California's 29th senatorial district

California's 29th 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 Inland Empire in San Bernardino County. The district includes the cities of San Bernardino, Fontana, and Rialto, along with parts of Colton, Highland, Rancho Cucamonga, Redlands, and Upland.

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2020	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Biden 55.1 – 42.9%
2018	Governor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Newsom 51.2 – 48.8%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Feinstein 55.5 – 45.5%
2016	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Clinton 53.5 – 40.8%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Harris 52.1 – 47.9%
2014	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Kashkari 53.9 – 46.1%
2012	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Romney 49.1 – 48.7%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Feinstein 50.9 – 49.1%
2010	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Whitman 53.5 – 41.0%
	Senator	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Fiorina 55.3 – 39.4%
2008	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | John McCain 49.1 – 48.9%
2006	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Schwarzenegger 66.3 – 29.2%
	Senator	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Mountjoy 48.8 – 46.6%
2004	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Bush 57.0 – 41.8%
	Senator	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jones 48.6 – 46.9%
2003	Recall	Yes 70.2 – 29.8%
		align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Schwarzenegger 61.9 – 19.2%
2002	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Simon 56.1 – 36.2%
2000	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Gore 50.2 – 45.9%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Feinstein 52.1 – 40.7%
1998	Governor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Davis 52.1 – 45.4%
	Senator	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Fong 50.7 – 45.8%
1996	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Clinton 45.1 – 44.5%
1994	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Wilson 62.4 – 34.0%
	Senator	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Huffington 54.2 – 37.3%
1992	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Bush 41.4 – 37.2%
	Senator	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Herschensohn 56.1 – 36.5%
	Senator	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Seymour 46.7 – 44.5%

List of senators representing the district

Senators	Party	Years served	Electoral history	Counties represented
District established January 8, 1883
File:Charles F. Foster, 1880.jpg Charles F. Foster (Red Bluff)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 8, 1883 – January 3, 1887	Elected in 1882. Template:Data missing	Colusa, Tehama
File:Benjamin F. Langford, 1904.jpg Benjamin F. Langford (Lodi)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 3, 1887 – January 2, 1893	Redistricted from the 16th district and re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1890. Redistricted to the 15th district.	San Joaquin
File:Bart Burke, 1896.jpg Bart Burke (Santa Cruz)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 2, 1893 – January 4, 1897	Elected in 1892. Template:Data missing	San Mateo, Santa Cruz
File:D. H. Trout, 1899.jpg D. H. Trout (Santa Cruz)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 4, 1897 – January 1, 1901	Elected in 1896. Template:Data missing
File:James D. Byrnes, 1903.jpg James D. Byrnes (San Mateo)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 1, 1901 – May 10, 1903	Elected in 1900. Died.
Vacant		May 10, 1903 – January 2, 1905
File:S. H. Rambo, 1907.jpg Samuel H. Rambo (Boulder Creek)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 2, 1905 – January 4, 1909	Elected in 1904. Template:Data missing
File:James B. Holohan, 1909.jpg James B. Holohan (Watsonville)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 4, 1909 – January 6, 1913	Elected in 1908. Retired to run for U.S. House of Representatives.
File:Henry H. Lyon, 1912.jpg Henry H. Lyon (Los Angeles)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 6, 1913 – December 1, 1917	Elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1916. Assassinated.	Los Angeles
Vacant		December 1, 1917 – January 6, 1919
File:Dwight H. Hart, 1924.jpg Dwight H. Hart (Los Angeles)	Independent	January 6, 1919 – January 5, 1925	Elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1922. Template:Data missing
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican
File:Joseph Pedrotti, 1928.jpg Joseph L. Pedrotti (Los Angeles)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 5, 1925 – January 2, 1933	Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1928. Template:Data missing
File:Chris N. Jespersen, 1950.jpg Chris N. Jespersen (Atascadero)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 2, 1933 – February 21, 1951	Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1948. Died.	San Luis Obispo
Vacant		February 21, 1951 – January 5, 1953
File:Alan A. Erhart, 1954.jpg Alan A. Erhart (San Luis Obispo)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 5, 1953 – August 13, 1960	Elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1956. Died.
Vacant		August 13, 1960 – January 2, 1961
File:Vernon L. Sturgeon, 1963.jpg Vernon L. Sturgeon (Paso Robles)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 2, 1961 – January 2, 1967	Elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1964. Retired to become the Legislative Secretary for Ronald Reagan.
File:Mervyn M. Dymally, 1971.jpg Mervyn Dymally (Los Angeles)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 2, 1967 – January 6, 1975	Elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Retired to become the Lieutenant Governor of California.	Los Angeles
Vacant		January 6, 1975 – April 7, 1975
File:Bill Greene, 1975.jpg Bill Greene (Los Angeles)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	April 7, 1975 – November 30, 1984	Elected to finish Dymally's term. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to the 27th district.
File:Robert G. Beverly, 1975.jpg Robert G. Beverly (Manhattan Beach)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	December 3, 1984 – November 30, 1992	Redistricted from the 27th district and re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1988. Redistricted to the 27th district.
File:Frank Hill, 1982.jpg Frank Hill (Whittier)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	December 7, 1992 – July 8, 1994	Redistricted from the 31st district and re-elected in 1992. Convicted of corruption and resigned.	Los Angeles, Orange
Vacant		July 8, 1994 – December 5, 1994
File:Dick Mountjoy.jpg Dick Mountjoy (Monrovia)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	December 5, 1994 – November 30, 2000	Elected to finish Hill's term. Re-elected in 1996. Template:Data missing	Los Angeles
Bob Margett (Arcadia)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	December 4, 2000 – November 30, 2008	Elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2004. Retired due to term limits.
File:Senator Bob Huff.jpg Bob Huff (San Dimas)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	December 1, 2008 – November 30, 2016	Elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2012. Retired due to term limits.	Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino
File:Josh Newman.jpg Josh Newman (Fullerton)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 5, 2016 – June 24, 2018	Elected in 2016. Recalled from office.
File:Linglingchang.jpg Ling Ling Chang (Diamond Bar)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	June 25, 2018 – November 30, 2020	Elected to finish Newman's term. Lost re-election.
File:Josh Newman1 (cropped).jpg Josh Newman (Fullerton)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 7, 2020 – November 30, 2024	Elected in 2020. Redistricted to the 37th district and lost re-election.
File:Eloise Reyes.jpg Eloise Reyes (Grand Terrace)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 2, 2024 – present	Elected in 2024.	San Bernardino

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| Ling Ling Chang (incumbent) |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 47.4 |-

|- 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| Josh Newman |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 33.5 |-

|- 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| Joseph Cho |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 19.1 |-

|- ! 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 | Josh Newman | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 51.3 |-

|- 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| Ling Ling Chang (incumbent) |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 48.7 |-

|- ! 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:;" | | colspan="4" | gain from |-

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2018 (Recall)

California's 29th State Senate district special recall election, 2018
Successor of Josh Newman if a majority vote in favor of recall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Ling Ling Chang		33.80
		Joseph Cho		21.36
		Bruce Whitaker		19.32
		Josh Ferguson		11.95
		Kevin Carr		8.56
		George C. Shen		5.01
Total votes				100.00
	gain from

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| Ling Ling Chang |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 44.0 |-

|- 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| Josh Newman |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 29.2 |-

|- 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| Sukhee Kang |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 26.8 |-

|- ! 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 | Josh Newman | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 50.4 |-

|- 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| Ling Ling Chang |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 49.6 |-

|- ! 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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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| Bob Huff (incumbent) |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 64.3 |-

|- 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| Greg Diamond |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 35.7 |-

|- ! 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 | Bob Huff (incumbent) | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 55.1 |-

|- 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| Greg Diamond |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 44.9 |-

|- ! 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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2008

California State Senate elections, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Bob Huff		54.4
		Joseph Lyons		38.9
		Jill Stone		6.7
Total votes				100.00
	hold

2004

California State Senate elections, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Bob Margett (incumbent)		61.7
		Rufino Bautista, Jr.		32.8
		Dan Fernandes		5.5
Total votes				100.0
	hold

2000

California State Senate elections, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Bob Margett		49.1
		Richard Melendez		48.0
		Leland Faegre		2.9
Total votes				100.0
	hold

1996

California State Senate elections, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Dick Mountjoy (incumbent)		58.9
		Tommy Randle		41.1
Total votes				100.0
	hold

1994 (special)

California's 29th State Senate district special election, 1994
Vacancy resulting from the resignation of Frank Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Dick Mountjoy		60.1
		Sandra K. Hester		33.0
		Matt Piazza		4.5
		Walt Contreras Sheasby		2.4
Total votes				100.0
	hold

1992

California State Senate elections, 1992

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Frank Hill (incumbent)		56.2
		Sandy Hester		43.8
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