California's 12th State Assembly district

California's 12th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democratic Damon Connolly of San Rafael.

District profile

The district has the Sonoma Valley to its north and the San Francisco Bay to its south.

All of Marin County

• San Rafael
• Novato
• Mill Valley
• Larkspur
• San Anselmo
• Corte Madera
• Tiburon
• Fairfax

Sonoma County – (45.79%)

• Cotati
• Petaluma
• Rohnert Park
• Santa Rosa – (35.31)

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2022	Governor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Newsom 75.9 – 24.1%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Padilla 77.5 – 22.5%
2021	Recall	Template:Ya 58.1 - 41.9%
		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | Elder 59.7 - 6.6%
2020	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Trump 52.5- 45.3%
2018	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Cox 56.1 – 43.9%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | De Leon 59.0 – 41.0%
2016	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Trump 51.1 – 43.1%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Harris 59.2 – 40.8%
2014	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Kashkari 53.0 – 47.0%
2012	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Romney 52.4 – 45.1%
	Senator	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Emken 53.2 – 46.8%

List of assembly members

Due to redistricting, the 12th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2021 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.

Assembly members	Party	Years served	Counties represented	Notes
E. W. Britt	rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 5, 1885 – January 3, 1887	Lake
L. H. Gruwell	January 3, 1887 – January 7, 1889
C. M. Crawford	January 7, 1889 – January 5, 1891
James H. Renfro	January 5, 1891 – May 20, 1892	Died in office. Died after being kicked in the head by a horse on his ranch.
Richard I. Thomas	rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 2, 1893 – January 4, 1897	Nevada
William Siles Robinson	January 4, 1897 – January 1, 1901
Frank M. Rutherford	January 1, 1901 – January 5, 1903
Benjamin F. Howard	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 5, 1903 – January 2, 1905	Colusa, Glenn, Lake
Ernest Weyand	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 2, 1905 – January 7, 1907
F. H. Smythe	rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 7, 1907 – January 4, 1909
John L. Mendenhall	January 4, 1909 – January 6, 1913
G. W. Libby	January 6, 1913 – January 4, 1915	Sonoma
Knox Boude	rowspan=8 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican		January 4, 1915 – January 8, 1917
Lyman Green	January 8, 1917 – January 6, 1919
A. F. Stevens	January 6, 1919 – January 8, 1923
Emmett I. Donohue	January 8, 1923 – January 5, 1925
Hubert B. Scudder	January 5, 1925 – January 5, 1931
Percy G. West	January 5, 1931 – January 2, 1933	Sacramento
James E. Thorp	January 2, 1933 – January 27, 1948	San Joaquin	Died in office. Died from heart condition.
Verne W. Hoffman	January 3, 1949 – January 8, 1951
John J. McFall	rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic		January 8, 1951 – January 3, 1957
William Biddick Jr.	January 7, 1957 – January 2, 1961
Bob Monagan	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican		January 2, 1961 – April 9, 1973	Resigned from the Assembly
Douglas F. Carter	July 17, 1973 – December 2, 1974		Was sworn in after winning a special election to replace the vacant seat of Bob Monagan.
Kenneth A. Meade	rowspan=6 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 2, 1974 – November 30, 1976	Alameda, Contra Costa
Tom Bates	December 6, 1976 – November 30, 1992
John Burton	December 7, 1992 – November 30, 1996	San Francisco
Kevin Shelley	December 2, 1996 – November 30, 2002	San Francisco, San Mateo
Leland Yee	December 2, 2002 – November 30, 2006
Fiona Ma	December 4, 2006 – November 30, 2012
Kristin Olsen	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	December 3, 2012 – November 30, 2016	San Joaquin, Stanislaus
Heath Flora	December 5, 2016 – November 30, 2022
Damon Connolly	rowspan=1 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 5, 2022 – Present

Election results (1992–present)

2022

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|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Sara Aminzadeh |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 36.2 |-

|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Steve Schwartz |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 14.3 |-

|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Ida Times-Green |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 11.4 |-

|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Andrew Podshadley (write-in) |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 1.0 |-

|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | 100.0 |- Template:Election box open primary general election no change |- class=vcard | style="color:inherit;background-color:;width:5px" | | class=org style="width:130px" | !scope=row style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn | Damon Connolly | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 51.8 |-

|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Sara Aminzade |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 48.2 |-

|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | 100.0 |-

|- style="background-color: #F6F6F6;" | style="color:inherit; background-color:;" | | colspan="4" | gain from |-

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2020

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|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Paul Akinjo |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 37.1 |-

|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | 100.0 |- Template:Election box open primary general election no change |- class=vcard | style="color:inherit;background-color:;width:5px" | | class=org style="width:130px" | !scope=row style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn | Heath Flora (incumbent) | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 60.9 |-

|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Paul Akinjo |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 39.1 |-

|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | 100.0 |-

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2018

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|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Robert D. Chase |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 36.1 |-

|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | 100.0 |- Template:Election box open primary general election no change |- class=vcard | style="color:inherit;background-color:;width:5px" | | class=org style="width:130px" | !scope=row style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn | Heath Flora (incumbent) | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 60.0 |-

|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Robert D. Chase |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 40.0 |-

|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | 100.0 |-

|-style="background-color:#F6F6F6" |style="color:inherit; background-color:"| !scope=row style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" colspan="4"| hold |-

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2016

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|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Heath Flora |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 23.2 |-

|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Virginia Madueno |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 21.4 |-

|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Harinder Grewal |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 18.6 |-

|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Cindy Marks |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 11.2 |-

|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | 100.0 |- Template:Election box open primary general election no change |- class=vcard | style="color:inherit;background-color:;width:5px" | | class=org style="width:130px" | !scope=row style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn | Heath Flora | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 52.3 |-

|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Ken Vogel |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 47.7 |-

|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | 100.0 |-

|-style="background-color:#F6F6F6" |style="color:inherit; background-color:"| !scope=row style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" colspan="4"| hold |-

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2014

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|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Harinder Grewal |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 32.5 |-

|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | 100.0 |- Template:Election box open primary general election no change |- class=vcard | style="color:inherit;background-color:;width:5px" | | class=org style="width:130px" | !scope=row style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn | Kristin Olsen (incumbent) | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 67.2 |-

|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Harinder Grewal |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 32.8 |-

|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | 100.0 |-

|-style="background-color:#F6F6F6" |style="color:inherit; background-color:"| !scope=row style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" colspan="4"| hold |-

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2012

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|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Christopher Mateo |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 35.0 |-

|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | 100.0 |- Template:Election box open primary general election no change |- class=vcard | style="color:inherit;background-color:;width:5px" | | class=org style="width:130px" | !scope=row style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn | Kristin Olsen (incumbent) | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 60.6 |-

|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Christopher Mateo |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 39.4 |-

|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | 100.0 |-

|- style="background-color: #F6F6F6;" | style="color:inherit; background-color:;" | | colspan="4" | gain from |-

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2010

2010 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Fiona Ma (incumbent)		80.8
		Alfonso Faustino		19.2
Total votes				100.0
	hold

2008

2008 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Fiona Ma (incumbent)		83.26
		Conchita Applegate		16.74
Total votes				100.00
Turnout				67.87
	hold

2006

2006 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Fiona Ma		71.00
		Howard Epstein		16.35
		Barry Hermanson		12.65
Total votes				100.00
Turnout				50.90
	hold

2004

2004 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Leland Yee (incumbent)		77.58
		Howard Epstein		16.49
		Chris Maden		5.93
Total votes				100.00
	hold

2002

2002 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Leland Yee		77.75
		Howard Epstein		15.82
		Michael Denny		6.44
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes				100.00
	hold

2000

2000 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Kevin Shelley (incumbent)		82.23
		Howard Epstein		17.77
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes				100.00
	hold

1998

1998 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Kevin Shelley (incumbent)		80.50
		Howard Epstein		19.50
Invalid or blank votes			23,956	19.24
Total votes				100.00
	hold

1996

1996 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Kevin Shelley (incumbent)		77.98
		Torence Faulkner		22.02
Invalid or blank votes			24,108	16.64
Total votes				100.00
	hold

1994

1994 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		John L. Burton (incumbent)		70.77
		Philip Louis Wing		24.25
		Anton Sherwood		4.97
Invalid or blank votes			23,216	18.71
Total votes				100.00
	hold

1992

1992 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		John L. Burton (incumbent)		65.10
		Storm Jenkins		26.14
		Kitty Reese		6.29
		Anton Sherwood		2.47
Invalid or blank votes			28,281	17,82
Total votes				100.00
	hold

See also

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

External links

• District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission