California's 63rd State Assembly district

California's 63rd State Assembly district
California's 63rd State Assembly district
Current assemblymember
	Bill Essayli; R–Corona
Population (2010); • Voting age; • Citizen voting age	461,153; 319,486; 206,962
Demographics	11.13% White; 7.42% Black; 74.20% Latino; 5.71% Asian; 0.29% Native American; 0.66% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; 0.21% other; 0.39% remainder of multiracial;
Registered voters	207,037
Registration	56.97% Democratic; 14.26% Republican; 24.24% No party preference

California's 63rd State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. Since 2022, it has been represented by Republican Bill Essayli.

District profile

Prior to the 2022 election, the district encompasses part of the Gateway Cities region, southeast of Los Angeles. The primarily suburban district consists of an L-shaped strip extending from Bell and Maywood in the northwest to Hawaiian Gardens in the southeast.

Los Angeles County – 4.7%

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2021	Recall	No 72.6 – 27.4%
2020	President	Biden 72.0 – 23.7%
2018	Governor^[2]	Newsom 74.6 – 25.4%
2018	Senator^[3]	Feinstein 54.3 – 45.7%
2016	President	Clinton 77.4 – 17.4%
2016	Senator	Harris 54.4 – 45.6%
2014	Governor	Brown 70.1 – 29.9%
2012	President	Obama 76.1 – 21.7%
2012	Senator	Feinstein 76.8 – 23.2%

List of assembly members

Due to redistricting, the 63rd 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
William T. Patterson	Republican	January 5, 1885 – January 3, 1887	Santa Clara
Isaiah Alonzo Wilcox		January 3, 1887 – January 7, 1889
Philo Hersey		January 7, 1889 – January 5, 1891
Edwin Elom Dow	Democratic	January 5, 1891 – January 2, 1893
H. J. T. Jacobsen	Republican	January 2, 1893 – January 7, 1895	Fresno
William Franklin Rowell	Republican	January 7, 1895 – January 4, 1897	Fresno
L. W. Moultrie	Fusion	January 4, 1897 – January 2, 1899	Fresno, Madera
John Fairweather	Democratic	January 2, 1899 – January 1, 1901
Marvin Simpson	Democratic	January 1, 1901 – January 5, 1903
Warren M. John	Republican	January 5, 1903 – January 4, 1909	San Luis Obispo
Oscar Gibbons	Democratic	January 4, 1909 – January 2, 1911
John F. Beckett	Republican	January 2, 1911 – January 6, 1913
Henry S. Benedict		January 6, 1913 – January 4, 1915	Los Angeles
Alfred L. Bartlett		January 4, 1915 – January 6, 1919
Sidney Graves		January 6, 1919 – January 3, 1927
Clare Woolwine		January 3, 1927 – January 5, 1931
Emory J. Arnold		January 5, 1931 – January 2, 1933
Willard E. Badham		January 2, 1933 – January 7, 1935
Ralph Lewis Welsh	Democratic	January 7, 1935 – January 2, 1939
Don A. Allen	Democratic	January 2, 1939 – June 20, 1947		Resigned from office to become member of the Los Angeles City Council.^[4]
G. Delbert Morris	Republican	November 25, 1947 – February 29, 1956		Sworn in after winning special election.^[5] He resigned in 1956.
Don A. Allen	Democratic	September 13, 1956 – January 2, 1967		Sworn in after winning back his old seat.^[6]
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke		January 2, 1967 – January 3, 1973
Julian Dixon		January 8, 1973 – November 30, 1974
Robert M. McLennan	Republican	December 2, 1974 – November 30, 1976
Bruce E. Young	Democratic	December 6, 1976 – November 30, 1984
Wayne R. Grisham	Republican	December 3, 1984 – November 30, 1988
Bob Epple	Democratic	December 5, 1988 – November 30, 1992
Jim Brulte	Republican	December 7, 1992 – November 30, 1996	San Bernardino
Bill Leonard		December 2, 1996 – November 30, 2002	San Bernardino
Robert Dutton		December 2, 2002 – November 30, 2004	San Bernardino, Riverside
Bill Emmerson		December 6, 2004 – June 9, 2010		Resigned after being sworn in 37th Senate district.^[7]
Mike Morrell		December 6, 2010 – November 30, 2012
Anthony Rendon	Democratic	December 3, 2012 – December 5, 2022	Los Angeles
Bill Essayli	Republican	December 5, 2022 – present	Los Angeles

Election results (1992–present)

2022

2022 California State Assembly election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Fauzia Rizvi	33,456	40.0
	Republican	Bill Essayli	28,659	34.2
	Republican	Clint Lorimore	21,598	25.8
Total votes			83,713	100.0
General election
	Republican	Bill Essayli	82,613	58.6
	Democratic	Fauzia Rizvi	58,346	41.4
Total votes			140,959	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

2020

2020 California State Assembly election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony Rendon (incumbent)	32,471	58.0
	Democratic	Maria D. Estrada	23,481	42.0
Total votes			55,952	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Anthony Rendon (incumbent)	71,460	53.7
	Democratic	Maria D. Estrada	61,611	46.3
Total votes			133,071	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018

California State Assembly election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony Rendon (incumbent)	18,047	46.6
	Democratic	Maria D. Estrada	11,252	29.1
	Republican	Adam Joshua Miller	9,419	24.3
Total votes			38,718	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Anthony Rendon (incumbent)	49,367	54.3
	Democratic	Maria D. Estrada	41,626	45.7
Total votes			90,993	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016

California State Assembly election, 2016
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony Rendon (incumbent)	45,391	78.5
	Republican	Adam Joshua Miller	12,419	21.5
Total votes			57,810	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Anthony Rendon (incumbent)	89,134	77.6
	Republican	Adam Joshua Miller	25,680	22.4
Total votes			114,814	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014

California State Assembly election, 2014
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony Rendon (incumbent)	12,089	64.7
	Republican	Adam J. Miller	6,597	35.3
Total votes			18,686	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Anthony Rendon (incumbent)	28,544	69.1
	Republican	Adam J. Miller	12,781	30.9
Total votes			41,325	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012

California State Assembly election, 2012
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony Rendon	8,776	38.0
	Republican	Jack M. Guerrero	7,017	30.4
	Democratic	Diane Janet Martinez	5,833	25.3
	Democratic	Cathrin "Cat" Sargent	1,460	6.3
Total votes			23,086	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Anthony Rendon	76,258	74.5
	Republican	Jack M. Guerrero	26,093	25.5
Total votes			102,351	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

2010

2010 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Morrell	72,866	58.1
	Democratic	Renea Wickman	52,653	41.9
Total votes			125,519	100.0
	Republican hold

2008

2008 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Emmerson (incumbent)	90,213	54.37
	Democratic	Mark Westwood	75,719	45.63
Total votes			165,932	100.00
Turnout				68.20
	Republican hold

2006

2006 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Emmerson (incumbent)	59,340	55.52
	Democratic	Mark Westwood	47,534	44.48
Total votes			106,874	100.00
Turnout				45.16
	Republican hold

2004

2004 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Emmerson	83,719	58.26
	Democratic	D'Andre McNamee	49,646	34.55
	Libertarian	Maureen K. Keedy	10,334	7.19
Total votes			143,699	100.00
	Republican hold

2002

2002 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Dutton	49,440	60.91
	Democratic	Doris Wallace	31,727	39.09
Invalid or blank votes			7,650	8.61
Total votes			88,817	100.00
	Republican hold

2000

2000 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Leonard (incumbent)	79,896	58.30
	Democratic	Scott Thomas Stotz	51,548	37.61
	Libertarian	Ethel Mohler	5,603	4.09
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			137,047	100.00
	Republican hold

1998

1998 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Leonard	67,563	71.73
	Libertarian	Maureen K. Lindberg	26,622	28.27
Invalid or blank votes			18,076	16.10
Total votes			112,261	100.00
	Republican hold

1996

1996 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Leonard	78,351	62.82
	Democratic	Wilma Strinati	46,365	37.18
Invalid or blank votes			13,025	9.46
Total votes			137,741	100.00
	Republican hold

1994

1994 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Brulte (incumbent)	73,208	67.52
	Democratic	Richard Edwards	35,217	32.48
Invalid or blank votes			9,950	8.41
Total votes			118,375	100.00
	Republican hold

1992

1992 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Brulte (incumbent)	76,888	56.06
	Democratic	A. L. "Larry" Westwood	42,860	31.25
	Green	Joseph “Joe" M. Desist	17,143	12.70
Invalid or blank votes			16,448	10.71
Total votes			153,339	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
^ 2018 Governor Assembly ca.gov
^ 2018 US Senate assembly ca.gov
^ "Don Allen Resignation letter" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.
^ "G. Delbert Morris Sworn in" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.
^ "Don Allen Sworn in 2nd time" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.
^ "Bill Emmerson Resignation letter" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.

External links

District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission

[population-1] "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).

[2] 2018 Governor Assembly ca.gov

[3] 2018 US Senate assembly ca.gov

[4] "Don Allen Resignation letter" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.

[5] "G. Delbert Morris Sworn in" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.

[6] "Don Allen Sworn in 2nd time" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.

[7] "Bill Emmerson Resignation letter" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.

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