California's 33rd State Assembly district

California's 33rd State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Republican Alexandra Macedo of Tulare.

California's 33rd State Assembly district
Current assemblymember	Alexandra Macedo R–Tulare
Population (2020)  • Voting age  • Citizen voting age	505,368[1] 351,645[1] 271,817[1]
Demographics	22.43% White 1.83% Black 69.12% Latino 3.17% Asian 0.63% Native American 0.13% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.47% other 2.21[1]% remainder of multiracial
Registered voters	211,670
Registration	37.06% Republican 33.02% Democratic 21.69% No party preference

District profile

The district, one of the largest in California, encompasses a wide expanse of the High Desert, stretching from the Victor Valley to the Nevada and Arizona borders. It also includes several communities in the San Bernardino Mountains. The district's population is mostly concentrated in the southwest, with scattered settlements elsewhere.^[2]

San Bernardino County – 23.1%

• Adelanto
• Apple Valley
• Baker
• Barstow
• Big Bear City
• Big Bear Lake
• Big River
• Crestline
• Helendale
• Hesperia
• Lake Arrowhead
• Lenwood
• Lucerne Valley
• Needles
• Phelan – partial
• Running Springs
• Trona
• Victorville

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2021	Recall	Yes 60.6 – 39.4%
2020	President [3]	Trump 54.2 – 43.6%
2018	Governor[4]	Cox 60.2 – 39.8%
	Senator[5]	De Leon 54.0 – 46.0%
2016	President	Trump 54.6 – 40.0%
	Senator	Harris 52.9 – 47.1%
2014	Governor	Kashkari 63.5 – 36.5%
2012	President	Romney 55.5 – 41.8%
	Senator	Emken 56.4 – 43.6%

List of assembly members

Due to redistricting, the 33rd 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
William B. May	Republican	January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887	San Francisco
James J. Callaghan	Democratic	January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889
William E. Dinan		January 7, 1889 - January 5, 1891
F. L. Jones	Republican	January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893
M. J. Hurley	Democratic	January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895
Lawrence J. Dwyer		January 7, 1895 - January 4, 1897
George B. Godfrey		January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1899
Eugene D. Sullivan		January 2, 1899 - January 1, 1901
John Butler	Republican	January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1903
Matthew J. Kerrigan	Democratic	January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1905
Fred J. Meincke	Republican	January 2, 1905 - January 7, 1907
Paul F. Fratessa		January 7, 1907 - January 4, 1909
Bernard Joseph Collum	Democratic	January 4, 1909 - January 2, 1911
James J. Ryan	Republican	January 2, 1911 - January 6, 1913
Victor J. Canepa		January 6, 1913 - January 8, 1917
	Prohibition
Leo R. Friedman	Republican	January 8, 1917 - January 6, 1919
John B. Badaracco	Democratic	January 6, 1919 - January 5, 1925
Charles A. Oliva	Republican	January 5, 1925 - January 2, 1933
Clarence Ray Robinson		January 2, 1933 - January 7, 1935	Madera, Mariposa, Merced
James D. Garibaldi	Democratic	January 7, 1935 - January 2, 1939	Madera, Merced
George A. Clarke	Republican	January 2, 1939 - January 4, 1943
Frederick Weybret		January 4, 1943 - January 8, 1945	Monterey, San Luis Obispo
Fred Emlay	Democratic	January 8, 1945 - January 6, 1947
James W. Silliman	Republican	January 6, 1947 - January 5, 1953
William W. Hansen		January 5, 1953 - January 5, 1959	Fresno
Charles B. Garrigus	Democratic	January 5, 1959 - January 2, 1967
Ernest N. Mobley	Republican	January 2, 1967 - November 30, 1974	Fresno, Madera
Bill Thomas		December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1978	Kern
Don Rogers		December 4, 1978 - November 30, 1986
			Kern, Tulare
Trice Harvey		December 1, 1986 - November 30, 1992
Andrea Seastrand		December 7, 1992 - November 30, 1994	Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara
Tom J. Bordonaro Jr.		December 5, 1994 - November 30, 1998	San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara
Abel Maldonado		December 7, 1998 – November 30, 2004
Sam Blakeslee		December 6, 2004 – August 23, 2010		Resigned from the Assembly after winning special for California's 15th Senate district.[6]
Katcho Achadjian		December 6, 2010 - November 30, 2012
Tim Donnelly		December 3, 2012 - November 30, 2014	San Bernardino
Jay Obernolte		December 1, 2014 - November 30, 2020
Thurston Smith		December 7, 2020 – present

Election results (1992–present)

Contents

• 1992
• 1994
• 1996
• 1998
• 2000
• 2002
• 2004
• 2006
• 2008
• 2010
• 2012
• 2014
• 2016
• 2018
• 2020

2020

California State Assembly election, 2020

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thurston "Smitty" Smith	32,891	37.9%
	Republican	Rick Herrick	14,922	17.2%
	Democratic	Socorro Cisneros	12,136	14.0%
	Democratic	Blanca A. Gomez	8,950	10.3%
	Democratic	Anthony A. Rhoades	7,670	8.8%
	Democratic	Roger La Plante	5,655	6.5%
	Republican	Alex Walton	4,564	5.3%
Total votes			86,788	100.0%
General election
	Republican	Thurston “Smitty” Smith	86,948	54.9%
	Republican	Rick Herrick	71,567	45.1%
Total votes			158,515	100.0%
	Republican hold

2018

California State Assembly election, 2018

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jay Obernolte (incumbent)	43,100	65.8
	Democratic	Socorro Cisneros	12,566	19.2
	Democratic	Scott Markovich	9,854	15.0
Total votes			65,520	100.0
General election
	Republican	Jay Obernolte (incumbent)	72,109	60.2
	Democratic	Socorro Cisneros	47,603	39.8
Total votes			119,712	100.0
	Republican hold

2016

California State Assembly election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jay Obernolte (incumbent)	43,526	60.7
	Democratic	Scott Markovich	28,220	39.3
Total votes			71,746	100.0
General election
	Republican	Jay Obernolte (incumbent)	84,000	60.6
	Democratic	Scott Markovich	56,086	39.4
Total votes			140,086	100.0
	Republican hold

2014

California State Assembly election, 2014

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Coffey	9,865	23.1
	Republican	Jay Obernolte	8,028	18.8
	Republican	Michelle Ambrozic	7,566	17.7
	Republican	Rick Roelle	6,574	15.4
	Republican	Art Bishop	5,956	14.0
	Republican	Brett Savage	1,811	4.2
	Republican	Scott Markovich	975	2.3
	Republican	Jerry J. Laws	814	1.9
	Republican	Robert J. "Bob" Burhle	802	1.9
	Republican	Robert Larivee	299	0.7
Total votes			45,690	100.0
General election
	Republican	Jay Obernolte	46,144	65.9
	Democratic	John Coffey	23,828	34.1
Total votes			69,972	100.0
	Republican hold

2012

California State Assembly election, 2012

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Donnelly (incumbent)	25,200	52.1
	Democratic	John Coffey	13,873	28.7
	Republican	William E. "Bill" Jahn	9,331	19.3
Total votes			48,404	100.0
General election
	Republican	Tim Donnelly (incumbent)	73,836	59.0
	Democratic	John Coffey	51,215	41.0
Total votes			125,051	100.0
	Republican hold

2010

2010 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Katcho Achadjian	84,629	57.8
	Democratic	Hilda Zacarias	54,817	37.4
	Libertarian	Paul K. Polson	7,051	4.8
Total votes			146,497	100.0
	Republican hold

2008

2008 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sam Blakeslee (incumbent)	114,316	63.84
	Democratic	Robert Cuthbert	64,740	36.16
Total votes			179,056	100.00
Turnout				76.38
	Republican hold

2006

2006 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sam Blakeslee (incumbent)	91,393	67.01
	Democratic	Robert Cuthbert	44,991	32.99
Total votes			136,384	100.00
Turnout				62.01
	Republican hold

2004

2004 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sam Blakeslee (incumbent)	99,864	56.27
	Democratic	Stew Jenkins	57,673	32.50
	Green	Tom Hutchings	10,422	5.87
	Libertarian	Gary L. Kirkland	9,502	5.35
Total votes			177,461	100.00
	Republican hold

2002

2002 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Abel Maldonado (incumbent)	76,237	63.05
	Democratic	Laurence D. Houlgate	44,678	36.95
Invalid or blank votes			2,550	2.07
Total votes			123,465	100.00
	Republican hold

2000

2000 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Abel Maldonado (incumbent)	101,200	64.44
	Democratic	Laurence D. Houlgate	55,855	35.56
Invalid or blank votes			6,562	4.01
Total votes			163,617	100.00
	Republican hold

1998

1998 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Abel Maldonado	76,596	60.34
	Democratic	Betty Sanders	47,485	37.40
	Libertarian	David L. Bersohn	2,868	2.26
Invalid or blank votes			5,189	3.93
Total votes			132,138	100.00
	Republican hold

1996

1996 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom J. Bordonaro, Jr.	84,568	57.95
	Democratic	Betty Sanders	52,334	35.86
	Libertarian	Gary L. Kirkland	5,268	3.61
	Natural Law	Katherine R. Baker	3,753	2.57
Invalid or blank votes			8,703	5.63
Total votes			154,626	100.00
	Republican hold

1994

1994 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom J. Bordonaro, Jr.	73,767	58.36
	Democratic	John B. Ashbaugh	47,842	37.85
	Libertarian	Gary R. Kirkland	4,791	3.79
Invalid or blank votes			9,471	6.97
Total votes			135,871	100.00
	Republican hold

1992

1992 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andrea Seastrand (incumbent)	86,090	55.57
	Democratic	John B. Ashbaugh	61,712	39.84
	Libertarian	Steve McClenathan	7,106	4.59
Invalid or blank votes			7,745	4.76
Total votes			162,653	100.00
	Republican hold

See also

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