California's 2nd State Assembly district

California's 2nd State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Jim Wood of Santa Rosa.

California's 2nd State Assembly district
Current assemblymember	Jim Wood D–Santa Rosa
Population (2020)	506,650 ^[1]
Demographics	63.0% White 1.3% Black 22.3% Latino 3.4% Asian 3.0% Native American 0.3% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.7% other 6.1% remainder of multiracial
Registration	50.82% Democratic 21.22% Republican 19.67% No party preference

District profile

The district encompasses the North Coast, stretching from the Oregon border to Bodega Bay and Santa Rosa at a size of roughly 12,489 square miles.^[2] With the district being primarily rural.

All of Del Norte County Crescent City All of Humboldt County Arcata Blue Lake Eureka Ferndale Fortuna Rio Dell Trinidad

All of Mendocino County Fort Bragg Point Arena Ukiah Willits Sonoma County – 41.0% Bodega Bay Cloverdale Healdsburg Santa Rosa – 55.8% Windsor All of Trinity County Weaverville

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2021	Recall	No 64.6 – 35.4%
2020	President	Biden 63.5 - 34.3%
2018	Governor	Newsom 66.4 – 33.6%
	Senator	Feinstein 50.6 – 49.4%
2016	President	Clinton 62.2 – 29.0%
	Senator	Harris 70.2 – 29.8%
2014	Governor	Brown 68.8 – 31.2%
2012	President	Obama 64.7 – 30.5%
	Senator	Feinstein 68.1 – 31.9%

List of assembly members

Due to redistricting, the 2nd 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
Joseph Russ	Republican	January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887	Humboldt
George Williams		January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889
J. G. Murray		January 7, 1889 - January 5, 1891
Anthony Jennings Bledsoe		January 5, 1891 - January 4, 1897
Arthur Wellesley Hill		January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1899
Geo. D. Marvin		January 2, 1899 - January 5, 1901
Melvin Parker Roberts		January 5, 1901 - January 5, 1903
George Thomas Rolley		January 5, 1903 - January 7, 1907
Charles Pryde Cutten		January 7, 1907 - January 4, 1909
William Kehoe		January 4, 1909 - January 6, 1913
Hans Christian Nelson		January 6, 1913 - January 2, 1915
John Francis Quinn	Democratic	January 2, 1915 - January 6, 1919
Frank J. Cummings	Republican	January 6, 1919 - July 14, 1922		Died in office^[3]
Frederick John Moore Sr.		January 8, 1923 - January 5, 1925
John W. Runner		January 5, 1925 - January 3, 1927
Robert F. Fisher		January 3, 1927 - January 5, 1931
Henry M. McGuinness	Democratic	January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933	Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou, Trinity
Albert Frederick Ross Jr.	Republican	January 2, 1933 - January 7, 1935	Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Trinity
Clinton J. Fulcher	Democratic	January 7, 1935 - January 6, 1941
William I. Gunlock		January 6, 1941 - January 4, 1943
Paul Denny	Republican	January 4, 1943 - January 6, 1947
Lester Thomas Davis	Democratic	January 6, 1947 – May 3, 1952		Died in office. He was eventually succeeded by his wife.
Pauline Davis		January 5, 1953 – January 2, 1967		On January 7, 1963, during the next session, Tehama County was included in her district, during redistricting.^[4]
			Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity
Frank Belotti	Republican	January 2, 1967 – January 1, 1973	Humboldt, Mendocino, Sonoma
Barry Keene	Democratic	January 1, 1973 – November 30, 1978		On December 2, 1974, during the next session, Lake and Del Norte counties^[5] were also included during redistricting.
			Humboldt, Mendocino, Sonoma, Lake, Del Norte
Douglas H. Bosco		December 4, 1978 – November 30, 1982
Dan Hauser		December 6, 1982 – November 30, 1992	Humboldt, Mendocino, Sonoma, Del Norte
Stan Statham	Republican	December 7, 1992 – November 30, 1994	Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Shasta, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo
Tom Woods		December 5, 1994 – November 30, 1998
Dick Dickerson		December 7, 1998 – November 30, 2002		Yolo County was not included in his district during the last two years of being in office.^[6]
Doug LaMalfa		December 2, 2002 – November 30, 2008	Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Yolo
Jim Nielsen		December 1, 2008 – November 30, 2012
Wesley Chesbro	Democratic	December 3, 2012 – November 30, 2014	Del Norte, Humbdolt, Mendocino, Sonoma, Trinity
Jim Wood		December 1, 2014 – present

Election results (1992–present)

2020

2020 California State Assembly election

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Wood (incumbent)	110,568	70.7
	Republican	Charlotte Svolos	45,858	29.3
Total votes			156,426	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Jim Wood (incumbent)	162,287	68.5%
	Republican	Charlotte Svolos	74,582	31.5%
Total votes			236,869	100%

2018

California State Assembly election, 2018

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Wood (incumbent)	80,178	69.6
	Republican	Matt Heath	34,975	30.4
Total votes			115,153	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Jim Wood (incumbent)	128,444	69.4
	Republican	Matt Heath	56,549	30.6
Total votes			184,993	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016

California State Assembly election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Wood (incumbent)	102,308	99.9
	Libertarian	Ken Anton (write-in)	56	0.1
Total votes			102,364	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Jim Wood (incumbent)	138,020	72.9
	Libertarian	Ken Anton	51,245	27.1
Total votes			189,265	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014

California State Assembly election, 2014

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Wood	37,244	41.2
	Republican	Matt Heath	28,866	31.9
	Democratic	John Lowry	16,464	18.2
	Green	Pamela Elizondo	7,853	8.7
Total votes			90,427	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Jim Wood	85,045	65.1
	Republican	Matt Heath	45,553	34.9
Total votes			130,598	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012

California State Assembly election, 2012

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wesley Chesbro (incumbent)	60,414	64.1
	Democratic	Tom Lynch	21,536	22.9
	Green	Pamela Elizondo	8,261	8.8
	Democratic	Firenza Xuan Pini	4,015	4.3
Total votes			94,226	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Wesley Chesbro (incumbent)	111,451	63.1
	Democratic	Tom Lynch	65,302	36.9
Total votes			176,753	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

2010

2010 California State Assembly election

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Nielson (Incumbent)	33,776	55.8%
	Republican	Charlie Schaupp	26,756	44.2%
	Democratic	Ray Hennemann (Write in candidate)	833	0.0%
Total votes			61,365	100%
General election
	Republican	Jim Nielsen (incumbent)	118,120	100.0
Total votes			118,120	100.0
	Republican hold

2008

2008 California State Assembly election

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul R. Singh	23,345	100%
	Republican	Jim Nielsen	20,829	45.8%
	Republican	Charles Schaupp	10,412	22.9%
	Republican	Pete Stiglich	8,450	18.5%
	Republican	John Martinez	5,845	12.8%
Total votes			68,881	100%
General election
	Republican	Jim Nielsen	118,149	65.40
	Democratic	Paul Singh	62,510	34.60%
Total votes			180,659	100.00%
Turnout			{{{votes}}}	75.54%
	Republican hold

2006

2006 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug LaMalfa (incumbent)	95,723	68.07
	Democratic	Melvin Smith	41,425	29.46
	Peace and Freedom	Phil Dynan	3,474	2.47
Total votes			140,622	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}	64.24
	Republican hold

2004

2004 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug LaMalfa (incumbent)	115,651	64.87
	Democratic	Barbara McIver	62,643	35.13
Total votes			178,294	100.00
	Republican hold

2002

2002 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug LaMalfa	78,471	67.24
	Democratic	Doug Kinyon	34,275	29.37
	Libertarian	Pete Bret	3,962	3.39
Invalid or blank votes			8,414	6.72
Total votes			125,122	100.00
	Republican hold

2000

2000 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Dickerson (incumbent)	104,614	68.52
	Democratic	Virgil D. Parks	38,281	25.07
	Libertarian	Pete Bret	4,924	3.23
	Natural Law	Patrice Thiessen	4,863	3.19
Invalid or blank votes			7,397	4.62
Total votes			160,079	100.00
	Republican hold

1998

1998 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard L. Dickerson	71,357	56.74
	Democratic	Francie L. Sullivan	50,202	39.92
	Libertarian	Pete Bret	4,196	3.34
Invalid or blank votes			7,901	5.91
Total votes			133,656	100.00
	Republican hold

1996

1996 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Woods (incumbent)	77,827	53.24
	Democratic	John L. Growney	63,029	43.11
	Libertarian	Al Swain	5,333	3.65
Invalid or blank votes			8,291	5.37
Total votes			154,480	100.00
	Republican hold

1994

1994 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Woods	80,604	62.84
	Democratic	James Bainbridge	42,158	32.87
	Libertarian	Frederick A. Schwartz	5,508	4.29
Invalid or blank votes			18,054	7.80
Total votes			146,324	100.00
	Republican hold

1992

1992 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Stan Statham (incumbent)	100,961	64.88
	Democratic	William "Bill" Brashears	54,639	35.12
Invalid or blank votes			9,830	5.94
Total votes			165,430	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

See also

• California State Assembly
• California State Assembly districts
• Districts in California

References

1. "Census Bureau Tables".
2. "Legislative Districts in California". gis.data.ca.gov. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
3. "F. J. CUMMINGS DIES". cdnc.ucr.edu.
4. "1963 session" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.
5. "1975 session" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.
6. "2000 session" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.

External links

• from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission