California's 8th senatorial district

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California's 8th State Senate district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Angelique Ashby of Sacramento.

District profile

The district is located in the core of the Sacramento metropolitan area, consisting of the state capital of Sacramento and several of its surrounding suburbs, including Rio Linda, McClellan Park, North Highlands, Vineyard, Rosemont, Florin, and Elk Grove.

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2020	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Trump 50.6 – 44.0%
2018	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Cox 57.4 – 42.6%
2018	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| de Leon 55.6 – 44.4%
2016	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Trump 52.3 – 41.9%
2016	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Harris 57.0 – 43.0%
2014	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Kashkari 56.5 – 43.5%
2012	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Romney 54.6 – 43.0%
2012	Senator	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Emken 55.5 – 44.5%

List of senators

Due to redistricting, the 8th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2011 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.

Senators	Party	Years served	Counties represented	Notes
Jeremiah Lynch	rowspan=7 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \|Democratic	January 8, 1883 - January 3, 1887	San Francisco, San Mateo
John Boggs	January 3, 1887 - January 5, 1891	Colusa, Tehama
Henry C. Wilson	January 5, 1891 - January 7, 1895	Colusa, Tehama
Henry C. Wilson	January 5, 1891 - January 7, 1895	Butte, Tehama
John Henry Seawell	January 7, 1895 - January 2, 1899	Colusa, Glenn, Mendocino
John Boggs	January 2, 1899 - January 30, 1899		Died in office.^[1]
James Wilkens Goad	March 17, 1899 - January 5, 1903		Sworn in after winning special election.^[2]
Edward F. Woodward	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \|Republican	January 5, 1903 - January 7, 1907	Sonoma
Walter Fitch Price	January 7, 1907 - January 2, 1911
Louis W. Juilliard	rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \|Democratic	January 2, 1911 - January 4, 1915
Herbert W. Slater	January 4, 1915 - January 5, 1931
John L. Moran	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \|Republican	January 5, 1931 - January 7, 1935	Colusa, Glenn, Tehama
Daniel Jack Metzger	January 7, 1935 - January 4, 1943
Clair Engle	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \|Democratic	January 4, 1943 - September 14, 1943		Resigned after he won special election for the 2nd Congressional district.
Louis G. Sutton	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \|Republican	June 2, 1944 - January 5, 1959		Sworn in after winning special election.^[3]
Virgil O'Sullivan	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \|Democratic	January 5, 1959 - January 2, 1967
Lewis F. Sherman	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \|Republican	January 2, 1967 - January 4, 1971	Alameda
John W. Holmdahl	rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \|Democratic	January 4, 1971 - October 15, 1982	Alameda	Resigned from the Senate.
John Francis Foran	December 6, 1982 - November 30, 1986	San Francisco, San Mateo
Quentin L. Kopp	Template:Party shading/Independent \|Independent		December 1, 1986 - November 30, 1998
Jackie Speier	rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \|Democratic		December 7, 1998 - November 30, 2006
Leland Yee	December 4, 2006 - March 28, 2014		Suspended by the Senate after being charged by the Federal Government with conspiracy to traffic in firearms without a license and accepting campaign funds in exchange for political favors.^[4]
Tom Berryhill	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \|Republican	December 1, 2014 - November 30, 2018	Amador, Calaveras, Fresno, Inyo, Madera, Mariposa, Mono, Sacramento, Stanislaus, Tulare, Tuolumne
Andreas Borgeas	December 3, 2018 – December 5, 2022
Angelique Ashby	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	December 5, 2022 – present

Election results (1994–present)

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2018

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2014

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