Levi_B._Adams
California's 21st State Assembly district
American legislative district
California's 21st State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Diane Papan of San Mateo.
Quick Facts 's 21st State Assembly district, Current assemblymember ...
California's 21st State Assembly district | |||
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Current assemblymember |
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Population (2020) • Voting age • Citizen voting age | 493,702[1] 390,302[1] 306,315[1] | ||
Demographics |
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Registered voters | 270,166 | ||
Registration | 55.75% Democratic 14.15% Republican 24.59[2]% No party preference |
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The district includes most of San Mateo County, California.
Most of San Mateo County – 64.50%
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More information Year, Office ...
Year | Office | Results |
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2021 | Recall[3][4] | 50.1 - 49.9% |
Elder 58.8 - 6.3% | ||
2020 | President[5] | Biden 55.3 – 42.3% |
2018 | Governor[6] | Newsom 54.6 – 45.4% |
Senator[7] | De Leon 54.3 – 45.7% | |
2016 | President | Clinton 54.6 – 35.9% |
Senator | Harris 51.0 – 49.0% | |
2014 | Governor | Brown 53.6 – 46.4% |
2012 | President | Obama 55.6 – 42.0% |
Senator | Feinstein 57.2 – 42.8% |
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Due to redistricting, the 21st district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2011 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.
More information Assembly members, Party ...
Assembly members | Party | Years served | Counties represented | Notes |
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C. B. Culver | Republican | January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | Yolo | |
Levi B. Adams | Democratic | January 3, 1887 - January 5, 1891 | ||
Reese Clark | Republican | January 5, 1891 - January 5, 1893 | ||
H. C. Chipman | January 5, 1893 - January 7, 1895 | Sacramento | ||
L. T. Hatfield | January 7, 1895 - January 4, 1897 | |||
Scott F. Ennis | January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1899 | |||
William D. Knights | January 2, 1899 - January 1, 1901 | |||
Louis F. Reeber | Democratic | January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1903 | ||
Stephen H. Olmsted | Republican | January 5, 1903 - January 7, 1907 | Marin | |
Edward I. Butler | January 7, 1907 - January 2, 1911 | |||
George H. Harlan | January 2, 1911 - January 6, 1913 | |||
Walter A. McDonald | January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915 | San Francisco | ||
Prohibition | January 4, 1915 - January 8, 1917 | |||
Frederick C. Hawes | Republican | January 8, 1917 - January 5, 1931 | ||
Frank Lee Crist | January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933 | Santa Clara | ||
Joseph P. Gilmore | January 2, 1933 - January 4, 1937 | San Francisco | ||
Joseph Francis Sheehan | Democratic | January 4, 1937 - January 2, 1939 | ||
Joseph P. Gilmore | Republican | January 2, 1939 - January 6, 1941 | ||
John D. Welch | Democratic | January 6, 1941 - January 4, 1943 | ||
Albert C. Wollenberg | Republican | January 4, 1943 - September 19, 1947 | Resigned from State Assembly.[8] | |
Arthur H. Connolly Jr. | November 24, 1947 - January 5, 1953 | Won special election to fill the vacant seat left by Wollenberg. He was sworn in on November 24, 1947.[9] | ||
Caspar Weinberger | January 5, 1953 - January 5, 1959 | |||
Milton Marks | January 5, 1959 - October 25, 1966 | |||
Gordon W. Duffy | January 2, 1967 - November 30, 1974 | Kings, Tulare | ||
Victor Calvo | Democratic | December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1980 | San Mateo, Santa Clara | |
Byron Sher | December 1, 1980 - March 28, 1996 | Resigned from the Assembly to take Oath of office in the State Senate for the 11th district after winning a special election.[10] | ||
Ted Lempert | December 2, 1996 – November 30, 2000 | |||
Joe Simitian | December 4, 2000 – November 30, 2004 | |||
Ira Ruskin | December 6, 2004 – November 30, 2010 | |||
Rich Gordon | December 6, 2010 - November 30, 2012 | |||
Adam Gray | December 3, 2012 – December 5, 2022 | Merced, Stanislaus | ||
Diane Papan | December 5, 2022 – Present | San Mateo |
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2022
More information Primary election, Party ...
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Diane Papan | 40,434 | 41.3 | |
Democratic | Giselle Hale | 19,400 | 19.8 | |
Republican | Mark Gilham | 19,078 | 19.5 | |
Democratic | James H. Coleman | 11,269 | 11.5 | |
Democratic | Alison M. Madden | 3,359 | 3.4 | |
Democratic | Maurice Goodman | 2,664 | 2.7 | |
Green | Tania Solé | 1,620 | 1.7 | |
Total votes | 97,824 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Diane Papan | 94,676 | 72.4 | |
Democratic | Giselle Hale (withdrawn) | 36,014 | 27.6 | |
Total votes | 130,690 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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2020
More information Primary election, Party ...
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Adam Gray (incumbent) | 54,987 | 99.0% | |
Republican | Joel Gutierrez Campos (write in) | 300 | 0.5% | |
Republican | Guadalupe Salazar (write in) | 256 | 0.5% | |
Total votes | 55,543 | 100.0% | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Adam Gray (incumbent) | 93,816 | 59.6% | |
Republican | Joel Gutierrez Campos | 63,514 | 40.4% | |
Total votes | 157,330 | 100.0% |
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2018
More information Primary election, Party ...
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Adam Gray (incumbent) | 43,023 | 99.9 | |
Libertarian | Justin Ryan Quigley (write-in) | 49 | 0.1 | |
Total votes | 43,072 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Adam Gray (incumbent) | 74,320 | 71.3 | |
Libertarian | Justin Ryan Quigley | 29,855 | 28.7 | |
Total votes | 104,175 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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2016
More information Primary election, Party ...
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Adam Gray (incumbent) | 43,874 | 66.8 | |
Republican | Greg Opinski | 21,754 | 33.1 | |
Republican | Brien J. Rahilly (write-in) | 36 | 0.1 | |
Total votes | 65,664 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Adam Gray (incumbent) | 85,990 | 69.8 | |
Republican | Greg Opinski | 37,230 | 30.2 | |
Total votes | 123,220 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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2014
More information Primary election, Party ...
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Adam Gray (incumbent) | 26,015 | 95.3 | |
Republican | Jack Mobley (write-in) | 1,286 | 4.7 | |
Total votes | 27,301 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Adam Gray (incumbent) | 34,931 | 53.4 | |
Republican | Jack Mobley | 30,499 | 46.6 | |
Total votes | 65,430 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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2012
More information Primary election, Party ...
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Jack Mobley | 20,148 | 45.4 | |
Democratic | Adam Gray | 14,391 | 32.4 | |
Democratic | Lesa Rasmussen | 4,305 | 9.7 | |
Democratic | Tommy Jones | 4,055 | 9.1 | |
Democratic | Robert R. Sellers | 1,452 | 3.3 | |
Total votes | 44,351 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Adam Gray | 63,349 | 58.2 | |
Republican | Jack Mobley | 45,534 | 41.8 | |
Total votes | 108,883 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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2010
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Rich Gordon | 89,927 | 60.1 | |
Republican | Greg Conlon | 52,809 | 35.3 | |
Libertarian | Ray M. Bell, Jr. | 6,295 | 4.6 | |
Total votes | 149,031 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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2008
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ira Ruskin (incumbent) | 133,856 | 70.93 | |
Republican | Annalisa Marie Temple | 54,849 | 29.07 | |
Total votes | 188,705 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | 75.26 | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
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2006
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ira Ruskin (incumbent) | 95,104 | 67.77 | |
Republican | Virginia Kiraly | 45,314 | 32.23 | |
Total votes | 140,418 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | 64.06 | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
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2004
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ira Ruskin | 98,002 | 51.55 | |
Republican | Steve Poizner | 92,118 | 48.45 | |
Total votes | 190,120 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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2002
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Joe Simitian (incumbent) | 71,110 | 60.53 | |
Republican | James A. Russell | 42,164 | 35.89 | |
Libertarian | Raymond M. Bell, Jr. | 4,210 | 3.58 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 6,201 | 5.01 | ||
Total votes | 123,685 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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2000
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Joe Simitian | 82,466 | 54.89 | |
Republican | Deborah E. G. Wilder | 53,140 | 35.37 | |
Green | Gloria Purcell | 14,641 | 9.74 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 6,295 | 4.02 | ||
Total votes | 156,542 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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1998
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ted Lempert (incumbent) | 89,221 | 70.08 | |
Republican | Laverne F. Atherly | 35,053 | 27.53 | |
Natural Law | Marilyn M. Bryant | 3,036 | 2.38 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 10,995 | 7.95 | ||
Total votes | 138,305 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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1996
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ted Lempert (incumbent) | 92,950 | 60.84 | |
Republican | Theodore A. Laliotis | 52,855 | 34.59 | |
Natural Law | Ron Whitehurst | 3,864 | 2.53 | |
Libertarian | Christopher R. Inama | 3,115 | 2.04 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 12,320 | 7.46 | ||
Total votes | 165,104 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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1994
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Byron D. Sher (incumbent) | 79,188 | 62.64 | |
Republican | Bill Mills | 47,219 | 37.35 | |
No party | Ronald Paul Whitehurst (write-in) | 3 | 0.00 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 20,765 | 14.11 | ||
Total votes | 147,175 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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1992
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Byron Sher (incumbent) | 105,327 | 63.18 | |
Republican | Janice "Jan" LeFetra | 55,497 | 33.29 | |
Libertarian | Lyn Sapowsky-Smith | 5,887 | 3.53 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 18,028 | 9.76 | ||
Total votes | 184,739 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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- "Albert Wollenberg". joincalifornia.com.
- "Arthur Connolly Oath of Office" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.
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