California's 2nd senatorial district

California's 2nd senatorial district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Template:Representative of Template:Representative.

District profile

The district stretches along the North Coast from the Oregon border in the north to the northern San Francisco Bay Area in the south. It includes Del Norte, Humboldt, Trinity, Mendocino, Sonoma, and Marin Counties. The northern part of district is primarily rural, while the southern parts are more suburban.

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2020	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Biden 72.7 – 24.9%
2018	Governor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Newsom 71.1 - 28.9%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Feinstein 55.9 - 44.1%
2016	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Clinton 68.0 – 24.3%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Harris 73.0 – 27.0%
2014	Governor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Brown 72.7 – 27.3%
2012	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Obama 68.7 – 27.4%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Feinstein 72.6 – 27.4%

Election results from statewide races
Year	Office	Results
2002	Governor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Davis 49.3 - 33.3%
2000	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Gore 55.0 - 35.9%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Feinstein 57.2 - 32.1%
1998	Governor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Davis 60.8 - 32.0%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Boxer 57.8 - 37.5%
1996	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Clinton 51.7 - 32.0%
1994	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Wilson 48.8 - 45.8%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Feinstein 52.4 - 38.9%
1992	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Clinton 50.1 - 28.4%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Boxer 53.4 - 36.4%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Feinstein 60.6 - 31.5%

List of senators who represented the district

1851: two seats

Years		Seat A				Seat B			Counties represented
		Member	Party	Electoral history		Member	Party	Electoral history
District established January 6, 1851
January 6, 1851 – January 11, 1851		File:Stephen Clark Foster.jpg Stephen C. Foster (Los Angeles)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	Elected in 1850. Redistricted to the single-member district after Hope resigned.		Alexander W. Hope (Los Angeles)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	Redistricted from the Los Angeles and San Diego districts and re-elected in 1850. Resigned.	Los Angeles

1851–present: one seat

Senators	Party	Years served	Electoral history	Counties represented
File:Stephen Clark Foster.jpg Stephen C. Foster (Los Angeles)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 11, 1851 – January 2, 1854	Redistricted from single-member district. Re-elected in 1851. Re-elected in 1852.	Los Angeles
File:Pablo de la Guerra.jpg Pablo de la Guerra (Santa Barbara)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 2, 1854 – January 6, 1862	Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1855. Re-elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1859. Re-elected in 1860.	San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Douglas Democratic
James R. Vineyard (Los Angeles)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 6, 1862 – August 30, 1863	Elected in 1861. Died.	Los Angeles
Vacant		August 30, 1863 – December 7, 1863
Henry Hamilton (Los Angeles)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 7, 1863 – December 4, 1865	Elected in 1863.
File:Phineas Banning.jpg Phineas Banning (Wilmington)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 4, 1865 – December 6, 1869	Elected in 1863.
File:Benjamin Davis Wilson, c. 1875.jpg B. D. Wilson (Los Angeles)	Independent	December 6, 1869 – January 8, 1873	Elected in 1868.
C. W. Bush (Los Angeles)	Independent	January 8, 1873 – December 3, 1877	Elected in 1873.
George H. Smith (Los Angeles)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 3, 1877 – January 5, 1880	Elected in 1877.
File:John Patterson West Iowa 1874.jpg John P. West (Los Angeles)	Workingmen's	January 5, 1880 – January 8, 1883	Elected in 1879.
File:(Reginaldo F. del Valle) (12911880024) (cropped).jpg R. F. del Valle (Los Angeles)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 8, 1883 – January 3, 1887	Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884.
John M. Briceland (Shasta)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 3, 1887 – January 5, 1891	Elected in 1886.	Shasta, Siskiyou, Trinity
R. H. Campbell (Etna)	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 5, 1891 – January 7, 1895	Elected in 1890.
	Lassen, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou, Trinity
File:James M. Gleaves, 1898.jpg James M. Gleaves (Shasta)		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 7, 1895 – January 2, 1899	Elected in 1894. Retired after being appointed as Surveyor General of California.
James T. Laird (Alturas)		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 2, 1899 – January 5, 1903	Elected in 1898.
File:Clifford Coggins, 1910.jpg Clifford Coggins (Igerna)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 5, 1903 – January 7, 1907	Elected in 1902.	Lassen, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou
File:Abner Weed, 1907.jpg Abner Weed (Mount Shasta)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 7, 1907 – January 2, 1911	Elected in 1906.
File:T. W. H. Shanahan, 1913.jpg T. W. H. Shanahan (Redding)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 2, 1911 – January 4, 1915	Elected in 1910.
File:William B. Shearer.png William B. Shearer (Yreka)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 4, 1915 – January 8, 1923	Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1918.
File:F. J. Powers, 1924.jpg Franklin J. Powers (Eagleville)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 8, 1923 – January 3, 1927	Elected in 1922.
James M. Allen (Yreka)	rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 3, 1927 – January 7, 1935	Elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1930.
	Del Norte, Siskiyou
File:Henry McGuinness, 1935.jpg Henry M. McGuinness (Dunsmuir)		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 7, 1935 – March 16, 1936	Elected in 1934. Died.
Vacant		March 16, 1936 – May 25, 1936
James M. Allen (Yreka)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	May 25, 1936 – January 2, 1939	Elected to finish McGuinness's term.
File:Randolph Collier, 1954.jpg Randolph Collier (Yreka)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 2, 1939 – January 2, 1967	Elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected 1946. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1962. Redistricted to the 1st district.
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic
File:Fred W. Marler Jr., 1971.jpg Fred W. Marler Jr. (Redding)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 2, 1967 – November 30, 1974	Elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1970. Retired to become a Justice of the Sacramento County Superior Court.	Shasta, Butte, Colusa Glenn, Sutter, Tehama, Yolo, Yuba, Solano
File:Peter H. Behr, 1971.jpg Peter H. Behr (San Rafael)	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	December 2, 1974 – November 30, 1978	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1974. Retired.	Marin, Solano, Napa
	Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Sonoma
File:Barry Keene, 1975.jpg Barry Keene (Santa Rosa)		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 4, 1978 – December 15, 1992	Elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1990. Resigned.
Vacant		December 15, 1992 – May 20, 1993		Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Solano, Sonoma
File:Mike Thompson, 1997.jpg Mike Thompson (St. Helena)	rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	May 20, 1993 – November 30, 1998	Elected to finish Keene's term. Re-elected in 1994. Retired to run for U.S. House of Representatives.
	Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Solano, Sonoma, Lake, Napa
File:Wesley Chesbro 2009 CROPPED (cropped).jpg Wesley Chesbro (Arcata)		rowspan=2 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. Term-limited and retired.
	Humboldt, Mendocino, Solano, Sonoma, Lake, Napa
File:Pat Wiggins, 2007.jpg Pat Wiggins (Santa Rosa)		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 4, 2006 – November 30, 2010	Elected in 2006. Retired.
File:Noreen Evans.jpg Noreen Evans (Santa Rosa)		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 6, 2010 – November 30, 2014	Elected in 2010. Retired.
File:CA Sen Mike McGuire (cropped).jpg Mike McGuire (Healdsburg)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 1, 2014 – present	Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2022. Term-limited and retiring at end of term.	Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Sonoma Trinity

Election results

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| Mike McGuire (incumbent) |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 75.1 |-

|- 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| Gene Yoon |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 24.9 |-

|- ! 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 | Mike McGuire (incumbent) | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 73.3 |-

|- 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| Gene Yoon |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 26.7 |-

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

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Results

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| Mike McGuire (incumbent) |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 75.1 |-

|- 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| Gene Yoon |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 24.9 |-

|- ! 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 | Mike McGuire (incumbent) | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 73.3 |-

|- 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| Gene Yoon |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 26.7 |-

|- ! 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

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| Mike McGuire (incumbent) |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 76.2 |-

|- 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| Veronica "Roni" Jacobi |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 23.8 |-

|- ! 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 | Mike McGuire (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| Veronica "Roni" Jacobi |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 |-

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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| Lawrence R. Wiesner |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 26.8 |-

|- 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| Derek Knell |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 10.9 |-

|- 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| Harry V. Lehmann |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 4.5 |-

|- ! 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 | Mike McGuire | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 70.0 |-

|- 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| Lawrence R. Wiesner |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 30.0 |-

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

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2010

2010 California State Senate election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Noreen Evans		63.4
		Lawrence R. Wiesner		36.6
		Ed Musgrave (write-in)		0.0
Total votes				100.0
	hold

2006

2006 California State Senate election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Pat Wiggins		66.1
		Lawrence R. Wiesner		33.9
Total votes				100.0
	hold

2002

2002 California State Senate election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Wesley Chesbro (incumbent)		63.3
		Peggy Redfearn		32.6
		Laura Jean Likover		4.1
Total votes				100.0
	hold

1998

1998 California State Senate election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Wesley Chesbro		51.2
		John Jordan		41.9
		Brian Garay		6.9
Total votes				100.0
	hold

1994

1994 California State Senate election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Mike Thompson (incumbent)		60.4
		Frank McMichael		35.4
		Pamela Elizondo		4.2
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