California's 9th senatorial district

California's 9th senatorial district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Tim Grayson of Concord.

District profile

2020s

The district encompasses most of Contra Costa County, including Concord, Antioch, Pittsburg, Bay Point, Martinez, Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Danville, San Ramon, and Orinda; along with Castro Valley, San Lorenzo, and San Leandro in Alameda County.

2010s

It previously encompassed the East Bay and consists of the urban, coastal northwestern portion of Alameda County, and western portion of Contra Costa County, including Alameda, Oakland, Piedmont, Emeryville, Berkeley, El Cerrito, and Richmond; currently represented by the 7th district.

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2021	Recall	align="right" Template:Na No 89.6 – 10.4%
2020	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Biden 87.8 – 10.2%
2018	Governor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Newsom 88.9 – 11.1%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Feinstein 59.8 – 40.2%
2016	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Clinton 85.6 – 7.8%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Harris 79.1 – 20.9%
2014	Governor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Brown 90.2 – 9.8%
2012	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Obama 86.8 – 9.9%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Feinstein 90.0 – 10.0%
2010	Governor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Brown 79.9 – 16.5%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Boxer 79.5 – 16.7%
2008	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Obama 84.0 – 14.1%
2006	Governor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Angelides 62.1 – 29.8%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Feinstein 67.6 – 28.0%
2004	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Kerry 81.1 – 17.5%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Boxer 80.1 – 15.6%
2003	Recall	No 77.0 – 23.0%
		align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Bustamante 60.7 – 19.4%
2002	Governor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Davis 65.0 – 16.8%
2000	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Gore 78.9 – 12.6%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Feinstein 74.0 – 12.6%
1998	Governor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Davis 83.3 – 12.4%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Boxer 80.9 – 16.6%
1996	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Clinton 75.5 – 13.0%
1994	Governor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Brown 74.0 – 22.9%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Feinstein 80.2 – 14.0%
1992	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Clinton 77.3 – 12.5%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Boxer 79.4 – 15.2%
	Senator	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Feinstein 82.4 – 13.4%

List of senators

Due to redistricting, the 9th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2021 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.

Senators	Party	Years served	Counties represented	Notes
John J. Harrigan	rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 8, 1883 - January 5, 1885	San Francisco	Both Harrigan and McCarthy served together.
Timothy McCarthy	January 8, 1883 - January 5, 1885
Egisto C. Palmieri	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887		Both Palmieri and Parkinson served together.
George C. Parkinson	January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887
Henry Clay Gesford	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889	Napa, Yolo
Frank S. Sprague	rowspan=5 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 7, 1889 - January 2, 1893
J. B. Hoyt	January 2, 1893 - January 4, 1897	Solano
John J. Luchsinger	January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1905
Charles Mortimer Belshaw	January 2, 1905 - January 4, 1909	Contra Costa, Marin
Ennio Batista Martinelli	January 4, 1909 - January 6, 1913
James Curtis Owens	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic		January 6, 1913 - January 8, 1917
William R. Sharkey	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican		January 8, 1917 - January 2, 1933
Andrew L. Pierovich	rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 2, 1933 - January 6, 1941	Alpine, Amador, El Dorado
Harley E. Dillinger	January 6, 1941 - January 5, 1953
Swift Berry	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	January 5, 1953 - January 2, 1961	Amador, El Dorado
John C. Begovich	rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	January 2, 1961 - January 2, 1967
J. Eugene McAteer	January 2, 1967 - May 26, 1967	San Francisco	Died in office. Died from a heart attack while playing handball at the Olympic Club.
Milton Marks	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican		September 4, 1967 - November 30, 1976	Sworn in after winning special election.
Nicholas C. Petris	rowspan=7 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	December 6, 1976 - November 30, 1996	Alameda
	Alameda, Contra Costa
Barbara Lee		December 2, 1996 - April 17, 1998	Resigned to become a member of Congress for the 9th Congressional district.
Don Perata		December 7, 1998 – November 30, 2008
Loni Hancock		December 1, 2008 – November 30, 2016
Nancy Skinner		December 5, 2016 – November 30, 2024	Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2020 Term-limited and redistricted to the 7th district in 2024.
Tim Grayson		December 5, 2024 – present	Elected in 2024.

Election results

Results

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 | Tim Grayson | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 59.3 |-

|- 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 | Marisol Rubio | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 40.2 |-

|- 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| David Minor (write-in) |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 0.2 |-

|- 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 Grcar (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;" | 100.0 |- 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 | Tim Grayson | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 51.99 |-

|- 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| Marisol Rubio |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 48.01 |-

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

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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| Jamie Dluzak (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 | Nancy Skinner | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 84.4 |-

|- 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| Jamie Dluzak |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 11.6 |-

|- ! 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

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| Nancy Skinner |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 47.8 |-

|- 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| Sandré Swanson |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 30.5 |-

|- 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| Katherine Grace Welch |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 13.4 |-

|- 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| Rich Kinney |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 8.3 |-

|- ! 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 | Nancy Skinner | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 62.2 |-

|- 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| Sandré Swanson |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 37.8 |-

|- ! 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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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| Mary Catherine McIlroy (write-in) |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 0.6 |-

|- 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| Lisa D. Ringer (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 | Loni Hancock (incumbent) | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 85.8 |-

|- 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| Mary Catherine McIlroy |style="text-align:right"| |style="text-align:right"| 14.2 |-

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

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2008

California State Senate election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Loni Hancock		77.2
		Claudia Bermudez		15.1
		Marsha Feinland		7.7
Total votes				100.00
	hold

2004

California State Senate election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Don Perata (incumbent)		77.1
		Patricia Deutsche		15.6
		Tom Condit		5.4
		Peter Von Pinnon		1.9
Total votes				100.0
	hold

2000

California State Senate election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Don Perata (incumbent)		83.4
		Linda J. Marshall		11.5
		Peter Von Pinnon		5.1
Total votes				100.0
	hold

1998 (special)

California's 9th State Senate district special election, 1998
Vacancy resulting from the resignation of Barbara Lee

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Don Perata		77.2
		Deborah Wright		16.2
		Marsha Feinland		6.7
Total votes				100.0
	hold

1996

California State Senate election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Barbara Lee		78.2
		Thomas N. Hudson		14.9
		Robert J. Evans		3.5
		Carol Flyer Prettie		3.4
Total votes				100.0
	hold

1992

California State Senate election, 1992

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Nicholas C. Petris		84.6
		David Campbell		15.4
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