California's 54th State Assembly district

California's 54th State Assembly district
California's 54th State Assembly district
Current assemblymember
	Mark Gonzalez; D–Los Angeles
Population (2010); • Voting age; • Citizen voting age	466,445; 375,241; 294,720
Demographics	29.45% White; 25.20% Black; 30.50% Latino; 12.73% Asian; 0.29% Native American; 0.17% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; 0.59% other; 1.07% remainder of multiracial;
Registered voters	316,478
Registration	63.73% Democratic; 8.67% Republican; 22.89% No party preference

California's 54th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Mark Gonzalez of Los Angeles.

Currentassemblymember

Mark Gonzalez
D–Los Angeles

Population(2010)
Voting age
Citizen voting age466,445^[1]
375,241^[1]
294,720^[1]

Demographics

29.45% White
25.20% Black
30.50% Latino
12.73% Asian
0.29% Native American
0.17% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
0.59% other
1.07^[1]% remainder of multiracial

Registered voters316,478^[2]

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Year	Office	Results
2021	Recall	No 85.6 – 14.4%
2020	President	Biden 83.1 - 13.5%
2018	Governor	Newsom 86.1 – 13.9%
2018	Senator	Feinstein 65.0 – 35.0%
2016	President	Clinton 85.1 – 10.1%
2016	Senator	Harris 76.9 – 23.1%
2014	Governor	Brown 82.9 – 17.2%
2012	President	Obama 83.6 – 13.9%
2012	Senator	Feinstein 85.2 – 14.8%

Assembly members	Party	Years served	Counties represented	Notes
Walter Minton Heywood	Republican	January 5, 1885 – January 3, 1887	Alameda
Francis Morgan Cooley	Republican	January 3, 1887 – January 7, 1889
Edwin Sherer Culver	Republican	January 7, 1889 – January 2, 1893
H. H. Johnson	Democratic	January 2, 1893 – January 7, 1895	Santa Clara
Cyrus P. Berry	Republican	January 7, 1895 – January 4, 1897
N. E. Malcolm		January 4, 1897 – January 2, 1899
Walter A. Clark		January 2, 1899 – January 1, 1901
Eli Wright	Good Government	January 1, 1901 – January 5, 1903
A. D. Duffey	Democratic	January 5, 1903 – February 10, 1903		Lost the election after being in office for 1 month.
Harry S. Wanzer	Republican	February 10, 1903 – March 16, 1903		Won election and took his seat. He resigned 1 month of being in office.
Vacant		March 16, 1903 – January 2, 1905
George C. Cleveland	Republican	January 2, 1905 – January 7, 1907
Harry C. Lucas	Republican	January 7, 1907 – January 4, 1909
John B. Maher	Democratic	January 4, 1909 – January 6, 1913
Joseph Warner Guiberson	Democratic	January 6, 1913 – January 4, 1915	Kings
William Adams Long	Republican	January 4, 1915 – January 6, 1919
Oscar L. Odale	Democratic	January 6, 1919 – January 3, 1921
Frank Johnson	Republican	January 3, 1921 – January 3, 1927
Augustus F. Jewett Jr.		January 3, 1927 – January 5, 1931
William G. Bonelli		January 5, 1931 – January 2, 1933	Los Angeles
Frank J. Rogers	Democratic	January 2, 1933 – January 7, 1935
Wilbur F. Gilbert	Democratic	January 7, 1935 – January 6, 1941
John B. Knight	Republican	January 6, 1941 – January 8, 1945
Ralph A. Beal	Independent	January 8, 1945 – January 6, 1947
Bud Collier	Republican	January 6, 1947 – November 30, 1974
Frank Vicencia	Democratic	December 2, 1974 – November 30, 1986
Paul E. Zeltner	Republican	December 1, 1986 – November 30, 1988
Willard H. Murray Jr.	Democratic	December 5, 1988 – November 30, 1992
Betty Karnette	Democratic	December 7, 1992 – November 30, 1994
Steven T. Kuykendall	Republican	December 5, 1994 – November 30, 1998
Alan Lowenthal	Democratic	December 7, 1998 – November 30, 2004
Betty Karnette		December 6, 2004 – November 30, 2008
Bonnie Lowenthal		December 1, 2008 – November 30, 2012
Holly Mitchell		December 3, 2012 – September 26, 2013		Resigned from the California State Assembly to be sworn in as a State Senator representing the 30th State Senate district.
Vacant		September 26, 2013 – December 5, 2013
Sebastian Ridley-Thomas	Democratic	December 5, 2013 – December 31, 2017		Resigned from the Assembly due to unspecified health problems.
Vacant		December 31, 2017 – April 16, 2018
Sydney Kamlager	Democratic	April 16, 2018 – March 11, 2021		Won special election and was sworn in. Resigned from the California State Assembly to be sworn in as a State Senator representing the 30th State Senate district.
Vacant		March 11, 2021 – May 28, 2021
Isaac Bryan	Democratic	May 28, 2021 – November 30, 2022		Won special election and was sworn in May 28, 2021.
Miguel Santiago		December 5, 2022 – November 30, 2024
Mark Gonzalez		December 2, 2024 – present

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark Gonzalez	19,616	45.2
	Democratic	John Yi	14,963	34.5
	Republican	Elaine Alaniz	8,819	20.3
Total votes			43,398	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Mark Gonzalez	59,549	56.3
	Democratic	John Yi	46,309	43.7
Total votes			105,858	100.0
	Democratic hold

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Miguel Santiago (incumbent)	37,714	99.7
	Republican	Elaine Alaniz (write-in)	129	0.3
Total votes			37,843	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Miguel Santiago (incumbent)	53,993	78.6
	Republican	Elaine Alaniz	14,704	21.4
Total votes			68,697	100.0
	Democratic hold

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Isaac Bryan	21,472	50.8
	Democratic	Heather Hutt	10,538	24.9
	Democratic	Cheryl Turner	4,072	9.6
	Democratic	Dallas Denise Fowler	3,235	7.6
	No party preference	Bernard Senter	1,667	3.9
	Democratic	Samuel Morales	1,304	3.1
Total votes			42,288	100.0
	Democratic hold

California's 54th State Assembly district

District profile

Election results from statewide races

List of assembly members representing the district

Election results (1990–present)

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bonnie Lowenthal (incumbent)	73,775	56.7
	Republican	Martha E. Flores-Gibson	56,535	43.3
Total votes			130,310	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bonnie Lowenthal	95,350	57.1
	Republican	Gabriella Holt	61,650	36.9
	Libertarian	John Kling	9,896	5.9
Total votes			166,896	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Betty Karnette (incumbent)	69,890	60.8
	Republican	Michael Jackson	45,128	39.2
Total votes			115,018	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Betty Karnette	89,987	53.5
	Republican	Steven T. Kuykendall	73,701	43.8
	Libertarian	John Howard Sterne	4,544	2.7
Total votes			168,232	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alan Lowenthal (incumbent)	59,726	60.1
	Republican	Cesar N. Castellanos	39,714	39.9
Total votes			99,440	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alan Lowenthal (incumbent)	83,000	58.6
	Republican	Rudy Svorinich, Jr.	54,938	38.9
	Libertarian	Dale F. Ogden	3,719	2.6
Total votes			141,657	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alan Lowenthal	54,330	49.6
	Republican	Julie Alban	51,291	46.8
	Libertarian	Al Carlan	2,073	1.9
	American Independent	George P. "Phil" Drake	1,902	1.7
Total votes			109,596	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steven T. Kuykendall (incumbent)	66,421	50.7
	Democratic	Gerrie Schipske	64,695	49.3
Total votes			131,116	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steven T. Kuykendall	56,225	47.6
	Democratic	Betty Karnette (incumbent)	55,628	47.1
	Libertarian	Alan J. Carlan	3,981	3.4
	Peace and Freedom	Patrick John McCoy	2,351	2.0
Total votes			118,185	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Betty Karnette	78,400	51.9
	Republican	Gerald N. Felando (incumbent)	66,282	43.9
	American Independent	Joseph G. "Joe" Fields	6,264	4.1
Total votes			150,946	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018 California State Assembly 54th district election^[10]^[11]
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sydney Kamlager (incumbent)	41,838	55.5
	Democratic	Tepring Michelle Piquado	11,615	15.4
	Republican	Glen Ratcliff	9,359	12.4
	Democratic	Steve Dunwoody	6,409	8.5
	Democratic	Lamar Lyons	4,899	6.5
	Democratic	Breon Dupree Hollie	1,223	1.6
Total votes			75,343	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Sydney Kamlager (incumbent)	95,643	62.3
	Democratic	Tepring Michelle Piquado	57,760	37.7
Total votes			153,403	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018 California State Assembly 54th district special election
Vacancy resulting from the resignation of Sebastian Ridley-Thomas^[12]
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sydney Kamlager	22,605	69.0
	Democratic	Tepring Michelle Piquado	4,673	14.3
	Republican	Glen Ratcliff	3,826	11.7
	Democratic	Grayson A. Pangilinan	1,182	3.6
	Democratic	Steve Dunwoody (write-in)	495	1.5
Total votes			32,781	100.0
	Democratic hold

2013 California State Assembly 54th district special election
Vacancy resulting from the resignation of Holly Mitchell^[17]
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sebastian Ridley-Thomas	13,992	60.2
	Democratic	Christopher R. Armenta	8,270	35.6
	Democratic	John Jake	931	4.0
	No party preference	Morry Waksberg (write-in)	31	0.1
Total votes			23,224	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Willard H. Murray Jr. (incumbent)	29,981	50.0
	Republican	Emily Hart-Holifield	24,663	41.2
	Libertarian	Art Olivier	3,520	5.9
	Peace and Freedom	Norman E. Lynn	1,764	2.9
Total votes			59,928	100.0
	Democratic hold