California's 40th senatorial district

California's 40th 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 much of inland San Diego County, including Santee, Poway, Alpine, Pine Valley, Ramona, San Marcos, Escondido, Hidden Meadows, Valley Center, Pauma Valley, and Fallbrook, as well as the northeastern parts of the city of San Diego proper.

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2021	Recall	Template:Na 63.0 - 37.0%
		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | Elder 42.6 - 12.4%
2020	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Biden 65.1 – 32.8%
2018	Governor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Newsom 64.5 – 35.5%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | de Leon 50.1 – 49.9%
2016	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Clinton 68.6 – 26.2%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Sanchez 53.9 – 46.1%
2014	Governor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Brown 62.2 – 37.8%
2012	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Obama 65.1 – 33.3%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Feinstein 66.4 – 33.6%

Election results from statewide races
Year	Office	Results
2000	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Gore 52.6 - 43.4%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Feinstein 58.5 - 33.5%
1998	Governor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Davis 57.2 - 38.6%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Boxer 53.0 - 42.2%
1996	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Clinton 52.6 - 38.4%
1994	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Wilson 58.9 - 37.6%
	Senator	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Huffington 49.8 - 39.4%
1992	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Clinton 42.7 - 32.7%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Boxer 45.3 - 43.2%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Feinstein 49.8 - 39.6%

List of senators representing the district

Senators	Party	Years served	Electoral history	Counties represented
District established January 3, 1887
File:William W. Bowers.jpeg William W. Bowers (San Diego)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 3, 1887 – January 5, 1891	Elected in 1886. Retired to run for U.S. House of Representatives.	San Bernardino, San Diego
File:Harry M. Streeter, 1902.jpg Henry M. Streeter (Riverside)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 5, 1891 – January 7, 1895	Elected in 1890.
File:D. L. Withington, 1896.jpg D. L. Withington (San Diego)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 7, 1895 – January 2, 1899	Elected in 1894.	San Diego
File:A. E. Nutt, 1902.jpg A. E. Nutt (San Diego)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 2, 1899 – January 5, 1903	Elected in 1898.
File:Martin L. Ward, 1903.jpg Martin L. Ward (San Diego)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 5, 1903 – January 7, 1907	Elected in 1902.
File:Leroy A. Wright, 1913.jpg Leroy A. Wright (San Diego)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 7, 1907 – January 4, 1915	Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1910.
File:Edgar A. Luce, 1910.jpg Edgar A. Luce (San Diego)	Template:Party shading/Bull Moose |Progressive	January 4, 1915 – January 6, 1919	Elected in 1914.
File:Ed P. Sample, 1924.jpg Ed P. Sample (San Diego)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 6, 1919 – January 3, 1927	Elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1922.
File:Edwin A. Mueller, 1924.jpg Edwin A. Mueller (El Cajon)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 3, 1927 – January 5, 1931	Elected in 1926.
File:William E. Harper, 1924.jpg William E. Harper (San Diego)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 5, 1931 – January 7, 1935	Elected in 1930.
File:Ed Fletcher and the totaba he caught (cropped).jpg Ed Fletcher (San Diego)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 7, 1935 – January 6, 1947	Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1938. Retired to run for U.S. House of Representatives.
File:Fred H. Kraft, 1954.jpg Fred H. Kraft (San Diego)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 6, 1947 – January 5, 1959	Elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1954. Lost re-election.
File:Hugo Fisher, 1962.jpg Hugo M. Fisher (San Diego)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 5, 1959 – January 7, 1963	Elected in 1958. Lost re-election.
File:Jack Schrade, 1963.jpg Jack Schrade (El Cajon)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 7, 1963 – January 2, 1967	Elected in 1962. Redistricted to the 39th district.
File:James R. Mills, 1971.jpg James R. Mills (San Diego)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 2, 1967 – November 30, 1982	Elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1978. Term-limited and retired.	Imperial, San Diego
File:Wadie P. Deddeh, 1975.jpg Wadie P. Deddeh (San Diego)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 6, 1982 – August 17, 1993	Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1990. Resigned.	San Diego
Vacant		August 17, 1993 – January 10, 1994
File:Stephen Peace, 2000.jpg Stephen Peace (San Diego)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 10, 1994 – November 30, 2002	Elected to finish Deddeh's term. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1998. Term-limited and retired.
File:Denise Ducheny.jpg Denise M. Ducheny (San Diego)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 2, 2002 – November 30, 2010	Elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2006. Term-limited and retired.	File:California SD-40.svg Imperial, Riverside, San Diego
File:Juan Vargas 2012 (cropped).jpg Juan Vargas (San Diego)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 6, 2010 – January 2, 2013	Elected in 2010. Resigned after election to the U.S. House of Representatives.
Vacant		January 2, 2013 – March 21, 2013
File:Ben Hueso, 2013.jpg Ben Hueso (San Diego)	rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	March 21, 2013 – December 5, 2022	Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2018. Term-limited and retired.
	File:California SD-40 (2011).svg Imperial, San Diego
File:Brian Jones, 2018.jpg Brian Jones (Santee)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	December 5, 2022 – present	Redistricted from the 38th district and re-elected in 2022. Term-limited and retiring at end of term.	File:California's 40th Senatorial district (2021).svg 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| Brian Jones (incumbent) |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 54.4 |-

|- 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| Joseph C. Rocha |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 45.6 |-

|- ! 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 | Brian Jones (incumbent) | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 53.2 |-

|- 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| Joseph C. Rocha |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 46.8 |-

|- ! 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 |-

|}

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| Ben Hueso (incumbent) |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 60.1 |-

|- 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| Luis R. Vargas |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 39.9 |-

2018

|- ! 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 | Ben Hueso (incumbent) | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 65.9 |-

|- 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| Luis R. Vargas |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 34.1 |-

|- ! 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 |-

|}

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| Ben Hueso (incumbent) |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 71.9 |-

|- 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| Rafael Estrada |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 27.9 |-

|- 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| Michael Diaz (write-in) |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 0.3 |-

|- ! 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 | Ben Hueso (incumbent) | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 54.9 |-

|- 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| Rafael Estrada |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 45.1 |-

|- ! 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 |-

|}

2013 (special)

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 | Ben Hueso | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 53.1 |-

|- 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| Hector Raul Gastelum |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 21.6 |-

|- 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| Xanthi Gionis |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 14.9 |-

|- 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| Anna Nevenic |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 10.4 |-

|- 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| Craig Fiegener (write-in) |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 0.1 |-

|- 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| Rafael Estrada (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 |-

|-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 |-

|}

2010

2010 California State Senate election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Juan Vargas		59.5
		Brian Hendry		40.5
Total votes				100.0
	hold

2006

2006 California State Senate election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Denise Moreno Ducheny (incumbent)		62.2
		David K. Walden		34.9
		Jesse Thomas		2.9
Total votes				100.0
	hold

2002

2002 California State Senate election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Denise Moreno Ducheny		56.4
		Michael S. Giorgino		39.9
		Felix Jeremiah Miranda		3.7
Total votes				100.0
	hold

1998

1998 California State Senate election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Steve Peace (incumbent)		66.3
		Bob Divine		30.4
		David N. Graham		3.3
Total votes				100.0
	hold

1994

1994 California State Senate election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Steve Peace (incumbent)		48.0
		Joe Ghougassian		45.1
		Elena Smith Pelayo		3.9
		Ben Gibbs		3.0
Total votes				100.0
	hold

See also

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

External links

• District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission