California's 5th State Senate district

California's 5th State Senate district
Current senator	Susan Eggman D–Stockton
Population (2010)  • Voting age  • Citizen voting age	939,163[1] 670,015[1] 541,374[1]
Demographics	40.18% White 6.55% Black 37.77% Latino 12.56% Asian 1.05% Native American 0.66% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.26% other 0.96[1]% remainder of multiracial
Registered voters	477,778[2]
Registration	42.19% Democratic 30.76% Republican 20.65% No party preference

California's 5th State Senate district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Susan Eggman.

District profile[]

The district is centered on the northern end of the San Joaquin Valley and forms the gateway between the Delta, the San Francisco Bay Area, the Sacramento metropolitan area, and Gold Country.

Election results from statewide races[]

Year	Office	Results
2020	President	Biden 54.2 – 43.6%
2018	Governor[3]	Newsom 51.4 – 48.6%
	Senator[4]	De Leon 54.6 – 45.4%
2016	President	Clinton 52.5 – 41.8%
	Senator	Harris 58.3 – 41.7%
2014	Governor	Brown 53.3 – 46.7%
2012	President	Obama 54.2 – 43.6%
	Senator	Feinstein 55.5 – 44.5%

List of Senators[]

Due to redistricting, the 5th 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 8, 1883 - January 3, 1887	Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus
	Republican	January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889	Nevada
		January 7, 1889 - January 2, 1893
	Democratic	January 2, 1893 - September 1, 1896	El Dorado, Placer	Died in office.[5]
		January 4, 1897 - January 1, 1901
	Republican	January 1, 1901 - January 2, 1905
		January 2, 1905 - January 7, 1929	Napa, Solano
Thomas McCormack		January 7, 1929 - January 2, 1933
John B. McColl		January 2, 1933 - December 19, 1938	Shasta, Trinity	Died in office. Died in a car crash.[6]
Jesse W. Carter	Democratic	January 24, 1939 – September 12, 1939		Sworn in after winning special election.[7] Resigned on September 12 to become a Judge for California Supreme Court.
Oliver Jesse Carter		January 6, 1941 – January 3, 1949
		January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1965		Resigned from the Senate.[8]
Fred W. Marler Jr.	Republican	March 26, 1965 – January 2, 1967		Sworn in after winning special election.[9]
Albert S. Rodda	Democratic	January 2, 1967 – November 30, 1976	Sacramento
Milton Marks	Republican	December 6, 1976 – November 30, 1984	San Francisco
John Garamendi	Democratic	December 3, 1984 - September 3, 1990	Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mono, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tuolumne	Resigned from the Senate.[10]
			Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Tuolumne, Yolo
Patrick Johnston		January 10, 1991 – November 30, 2000		Sworn in after winning special election.[11]
			Sacramento, San Joaquin
Michael Machado		December 4, 2000 - November 30, 2008
			Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Yolo
Lois Wolk		December 1, 2008 – November 30, 2012
Cathleen Galgiani		December 3, 2012 – November 30, 2020	Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus
Susan Eggman		December 7, 2020 - present

Election results 1992 - present[]

2020[]

California State Senate election, 2020

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Susan Eggman	71,808	34.9
	Republican	Jim Ridenour	49,398	24.0
	Democratic	Mani Grewal	40,086	19.5
	Republican	Jesús Andrade	32,836	16.0
	Republican	Kathleen A. Garcia	11,499	5.6
Total votes			205,627	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Susan Eggman	217,651	54.9
	Republican	Jim Ridenour	178,915	45.1
Total votes			396,566	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016[]

California State Senate election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cathleen Galgiani (incumbent)	96,710	56.8
	Republican	Alan Nakanishi	47,355	27.8
	Republican	Samuel Anderson	26,343	15.5
Total votes			170,408	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Cathleen Galgiani (incumbent)	174,847	56.7
	Republican	Alan Nakanishi	133,604	43.3
Total votes			308,451	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012[]

California State Senate election, 2012

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cathleen Galgiani	52,148	40.7
	Republican	Bill Berryhill	45,819	35.8
	Republican	Leroy Ornellas	30,109	23.5
Total votes			128,076	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Cathleen Galgiani	142,145	50.5
	Republican	Bill Berryhill	139,502	49.5
Total votes			281,647	100.0
	Democratic win (new seat)

2008[]

California's 5th State Senate district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lois Wolk	207,108	64.54
	Republican	Greg Aghazarian	113,778	35.46
Total votes			320,886	100.00
Turnout				73.54
	Democratic hold

2004[]

California's 5th State Senate district election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Machado (incumbent)	154,519	52.19
	Republican	Gary A. Podesto	141,539	47.81
Total votes			296,058	100.00
	Democratic hold

2000[]

California's 5th State Senate district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Machado	142,392	48.06
	Republican	Alan Nakanishi	141,013	47.59
	Libertarian	Carole Brow	10,208	3.45
	Natural Law	William S. Nicolas	2,667	0.90
Invalid or blank votes			5,260	1.74
Total votes			301,540	100.00
	Democratic hold

1996[]

California's 5th State Senate district election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patrick Johnston (incumbent)	159,932	60.12
	Republican	Kurt C. Boese	108,075	39.88
Invalid or blank votes			12,981	4.65
Total votes			280,988	100.00
	Democratic hold

1992[]

California's 5th State Senate district election, 1992

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patrick Johnston (incumbent)	162,122	57.46
	Republican	Ron Stauffer	105,333	37.33
	Libertarian	Eric Roberts	14,713	5.21
Invalid or blank votes			23,682	7.74
Total votes			305,850	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