California's 80th State Assembly district

California's 80th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Lorena Gonzalez of San Diego.

California's 80th State Assembly district
Current assemblymember	Lorena Gonzalez D–San Diego
Population (2010)  • Voting age  • Citizen voting age	464,602[1] 335,580[1] 227,429[1]
Demographics	14.32% White 6.46% Black 67.71% Latino 9.82% Asian 0.38% Native American 0.47% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.20% other 0.63[1]% remainder of multiracial
Registered voters	233,550[2]
Registration	48.86% Democratic 15.84% Republican 29.22% No party preference

District profile

The district encompasses the southern parts of urban San Diego County. It runs up against the Mexican border and takes in the Latino core of the metropolitan area.

San Diego County – 15.0% Chula Vista – 63.6% National City – 72.9% San Diego – 19.9%

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2018	Governor	Newsom 70.0 – 30.0%
	Senator	de Leon 51.1 – 48.9%
2016	President	Clinton 73.1 – 21.3%
	Senator	Harris 54.1 – 45.9%
2014	Governor	Brown 66.2 – 33.8%
2012	President	Obama 69.5 – 28.7%
	Senator	Feinstein 69.9 – 30.1%

Election results

2018

California State Assembly election, 2018

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher (incumbent)	38,449	70.5
	Republican	Lincoln Pickard	16,107	29.5
	Republican	Joseph Viveiros (write-in)	3	0.0
Total votes			54,559	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher (incumbent)	82,621	75.0
	Republican	Lincoln Pickard	27,563	25.0
Total votes			110,184	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016

California State Assembly election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lorena Gonzalez (incumbent)	55,150	74.6
	Republican	Lincoln Pickard	14,015	19.0
	No party preference	Louis J. Marinelli	4,753	6.4
Total votes			73,918	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Lorena Gonzalez (incumbent)	108,655	77.8
	Republican	Lincoln Pickard	30,917	22.2
Total votes			139,572	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014

California State Assembly election, 2014

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lorena Gonzalez (incumbent)	25,953	100.0
Total votes			25,953	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Lorena Gonzalez (incumbent)	43,362	100.0
Total votes			43,362	100.0
	Democratic hold

2013 (special)

California's 80th State Assembly district special election, 2013
Vacancy resulting from the resignation of Ben Hueso

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lorena Gonzalez	18,125	71.2
	Democratic	Steve Castaneda	6,646	26.1
	Libertarian	Kaiden Degas (write-in)	548	2.2
	Republican	Lincoln Pickard (write-in)	140	0.5
Total votes			25,459	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012

California State Assembly election, 2012

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ben Hueso (incumbent)	26,717	61.6
	Republican	Derrick W. Roach	16,623	38.4
Total votes			43,340	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Ben Hueso (incumbent)	76,225	69.6
	Republican	Derrick W. Roach	33,260	30.4
Total votes			109,485	100.0
	Democratic hold

See also

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

References

1. "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
2. "Report of Registration as of July 3, 2020" (PDF).

External links

• District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission