California's 20th State Assembly district

California's 20th State Assembly district
California's 20th State Assembly district
Current assemblymember
	Liz Ortega; D–San Leandro
Population (2020); • Voting age	516,830; 408,760
Demographics	20.11% White; 8.65% Black; 31.35% Latino; 33.91% Asian; 0.22% Native American; 1.52% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; 0.54% other; 4.52% remainder of multiracial;

California's 20th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is represented by Democrat Liz Ortega of San Leandro.

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Year	Office	Results
2022	Governor	Newsom 72.7 – 27.3%
2022	Senator	Padilla 73.7 – 26.3%
2021	Recall	No 75.7 – 24.3%
2020^[2]	President	Biden 74.7 – 23.2%
2018	Governor	Newsom 74.8 – 25.2%
2018	Senator	Feinstein 58.5 – 41.5%
2016	President	Clinton 75.5 – 19.1%
2016	Senator	Harris 69.1 – 30.9%
2014	Governor	Brown 76.8 – 23.2%
2012	President	Obama 75.7 – 22.2%
2012	Senator	Feinstein 78.3 – 21.7%

Assembly members	Party	Years served	Counties represented	Notes
Dwight Hollister	Republican	January 5, 1885 – January 3, 1887	Sacramento
Seymour Carr		January 3, 1887 – January 5, 1889
L. H. Fassett		January 5, 1889 – December 16, 1889		Died in office.^[3]
Vacant		December 16, 1889 – January 5, 1891
Gillis Doty	Democratic	January 5, 1891 – January 2, 1893
William A. Anderson	Republican	January 2, 1893 – January 7, 1895
Judson C. Brusie		January 7, 1895 – January 4, 1897
William M. Sims		January 4, 1897 – January 2, 1899
Grove L. Johnson		January 2, 1899 – January 5, 1903
W. S. Killingsworth	Democratic	January 5, 1903 – January 2, 1905	Solano
Frank R. Devlin	Republican	January 2, 1905 – January 4, 1909
John Roche Cronin	Republican	January 4, 1909 – January 6, 1913
Wilber C. Wall	Democratic	January 6, 1913 – January 4, 1915	San Joaquin
Lawrence Edwards	Democratic	January 4, 1915 – January 6, 1919
Charles Lamb	Republican	January 6, 1919 – January 6, 1920		Died in office.^[4]
Vacant		January 6, 1920 – January 3, 1921
Oscar C. Parkinson	Republican	January 3, 1921 – January 8, 1923
George A. Dean		January 8, 1923 – January 5, 1925
Tom H. Louttit		January 5, 1925 – January 3, 1927
Forsythe Charles Clowdsley	Democratic	January 3, 1927 – January 5, 1931
Theodore McKay Wright	Republican	January 5, 1931 – January 2, 1933	Santa Clara
Thomas A. Maloney	Republican	January 2, 1933 – January 7, 1957	San Francisco
Phillip Burton	Democratic	January 7, 1957 – February 24, 1964		Resigned from the Assembly after winning a special congressional election.
Vacant		February 24, 1964 – January 4, 1965
John Burton	Democratic	January 4, 1965 – June 25, 1974		Resigned from the Assembly after winning a special congressional election.
Vacant		June 25, 1974 – December 2, 1974
Dixon Arnett	Republican	December 2, 1974 – November 30, 1978	San Mateo
Robert W. Naylor		December 4, 1978 – November 30, 1986
Bill Duplissea		December 1, 1986 – November 30, 1988
Ted Lempert	Democratic	December 5, 1988 – November 30, 1992
Delaine Eastin		December 7, 1992 – November 30, 1994	Alameda, Santa Clara
Liz Figueroa		December 5, 1994 – November 30, 1998
John A. Dutra		December 7, 1998 – November 30, 2004
Alberto Torrico		December 6, 2004 – November 30, 2010
Bob Wieckowski		December 6, 2010 – November 30, 2012
Bill Quirk		December 3, 2012 – November 30, 2022	Alameda
Liz Ortega		December 5, 2022 – present	Alameda

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Liz Ortega	23,503	32.20
	Democratic	Shawn Kumagai	17,481	23.90
	Democratic	Jennifer Esteen	16,211	22.20
	Republican	Joseph Grcar	15,869	21.70
Total votes			73,064	100.00
General election
	Democratic	Liz Ortega	68,853	62.20
	Democratic	Shawn Kumagai	41,917	37.80
Total votes			110,770	100.00
	Democratic hold

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Quirk (incumbent)	42,606	47.10
	Democratic	Alexis Villalobos	19,900	22.00
	Republican	Son Nguyen	18,410	20.40
	Democratic	Vipan Singh Bajwa	9,463	10.50
Total votes			90,379	100.00
General election
	Democratic	Bill Quirk (incumbent)	100,105	56.90
	Democratic	Alexis Villalobos	75,672	43.10
Total votes			175,777	100.00
	Democratic hold

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Quirk (incumbent)	56,762	99.90
	Republican	Joseph Grcar (write-in)	81	0.10
Total votes			56,843	100.00
General election
	Democratic	Bill Quirk (incumbent)	105,848	77.40
	Republican	Joseph Grcar	30,863	22.60
Total votes			136,711	100.00
	Democratic hold

California's 20th State Assembly district

District profile

Election results from statewide races

List of assembly members

Election results (1992–present)

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California State Assembly election, 2012
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Quirk	17,177	30.30
	Democratic	Jennifer Ong	14,560	25.70
	No party preference	Mark Green	11,490	20.30
	Republican	Luis Reynoso	10,041	17.70
	Democratic	Sarabjit Kaur Cheema	3,397	6.00
Total votes			56,665	100.00
General election
	Democratic	Bill Quirk	67,028	50.30
	Democratic	Jennifer Ong	66,111	49.70
Total votes			133,139	100.00
	Democratic hold

2002 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John A. Dutra (incumbent)	53,000	66.60
	Republican	Daniel L. Dow	22,936	28.82
	Libertarian	Keith Lyon	3,638	4.57
Invalid or blank votes			6,853	7.93
Total votes			86,427	100.00
	Democratic hold

2000 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John A. Dutra (incumbent)	75,455	64.46
	Republican	Lowell King	35,889	30.66
	Libertarian	Mark Werlwas	5,709	4.88
Invalid or blank votes			13,301	10.20
Total votes			130,354	100.00
	Democratic hold

1998 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John A. Dutra	52,132	57.69
	Republican	Jonelle Joan Zager	38,239	42.31
Invalid or blank votes			10,068	10.02
Total votes			100,439	100.00
	Democratic hold