California's 9th State Assembly district

California's 9th State Assembly district
California's 9th State Assembly district
Current assemblymember
	Jim Cooper; D–Elk Grove
Population (2010); • Voting age; • Citizen voting age	468,512; 334,848; 268,791
Demographics	34.41% White; 12.72% Black; 26.33% Latino; 22.20% Asian; 0.85% Native American; 1.45% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; 0.27% other; 1.78% remainder of multiracial;
Registered voters	245,221
Registration	46.18% Democratic; 26.70% Republican; 22.53% No party preference

California's 9th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Jim Cooper of Elk Grove.^[2]

District profile[]

The district contains a third of the city of Sacramento and its southern suburbs. The district also extends southward towards Stockton, encompassing the main corridor between the two cities.

Sacramento County – 28.0%

Elk Grove
Florin
Galt
Parkway
Sacramento – 32.4%

San Joaquin County – 10.3%

Lodi – ~100.0%

Election results from statewide races[]

Year	Office	Results
2018	Governor	Newsom 59.7 – 40.3%
2018	Senator	Feinstein 53.7 – 46.3%
2016	President	Clinton 61.5 – 32.9%
2016	Senator	Harris 64.6 – 35.4%
2014	Governor	Brown 63.3 – 36.7%
2012	President	Obama 60.5 – 37.5%
2012	Senator	Feinstein 62.8 – 37.2%

List of Assembly Members[]

Due to redistricting, the 9th 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
	Republican	January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887	Butte
Lewis Granger	Democratic	January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889
	Democratic	January 7, 1889 - January 5, 1891
	Republican	January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893
	Democratic	January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895	Mendocino
	Democratic	January 7, 1895 - January 1, 1901
	Republican	January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1903
	Democratic	January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1905	Nevada
	Republican	January 2, 1905 - January 7, 1907
		January 7, 1907 - January 4, 1909
		January 4, 1909 - January 6, 1913
	Democratic	January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915	Nevada, Placer
	Progressive	January 4, 1915 - January 8, 1917
	Republican	January 8, 1917 - January 8, 1923
	Republican	January 8, 1923 - January 7, 1929
	Independent	January 7, 1929 - January 5, 1931
	Republican	January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933	Marin
	Republican	January 2, 1933 - January 7, 1935	Sacramento
Earl D. Desmond	Democratic	January 7, 1935 - January 8, 1945
	Republican	January 8, 1945 - January 3, 1949
John E. Moss	Democratic	January 3, 1949 - January 3, 1953
Roy J. Nielsen	Republican	January 5, 1953 - January 5, 1959
Edwin L. Z'berg	Democratic	January 5, 1959 - November 30, 1974
Edwin L. Z'berg		January 5, 1959 - November 30, 1974	Sacramento, Yolo
Michael Wornum		December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1978	Marin, Sonoma
Bill Filante	Republican	December 4, 1978 - November 30, 1992	Marin, Sonoma
Phillip Isenberg	Democratic	December 7, 1992 - November 30, 1996	Sacramento
Deborah Ortiz		December 2, 1996 - November 30, 1998
Darrell Steinberg		December 7, 1998 – November 30, 2004
Dave Jones		December 6, 2004 – November 30, 2010
Roger Dickinson		December 6, 2010 - November 30, 2012
Richard Pan		December 3, 2012 - November 30, 2014	Sacramento, San Joaquin
Jim Cooper		December 1, 2014 - Present	Sacramento, San Joaquin

Election results 1992 - present[]

2020[]

2020 California State Assembly election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Cooper (incumbent)	50,609	43.8
	Republican	Eric M. Rigard	33,997	29.4
	Democratic	Tracie Stafford	27,974	24.2
	Democratic	Mushtaq A. Tahirkheli	3,015	2.6
Total votes			115,595	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Jim Cooper (incumbent)	142,088	65.8
	Republican	Eric M. Rigard	73,742	34.2
Total votes			215,830	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018[]

California State Assembly election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Cooper (incumbent)	49,675	67.8
	Democratic	Harry He	11,927	16.3
	Democratic	Mario Garcia	11,643	15.9
Total votes			73,245	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Jim Cooper (incumbent)	92,951	68.3
	Democratic	Harry He	43,225	31.7
Total votes			136,176	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016[]

California State Assembly election, 2016
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Cooper (incumbent)	64,879	69.9
	Republican	Timothy Scott Gorsulowsky	27,924	30.1
Total votes			92,803	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Jim Cooper (incumbent)	109,979	66.8
	Republican	Timothy Scott Gorsulowsky	54,729	33.2
Total votes			164,708	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014[]

California State Assembly election, 2014
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Cooper	18,923	31.1
	Democratic	Darrell Fong	17,752	29.2
	Republican	Tim Gorsulowsky	10,938	18.0
	Republican	Manuel J. Martin	8,111	13.3
	Democratic	Diana Rodriguez-Suruki	5,080	8.4
Total votes			60,804	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Jim Cooper	50,188	55.5
	Democratic	Darrell Fong	40,220	44.5
Total votes			90,408	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012[]

California State Assembly election, 2012
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Pan (incumbent)	24,617	38.1
	Republican	Antonio "Tony" Amador	13,060	20.2
	Republican	Sophia Gonzales Scherman	10,029	15.5
	Democratic	Tom Y. Santos	8,200	12.7
	Republican	Edward J. Nemeth	6,823	10.5
	Peace and Freedom	C.T. Weber	1,950	3.0
Total votes			64,679	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Richard Pan (incumbent)	86,092	58.9
	Republican	Antonio "Tony" Amador	60,136	41.1
Total votes			146,228	100.0
	Democratic win (new seat)

2010[]

2010 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Roger Dickinson	67,294	68.0
	Republican	Rick D. Redding	24,766	25.0
	Peace and Freedom	Daniel A. Costa	6,941	7.0
Total votes			99,001	100.0
	Democratic hold

2008[]

2008 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dave Jones (incumbent)	92,038	72.81
	Republican	Mali Currington	26,622	21.06
	Peace and Freedom	Gerald Frink	7,744	6.13
Total votes			126,404	100.00
Turnout				66.38
	Democratic hold

2006[]

2006 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dave Jones (incumbent)	61,932	69.91
	Republican	William Chan	26,652	30.09
Total votes			88,584	100.00
Turnout				50.64
	Democratic hold

2004[]

2004 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dave Jones	77,880	66.73
	Republican	Gaspar Garcia	32,734	28.05
	Libertarian	Gale Morgan	6,098	5.22
Total votes			116,712	100.00
	Democratic hold

2002[]

2002 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Darrell Steinberg	57,610	70.19
	Republican	David A. Pegos	21,242	25.88
	Libertarian	Douglas M. Poston	3,230	3.94
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			82,082	100.00
	Democratic hold

2000[]

2000 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Darrell Steinberg (incumbent)	75,953	70.17
	Republican	Charles Hargrave	24,572	22.70
	Green	Jan Louis Bergeron	5,698	5.26
	Natural Law	Bruce B. Saunders	2,012	1.86
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			108,235	100.00
	Democratic hold

1998[]

1998 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Darrell Steinberg	66,867	72.32
	Republican	Mike Dismukes	25,591	27.68
Invalid or blank votes			11,989	11.48
Total votes			104,447	100.00
	Democratic hold

1996[]

1996 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Deborah Ortiz	69,074	65.23
	Republican	Richard Davis	30,769	29.06
	Reform	Akili Jaye	3,558	3.36
	Natural Law	Bruce B. Saunders	2,486	2.35
Invalid or blank votes			11,201	9.57
Total votes			117,088	100.00
	Democratic hold

1994[]

1994 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Phillip Isenberg (incumbent)	68,686	69.95
	Republican	Beth Lofton	29,513	30.05
Invalid or blank votes			8,473	7.94
Total votes			106,672	100.00
	Democratic hold

1992[]

1992 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Phillip Isenberg (incumbent)	83,643	66.01
	Republican	David Reade	33,990	26.82
	Green	Richard Geiselhart	9,081	7.17
Invalid or blank votes			11,715	8.46
Total votes			138,429	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
^ "CLBC Members Legislative Black Caucus". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2016.

External links[]

District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission

[population-1] "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).

[2] "CLBC Members Legislative Black Caucus". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2016.

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