California's 1st senatorial district

California's 1st state senatorial district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. The district is represented by Template:Representative of Template:Representative.

District profile

The district includes most of the California Cascades, northern Sierra Nevada and the Sacramento Valley, comprising Siskiyou, Modoc, Lassen, Shasta, Tehama, Plumas, Glenn, Colusa, Butte, Sutter, Yuba, Nevada, and Sierra Counties, along with eastern Placer County.

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2021	Recall	align="right" Template:Ya Yes 61.8 – 38.2%
2020	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Trump 53.8 – 43.8%
2018	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Cox 59.9 – 40.1%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | de Leon 55.7 - 44.3%
2016	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Trump 54.3 – 38.6%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Harris 62.9 – 37.1%
2014	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Kashkari 55.0 – 45.0%
2012	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Romney 57.3 – 39.9%
	Senator	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Emken 57.9 – 42.1%
2010	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Whitman 52.4 – 42.5%
	Senator	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Fiorina 57.4 – 36.2%
2008	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | McCain 52.1 – 45.8%
2006	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Schwarzenegger 71.0 – 24.0%
	Senator	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Mountjoy 48.8 – 46.0%
2004	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Bush 60.2 – 38.6%
	Senator	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jones 54.2 – 42.2%
2003	Recall	Yes 69.0 – 31.0%
		align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Schwarzenegger 59.9 – 18.5%
2002	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Simon 57.2 – 31.8%
2000	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Bush 57.6 – 36.3%
	Senator	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Campbell 50.5 – 41.0%
1998	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Lungren 51.5 – 44.9%
	Senator	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Fong 51.1 – 44.0%
1996	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Dole 50.8 – 37.1%
1994	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Wilson 65.3 – 28.7%
	Senator	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Huffington 55.1 – 35.8%
1992	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Bush 39.2 – 34.9%
	Senator	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Herschensohn 50.5 – 36.9%
	Senator	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Seymour 45.3 – 45.2%

List of senators representing the district

Senators	Party	Years served	Electoral history	Counties represented
District established January 6, 1851
File:Juan José Warner, 1875.jpg Jonathan Warner (San Diego)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 6, 1851 – January 5, 1852	Elected in 1850. Re-elected in 1851.	San Diego
File:David B Kurtz.jpg David B. Kurtz (San Diego)	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" |Whig	January 5, 1852 – January 1, 1855	Elected in 1852. Re-elected in 1854.
	San Diego, Los Angeles, San Bernardino
File:Benjamin Davis Wilson.jpg Benjamin D. Wilson (Los Angeles)		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 1, 1855 – January 4, 1858	Elected in 1855.
File:Portret Camerona Erskina Thoma.jpg Cameron E. Thom (Los Angeles)		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 4, 1858 – January 2, 1860	Elected in 1857.
File:Andres Pico.jpg Andrés Pico (Los Angeles)		style="background-color:Template:Party color" |Whig	January 2, 1860 – January 6, 1862	Elected in 1859.
Jacob C. Bogart (San Diego)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 6, 1862 – December 7, 1863	Elected in 1861.	San Diego, San Bernardino
M. C. Tuttle (San Bernardino)	Template:Party shading/National Union |Union	December 7, 1863 – December 2, 1867	Elected in 1863.
File:William A. Conn, 1870.jpg W. A. Conn (San Bernardino)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 2, 1867 – December 4, 1871	Elected in 1867.
File:James McCoy.jpg James McCoy (San Diego)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 4, 1871 – December 6, 1875	Elected in 1871.
File:John W. Satterwhite, 1890.jpg John W. Satterwhite (San Bernardino)	Template:Party shading/Independent Democrat |Independent Democrat	December 6, 1875 – January 8, 1883	Elected in 1875. Re-elected in 1879.
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic
File:J. C. Wolfskill, 1914.jpg John C. Wolfskill (Riverside)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 8, 1883 – January 5, 1885	Elected in 1882.
A. P. Johnson (San Diego)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 5, 1885 – January 3, 1887	Elected in 1884.
John P. Haynes (Eureka)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 3, 1887 – January 7, 1889	Elected in 1886.	Del Norte, Humboldt
File:Frank McGowan, 1907.jpg Frank McGowan (Eureka)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 7, 1889 – January 4, 1897	Elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1982.
File:James Gillett, 1899.jpg James Gillett (Eureka)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 4, 1897 – January 1, 1901	Elected in 1896. Retired to run for U.S. House of Representatives.
File:Thomas H. Selvage, 1902.jpg Thomas H. Selvage (Eureka)	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 1, 1901 – January 7, 1907	Elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1904.
	Del Norte, Humboldt, Trinity, Tehama
File:George T. Rolley, 1907.jpg George T. Rolley (Eureka)		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 7, 1907 – January 4, 1909	Elected in 1906.
File:Charles P. Cutten, 1909.jpg Charles P. Cutten (Eureka)		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 4, 1909 – January 6, 1913	Elected in 1908.
File:William Kehoe.png William Kehoe (Eureka)		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 6, 1913 – January 3, 1921	Elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1916.
File:H. C. Nelson, 1924.jpg H. C. Nelson (Eureka)		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 3, 1921 – January 2, 1933	Elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1928. Lost renomination.
File:Harold J. Powers, 1954.jpg Harold J. Powers (Cedarville)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 2, 1933 – October 5, 1953	Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1852. Resigned to become Lieutenant Governor of California.	Lassen, Modoc, Plumas
Vacant		October 5, 1953 – December 29, 1953
File:Dale C. Williams, 1954.jpg Dale C. Williams (Alturas)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 29, 1953 – May 12, 1955	Elected to finish Powers's term. Died.
Vacant		May 12, 1955 – January 5, 1956
File:Stanley Arnold, 1963.jpg Stanley Arnold (Susanville)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 5, 1956 – July 16, 1965	Elected to finish Williams's term. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1964. Resigned when appointed to the Lassen County Superior Court.
Vacant		July 16, 1965 – January 2, 1967
File:Randolph Collier, 1963.jpg Randolph Collier (Yreka)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 2, 1967 – November 30, 1976	Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1972. Lost re-election.	Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Siskiyou, Sonoma, Trinity
File:Ray E. Johnson, 1967.jpg Ray E. Johnson (Chico)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	December 6, 1976 – March 7, 1983	Elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1980. Lost re-election.	Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Placer, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yuba
	Independent	March 7, 1983 – November 30, 1984
File:John Doolittle, 1990.jpg John Doolittle (Rocklin)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	December 3, 1984 – January 2, 1991	Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1988. Resigned when elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.	El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Trinity, Yolo, Yuba
Vacant		January 2, 1991 – May 16, 1991
File:Tim Leslie, 2001.jpg Tim Leslie (Tahoe City)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	May 16, 1991 – November 30, 2000	Elected to finish Doolittle's term. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1996. Term-limited and ran for California State Assembly.	Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sierra, Yuba
File:Rico Oller, 2001.jpg Rico Oller (San Andreas)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	December 4, 2000 – November 30, 2004	Elected in 2000. Retired to run for U.S. House of Representatives.
File:Dave Cox, 2008.jpg Dave Cox (Fair Oaks)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	December 6, 2004 – July 13, 2010	Elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2008. Died.	Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Sierra
Vacant		July 13, 2010 – January 6, 2011
File:Ted Gaines (1).jpg Ted Gaines (El Dorado Hills)	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 6, 2011 – January 7, 2019	Elected to finish Cox's term. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2016. Resigned when elected to the California State Board of Equalization.
	Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Shasta, Shasta, Siskiyou
Vacant		January 7, 2019 – June 12, 2019
File:Senator-dahle (cropped).jpg Brian Dahle (Bieber)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	June 12, 2019 – November 30, 2024	Elected to finish Gaines's term. Re-elected in 2020. Term-limited and retired.
File:Megan Dahle, 2024.jpg Megan Dahle (Bieber)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	December 2, 2024 – present	Elected in 2024.

Election results

2020

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| Brian Dahle (incumbent) |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 57.7 |-

|- 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| Pamela Dawn Swartz |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 36.1 |-

|- 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| Linda Kelleher |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 6.2 |-

|- ! 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 | Brian Dahle (incumbent) | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 59.7 |-

|- 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| Pamela Dawn Swartz |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 40.3 |-

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

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2019 (special)

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| Brian Dahle |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| Kevin Kiley |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 27.9 |-

|- 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| Silke Pflueger |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 25.2 |-

|- 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| Rex Hime |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 9.3 |-

|- 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| Steve Baird |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 5.6 |-

|- 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| Theodore Dziuba |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 2.4 |-

|- ! 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 | Brian Dahle | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 53.1 |-

|- 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| Kevin Kiley |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 46.9 |-

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

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2016

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| Ted Gaines (incumbent) |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 49.4 |-

|- 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| Rob Rowen |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 36.6 |-

|- 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| Steven Baird |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 14.1 |-

|- ! 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 | Ted Gaines (incumbent) | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 64.0 |-

|- 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| Rob Rowen |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 36.0 |-

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

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2012

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| Ted Gaines (incumbent) |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 48.2 |-

|- 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| Julie Griffith-Flatter |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 30.2 |-

|- 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| Les Baugh |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 16.4 |-

|- 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| "Bo" Bogdan I. Ambrozewicz |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 5.2 |-

|- ! 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 | Ted Gaines (incumbent) | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 63.7 |-

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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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2011 (special)

2011 California's 1st State Senate district special election
Vacancy resulting from the death of Dave Cox

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Ted Gaines		62.9
		Ken Cooley		37.1
		Joseph McCray, Sr. (write-in)		0.0
Total votes				100.0
	hold

2008

2008 California State Senate election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Dave Cox (incumbent)		62.3
		Anselmo Chavez		37.7
Total votes				100.0
	hold

2004

2004 California State Senate election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Dave Cox		62.8
		Kristine Lang McDonald		34.1
		Roberto Leibman		3.1
Total votes				100.0
	hold

2000

2000 California State Senate election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Rico Oller		57.8
		Thomas A. Romero		38.0
		John Petersen		4.2
Total votes				100.0
	hold

1996

1996 California State Senate election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Tim Leslie (incumbent)		63.2
		Thomas "Tom" Romero		36.8
	No party	Lamar Norton Latimer (write-in)	55	0.0
Total votes				100.0
	hold

1992

1992 California State Senate election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Tim Leslie (incumbent)		54.8
		Thomas A. Romero		35.8
		Kent Warner Smith		9.5
Total votes				100.0
	hold

See also

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

External links

• District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission