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California's 16th State Assembly district

American legislative district

Field	Value
district	16
chamber	Assembly
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population	516,981
population year	2020
percent white	51.01
percent black	1.93
percent latino	11.20
percent asian	29.16
percent native american	0.18
percent pacific islander	0.17
percent other race	0.58
percent remainder of multiracial	0.60

| percent remainder of multiracial = 0.60

California's 16th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Rebecca Bauer-Kahan of Orinda.

District profile

The district is located in the East Bay. It consists of suburbs east of the Berkeley Hills, including Lamorinda, part of the Tri-Valley, and most of Walnut Creek. During Catharine Baker's time in office, it was the most Democratic seat held by a Republican in the Assembly.

'*Alameda County – *(11.78%)'''''

Dublin – (60.56%)
Livermore
Pleasanton – (79.97%) '*Contra Costa County – *(27.22%)'''''
Danville
Lafayette
Moraga
Orinda
San Ramon
Walnut Creek – (99.50%)

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2022	Governor	Newsom 65 – 35%
Senator	Padilla 66.3 – 33.7%
2021	Recall	align="right" No 67.9 – 32.1%
2020	President	Biden 69 – 28.9%
2018	Governor	Newsom 63.2 – 36.8%
Senator	Feinstein 58.1 – 41.9%
2016	President	Clinton 64.5 – 29.2%
Senator	Harris 71.7 – 28.3%
2014	Governor	Brown 62.5 – 37.5%
2012	President	Obama 57.7 – 40.1%
Senator	Feinstein 62.1 – 37.9%

List of assembly members representing the district

Due to redistricting, the 16th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2021 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.

Assembly members	Party	Years served	Counties represented	Notes
George H. Colby	Republican	January 5, 1885 – January 3, 1887	Placer
John Davis	January 3, 1887 – January 5, 1891
Noble Martin	Democratic	January 5, 1891 – January 2, 1893
E. D. Drees	January 2, 1893 – January 7, 1895	Sonoma
Walter Fitch Price	Republican	January 7, 1895 – January 2, 1899
H. M. LeBaron	January 2, 1899 – January 1, 1901
Frank A. Cromwell	January 1, 1901 – January 5, 1903
James I. McConnell	Democratic	January 5, 1903 – January 2, 1905	Yolo
Nicholas A. Hawkins	January 2, 1905 – January 7, 1907
James I. McConnell	January 7, 1907 – January 4, 1909
Lawrence H. Wilson	January 4, 1909 – January 6, 1913
Will A. Dower	January 6, 1913 – January 4, 1915	Alpine, Calaveras, El Dorado
Robert I. Kerr	January 4, 1915 – January 8, 1917	Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado
Charles P. Vicini	January 8, 1917 – January 3, 1921
Ralph McGee	January 3, 1921 – January 8, 1923
Ferdinand G. Stevenot		Republican	January 8, 1923 – January 5, 1925
Harley E. Dillinger	Democratic	January 5, 1925 – January 5, 1931
January 5, 1931 – January 2, 1933	Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Inyo, Mono, Tuolumne
Eugene W. Roland	Republican	January 2, 1933 – January 7, 1935	Alameda
Arthur H. Breed Jr.	January 7, 1935 – January 2, 1939
Arthur W. Carlson	January 2, 1939 – January 8, 1945
Marvin Birkett Sherwin	January 8, 1945 – September 7, 1953	Resigned from the State Assembly On September 7, 1953.
Vacant	September 7, 1953 – November 25, 1953
Walter I. Dahl	Republican	November 25, 1953 – January 7, 1963	Sworn in after winning special election when Sherwin resigned to be appointed as Judge on the Alameda County Superior Court.
Don Mulford	January 7, 1963 – January 4, 1971
Kenneth A. Meade	Democratic	January 4, 1971 – November 30, 1974
John Francis Foran	December 2, 1974 – November 30, 1976	San Francisco
Art Agnos	December 6, 1976 – January 8, 1988	Resigned from the State Assembly since he became Mayor of San Francisco.
Vacant	January 8, 1988 – April 14, 1988
John Burton	Democratic	April 14, 1988 – November 30, 1992	Won special election after Art Agnos resigned. He was sworn in on April 14, 1988.
Barbara Lee	December 7, 1992 – November 30, 1996	Alameda
Don Perata	December 2, 1996 – November 30, 1998
Vacant	November 30, 1998 – April 5, 1999
Audie Bock		Green	April 5, 1999 – November 30, 2000	Won the special election. First Green Party member to win an election for the California State Legislature. She was sworn in on April 5, 1999. On October 7, 1999, she changed her party registration to Independent.
Wilma Chan	Democratic	December 4, 2000 – November 30, 2006
Sandré Swanson	December 4, 2006 – November 30, 2012
Joan Buchanan	December 3, 2012 – November 30, 2014	Alameda, Contra Costa
Catharine Baker		Republican	December 1, 2014 – November 30, 2018
Rebecca Bauer-Kahan		Democratic	December 3, 2018 – present

Election results (1990–present)

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2022

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2018

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2014

2012

2010

2008

2006

2004

2002

2000

1999 (special)

Vacancy resulting from the resignation of Don Perata

1998

1996

1994

1992

1990

References

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