California's 16th State Assembly district

California's 16th State Assembly district
Map of the district
Current assemblymember Catharine Baker (RDublin)
Registration 39.17% Democratic
Demographics 64.44% White
2.71% Black
10.95% Latino
20.10% Asian
0.53% Native American
0.34% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
0.2% other
0.60% remainder of multiracial
Population (2010)
  Voting age
  Citizen voting age
465,945
350,379
297,090
Registered voters 275,267

California's 16th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Republican Catharine Baker of Dublin.

District profile

The district is located in the East Bay. It consists mainly of suburbs east of the Berkeley Hills, including Lamorinda and the Tri-Valley. It is currently the 2nd (after the 66th district) most Democratic seat held by a Republican in the Assembly.

Election results from statewide races

Year Office Results
2012 President Obama 57.7 – 40.1%
Senator Feinstein 62.1 – 37.9%
2014 Governor Brown 62.5 – 37.5%

Election results

2014

California State Assembly election, 2014
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Catharine Baker 31,632 36.7
Democratic Tim Sbranti 25,217 29.2
Democratic Steve Glazer 19,636 22.8
Democratic Newell Arnerich 9,794 11.4
Total votes 86,279 100.0
General election
Republican Catharine Baker 71,452 51.6
Democratic Tim Sbranti 67,152 48.4
Total votes 138,604 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

2012

California State Assembly election, 2012
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joan Buchanan (incumbent) 54,368 56.7
Republican Al Phillips 41,444 43.3
Total votes 95,812 100.0
General election
Democratic Joan Buchanan (incumbent) 125,952 59.2
Republican Al Phillips 86,803 40.8
Total votes 212,755 100.0
Democratic hold

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