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California's 26th State Senate district
Map of the district
Current senator
  María Elena Durazo
D–Los Angeles
Population (2010)
 • Voting age
 • Citizen voting age		927,757[1]
778,734[1]
669,916[1]
Demographics
Registered voters666,958[2]
Registration50.55% Democratic
19.10% Republican
25.03% No party preference

California's 26th senatorial district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Democrat María Elena Durazo of Los Angeles.

District profile

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The district is located in the central and eastern Los Angeles neighborhoods of Los Feliz, East Hollywood, Silver Lake, Echo Park, Cypress Park, Koreatown, Wilshire Center, Westlake, Glassell Park, Eagle Rock, Garvanza, Lincoln Heights, Hermon, Little Tokyo, Chinatown, Boyle Heights, and El Sereno, along with the adjacent communities of City Terrace, East Los Angeles, and Vernon.

Election results from statewide races

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Year Office Results
2020 President Biden 72.3 – 25.8%
2018 Governor Newsom 72.1 – 27.9%
Senator Feinstein 62.4 – 37.6%
2016 President Clinton 71.4 – 23.0%[3]
Senator Harris 72.1 – 27.9%[4]
2014 Governor Brown 65.4 – 34.6%
2012 President Obama 64.9 – 32.3%
Senator Feinstein 68.4 – 31.6%

List of senators who represented the district

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1861–1869: two seats

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Years   Seat A   Seat B Counties represented
Member Party Electoral history Member Party Electoral history
District established January 7, 1861
January 7, 1861 –
January 6, 1862 		 
R. C. Gaskill 		Republican Elected in 1861.
Re-elected in 1862.
[data missing] 		 
Richard Irwin 		Union
Democratic 		Elected in 1861.
[data missing] 		Butte
January 6, 1862 –
December 6, 1863
Thomas B. Shannon 		Union Elected in 1862.
[data missing]
December 6, 1863 –
December 4, 1865
F. M. Smith 		Union Elected in 1863.
Re-elected in 1865.
[data missing] 		Second seat was eliminated for the term. Butte, Plumas
Butte, Lassen, Plumas
December 4, 1865 –
December 2, 1867
Seneca Ewer 		Union Elected in 1865.
Re-elected in 1867.
[data missing] 		Butte
December 2, 1867 –
December 6, 1869
John Conly 		Union Elected in 1867.
[data missing]

1868–1877: one seat

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Senators Party Years served Electoral history Counties represented

George C. Perkins
(Oakland) 		Republican December 6, 1869 –
December 4, 1871 		Elected in 1868.
[data missing] 		Butte

David Boucher
(Dayton) 		Republican December 4, 1871 –
September 16, 1872 		Elected in 1871.
Died. 		Butte, Lassen, Plumas

George C. Perkins
(Oakland) 		Republican November 5, 1872 –
December 1, 1873 		Elected to finish Boucher's term.
[data missing]
[data missing] December 1, 1873 –
December 6, 1875 		[data missing]

William C. Hendricks
(Oroville) 		Republican December 6, 1875 –
December 3, 1877 		Redistricted from the 24th district and re-elected in 1875.
[data missing] 		Butte
Butte, Lassen, Plumas

1877–1881: two seats

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Years   Seat A   Seat B Counties represented
Member Party Electoral history Member Party Electoral history
December 3, 1877 –
January 5, 1880
John C. Coleman
(Grass Valley) 		Democratic Elected in 1877.
[data missing]
Niles Searls
(Nevada) 		Democratic Elected in 1877.
[data missing] 		Nevada
January 5, 1880 –
May 26, 1881
William George
(Grass Valley) 		Republican Elected in 1879.
Redistricted to the single-member district.
B. J. Watson
(Nevada) 		Republican Elected in 1879.
Resigned. 		Nevada, Sierra
May 26, 1881 –
January 3, 1881 		Vacant

1881–present: one seat

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Senators Party Years served Electoral history Counties represented

William George
(Grass Valley) 		Republican January 3, 1881 –
January 8, 1882 		Redistricted from the multi-member district and re-elected in 1880.
[data missing] 		Nevada, Sierra

W. W. Kellogg
(Quincy) 		Democratic January 8, 1882 –
January 3, 1887 		Elected in 1882.
[data missing] 		Butte, Lassen, Plumas

Thomas H. McDonald
(San Francisco) 		Democratic January 3, 1887 –
January 5, 1891 		Elected in 1886.
[data missing] 		San Francisco

John T. Broderick
(San Francisco) 		Republican January 5, 1891 –
January 2, 1893 		Elected in 1890.
Redistricted to the 20th district.
Vacant January 2, 1893 –
January 7, 1895

Eli S. Denison
(Oakland) 		Republican January 7, 1895 –
July 7, 1898 		Elected in 1894.
[data missing] 		Alameda

Frank W. Leavitt
(Oakland) 		Republican January 2, 1899 –
January 5, 1903 		Elected in 1898.
[data missing]

Chester Rowell
(Fresno) 		Republican January 5, 1903 –
January 7, 1907 		Redistricted from the 16th district and re-elected in 1902.
[data missing] 		Fresno

George W. Cartwright
(Fresno) 		Democratic January 7, 1907 –
January 4, 1915 		Elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1910.
[data missing]

W. F. Chandler
(Fresno) 		Progressive January 4, 1915 –
January 6, 1919 		Elected in 1914.
[data missing]

M. B. Harris
(Fresno) 		Republican January 6, 1919 –
January 3, 1927 		Elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1922.
[data missing]

Charles H. Cobb
(Fresno) 		Democratic January 3, 1927 –
January 5, 1931 		Elected in 1926.
[data missing]

Dan E. Williams
(Big Pine) 		Republican January 5, 1931 –
January 2, 1939 		Elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1934.
[data missing] 		Calaveras, Mariposa, Tuolumne

Jesse M. Mayo
(Angels Camp) 		Republican January 2, 1939 –
March 11, 1953 		Elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 150.
Died.
Vacant March 11, 1953 –
July 1, 1953

Stephen P. Teale
(Rail Road Flat) 		Democratic July 1, 1953 –
January 2, 1967 		Elected to finish Mayo's term.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1962.
Redistricted to the 3rd district.

Anthony Beilenson
(Los Angeles) 		Democratic January 2, 1967 –
November 30, 1974 		Elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1970.
Redistricted to the 22nd district. 		Los Angeles

Alfred H. Song
(Monterey Park) 		Democratic December 2, 1974 –
November 30, 1978 		Redistricted from the 28th district and re-elected in 1974.
Lost re-election.

Joseph B. Montoya
(La Puenta) 		Democratic December 4, 1978 –
February 9, 1990 		Elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1986.
Resigned after being indicted due to the BRISPEC sting operation.
Vacant February 9, 1990 –
April 16, 1990

Charles Calderon
(Montebello) 		Democratic April 16, 1990 –
December 4, 1994 		Elected to finish Montoya's term
Re-elected in 1990.
Redistricted to the 30th district.

Diane Watson
(Los Angeles) 		Democratic December 5, 1994 –
November 30, 1998 		Redistricted from the 28th district and re-elected in 1994.
Termed out.

Kevin Murray
(Los Angeles) 		Democratic December 7, 1998 –
November 30, 2006 		Elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2002.
Termed out.

Mark Ridley-Thomas
(Los Angeles) 		Democratic December 4, 2006 –
November 30, 2008 		Elected in 2006.
Retired to become a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
Vacant November 30, 2008 –
June 8, 2009

Curren Price
(Los Angeles) 		Democratic June 8, 2009 –
July 1, 2013 		Elected to finish Ridley-Thomas's term.
Re-elected in 2010.
Resigned to become a member of the Los Angeles City Council.
Vacant July 1, 2013 –
September 26, 2013

Holly Mitchell
(Los Angeles) 		Democratic September 26, 2013 –
November 30, 2014 		Elected to finish Price's term.
Redistricted to the 30th district.

Ben Allen
(Malibu) 		Democratic December 1, 2014 –
December 5, 2022 		Elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2018.
Redistricted to the 24th district.

María Elena Durazo
(Los Angeles) 		Democratic December 5, 2022 –
present 		Redistricted from the 24th district and re-elected in 2022.

Election results

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2018

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2018 California State Senate election
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ben Allen (incumbent) 144,283 76.8
No party preference Baron Bruno 23,119 12.3
Libertarian Mark Matthew Herd 20,534 10.9
Total votes 187,936 100.0
General election
Democratic Ben Allen (incumbent) 298,609 77.2
No party preference Baron Bruno 87,974 22.8
Total votes 386,583 100.0
Democratic hold

2014

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2014 California State Senate election
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ben Allen 25,987 22.2
Democratic Sandra Fluke 22,759 19.4
No party preference Seth Stodder 20,419 17.4
Democratic Betsy Butler 19,301 16.5
Democratic Amy Howorth 18,411 15.7
Democratic Vito Imbasciani 5,189 4.4
Democratic Patric Verrone 3,446 2.9
Democratic Barbi S. Appelquist 1,630 1.4
Total votes 117,142 100.0
General election
Democratic Ben Allen 122,901 60.3
Democratic Sandra Fluke 80,781 39.7
Total votes 203,682 100.0
Democratic hold

2013 (special)

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2013 California's 26th State Senate district special election
Vacancy resulting from the resignation of Curren Price
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Holly Mitchell 19,481 81.0%
Democratic Mervin Evans 4,579 19.0%
Total votes 24,060 100%
Democratic hold

2010

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California State Senate election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Curren Price (incumbent) 151,733 81.3
Republican Nachum Shifren 25,728 13.8
Libertarian Bob Weber 4,882 2.6
Peace and Freedom Cindy Varela Henderson 4,293 2.3
Total votes 186,636 100.0
Democratic hold

2009 (special)

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California's 26th State Senate district special election Primary
Vacancy resulting from the resignation of Mark Ridley-Thomas
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Curren Price 10,864 35.84%
Democratic Mike Davis 6,471 21.35%
Democratic Robert Cole 4,160 13.72%
Republican Nachum Schifren 3,371 11.12%
Democratic Johnathan Friedman 2,497 8.24%
Democratic Saundra Davis 2,262 7.46%
Peace and Freedom Cindy Varela Henderson 525 1.73%
Democratic Mervin Leon Evans 165 0.54%
Total votes 30,015 100.0%
California's 26th State Senate district special election General
Vacancy resulting from the resignation of Mark Ridley-Thomas
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Curren Price 37,677 70.72%
Republican Nachum Schifren 11,097 20.83%
Peace and Freedom Cindy Varela Henderson 4,501 8.45%
Total votes 53,275 100.0%
Democratic hold

2006

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California State Senate election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mark Ridley-Thomas 133,309 89.09
Libertarian Bud Raymond 16,317 10.91
Total votes 149,626 100.00
Democratic hold

2002

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California State Senate election, 2002
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kevin Murray (incumbent) 123,814 100.00
Invalid or blank votes 33,620 21.35
Total votes 157,434 100.00
Democratic hold

1998

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California State Senate election, 1998
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kevin Murray 124,328 88.44
Republican Mac Lane Key 12,798 9.10
Libertarian Bob Weber 3,460 2.46
Invalid or blank votes 15,874 10.15
Total votes 156,460 100.00
Democratic hold

1994

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California State Senate election, 1994
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Diane Watson (incumbent) 117,204 82.93
Republican Joe Piechowski 19,245 13.62
Libertarian Bob Weber 3,042 2.15
Peace and Freedom Wassin A. Snededdin 1,845 1.31
Invalid or blank votes 14,165 9.11
Total votes 155,501 100.00
Democratic hold

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Report of Registration as of July 3, 2020" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Supplement to the Statement of Vote" (PDF). ca.gov. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  4. ^ "Supplement to the Statement of Vote" (PDF). ca.gov. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
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