2012 California State Assembly election

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California State Assembly elections, 2012
All 80 seats of the California State Assembly
Incumbent Speaker; John Pérez; Democratic	; ;

The 2012 California State Assembly elections will take place on November 6, 2012, with a primary election taking place on June 5, 2012. Voters in all 80 of California's State Assembly districts will vote for their representative. Other elections will also be held on November 6.

Overview

California State Assembly elections, 2010
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	American Independent
	Democratic
	Green
	Independent
	Libertarian
	Peace and Freedom
	Republican
Invalid or blank votes				—	—
Valid votes				—	—
Totals			100.00%	80	—
Voter turnout

Results

District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38 • District 39 • District 40 • District 41 • District 42 • District 43 • District 44 • District 45 • District 46 • District 47 • District 48 • District 49 • District 50 • District 51 • District 52 • District 53 • District 54 • District 55 • District 56 • District 57 • District 58 • District 59 • District 60 • District 61 • District 62 • District 63 • District 64 • District 65 • District 66 • District 67 • District 68 • District 69 • District 70 • District 71 • District 72 • District 73 • District 74 • District 75 • District 76 • District 77 • District 78 • District 79 • District 80

District 1

California's 1st State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Rick Bosetti
	Republican	Brian Dahle
	Green	David Edwards
	Libertarian	Charley Hooper
	Democratic	Robert Meacher
Total votes			100.0

District 2

California's 2nd State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Wesley Chesbro (incumbent)
	Green	Pamela Elizondo
	Democratic	Tom Lynch
	Democratic	Firenza Xuan Pini
Total votes			100.0

District 3

California's 3rd State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Dan Logue (incumbent)
	Democratic	Charles Rouse
	Republican	Bob Williams
Total votes			100.0

District 4

California's 4th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	John Munn
	Democratic	Mariko Yamada (incumbent)
Total votes			100.0

District 5

California's 5th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	No party preference	Mark Belden
	Republican	Frank Bigelow
	Democratic	Mark Boyd
	Democratic	Tim (Timothy) K. Fitzgerald
	Republican	Kevin Lancaster
	Republican	Rico Oller
Total votes			100.0

District 6

California's 6th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Regy Bronner
	Republican	Beth Gaines (incumbent)
	Republican	Andy Pugno
Total votes			100.0

District 7

California's 7th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Roger Dickinson (incumbent)
	Republican	Jonathan Zachariou
Total votes			100.0

District 8

California's 8th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Libertarian	Janice Marlae Bonser
	Democratic	Ken Cooley
	Republican	John Thomas Flynn
	Republican	Barbara Ortega
	Republican	Peter Tateishi
	Republican	Phillip A. Tufi
Total votes			100.0

District 9

California's 9th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Antonio "Tony" Amador
	Republican	Edward J. Nemeth
	Democratic	Richard Pan (incumbent)
	Democratic	Tom Y. Santos
	Republican	Sophia Gonzales Sherman
	Peace and Freedom	C.T. Weber
Total votes			100.0

District 10

California's 10th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Michael Allen (incumbent)
	No party preference	Joe Boswell
	Democratic	Alex Easton-Brown
	Democratic	H. Christian Gunderson
	Democratic	Marc Levine
	Republican	Peter J. Mancus
	Democratic	Connie Wong
Total votes			100.0

District 11

California's 11th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	No party preference	Len Augustine
	Democratic	Jim Frazier
	Democratic	Gene Gantt
	Democratic	Patricia Hernández
	Republican	Mike Hudson
	Democratic	Charles Kingeter
Total votes			100.0

District 12

California's 12th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Christopher Mateo
	Republican	Kristin Olsen (incumbent)
Total votes			100.0

District 13

California's 13th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Dolores Cooper
	Democratic	Susan Eggman
	Republican	K. "Jeffrey" Jafri
	Democratic	Xochitl Raya Paderes
	Democratic	C. Jennet Stebbins
Total votes			100.0

District 14

California's 14th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Susan Bonilla (incumbent)		100.0
Total votes				100.0

District 15

California's 15th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nancy Skinner (incumbent)		100.0
Total votes				100.0

District 16

California's 16th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Joan Buchanan (incumbent)
	Republican	Al Phillips
Total votes			100.0

District 17

California's 17th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Tom Ammiano (incumbent)
	Republican	Jason P. Clark
Total votes			100.0

District 18

California's 18th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Rob Bonta
	Democratic	Abel Guillen
	Republican	Rhonda Weber
	Democratic	Joel Young
Total votes			100.0

District 19

California's 19th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Michael Breyer
	Republican	Matthew Del Carlo
	Democratic	James Pan
	Democratic	Phil Ting
Total votes			100.0

District 20

California's 20th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Sarabjit Kaur Cheema
	No party preference	Mark Green
	Democratic	Jennifer Ong
	Democratic	Bil Quirk
	Republican	Luis Reynoso
Total votes			100.0

District 21

California's 21st State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Adam Gray
	Democratic	Tommy Jones
	Republican	Jack Mobley
	Democratic	Lesa Rasmussen
	Democratic	Robert R. Sellers
Total votes			100.0

District 22

California's 22nd State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Mark Gilham
	Democratic	Kevin Mullin
Total votes			100.0

District 23

California's 23rd State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	David DeFrank
	Republican	Vong Mouanoutoua
	Republican	Jim Patterson
	Democratic	Richard Rojas
	Republican	Bob Whalen
Total votes			100.0

District 24

California's 24th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Geby E. Espinosa
	Democratic	Rich Gordon (incumbent)
	No party preference	Joseph Antonelli Rosas
	Republican	Chengzhi "George" Yang
Total votes			100.0

District 25

California's 25th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	ArLyne Diamond
	Democratic	Pete "Primo" McHugh
	Democratic	Bob Wieckowski (incumbent)
Total votes			100.0

District 26

California's 26th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Connie Conway (incumbent)
	Democratic	Jonathan Louis Sosa
Total votes			100.0

District 27

California's 27th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Nora Campos (incumbent)
	Republican	Roger F. Lasson
Total votes			100.0

District 28

California's 28th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Paul Fong (incumbent)
	No party preference	Chad Walsh
Total votes			100.0

District 29

California's 29th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Bob Fultz
	Democratic	Mark Stone
	Republican	Tom Walsh
Total votes			100.0

District 30

California's 30th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Luis Alejo (incumbent)
	Republican	Rob Bernosky
Total votes			100.0

District 31

California's 31st State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Geof Lickey
	Democratic	Henry Perea (incumbent)
Total votes			100.0

District 32

California's 32nd State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Jon McQuiston
	Republican	Pedro A. Rios
	Democratic	Rudy Salas
	Republican	David Thomas
Total votes			100.0

District 33

California's 33rd State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	John Coffey
	Republican	Tim Donnelly (incumbent)
	Republican	William E. "Bill" Jahn
Total votes			100.0

District 34

California's 34th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Mari Goodman
	Republican	Shannon Grove (incumbent)
Total votes			100.0

District 35

California's 35th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Katcho Achadjian (incumbent)
	Democratic	Gerald "Gerry" Manata
Total votes			100.0

District 36

California's 36th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Steve Fox
	Republican	Tom Lackey
	Republican	Ron Smith
Total votes			100.0

District 37

California's 37th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Rob Walter
	Democratic	Das Williams (incumbent)
Total votes			100.0

District 38

California's 38th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Edward Headington
	Republican	Patricia McKeon
	Republican	Paul B. Strickland
	Republican	Scott Wilk
Total votes			100.0

District 39

California's 39th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Richard Alarcón
	Republican	Ricardo A. Benitez
	Democratic	Raul Bocanegra
	Republican	Margie Margarita Carranza
	Republican	Omar Cuevas
	Green	John Paul (Jack) Lindblad
Total votes			100.0

District 40

California's 40th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Mike Morrell (incumbent)
	Democratic	Russ Warner
Total votes			100.0

District 41

California's 41st State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Michael Cacciotti
	Republican	Ed Colton
	Democratic	Chris Holden
	Republican	Donna Lowe
	Democratic	Victoria Rusnak
Total votes			100.0

District 42

California's 42nd State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Brian Nestande (incumbent)
	Democratic	Mark Anthony Orozco
Total votes			100.0

District 43

California's 43rd State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Mike Gatto (incumbent)
	Republican	Greg Krikorian
Total votes			100.0

District 44

California's 44th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Jeff Gorell (incumbent)
	Democratic	Eileen MacEnery
	Democratic	Thomas Mullens
Total votes			100.0

District 45

California's 45th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Bob Blumenfield (incumbent)
	Republican	Chris Kolski
Total votes			100.0

District 46

California's 46th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Laurette Healey
	Democratic	Brian C. Johnson
	Democratic	Andrew B. Lachman
	Democratic	Adriano Lecaros
	Republican	Jay L. Stern
Total votes			100.0

District 47

California's 47th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Joe Baca, Jr.
	Republican	Thelma E. Beach
	Democratic	Cheryl R. Brown
	Republican	Jeane Ensley
Total votes			100.0

District 48

California's 48th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Joe M. Gardner
	Democratic	Roger Hernandez (incumbent)
	No party preference	Mike Meza
Total votes			100.0

District 49

California's 49th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Ed Chau
	Democratic	Mitchell Ing
	Republican	Matthew Lin
Total votes			100.0

District 50

California's 50th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Richard Bloom
	Democratic	Betsy Butler (incumbent)
	Democratic	Torie Osborn
	Republican	Bradly S. Torgan
Total votes			100.0

District 51

California's 51st State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Arturo Chavez
	Democratic	Richard Friedberg
	Democratic	Jimmy Gomez
	Democratic	Oscar A. Guttierez
	Democratic	Luis Lopez
Total votes			100.0

District 52

California's 52nd State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Paul Vincent Avila
	Republican	Kenny Coble
	Democratic	Ray Moors
	Democratic	Norma Torres (incumbent)
Total votes			100.0

District 53

California's 53rd State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Jose Trinidad Aguilar
	Democratic	Michael "Mike" Aldapa
	Democratic	John Pérez (incumbent)
	Democratic	Roger A. Young
Total votes			100.0

District 54

California's 54th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Keith Brandon McCowen
	Democratic	Holly Mitchell (incumbent)
	Democratic	Ed Nicoletti
Total votes			100.0

District 55

California's 55th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Gregg D. Fritchle
	Republican	Curt Hagman (incumbent)
Total votes			100.0

District 56

California's 56th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	V. Manuel Perez (incumbent)
	Republican	Corky Reynaga-Emett
Total votes			100.0

District 57

California's 57th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Rudy Bermudez
	Democratic	Ian Calderon
	Republican	Noel A. Jaimes
Total votes			100.0

District 58

California's 58th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Sultan "Sam" Ahmad
	Democratic	Tom Calderon
	Democratic	Daniel Cresbo
	Democratic	Cristina Garcia
	Republican	Patricia A. Kotze-Ramos
	Democratic	Luis H. Marquez
Total votes			100.0

District 59

California's 59th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Greg Akili
	Democratic	Gertrude "Trudy" Holmes-Magee
	Democratic	Reggie Jones-Sawyer
	Democratic	Armenak H. Nouridjanian
	Democratic	Rodney D. Robinson
Total votes			100.0

District 60

California's 60th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Greg Kraft
	Republican	Eric Linder
	Democratic	Jose Luis Perez
	Republican	Stan Skipworth
Total votes			100.0

District 61

California's 61st State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Bill Batey
	No party preference	Fredy R. De Leon
	Republican	Joe Ludwig
	Democratic	Jose Medina
Total votes			100.0

District 62

California's 62nd State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Steven Bradford (incumbent)
	Democratic	Mervin Evans
Total votes			100.0

District 63

California's 63rd State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Jack M. Guerrero
	Democratic	Diane Janet Martinez
	Republican	Anthony Rendon
	Republican	Cathrin "Cat" Sargent
Total votes			100.0

District 64

California's 64th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Isadore Hall, III (incumbent)		100.0
Total votes				100.0

District 65

California's 65th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Chris Norby (incumbent)
	Democratic	Sharon Quirk-Silva
Total votes			100.0

District 66

California's 66th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Craig Huey
	Republican	Nathan Mintz
	Democratic	Al Muratsuchi
Total votes			100.0

District 67

California's 67th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	William T. Akana
	Republican	Kenneth C. Dickson
	Republican	Bob Magee
	Republican	Melissa Melendez
	Republican	Phil Paule
Total votes			100.0

District 68

California's 68th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Christina Avalos
	Republican	Don Wagner (incumbent)
Total votes			100.0

District 69

California's 69th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Francisco "Paco" Barragan
	Democratic	Tom Daly
	Democratic	Michele Martinez
	Republican	Jose "Joe" Moreno
	Democratic	Julio Perez
Total votes			100.0

District 70

California's 70th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Martha Flores Gibson
	Democratic	Bonnie Lowenthal (incumbent)
Total votes			100.0

District 71

California's 71st State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Patrick J. Hurley
	Republican	Brian Jones (incumbent)
	Democratic	John McLaughlin
Total votes			100.0

District 72

California's 72nd State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Travis Allen
	Democratic	Albert Ayala
	Democratic	Joe Dovinh
	Republican	Troy Edgar
	Republican	Long Pham
Total votes			100.0

District 73

California's 73rd State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	James Corbett
	Republican	Diane Harkey (incumbent)
Total votes			100.0

District 74

California's 74th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Leslie Daigle
	Republican	Allan Mansoor (incumbent)
	Democratic	Robert Rush
Total votes			100.0

District 75

California's 75th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Matthew Herold
	Republican	Marie Waldron
Total votes			100.0

District 76

California's 76th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Rocky J. Chavez
	Republican	Farrah Douglas
	Republican	Sherry Hodges
Total votes			100.0

District 77

California's 77th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Ruben "RJ" Hernandez
	No party preference	Greg Laskaris
	Republican	Brian Maienschein
	Republican	Dustin Steiner
Total votes			100.0

District 78

California's 78th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Toni Atkins (incumbent)
	Republican	Ralph Denney
	Republican	Robert E. Williams
Total votes			100.0

District 79

California's 79th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Mary England
	Republican	Matt Mendoza
	Democratic	Rudy Ramirez
	Democratic	Sid Voorakkara
	Democratic	Patricia Ann Washington
	Democratic	Shirley Weber
Total votes			100.0

District 80

California's 80th State Assembly district primary election, 2012
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Ben Hueso (incumbent)
	Republican	Derrick W. Roach
Total votes			100.0

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