California's 5th State Assembly district

California's 5th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Republican Joe Patterson of Rocklin.

California's 5th State Assembly district
Current assemblymember	Joe Patterson R–Rocklin
Population	497,826^[1]
Demographics	68.3% White 1.5% Black 14.3% Latino 8.3% Asian 0.5% Native American 0.2% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.5% other 6.3% remainder of multiracial
Registration	41.45% Republican 31.03% Democratic 21.02% No party preference

District profile

The district encompasses the central Sierra Nevada, including most of the Gold Country. The district also contains a slice of the Central Valley.

All of Alpine County Markleeville All of Amador County Amador City Ione Jackson Plymouth Sutter Creek All of Calaveras County Angels Camp El Dorado County – 65.9% Placerville South Lake Tahoe

All of Madera County Chowchilla Madera All of Mariposa County Mariposa All of Mono County Mammoth Lakes Placer County – 5.8% Auburn Newcastle All of Tuolumne County Sonora

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2021	Recall	Yes 61.7 – 38.3%
2020	President	Trump 55.3 - 42.2%
2018	Governor	Cox 60.2 – 39.8%
	Senator	de Leon 56.8 – 43.2%
2016	President	Trump 54.8 – 38.5%
	Senator	Harris 60.4 – 39.6%
2014	Governor	Kashkari 55.9 – 44.1%
2012	President	Romney 55.9 – 41.3%
	Senator	Emken 57.4 – 42.6%

List of assembly members

Due to redistricting, the 5th 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
Thomas A. Roseberry	Republican	January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887	Lassen, Modoc
William Dudley Morris	Democratic	January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889
J. J. Reavis		January 7, 1889 - January 5, 1891
A. J. Jackson		January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893
Thaddeus Wilton Huff Shanahan		January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895	Modoc, Shasta
James T. Laird	Republican	January 7, 1895 - January 4, 1897
Thaddeus Wilton Huff Shanahan	Populist	January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1899
James H. Beecher	Republican	January 2, 1899 - January 5, 1901
James A. Hubbard	Democratic	January 5, 1901 - January 5, 1903
Frank D. Soward	Republican	January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1905	Plumas, Sierra, Tehama
H. S. Gans		January 2, 1905 - January 7, 1907
John W. Finney		January 7, 1907 - January 4, 1909
Harry Polsley	Democratic	January 4, 1909 - January 4, 1915		At the beginning of his second term, the counties switched districts and were replaced with two counties: Glenn and Colusa county.^[2]
			Tehama, Glenn, Colusa
Elmer Lee Sisson		January 4, 1915 - January 8, 1917
Harry Polsley		January 8, 1917 - January 3, 1921
Van Bernard	Republican	January 3, 1921 - January 5, 1931
John Evangelist Frazier		January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933	Butte, Sutter, Yuba
Ernest C. Crowley	Democratic	January 2, 1933 – September 22, 1952	Solano, Lake, Napa	Died in office from a heart attack.^[3]
Samuel R. Geddes		January 5, 1953 - January 2, 1961	Solano, Napa
Robert L. Leggett		January 2, 1961 - January 7, 1963
Pearce Young		January 7, 1963 – December 19, 1966		Resigned before his term expired.^[4]
John F. Dunlap		January 2, 1967 – November 30, 1974
Eugene T. Gualco		December 2, 1974 – November 30, 1978	Sacramento
Jean Moorhead Duffy	Republican	December 4, 1978 - November 30, 1986
Tim Leslie		December 1, 1986 – May 16, 1991	Placer, Sacramento	Resigned.^[5]
B. T. Collins		September 18, 1991 – March 19, 1993		Sworn in after winning special election.^[6] He also died in office.
Barbara Alby		July 30, 1993 – November 30, 1998	Sacramento	Took oath of office after special election succeeding B. T. Collins.^[7]
Dave Cox		December 7, 1998 – November 30, 2004
Roger Niello		December 6, 2004 – November 30, 2010	Placer, Sacramento
Richard Pan	Democratic	December 6, 2010 – November 30, 2012
Frank Bigelow	Republican	December 3, 2012 – present	Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Madera, Mariposa, Mono, Placer, Tuolumne

Election results (1992–present)

2020

2020 California State Assembly election

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Bigelow (incumbent)	104,807	100.0%
Total votes			104,807	100.0%
General election
	Republican	Frank Bigelow (incumbent)	165,624	100.0%
Total votes			165,624	100.0%
	Republican hold

2018

California State Assembly election, 2018

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Bigelow (incumbent)	72,983	62.4
	Democratic	Carla J. Neal	43,983	37.6
Total votes			116,966	100.0
General election
	Republican	Frank Bigelow (incumbent)	106,791	59.9
	Democratic	Carla J. Neal	71,488	40.1
Total votes			178,279	100.0
	Republican hold

2016

California State Assembly election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Bigelow (incumbent)	73,180	60.0
	Democratic	Robert Carabas	27,190	22.3
	Democratic	Kai Ellsworth	11,313	9.3
	No party preference	Mark Belden	10,289	8.4
Total votes			121,972	100.0
General election
	Republican	Frank Bigelow (incumbent)	121,644	64.5
	Democratic	Robert Carabas	66,949	35.5
Total votes			188,593	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014

California State Assembly election, 2014

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Bigelow (incumbent)	67,924	99.9
	Libertarian	Patrick D. Hogan (write-in)	60	0.1
Total votes			67,984	100.0
General election
	Republican	Frank Bigelow (incumbent)	88,602	74.2
	Libertarian	Patrick D. Hogan	30,735	25.8
Total votes			119,337	100.0
	Republican hold

2012

California State Assembly election, 2012

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rico Oller	34,673	33.9
	Republican	Frank Bigelow	29,584	28.9
	Democratic	Tim (Timothy) K. Fitzgerald	18,138	17.7
	Democratic	Mark Boyd	13,583	13.3
	No party preference	Mark Belden	4,158	4.1
	Republican	Kevin Lancaster	2,151	2.1
Total votes			102,287	100.0
General election
	Republican	Frank Bigelow	82,293	52.3
	Republican	Rico Oller	75,071	47.7
Total votes			157,364	100.0
	Republican win (new seat)

2010

2010 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Pan	78,239	49.6
	Republican	Andy Pugno	71,910	45.5
	Peace and Freedom	Elizabeth Martinez	7,850	4.9
Total votes			157,999	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

2008

2008 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roger Niello (incumbent)	101,888	54.22
	Democratic	Danial Leahy	71,733	38.17
	Peace and Freedom	Karen Martinez	14,295	7.61
Total votes			187,916	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}	71.91
	Republican hold

2006

2006 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roger Niello (incumbent)	84,334	61.68
	Democratic	Brandon Bell	48,325	35.34
	Peace and Freedom	Mike Lopez	4,068	2.98
Total votes			136,727	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}	57.74
	Republican hold

2004

2004 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roger Niello	104,895	60.24
	Democratic	Sandra A. Carey	62,710	36.01
	Libertarian	Melissa Manfre	6,524	3.75
Total votes			174,129	100.00
	Republican hold

2002

2002 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dave Cox (incumbent)	76,694	64.83
	Democratic	Eric Ulis	36,432	30.80
	Libertarian	Roberto Liebman	5,174	4.37
Invalid or blank votes			502	0.42
Total votes			118,802	100.00
	Republican hold

2000

2000 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dave Cox (incumbent)	111,377	75.91
	Libertarian	Eugene Frazier	35,353	24.09
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			146,730	100.00
	Republican hold

1998

1998 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dave Cox	74,497	57.24
	Democratic	Linda Davis	51,150	39.30
	Libertarian	Eugene Frazier	4,496	3.45
Invalid or blank votes			11,223	7.94
Total votes			141,366	100.00
	Republican hold

1996

1996 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barbara Alby (incumbent)	91,555	61.57
	Democratic	Eileen Burke-Trent	57,152	38.43
Invalid or blank votes			13,047	8.15
Total votes			161,754	100.00
	Republican hold

1994

1994 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barbara Alby (incumbent)	78,886	60.33
	Democratic	Joan Barry	51,864	39.67
Invalid or blank votes			11,255	7.93
Total votes			142,005	100.00
	Republican hold

1993 (special)

1993 Special election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barbara Alby	22,962	48.5%
	Democratic	Joan Berry	18,511	39.1%
	Libertarian	Dave Walker	3,060	6.5%
	Independent	Ronald R. Curry	2,806	5.9%
Total votes			47,339	100.0%
	Republican hold

1992

1992 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	B. T. Collins (incumbent)	93,833	58.78
	Democratic	Joan Barry	65,787	41.21
	No party	Dale Cressey (write-in)	25	0.02
Invalid or blank votes			17,448	9.85
Total votes			177,093	100.00
	Republican hold

See also

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

References

1. "Census Bureau Tables".
2. "1913 session" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.
3. "Crowley, Blind Dean Of State Assembly, Dies of Heart Attack". cdnc.ucr.edu.
4. "Speaker of the Assembly informs the Governor of Pearce Young's Resignation" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.
5. "Tim Leslie's Resignation letter" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.
6. "B.T Collins Oath of office" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.
7. "Barbara Ally Oath of Office" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.
8. "1993 Special election results". joincalifornia.com.

External links

• from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission