California's 34th senatorial district

California's 34th 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 northern Orange County, including most of Santa Ana, Anaheim, Placentia, Fullerton, Buena Park, La Habra, and the west side of Orange, along with the unincorporated community of South Whittier in Los Angeles County.

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2021	Recall	align="right" Template:Na No 55.2 – 44.8%
2020	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Biden 55.7 – 42.3%
2018	Governor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Newsom 55.5 - 44.5%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Feinstein 54.2 - 45.8%
2016	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Clinton 58.5 – 35.8%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Sanchez 52.6 – 47.4%
2014	Governor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Brown 52.5 – 47.5%
2012	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Obama 53.3 – 44.4%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Feinstein 55.3 – 44.7%

Election results from statewide races
Year	Office	Results
2000	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Gore 51.4 - 45.0%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Feinstein 53.0 - 38.1%
1998	Governor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Davis 54.1 - 41.5%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Boxer 47.8 - 46.5%
1996	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Clinton 47.2 - 42.1%
1994	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Wilson 61.7 - 32.7%
	Senator	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Huffington 55.4 - 32.5%
1992	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Bush 39.9 - 36.2%
	Senator	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Herschensohn 53.9 - 35.6%
	Senator	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Seymour 46.1 - 42.2%

List of senators representing the district

Senators	Party	Years served	Electoral history	Counties represented
District established January 3, 1887
George G. Goucher (Fresno)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 3, 1887 – January 2, 1893	Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1890. Redistricted to the 16th district.	Alpine, Fresno, Mariposa, Mono
George S. Berry (Lindsay)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 2, 1893 – January 7, 1895	Redistricted from the 16th district and re-elected in 1892.	Inyo, Kern, Tulare
File:S. C. Smith, 1899 (cropped).jpg Sylvester C. Smith (Bakersfield)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 7, 1895 – January 5, 1903	Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1898. Retired to run for U.S. House of Representatives.	Kern, San Luis Obispo
File:William Henry Savage.jpg William H. Savage (San Pedro)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 5, 1903 – January 2, 1911	Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1906.	Los Angeles
File:Lee C. Gates, 1906.png Lee C. Gates (Los Angeles)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 2, 1911 – January 4, 1915	Elected in 1910.
File:Henry S. Benedict (California Congressman).jpg Henry S. Benedict (Los Angeles)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 4, 1915 – November 7, 1916	Elected in 1914. Resigned when elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
Vacant		November 7, 1916 – January 6, 1919
File:Charles W. Lyon (1938).jpg Charles W. Lyon (Los Angeles)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 6, 1919 – January 5, 1931	Elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1926. Lost re-election.
File:James I. Wagy, 1942.jpg James I. Wagy (Bakersfield)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 5, 1931 – January 4, 1943	Redistricted from the 32nd district and re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1938.	Kern
File:Jess R. Dorsey, 1950.jpg Jess R. Dorsey (Bakersfield)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 4, 1943 – September 27, 1958	Elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1954. Died and posthumously lost re-election.
Vacant		September 27, 1958 – January 5, 1959
File:Walter W. Stiern, 1963.jpg Walter W. Stiern (Bakersfield)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 5, 1959 – January 2, 1967	Elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1962. Redistricted to the 18th district.
File:John G. Schmitz, 1967.jpg John G. Schmitz (Santa Ana)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 2, 1967 – June 30, 1970	Redistricted from the 35th district and re-elected in 1966. Resigned when elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.	Orange
Vacant		June 30, 1970 – August 21, 1970
File:Dennis Carpenter, 1975.jpg Dennis Carpenter (Newport Beach)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	August 21, 1970 – November 30, 1974	Elected to finish Schmitz's term. Re-elected in 1970. Redistricted to the 36th district.
File:Robert Presley, 1975.jpg Robert B. Presley (Riverside)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 2, 1974 – November 30, 1982	Elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1986. Redistricted to the 36th district.	Riverside, San Bernadrino
File:Ruben Ayala, 1997.jpg Ruben Ayala (Chino)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 6, 1982 – November 30, 1994	Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the 32nd district.	Los Angeles, San Bernadrino
File:Rob Hurtt, 1997.jpg Rob Hurtt (Garden Grove)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	December 5, 1994 – November 30, 1998	Redistricted from the 32nd district and re-elected in 1994. Lost re-election.	Orange
File:Joe Dunn, 2000.jpg Joe Dunn (Santa Ana)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 7, 1998 – November 4, 2006	Elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2002. Retired to run for State Controller.
File:Lou Correa.jpg Lou Correa (Santa Ana)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 4, 2006 – November 30, 2014	Elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2010. Retired to run for Orange County Board of Supervisors.
File:Janetnguyun (cropped).png Janet Nguyen (Huntington Beach)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	December 1, 2014 – November 30, 2018	Elected in 2014. Lost re-election.	Los Angeles, Orange
File:Tom Umberg CA Senate official photo.jpg Tom Umberg (Santa Ana)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 3, 2018 – present	Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2022. Term-limited and retiring at end of term.

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| Janet Nguyen (incumbent) |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 58.3 |-

|- 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| Tom Umberg |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 26.3 |-

|- 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| Jestin L. Samson |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| Akash A. Hawkins |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 6.1 |-

|- ! 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 | Tom Umberg | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 50.6 |-

|- 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| Janet Nguyen (incumbent) |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 49.4 |-

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

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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| Janet Nguyen |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 52.0 |-

|- 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| Jose Solorio |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 33.3 |-

|- 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| Long Pham |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 14.7 |-

|- ! 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 | Janet Nguyen | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 58.1 |-

|- 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| Jose Solorio |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 41.9 |-

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

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2010

2010 California State Senate election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Lou Correa (incumbent)		65.8
		Lucille Kring		34.2
Total votes				100.0
	hold

2006

2006 California State Senate election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Lou Correa		50.2
		Lynn Daucher		49.0
		Otto Bade (write-in)		0.8
Total votes				100.0
	hold

2002

2002 California State Senate election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Joe Dunn (incumbent)		61.9
		Araceli Gonzalez		38.1
Total votes				100.0
	hold

1998

1998 California State Senate election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Joe Dunn		51.3
		Rob Hurtt (incumbent)		48.7
Total votes				100.0
	gain from

1994

1994 California State Senate election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Rob Hurtt (incumbent)		57.3
		Donna Chessen		36.6
		Thomas E. Reimer		6.1
Total votes				100.0
	gain from

See also

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

External links

• District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission