California's 20th State Assembly district

California's 20th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is represented by Democrat Liz Ortega of San Leandro.

California's 20th State Assembly district
Current assemblymember	Liz Ortega D–San Leandro
Population (2020)  • Voting age	516,830 408,760 [1]
Demographics	20.11% White 8.65% Black 31.35% Latino 33.91% Asian 0.22% Native American 1.52% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.54% other 4.52% remainder of multiracial

District profile

The district is located in the southern East Bay, centered on Hayward. The district is a major gateway between the Tri–Valley to the east, Silicon Valley to the south, and the rest of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Alameda County – (30.70%) Dublin – (39.44%) Hayward Pleasanton – (20.03%) San Leandro Union City

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2022	Governor	Newsom 72.7 – 27.3%
	Senator	Padilla 73.7 – 26.3%
2021	Recall	No 75.7 – 24.3%
2020[2]	President	Biden 74.7 – 23.2%
2018	Governor	Newsom 74.8 – 25.2%
	Senator	Feinstein 58.5 – 41.5%
2016	President	Clinton 75.5 – 19.1%
	Senator	Harris 69.1 – 30.9%
2014	Governor	Brown 76.8 – 23.2%
2012	President	Obama 75.7 – 22.2%
	Senator	Feinstein 78.3 – 21.7%

List of assembly members

Due to redistricting, the 20th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2021 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.

Assembly members	Party	Years served	Counties represented	Notes
Dwight Hollister	Republican	January 5, 1885 – January 3, 1887	Sacramento
Seymour Carr		January 3, 1887 – January 5, 1889
L. H. Fassett		January 5, 1889 – December 16, 1889		Died in office.[3]
Gillis Doty	Democratic	January 5, 1891 – January 2, 1893
William A. Anderson	Republican	January 2, 1893 – January 7, 1895
Judson C. Brusie		January 7, 1895 – January 4, 1897
William M. Sims		January 4, 1897 – January 2, 1899
Grove L. Johnson		January 2, 1899 – January 5, 1903
W. S. Killingsworth	Democratic	January 5, 1903 – January 2, 1905	Solano
Frank R. Devlin	Republican	January 2, 1905 – January 4, 1909
John Roche Cronin		January 4, 1909 – January 6, 1913
Wilber C. Wall	Democratic	January 6, 1913 – January 4, 1915	San Joaquin
Lawrence Edwards		January 4, 1915 – January 6, 1919
Charles Lamb	Republican	January 6, 1919 – January 6, 1920		Died in office.[4]
Oscar C. Parkinson		January 3, 1921 – January 8, 1923
George A. Dean		January 8, 1923 – January 5, 1925
Tom H. Louttit		January 5, 1925 – January 3, 1927
Forsythe Charles Clowdsley	Democratic	January 3, 1927 – January 5, 1931
Theodore McKay Wright	Republican	January 5, 1931 – January 2, 1933	Santa Clara
Thomas A. Maloney		January 2, 1933 – January 7, 1957	San Francisco
Phillip Burton	Democratic	January 7, 1957 – February 24, 1964		Resigned from the Assembly after winning a special congressional election.
John Burton		January 4, 1965 – June 25, 1974		Resigned from the Assembly after winning a special congressional election.
Dixon Arnett	Republican	December 2, 1974 – November 30, 1978	San Mateo
Robert W. Naylor		December 4, 1978 – November 30, 1986
Bill Duplissea		December 1, 1986 – November 30, 1988
Ted Lempert	Democratic	December 5, 1988 – November 30, 1992
Delaine Eastin		December 7, 1992 – November 30, 1994	Alameda, Santa Clara
Liz Figueroa		December 5, 1994 – November 30, 1998
John A. Dutra		December 7, 1998 – November 30, 2004
Alberto Torrico		December 6, 2004 – November 30, 2010
Bob Wieckowski		December 6, 2010 – November 30, 2012
Bill Quirk		December 3, 2012 – November 30, 2022	Alameda
Liz Ortega		December 5. 2022 – Present

Election results (1992–present)

Contents

• 1992
• 1994
• 1996
• 1998
• 2000
• 2002
• 2004
• 2006
• 2008
• 2010
• 2012
• 2014
• 2016
• 2018
• 2020
• 2022

2022

2022 California State Assembly election

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Liz Ortega	23,503	32.20
	Democratic	Shawn Kumagai	17,481	23.90
	Democratic	Jennifer Esteen	16,211	22.20
	Republican	Joseph Grcar	15,869	21.70
Total votes			73,064	100.00
General election
	Democratic	Liz Ortega	68,853	62.20
	Democratic	Shawn Kumagai	41,917	37.80
Total votes			110,770	100.00
	Democratic hold

2020

2020 California State Assembly election

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Quirk (incumbent)	42,606	47.10
	Democratic	Alexis Villalobos	19,900	22.00
	Republican	Son Nguyen	18,410	20.40
	Democratic	Vipan Singh Bajwa	9,463	10.50
Total votes			90,379	100.00
General election
	Democratic	Bill Quirk (incumbent)	100,105	56.90
	Democratic	Alexis Villalobos	75,672	43.10
Total votes			175,777	100.00
	Democratic hold

2018

California State Assembly election, 2018

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Quirk (incumbent)	56,762	99.90
	Republican	Joseph Grcar (write-in)	81	0.10
Total votes			56,843	100.00
General election
	Democratic	Bill Quirk (incumbent)	105,848	77.40
	Republican	Joseph Grcar	30,863	22.60
Total votes			136,711	100.00
	Democratic hold

2016

California State Assembly election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Quirk (incumbent)	66,526	77.70
	Republican	Luis A. Wong	19,078	22.30
Total votes			85,604	100.00
General election
	Democratic	Bill Quirk (incumbent)	114,001	74.30
	Republican	Luis A. Wong	39,507	25.70
Total votes			153,508	100.00
	Democratic hold

2014

California State Assembly election, 2014

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Quirk (incumbent)	31,882	66.00
	Republican	Jaime Patino	11,246	23.30
	No party preference	Luis Reynoso	5,186	10.70
Total votes			48,314	100.00
General election
	Democratic	Bill Quirk (incumbent)	56,144	71.80
	Republican	Jaime Patino	22,007	28.20
Total votes			78,151	100.00
	Democratic hold

2012

California State Assembly election, 2012

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Quirk	17,177	30.30
	Democratic	Jennifer Ong	14,560	25.70
	No party preference	Mark Green	11,490	20.30
	Republican	Luis Reynoso	10,041	17.70
	Democratic	Sarabjit Kaur Cheema	3,397	6.00
Total votes			56,665	100.00
General election
	Democratic	Bill Quirk	67,028	50.30
	Democratic	Jennifer Ong	66,111	49.70
Total votes			133,139	100.00
	Democratic hold

2010

2010 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Wieckowski	76,446	72.90
	Republican	Adnan Shahab	28,460	27.10
Total votes			104,906	100.00
	Democratic hold

2008

2008 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alberto Torrico (incumbent)	99,305	71.36
	Republican	Jeffrey Wald	39,861	28.64
Total votes			139,166	100.00
Turnout				68.16
	Democratic hold

2006

2006 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alberto Torrico (incumbent)	61,238	65.30
	Republican	Ken Nishimura	32,548	34.70
Total votes			93,786	100.00
Turnout				53.57
	Democratic hold

2004

2004 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alberto Torrico	87,724	68.62
	Republican	Cliff Williams	40,114	31.38
Total votes			127,838	100.00
	Democratic hold

2002

2002 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John A. Dutra (incumbent)	53,000	66.60
	Republican	Daniel L. Dow	22,936	28.82
	Libertarian	Keith Lyon	3,638	4.57
Invalid or blank votes			6,853	7.93
Total votes			86,427	100.00
	Democratic hold

2000

2000 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John A. Dutra (incumbent)	75,455	64.46
	Republican	Lowell King	35,889	30.66
	Libertarian	Mark Werlwas	5,709	4.88
Invalid or blank votes			13,301	10.20
Total votes			130,354	100.00
	Democratic hold

1998

1998 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John A. Dutra	52,132	57.69
	Republican	Jonelle Joan Zager	38,239	42.31
Invalid or blank votes			10,068	10.02
Total votes			100,439	100.00
	Democratic hold

1996

1996 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Liz Figueroa (incumbent)	70,130	61.30
	Republican	Anthony R. Smith	44,270	38.70
Invalid or blank votes			12,636	9.95
Total votes			127,036	100.00
	Democratic hold

1994

1994 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Liz Figueroa	47,498	50.04
	Republican	Scott Patrick Haggerty	40,885	43.07
	Libertarian	Terry Savage	6,538	6.89
Invalid or blank votes			12,027	11.25
Total votes			106,948	100.00
	Democratic hold

1992

1992 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Delaine Eastin (incumbent)	83,889	64.07
	Republican	Lindy G. Batara	47,044	35.93
Invalid or blank votes			13,129	9.11
Total votes			144,062	100.00
	Democratic hold

See also

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

References

1. "Report on Final Maps - California CRC 2020 - Final Maps" (PDF). December 26, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
2. "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
3. "Fassett Dies at 52". cdnc.ucr.edu.
4. "Resolution for Charles Lamb" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.

External links

• District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission