California's 64th State Assembly district

California's 64th State Assembly district
Current assemblymember	Mike Gipson D–Carson
Population (2010)  • Voting age  • Citizen voting age	466,400[1] 319,811[1] 212,983[1]
Demographics	3.30% White 25.64% Black 62.24% Latino 6.68% Asian 0.22% Native American 1.01% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.23% other 0.67[1]% remainder of multiracial
Registered voters	235,209
Registration	64.01% Democratic 8.47% Republican 23.48% No party preference

California's 64th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Mike Gipson of Carson.

District profile[]

The district encompasses parts of South Los Angeles and the South Bay. The district largely runs along the east side of Interstate 110 from South LA down towards the harbor.

Election results from statewide races[]

Year	Office	Results
2018	Governor	Newsom 85.1 – 14.9%
	Senator	Feinstein 60.2 – 39.8%
2016	President	Clinton 86.2 – 9.6%
	Senator	Harris 61.6 – 38.4%
2014	Governor	Brown 84.1 – 15.9%
2012	President	Obama 88.7 – 10.0%
	Senator	Feinstein 88.9 – 11.9%

List of Assembly Members[]

Due to redistricting, the 64th 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	Santa Clara
		January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889
		January 7, 1889 - January 2, 1893
		January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895	Tulare
		January 7, 1895 - January 4, 1897	Tulare, Kings
	People's	January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1899
	Republican	January 2, 1899 - January 1, 1901
		January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1903
		January 5, 1903 - January 4, 1909	Santa Barbara
		January 4, 1909 - January 2, 1911
		January 2, 1911 - January 6, 1913
		January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915	Los Angeles
		January 4, 1915 - January 8, 1917
		January 8, 1917 - January 6, 1919
		January 6, 1919 - January 3, 1921
		January 3, 1921 - January 2, 1933
	Democratic	January 2, 1933 - January 4, 1937
Sam Yorty		January 4, 1937 - January 6, 1941
	Republican	January 6, 1941 - January 4, 1943
		January 4, 1943 - December 10, 1948		Died in office.
Patrick D. McGee		January 8, 1951 - August 21, 1957		Resigned from office to become a Member of the Los Angeles City Council.
		December 17, 1957 - January 2, 1967		Sworn in after winning special election.[2]
Patrick D. McGee		January 2, 1967 - May 30, 1970		Died in office. Died from Spinal Tumor.
Bob Cline		January 4, 1971 - November 30, 1974
William Campbell		December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1976
M. David Stirling		December 6, 1976 - November 30, 1982
Ross Johnson		December 6, 1982 - November 30, 1992	Orange
Ted Weggeland		December 7, 1992 - November 30, 1996	Riverside
Rod Pacheco		December 2, 1996 - November 30, 2002
John J. Benoit		December 2, 2002 – November 30, 2008
Brian Nestande		December 1, 2008 - November 30, 2012
Isadore Hall III	Democratic	December 3, 2012 - November 30, 2014	Los Angeles
Mike Gipson		December 1, 2014 - present

Election results 1992 - present[]

2020[]

2020 California State Assembly election

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Gipson (incumbent)	38,324	67.5%
	Democratic	Fatima S. Iqbal-Zubair	18,469	32.5%
Total votes			56,793	100.0%
General election
	Democratic	Mike Gipson (incumbent)	83,559	59.5%
	Democratic	Fatima S. Iqbal-Zubair	56,875	40.5%
Total votes			140,434	100.0%
	Democratic hold

2018[]

California State Assembly election, 2018

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Gipson (incumbent)	29,422	100.0
	Republican	Theresa Sanford (write-in)	9	0.0
Total votes			29,431	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Mike Gipson (incumbent)	83,210	84.7
	Republican	Theresa Sanford	15,010	15.3
Total votes			98,220	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016[]

California State Assembly election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Gipson (incumbent)	46,186	76.5
	Republican	Theresa Sanford	14,179	23.5
Total votes			60,365	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Mike Gipson (incumbent)	86,419	73.4
	Republican	Theresa Sanford	31,300	26.6
Total votes			117,719	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014[]

California State Assembly election, 2014

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Gipson	11,975	51.0
	Democratic	Prophet La'Omar Walker	5,022	21.4
	Democratic	Steve Neal	3,580	15.2
	Democratic	Micah Ali	2,923	12.4
Total votes			23,500	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Mike Gipson	30,041	63.6
	Democratic	Prophet La'Omar Walker	17,217	36.4
Total votes			47,258	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012[]

California State Assembly election, 2012

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Isadore Hall, III (incumbent)	23,122	100.0
Total votes			23,122	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Isadore Hall, III (incumbent)	100,446	100.0
Total votes			100,446	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

2010[]

2010 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Nestande (incumbent)	75,737	57.3
	Democratic	Jose Medina	56,574	42.7
Total votes			132,311	100.0
	Republican hold

2008[]

2008 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Nestande	124,414	100.00
Total votes			124,414	100.00
Turnout				51.54
	Republican hold

2006[]

2006 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Benoit (incumbent)	66,501	61.11
	Democratic	Paul Rasso	42,314	38.89
Total votes			108,815	100.00
Turnout				49.76
	Republican hold

2004[]

2004 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John J. Benoit (incumbent)	96,606	61.25
	Democratic	Robert Melsh	61,120	38.75
Total votes			157,726	100.00
	Republican hold

2002[]

2002 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John J. Benoit	55,351	63.28
	Democratic	Robert Melsh	32,118	36.72
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			87,469	100.00
	Republican hold

2000[]

2000 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rod Pacheco (incumbent)	60,323	54.23
	Democratic	Jose Medina	43,698	39.28
	Natural Law	Annie Wallack	3,977	3.58
	Libertarian	Phil Turner	3,237	2.91
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			111,235	100.00
	Republican hold

1998[]

1998 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rod Pacheco (incumbent)	64,852	100.00
Invalid or blank votes			25,002	27.83
Total votes			89,854	100.00
	Republican hold

1996[]

1996 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rod Pacheco	56,002	54.14
	Democratic	Grace Slocum	43,336	41.89
	Libertarian	Phil Turner	3,868	3.74
	No party	Arthur Johnson (write-in)	236	0.23
Invalid or blank votes			3,944	3.67
Total votes			107,386	100.00
	Republican hold

1994[]

1994 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ted Weggeland (incumbent)	59,037	66.04
	Democratic	Roberta "Bobbi" Meyer	24,606	27.53
	Libertarian	Jane A. Henson	5,695	6.37
	No party	Troy Lamberth (write-in)	53	0.06
Invalid or blank votes			8,106	8.31
Total votes			97,497	100.00
	Republican hold

1992[]

1992 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ted Weggeland	56,298	47.85
	Democratic	Jane Carney	54,784	46.56
	Libertarian	Jane A. Henson	6,572	5.59
Invalid or blank votes			7,284	5.83
Total votes			124,938	100.00
	Republican hold

See also[]

• California State Assembly
• California State Assembly districts
• Districts in California

References[]

External links[]

• District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission