California's 78th State Assembly district
California's 78th State Assembly district | |||
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Current assemblymember |
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Population (2010) • Voting age • Citizen voting age | 461,885[1] 399,987[1] 352,199[1] | ||
Demographics | |||
Registered voters | 291,918[2] | ||
Registration | 47.46% Democratic 20.41% Republican 26.33% No party preference |
California's 78th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Chris Ward of San Diego.
District profile[]
The district takes in a stretch of San Diego County's coast from Solana Beach to the Mexican border, including part of San Diego Bay and coastal San Diego. It comprises a variety of communities, including Downtown San Diego, beachfront neighborhoods, UC San Diego, and a military base.
San Diego County – 14.9%
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Election results from statewide races[]
Year | Office | Results |
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2018 | Governor | Newsom 69.4 – 30.6% |
Senator | Feinstein 56.4 – 43.6% | |
2016 | President | Clinton 67.5 – 25.9% |
Senator | Harris 68.0 – 32.0% | |
2014 | Governor | Brown 62.7 – 37.3% |
2012 | President | Obama 63.1 – 34.1% |
Senator | Feinstein 65.2 – 34.8% |
List of Assembly Members[]
Due to redistricting, the 78th 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 |
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Republican | January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | Los Angeles | ||
William H. Spurgeon | Democratic | January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889 | ||
Republican | January 7, 1889 - January 5, 1891 | |||
January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893 | Los Angeles, Orange | |||
January 2, 1893 - January 4, 1897 | San Bernadrino | |||
January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1899 | ||||
Independent | January 2, 1899 - January 1, 1901 | |||
Republican | January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1903 | |||
January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1905 | Riverside | |||
January 2, 1905 - January 4, 1909 | ||||
January 4, 1909 - January 2, 1911 | ||||
January 2, 1911 - January 6, 1913 | ||||
January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915 | Imperial | |||
Democratic | January 4, 1915 - January 6, 1919 | Ran as a Republican for his 2nd term. | ||
Republican | ||||
January 6, 1919 - January 3, 1921 | ||||
January 3, 1921 - January 8, 1923 | ||||
January 8, 1923 - January 5, 1925 | ||||
January 5, 1925 - January 3, 1927 | ||||
January 3, 1927 - January 5, 1931 | ||||
George B. Bowers | January 5, 1931 - January 7, 1935 | San Diego | ||
Ralph W. Wallace | January 7, 1935 - January 4, 1937 | |||
Democratic | January 4, 1937 - January 4, 1943 | |||
Republican | January 4, 1943 - January 6, 1947 | |||
Frank Luckel | January 6, 1947 - January 7, 1963 | |||
E. Richard Barnes | January 7, 1963 - January 8, 1973 | |||
Lawrence Kapiloff | Democratic | January 8, 1973 - September 3, 1982 | Resigned from the Assembly. | |
Lucy Killea | December 6, 1982 - December 21, 1989 | Resigned to be sworn in the 39th Senate district after winning special election.[3] | ||
Republican | June 7, 1990 - November 30, 1990 | Sworn in after winning special election.[4] | ||
Mike Gotch | Democratic | December 3, 1990 – November 30, 1992 | ||
Dede Alpert | December 7, 1992 - November 30, 1996 | |||
Howard Wayne | December 2, 1996 - November 30, 2002 | |||
Shirley Horton | Republican | December 2, 2002 - November 30, 2008 | ||
Marty Block | Democratic | December 1, 2008 – November 30, 2012 | ||
Toni G. Atkins | December 3, 2012 - November 30, 2016 | |||
Todd Gloria | December 5, 2016 - November 30, 2020 | |||
Chris Ward | December 7, 2020 - present |
Election results 1992 - present[]
2020[]
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Chris Ward | 69,125 | 55.6% | |
Democratic | Sarah Davis | 34,410 | 27.7% | |
Democratic | Micah Perlin | 20,741 | 16.7% | |
Total votes | 124,276 | 100.0% | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Chris Ward | 123,755 | 56.2% | |
Democratic | Sarah Davis | 96,486 | 43.8% | |
Total votes | 220,241 | 100.0% | ||
Democratic hold |
2018[]
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Todd Gloria (incumbent) | 79,738 | 71.2 | |
Republican | Maggie J. Campbell | 32,250 | 28.8 | |
Total votes | 111,988 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Todd Gloria (incumbent) | 140,598 | 71.1 | |
Republican | Maggie J. Campbell | 57,217 | 28.9 | |
Total votes | 197,815 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2016[]
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Todd Gloria | 91,602 | 71.8 | |
Republican | Kevin D. Melton | 36,013 | 28.2 | |
Total votes | 127,615 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Todd Gloria | 145,850 | 69.1 | |
Republican | Kevin D. Melton | 65,134 | 30.9 | |
Total votes | 178,242 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2014[]
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Toni Atkins (incumbent) | 45,922 | 60.2 | |
Republican | Barbara Decker | 21,545 | 28.2 | |
Republican | Kevin D. Melton | 8,855 | 11.6 | |
Total votes | 76,322 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Toni Atkins (incumbent) | 72,224 | 61.6 | |
Republican | Barbara Decker | 45,088 | 38.4 | |
Total votes | 117,312 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2012[]
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Toni Atkins (incumbent) | 54,175 | 59.8 | |
Republican | Ralph Denney | 25,291 | 27.9 | |
Republican | Robert E. Williams | 11,121 | 12.3 | |
Total votes | 90,587 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Toni Atkins (incumbent) | 116,987 | 62.4 | |
Republican | Ralph Denney | 70,526 | 37.6 | |
Total votes | 187,513 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2010[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Marty Block (incumbent) | 72,036 | 59.3 | |
Republican | Rick L. Powell | 49,455 | 40.7 | |
Total votes | 121,491 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2008[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Marty Block | 93,938 | 55.49 | |
Republican | John McCann | 75,350 | 44.51 | |
Total votes | 169,288 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | 72.07 | |||
Democratic gain from Republican |
2006[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Shirley Horton (incumbent) | 51,983 | 50.89 | |
Democratic | Maxine Sherard | 46,846 | 45.86 | |
Libertarian | Geof Gibson | 3,324 | 3.25 | |
Total votes | 102,153 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | 48.03 | |||
Republican hold |
2004[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Shirley Horton (incumbent) | 76,886 | 49.05 | |
Democratic | Patty Davis | 74,888 | 47.78 | |
Libertarian | Josh Hale | 4,969 | 3.17 | |
Total votes | 156,743 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
2002[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Shirley Horton | 45,844 | 49.36 | |
Democratic | Vincent Hall | 44,215 | 47.60 | |
Libertarian | Mark Menanno | 2,823 | 3.04 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 5,429 | 5.52 | ||
Total votes | 98,311 | 100.00 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
2000[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Howard Wayne (incumbent) | 79,764 | 56.06 | |
Republican | John Steel | 54,700 | 38.44 | |
Libertarian | Dennis Triglia | 5,978 | 4.20 | |
Natural Law | Raymond C. Wingfield | 1,840 | 1.29 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 15,357 | 9.74 | ||
Total votes | 157,639 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
1998[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Howard Wayne (incumbent) | 65,566 | 56.61 | |
Republican | Jean Roesch | 44,484 | 38.40 | |
Libertarian | John Murphy | 3,551 | 3.07 | |
Natural Law | Stuart Knoles | 2,228 | 1.92 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 14,010 | 10.79 | ||
Total votes | 129,839 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
1996[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Howard Wayne | 69,587 | 48.68 | |
Republican | Tricia Hunter | 65,440 | 45.78 | |
American Independent | Nathan E. Johnson | 7,475 | 5.23 | |
No party | Elizabeth Lenardi (write-in) | 453 | 0.32 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 9,624 | 6.43 | ||
Total votes | 152,579 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
1994[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Dierdre "Dede" Alpert | 63,557 | 52.54 | |
Republican | Bruce Henderson | 53,980 | 44.62 | |
Peace and Freedom | James Fife | 3,437 | 2.84 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 8,099 | 6.27 | ||
Total votes | 129,073 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
1992[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Deirdre "Dede" Alpert (inc.) | 81,819 | 53.39 | |
Republican | Jeff Marston | 63,293 | 41.30 | |
Peace and Freedom | Sally Sherry O'Brien | 7,792 | 5.08 | |
No party | Dan van Tieghem (write-in) | 353 | 0.23 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 22,145 | 12.63 | ||
Total votes | 175,402 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
See also[]
- California State Assembly
- California State Assembly districts
- Districts in California
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
- ^ "Report of Registration as of July 3, 2020" (PDF).
- ^ "Lucy Killea" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.
- ^ "Jeff Marston Sworn in" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.
External links[]
- District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission
Categories:
- California State Assembly districts
- Government of San Diego County, California
- Government of San Diego
- Coronado, California
- Del Mar, California
- Imperial Beach, California
- La Jolla, San Diego
- Ocean Beach, San Diego
- Solana Beach, California