James Edward Whetmore
California's 70th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Republican Tri Ta of Westminster.
District profile
The district encompasses southern coastal Los Angeles County, centered on the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The district also includes part of the Channel Islands.
Los Angeles County – 4.8%
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Election results from statewide races
Year | Office | Results |
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2021 | Recall | ![]() |
2020 | President | Biden 69.3 - 26.5% |
2018 | Governor | Newsom 69.1 – 30.9% |
Senator | Feinstein 55.5 – 44.5% | |
2016 | President | Clinton 68.1 – 25.1% |
Senator | Harris 63.6 – 36.4% | |
2014 | Governor | Brown 63.5 – 36.5% |
2012 | President | Obama 67.4 – 29.9% |
Senator | Feinstein 68.7 – 31.3% |
List of assembly members
Due to redistricting, the 70th 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 |
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Angus Marion Clark | Democratic | January 5, 1885 – January 3, 1887 | Fresno | |
Joseph Phillip Vincent | Republican | January 3, 1887 – January 7, 1889 | ||
Egbert Harris Tucker | Democratic | January 7, 1889 – January 5, 1891 | ||
G. W. Mordecai | January 5, 1891 – January 2, 1893 | |||
Cyrus Mortimer Simpson | Republican | January 2, 1893 – January 7, 1895 | Los Angeles | |
Henry G. Weyse | January 7, 1895 – January 4, 1897 | |||
Walter S. Melick | January 4, 1897 – January 2, 1899 | |||
Charles Edson | People's | January 2, 1899 – January 1, 1901 | ||
Walter S. Melick | Republican | January 1, 1901 – January 5, 1903 | ||
William H. Kelso | January 5, 1903 – January 2, 1905 | |||
William H. Wickersham | January 2, 1905 – January 7, 1907 | |||
Walter Ransome Leeds | January 7, 1907 – January 2, 1911 | |||
Edwin M. Butler | January 2, 1911 – January 6, 1913 | |||
John H. Strine | January 6, 1913 – January 4, 1915 | |||
Joseph A. Rominger | January 4, 1915 – January 8, 1917 | |||
Frank Merriam | January 8, 1917 – January 3, 1927 | |||
Morgan Keaton | January 3, 1927 – January 5, 1931 | |||
James K. Reid | January 5, 1931 – January 2, 1933 | |||
Ira S. Hatch | January 2, 1933 – January 7, 1935 | |||
John Gee Clark | Democratic | January 7, 1935 – January 2, 1939 | ||
Maurice E. Atkinson | January 2, 1939 – January 6, 1941 | |||
Lorne D. Middough | January 6, 1941 – January 6, 1947 | |||
William S. Grant | Republican | January 6, 1947 – January 5, 1953 | ||
Willis W. Bradley | January 5, 1953 – January 3, 1955 | |||
William S. Grant | January 3, 1955 – January 7, 1963 | |||
James Edward Whetmore | January 7, 1963 – January 2, 1967 | Orange | ||
Robert H. Burke | January 6, 1967 – November 30, 1974 | |||
Bruce Nestande | December 2, 1974 – November 30, 1980 | |||
John Lewis | December 1, 1980 – November 30, 1982 | |||
Marian Bergeson | December 6, 1982 – November 30, 1984 | |||
Gil Ferguson | December 3, 1984 – November 30, 1994 | |||
Marilyn Brewer | December 5, 1994 – November 30, 2000 | |||
John B. T. Campbell III | December 4, 2000 – November 30, 2004 | |||
Chuck DeVore | December 6, 2004 – November 30, 2010 | |||
Donald P. Wagner | December 6, 2010 – November 30, 2012 | |||
Bonnie Lowenthal | Democratic | December 3, 2012 – November 30, 2014 | Los Angeles | |
Patrick O'Donnell | December 1, 2014 – December 5, 2022 |
Election results (1992–present)
2020
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Patrick O'Donnell (incumbent) | 78,609 | 74.4% | |
Republican | David W. Thomas | 27,081 | 25.6% | |
Total votes | 105,690 | 100.0% | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Patrick O'Donnell (incumbent) | 143,191 | 71.7% | |
Republican | David W. Thomas | 56,516 | 28.3% | |
Total votes | 199,707 | 100.0% | ||
Democratic hold |
2018
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Patrick O'Donnell (incumbent) | 41,480 | 59.2 | |
Libertarian | Honor "Mimi" Robson | 11,779 | 16.9 | |
Democratic | Elliot Ruben Gonzales | 9,304 | 13.4 | |
Green | Rachel Alexandra Bruhnke | 7,062 | 10.1 | |
Total votes | 69,625 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Patrick O'Donnell (incumbent) | 103,915 | 72.9 | |
Libertarian | Honor "Mimi" Robson | 38,706 | 27.1 | |
Total votes | 142,621 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2016
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Patrick O'Donnell (incumbent) | 69,816 | 99.5 | |
Republican | Martha E. Flores-Gibson (write-in) | 328 | 0.5 | |
Democratic | Billy Graham (write-in) | 12 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 70,156 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Patrick O'Donnell (incumbent) | 107,389 | 66.6 | |
Republican | Martha E. Flores-Gibson | 53,805 | 33.4 | |
Total votes | 161,194 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2014
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Patrick O'Donnell | 21,949 | 40.6 | |
Republican | John C. Goya | 17,367 | 32.2 | |
Democratic | Suja Lowenthal | 14,697 | 27.2 | |
Total votes | 54,013 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Patrick O'Donnell | 48,978 | 63.8 | |
Republican | John C. Goya | 27,755 | 36.2 | |
Total votes | 76,733 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2012
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Bonnie Lowenthal (incumbent) | 29,082 | 58.6 | |
Republican | Martha Flores Gibson | 20,569 | 41.4 | |
Total votes | 49,651 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Bonnie Lowenthal (incumbent) | 100,676 | 65.8 | |
Republican | Martha Flores Gibson | 52,321 | 34.2 | |
Total votes | 152,997 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Don Wagner | 89,636 | 58.2 | |
Democratic | Melissa Fox | 58,208 | 37.8 | |
Libertarian | Deborah Tharp | 6,212 | 4.0 | |
Total votes | 154,056 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Chuck DeVore (incumbent) | 114,556 | 57.78 | |
Democratic | Michael Glover | 83,709 | 42.22 | |
Total votes | 198,265 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | 67.01 | |||
Republican hold |
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Chuck DeVore (incumbent) | 78,724 | 71.04 | |
Democratic | Michael Glover | 32,090 | 28.96 | |
Total votes | 110,814 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | 47.91 | |||
Republican hold |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Chuck DeVore | 112,844 | 61.10 | |
Democratic | Carl Mariz | 65,351 | 35.38 | |
Libertarian | Mark Baldwin | 6,506 | 3.52 | |
Total votes | 184,701 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Campbell (incumbent) | 72,463 | 66.84 | |
Democratic | John Kane | 32,822 | 30.27 | |
Libertarian | Paul L. Studier | 3,135 | 2.89 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Total votes | 108,420 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
2000
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Campbell | 96,145 | 59.57 | |
Democratic | Merritt L. McKeon | 54,349 | 33.67 | |
Libertarian | Robert A. Vondruska | 5,324 | 3.30 | |
Natural Law | Barry L. Katz | 3,855 | 2.39 | |
Reform | Raymond O. Mills | 1,736 | 1.08 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 19,040 | 10.55 | ||
Total votes | 180,449 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Marilyn C. Brewer (incumbent) | 84,433 | 77.42 | |
Natural Law | Nat Adam | 24,627 | 22.58 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 20,730 | 15.97 | ||
Total votes | 129,790 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Marilyn C. Brewer (incumbent) | 89,306 | 61.47 | |
Democratic | Shirley W. Palley | 45,746 | 31.49 | |
Libertarian | Gene Beed | 6,221 | 4.28 | |
Natural Law | Paul R. Fisher | 4,017 | 2.76 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 16,106 | 9.98 | ||
Total votes | 161,396 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
1994
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Marilyn Brewer | 89,493 | 71.68 | |
Democratic | Jim Toledano | 35,355 | 28.32 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 17,453 | 12.26 | ||
Total votes | 142,301 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
1992
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Gil Ferguson (incumbent) | 93,865 | 56.68 | |
Democratic | Jim Toledano | 59,976 | 36.22 | |
Libertarian | Scott Bieser | 11,763 | 7.10 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 19,368 | 10.47 | ||
Total votes | 184,972 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |