California's 35th State Assembly district

California's 35th State Assembly district
California's 35th State Assembly district
Current assemblymember
	Jordan Cunningham; R–Paso Robles
Population (2010); • Voting age; • Citizen voting age	467,334; 359,077; 295,361
Demographics	55.68% White; 2.40% Black; 35.71% Latino; 4.25% Asian; 1.05% Native American; 0.25% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; 0.30% other; 0.37% remainder of multiracial;
Registered voters	245,216
Registration	34.49% Democratic; 33.74% Republican; 25.89% No party preference

California's 35th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Republican Jordan Cunningham of Templeton.

District profile[]

The district is located on the Central Coast and contains a mix of rocky coastlines and agricultural valleys.

Santa Barbara County - 46.6%

Guadalupe
Lompoc
Santa Maria

All of San Luis Obispo County

Arroyo Grande
Atascadero
Grover Beach
Morro Bay
Paso Robles
Pismo Beach
San Luis Obispo

Election results from statewide races[]

Year	Office	Results
2020	President	Biden 54.1 – 43.5%
2018	Governor	Cox 50.4 – 49.6%
2018	Senator	de Leon 51.7 – 48.3%
2016	President	Clinton 49.6 – 43.4%
2016	Senator	Harris 60.1 – 39.9%
2014	Governor	Brown 51.7 – 48.3%
2012	President	Romney 49.2 – 47.6%
2012	Senator	Emken 50.4 – 49.6%

List of assemblymembers[]

Due to redistricting, the 35th 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	San Francisco
	Democratic	January 3, 1887 - November 18, 1888		Died before finishing his term ended in office from pneumonia.^[2]
		January 7, 1889 - January 5, 1891
		January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893
	Republican	January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895
	People's	January 7, 1895 - January 4, 1897
	Fusion	January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1899
	Republican	January 2, 1899 - January 1, 1901
		January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1903
		January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1905
		January 2, 1905 - January 7, 1907
		January 7, 1907 - January 4, 1909
		January 4, 1909 - January 6, 1913
		January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915	Alameda
		January 4, 1915 - January 6, 1919
		January 6, 1919 - January 3, 1921
Homer R. Spence		January 3, 1921 - January 3, 1927
		January 3, 1927 - January 2, 1933
Ellis E. Patterson		January 2, 1933 - January 2, 1939	Monterey, San Luis Obispo	Changes his party to Democrat in 1937.
Ellis E. Patterson	Democratic	January 2, 1933 - January 2, 1939		Changes his party to Democrat in 1937.
	Republican	January 2, 1939 - January 4, 1943
	Democratic	January 4, 1943 - September 22, 1949	Fresno	Died in office. He was killed by a freight train.^[3]
	Republican	March 8, 1950 - January 5, 1953	Fresno	Was sworn in after winning a special election after the death of Heisinger.^[4]
		January 5, 1953 - July 9, 1955	Kings, Tulare	Died in office, while being treated in the hospital from a heart attack.^[5]
		July 3, 1956 - January 7, 1957		Sworn in during a special election to fill in seat vacant by his predecessor Patterson, after he died in office.^[6]
	Democratic	January 7, 1957 - January 4, 1965
Gordon W. Duffy	Republican	January 4, 1965 - January 2, 1967
John Briggs	Republican	January 2, 1967 – November 30, 1974	Orange, Bernardino
Gary K. Hart	Democratic	December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1982	Santa Barbara
Jack O'Connell	Democratic	December 6, 1982 – November 30, 1994	Santa Barbara, Ventura
Brooks Firestone	Republican	December 5, 1994 - November 30, 1998
Hannah-Beth Jackson	Democratic	December 7, 1998 - November 30, 2004
Pedro Nava		December 6, 2004 - November 30, 2010
Das Williams		December 6, 2010 - November 30, 2012
Katcho Achadjian	Republican	December 3, 2012 - November 30, 2016	San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara
Jordan Cunningham	Republican	December 5, 2016 - present	San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara

Election results 1992 - present[]

2020[]

2020 California State Assembly election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jordan Cunningham (incumbent)	85,029	56.8%
	Democratic	Dawn Addis	64,548	43.2%
Total votes			149,577	100.0%
General election
	Republican	Jordan Cunningham (incumbent)	126,579	55.1%
	Democratic	Dawn Addis	103,206	44.9%
Total votes			229,785	100.0%
	Republican hold

2018[]

California State Assembly election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jordan Cunningham (incumbent)	62,348	55.5
	Democratic	Bill Ostrander	49,967	44.5
Total votes			112,315	100.0
General election
	Republican	Jordan Cunningham (incumbent)	97,749	55.9
	Democratic	Bill Ostrander	76,994	44.1
Total votes			174,743	100.0
	Republican hold

2016[]

California State Assembly election, 2016
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dawn Ortiz-Legg	55,577	45.0
	Republican	Jordan Cunningham	45,750	37.0
	Republican	Steve Lebard	18,170	14.7
	Libertarian	Dominic Robert Rubini	4,142	3.4
Total votes			123,639	100.0
General election
	Republican	Jordan Cunningham	105,247	54.7
	Democratic	Dawn Ortiz-Legg	87,168	45.3
Total votes			192,415	100.0
	Republican hold

2014[]

California State Assembly election, 2014
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Katcho Achadjian (incumbent)	54,615	65.3
	Democratic	Heidi Harmon	29,030	34.7
Total votes			83,645	100.0
General election
	Republican	Katcho Achadjian (incumbent)	77,452	62.7
	Democratic	Heidi Harmon	46,126	37.3
Total votes			123,578	100.0
	Republican hold

2012[]

California State Assembly election, 2012
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Katcho Achadjian (incumbent)	62,747	64.9
	Democratic	Gerald "Gerry" Manata	33,862	35.1
Total votes			96,609	100.0
General election
	Republican	Katcho Achadjian (incumbent)	103,762	61.3
	Democratic	Gerald "Gerry" Manata	65,500	38.7
Total votes			169,262	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

2010[]

2010 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Das Williams	75,821	54.9
	Republican	Mike Stoker	62,310	45.1
Total votes			138,131	100.0
	Democratic hold

2008[]

2008 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pedro Nava (incumbent)	119,613	67.25
	Republican	Gregory Gandrud	58,244	32.75
Total votes			177,857	100.00
Turnout				75.51
	Democratic hold

2006[]

2006 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pedro Nava (incumbent)	77,868	68.32
	Republican	Cristina Martin	36,109	31.68
Total votes			113,977	100.00
Turnout				61.46
	Democratic hold

2004[]

2004 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pedro Nava (incumbent)	91,503	52.73
	Republican	Bob Pohl	82,025	47.27
Total votes			173,528	100.00
	Democratic hold

2002[]

2002 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hannah-Beth Jackson (inc.)	71,600	62.22
	Republican	Bob Pohl	36,670	31.86
	Reform	Cary Savitch	3,806	3.31
	Libertarian	Craig Warren Thomas	3,004	2.61
Invalid or blank votes			2,799	2.37
Total votes			117,879	100.00
	Democratic hold

2000[]

2000 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hannah-Beth Jackson (incumbent)	100,432	61.65
	Republican	Robin Sue Sullivan	58,212	35.73
	Natural Law	Eric Dahl	4,264	2.62
Invalid or blank votes			8,477	4.95
Total votes			171,385	100.00
	Democratic hold

1998[]

1998 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hannah-Beth Jackson	67,224	53.03
	Republican	Christopher Mitchum	56,382	44.48
	Natural Law	Eric Dahl	3,151	2.49
Invalid or blank votes			7,602	5.66
Total votes			135,359	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

1996[]

1996 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brooks Firestone	101,014	66.04
	Democratic	Aneesh K. Lele	44,531	29.11
	Natural Law	Miriam Hospodar	7,415	4.85
Invalid or blank votes			11,203	6.82
Total votes			164,163	100.00
	Republican hold

1994[]

1994 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brooks Firestone	72,899	54.26
	Democratic	Mindy Lorenz	55,901	41.61
	Green	T. G. "Tom" Stafford	2,862	2.13
	Libertarian	Chris D. Blunt	2,682	2
Invalid or blank votes			9,645	6.7
Total votes			143,989	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

1992[]

1992 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jack O'Connell (incumbent)	111,313	66.73
	Republican	Alan O. "Lanny" Ebenstein	55,490	33.27
Invalid or blank votes			13,767	7.62
Total votes			180,570	100.00
	Democratic hold

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
^ "Around The City (Assemblyman John H. Colbert dies)". cdnc.ucr.edu.
^ "Grade Crossing Crash Is Fatal to Heisinger". cdnc.ucr.edu.
^ "William W. Hansen Sworn in" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.
^ "Roscoe Patterson, Assemblyman From Visalia, Succumbs". cdnc.ucr.edu.
^ "Domer F. Power Sworn in" (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] "Around The City (Assemblyman John H. Colbert dies)". cdnc.ucr.edu.

[3] "Grade Crossing Crash Is Fatal to Heisinger". cdnc.ucr.edu.

[4] "William W. Hansen Sworn in" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.

[5] "Roscoe Patterson, Assemblyman From Visalia, Succumbs". cdnc.ucr.edu.

[6] "Domer F. Power Sworn in" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.

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