California's 21st State Senate district

California's 21st State Senate district
Current senator	Scott Wilk R–Santa Clarita
Population (2010)  • Voting age  • Citizen voting age	930,282[1] 649,719[1] 507,189[1]
Demographics	39.99% White 11.73% Black 40.73% Latino 5.47% Asian 0.81% Native American 0.29% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.33% other 0.65[1]% remainder of multiracial
Registered voters	519,113[2]
Registration	39.25% Democratic 31.34% Republican 22.35% No party preference

California's 21st State Senate district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Republican Scott Wilk of Santa Clarita.

District profile[]

The district encompasses northern Los Angeles County and parts of the High Desert. It includes most of the Antelope, Victor, and Santa Clarita Valleys.

Election results from statewide races[]

Year	Office	Results
2020	President	Biden 52.0 – 45.8%
2018	Governor	Cox 50.9 – 49.1%
	Senator	de Leon 51.6 – 48.4%
2016	President	Clinton 48.6 – 45.7%
	Senator	Harris 56.8 – 43.2%
2014	Governor	Kashkari 58.6 – 41.4%
2012	President	Romney 49.9 – 47.5%
	Senator	Emken 51.1 – 48.9%

List of Senators[]

Due to redistricting, the 21st district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2011 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.

Senators	Party	Years served	Counties represented	Notes
George A. Johnson	Democratic	January 8, 1883 - January 3, 1887	Sonoma
		January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889	San Francisco
	Republican	January 7, 1889 - January 2, 1893
William J. Biggy	Democratic	January 2, 1893 - January 4, 1897
	Republican	January 4, 1897 - January 6, 1913
		January 6, 1913 - January 8, 1917
	Democratic	January 8, 1917 - March 1, 1920		Died in office.[3]
	Republican	January 3, 1921 - January 5, 1925
		January 5, 1925 - January 5, 1931
	Nonpartisan	March 10, 1931 - January 2, 1933		Sworn in after winning special election.[4]
	Republican	January 2, 1933 - January 7, 1957	San Mateo
Richard J. Dolwig		January 7, 1957 - January 2, 1967
John L. Harmer		January 2, 1967 - October 4, 1974	Los Angeles	Resigned to become Lieutenant Governor.[5]
Newton Russell		December 20, 1974 - November 30, 1996		Sworn in after winning special election.[6]
Adam Schiff	Democratic	December 2, 1996 – November 30, 2000
Jack Scott		December 4, 2000 – November 30, 2008
Carol Liu		December 1, 2008 - November 30, 2012
Steve Knight	Republican	December 3, 2012 - January 3, 2015	Los Angeles, San Bernardino
Sharon Runner		March 19, 2015 – July 14, 2016		Sworn in after winning special election. Died in office from Scleroderma.
Scott Wilk		December 5, 2016 - present

Election results 1992 - present[]

2020[]

California State Senate election, 2020

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Wilk (incumbent)	96,701	53.1
	Democratic	Kipp Mueller	34,232	18.8
	Democratic	Dana LaMon	21,911	12.0
	Democratic	Warren Heaton	18,554	10.2
	Democratic	Steve Hill	10,863	6.0
Total votes			182,261	100.0
General election
	Republican	Scott Wilk (incumbent)	199,342	50.8
	Democratic	Kipp Mueller	193,202	49.2
Total votes			392,544	100.0
	Republican hold

2016[]

California State Senate election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Wilk	69,403	46.7
	Democratic	Johnathon Levar Ervin	50,078	33.7
	Democratic	Steve Hill	17,735	11.9
	Republican	Star Moffatt	11,439	7.7
Total votes			148,655	100.0
General election
	Republican	Scott Wilk	160,043	52.8
	Democratic	Johnathon Levar Ervin	142,886	47.2
Total votes			302,929	100.0
	Republican hold

2015 (special)[]

California's 21st State Senate district special election, 2015
Vacancy resulting from the resignation of Steve Knight

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sharon Runner	26,360	94.1
	Democratic	Steve Hill (write-in)	996	3.6
	Democratic	Joshua Conaway (write-in)	252	0.9
	Republican	Jerry J. Laws (write-in)	120	0.4
	No party preference	Joshua Cody Chandler (write-in)	108	0.4
	Democratic	Richard E. Macias (write-in)	91	0.3
	No party preference	Jason Zink (write-in)	90	0.3
Total votes			28,017	100.0
	Republican hold

2012[]

California State Senate election, 2012

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Knight	61,245	69.0
	Democratic	Star Moffatt	27,545	31.0
Total votes			88,790	100.0
General election
	Republican	Steve Knight	153,412	57.6
	Democratic	Star Moffatt	112,780	42.4
Total votes			266,192	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

2008[]

California State Senate election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carol Liu	204,737	66.88
	Republican	Teddy Choi	77,525	25.33
	Libertarian	Steve Myers	23,842	7.79
Total votes			306,104	100.00
Turnout				69.81
	Democratic hold

2004[]

California State Senate election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jack Scott (incumbent)	217,515	78.05
	Libertarian	Bob New	61,160	21.95
Total votes			278,675	100.00
	Democratic hold

2000[]

California State Senate election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jack Scott	158,145	58.92
	Republican	Paul Zee	100,901	37.59
	Libertarian	Bob New	9,339	3.48
Invalid or blank votes			23,047	7.91
Total votes			291,432	100.00
	Democratic hold

1996[]

California State Senate election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Adam Schiff	125,649	51.78
	Republican	Paula L. Boland	107,039	44.11
	Libertarian	Bob New	9,981	4.11
Invalid or blank votes			19,207	7.39
Total votes			261,876	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

1992[]

California State Senate election, 1992

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Newton R. Russell (incumbent)	133,385	50.04
	Democratic	Rachel J. Dewey	116,486	43.70
	Libertarian	James R. "Bob" New	10,658	4.00
	Peace and Freedom	Jan B. Tucker	6,031	2.26
	No party	Lewis Weiss (write-in)	3	0.00
Invalid or blank votes			25,122	8.61
Total votes			266,563	100.00
	Republican hold

See also[]

• California State Senate
• California State Senate districts
• Districts in California

References[]

External links[]

• District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission