California's 12th State Assembly district

California's 12th State Assembly district
California's 12th State Assembly district
Current assemblymember
	Damon Connolly; D–San Rafael
Population (2020)	486,148
Demographics	61.56% White; 2.02% Black; 23.89% Latino; 5.92% Asian; 0.36% Native American; 0.25% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; 0.70% other; 5.26% remainder of multiracial;

California's 12th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Damon Connolly of San Rafael.^[2]

Currentassemblymember

Damon Connolly
D–San Rafael

Population(2020)486,148^[1]

Demographics

61.56% White
2.02% Black
23.89% Latino
5.92% Asian
0.36% Native American
0.25% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
0.70% other
5.26% remainder of multiracial

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Year	Office	Results
2022	Governor	Newsom 75.9 – 24.1%
2022	Senator	Padilla 77.5 – 22.5%
2021	Recall^[3]^[4]	58.1 - 41.9%
2021	Recall^[3]^[4]	Elder 59.7 - 6.6%
2020	President	Trump 52.5- 45.3%
2018	Governor^[5]	Cox 56.1 – 43.9%
2018	Senator^[6]	De Leon 59.0 – 41.0%
2016	President	Trump 51.1 – 43.1%
2016	Senator	Harris 59.2 – 40.8%
2014	Governor	Kashkari 53.0 – 47.0%
2012	President	Romney 52.4 – 45.1%
2012	Senator	Emken 53.2 – 46.8%

Assembly members	Party	Years served	Counties represented	Notes
E. W. Britt	Democratic	January 5, 1885 – January 3, 1887	Lake
L. H. Gruwell		January 3, 1887 – January 7, 1889
C. M. Crawford		January 7, 1889 – January 5, 1891
James H. Renfro		January 5, 1891 – May 20, 1892		Died in office. Died after being kicked in the head by a horse on his ranch.^[8]
Richard I. Thomas	Republican	January 2, 1893 – January 4, 1897	Nevada
William Siles Robinson		January 4, 1897 – January 1, 1901
Frank M. Rutherford		January 1, 1901 – January 5, 1903
Benjamin F. Howard	Democratic	January 5, 1903 – January 2, 1905	Colusa, Glenn, Lake
Ernest Weyand	Republican	January 2, 1905 – January 7, 1907
F. H. Smythe	Democratic	January 7, 1907 – January 4, 1909
John L. Mendenhall		January 4, 1909 – January 6, 1913
G. W. Libby		January 6, 1913 – January 4, 1915	Sonoma
Knox Boude	Republican	January 4, 1915 – January 8, 1917
Lyman Green		January 8, 1917 – January 6, 1919
A. F. Stevens		January 6, 1919 – January 8, 1923
Emmett I. Donohue		January 8, 1923 – January 5, 1925
Hubert B. Scudder		January 5, 1925 – January 5, 1931
Percy G. West		January 5, 1931 – January 2, 1933	Sacramento
James E. Thorp		January 2, 1933 – January 27, 1948	San Joaquin	Died in office from heart condition.^[9]
Vacant		January 27, 1948 – January 3, 1949
Verne W. Hoffman	Republican	January 3, 1949 – January 8, 1951
John J. McFall	Democratic	January 8, 1951 – January 3, 1957
William Biddick Jr.	Democratic	January 7, 1957 – January 2, 1961
Bob Monagan	Republican	January 2, 1961 – April 9, 1973		Resigned from the California State Assembly.^[10]
Vacant		April 9, 1973 – July 17, 1973
Douglas F. Carter	Republican	July 17, 1973 – November 30, 1974		Was sworn in after winning a special election to replace the vacant seat of Bob Monagan.^[11]
Kenneth A. Meade	Democratic	December 2, 1974 – November 30, 1976	Alameda, Contra Costa
Tom Bates		December 6, 1976 – November 30, 1992	Alameda, Contra Costa
John Burton		December 7, 1992 – November 30, 1996	San Francisco
Kevin Shelley		December 2, 1996 – November 30, 2002	San Francisco, San Mateo
Leland Yee		December 2, 2002 – November 30, 2006
Fiona Ma		December 4, 2006 – November 30, 2012
Kristin Olsen	Republican	December 3, 2012 – November 30, 2016	San Joaquin, Stanislaus
Heath Flora	Republican	December 5, 2016 – November 30, 2022	San Joaquin, Stanislaus
Damon Connolly	Democratic	December 5, 2022 – present	Marin, Sonoma

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Damon Connolly (incumbent)	111,490	77.5
	Republican	Andrew Podshadley	17,335	12.0
	Republican	Eryn Cervantes	15,121	10.5
Total votes			143,946	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Damon Connolly (incumbent)	184,605	75.7
	Republican	Andrew Podshadley	59,286	24.3
Total votes			243,891	100.0
	Democratic hold

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Damon Connolly	42,950	37.1
	Democratic	Sara Aminzadeh	41,934	36.2
	Democratic	Steve Schwartz	16,612	14.3
	Democratic	Ida Times-Green	13,164	11.4
	Republican	Andrew Podshadley (write-in)	1,181	1.0
Total votes			115,841	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Damon Connolly	92,287	51.8
	Democratic	Sara Aminzade	85,900	48.2
Total votes			21,599	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Heath Flora (incumbent)	71,098	62.9
	Democratic	Paul Akinjo	41,859	37.1
Total votes			112,957	100.0
General election
	Republican	Heath Flora (incumbent)	131,625	60.9
	Democratic	Paul Akinjo	84,373	39.1
Total votes			215,998	100.0
	Republican hold

California's 12th State Assembly district

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Fiona Ma (incumbent)	90,388	80.8
	Republican	Alfonso Faustino	21,540	19.2
Total votes			111,928	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Fiona Ma (incumbent)	131,231	83.3
	Republican	Conchita Applegate	26,380	16.7
Total votes			157,611	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Fiona Ma	73,922	71.0
	Republican	Howard Epstein	17,020	16.3
	Green	Barry Hermanson	13,174	12.7
Total votes			104,116	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leland Yee (incumbent)	112,000	77.6
	Republican	Howard Epstein	23,803	16.5
	Libertarian	Chris Maden	8,560	5.9
Total votes			144,363	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leland Yee	72,166	77.8
	Republican	Howard Epstein	14,699	15.8
	Libertarian	Michael Denny	5,985	6.4
Total votes			92,850	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kevin Shelley (incumbent)	110,644	82.2
	Republican	Howard Epstein	23,905	17.8
Total votes			134,549	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kevin Shelley (incumbent)	80,962	80.5
	Republican	Howard Epstein	19,615	19.5
Total votes			100,577	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kevin Shelley (incumbent)	94,167	78.0
	Republican	Torence Faulkner	26,595	22.0
Total votes			120,762	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John L. Burton (incumbent)	71,371	70.8
	Republican	Philip Louis Wing	24,459	24.3
	Libertarian	Anton Sherwood	5,014	5.0
Total votes			100,844	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John L. Burton (incumbent)	84,924	65.1
	Republican	Storm Jenkins	34,104	26.1
	Peace and Freedom	Kitty Reese	8,212	6.3
	Libertarian	Anton Sherwood	3,221	2.5
Total votes			130,461	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016 California State Assembly 12th district election^[20]^[21]
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Vogel	23,678	25.6
	Republican	Heath Flora	21,484	23.2
	Democratic	Virginia Madueno	19,764	21.4
	Democratic	Harinder Grewal	17,245	18.6
	Republican	Cindy Marks	10,397	11.2
Total votes			92,568	100.0
General election
	Republican	Heath Flora	81,680	52.3
	Republican	Ken Vogel	74,433	47.7
Total votes			156,113	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Bates (incumbent)	82,766	67.7
	Republican	Jonathan Grear	31,853	26.1
	Peace and Freedom	Marsha Feinland	7,605	6.2
Total votes			122,224	100.0
	Democratic hold