 2, 1899 - January 1, 1901 | ||
August A. Cavagnaro | Democratic | January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1903 | ||
James Durham Hart | Republican | January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1905 | ||
Mel Vogel | January 2, 1905 - January 4, 1909 | |||
George Mairs Perine | January 4, 1909 - January 2, 1911 | |||
Victor A. Sbragia | January 2, 1911 - January 6, 1913 | |||
Lewis Dan Bohnett | January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915 | Santa Clara | ||
Theodore McKay Wright | Progressive | January 4, 1915 - January 8, 1917 | ||
Theodore V. Brown | Republican | January 8, 1917 - January 6, 1919 | ||
Theodore McKay Wright | January 6, 1919 - January 5, 1931 | |||
Maurice S. Meeker | January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933 | Fresno | ||
Clare Woolwine | January 2, 1933 - January 7, 1935 | Los Angeles | ||
John B. Pelletier | Democratic | January 7, 1935 - November 29, 1946 | Died in office. | |
Edward E. Elliott | April 10, 1947 - January 5, 1953 | Sworn in after winning special election.[2] | ||
Herbert R. Klocksiem | Republican | January 5, 1953 - January 5, 1959 | ||
Joseph M. Kennick | Democratic | January 5, 1959 - January 2, 1967 | ||
Mike Cullen | January 2, 1967 - November 30, 1974 | |||
Alan Sieroty | December 2, 1974 - March 24, 1977 | Resigned to become a State Senator after winning a special election.[3] | ||
Mel Levine | July 6, 1977 - November 30, 1982 | Sworn in after winning special election.[4] | ||
Tom Hayden | December 6, 1982 - November 30, 1992 | |||
Bill Hoge | Republican | December 7, 1992 - November 30, 1996 | ||
Jack Scott | Democratic | December 2, 1996 - November 30, 2000 | ||
Carol Liu | December 4, 2000 - November 30, 2006 | |||
Anthony Portantino | December 6, 2006 – November 30, 2012 | |||
Jeff Gorell | Republican | December 3, 2012 - November 30, 2014 | ||
Jacqui Irwin | Democratic | December 1, 2014 – December 4, 2016 | ||
Laura Friedman | Democratic | December 5, 2016 – Present |
Election results (1992–present)
edit2020
editPrimary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Jacqui Irwin (incumbent) | 73,294 | 62.2 | |
Republican | Denise Pedrow | 44,534 | 37.8 | |
Total votes | 117,828 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Jacqui Irwin (incumbent) | 132,679 | 60.7 | |
Republican | Denise Pedrow | 86,051 | 39.3 | |
Total votes | 218,730 | 100.0 |
2018
editPrimary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Jacqui Irwin (incumbent) | 44,028 | 51.9 | |
Republican | Ronda Baldwin-Kennedy | 37,342 | 44.0 | |
Democratic | Robert Zelinsky | 3,411 | 4.0 | |
Total votes | 84,781 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Jacqui Irwin (incumbent) | 95,622 | 58.9 | |
Republican | Ronda Baldwin-Kennedy | 66,758 | 42.1 | |
Total votes | 162,380 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2016
editPrimary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Jacqui Irwin (incumbent) | 63,992 | 60.9 | |
Republican | Kerry J. Nelson | 41,145 | 39.1 | |
Total votes | 105,137 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Jacqui Irwin (incumbent) | 107,084 | 59.0 | |
Republican | Kerry J. Nelson | 74,417 | 41.0 | |
Total votes | 181,501 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2014
editPrimary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Jacqui Irwin | 24,225 | 44.7 | |
Republican | Rob McCoy | 16,811 | 31.0 | |
Republican | Mario de la Piedra | 13,116 | 24.2 | |
Total votes | 54,152 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Jacqui Irwin | 57,098 | 52.3 | |
Republican | Rob McCoy | 52,085 | 47.7 | |
Total votes | 109,183 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
2012
editPrimary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Jeff Gorell (incumbent) | 38,263 | 58.1 | |
Democratic | Eileen MacEnery | 15,343 | 23.3 | |
Democratic | Thomas Mullens | 12,226 | 18.6 | |
Total votes | 65,832 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Jeff Gorell (incumbent) | 86,132 | 52.9 | |
Democratic | Eileen MacEnery | 76,805 | 47.1 | |
Total votes | 162,937 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2010
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Anthony Portantino (incumbent) | 81,347 | 63.8 | |
Republican | Alvaro G. Day | 41,571 | 32.6 | |
Libertarian | Eytan Kollin | 4,613 | 3.6 | |
Total votes | 127,531 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2008
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Anthony Portantino (incumbent) | 102,896 | 63.68 | |
Republican | Brian Fuller | 49,246 | 30.48 | |
Libertarian | Thomas Logan | 9,446 | 5.85 | |
Total votes | 161,588 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | 69.87 | |||
Democratic hold |
2006
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Anthony Portantino | 66,206 | 58.31 | |
Republican | Scott Carwile | 37,699 | 33.20 | |
Libertarian | Barron Yanaga | 4,969 | 4.38 | |
Green | Ricardo Costa | 4,662 | 4.11 | |
Total votes | 113,536 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | 53.03 | |||
Democratic hold |
2004
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Carol Liu (incumbent) | 106,179 | 65.61 | |
Republican | Lynn Gabriel | 55,655 | 34.39 | |
Total votes | 161,834 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
2002
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Carol Liu (incumbent) | 60,025 | 60.12 | |
Republican | Dan O'Connell | 36,839 | 36.90 | |
Libertarian | Bob New | 2,976 | 2.98 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 5,466 | 5.19 | ||
Total votes | 105,306 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
2000
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Carol Liu | 92,081 | 62.24 | |
Republican | Susan Carpenter-McMillan | 48,992 | 33.11 | |
Libertarian | Jerry Douglas | 6,883 | 4.65 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 11,882 | 7.43 | ||
Total votes | 159,838 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
1998
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jack Scott (incumbent) | 65,652 | 56.49 | |
Republican | Ken La Corte | 46,652 | 40.14 | |
Libertarian | Ken Saurenman | 1,757 | 1.51 | |
Green | Shawn Waddell | 1,474 | 1.27 | |
Reform | Philip Corvalan | 689 | 0.59 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 8,439 | 6.77 | ||
Total votes | 124,663 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
1996
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jack Scott | 72,591 | 52.97 | |
Republican | Bill Hoge (incumbent) | 60,124 | 43.87 | |
Libertarian | Ted Brown | 4,324 | 3.16 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 11,352 | 7.85 | ||
Total votes | 148,391 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
1994
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Hoge (incumbent) | 64,276 | 53.29 | |
Democratic | Bruce Philpott | 50,370 | 41.76 | |
Libertarian | Ken Saurenman | 5,980 | 4.96 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 10,750 | 8.18 | ||
Total votes | 131,376 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
1992
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Hoge | 77,044 | 51.83 | |
Democratic | Jonathan S. Fuhrman | 65,332 | 43.95 | |
Libertarian | Ken Saurenman | 6,270 | 4.22 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 15,890 | 6.35 | ||
Total votes | 164,536 | 100.00 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
- ^ "Edward Elliot Sworn in" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.
- ^ "Alan Sieroty Resignation letter" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.
- ^ "Mel Levine Sworn in" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.