California's 38th senatorial district

California's 38th 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 the coastal North County region of San Diego County, including the communities of La Jolla, Del Mar, Solana Beach, Cardiff, Rancho Santa Fe, Encinitas, Carlsbad, Vista, Oceanside, San Luis Rey, and Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base; along with the southern edge of Orange County, including San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Ladera Ranch, Las Flores, and Rancho Santa Margarita.

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2020	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Biden 49.5 – 48.1%
2018	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Cox 55.0 – 45.0%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Feinstein 50.3 – 49.7%
2016	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Trump 49.7 – 44.4%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Harris 56.5 – 43.5%
2014	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Kashkari 60.1 – 39.9%
2012	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Romney 56.7 – 41.3%
	Senator	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Emken 56.8 – 43.2%

List of senators representing the district

Senators	Party	Years served	Electoral history	Counties represented
District established January 3, 1887
File:StephenMWhite (cropped).JPG Stephen M. White (Los Angeles)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 3, 1887 – January 5, 1891	Elected in 1886. Template:Data missing	Los Angeles
R. B. Carpenter (Los Angeles)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 5, 1891 – January 2, 1893	Elected in 1890. Redistricted to the 36th district.	Los Angeles, Orange
Vacant		January 2, 1893 – January 7, 1895	Redistricting for the 1892 election did not require incumbents to run in their own districts.
File:Samuel N. Androus, 1896.jpg Samuel N. Androus (Pomona)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 7, 1895 – January 2, 1899	Elected in 1894. Template:Data missing	Los Angeles
File:A. T. Currier, 1901.jpg Alvan T. Currier (Los Angeles)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 2, 1899 – January 5, 1903	Elected in 1898. Template:Data missing
File:Cornelius W. Pendleton, 1912.jpg Cornelius W. Pendleton (Los Angeles)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 5, 1903 – January 7, 1907	Elected in 1902. Template:Data missing
File:H. S. G. McCartney, 1907.jpg H. S. G. McCartney (Los Angeles)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 7, 1907 – January 2, 1911	Elected in 1906. Template:Data missing
File:Leslie Randall Hewitt, unknown date.jpg Leslie R. Hewitt (Los Angeles)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 2, 1911 – January 4, 1915	Elected in 1910. Template:Data missing
John W. Ballard (Santa Ana)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 4, 1915 – January 6, 1919	Elected in 1914. Template:Data missing
File:Henry H. Yonkin, 1906.png Henry H. Yonkin (Los Angeles)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 6, 1919 – January 8, 1923	Elected in 1918. Template:Data missing
Charles H. V. Lewis (Los Angeles)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 8, 1923 – January 3, 1927	Elected in 1922. Template:Data missing
File:Senator J. W. McKinley, Los Angeles, 1934.jpg J. W. McKinley (Los Angeles)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 3, 1927 – January 7, 1935	Elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1930. Template:Data missing
File:Culbert L. Olson at a convention for the California Federation of Democratic Women's Clubs (cropped).jpg Culbert Olson (Los Angeles)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 7, 1935 – January 2, 1939	Elected in 1934. Retired to run for Governor of California.
File:Robert W. Kenny, 1930s.jpg Robert W. Kenny (Los Angeles)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 2, 1939 – January 4, 1943	Elected in 1938. Retired to run for Attorney General of California.
File:Jack Tenney, circa 1947.jpg Jack Tenney (Los Angeles)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 4, 1943 – January 3, 1955	Elected in 1942. Switched parties in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1950. Lost renomination.
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican
File:Richard Richards, 1958.jpg Richard B. Richards (Los Angeles)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 3, 1955 – January 7, 1963	Elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1958. Retired to run for U.S. Senate.
File:Thomas M. Rees, 1963.jpg Thomas M. Rees (Los Angeles)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 7, 1963 – December 15, 1965	Elected in 1962. Resigned after election to the U.S. House of Representatives.
Vacant		December 15, 1965 – January 2, 1967
File:Clair Burgener, 1971.jpg Clair Burgener (Rancho Santa Fe)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 2, 1967 – January 3, 1973	Elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1970. Retired to run for U.S. House of Representatives.	San Diego
Vacant		January 3, 1973 – March 12, 1973
File:John Stull, 1967.jpg John Stull (Escondido)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	March 12, 1973 – November 30, 1978	Elected to finish vacant term. Re-elected in 1974. Template:Data missing	Imperial, Riverside, San Diego
File:William A. Craven, 1997.jpg William A. Craven (Oceanside)	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	December 4, 1978 – November 30, 1998	Elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1994. Term-limited and retired.
	San Diego
File:Bill Morrow, 2002.jpg Bill Morrow (Oceanside)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	December 7, 1998 – November 30, 2006	Elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2002. Term-limited and retired.	Orange, San Diego
File:Mark Wyland.jpg Mark Wyland (Escondido)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	December 4, 2006 – November 30, 2014	Elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2010. Term-limited and retired.
File:2006 Joel Anderson family (cropped).jpg Joel Anderson (Alpine)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	December 1, 2014 – November 30, 2018	Redistricted from the 36th district and re-elected in 2014. Term-limited and retired.	San Diego
File:190115 BrianJones (cropped).jpg Brian Jones (Santee)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	December 3, 2018 – November 30, 2022	Elected in 2018. Redistricted to the 40th district.
File:Member of the California State Senate Catherine Smith Blakespear.jpg Catherine Blakespear (Encinitas)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 5, 2022 – present	Elected in 2022.	Orange, San Diego

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| Matt Gunderson |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 45.4 |-

|- 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| Catherine Blakespear |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 43.6 |-

|- 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| Joe Kerr |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 11.0 |-

|- ! 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 | Catherine Blakespear | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 52.2 |-

|- 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| Matt Gunderson |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 47.8 |-

|- ! 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

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| Brian Jones |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 57.2 |-

|- 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| Jeff Griffith |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 40.0 |-

|- 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| Antonio Salguero |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 2.8 |-

|- ! 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 | Brian Jones | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 53.0 |-

|- 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| Jeff Griffith |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 47.0 |-

|- ! 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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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| Joel Anderson (incumbent) |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 71.1 |-

|- 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| Fotios "Frank" Tsimboukakis |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 28.9 |-

|- ! 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 | Joel Anderson (incumbent) | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 68.9 |-

|- 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| Fotios "Frank" Tsimboukakis |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 30.8 |-

|- ! 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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2010

California State Senate election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Mark Wyland (incumbent)		60.2
		Gila Jones		34.4
		Kristi Stone		5.4
Total votes				100.0
	hold

2006

California State Senate election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Mark Wyland		74.33
		Brian Klea		25.67
Total votes				100.00
	hold

2002

California State Senate election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Bill Morrow (incumbent)		66.10
		Philip G. Hanneman		30.00
		Lars R. Grossmith		3.90
Invalid or blank votes			16,899	7.77
Total votes				100.00
	hold

1998

California State Senate election, 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Bill Morrow		60.27
		Madelene Arakelian		32.84
		Barbara Blair		2.57
		Eugene Gilbert Carl		2.42
		Paul King		1.90
Invalid or blank votes			28,712	11.22
Total votes				100.00
	hold

1994

California State Senate election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		William A. Craven (incumbent)		65.53
		Thomas Berry		25.60
		August Anderson		4.76
		Mary Ann Niki		4.12
Invalid or blank votes			25,894	9.80
Total votes				100.00
	hold

See also

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

External links

• District maps from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission