California's 16th senatorial district

California's 16th senatorial district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Melissa Hurtado of Bakersfield.

District profile

The district consists of portions of southwestern Central Valley, including Kings County, western Tulare County, and northwestern Kern County.

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2021	Recall	align="right" Template:Ya Yes 63.7 – 36.3%
2020	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Trump 57.9 – 39.6%
2018	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Cox 63.0 – 37.0%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | de Leon 60.5 – 39.5%
2016	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Trump 59.0 – 35.2%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Harris 54.3 – 45.7%
2014	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Kashkari 64.9 – 35.1%
2012	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Romney 61.7 – 35.9%
	Senator	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Emken 62.1 – 37.9%

List of senators

Due to redistricting, the 16th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2011 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.

Senators	Party	Years served	Counties Represented	Notes
Franklin Thomas Baldwin	rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 8, 1883 - January 3, 1887	Amador, San Joaquin	Served together with Langford.
Benjamin Franklin Langford	January 8, 1883 - January 3, 1887
Frank James Moffitt	January 3, 1887 - January 5, 1891	Alameda
Eli Sherman Denison	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican		January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893
George G. Goucher	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895	Fresno
Alfred Joel Pedlar	rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 7, 1895 - January 2, 1899	Fresno, Madera
Chester Rowell	January 2, 1899 - January 5, 1903
Frank W. Leavitt	January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1911	Alameda
Edward J. Tyrrell	January 2, 1911 - January 6, 1919		Ran as a Progressive for his 2nd term.
				Progressive
A. P. Anderson	rowspan=5 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican		January 6, 1919 - January 8, 1923
Edgar Sanders Hurley	January 8, 1923 - January 5, 1931
Arthur Hastings Breed, Sr.	January 5, 1931 - January 7, 1935
William Knowland	January 7, 1935 - January 2, 1939
Arthur H. Breed Jr.	January 2, 1939 - January 5, 1959
John W. Holmdahl	rowspan=5 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic		January 5, 1959 - January 2, 1967
Hugh Morrison Burns	January 2, 1967 - January 4, 1971	Fresno
George N. Zenovich	January 4, 1971 - November 30, 1974
Walter W. Stiern	December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1986	Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, San Bernardino
		Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, San Bernardino
Don Rogers	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican		December 1, 1986 - December 15, 1992	Resigned his seat from the 16th Senate district to assume another seat in the 17th Senate district due to redistricting.
Phil Wyman	May 3, 1993 – November 30, 1994		Sworn in after winning special election.
Jim Costa	rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 5, 1994 - November 30, 2002	Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Tulare
Dean Florez	December 2, 2002 - November 30, 2010	Fresno, Kern, Kings, Tulare
Michael Rubio	December 6, 2010 – February 22, 2013		Resigned from the Senate.
Andy Vidak	rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican		August 10, 2013 - November 30, 2014	Sworn in after winning special election.
Jean Fuller	December 1, 2014 - November 30, 2018	Kern, San Bernardino, Tulare
Shannon Grove	December 3, 2018 - December 4, 2022		Redistricted to the 12th district
Melissa Hurtado	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 5, 2022 – present	Fresno, Kern, Kings, Tulare

Election results (1994–present)

2022

Template:Election box open primary begin no change |- 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| David Shepard |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 43.4 |-

|- 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| Melissa Hurtado (incumbent) |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 29.6 |-

|- 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| Nicole Parra |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 13.2 |-

|- 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| Gregory Tatum |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 8.0 |-

|- 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| Bryan Osorio |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 5.8 |-

|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | 100% |- 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 | Melissa Hurtado (incumbent) | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 50.005 |-

|- 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| David Shepard |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 49.995 |-

|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | 100% |-

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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| Ruth Musser-Lopez |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 29.0 |-

|- 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| Gregory Tatum |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 11.9 |-

|- ! 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 | Shannon Grove | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 64.2 |-

|- 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| Ruth Musser-Lopez |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 35.8 |-

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

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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| Ruth Musser-Lopez (write-in) |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 0.2 |-

|- ! 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 | Jean Fuller (incumbent) | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 72.8 |-

|- 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| Ruth Musser-Lopez |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 27.2 |-

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

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2013 (special)

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|- 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 | Leticia Perez | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 43.9% |-

|- 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| Francisco "Frank" Ramirez |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 3.0% |-

|- 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| Paulina Miranda |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 2.6% |-

|- 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| Muhammad "O" Arif |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 0.7% |-

|- ! 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 | Andy Vidak | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 51.9% |-

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

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2010

California State Senate election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Michael Rubio		60.5
		Tim Thiesen		39.5
Total votes				100.0
	hold

2006

California State Senate election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Dean Florez (incumbent)		100.00
Total votes				100.00
	hold

2002

California State Senate election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Dean Florez		70.03
		Blair Knox		29.97
Invalid or blank votes			3,811	3.70
Total votes				100.00
	hold

1998

California State Senate election, 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Jim Costa (incumbent)		71.91
		Gregg Palmer		28.09
Invalid or blank votes			9,891	7.16
Total votes				100.00
	hold

1994

California State Senate election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Jim Costa		51.57
		Phil Wyman (incumbent)		48.43
Invalid or blank votes			8,529	5.89
Total votes				100.00
	gain from

See also

• California State Senate
• California State Senate districts
• Districts in California

External links

• California's 16th State Senate district map — from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.