California's 20th State Assembly district

California's 20th State Assembly district
California's 20th State Assembly district
Current assemblymember
	Liz Ortega; D–San Leandro
Population (2020); • Voting age	516,830; 408,760
Demographics	20.11% White; 8.65% Black; 31.35% Latino; 33.91% Asian; 0.22% Native American; 1.52% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; 0.54% other; 4.52% remainder of multiracial;

California's 20th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is represented by Democrat Liz Ortega of San Leandro.

Currentassemblymember

Liz Ortega
D–San Leandro

Population(2020)
Voting age516,830
408,760 ^[1]

Demographics

20.11% White
8.65% Black
31.35% Latino
33.91% Asian
0.22% Native American
1.52% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
0.54% other
4.52% remainder of multiracial

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Year	Office	Results
2022	Governor	Newsom 72.7 – 27.3%
2022	Senator	Padilla 73.7 – 26.3%
2021	Recall	No 75.7 – 24.3%
2020^[2]	President	Biden 74.7 – 23.2%
2018	Governor	Newsom 74.8 – 25.2%
2018	Senator	Feinstein 58.5 – 41.5%
2016	President	Clinton 75.5 – 19.1%
2016	Senator	Harris 69.1 – 30.9%
2014	Governor	Brown 76.8 – 23.2%
2012	President	Obama 75.7 – 22.2%
2012	Senator	Feinstein 78.3 – 21.7%

Assembly members	Party	Years served	Counties represented	Notes
Dwight Hollister	Republican	January 5, 1885 – January 3, 1887	Sacramento
Seymour Carr		January 3, 1887 – January 5, 1889
L. H. Fassett		January 5, 1889 – December 16, 1889		Died in office.^[3]
Vacant		December 16, 1889 – January 5, 1891
Gillis Doty	Democratic	January 5, 1891 – January 2, 1893
William A. Anderson	Republican	January 2, 1893 – January 7, 1895
Judson C. Brusie		January 7, 1895 – January 4, 1897
William M. Sims		January 4, 1897 – January 2, 1899
Grove L. Johnson		January 2, 1899 – January 5, 1903
W. S. Killingsworth	Democratic	January 5, 1903 – January 2, 1905	Solano
Frank R. Devlin	Republican	January 2, 1905 – January 4, 1909
John Roche Cronin	Republican	January 4, 1909 – January 6, 1913
Wilber C. Wall	Democratic	January 6, 1913 – January 4, 1915	San Joaquin
Lawrence Edwards	Democratic	January 4, 1915 – January 6, 1919
Charles Lamb	Republican	January 6, 1919 – January 6, 1920		Died in office.^[4]
Vacant		January 6, 1920 – January 3, 1921
Oscar C. Parkinson	Republican	January 3, 1921 – January 8, 1923
George A. Dean		January 8, 1923 – January 5, 1925
Tom H. Louttit		January 5, 1925 – January 3, 1927
Forsythe Charles Clowdsley	Democratic	January 3, 1927 – January 5, 1931
Theodore McKay Wright	Republican	January 5, 1931 – January 2, 1933	Santa Clara
Thomas A. Maloney	Republican	January 2, 1933 – January 7, 1957	San Francisco
Phillip Burton	Democratic	January 7, 1957 – February 24, 1964		Resigned from the State Assembly after winning a special election for California's 5th congressional district.
Vacant		February 24, 1964 – January 4, 1965
John Burton	Democratic	January 4, 1965 – June 25, 1974		Resigned from the State Assembly after winning a special election for California's 6th congressional district.
Vacant		June 25, 1974 – December 2, 1974
Dixon Arnett	Republican	December 2, 1974 – November 30, 1978	San Mateo
Robert W. Naylor		December 4, 1978 – November 30, 1986
Bill Duplissea		December 1, 1986 – November 30, 1988
Ted Lempert	Democratic	December 5, 1988 – November 30, 1992
Delaine Eastin		December 7, 1992 – November 30, 1994	Alameda, Santa Clara
Liz Figueroa		December 5, 1994 – November 30, 1998
John A. Dutra		December 7, 1998 – November 30, 2004
Alberto Torrico		December 6, 2004 – November 30, 2010
Bob Wieckowski		December 6, 2010 – November 30, 2012
Bill Quirk		December 3, 2012 – November 30, 2022	Alameda
Liz Ortega		December 5, 2022 – present	Alameda

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Liz Ortega (incumbent)	57,083	99.3
	Republican	Sangeetha Shanbhogue (write-in)	284	0.5
	Republican	Joseph Grcar (write-in)	116	0.2
Total votes			57,483	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Liz Ortega (incumbent)	126,615	72.9
	Republican	Sangeetha Shanbhogue	47,060	27.1
Total votes			173,675	100.0
	Democratic hold

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Liz Ortega	23,503	32.2
	Democratic	Shawn Kumagai	17,481	23.9
	Democratic	Jennifer Esteen	16,211	22.2
	Republican	Joseph Grcar	15,869	21.7
Total votes			73,064	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Liz Ortega	68,853	62.2
	Democratic	Shawn Kumagai	41,917	37.8
Total votes			110,770	100.0
	Democratic hold

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Quirk (incumbent)	42,606	47.1
	Democratic	Alexis Villalobos	19,900	22.0
	Republican	Son Nguyen	18,410	20.4
	Democratic	Vipan Singh Bajwa	9,463	10.5
Total votes			90,379	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Bill Quirk (incumbent)	100,105	56.9
	Democratic	Alexis Villalobos	75,672	43.1
Total votes			175,777	100.0
	Democratic hold

California's 20th 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	Bob Wieckowski	76,446	72.9
	Republican	Adnan Shahab	28,460	27.1
Total votes			104,906	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alberto Torrico (incumbent)	99,305	71.4
	Republican	Jeffrey Wald	39,861	28.6
Total votes			139,166	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alberto Torrico (incumbent)	61,238	65.3
	Republican	Ken Nishimura	32,548	34.7
Total votes			93,786	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alberto Torrico	87,724	68.6
	Republican	Cliff Williams	40,114	31.4
Total votes			127,838	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John A. Dutra (incumbent)	53,304	66.6
	Republican	Daniel L. Dow	23,108	28.9
	Libertarian	Keith Lyon	3,663	4.5
Total votes			80,075	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John A. Dutra (incumbent)	75,455	64.5
	Republican	Lowell King	35,889	30.7
	Libertarian	Mark Werlwas	5,709	4.9
Total votes			117,053	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John A. Dutra	52,132	57.7
	Republican	Jonelle Joan Zager	38,239	42.3
Total votes			90,371	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Liz Figueroa (incumbent)	70,130	61.3
	Republican	Anthony R. Smith	44,270	38.7
Total votes			114,400	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Liz Figueroa	47,498	50.0
	Republican	Scott Patrick Haggerty	40,885	43.1
	Libertarian	Terry Savage	6,538	6.9
Total votes			94,921	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Delaine Eastin (incumbent)	83,889	64.1
	Republican	Lindy G. Batara	47,044	35.9
Total votes			130,933	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012 California State Assembly 20th district election^[17]^[18]
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Quirk	17,177	30.3
	Democratic	Jennifer Ong	14,560	25.7
	No party preference	Mark Green	11,490	20.3
	Republican	Luis Reynoso	10,041	17.7
	Democratic	Sarabjit Kaur Cheema	3,397	6.0
Total votes			56,665	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Bill Quirk	67,028	50.3
	Democratic	Jennifer Ong	66,111	49.7
Total votes			133,139	100.0
	Democratic hold

1990 California State Assembly 20th district election^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ted Lempert (incumbent)	71,386	63.4
	Republican	James R. Rinehart	36,226	32.2
	Libertarian	Christopher R. Inama	2,882	2.6
	American Independent	Carl R. Sigmund	2,083	1.9
Total votes			112,577	100.0
	Democratic hold