California's 64th State Assembly district

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California's 64th State Assembly district
Map of the district
Current assemblymember
  Blanca Pacheco
DDowney
Population (2010)
 • Voting age
 • Citizen voting age
466,400[1]
319,811[1]
212,983[1]
Demographics
Registered voters235,209
Registration64.01% Democratic
8.47% Republican
23.48% No party preference

California's 64th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Blanca Pacheco of Downey.

District profile[edit]

The district encompasses parts of southwestern Los Angeles County and northern Orange County and features a mix of urban and suburban communities. It is socioeconomically diverse and heavily Latino.


Election results from statewide races[edit]

Year Office Results
2021 Recall No No 84.3 – 15.7%
2020[2] President Biden 81.4 – 16.3%
2018 Governor Newsom 85.1 – 14.9%
Senator Feinstein 60.2 – 39.8%
2016 President Clinton 86.2 – 9.6%
Senator Harris 61.6 – 38.4%
2014 Governor Brown 84.1 – 15.9%
2012 President Obama 88.7 – 10.0%
Senator Feinstein 88.9 – 11.1%

List of assembly members[edit]

Due to redistricting, the 64th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2011 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.

Assembly members Party Years served Counties represented Notes
J. W. Cook Republican January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 Santa Clara
Charles M. Weber January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889
James R. Lowe January 7, 1889 - January 2, 1893
Francis Algene Blakeley January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895 Tulare
J. W. Davis January 7, 1895 - January 4, 1897 Tulare, Kings
James Melvin McClellan People's January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1899
Elias Truman Cosper Republican January 2, 1899 - January 1, 1901
R. H. Myers January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1903
Elbert M. Pyle January 5, 1903 - January 4, 1909 Santa Barbara
Samuel Fleisher January 4, 1909 - January 2, 1911
Charles Leo Preisker January 2, 1911 - January 6, 1913
Frank E. Woodley January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915 Los Angeles
Charles Elwood Scott January 4, 1915 - January 8, 1917
Harry Lyons January 8, 1917 - January 6, 1919
George A. Lynch January 6, 1919 - January 3, 1921
Harry Lyons January 3, 1921 - January 2, 1933
John D. McCarthy Democratic January 2, 1933 - January 4, 1937
Sam Yorty January 4, 1937 - January 6, 1941
Roger Alton Pfaff Republican January 6, 1941 - January 4, 1943
John C. Lyons January 4, 1943 - December 10, 1948 Died in office.
Patrick D. McGee January 8, 1951 - August 21, 1957 Resigned from office to become a Member of the Los Angeles City Council.
Lou Cusanovich December 17, 1957 - January 2, 1967 Sworn in after winning special election.[3]
Patrick D. McGee January 2, 1967 - May 30, 1970 Died in office. Died from Spinal Tumor.
Bob Cline January 4, 1971 - November 30, 1974
William Campbell December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1976
M. David Stirling December 6, 1976 - November 30, 1982
Ross Johnson December 6, 1982 - November 30, 1992 Orange
Ted Weggeland December 7, 1992 - November 30, 1996 Riverside
Rod Pacheco December 2, 1996 - November 30, 2002
John J. Benoit December 2, 2002 – November 30, 2008
Brian Nestande December 1, 2008 - November 30, 2012
Isadore Hall III Democratic December 3, 2012 - November 30, 2014 Los Angeles
Mike Gipson December 1, 2014 – present

Election results (1992–present)[edit]

2020[edit]

2020 California State Assembly election
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike Gipson (incumbent) 38,324 67.5%
Democratic Fatima S. Iqbal-Zubair 18,469 32.5%
Total votes 56,793 100.0%
General election
Democratic Mike Gipson (incumbent) 83,559 59.5%
Democratic Fatima S. Iqbal-Zubair 56,875 40.5%
Total votes 140,434 100.0%
Democratic hold

2018[edit]

California State Assembly election, 2018
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike Gipson (incumbent) 29,422 100.0
Republican Theresa Sanford (write-in) 9 0.0
Total votes 29,431 100.0
General election
Democratic Mike Gipson (incumbent) 83,210 84.7
Republican Theresa Sanford 15,010 15.3
Total votes 98,220 100.0
Democratic hold

2016[edit]

California State Assembly election, 2016
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike Gipson (incumbent) 46,186 76.5
Republican Theresa Sanford 14,179 23.5
Total votes 60,365 100.0
General election
Democratic Mike Gipson (incumbent) 86,419 73.4
Republican Theresa Sanford 31,300 26.6
Total votes 117,719 100.0
Democratic hold

2014[edit]

California State Assembly election, 2014
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike Gipson 11,975 51.0
Democratic Prophet La'Omar Walker 5,022 21.4
Democratic Steve Neal 3,580 15.2
Democratic Micah Ali 2,923 12.4
Total votes 23,500 100.0
General election
Democratic Mike Gipson 30,041 63.6
Democratic Prophet La'Omar Walker 17,217 36.4
Total votes 47,258 100.0
Democratic hold

2012[edit]

California State Assembly election, 2012
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Isadore Hall, III (incumbent) 23,122 100.0
Total votes 23,122 100.0
General election
Democratic Isadore Hall, III (incumbent) 100,446 100.0
Total votes 100,446 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

2010[edit]

2010 California State Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brian Nestande (incumbent) 75,737 57.3
Democratic Jose Medina 56,574 42.7
Total votes 132,311 100.0
Republican hold

2008[edit]

2008 California State Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brian Nestande 124,414 100.00
Total votes 124,414 100.00
Turnout {{{votes}}} 51.54
Republican hold

2006[edit]

2006 California State Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Benoit (incumbent) 66,501 61.11
Democratic Paul Rasso 42,314 38.89
Total votes 108,815 100.00
Turnout {{{votes}}} 49.76
Republican hold

2004[edit]

2004 California State Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John J. Benoit (incumbent) 96,606 61.25
Democratic Robert Melsh 61,120 38.75
Total votes 157,726 100.00
Republican hold

2002[edit]

2002 California State Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John J. Benoit 55,351 63.28
Democratic Robert Melsh 32,118 36.72
Invalid or blank votes 0 0.00
Total votes 87,469 100.00
Republican hold

2000[edit]

2000 California State Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rod Pacheco (incumbent) 60,323 54.23
Democratic Jose Medina 43,698 39.28
Natural Law Annie Wallack 3,977 3.58
Libertarian Phil Turner 3,237 2.91
Invalid or blank votes 0 0.00
Total votes 111,235 100.00
Republican hold

1998[edit]

1998 California State Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rod Pacheco (incumbent) 64,852 100.00
Invalid or blank votes 25,002 27.83
Total votes 89,854 100.00
Republican hold

1996[edit]

1996 California State Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rod Pacheco 56,002 54.14
Democratic Grace Slocum 43,336 41.89
Libertarian Phil Turner 3,868 3.74
No party Arthur Johnson (write-in) 236 0.23
Invalid or blank votes 3,944 3.67
Total votes 107,386 100.00
Republican hold

1994[edit]

1994 California State Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ted Weggeland (incumbent) 59,037 66.04
Democratic Roberta "Bobbi" Meyer 24,606 27.53
Libertarian Jane A. Henson 5,695 6.37
No party Troy Lamberth (write-in) 53 0.06
Invalid or blank votes 8,106 8.31
Total votes 97,497 100.00
Republican hold

1992[edit]

1992 California State Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ted Weggeland 56,298 47.85
Democratic Jane Carney 54,784 46.56
Libertarian Jane A. Henson 6,572 5.59
Invalid or blank votes 7,284 5.83
Total votes 124,938 100.00
Republican hold

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
  2. ^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  3. ^ "Lou Cusanovich Sworn in" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.

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