California's 31st State Assembly district

California's 31st State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Joaquin Arambula of Fresno.

California's 31st State Assembly district
Current assemblymember	Joaquin Arambula D–Fresno
Population (2010)  • Voting age  • Citizen voting age	468,265^[1] 314,850^[1] 211,837^[1]
Demographics	17.28% White 4.77% Black 68.14% Latino 8.34% Asian 0.76% Native American 0.09% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.22% other 0.38^[1]% remainder of multiracial
Registered voters	174,654
Registration	47.49% Democratic 26.72% Republican 21.34% No party preference

District profile

The district encompasses western Fresno County and is anchored by the city of Fresno. Located in the middle of the Central Valley, the district is heavily agricultural and Latino.

Fresno County – 50.3% Biola Bowles Calwa Cantua Creek Caruthers Coalinga Del Rey Easton Firebaugh Fowler Fresno – 41.0% Huron Kerman Kingsburg Mendota Monmouth Orange Cove Parlier Raisin City Reedley San Joaquin Sanger Selma Tranquillity

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2021	Recall	No 56.6 – 43.4%
2020^[2]	President	Biden 61.9 – 36.2%
2018	Governor	Newsom 58.3 – 41.7%
	Senator	de Leon 50.7 – 49.3%
2016	President	Clinton 62.1 – 32.9%
	Senator	Sanchez 55.9 – 44.1%
2014	Governor	Brown 58.2 – 41.8%
2012	President	Obama 62.0 – 36.2%
	Senator	Feinstein 62.6 – 37.4%

List of assembly members

Due to redistricting, the 31st 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
Peter Deveny	Republican	January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887	San Francisco
Edwin Lewis	Democratic	January 3, 1887 January 7, 1889
Thomas J. Brannan		January 7, 1889 - January 5, 1891
John Hayes	Republican	January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893
John J. Kennedy	Democratic	January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895
J. J. Wilkinson	Republican	January 7, 1895 -January 4, 1897
Timothy E. Treacy	Democratic	January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1899
Daniel S. O'Brien		January 2, 1899 - January 1, 1901
John J. Hourigan	Republican	January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1903
Charles A. Siskron	Democratic	January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1905
Jeremiah Lucey	Republican	January 2, 1905 - January 7, 1907
Daniel J. Toomey		January 7, 1907 - January 4, 1909
James Edward Hopkins	Union Labor	January 4, 1909 - January 2, 1911
Walter A. McDonald	Republican	January 2, 1911 - January 6, 1913
Milton L. Schmitt		January 6, 1913 - January 8, 1917
Milton Marks Sr.		January 8, 1917 - January 6, 1919
Albert A. Rosenshine		January 6, 1919 - January 3, 1927
B. J. Feigenbaum		January 3, 1927 - January 2, 1933
C. C. Cottrell		January 2, 1933 - January 2, 1939	Santa Clara
M. G. Del Mutolo	Democratic	January 2, 1939 - January 4, 1943
George A. Clarke	Republican	January 4, 1943 - January 7, 1957	Madera, Merced
Gordon H. Winton	Democratic	January 7, 1957 - January 2, 1967
			Madera, Merced, San Benito
Frank Murphy Jr.	Republican	January 2, 1967 - November 30, 1974	Merced, San Benito, Santa Cruz
Ernest N. Mobley		December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1976	Fresno, Tulare
Richard H. Lehman	Democratic	December 6, 1976 - November 30, 1982
Bruce Bronzan		December 6, 1982 - November 30, 1992	Fresno	Won re-election but declined to serve another term.^[3]
Cruz Bustamante		April 29, 1993 - November 30, 1998	Fresno, Tulare	Sworn in after winning special election to fill in vacant seat left by his predecessor after he declined to serve another term.^[4]
Sarah Reyes		December 7, 1998 - November 30, 2004
Juan Arambula		December 6, 2004 - November 30, 2010		On June 23, 2009 Juan Arambula Changed his party affliation to independent while in office.^[5]
	Independent
Henry Perea	Democratic	December 6, 2010 – December 31, 2015		Resigned from the Assembly to become a lobbyist.^[6]
			Fresno
Joaquin Arambula		April 14, 2016 – Present		Sworn in after winning special election when his predecessor resigned to become a lobbyist.^[7]

Election results (1992–present)

2020

California State Assembly election, 2020

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joaquin Arambula (incumbent)	38,317	61.7%
	Republican	Fernando Banuelos	23,743	38.3%
Total votes			62,060	100.0%
General election
	Democratic	Joaquin Arambula (incumbent)	77,193	61.9%
	Republican	Fernando Banuelos	47,551	38.1%
Total votes			124,744	100.0%
	Democratic hold

2018

California State Assembly election, 2018

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joaquin Arambula (incumbent)	24,128	59.5
	Republican	Lupe Espinoza	16,431	40.5
Total votes			40,559	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Joaquin Arambula (incumbent)	54,921	64.8
	Republican	Lupe Espinoza	29,771	35.2
Total votes			84,692	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016

California State Assembly election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joaquin Arambula (incumbent)	31,600	57.7
	Republican	Clint Olivier	19,605	35.8
	Democratic	Ted Miller	3,582	6.5
Total votes			54,787	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Joaquin Arambula (incumbent)	62,404	63.8
	Republican	Clint Olivier	35,454	36.2
Total votes			97,858	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016 (special)

California's 31st State Assembly district special election, 2016
Vacancy resulting from the resignation of Henry Perea

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joaquin Arambula	19,621	53.8
	Republican	Clint Olivier	14,708	40.3
	Democratic	Ted Miller	2,152	5.9
Total votes			36,481	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014

California State Assembly election, 2014

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Perea (incumbent)	24,853	99.9
	No party preference	Walter O. Villarreal (write-in)	24	0.1
Total votes			24,877	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Henry Perea (incumbent)	36,165	66.7
	No party preference	Walter O. Villarreal	18,017	33.3
Total votes			54,182	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012

California State Assembly election, 2012

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Perea (incumbent)	22,255	98.7
	Republican	James (JD) Bennett (write-in)	299	1.3
Total votes			22,554	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Henry Perea (incumbent)	55,626	64.0
	Republican	James (JD) Bennett	31,282	36.0
Total votes			86,908	100.0
	Democratic hold

2010

California State Assembly election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Perea	40,947	59.8
	Republican	Brandon Shoemaker	27,606	40.2
Total votes			68,553	100.0
	Democratic gain from Independent

2008

California State Assembly election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Juan Arambula (incumbent)	64,620	69.6
	Republican	Clifford Archer	28,310	30.4
	Democratic	Christopher Alexander McCowan (Alexander Christof Grimaldi) (write-in)	170	0.1
Total votes			92,947	100.0
	Democratic hold

2006

California State Assembly election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Juan Arambula (incumbent)	45,004	100.0
Total votes			45,004	100.0
	Democratic hold

2004

California State Assembly election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Juan Arambula	49,738	57.7
	Republican	Paul Betancourt	36,496	42.3
Total votes			86,234	100.0
	Democratic hold

2002

California State Assembly election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sarah L. Reyes (incumbent)	39,727	100.0
Total votes			39,727	100.0
	Democratic hold

2000

California State Assembly election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sarah L. Reyes (incumbent)	47,202	63.2
	Republican	Richard Guerra Cabral	27,529	36.8
Total votes			74,731	100.0
	Democratic hold

1998

California State Assembly election, 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sarah L. Reyes	36,553	59.0
	Republican	David Jackson	25,426	41.0
Total votes			61,979	100.0
	Democratic hold

1996

California State Assembly election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cruz Bustamante (incumbent)	43,735	62.5
	Republican	Nathan Short	22,053	31.5
	Libertarian	Joseph H. Peacock II	2,935	4.2
	Natural Law	Joni Mamicki	1,273	1.8
Total votes			69,996	100.0
	Democratic hold

1994

California State Assembly election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cruz Bustamante (incumbent)	37,012	58.4
	Republican	Glen S. Peterson	26,378	41.6
Total votes			63,390	100.0
	Democratic hold

1993 (special)

California's 31st State Assembly district special election, 1993
Vacancy arising from the resignation of Bruce Bronzan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cruz Bustamante	18,697	57.6
	Republican	Doug Vagim	13,735	42.4
Total votes			32,432	100.0
	Democratic hold

1992

California State Assembly election, 1992

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bruce Bronzan (incumbent)	58,025	100.0
Total votes			58,025	100.0
	Democratic hold

See also

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

References

1. "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
2. "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
3. "Bruce Bronzan declines another term" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.
4. "Cruz Bustamante Sworn in" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.
5. "Juan Armabula changes party affliation" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.
6. "Leader of Legislature's moderate Democrats will resign to seek government relations job". latimes.com. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
7. "Joaquin Arambula Sworn in" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.

External links

• from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission