California's 30th State Senate district

California's 30th State Senate district
Current senator	Sydney Kamlager D–Los Angeles
Population (2010)  • Voting age  • Citizen voting age	922,496[1] 686,822[1] 465,763[1]
Demographics	14.05% White 27.90% Black 50.04% Latino 6.30% Asian 0.24% Native American 0.11% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.51% other 0.85[1]% remainder of multiracial
Registered voters	550,416[2]
Registration	64.84% Democratic 6.74% Republican 23.18% No party preference

California's 30th State Senate district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is represented by Sydney Kamlager.

District profile[]

The district encompasses most of Downtown and South Los Angeles, as well as neighboring portions of Inglewood and the Westside.

Election results from statewide races[]

Year	Office	Results
2020	President	Biden 85.6 – 12.5%
2018	Governor	Newsom 87.5 – 12.5%
	Senator	Feinstein 64.0 – 36.0%
2016	President	Clinton 87.5 – 8.0%
	Senator	Harris 71.3 – 28.7%
2014	Governor	Brown 86.0 – 14.0%
2012	President	Obama 88.3 – 9.7%
	Senator	Feinstein 88.4 – 11.6%

List of Senators[]

Due to redistricting, the 30th 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
	Democratic	January 3, 1887 - January 5, 1891	Merced, Stanislaus, Tuolumne
		January 5, 1891 - January 7, 1895
	Republican	January 7, 1895 - January 2, 1899	Santa Clara
		January 2, 1899 - January 5, 1903
		January 5, 1903 - April 17, 1903	Inyo, San Bernardino	Died in office. Died from septic endocarditis.[3]
		January 2, 1905 - January 7, 1907
		January 7, 1907 - January 2, 1911
		January 2, 1911 - January 4, 1915
		January 4, 1915 - January 8, 1923
	Democratic	January 8, 1923 - January 5, 1931
Ray W. Hays	Republican	January 5, 1931 - January 4, 1943	Fresno
	Democratic	January 4, 1943 - January 2, 1967
		January 2, 1967 - November 30, 1974	Los Angeles
Nate Holden		December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1978
Diane Watson		December 4, 1978 - November 30, 1982
Ralph C. Dills		December 6, 1978 - November 30, 1994
Charles Calderon		December 4, 1994 – December 7, 1998
Martha Escutia		December 7, 1998 - November 30, 2006
Ron Calderon		December 4, 2006 – November 30, 2014
Holly Mitchell		December 1, 2014 - December 6, 2020		Resigned to become a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
Sydney Kamlager		March 11, 2021 - present		Sworn in after winning special election.

Election results 1994 - present[]

2021 Special Election[]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that a special election will take place on March 2, 2021.^[4] As of March 13th, 2021, election results have certified candidate Sydney Kamlager won the election and will represent California's 30th Senate district.^[5] Her term ends on November 8, 2022.

2021 California State Senate 30 Special Election

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sydney Kamlager	48,483	68.70
	Democratic		9,458	13.40
	Republican	Joe Lisuzzo	4,412	6.25
	Democratic	Cheryl C. Turner	3,799	5.38
	Republican	Tiffani Jones	1,611	2.28
	Peace and Freedom	Ernesto Alexander Huerta	1,570	2.22
	Nonpartisan	Renita Duncan	1,244	1.76
Total votes			70,577	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018[]

2018 California State Senate election

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Holly Mitchell (incumbent)	93,078	100.0
Total votes			93,078	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Holly Mitchell (incumbent)	230,623	100.0
Total votes			230,623	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014[]

California State Senate elections, 2014

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Holly Mitchell (incumbent)	48,280	85.3
	Democratic	Isidro Armenta	8,301	14.7
Total votes			56,581	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Holly Mitchell (incumbent)	78,115	68.8
	Democratic	Isidro Armenta	35,442	31.2
Total votes			113,557	100.0
	Democratic hold

2010[]

California State Senate election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ronald Calderon (incumbent)	105,946	68.6
	Republican	Warren P. Willis	48,534	31.4
Total votes			154,480	100.0
	Democratic hold

2006[]

California State Senate election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ron Calderon	93,436	70.91
	Republican	Selma Minerd	38,340	29.09
Total votes			131,776	100.00
	Democratic hold

2002[]

California State Senate election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Martha M. Escutia (incumbent)	80,562	67.10
	Republican	John O. Robertson	39,498	32.90
Invalid or blank votes			8,905	6.90
Total votes			128,965	100.00
	Democratic hold

1998[]

California State Senate election, 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Martha Escutia	80,562	73.98
	Republican	John O. Robertson	24,520	22.52
	Libertarian	John P. McCready	3,816	3.50
Invalid or blank votes			10,674	8.93
Total votes			119,572	100.00
	Democratic hold

1994[]

California State Senate election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles Calderon (incumbent)	72,968	67.90
	Republican	Ken Gow	34,498	32.10
Invalid or blank votes			12,986	10.78
Total votes			120,452	100.00
	Democratic hold

See also[]

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

References[]

External links[]

• District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission