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2004 California State Assembly election California legislative no 2002 California State Assembly election 2002 2006 California State Assembly election 2006 All 80 seats in the California State Assembly 41 2004 11 02 File:FabianNunez.jpg x150px Fabian Núñez California Democratic Party 46th–Los Angeles 48 seats 48 5,995,046 52.61% File:Kevin McCarthy 110th Congress Official Portrait Photo (cropped).jpg Kevin McCarthy California Republican Party 32nd–Bakersfield 32 seats 32 5,044,449 44.26% 400px#92C5DE Democratic hold #F48882 Republican hold Results by gains and holds 400pxVote share: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% #0d0596 >90%#FFB2B2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% Results by winning party vote share Speaker Elected Speaker Fabian Núñez California Democratic Party Fabian Núñez California Democratic Party
The 2004 California State Assembly elections were held on November 2, 2004. California's State Assembly in its entirety comes up for election in even-numbered years. Each seat has a two-year term, and members are limited to three two-year terms (six years). All 80 biennially elected seats in the Assembly were up for election this year.
While some seats were close races, no opposing party challenges to incumbents were successful on either side, and thus, there were no changes to the party balance.
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Overview
California State Assembly elections, 2004PartyVotesPercentageIncumbentsOpenBeforeAfter Democratic 5,995,046 52.61% 33 15 48 48 Republican 5,044,449 44.26% 24 8 32 32 Libertarian 324,414 2.85% 0 0 0 0 Green 27,182 0.24% 0 0 0 0 Peace and Freedom 5,028 0.04% 0 0 0 0 Write-in 94 0.00% 0 0 0 0 Invalid or blank votes 486,319 6.58% — — — — Totals 11,396,213 100.00% 57 23 80 80
Midpoint4832 Democratic Republican
Predictions
SourceRankingAs of RothenbergJacobson Louis October 1, 2004 Handicapping the State Legislatures: A 50-State Preview https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/EH6LU0 The Rothenberg Political Report 7–10 Harvard Dataverse
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Results
Final results from the California Secretary of State:formatted_st_AD_all.xls https://web.archive.org/web/20080221022358/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2004_general/formatted_st_AD_all.pdf 2008-02-21
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District 1
California's 1st State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Patty Berg (incumbent) 120,157 61.44
California Republican Party Ray Tyrone 64,587 33.03
Libertarian Party of California Ken Anton 10,817 5.53
195,561 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 2
California's 2nd State Assembly district election, 2004
California Republican Party Doug LaMalfa (incumbent) 115,651 64.87
California Democratic Party Barbara McIver 62,643 35.13
178,294 100.00
California Republican Party
District 3
California's 3rd State Assembly district election, 2004
California Republican Party Rick Keene (incumbent) 111,747 59.35
California Democratic Party Robert A. Woods 70,126 37.24
Libertarian Party of California Robert Burk 6,421 3.41
188,294 100.00
California Republican Party
District 4
California's 4th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Republican Party Tim Leslie (incumbent) 140,105 66.68
California Democratic Party Todd W. Schwenk 70,008 33.32
210,113 100.00
California Republican Party
District 5
California's 5th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Republican Party Roger Niello 104,895 60.24
California Democratic Party Sandra A. Carey 62,710 36.01
Libertarian Party of California Melissa Manfre 6,524 3.75
174,129 100.00
California Republican Party
District 6
California's 6th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Joe Nation (incumbent) 148,556 72.51
California Republican Party Carolyn F. Patrick 56,311 27.49
204,867 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 7
California's 7th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Noreen M. Evans 101,130 60.12
California Republican Party Pat Krueger 62,035 36.88
California Republican Party F. Aaron Smith 5,051 3.00
168,216 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 8
California's 8th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Lois Wolk (incumbent) 101,171 62.83
California Republican Party John R. Munn 59,842 37.17
161,013 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 9
California's 9th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Dave Jones 77,880 66.73
California Republican Party Gaspar Garcia 32,734 28.05
Libertarian Party of California Gale Morgan 6,098 5.22
116,712 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 10
California's 10th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Republican Party Alan Nakanishi (incumbent) 121,741 75.64
Libertarian Party of California Cullene Lang 39,208 24.36
160,949 100.00
California Republican Party
District 11
California's 11th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Joe Canciamilla (incumbent) 95,912 66.83
California Republican Party Paul Santiago 40,438 28.18
Libertarian Party of California Frank Manske 7,162 4.99
143,512 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 12
California's 12th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Leland Yee (incumbent) 112,000 77.58
California Republican Party Howard Epstein 23,803 16.49
Libertarian Party of California Chris Maden 8,560 5.93
144,363 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 13
California's 13th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Mark Leno (incumbent) 148,863 81.91
California Republican Party Gail E. Neira 23,900 13.15
Libertarian Party of California Jonathan Scott Marvin 8,980 4.94
181,743 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 14
California's 14th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Loni Hancock (incumbent) 141,184 77.43
California Republican Party Lance Montauk 32,531 17.84
Libertarian Party of California Kevin O'Neal 8,632 4.73
182,347 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 15
California's 15th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Republican Party Guy Houston (incumbent) 113,079 55.22
California Democratic Party Elaine D. Shaw 91,709 44.78
204,788 100.00
California Republican Party
District 16
California's 16th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Wilma Chan (incumbent) 126,292 88.20
California Republican Party Jerald Udinsky 16,903 11.80
143,195 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 17
California's 17th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Barbara S. Matthews (inc.) 66,926 60.52
California Republican Party Nellie McGarry 43,664 39.48
Jennet C. Stebbins (write-in) 2 0.00
110,592 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 18
California's 18th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Johan Klehs (incumbent) 106,635 83.61
Libertarian Party of California Ronald J. Colfer 20,888 16.38
Lou Filipovich (write-in) 17 0.00
127,540 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 19
California's 19th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Gene Mullin (incumbent) 114,277 71.31
California Republican Party Catherine Brinkman 41,513 25.90
Libertarian Party of California Miles C. Gilster 4,465 2.79
160,255 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 20
California's 20th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Alberto Torrico 87,724 68.62
California Republican Party Cliff Williams 40,114 31.38
127,838 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 21
California's 21st State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Ira Ruskin 98,002 51.55
California Republican Party Steve Poizner 92,118 48.45
190,120 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 22
California's 22nd State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Sally Lieber (incumbent) 91,561 70.27
California Republican Party Marie Dominguez-Gasson 38,746 29.73
130,307 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 23
California's 23rd State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Joe Coto 62,569 67.12
California Republican Party Mark Patrosso 26,051 27.95
Green Party of California Warner S. Bloomberg IIi 4,597 4.93
93,217 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 24
California's 24th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Rebecca Cohn 94,152 59.40
California Republican Party Ernie Konnyu 55,956 35.31
Libertarian Party of California Zander Y. Collier, IIi 8,337 5.26
Michael Roy (write-in) 41 0.03
Lawrence R. Hileman (write-in) 7 0.00
158,493 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 25
California's 25th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Republican Party Dave Cogdill (incumbent) 111,336 68.16
California Democratic Party Bryan Justin Marks 52,006 31.84
163,342 100.00
California Republican Party
District 26
California's 26th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Republican Party Greg Aghazarian (incumbent) 78,381 62.55
California Democratic Party Tim Weintz, Sr. 46,924 37.45
125,305 100.00
California Republican Party
District 27
California's 27th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party John Laird (incumbent) 129,410 68.66
California Republican Party Jack D. Barlich 59,076 31.34
188,486 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 28
California's 28th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Simon Salinas (incumbent) 67,586 63.26
California Republican Party Bob Perkins 39,257 36.74
106,843 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 29
California's 29th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Republican Party Mike Villines (incumbent) 95,209 62.35
California Democratic Party Michael R. Macias 52,334 34.27
Green Party of California John Crockford 5,150 3.37
152,693 100.00
California Republican Party
District 30
California's 30th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Nicole Parra (incumbent) 42,953 55.04
California Republican Party Dean Gardner 35,084 44.96
78,037 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 31
California's 31st State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Juan Arambula (incumbent) 49,738 57.68
California Republican Party Paul Betancourt 36,496 42.32
86,234 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 32
California's 32nd State Assembly district election, 2004
California Republican Party Kevin McCarthy 129,510 78.66
California Democratic Party Marvin Armas 35,130 21.34
164,640 100.00
California Republican Party
District 33
California's 33rd State Assembly district election, 2004
California Republican Party Sam Blakeslee (incumbent) 99,864 56.27
California Democratic Party Stew Jenkins 57,673 32.50
Green Party of California Tom Hutchings 10,422 5.87
Libertarian Party of California Gary L. Kirkland 9,502 5.35
177,461 100.00
California Republican Party
District 34
California's 34th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Republican Party Bill Maze (incumbent) 80,149 68.52
California Democratic Party Maggie Florez 36,819 31.48
116,968 100.00
California Republican Party
District 35
California's 35th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Pedro Nava (incumbent) 91,503 52.73
California Republican Party Bob Pohl 82,025 47.27
173,528 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 36
California's 36th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Republican Party Sharon Runner (incumbent) 89,365 66.22
California Democratic Party Hotron Scioneaux 45,595 33.78
134,960 100.00
California Republican Party
District 37
California's 37th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Republican Party Audra Strickland 100,309 55.09
California Democratic Party Ferial Masry 74,774 41.06
Green Party of California Adrienne M. Prince 7,013 3.85
182,096 100.00
California Republican Party
District 38
California's 38th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Republican Party Keith Richman (incumbent) 106,834 61.19
California Democratic Party Brian Joseph Davis 67,747 38.81
174,581 100.00
California Republican Party
District 39
California's 39th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Cindy Montañez (incumbent) 56,017 76.79
California Republican Party Ely De La Cruz Ayao 16,936 23.21
72,953 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 40
California's 40th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Lloyd E. Levine (incumbent) 69,421 57.97
California Republican Party Mark Isler 50,323 42.03
119,744 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 41
California's 41st State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Fran Pavley (incumbent) 106,761 59.70
California Republican Party Heather Peters 64,029 35.81
Libertarian Party of California Richard P. Koffler 8,033 4.49
178,823 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 42
California's 42nd State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Paul Koretz (incumbent) 143,376 75.42
California Republican Party Paul Morgan Fredrix 46,715 24.58
190,091 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 43
California's 43rd State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Dario Frommer (incumbent) 94,149 76.57
Libertarian Party of California Sandor J. Woren 28,805 23.43
122,954 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 44
California's 44th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Carol Liu (incumbent) 106,179 65.61
California Republican Party Lynn Gabriel 55,655 34.39
161,834 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 45
California's 45th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Jackie Goldberg (incumbent) 62,091 75.95
California Republican Party Oscar A. Gutierrez 19,660 24.05
81,751 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 46
California's 46th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Fabian Núñez (incumbent) 44,570 85.05
California Republican Party Manuel "Manny" Aldana, Jr. 7,837 14.95
52,407 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 47
California's 47th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Karen Bass (incumbent) 118,495 80.77
California Republican Party Dale V. Everett 21,485 14.64
Libertarian Party of California Peter "Pedro" De Baets 6,730 4.59
146,710 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 48
California's 48th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Mark Ridley-Thomas (incumbent) 68,289 89.12
California Republican Party Sebastian Alexander 8,333 10.88
76,622 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 49
California's 49th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Judy Chu (incumbent) 62,075 65.78
California Republican Party Sandra L. Needs 23,927 25.36
Libertarian Party of California Laura Brown 8,363 8.86
94,365 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 50
California's 50th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Hector De La Torre 56,827 74.85
California Republican Party Gladys O. Miller 19,091 25.15
75,918 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 51
California's 51st State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Jerome Horton (incumbent) 89,509 84.09
Libertarian Party of California Daniel R. Sherman 16,941 15.91
106,450 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 52
California's 52nd State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Mervyn M. Dymally (incumbent) 59,923 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 53
California's 53rd State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Mike Gordon 95,156 50.45
California Republican Party Greg Hill 79,505 42.15
Libertarian Party of California Ethan M. Boivie 8,942 4.74
Peace and Freedom Party James R. Smith 5,028 2.67
188,631 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 54
California's 54th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Betty Karnette 89,987 53.49
California Republican Party Steven T. Kuykendall 73,701 43.81
Libertarian Party of California John Howard Sterne 4,544 2.70
168,232 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 55
California's 55th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Jenny Oropeza (incumbent) 73,594 66.66
California Republican Party Margherita Palumbo Underhill 36,800 33.34
110,394 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 56
California's 56th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Rudy Bermudez (incumbent) 67,294 60.16
California Republican Party John Brantuk 44,559 39.84
111,853 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 57
California's 57th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Ed Chavez (incumbent) 72,860 68.51
California Republican Party Victor M. Valenzuela, Jr. 33,494 31.49
106,354 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 58
California's 58th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Ronald S. Calderon (incumbent) 71,233 61.90
California Republican Party Rita Topalian 43,839 38.10
115,072 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 59
California's 59th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Republican Party Dennis L. Mountjoy (incumbent) 99,381 58.22
California Democratic Party Dan Harden 64,375 37.71
Libertarian Party of California Fritz R. Ward 6,937 4.06
170,693 100.00
California Republican Party
District 60
California's 60th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Republican Party Robert "Bob" Huff (incumbent) 105,334 66.54
California Democratic Party Patrick John Martinez 52,969 33.46
158,303 100.00
California Republican Party
District 61
California's 61st State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Gloria Negrete McLeod (incumbent) 58,120 63.59
California Republican Party Alan Wapner 33,281 36.41
91,401 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 62
California's 62nd State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Joe Baca, Jr. (incumbent) 51,407 64.57
California Republican Party Marge Mendoza-Ware 28,210 35.43
79,617 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 63
California's 63rd State Assembly district election, 2004
California Republican Party Bill Emmerson 83,719 58.26
California Democratic Party D'Andre McNamee 49,646 34.55
Libertarian Party of California Maureen K. Keedy 10,334 7.19
143,699 100.00
California Republican Party
District 64
California's 64th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Republican Party John J. Benoit (incumbent) 96,606 61.25
California Democratic Party Robert Melsh 61,120 38.75
157,726 100.00
California Republican Party
District 65
California's 65th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Republican Party Russ Bogh (incumbent) 93,676 61.58
California Democratic Party Rita Ramirez-Dean 58,454 38.42
152,130 100.00
California Republican Party
District 66
California's 66th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Republican Party Ray Haynes (incumbent) 91,606 61.58
California Democratic Party Laurel Nicholson 53,481 35.95
Libertarian Party of California Jack N. Lee 3,671 2.47
148,758 100.00
California Republican Party
District 67
California's 67th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Republican Party Tom Harman (incumbent) 107,847 63.90
California Democratic Party David Silva 50,430 29.88
Libertarian Party of California Norm "Firecracker" Westwell 10,496 6.22
168,773 100.00
California Republican Party
District 68
California's 68th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Republican Party Van Tran 78,606 60.91
California Democratic Party Al Snook 50,453 39.09
129,059 100.00
California Republican Party
District 69
California's 69th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Tom Umberg 38,516 61.33
California Republican Party Otto Bade 19,811 31.55
Libertarian Party of California George Reis 4,470 7.12
62,797 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 70
California's 70th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Republican Party Chuck DeVore 112,844 61.10
California Democratic Party Carl Mariz 65,351 35.38
Libertarian Party of California Mark Baldwin 6,506 3.52
184,701 100.00
California Republican Party
District 71
California's 71st State Assembly district election, 2004
California Republican Party Todd Spitzer (incumbent) 120,657 69.07
California Democratic Party Bea Foster 54,041 30.93
174,698 100.00
California Republican Party
District 72
California's 72nd State Assembly district election, 2004
California Republican Party Lynn Daucher (incumbent) 90,255 65.97
California Democratic Party Ross W. Johnson 41,528 30.35
Libertarian Party of California Brian Lee Cross 5,031 3.68
136,814 100.00
California Republican Party
District 73
California's 73rd State Assembly district election, 2004
California Republican Party Mimi Walters 100,328 63.06
California Democratic Party Kathleen Calzada 50,474 31.72
Libertarian Party of California Andrew H. Favor 8,299 5.22
159,101 100.00
California Republican Party
District 74
California's 74th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Republican Party Mark Wyland (incumbent) 99,348 57.46
California Democratic Party Karen R. Underwood 68,180 39.43
Libertarian Party of California Paul King 5,372 3.11
172,900 100.00
California Republican Party
District 75
California's 75th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Republican Party George A. Plescia (incumbent) 108,728 59.82
California Democratic Party Karen Heumann 69,017 37.97
Libertarian Party of California Richard J. Senecal 4,005 2.20
181,750 100.00
California Republican Party
District 76
California's 76th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Lori R. Saldana 93,601 54.16
California Republican Party Tricia Hunter 71,320 41.26
Libertarian Party of California Jennifer Osborne 7,918 4.58
172,839 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 77
California's 77th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Republican Party Jay La Suer (incumbent) 106,827 64.84
California Democratic Party Christopher R. Larkin 53,051 32.20
Libertarian Party of California Virgil (Randy) Hall Ii 4,870 2.96
164,748 100.00
California Republican Party
District 78
California's 78th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Republican Party Shirley Horton (incumbent) 76,886 49.05
California Democratic Party Patty Davis 74,888 47.78
Libertarian Party of California Josh Hale 4,969 3.17
156,743 100.00
California Republican Party
District 79
California's 79th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Democratic Party Juan Vargas (incumbent) 78,565 85.23
Libertarian Party of California Eli Wallace Conroe 13,584 14.74
Petra E. Barajas (write-in) 27 0.03
92,176 100.00
California Democratic Party
District 80
California's 80th State Assembly district election, 2004
California Republican Party Bonnie Garcia (incumbent) 66,880 58.63
California Democratic Party Mary Ann Andreas 47,194 41.37
114,074 100.00
California Republican Party
See also
California State Senate
California State Senate elections, 2004
California State Assembly Districts
California state elections, 2004
Districts in California
Political party strength in California
Political party strength in U.S. states
References
External links
California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)
RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
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