California's 16th State Assembly district

California's 16th State Assembly district
California's 16th State Assembly district
Current assemblymember
	Rebecca Bauer-Kahan; D–Orinda
Population (2020)	516,981
Demographics	51.01% White; 1.93% Black; 11.20% Latino; 29.16% Asian; 0.18% Native American; 0.17% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; 0.58% other; 0.60% remainder of multiracial;

California's 16th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Rebecca Bauer-Kahan of Orinda.^[2]

Currentassemblymember

Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
D–Orinda

Population(2020)516,981

Demographics

51.01% White
1.93% Black
11.20% Latino
29.16% Asian
0.18% Native American
0.17% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
0.58% other
0.60^[1]% remainder of multiracial

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Year	Office	Results
2022	Governor	Newsom 65 – 35%
2022	Senator	Padilla 66.3 – 33.7%
2021	Recall	No 67.9 – 32.1%
2020	President	Biden 69 – 28.9%
2018	Governor	Newsom 63.2 – 36.8%
2018	Senator	Feinstein 58.1 – 41.9%
2016	President	Clinton 64.5 – 29.2%
2016	Senator	Harris 71.7 – 28.3%
2014	Governor	Brown 62.5 – 37.5%
2012	President	Obama 57.7 – 40.1%
2012	Senator	Feinstein 62.1 – 37.9%

Assembly members	Party	Years served	Counties represented	Notes
George H. Colby	Republican	January 5, 1885 – January 3, 1887	Placer
John Davis	Republican	January 3, 1887 – January 5, 1891
Noble Martin	Democratic	January 5, 1891 – January 2, 1893
E. D. Drees	Democratic	January 2, 1893 – January 7, 1895	Sonoma
Walter Fitch Price	Republican	January 7, 1895 – January 2, 1899
H. M. LeBaron		January 2, 1899 – January 1, 1901
Frank A. Cromwell		January 1, 1901 – January 5, 1903
James I. McConnell	Democratic	January 5, 1903 – January 2, 1905	Yolo
Nicholas A. Hawkins		January 2, 1905 – January 7, 1907
James I. McConnell		January 7, 1907 – January 4, 1909
Lawrence H. Wilson		January 4, 1909 – January 6, 1913
Will A. Dower		January 6, 1913 – January 4, 1915	Alpine, Calaveras, El Dorado
Robert I. Kerr		January 4, 1915 – January 8, 1917	Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado
Charles P. Vicini		January 8, 1917 – January 3, 1921
Ralph McGee		January 3, 1921 – January 8, 1923
Ferdinand G. Stevenot	Republican	January 8, 1923 – January 5, 1925
Harley E. Dillinger	Democratic	January 5, 1925 – January 5, 1931
Harley E. Dillinger	Democratic	January 5, 1931 – January 2, 1933	Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Inyo, Mono, Tuolumne
Eugene W. Roland	Republican	January 2, 1933 – January 7, 1935	Alameda
Arthur H. Breed Jr.		January 7, 1935 – January 2, 1939
Arthur W. Carlson		January 2, 1939 – January 8, 1945
Marvin Birkett Sherwin		January 8, 1945 – September 7, 1953		Resigned from the State Assembly On September 7, 1953.^[3]
Vacant		September 7, 1953 – November 25, 1953
Walter I. Dahl	Republican	November 25, 1953 – January 7, 1963		Sworn in after winning special election when Sherwin resigned to be appointed as Judge on the Alameda County Superior Court.^[4]
Don Mulford	Republican	January 7, 1963 – January 4, 1971
Kenneth A. Meade	Democratic	January 4, 1971 – November 30, 1974
John Francis Foran		December 2, 1974 – November 30, 1976	San Francisco
Art Agnos		December 6, 1976 – January 8, 1988		Resigned from the State Assembly since he became Mayor of San Francisco.
Vacant		January 8, 1988 – April 14, 1988
John Burton	Democratic	April 14, 1988 – November 30, 1992		Won special election after Art Agnos resigned. He was sworn in on April 14, 1988.^[5]
Barbara Lee		December 7, 1992 – November 30, 1996	Alameda
Don Perata		December 2, 1996 – November 30, 1998
Vacant		November 30, 1998 – April 5, 1999
Audie Bock	Green	April 5, 1999 – November 30, 2000		Won the special election. First Green Party member to win an election for the California State Legislature. She was sworn in on April 5, 1999.^[6] On October 7, 1999, she changed her party registration to Independent.^[7]
Wilma Chan	Democratic	December 4, 2000 – November 30, 2006
Sandré Swanson		December 4, 2006 – November 30, 2012
Joan Buchanan		December 3, 2012 – November 30, 2014	Alameda, Contra Costa
Catharine Baker	Republican	December 1, 2014 – November 30, 2018
Rebecca Bauer-Kahan	Democratic	December 3, 2018 – present

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (incumbent)	84,290	65.5
	Republican	Joseph Rubay	44,351	34.5
Total votes			128,641	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (incumbent)	161,029	64.1
	Republican	Joseph Rubay	90,136	35.9
Total votes			251,165	100.0
	Democratic hold

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (incumbent)	80,054	66.6
	Republican	Joseph A. Rubay	40,203	33.4
Total votes			120,257	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (incumbent)	130,813	65.7
	Republican	Joseph A. Rubay	68,149	34.3
Total votes			198,962	100.0
	Democratic hold

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (incumbent)	109,852	68.3
	Republican	Joseph A. Rubay	51,097	31.7
Total votes			160,949	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (incumbent)	192,977	67.4
	Republican	Joseph A. Rubay	93,137	32.6
Total votes			286,114	100.0
	Democratic hold

California's 16th State Assembly district

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Election results from statewide races

List of assembly members representing the district

Election results (1990–present)

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sandré Swanson (incumbent)	99,082	83.5
	Republican	James I. "Jim" Faison	14,692	12.4
	Libertarian	Lisa D. Ringer	4,909	4.1
Total votes			118,683	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sandré Swanson (incumbent)	136,066	87.9
	Republican	Jim Faison	18,817	12.1
Total votes			154,883	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sandré Swanson	91,696	90.1
	Peace and Freedom	Edward Ytuarte	10,071	9.9
Total votes			101,767	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wilma Chan (incumbent)	126,292	88.2
	Republican	Jerald Udinsky	16,903	11.8
Total votes			143,195	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wilma Chan (incumbent)	77,744	84.2
	Republican	George J. Nugent	11,634	12.6
	Libertarian	Richard E. Armstrong	2,976	3.2
Total votes			92,354	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wilma Chan	78,347	67.3
	Independent	Audie Bock (incumbent)	25,714	22.1
	Republican	Timothy B. McCormick	10,004	8.6
	Libertarian	Richard E. Armstrong	2,365	2.0
Total votes			116,430	100.0
	Democratic gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Audie Bock	14,674	50.6
	Democratic	Elihu Harris	14,347	49.4
	No party	Rashaad Ali	5	0.0
Total votes			29,026	100.0
	Green gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Perata (incumbent)	71,548	80.3
	Republican	Linda Marchall	17,517	19.7
Total votes			89,065	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Perata	82,842	78.3
	Republican	Veronica A. Acosta	22,925	21.7
Total votes			105,767	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara Lee (incumbent)	68,197	81.0
	Republican	Andre-Tascha G.R. Ham-Lamme	15,966	19.0
Total votes			84,163	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014 California State Assembly 16th district election^[18]^[19]
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Catharine Baker	31,632	36.7
	Democratic	Tim Sbranti	25,217	29.2
	Democratic	Steve Glazer	19,636	22.8
	Democratic	Newell Arnerich	9,794	11.4
Total votes			86,279	100.0
General election
	Republican	Catharine Baker	71,452	51.6
	Democratic	Tim Sbranti	67,152	48.4
Total votes			138,604	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara Lee (incumbent)	90,432	74.5
	Republican	David Anderson	24,324	20.0
	Peace and Freedom	Emma Wong Mar	6,643	5.5
Total votes			121,399	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Burton (incumbent)	57,557	100.0
Total votes			57,557	100.0
	Democratic hold