California's 26th senatorial district

California's 26th senatorial district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Template:Representative of Template:Representative.

District profile

The district is located in the central and eastern Los Angeles neighborhoods of Los Feliz, East Hollywood, Silver Lake, Echo Park, Cypress Park, Koreatown, Wilshire Center, Westlake, Glassell Park, Eagle Rock, Garvanza, Lincoln Heights, Hermon, Little Tokyo, Chinatown, Boyle Heights, and El Sereno, along with the adjacent communities of City Terrace, East Los Angeles, and Vernon.

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2020	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Biden 72.3 – 25.8%
2018	Governor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Newsom 72.1 – 27.9%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Feinstein 62.4 – 37.6%
2016	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Clinton 71.4 – 23.0%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Harris 72.1 – 27.9%
2014	Governor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Brown 65.4 – 34.6%
2012	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Obama 64.9 – 32.3%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Feinstein 68.4 – 31.6%

List of senators who represented the district

1861–1869: two seats

Years		Seat A				Seat B			Counties represented
		Member	Party	Electoral history		Member	Party	Electoral history
District established January 7, 1861
January 7, 1861 – January 6, 1862		R. C. Gaskill	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Republican	Elected in 1861. Re-elected in 1862.		Richard Irwin	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Union Democratic	Elected in 1861.	Butte
January 6, 1862 – December 6, 1863			Thomas B. Shannon			Template:Party shading/National Union|Union	Elected in 1862.
December 6, 1863 – December 4, 1865		F. M. Smith	rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/National Union |Union	Elected in 1863. Re-elected in 1865.		Second seat was eliminated for the term.			Butte, Plumas
			Butte, Lassen, Plumas
December 4, 1865 – December 2, 1867			Seneca Ewer			rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/National Union|Union	Elected in 1865. Re-elected in 1867.	Butte
December 2, 1867 – December 6, 1869		John Conly		Template:Party shading/National Union|Union		Elected in 1867.

1868–1877: one seat

Senators	Party	Years served	Electoral history	Counties represented
File:George Clement Perkins (cropped).jpg George C. Perkins (Oakland)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	December 6, 1869 – December 4, 1871	Elected in 1868.	Butte
David Boucher (Dayton)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	December 4, 1871 – September 16, 1872	Elected in 1871. Died.	Butte, Lassen, Plumas
File:George Clement Perkins (cropped).jpg George C. Perkins (Oakland)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	November 5, 1872 – December 1, 1873	Elected to finish Boucher's term.
		December 1, 1873 – December 6, 1875
William C. Hendricks (Oroville)	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	December 6, 1875 – December 3, 1877	Redistricted from the 24th district and re-elected in 1875.	Butte
	Butte, Lassen, Plumas

1877–1881: two seats

Years		Seat A				Seat B			Counties represented
		Member	Party	Electoral history		Member	Party	Electoral history
December 3, 1877 – January 5, 1880		John C. Coleman (Grass Valley)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Democratic	Elected in 1877.		File:Niles Searles.jpg Niles Searls (Nevada)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Democratic	Elected in 1877.	Nevada
January 5, 1880 – May 26, 1881		William George (Grass Valley)	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Republican	Elected in 1879. Redistricted to the single-member district.		B. J. Watson (Nevada)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Republican	Elected in 1879. Resigned.	Nevada, Sierra
May 26, 1881 – January 3, 1881			Vacant

1881–present: one seat

Senators	Party	Years served	Electoral history	Counties represented
William George (Grass Valley)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 3, 1881 – January 8, 1882	Redistricted from the multi-member district and re-elected in 1880.	Nevada, Sierra
W. W. Kellogg (Quincy)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 8, 1882 – January 3, 1887	Elected in 1882.	Butte, Lassen, Plumas
Thomas H. McDonald (San Francisco)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 3, 1887 – January 5, 1891	Elected in 1886.	San Francisco
John T. Broderick (San Francisco)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 5, 1891 – January 2, 1893	Elected in 1890. Redistricted to the 20th district.
Vacant		January 2, 1893 – January 7, 1895
File:Eli S. Denison, 1898.jpg Eli S. Denison (Oakland)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 7, 1895 – July 7, 1898	Elected in 1894.	Alameda
File:Frank W. Leavitt, 1899.jpg Frank W. Leavitt (Oakland)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 2, 1899 – January 5, 1903	Elected in 1898.
File:Chester Rowell, 1899.jpg Chester Rowell (Fresno)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 5, 1903 – January 7, 1907	Redistricted from the 16th district and re-elected in 1902.	Fresno
File:George W. Cartwright, 1913.jpg George W. Cartwright (Fresno)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 7, 1907 – January 4, 1915	Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1910.
W. F. Chandler (Fresno)	Template:Party shading/Bull Moose |Progressive	January 4, 1915 – January 6, 1919	Elected in 1914.
File:M. B. Harris, 1924.jpg M. B. Harris (Fresno)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 6, 1919 – January 3, 1927	Elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1922.
Charles H. Cobb (Fresno)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 3, 1927 – January 5, 1931	Elected in 1926.
File:Dan E. Williams, 1916.jpg Dan E. Williams (Big Pine)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 5, 1931 – January 2, 1939	Elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1934.	Calaveras, Mariposa, Tuolumne
File:Jesse M. Mayo, 1950.jpg Jesse M. Mayo (Angels Camp)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 2, 1939 – March 11, 1953	Elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 150. Died.
Vacant		March 11, 1953 – July 1, 1953
File:Stephen P. Teale, 1967.jpg Stephen P. Teale (Rail Road Flat)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	July 1, 1953 – January 2, 1967	Elected to finish Mayo's term. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1962. Redistricted to the 3rd district.
File:Anthony C. Beilenson, 1975.jpg Anthony Beilenson (Los Angeles)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 2, 1967 – November 30, 1974	Elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1970. Redistricted to the 22nd district.	Los Angeles
File:Alfred H. Song, 1971.jpg Alfred H. Song (Monterey Park)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 2, 1974 – November 30, 1978	Redistricted from the 28th district and re-elected in 1974. Lost re-election.
File:Joseph B. Montoya, 1975.jpg Joseph B. Montoya (La Puenta)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 4, 1978 – February 9, 1990	Elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1986. Resigned after being indicted due to the BRISPEC sting operation.
Vacant		February 9, 1990 – April 16, 1990
File:Charles Calderon Assembly Portrait.jpg Charles Calderon (Montebello)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	April 16, 1990 – December 4, 1994	Elected to finish Montoya's term Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the 30th district.
File:Diane Watson, 1997.jpg Diane Watson (Los Angeles)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 5, 1994 – November 30, 1998	Redistricted from the 28th district and re-elected in 1994. Retired due to term limits.
File:Kevin Murray, 2005.jpg Kevin Murray (Los Angeles)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 7, 1998 – November 30, 2006	Elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2002. Retired due to term limits.
File:Mark Ridley-Thomas, 2010.jpg Mark Ridley-Thomas (Los Angeles)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 4, 2006 – November 30, 2008	Elected in 2006. Retired to become a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
Vacant		November 30, 2008 – June 8, 2009
File:Senator Curren D. Price, Jr..jpg Curren Price (Los Angeles)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	June 8, 2009 – July 1, 2013	Elected to finish Ridley-Thomas's term. Re-elected in 2010. Resigned to become a member of the Los Angeles City Council.
Vacant		July 1, 2013 – September 26, 2013
File:Mitchell Holly.jpg Holly Mitchell (Los Angeles)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	September 26, 2013 – November 30, 2014	Elected to finish Price's term. Redistricted to the 30th district.
File:Ben Allen, 2021.jpg Ben Allen (Malibu)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 1, 2014 – December 5, 2022	Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2018. Redistricted to the 24th district.
File:Member of the California State Senate María Elena Durazo.jpg María Elena Durazo (Los Angeles)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 5, 2022 – present	Redistricted from the 24th district and re-elected in 2022. Retiring to run for Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.

Election results

2018

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| Ben Allen (incumbent) |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 76.8 |-

|- 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| Baron Bruno |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 12.3 |-

|- 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| Mark Matthew Herd |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 10.9 |-

|- ! 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 | Ben Allen (incumbent) | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 77.2 |-

|- 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| Baron Bruno |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 22.8 |-

|- ! 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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2014

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| Ben Allen |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 22.2 |-

|- 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| Sandra Fluke |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 19.4 |-

|- 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| Seth Stodder |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 17.4 |-

|- 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| Betsy Butler |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 16.5 |-

|- 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| Amy Howorth |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 15.7 |-

|- 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| Vito Imbasciani |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 4.4 |-

|- 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| Patric Verrone |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 2.9 |-

|- 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| Barbi S. Appelquist |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 1.4 |-

|- ! 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 | Ben Allen | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 60.3 |-

|- 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| Sandra Fluke |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 39.7 |-

|- ! 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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2013 (special)

2013 California's 26th State Senate district special election
Vacancy resulting from the resignation of Curren Price

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Holly Mitchell		81.0%
		Mervin Evans		19.0%
Total votes				100%
	hold

2010

California State Senate election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Curren Price (incumbent)		81.3
		Nachum Shifren		13.8
		Bob Weber		2.6
		Cindy Varela Henderson		2.3
Total votes				100.0
	hold

2009 (special)

California's 26th State Senate district special election Primary
Vacancy resulting from the resignation of Mark Ridley-Thomas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Curren Price		35.84%
		Mike Davis		21.35%
		Robert Cole		13.72%
		Nachum Schifren		11.12%
		Johnathan Friedman		8.24%
		Saundra Davis		7.46%
		Cindy Varela Henderson		1.73%
		Mervin Leon Evans		0.54%
Total votes				100.0%

California's 26th State Senate district special election General
Vacancy resulting from the resignation of Mark Ridley-Thomas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Curren Price		70.72%
		Nachum Schifren		20.83%
		Cindy Varela Henderson		8.45%
Total votes				100.0%
	hold

2006

California State Senate election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Mark Ridley-Thomas		89.09
		Bud Raymond		10.91
Total votes				100.00
	hold

2002

California State Senate election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Kevin Murray (incumbent)		100.00
Invalid or blank votes			33,620	21.35
Total votes				100.00
	hold

1998

California State Senate election, 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Kevin Murray		88.44
		Mac Lane Key		9.10
		Bob Weber		2.46
Invalid or blank votes			15,874	10.15
Total votes				100.00
	hold

1994

California State Senate election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Diane Watson (incumbent)		82.93
		Joe Piechowski		13.62
		Bob Weber		2.15
		Wassin A. Snededdin		1.31
Invalid or blank votes			14,165	9.11
Total votes				100.00
	hold

See also

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

External links

• District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission