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California's 78th State Assembly district

American legislative district

Summary

American legislative district

FieldValue
district78
chamberAssembly
image{{#tag:mapframeframeless=1
height300width=300}}
population461,885
population year2010
voting age399,987
citizen voting age352,199
percent white64.64
percent black4.52
percent latino18.45
percent asian10.30
percent native american0.71
percent pacific islander0.37
percent other race0.41
percent remainder of multiracial0.62
registered291,918
Democratic47.46
Republican20.41
NPP26.33

| percent remainder of multiracial = 0.62

California's 78th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by of .

District profile

The district takes in a stretch of San Diego County's coast from Solana Beach to the Mexican border, including part of San Diego Bay and coastal San Diego. It comprises a variety of communities, including downtown San Diego, beachfront neighborhoods, UC San Diego, and a military base.

'*San Diego County – *14.9%'''''

  • Coronado
  • Del Mar
  • Imperial Beach
  • San Diego – 30.6%
  • Solana Beach

Election results from statewide races

YearOfficeResults
2021Recallalign="right" No 70.2 – 29.8%
2020PresidentBiden 71.8 – 25.6%
2018GovernorNewsom 69.4 – 30.6%
SenatorFeinstein 56.4 – 43.6%
2016PresidentClinton 67.5 – 25.9%
SenatorHarris 68.0 – 32.0%
2014GovernorBrown 62.7 – 37.3%
2012PresidentObama 63.1 – 34.1%
SenatorFeinstein 65.2 – 34.8%

List of assembly members representing the district

Due to redistricting, the 78th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2021 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.

MemberPartyDatesElectoral historyCounties represented
E. E. Edwards
(Los Angeles)RepublicanJanuary 5, 1885 –
January 3, 1887Elected in 1884.
Los Angeles
[[File:William Henry Spurgeon.png100px]]
William H. Spurgeon
(Santa Ana)DemocraticJanuary 3, 1887 –
January 7, 1889Elected in 1886.
E. E. Edwards
(Los Angeles)RepublicanJanuary 7, 1889 –
January 5, 1891Elected in 1888.
A. Guy Smith
(Anaheim)RepublicanJanuary 5, 1891 –
January 2, 1893Elected in 1890.
Los Angeles, Orange
[[File:John C. Lynch, 1897.jpg100px]]
John C. Lynch
(San Bernardino)RepublicanJanuary 2, 1893 –
January 4, 1897Redistricted from the 79th district and re-elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
San Bernadrino
T. H. Goff
(San Bernardino)RepublicanJanuary 4, 1897 –
January 2, 1899Elected in 1896.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Frank P. Meserve, 1897.jpg100px]]
Frank P. Meserve
(Redlands)IndependentJanuary 2, 1899 –
January 1, 1901Elected in 1898.
Retired to run for State Senate.
C. G. H. Bennink
(Ontario)RepublicanJanuary 1, 1901 –
January 5, 1903Elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Frank D. Lewis
(Riverside)RepublicanJanuary 5, 1903 –
January 2, 1905Elected in 1902.
Riverside
[[File:Miguel Estudillo, 1907.jpg100px]]
Miguel Estudillo
(Riverside)RepublicanJanuary 2, 1905 –
January 4, 1909Elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Retired to run for California State Senate.
Emerson B. Collier
(Corona)RepublicanJanuary 4, 1909 –
January 2, 1911Elected in 1908.
George R. Freeman
(Corona)RepublicanJanuary 2, 1911 –
January 6, 1913Elected in 1910.
H. W. Moorhouse
(Herber)RepublicanJanuary 6, 1913 –
January 4, 1915Elected in 1912.
Imperial
[[File:Robert E. Wills, 1914.jpg100px]]
Robert E. Wills
(Brawley)DemocraticJanuary 4, 1915 –
January 6, 1919Elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Republican
[[File:J. Stanley Brown, 1919.jpg100px]]
J. Stanley Brown
(El Centro)RepublicanJanuary 6, 1919 –
January 3, 1921Elected in 1918.
W. F. Beal
(Brawley)RepublicanJanuary 3, 1921 –
January 8, 1923Elected in 1920.
[[File:George H. Davis, 1922.jpg100px]]
George H. Davis
(El Centro)RepublicanJanuary 8, 1923 –
January 5, 1925Elected in 1922.
Albert C. Finney
(El Centro)RepublicanJanuary 5, 1925 –
January 3, 1927Elected in 1924.
Myron D. Witter
(El Centro)RepublicanJanuary 3, 1927 –
February 19, 1931Elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Redistricted to the 77th district.
[[File:George B. Bowers, 1900.jpg100px]]
George B. Bowers
(San Diego)RepublicanJanuary 5, 1931 –
January 7, 1935Elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
San Diego
[[File:Ralph Wallace, 1936.jpg100px]]
Ralph W. Wallace
(San Diego)RepublicanJanuary 7, 1935 –
January 4, 1937Elected in 1934.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Jeanette E. Daley, 1940.jpg100px]]
Jeanette E. Daley
(San Diego)DemocraticJanuary 4, 1937 –
January 4, 1943Elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Fred H. Kraft, 1954.jpg100px]]
Fred H. Kraft
(San Diego)RepublicanJanuary 4, 1943 –
January 6, 1947Elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Retired to become a State Senator.
[[File:Frank Luckel, 1950.jpg100px]]
Frank Luckel
(San Diego)RepublicanJanuary 6, 1947 –
January 7, 1963Elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Retired.
[[File:E. Richard Barnes, 1963.jpg100px]]
E. Richard Barnes
(El Cajon)RepublicanJanuary 7, 1963 –
January 8, 1973Elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Lawrence Kapiloff, 1975.jpg100px]]
Lawrence Kapiloff
(San Diego)DemocraticJanuary 8, 1973 –
September 3, 1982Elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Resigned to become a superior court judge.
VacantSeptember 3, 1982 –
December 6, 1982
[[File:Lucy Killea, 1978.jpg100px]]
Lucy Killea
(San Diego)DemocraticDecember 6, 1982 –
December 21, 1989Elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Resigned to become a State Senator.
VacantDecember 21, 1989 –
June 7, 1990
Jeff Marston
(San Diego)RepublicanJune 7, 1990 –
November 30, 1990Elected to finish Killea's term.
Lost re-election.
Mike Gotch
(San Diego)DemocraticDecember 3, 1990 –
November 30, 1992Elected in 1990.
Redistricted to the 76th district.
[[File:State Senator Dede Alpert.jpg100px]]
Dede Alpert
(San Diego)DemocraticDecember 7, 1992 –
November 30, 1996Redistricted from the 75th district and re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Retired to become a State Senator.
[[File:Howard Wayne, 1999.jpg100px]]
Howard Wayne
(San Diego)DemocraticDecember 2, 1996 –
November 30, 2002Elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Retired to run for San Diego City Attorney.
[[File:Ms. Shirley Horton.jpg100px]]
Shirley Horton
(Chula Vista)RepublicanDecember 2, 2002 –
November 30, 2008Elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Term-limited and retired.
[[File:Marty Block, 2012.jpg100px]]
Marty Block
(San Diego)DemocraticDecember 1, 2008 –
November 30, 2012Elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Retired to become a State Senator.
[[File:Atkins Headshot.jpg100px]]
Toni G. Atkins
(San Diego)DemocraticDecember 3, 2012 –
November 30, 2016Redistricted from the 76th district and re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Term-limited and retired.
[[File:AssemblymemberToddGloria.jpg100px]]
Todd Gloria
(San Diego)DemocraticDecember 5, 2016 –
November 30, 2020Elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Retired to run for mayor of San Diego.
[[File:Chris Ward, 2025.jpg100px]]
Chris Ward
(San Diego)DemocraticDecember 7, 2020 –
presentElected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024.

Election results (1990-present)

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1992

1990

1990 (special)

Vacancy resulting from the resignation of Lucy Killea

References

References

  1. "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011".
  2. "Report of Registration as of July 3, 2020".
  3. (April 16, 2021). "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis.
  4. "March 5, 2024, Presidential Primary Election - State Assemblymember".
  5. "November 5, 2024, General Election - State Assemblymember".
  6. "June 7, 2022, Primary Election - State Assemblymember".
  7. "November 8, 2022, General Election - State Assemblymember".
  8. "March 3, 2020, Presidential Primary Election - State Assemblymember".
  9. "November 3, 2020, General Election - State Assemblymember".
  10. "June 5, 2018, Statewide Direct Primary Election - State Assemblymember".
  11. "November 6, 2018, General Election - State Assemblymember".
  12. "June 7, 2016, Presidential Primary Election - State Assemblymember".
  13. "November 8, 2016, General Election - State Assemblymember".
  14. "June 3, 2014, Statewide Direct Primary Election - State Assemblymember".
  15. "November 4, 2014, General Election - Member of the State Assembly".
  16. "June 5, 2012, Presidential Primary Election - State Assemblymember".
  17. "November 6, 2012, General Election - State Assemblymember".
  18. "November 2, 2010, General Election - State Assemblymember".
  19. "November 4, 2008, Presidential General Election - State Assemblymember".
  20. "November 7, 2006, General Election - Member of the State Assembly".
  21. "November 2, 2004, Presidential General Election - Member of the State Assembly".
  22. "November 5, 2002, General Election - Member of the State Assembly".
  23. "November 7, 2000, General Election - Member of the State Assembly".
  24. "November 3, 1998, General Election - Member of the State Assembly".
  25. "November 5, 1996, General Election - Member of the State Assembly".
  26. "November 8, 1994, General Election - Member of the State Assembly".
  27. "November 3, 1992, General Election - Member of the State Assembly".
  28. "November 6, 1990, General Election - Member of the State Assembly".
  29. "Statement of Vote - June 5, 1990".
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