California's 7th State Assembly district

California's 7th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Republican Josh Hoover of Folsom.

District profile

Before remapping necessitated by the 2020 census, the district encompassed the northern two-thirds of the city of Sacramento and its northern and western suburbs. The California State Capitol was located in the district. After remapping, the district has moved to include northeast Sacramento County, including the cities of Folsom, Rancho Cordova, and Citrus Heights, with Sacramento itself moved to the 6th Assembly District.

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2021	Recall	align="right" Template:Na No 68.8 – 31.2%
2020	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Biden 69.1 – 28.4%
2018	Governor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Newsom 68.3 – 31.7%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Feinstein 55.4 – 44.6%
2016	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Clinton 67.5 – 25.6%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Harris 63.6 – 36.4%
2014	Governor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Brown 71.9 – 28.1%
2012	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Obama 67.5 – 29.6%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Feinstein 69.7 – 30.3%

List of assembly members

Due to redistricting, the 7th 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 F. Ellison	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887	Tehama
William P. Mathews	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 3, 1887 - January 5, 1891
James Thompson Matlock Sr.	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893
Edward B. Price	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 2, 1893 - January 31, 1893	Butte	Died in office.
Frederick R. Stansell	rowspan=6 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 7, 1895 - January 2, 1899
Richard DeLancie	January 2, 1899 - January 1, 1901
Barnabas Collins	January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1901	Died shortly after being sworn in office. Died from Pneumonia
Frederick R. Stansell	January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1905
William F. Gates	January 2, 1905 - January 7, 1907
William James Costar	January 7, 1907 - January 2, 1911
John H. Guill Jr.	rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 2, 1911 - January 4, 1915
B. B. Meek	January 4, 1915 - January 8, 1917
C. H. Brown	rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 8, 1917 - January 6, 1919
Elizabeth Hughes	January 6, 1919 - January 8, 1923
Bert B. Snyder	January 8, 1923 - January 5, 1925
Charles H. Deuel	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 5, 1925 - January 5, 1931
Hubert B. Scudder	rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933	Sonoma
	January 2, 1933 - January 6, 1941	Sonoma, Marin
Richard H. McCollister	January 6, 1941 - January 2, 1961
Bill Bagley	January 2, 1961 - November 30, 1974
John Garamendi	rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1976	Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mono, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Tuolumne
Norman S. Waters	December 6, 1976 - December 6, 1982
	December 6, 1982 - November 30, 1990	Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mono, Placer, Sacramento, Tuolumne
David Knowles	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican		December 3, 1990 - November 30, 1992
Valerie K. Brown	rowspan=6 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 7, 1992 - November 30, 1998	Napa, Solano, Sonoma
Pat Wiggins	December 7, 1998 - November 30, 2004
Noreen Evans	December 6, 2004 - December 6, 2010
Michael Allen	December 6, 2010 - November 30, 2012
Roger Dickinson	December 3, 2012 - November 30, 2014	Sacramento, Yolo
Kevin McCarty	December 1, 2014 – December 5, 2022
Josh Hoover	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	December 5, 2022 - Present	Sacramento	First election after redistricting.

Election results (1992–present)

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| Ken Cooley |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 50.9% |-

|- 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| Josh Hoover |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 34% |-

|- 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| Raymond Riehle |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 8.4% |-

|- 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| Jeffrey Perrine |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 5.6% |-

|- 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| Quintin Levesque |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 1.1% |-

|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | 100% |- 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 | Josh Hoover | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 50.4% |-

|- 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| Ken Cooley |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 49.6% |-

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

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2020

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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| James O. Just (write-in) |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 0.2% |-

|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | 100 |- 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 | Kevin McCarty (incumbent) | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 73.9% |-

|- 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| James O. Just |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 26.1% |-

|- ! 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| Scott Schmidt (write-in) |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 0.4 |-

|- ! 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 | Kevin McCarty (incumbent) | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 71.3 |-

|- 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| Scott Schmidt |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 28.7 |-

|- ! 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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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| Ryan K. Brown (write-in) |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 0.4 |-

|- 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| Janine Kloss (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| Ralph Merletti (write-in) |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 0.1 |-

|- ! 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 | Kevin McCarty (incumbent) | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 69.8 |-

|- 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 K. Brown |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 30.2 |-

|- ! 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

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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| Steve Cohn |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 29.3 |-

|- 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| Ralph Merletti |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 15.0 |-

|- 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| Mark Johannessen |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 11.8 |-

|- 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| Oliver Ponce |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 9.0 |-

|- ! 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 | Kevin McCarty | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 58.7 |-

|- 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| Steve Cohn |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 41.3 |-

|- ! 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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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| Jonathan Zachariou |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 32.0 |-

|- ! 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 | Roger Dickinson (incumbent) | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 69.8 |-

|- 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| Jonathan Zachariou |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 30.2 |-

|- ! 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	%
		Michael Allen		63.8
		Doris Gentry		31.8
		Kathryn N. Moore		4.4
Total votes				100.0
	hold

2008

2008 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Noreen Evans (incumbent)		71.95
		Doris Gentry		28.05
Total votes				100.00
Turnout				80.89
	hold

2006

2006 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Noreen Evans (incumbent)		98.55
		Raylene Wiesner (write-in)		1.45
Total votes				100.00
Turnout				57.39
	hold

2004

2004 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Noreen M. Evans		60.12
		Pat Krueger		36.88
		F. Aaron Smith		3.00
Total votes				100.00
	hold

2002

2002 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Pat Wiggins (incumbent)		75.99
		David J. Kozlowski		24.01
Invalid or blank votes			15,926	14.48
Total votes				100.00
	hold

2000

2000 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Pat Wiggins (incumbent)		66.45
		Pedro J. Rivera		29.56
		William Schoeffler		3.99
Invalid or blank votes			11,892	7.16
Total votes				100.00
	hold

1998

1998 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Pat Wiggins		62.13
		Bob Sanchez		33.63
		Mike Rodrigues		2.86
		Irv Sutley		1.37
Invalid or blank votes			8,532	6.20
Total votes				100.00
	hold

1996

1996 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Valerie K. Brown (incumbent)		61.70
		Ken Larsen		33.04
		Al Liner		3.91
		Alan Roy Barreca		1.36
Invalid or blank votes			8,799	5.70
Total votes				100.00
	hold

1994

1994 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Valerie K. Brown (incumbent)		58.48
		Roger D. Williams		38.99
		Irv Sutley		2.53
Invalid or blank votes			10,455	7.69
Total votes				100.00
	hold

1992

1992 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Valerie K. Brown		60.22
		Janet Nicholas		35.92
		Irv Sutley		3.86
Invalid or blank votes			10,255	5.86
Total votes				100.00
	gain from

See also

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

External links

• District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission