List of special elections to the California State Assembly
Special elections to the California State Assembly are called by the Governor of California when a vacancy arises within the State Assembly. Most special elections are conducted in two rounds. The first is an open primary and the candidate with the most votes must have a majority of the votes plus one to win the seat. If no candidate wins a majority a second round is held with the two top candidates regardless of party.
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Recall elections, the process by which voters petition for the removal of an elected official, are also included.
List of special elections
The dates listed only include the open primary round if no second round was held.
| District | Date | Predecessor | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | January 23, 1962 | Ralph Brown (D) | John Veneman (R) |
| 8 | November 5, 1962 | Jimmy Hicks (D) | Walter Powers (D) |
| 49 | May 9, 1967 | Charles Chapel (R) | Robert Beverly (D) |
| 30 | May 20, 1969 | John Veneman (R) | Clare Berryhill (R) |
| 34 | June 17, 1969 | Alan Pattee (R) | Bob Wood (R) |
| 48 | November 16, 1971 | David Roberti (D) | Bill Brophy (R) |
| 76 | November 16, 1971 | Pete Wilson (R) | Bob Wilson (D) |
| 49 | June 6, 1972 | Peter Schabarum (R) | William Lancaster (R) |
| 38 | May 29, 1973 | Carley Porter (D) | Bob McLennan (R) |
| 67 | June 26, 1973 | Larry Townsend (D) | Paul Bannai (R) |
| 80 | June 26, 1973 | John Stull (R) | William Craven (R) |
| 12 | September 4, 1973 | Robert Monagan (R) | Doug Carter (R) |
| 14 | September 4, 1973 | Robert Crown (D) | Bill Lockyer (D) |
| 15 | March 4, 1975 | Carlos Bee (D) | Floyd Mori (D) |
| 4 | December 2, 1975 | Edwin Z'berg (D) | Vic Fazio (D) |
| 47 | July 15, 1975 | Bill Greene (D) | Teresa Hughes (D) |
| 46 | June 2, 1977 | Charles Warren (D) | Mike Roos (D) |
| 44 | June 28, 1977 | Alan Sieroty (D) | Mel Levine (D) |
| 55 | June 3, 1986 | Richard Alatorre (D) | Richard Polanco (D) |
| 56 | May 12, 1987 | Gloria Molina (D) | Lucille Roybal-Allard (D) |
| 16 | April 12, 1988 | Art Agnos (D) | John Burton (D) |
| 50 | February 7, 1989 | Curtis Tucker, Sr. (D) | Curtis Tucker, Jr. (D) |
| 76 | October 3, 1989 | Bill Bradley (R) | Tricia Hunter (R) |
| 27 | January 30, 1990 | Gary Condit (D) | Sal Cannella (D) |
| 78 | June 5, 1990 | Lucy Killea (D) | Jeff Marston (R) |
| 26 | May 14, 1991 | Patrick Johnston (D) | Dean Andal (R) |
| 46 | July 30, 1991 | Mike Roos (D) | Barbara Friedman (D) |
| 5 | September 17, 1991 | Tim Leslie (R) | B. T. Collins (R) |
| 67 | September 17, 1991 | John Lewis (R) | Mickey Conroy (R) |
| 31 | February 21, 1993 | Bruce Bronzan (D) | Cruz Bustamante (D) |
| 5 | July 27, 1993 | B. T. Collins (R) | Barbara Alby (R) |
| 27 | November 2, 1993 | Sam Farr (D) | Bruce McPherson (R) |
| 79 | April 12, 1994 | Steve Peace (D) | Denise Moreno Ducheny (D) |
| 43 | May 3, 1994 | Pat Nolan (R) | Jim Rogan (R) |
| 60 | May 16, 1995 | Paul Horcher (R) | Gary Miller (R) |
| 59 | June 6, 1995 | Dick Mountjoy (R) | Bob Margett (R) |
| 72 | September 12, 1995 | Ross Johnson (R) | Dick Ackerman (R) |
| 67 | November 28, 1995 | Doris Allen (R) | Scott Baugh (R) |
| 13 | March 26, 1996 | Willie Brown (D) | Carole Migden (D) |
| 46 | January 13, 1998 | Louis Caldera (D) | Gil Cedillo (D) |
| 16 | March 30, 1999 | Don Perata (D) | Audie Bock (G) |
| 49 | April 3, 2001 | Gloria Romero (D) | Judy Chu (D) |
| 65 | April 3, 2001 | Jan Leja (R) | Russ Bogh (R) |
| 53 | September 13, 2005 | Mike Gordon (D) | Ted Lieu (D) |
| 39 | May 15, 2007 | Richard Alarcón (D) | Felipe Fuentes (D) |
| 55 | February 5, 2008 | Laura Richardson (D) | Warren Furutani (D) |
| 51 | September 1, 2009 | Curren Price (D) | Steven Bradford (D) |
| 72 | January 12, 2010 | Michael Duvall (R) | Chris Norby (R) |
| 43 | June 8, 2010 | Paul Krekorian (D) | Mike Gatto (D) |
| 4 | May 3, 2011 | Ted Gaines (R) | Beth Gaines (R) |
| 80 | May 21, 2013 | Ben Hueso (D) | Lorena Gonzalez (D) |
| 52 | July 23, 2013 | Norma Torres (D) | Freddie Rodriguez (D) |
| 45 | November 19, 2013 | Bob Blumenfield (D) | Matt Dababneh (D) |
| 54 | December 3, 2013 | Holly Mitchell (D) | Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (D) |
| 31 | April 5, 2016 | Henry Perea (D) | Joaquin Arambula (D) |
| 51 | December 5, 2017 | Jimmy Gomez (D) | Wendy Carrillo (D) |
| 54 | April 3, 2018 | Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (D) | Sydney Kamlager (D) |
| 39 | June 5, 2018 | Raul Bocanegra (D) | Luz Rivas (D) |
| 45 | June 5, 2018 | Matt Dababneh (D) | Jesse Gabriel (D) |
| 79 | TBD 2021 | Shirley Weber (D) | TBD (D or R) |
List of recall elections
When applicable, the candidate who succeeded the recalled state assemblymember is listed. If the recall election was not successful the winner is listed as "none".
| District | Date | Incumbent | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | May 16, 1995 | Paul Horcher (I) | Gary Miller (R) |
| 17 | August 22, 1995 | Michael Machado (D) | None |
| 67 | November 28, 1995 | Doris Allen (R) | Scott Baugh (R) |
Results
80th district special election, 2013
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| 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 | ||||
52nd district special election, 2013
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| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| No party preference | Paul S. Leon | 4,219 | 24.9 | |
| Democratic | Freddie Rodriguez | 3,758 | 22.2 | |
| Republican | Dorothy F. Pineda | 2,453 | 14.5 | |
| Democratic | Jason A. Rothman | 1,545 | 9.1 | |
| Democratic | Tom Haughey | 1,482 | 8.7 | |
| Democratic | Danielle Soto | 1,259 | 7.4 | |
| Democratic | Doris Louise Wallace | 887 | 5.2 | |
| Democratic | Paul Vincent Avila | 752 | 4.4 | |
| Democratic | Manuel Saucedo | 597 | 3.5 | |
| Total votes | 16,952 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Freddie Rodriguez | 7,630 | 51.3 | |
| No party preference | Paul S. Leon | 7,230 | 48.7 | |
| Total votes | 14,860 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
45th district special election, 2013
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| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Matt Dababneh | 6,088 | 24.7 | |
| Republican | Susan Shelley | 5,205 | 21.1 | |
| Democratic | Jeff Ebenstein | 3,407 | 13.8 | |
| Republican | Chris Kolski | 3,141 | 12.7 | |
| Democratic | Andra Hoffman | 2,477 | 10.0 | |
| Democratic | Damian Carroll | 1,680 | 6.8 | |
| Democratic | Elizabeth Badger | 679 | 2.8 | |
| Democratic | Dennis De Young | 673 | 2.7 | |
| Republican | Armineh Chelebian | 624 | 2.5 | |
| No party preference | Eric Lewis | 432 | 1.8 | |
| Democratic | Dan McCrory | 262 | 1.1 | |
| Total votes | 24,668 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Matt Dababneh | 14,984 | 50.6 | |
| Republican | Susan Shelley | 14,655 | 49.4 | |
| Total votes | 29,639 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
54th district special election, 2013
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| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Sebastian Ridley-Thomas | 13,992 | 60.2 | |
| Democratic | Christopher R. Armenta | 8,270 | 35.6 | |
| Democratic | John Jake | 931 | 4.0 | |
| No party preference | Morry Waksberg (write-in) | 31 | 0.1 | |
| Total votes | 23,224 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
31st district special election, 2016
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| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Joaquin Arambula | 19,621 | 53.8 | |
| Republican | Clint Olivier | 14,708 | 40.3 | |
| Democratic | Ted Miller | 2,152 | 5.9 | |
| Total votes | 36,481 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
51st district special election, 2017
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| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Wendy Carrillo | 5,058 | 22.2 | |
| Democratic | Luis López | 4,243 | 18.6 | |
| Democratic | Mike Fong | 3,675 | 16.1 | |
| Democratic | Gabriel Sandoval | 2,370 | 10.4 | |
| Democratic | Ron Birnbaum | 2,213 | 9.7 | |
| Democratic | Alex De Ocampo | 1,803 | 7.9 | |
| Democratic | David Vela | 1,075 | 4.7 | |
| Democratic | Mark Vargas | 1,022 | 4.5 | |
| Libertarian | Andrew S. Aguero | 405 | 1.8 | |
| No party preference | Patrick Koppula | 328 | 1.4 | |
| Democratic | Barbara Torres | 284 | 1.2 | |
| Peace and Freedom | John Prysner | 232 | 1.0 | |
| Democratic | Mario Olmos | 122 | 0.5 | |
| Total votes | 22,830 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Wendy Carrillo | 11,100 | 53.5 | |
| Democratic | Luis López | 9,631 | 46.5 | |
| Total votes | 20,731 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
54th district special election, 2018
| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Sydney Kamlager | 22,605 | 69.0 | |
| Democratic | Tepring Michelle Piquado | 4,673 | 14.3 | |
| Republican | Glen Ratcliff | 3,826 | 11.7 | |
| Democratic | Grayson A. Pangilinan | 1,182 | 3.6 | |
| Democratic | Steve Dunwoody (write-in) | 495 | 1.5 | |
| Total votes | 32,781 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
39th district special election, 2018
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| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Luz Rivas | 8,222 | 42.9 | |
| Republican | Ricardo Antonio Benitez | 3,862 | 20.1 | |
| Democratic | Antonio Sanchez | 3,802 | 19.8 | |
| Democratic | Patty López | 1,907 | 9.9 | |
| Democratic | Yolie Anguiano | 922 | 4.8 | |
| Democratic | Patrea Patrick | 467 | 2.4 | |
| Total votes | 19,182 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Luz Rivas | 31,851 | 70.8 | |
| Republican | Ricardo Antonio Benitez | 13,165 | 29.2 | |
| Total votes | 45,016 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
45th district special election, 2018
| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Jesse Gabriel | 10,632 | 32.7 | |
| Republican | Justin M. Clark | 8,172 | 25.1 | |
| Democratic | Tricia Robbins Kasson | 5,507 | 16.9 | |
| Democratic | Ankur Patel | 3,698 | 11.4 | |
| No party preference | Dennis Zine | 2,491 | 7.7 | |
| Democratic | David Brin | 752 | 2.3 | |
| Democratic | Raymond J. Bishop | 685 | 2.1 | |
| Democratic | Jeff Bornstein | 590 | 1.8 | |
| Democratic | C.R. Cochrane (write-in) | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Total votes | 32,534 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Jesse Gabriel | 46,168 | 65.7 | |
| Republican | Justin M. Clark | 24,109 | 34.3 | |
| Total votes | 70,277 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
1st district special election, 2019
| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Elizabeth Betancourt | 27,786 | 39.1 | |
| Republican | Megan Dahle | 25,669 | 36.2 | |
| Republican | Patrick Henry Jones | 12,298 | 17.3 | |
| Republican | Joe Turner | 3,943 | 5.6 | |
| Republican | Lane Rickard | 1,305 | 1.8 | |
| Total votes | 71,001 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Megan Dahle | 59,991 | 57.3 | |
| Democratic | Elizabeth Betancourt | 44,618 | 42.7 | |
| Total votes | 104,609 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
79th district special election, 2021
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| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Total votes | ||||
| General election | ||||
| Total votes | ||||
References
- https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/special-elections/2019-ad1/certified-list.pdf
- "General Election Canvass" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
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