California's 3rd State Assembly district

California's 3rd State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Republican James Gallagher of Yuba City.

District profile

The district consists of much of the northern Sacramento Valley, along with parts of the adjacent foothills. The district is primarily rural.

Butte County – 91.0%

• Biggs
• Chico
• Gridley
• Oroville
• Paradise

Colusa County – 47.6%

• Colusa

All of Glenn County

• Orland
• Willows

All of Sutter County

• Live Oak
• Yuba City

All of Tehama County

• Corning
• Red Bluff
• Tehama

All of Yuba County

• Marysville
• Wheatland

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2021	Recall	align="right" Template:Ya Yes 61.6 – 38.4%
2020	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Trump 54.5 - 42.9%
2018	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Cox 59.7 – 40.3%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | de Leon 59.2 – 40.8%
2016	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Trump 53.3 – 39.5%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Harris 56.8 – 43.2%
2014	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Kashkari 56.3 – 43.7%
2012	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Romney 52.5 – 42.4%
	Senator	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Emken 55.4 – 44.6%

List of assembly members

Due to redistricting, the 3rd district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2011 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.

Assembly members	Party	Years served	Counties represented	Notes
John H. G. Weaver	rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887	Humboldt
J. F. McGowan	January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889
George Williams	January 7, 1889 - January 5, 1891
E. D. Kellogg	Template:Party shading/Independent |American	January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893
Darlington Jeffries Johnson	rowspan=13 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 2, 1893 - January 4, 1897
E. D. Damon	January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1899
Cyrus H. Boynton	January 2, 1899 - January 5, 1901
Brice H. McNeil	January 5, 1901 - January 2, 1905
Lewis Phillip Branstetter	January 2, 1905 - January 7, 1907
John Wilburt McClellan	January 7, 1907 - January 2, 1911
Gustavus Adolphus Jasper	January 2, 1911 - January 6, 1913
Charles William White	January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915	Shasta, Trinity
Charles Carroll McCray	January 4, 1915 - January 3, 1921
Albert Frederick Ross Jr.	January 3, 1921 - January 8, 1923
Earnest Dozier	January 8, 1923 - January 5, 1925
Roscoe J. Anderson	January 5, 1925 - January 5, 1931
Jerrold L. Seawell	January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933	Lassen, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sierra
John H. O'Donnell	rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	January 2, 1933 – January 6, 1941	Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, Yolo
Lloyd W. Lowrey	January 6, 1941 – January 7, 1963
Leroy F. Greene	January 7, 1963 – November 30, 1974	Sacramento
Eugene A. Chappie	rowspan=10 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	December 7, 1974 – November 30, 1980	Butte, Colusa, Nevada, Placer, Sierra, Sutter, Yuba
Wally Herger	December 1, 1980 – November 30, 1986
		Butte, Colusa, Nevada, Sierra, Sutter,
Christopher Chandler	December 1, 1986 – November 30, 1992
Bernie Richter	December 7, 1992 – November 30, 1998	Butte, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Yuba
Sam Aanestad	December 7, 1998 – November 30, 2002
Rick Keene	December 2, 2002 – November 30, 2008
Dan Logue	December 1, 2008 – November 30, 2014
		Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Sutter, Tehama, Yuba
James Gallagher	December 1, 2014 – present

Election results (1992–present)

2020

Template:Election box open primary begin 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 | James Gallagher (incumbent) | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 65.3 |-

|- 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| James R. Henson |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 34.7 |-

|- ! 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 | James Gallagher (incumbent) | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 63.7% |-

|- 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| James R. Henson |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 36.3% |-

|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | 100% |-

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2018

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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| Sonia Aery |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 35.0 |-

|- ! 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 | James Gallagher (incumbent) | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 60.2 |-

|- 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| Sonia Aery |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 39.8 |-

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

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2016

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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| Edward Ritchie |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 39.0 |-

|- 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| Bryce Corron (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 | James Gallagher (incumbent) | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 63.0 |-

|- 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| Edward Ritchie |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 37.0 |-

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

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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| Jim Reed |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 34.0 |-

|- 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| Ryan Schohr |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 21.6 |-

|- ! 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 | James Gallagher | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 63.1 |-

|- 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| Jim Reed |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 36.9 |-

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

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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| Charles Rouse |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 32.0 |-

|- 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| Bob Williams |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 25.1 |-

|- ! 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 | Dan Logue (incumbent) | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 55.6 |-

|- 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| Charles Rouse |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 44.4 |-

|- ! 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 Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Dan Logue (incumbent)		54.2
		Michael Harrington		36.6
		Gary Bryant		9.2
Total votes				100.0
	hold

2008

2008 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Daniel Logue		55.51
		Michael Harrington		44.49
Total votes				100.00
Turnout				74.24
	hold

2006

2006 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Rick Keene (incumbent)		61.00
		Michael J. Harrington		39.00
Total votes				100.00
Turnout				62.09
	hold

2004

2004 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Rick Keene (incumbent)		59.35
		Robert A. Woods		37.24
		Robert Burk		3.41
Total votes				100.00
	hold

2002

2002 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Rick Keene		61.27
		Stuart Randall King		34.01
		Jon Petersen		4.72
Invalid or blank votes			2,863	2.37
Total votes				100.00
	hold

2000

2000 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Sam Aanestad (incumbent)		61.35
		Benjamin Wirtschafter		32.72
		William L. Thomason		5.93
Invalid or blank votes			5,861	3.49
Total votes				100.00
	hold

1998

1998 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Sam Aanestad		60.90
		Scott Gruendl		39.10
Invalid or blank votes			10,028	7.08
Total votes				100.00
	hold

1996

1996 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Bernie Richter (incumbent)		61.57
		Irene Perry		38.43
Invalid or blank votes			9,957	6.06
Total votes				100.00
	hold

1994

1994 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Bernie Richter (incumbent)		63.35
		Jim Chapman		36.65
Invalid or blank votes			9,572	6.71
Total votes				100.00
	hold

1992

1992 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Bernie Richter (incumbent)		51.70
		Lon Hatamiya		37.74
		Vicki Lynn Vallis		10.56
Invalid or blank votes			10,505	5.96
Total votes				100.00
	hold

See also

• California State Assembly
• California State Assembly districts
• Districts in California

External links

• District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission