California's 36th senatorial district

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox California State Legislature district

California's 36th senatorial district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Tony Strickland of Huntington Beach.

District profile

The district includes most of coastal Orange County, including Seal Beach, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Emerald Bay, Laguna Beach, and Dana Point; San Clemente; the Little Saigon area of northwestern Orange County, including Garden Grove, Westminster, Fountain Valley, Midway City, Stanton, Cypress, La Palma, Rossmoor, and Los Alamitos; and Artesia, Cerritos, and Hawaiian Gardens in southeastern Los Angeles County.

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2022	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Dahle 54.3 – 45.7%^[1]
2022	Senator	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Meuser 53.7 – 46.3%^[2]
2021	Recall	align="right" Template:Ya Yes 52.2 – 47.8%Template:Fact
2020	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Biden 53.2 – 44.6%Template:Fact
2018	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Cox 51.2 – 48.8%^[3]
2018	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Feinstein 53.8 – 46.2%^[4]
2016	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Clinton 48.1 – 45.8%^[5]
2016	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Harris 58.8 – 41.2%^[6]
2014	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Kashkari 57.5 – 42.5%Template:Fact
2012	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Romney 54.8 – 43.2%Template:Fact
2012	Senator	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Emken 55.8 – 44.2%Template:Fact

List of senators who have represented the district

Senators	Party	Years served	Electoral history	Counties represented
District established January 3, 1887
John Roth (Tulare)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \|Democratic	January 3, 1887 – January 5, 1891	Elected in 1886. Script error: No such module "Unsubst".	Inyo, Kern, Tulare
George S. Berry (Visalia)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \|Democratic	January 5, 1891 – January 7, 1895	Elected in 1890. Redistricted to the 32nd and 34th districts.	Inyo, Kern, Tulare
File:Cyrus M. Simpson, 1912.jpg Cyrus M. Simpson (Pasadena)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \|Republican	January 7, 1895 – January 5, 1903	Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1898. Script error: No such module "Unsubst".	Los Angeles
File:Benjamin W. Hahn, 1903.jpg Benjamin W. Hahn (Long Beach)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \|Republican	January 5, 1903 – January 7, 1907	Elected in 1902. Lost re-election.
File:Charles W. Bell, 1911.jpg Charles W. Bell (Pasadena)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Template:Party shading/Nonpartisan \|Nonpatisan	January 7, 1907 – January 6, 1913	Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1910. Retired to become a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \|Republican	January 7, 1907 – January 6, 1913
File:William J. Carr, 1927.jpg William J. Carr (Pasadena)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Independent	January 6, 1913 – January 8, 1923	Elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1918. Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
	Template:Party shading/Bull Moose \|Progressive
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \|Republican
File:A. Burlingame Johnson, 1924.jpg A. Burlingame Johnson (Pasadena)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \|Republican	January 8, 1923 – January 3, 1927	Elected in 1922. Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
File:Frank C. Weller, 1926.jpg Frank C. Weller (Los Angeles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \|Republican	January 3, 1927 – January 5, 1931	Elected in 1926. Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
File:Ralph E. Swing, 1924.jpg Ralph E. Swing (Upland)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \|Republican	January 5, 1931 – January 8, 1951	Redistricted from the 30th district and re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1946. Script error: No such module "Unsubst".	San Bernardino
File:James E. Cunningham, 1954.jpg James E. Cunningham (San Bernardino)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \|Republican	January 8, 1951 – September 10, 1957	Elected in 1850. Re-elected in 1854. Resigned.
Vacant		September 10, 1957 – December 31, 1957
File:Raymond H. Gregory, 1958.jpg Raymond H. Gregory (San Bernardino)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \|Republican	December 31, 1957 – January 5, 1959	Elected to finish Cunningham's term. Lost re-election.
File:Stanford C. Shaw, 1954.jpg Stanford C. Shaw (Etiwanda)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \|Democratic	January 5, 1959 – January 7, 1963	Elected in 1958. Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
File:Eugene G. Nisbet, 1963.jpg Eugene G. Nisbet (Upland)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \|Democratic	January 7, 1963 – January 2, 1967	Elected in 1962. Redistricted to the 20th district and lost re-election.
File:Gordon Cologne, 1967.jpg Gordon Cologne (Indio)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \|Republican	January 2, 1967 – March 2, 1972	Redistricted from the 37th district and re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1970. Resigned to become a Justice of the California Courts of Appeal.	Riverside, San Bernardino
Vacant		March 2, 1972 – June 15, 1972
File:W. Craig Biddle, 1971.jpg W. Craig Biddle (Riverside)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \|Republican	June 15, 1972 – November 30, 1974	Elected to finish Cologne's term. Redistricted to the 34th district and lost re-election.
File:Dennis Carpenter, 1975.jpg Dennis Carpenter (Newport Beach)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \|Republican	December 2, 1974 – November 30, 1978	Redistricted from the 34th district and re-elected in 1974. Script error: No such module "Unsubst".	Orange, San Diego
File:John G. Schmitz (cropped 3x4).jpg John G. Schmitz (Santa Ana)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \|Republican	December 4, 1978 – November 30, 1982	Elected in 1978. Retired to run for U.S. Senate.	Orange, San Diego
File:Robert Presley, 1975.jpg Robert B. Presley (Riverside)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \|Democratic	December 6, 1982 – November 30, 1994	Redistricted from the 34th district and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1990. Retired to run for Board of Equalization.	Riverside
File:Ray Haynes, 1997.jpg Ray Haynes (Riverside)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \|Republican	December 5, 1994 – November 30, 2002	Elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1998. Term-limited and ran for State Assembly.	File:California SD-36.svg (2001–2011)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Riverside, San Diego
File:Dennis Hollingsworth, 2010.jpg Dennis Hollingsworth (Murrieta)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \|Republican	December 2, 2002 – November 30, 2010	Elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2006. Term-limited and retired.
File:2006 Joel Anderson family (cropped).jpg Joel Anderson (Alpine)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \|Republican	December 6, 2010 – November 30, 2014	Elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 38th district.
File:California State Senator Pat Bates (cropped).jpg Patricia Bates (Laguna Niguel)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \|Republican	December 1, 2014 – December 7, 2022	Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2018. Term-limited and retired.	File:California SD-36 (2011).svg (2011–2021)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Orange, San Diego
File:Janetnguyun (cropped).png Janet Nguyen (Huntington Beach)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \|Republican	December 7, 2022 – November 30, 2024	Elected in 2022. Resigned after election to the Orange County Board of Supervisors.	File:California's 36th Senatorial district (2021).svg (2021–2031)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Los Angeles, Orange
Vacant		November 30, 2024 – March 11, 2025
File:Tony Strickland (3) (cropped).jpg Tony Strickland (Huntington Beach)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \|Republican	March 11, 2025 – present	Elected to finish Nguyen's term.

Election results (1990–present)

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2022

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2018

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2014

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