California's 65th State Assembly district

California's 65th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Mike Gipson and was previously represented by Sharon Quirk-Silva of Fullerton.

Current assemblymember

Mike Gipson
D–Carson

Population (2010)
• Voting age
• Citizen voting age

461,510^[1]
345,653^[1]
254,368^[1]

Demographics

31.01% White
3.06% Black
38.85% Latino
25.27% Asian
0.47% Native American
0.54% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
0.24% other
0.57^[1]% remainder of multiracial

Registered voters

224,960^[2]

Registration

42.57% Democratic
28.76% Republican
24.25% No party preference

District profile edit

Up until the 2022 election, the district encompassed parts of north Orange County, anchored by the city of Fullerton. The primarily suburban district was ethnically and socioeconomically diverse.

Orange County – 15.3%

Election results from statewide races edit

Year	Office	Results
2021	Recall	No 56.6 – 43.4%
2020	President	Biden 57.0 – 40.9%
2018	Governor	Newsom 54.5 – 45.5%
2018	Senator	Feinstein 55.4 – 44.6%
2016	President	Clinton 56.7 – 37.3%
2016	Senator	Sanchez 50.6 – 49.4%
2014	Governor	Kashkari 50.7 – 49.3%
2012	President	Obama 51.9 – 45.7%
2012	Senator	Feinstein 54.2 – 45.8%

List of assembly members edit

Due to redistricting, the 65th 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
D. M. Pyle	Republican	January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887	Santa Clara
Samuel Rucker	Democratic	January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889
Lyttleton Albert Whitehurst	Democratic	January 7, 1889 - January 5, 1891
George E. Hersey	Republican	January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893
William H. Alford	Democratic	January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895	Tulare
David VanLear Robinson		January 7, 1895 - January 4, 1897
William Pell Boone		January 4, 1897 - January 1, 1901
Harry Levinson		January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1903
Christopher Peter Pann	Republican	January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1905	Ventura
David T. Perkins		January 2, 1905 - January 7, 1907
George Lincoln Sackett		January 7, 1907 - January 2, 1911
David Wallace Mott		January 2, 1911 - January 6, 1913
Charles W. Kingsley	Socialist	January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915	Los Angeles
Peter C. Phillips	Republican	January 4, 1915 - January 6, 1919
George M. Easton		January 6, 1919 - January 3, 1921
Joseph L. Pedrotti		January 3, 1921 - January 5, 1925
Thomas L. Dodge		January 5, 1925 - January 3, 1927
Willis M. Baum		January 3, 1927 - January 5, 1931
Sam M. Greene		January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933
Herbert S. Hallner	Democratic	January 2, 1933 - January 7, 1935
Gene Flint		January 7, 1935 - January 2, 1939
John W. Evans		January 2, 1939 - January 3, 1955		Ran as a Republican during his 6th term.
John W. Evans	Republican	January 2, 1939 - January 3, 1955		Ran as a Republican during his 6th term.
Jesse M. Unruh	Democratic	January 3, 1955 - January 4, 1971
David C. Pierson		January 4, 1971 - January 8, 1973
Frank Holoman		January 8, 1973 - November 30, 1974
Bill McVittie		December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1980	Los Angeles, San Bernardino
Jim Cramer		December 1, 1980 - November 30, 1982
Charles W. Bader	Republican	December 6, 1982 - November 30, 1990
Jim Brulte		December 3, 1990 - November 30, 1992
Paul A. Woodruff		December 7, 1992 - November 30, 1994	Riverside, San Bernardino
Brett Granlund		December 5, 1994 - November 30, 2000
Janice C. Leja		Did not serve her term due to settlement		Agreed not to assume her Assembly seat as part of a settlement with the Attorney General's office, in addition to pleading guilty to misdemeanor violations in relation to campaign finance reporting.
Russ Bogh		April 5, 2001 - November 30, 2006		Sworn in after winning special election to fill in seat that was vacant.^[3]
Paul Cook		December 4, 2006 – November 30, 2012
Sharon Quirk-Silva	Democratic	December 3, 2012 – November 30, 2014	Orange
Young Kim	Republican	December 1, 2014 – November 30, 2016
Sharon Quirk-Silva	Democratic	December 5, 2016 – present

Election results (1992–present) edit

2020 edit

2020 California State Assembly election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sharon Quirk-Silva (incumbent)	54,240	57.7%
	Republican	Cynthia Thacker	39,796	42.3%
Total votes			94,036	100.0%
General election
	Democratic	Sharon Quirk-Silva (incumbent)	112,333	58.3%
	Republican	Cynthia Thacker	80,468	41.7%
Total votes			192,801	100.0%
	Democratic hold

2018 edit

California State Assembly election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sharon Quirk-Silva (incumbent)	37,587	52.9
	Republican	Alexandria "Alex" Coronado	33,459	47.1
Total votes			71,046	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Sharon Quirk-Silva (incumbent)	74,636	57.2
	Republican	Alexandria "Alex" Coronado	55,953	42.8
Total votes			130,589	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016 edit

California State Assembly election, 2016
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sharon Quirk-Silva	42,890	54.3
	Republican	Young Kim (incumbent)	36,028	45.7
Total votes			78,918	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Sharon Quirk-Silva	79,654	53.2
	Republican	Young Kim (incumbent)	69,941	46.8
Total votes			149,595	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

2014 edit

California State Assembly election, 2014
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Young Kim	21,593	54.7
	Democratic	Sharon Quirk-Silva (incumbent)	17,896	45.3
Total votes			39,489	100.0
General election
	Republican	Young Kim	42,376	54.6
	Democratic	Sharon Quirk-Silva (incumbent)	35,204	45.4
Total votes			77,580	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

2012 edit

California State Assembly election, 2012
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Norby (incumbent)	29,917	58.8
	Democratic	Sharon Quirk-Silva	20,936	41.2
Total votes			50,853	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Sharon Quirk-Silva	68,988	52.0
	Republican	Chris Norby (incumbent)	63,576	48.0
Total votes			132,564	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

2010 edit

2010 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Cook (incumbent)	78,475	57.9
	Democratic	Carl Wood	57,212	42.1
Total votes			135,687	100.0
	Republican hold

2008 edit

2008 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Cook (incumbent)	93,566	53.20
	Democratic	Carl Wood	82,305	46.80
Total votes			175,871	100.00
Turnout				71.22
	Republican hold

2006 edit

2006 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Cook	67,669	59.92
	Democratic	Rita Ramirez-Dean	41,906	37.11
	Peace and Freedom	Jon Taleb	3,358	2.97
Total votes			112,933	100.00
Turnout				50.47
	Republican hold

2004 edit

2004 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Russ Bogh (incumbent)	93,676	61.58
	Democratic	Rita Ramirez-Dean	58,454	38.42
Total votes			152,130	100.00
	Republican hold

2002 edit

2002 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Russ Bogh (incumbent)	56,575	63.34
	Democratic	Darrel R. Scholes	32,740	36.66
Invalid or blank votes			2,555	2.78
Total votes			91,870	100.00
	Republican hold

2000 edit

2000 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Janice C. Leja	58,750	47.06
	Democratic	Ray R. Quinto	53,425	42.80
	Libertarian	Bonnie Flickinger	10,263	8.22
	Natural Law	Joseph Ray Renteria	2,399	1.92
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			124,837	100.00
	Republican hold

1998 edit

1998 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brett Granlund (incumbent)	56,523	57.12
	Democratic	Ray R. Quinto	39,286	39.70
	Natural Law	Joseph "Ray" Renteria	3,144	3.18
Invalid or blank votes			7,419	6.97
Total votes			106,372	100.00
	Republican hold

1996 edit

1996 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brett Granlund (incumbent)	66,573	56.64
	Democratic	Shirley A. Morton	45,559	38.76
	Natural Law	Douglas R. Wallack	5,344	4.55
	No party	David William O'Brien (write-in)	63	0.05
Invalid or blank votes			9,269	7.31
Total votes			146,808	100.00
	Republican hold

1994 edit

1994 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brett Granlund	64,291	63.13
	Democratic	Richard D. Sandoval	37,550	36.87
Invalid or blank votes			11,315	8.05
Total votes			113,156	100.00
	Republican hold

1992 edit

1992 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul A. Woodruff (incumbent)	68,768	52.45
	Democratic	Alice J. Robb	50,768	38.72
	Libertarian	Michael S. Geller	11,575	8.83
Invalid or blank votes			13,055	9.06
Total votes			144,166	100.00
	Republican hold

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
^ "Report of Registration as of July 3, 2020" (PDF).
^ "Russ Bogh Sworn in" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.

External links edit

District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission

[population-1] "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).

[2] "Report of Registration as of July 3, 2020" (PDF).

[3] "Russ Bogh Sworn in" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.

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