California's 33rd senatorial district

California's 33rd senatorial district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Template:Representative of Template:Representative.

District profile

The district encompasses a strip of the Gateway Cities, stretching from parts of South Los Angeles to the coast, including the Port of Long Beach and a significant portion of Long Beach itself.

Los Angeles County – 9.4%

• Bell
• Bell Gardens
• Cudahy
• Huntington Park
• Lakewood – 36.3%
• Long Beach – 79.1%
• Los Angeles – 0.9%
• Lynwood
• Maywood
• Paramount
• Signal Hill
• South Gate
• 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 76.7 – 20.8%
2018	Governor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Newsom 78.2 – 21.8%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Feinstein 54.1 – 45.9%
2016	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Clinton 79.1 – 15.2%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Harris 51.8 – 48.2%
2014	Governor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Brown 73.7 – 26.3%
2012	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Obama 78.6 – 19.1%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Feinstein 78.8 – 21.2%

List of senators representing the district

Senators	Party	Years served	Electoral history	Counties represented
District established January 3, 1887
File:James D. Byrnes, 1903.jpg James D. Byrnes (San Mateo)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 3, 1887 – January 2, 1893	Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888.	San Mateo, Santa Cruz
File:Thomas Flint Jr., 1899.jpg Thomas Flint Jr. (Hollister)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 2, 1893 – January 2, 1905	Redistricted from the 35th district and re-elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1900.	Monterey, San Benito
File:Charles B. Greenwell, 1907.jpg Charles B. Greenwell (Santa Barbara)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 2, 1905 – January 4, 1909	Redistricted from the 35th district and re-elected in 1904.	Santa Barbara, Ventura
File:Louis H. Roseberry, 1911.jpg Louis H. Roseberry (Santa Barbara)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 4, 1909 – January 6, 1913	Elected in 1908.
File:Prescott F. Cogswell.png Prescott F. Cogswell (El Monte)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 6, 1913 – January 8, 1917	Elected in 1912. Lost re-election as a Progressive.	Los Angeles
	Template:Party shading/Bull Moose |Progressive
File:Joseph A. Rominger, 1918.jpg Joseph A. Rominger (Los Angeles)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 8, 1917 – January 5, 1925	Elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920.
File:Cadet Taylor, 1924.jpg Cadet Taylor (Pomona)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 5, 1925 – January 7, 1929	Elected in 1924.
File:Frank F. Merriam, 1924.jpg Frank Merriam (Long Beach)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 7, 1929 – January 6, 1931	Elected in 1928. Resigned after election as Lieutenant Governor of California.
Vacant		January 6, 1931 – March 4, 1931
File:Ralph H. Clock, 1934.jpg Ralph H. Clock (Long Beach)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	March 4, 1931 – January 2, 1933	Elected to finish Merriam's term. Not a candidate for the next election.
File:Walter H. Duval, 1932.jpg Walter H. Duval (Santa Paula)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 2, 1933 – January 4, 1937	Redistricted from the 25th district and re-elected in 1932.	Ventura
File:James J. McBride, 1958.jpg James J. McBride (Santa Ana)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 4, 1937 – June 12, 1961	Elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1960. Died.
Vacant		June 12, 1961 – November 10, 1961
File:Robert J. Lagomarsino, 1967.jpg Robert J. Lagomarsino (Ojai)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	November 10, 1961 – January 2, 1967	Elected to finish McBride's term. Re-elected in 1962. Redistricted to the 24th district.
File:Joseph M. Kennick, 1975.jpg Joseph M. Kennick (Los Angeles)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 2, 1967 – November 30, 1976	Elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1972.	Los Angeles
File:William Campbell, 1975.jpg William Campbell (Hacienda Heights)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	December 6, 1976 – November 30, 1984	Elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to the 31st district.
File:Paul B. Carpenter, 1975.jpg Paul B. Carpenter (Cypress)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 3, 1984 – January 5, 1987	Redistricted from the 37th district and re-elected in 1984. Resigned after election to the California State Board of Equalization.	Los Angeles, Orange
Vacant		January 5, 1987 – May 18, 1987
Cecil Green (Norwalk)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	May 18, 1987 – November 30, 1992	Elected to finish Carpenter's term. Re-elected in 1988.
File:John R. Lewis, 1997.jpg John Lewis (Orange)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	December 7, 1992 – November 30, 2000	Redistricted from the 35th district and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1996. Term-limited and retired.	Orange
File:Dick Ackerman, 2000s.jpg Dick Ackerman (Fullerton)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	December 4, 2000 – November 30, 2008	Elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2004. Term-limited and retired.
File:Mimi Walters.jpg Mimi Walters (Irvine)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	December 1, 2008 – November 30, 2012	Elected in 2008. Redistricted to the 37th district.
File:Senator Ricardo Lara 2016 (cropped).jpg Ricardo Lara (Bell Gardens)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 3, 2012 – January 7, 2019	Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2016. Resigned after election as California Insurance Commissioner.	Los Angeles
Vacant		January 7, 2019 – June 12, 2019
File:Lena Gonzalez.jpg Lena Gonzalez (Long Beach)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	June 12, 2019 – present	Elected to finish Lara's term. Re-elected in 2020. Re-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| Lena Gonzalez (incumbent) |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 99.8 |-

|- 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| Elizabeth Castillo (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;" | 100.00 |- 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 | Lena Gonzalez (incumbent) | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 61.8 |-

|- 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| Elizabeth Castillo |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 38.2 |-

|- ! 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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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| Lena Gonzalez |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 31.6 |-

|- 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| Jack M. Guerrero |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 14.0 |-

|- 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| Ali Saleh |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 9.6 |-

|- 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| Ana Maria Quintana |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 8.8 |-

|- 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| Jose Solache |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 7.5 |-

|- 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| Denise Diaz |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 6.9 |-

|- 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| Martha Flores Gibson |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 6.4 |-

|- 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| Leticia Vasquez Wilson |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 5.3 |-

|- 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| Al Austin, II |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 3.9 |-

|- 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| Thomas Jefferson Cares |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 2.4 |-

|- 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| Chris Garcia |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 2.1 |-

|- 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| Cesar Flores |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 1.5 |-

|- ! 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 | Lena Gonzalez | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 69.8 |-

|- 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| Jack M. Guerrero |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 30.2 |-

|- ! 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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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| Ricardo Lara (incumbent) |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 99.95 |-

|- 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| Honor Mimi Robson (write-in) |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 0.05 |-

|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | 100.00 |- 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 | Ricardo Lara (incumbent) | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 78.6 |-

|- 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| Honor Mimi Robson |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 21.4 |-

|- ! 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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2012

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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| Lee H. Chauser (write-in) |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 0.0 |-

|- ! 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 | Ricardo Lara | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 80.4 |-

|- 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| Lee H. Chauser |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 19.6 |-

|- ! 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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2008

California State Senate election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Mimi Walters		58.11
		Gary Pritchard		41.89
Total votes				100.00
Turnout				69.46
	hold

2004

California State Senate election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Dick Ackerman (incumbent)		68.96
		Randall Daugherty		31.04
Total votes				100.00
	hold

2000

California State Senate election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Dick Ackerman		65.65
		Jack L. Roberts		29.07
		Michael E. Chacon		3.61
		William H. Verkamp		1.66
Invalid or blank votes			30,647	8.64
Total votes				100.00
	hold

1996

California State Senate election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		John Lewis (incumbent)		68.84
		David Robert Heywood		31.36
Invalid or blank votes			19,466	6.29
Total votes				100.00
	hold

1992

California State Senate election, 1992

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		John Lewis (incumbent)		64.12
		Samuel D. Eidt		29.01
		Doyle Guhy		6.86
Invalid or blank votes			36,454	10.85
Total votes				100.00
	gain from

See also

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

External links

• District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission