California's 15th State Assembly district

California's 15th State Assembly district
California's 15th State Assembly district
Current assemblymember
	Buffy Wicks; D–Oakland
Population (2010); • Voting age; • Citizen voting age	469,144; 377,085; 310,951
Demographics	39.40% White; 16.31% Black; 21.71% Latino; 19.89% Asian; 0.53% Native American; 0.36% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; 0.58% other; 1.22% remainder of multiracial;
Registered voters	298,488
Registration	64.65% Democratic; 5.67% Republican; 25.66% No party preference

California's 15th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Buffy Wicks of Oakland.

District profile[]

The district encompasses the northern coastal East Bay, occupying a narrow strip between the shores of San Francisco and San Pablo Bays and the Berkeley Hills. The district is centered on Berkeley and Richmond, along with a sizable portion of Oakland.

Alameda County – 15.3%

Albany
Berkeley
Emeryville
Oakland – 20.4%
Piedmont

Contra Costa County – 22.6%

El Cerrito
Hercules
Pinole
Richmond
San Pablo
El Sobrante
Kensington

Election results from statewide races[]

Year	Office	Results
2018	Governor	Newsom 89.6 – 10.4%
2018	Senator	Feinstein 60.5 – 39.5%
2016	President	Clinton 87.4 – 7.0%
2016	Senator	Harris 79.5 – 20.5%
2014	Governor	Brown 90.8 – 9.2%
2012	President	Obama 86.8 – 9.6%
2012	Senator	Feinstein 90.5 – 9.5%

List of Assembly Members[]

Due to redistricting, the 15th 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
	Republican	January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887	Nevada
		January 3, 1887 - January 5, 1891
		January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893
	Democratic	January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895	Amador
	Republican	January 7, 1895 - January 4, 1897
Anthony Caminetti	Democratic	January 4, 1897 - January 1, 1901
	Republican	January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1903
		January 5, 1903 - January 7, 1907	Napa
		January 7, 1907 - January 4, 1909
		January 4, 1909 - January 6, 1913
	Democratic	January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915	Sacramento
	Progressive	January 4, 1915 - January 3, 1921		Changed his party to Republican when he ran for a 2 term.
	Republican	January 3, 1921 - January 5, 1931
Forsythe Charles Clowdsley		January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933	San Joaquin
		January 2, 1933 - January 7, 1935	Alameda
	Democratic	January 7, 1935 - January 2, 1939
	Republican	January 2, 1939 - January 3, 1949
Luther H. Lincoln	Republican	January 3, 1949 - January 5, 1959
Nicholas C. Petris	Democratic	January 5, 1959 - January 2, 1967
March Fong Eu		January 2, 1967 - November 30, 1974
Carlos Bee		Died (November 29, 1974) before he was sworn in for the 15th district		Died in office while finishing his term in the 13th district
S. Floyd Mori		March 13, 1975 - November 30, 1980		Sworn in after winning special election.^[2]
Gilbert Marguth	Republican	December 1, 1980 - November 30, 1982
William P. Baker		December 6, 1982 - November 30, 1992	Alameda, Contra Costa
Richard Rainey		December 7, 1992 - November 30, 1996
Lynne Leach		December 2, 1996 - November 30, 2002
Guy S. Houston		December 2, 2002 - November 30, 2008	Alameda, Contra Costa, Sacramento, San Joaquin
Joan Buchanan	Democratic	December 1, 2008 - November 30, 2012	Alameda, Contra Costa, Sacramento, San Joaquin
Nancy Skinner		December 3, 2012 - November 30, 2014	Alameda, Contra Costa
Tony Thurmond		December 1, 2014 - November 30, 2018
Buffy Wicks		December 3, 2018 - Present

Election results 1992 - present[]

2020[]

2020 California State Assembly election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Buffy Wicks (incumbent)	135,623	83.6
	No party preference	Sara Brink	13,841	8.5
	Republican	Jeanne M. Solnordal	12,791	7.9
Total votes			162,255	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Buffy Wicks (incumbent)	204,108	84.7%
	No party preference	Sara Brink	36,732	15.3%
Total votes			240,840	100.0%

2018[]

California State Assembly election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Buffy Wicks	37,141	31.4
	Democratic	Jovanka Beckles	18,733	15.8
	Democratic	Dan Kalb	18,007	15.2
	Democratic	Judy Appel	13,591	11.5
	Democratic	Rochelle Pardue-Okimoto	9,826	8.3
	Republican	Pranav Jandhyala	6,946	5.9
	Democratic	Andy Katz	6,209	5.2
	Democratic	Ben Bartlett	3,949	3.3
	Democratic	Cheryl Sudduth	1,493	1.2
	Democratic	Raquella Thaman	1,007	0.9
	Democratic	Owen Poindexter	819	0.7
	Democratic	Sergey Vikramsingh Piterman	689	0.6
Total votes			118,410	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Buffy Wicks	104,583	53.6
	Democratic	Jovanka Beckles	90,405	46.4
Total votes			194,988	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016[]

California State Assembly election, 2016
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tony Thurmond (incumbent)	124,136	91.1
	Republican	Claire Chiara	12,083	8.9
Total votes			136,219	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Tony Thurmond (incumbent)	189,530	89.4
	Republican	Claire Chiara	22,528	10.6
Total votes			212,058	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014[]

California State Assembly election, 2014
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elizabeth Echols	21,664	31.1
	Democratic	Tony Thurmond	16,963	24.4
	Democratic	Pamela Price	11,898	17.1
	Republican	Rich Kinney	7,531	10.8
	Democratic	Sam Kang	4,630	6.7
	Democratic	Clarence Hunt	3,329	4.8
	Peace and Freedom	Eugene E. Ruyle	2,426	3.5
	No party preference	Bernt Rainer Wahl	1,132	1.6
Total votes			69,573	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Tony Thurmond	66,661	54.3
	Democratic	Elizabeth Echols	56,071	45.7
Total votes			122,732	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012[]

California State Assembly election, 2012
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nancy Skinner (incumbent)	68,479	99.8
	Peace and Freedom	Eugene Ruyle (write-in)	105	0.2
Total votes			68,584	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Nancy Skinner (incumbent)	164,929	86.8
	Peace and Freedom	Eugene Ruyle	25,167	13.2
Total votes			190,096	100.0
	Democratic hold

2010[]

2010 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joan Buchanan (incumbent)	104,441	53.4
	Republican	H. Abram Wilson	91,378	46.6
Total votes			195,819	100.0
	Democratic hold

2008[]

2008 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joan Buchanan	125,897	52.24
	Republican	Abram Wilson	115,096	47.76
Total votes			240,993	100.00
Turnout				78.25
	Democratic gain from Republican

2006[]

2006 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Guy Houston (incumbent)	89,039	54.79
	Democratic	Terry Coleman	73,466	45.21
Total votes			157,505	100.00
Turnout				62.31
	Republican hold

2004[]

2004 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Guy S. Houston (incumbent)	113,079	55.22
	Democratic	Elaine D. Shaw	91,709	44.78
Total votes			204,788	100.00
	Republican hold

2002[]

2002 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Guy S. Houston	71,345	53.58
	Democratic	Donna C. Gerber	61,813	46.42
Invalid or blank votes			5,330	3.85
Total votes			138,488	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2000[]

2000 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	(incumbent)	123,522	61.32
	Democratic	Gregory James Rolen	77,901	38.68
Invalid or blank votes			17,749	8.10
Total votes			219,172	100.00
	Republican hold

1998[]

1998 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lynne C. Leach (incumbent)	94,589	59.36
	Democratic	Charles W. Brydon	60,662	38.07
	Libertarian	R. Duncan Wheat	4,110	2.58
Invalid or blank votes			14,324	8.25
Total votes			173,685	100.00
	Republican hold

1996[]

1996 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lynne C. Leach (incumbent)	89,328	48.93
	Democratic	Gail Murray	87,957	48.18
	Natural Law	Martin Sproul	5,284	2.89
Invalid or blank votes			18,004	8.96
Total votes			190,573	100.00
	Republican hold

1994[]

1994 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Rainey (incumbent)	103,407	67.6
	Democratic	David B. Kearns	49,554	32.4
Invalid or blank votes			17,846	10.45
Total votes			170,807	100.00
	Republican hold

1992[]

1992 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Rainey	109,037	58.56
	Democratic	Charles W. Brydon	77,170	41.44
Invalid or blank votes			22,218	10.66
Total votes			208,425	100.00
	Republican hold

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
^ "S. Floyd Mori Oath of Office" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.

External links[]

District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission

[population-1] "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).

[2] "S. Floyd Mori Oath of Office" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.

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