California's 22nd State Assembly district

California's 22nd State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. The district moved from the San Francisco Peninsula to the San Joaquin Valley as part of redistricting in 2022.^[2]

California's 22nd State Assembly district
Current assemblymember	Juan Alanis R–Modesto
Population (2010)  • Voting age  • Citizen voting age	462,734[1] 361,226[1] 289,604[1]
Demographics	48.00% White 2.10% Black 23.36% Latino 23.40% Asian 0.42% Native American 1.41% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.49% other 0.82[1]% remainder of multiracial
Registered voters	265,076
Registration	49.48% Democratic 15.60% Republican 30.97% No party preference

District profile

The district is in the San Joaquin Valley. It is suburban and rural with a large agricultural economy base. Many citizens commute to work in the San Francisco Bay Area. Modesto, Turlock, and Patterson are the largest communities in the district.

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2022	Governor[3]	Dahle 55.5 – 44.5%
	Senator[4]	Meuser 52.9 – 47.1%
2021	Recall	No 78.1 – 21.9%
2020	President[5]	Biden 77.3 – 20.7%
2018	Governor[6]	Newsom 74.4 – 25.6%
	Senator[7]	Feinstein 62.3 – 37.7%
2016	President	Clinton 75.2 – 19.8%
	Senator	Harris 71.7 – 28.3%
2014	Governor	Brown 74.8 – 25.2%
2012	President	Obama 71.4 – 26.3%
	Senator	Feinstein 76.3 – 23.7%

List of assemblymembers

Due to redistricting, the 22nd district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2020 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.

Assembly Members	Party	Years Served	Counties Represented	Notes
Henry A. Pellet	Republican	January 5, 1885 – January 3, 1887	Napa
Frank Coombs		January 3, 1887 – January 2, 1893
Eben B. Owen		January 2, 1893 – January 7, 1895	Sacramento
John E. Butler		January 7, 1895 – January 4, 1897
Leonard M. Landsborough	Fusion	January 4, 1897 – January 2, 1899
Morris Brooke	Democratic	January 2, 1899 – January 1, 1901
William Walter Greer	Republican	January 1, 1901 – January 5, 1903
Harry Leander Ells		January 5, 1903 – January 7, 1907	Contra Costa
Palmerston Cornick Campbell		January 7, 1907 – January 4, 1909
Thomas D. Johnston		January 4, 1909 – January 2, 1911
Madison Ralph Jones		January 2, 1911 – January 6, 1913
John J. Ford Jr.	Democratic	January 6, 1913 – January 4, 1915	San Francisco
William P. Kennedy	Progressive Party	January 4, 1915 – January 8, 1917
Thomas A. Mitchell	Republican	January 8, 1917 – January 6, 1919
	Democratic	January 6, 1919 – January 3, 1921
	Republican	January 3, 1921 – January 3, 1927
James C. Flynn		January 3, 1927 – January 23, 1930		Died in office[8]
Frederick C. Hawes		January 5, 1931 – January 2, 1933
James A. Miller		January 2, 1933 – January 7, 1935
Kennett B. Dawson		January 7, 1935 – January 2, 1939
George D. Collins Jr.	Democratic	January 2, 1939 – January 5, 1953
Bernard R. Brady		January 5, 1953 – January 7, 1957
John A. Busterud	Republican	January 7, 1957 – January 7, 1963
George W. Milias		January 7, 1963 – January 4, 1971	Santa Clara
Richard D. Hayden		January 4, 1971 – November 30, 1980
Ernie Konnyu		December 1, 1980 – November 30, 1986
Chuck Quackenbush		December 1, 1986 – November 30, 1992
John Vasconcellos	Democratic	December 7, 1992 – November 30, 1996
Elaine Alquist		December 2, 1996 – November 30, 2002
Sally J. Lieber		December 2, 2002 – November 30, 2008
Paul Fong		December 1, 2008 – November 30, 2012
Kevin Mullin		December 3, 2012 – November 30, 2022	San Mateo
Juan Alanis	Republican	December 5, 2022 – Present	Merced, Stanislaus

Election results (1992–present)

Contents

• 1992
• 1994
• 1996
• 1998
• 2000
• 2002
• 2004
• 2006
• 2008
• 2010
• 2012
• 2014
• 2016
• 2018
• 2020
• 2022

2022

2022 California State Assembly election

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Juan Alanis	23,453	36.5%
	Democratic	Jessica Self	17,315	27.0%
	Democratic	Chad M. Condit	13,015	20.3%
	Republican	Joel Gutierrez Campos	8,160	12.7%
	Republican	Guadalupe 'Lupita' Salazar	2,250	3.5%
Total votes			64,193	100.0%
General election
	Republican	Juan Alanis	60,338	58.1%
	Democratic	Jessica Self	43,526	41.9%
Total votes			103,864	100.0%
	Republican hold

2020

2020 California State Assembly election

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kevin Mullin (incumbent)	107,738	75.7%
	Republican	Mark Gilham	17,942	12.6%
	Republican	Bridget Mahoney	16,606	11.7%
Total votes			142,286	100.0%
General election
	Democratic	Kevin Mullin (incumbent)	182,419	75.4%
	Republican	Mark Gilham	59,531	24.6%
Total votes			241,950	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

2018

California State Assembly election, 2018

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kevin Mullin (incumbent)	80,610	74.1
	Republican	Christina Laskowski	24,104	22.2
	Green	Bridget Duffy	4,106	3.8
Total votes			108,820	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Kevin Mullin (incumbent)	145,197	76.8
	Republican	Christina Laskowski	43,927	23.2
Total votes			189,124	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016

California State Assembly election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kevin Mullin (incumbent)	85,682	76.2
	Republican	Art Kiesel	14,998	13.3
	Republican	Mark Gilham	11,748	10.4
Total votes			112,428	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Kevin Mullin (incumbent)	148,289	74.4
	Republican	Art Kiesel	51,046	25.6
Total votes			199,335	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014

California State Assembly election, 2014

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kevin Mullin (incumbent)	42,575	71.0
	Republican	Mark Gilham	9,053	15.1
	Republican	Jonathan Emmanuel Madison	8,297	13.8
Total votes			59,925	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Kevin Mullin (incumbent)	73,928	70.6
	Republican	Mark Gilham	30,781	29.4
Total votes			104,709	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012

California State Assembly election, 2012

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kevin Mullin	51,578	68.5
	Republican	Mark Gilham	23,738	31.5
Total votes			75,316	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Kevin Mullin	126,519	71.4
	Republican	Mark Gilham	50,684	28.6
Total votes			177,203	100.0
	Democratic hold

2010

2010 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul Fong (incumbent)	74,501	67.1
	Republican	Eric Shooter Hickok	30,143	27.1
	Libertarian	T.J. Campbell	6,478	5.8
Total votes			111,122	100.0
	Democratic hold

2008

2008 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul Fong	109,249	76.14
	Republican	Brent Oya	34,230	23.86
Total votes			143,479	100.00
Turnout				75.42
	Democratic hold

2006

2006 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sally Lieber (incumbent)	66,941	68.79
	Republican	Roger Riffenburgh	30,369	31.21
Total votes			97,310	100.00
Turnout				59.56
	Democratic hold

2004

2004 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sally Lieber (incumbent)	91,561	70.27
	Republican	Marie Dominguez-Gasson	38,746	29.73
Total votes			130,307	100.00
	Democratic hold

2002

2002 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sally Lieber	48,144	58.39
	Republican	Stan Kawczynski	30,331	36.79
	Libertarian	Kennita Watson	3,972	4.82
Invalid or blank votes			7,833	8.68
Total votes			90,280	100.00
	Democratic hold

2000

2000 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elaine Alquist (incumbent)	81,401	67.58
	Republican	Stan Kawczynski	39,149	32.50
Invalid or blank votes			14,942	11.03
Total votes			135,492	100.00
	Democratic hold

1998

1998 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elaine Alquist (incumbent)	61,980	63.80
	Republican	Stan Kawczynski	30,186	31.07
	Libertarian	Raul Rako	3,562	3.67
	Natural Law	Rick Dunstan	1,414	1.46
Invalid or blank votes			11,575	10.65
Total votes			108,717	100.00
	Democratic hold

1996

1996 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elaine Alquist	74,304	60.14
	Republican	Karin Dowdy	44,505	36.02
	Natural Law	Frank Strutner	4,738	3.83
Invalid or blank votes			14,526	10.52
Total votes			138,073	100.00
	Democratic hold

1994

1994 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Vasconcellos (incumbent)	56,272	56.3
	Republican	Karin Dowdy	43,678	43.7
Invalid or blank votes			19,482	16.31
Total votes			119,432	100.00
	Democratic hold

1992

1992 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Vasconcellos (incumbent)	81,578	54.36
	Republican	Tim Jeffries	59,120	39.40
	Libertarian	Bob Goodwyn	9,367	6.24
Invalid or blank votes			13,258	8.12
Total votes			163,323	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

See also

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