California's 42nd State Assembly district

California's 42nd State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Jacqui Irwin.

California's 42nd State Assembly district
Current assemblymember	Jacqui Irwin D–Thousand Oaks
Population (2010)  • Voting age  • Citizen voting age	462,952[1] 358,808[1] 315,589[1]
Demographics	59.56% White 4.30% Black 29.92% Latino 3.88% Asian 1.42% Native American 0.30% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.20% other 0.43[1]% remainder of multiracial
Registered voters	230,889
Registration	35.29% Republican 34.26% Democratic 24.30% No party preference

District profile

The district straddles the gateway between the Inland Empire and the California desert, stretching from Yucaipa and Hemet in the west to the Twentynine Palms region and western Coachella Valley in the east.

Riverside County – 15.4% Banning Beaumont Cabazon Calimesa Cherry Valley Hemet – 61.7% Indian Wells La Quinta Palm Desert Palm Springs Rancho Mirage San Jacinto Whitewater

San Bernardino County – 6.2% Joshua Tree Landers Morongo Valley Twentynine Palms Yucaipa Yucca Valley

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2020	President	Biden 50.5 – 47.5%
2018	Governor[2]	Cox 52.2 – 47.8%
	Senator[3]	De Leon 51.8 – 48.2%
2016	President	Trump 49.7 – 45.6%
	Senator	Harris 61.1 – 38.9%
2014	Governor	Kashkari 52.8 – 47.2%
2012	President	Romney 52.9 – 45.0%
	Senator	Emken 51.6 – 48.4%

List of assembly members

Due to redistricting, the 42nd district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2011 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.

Assembly members	Party	Years served	Counties represented	Notes
V. C. McMurray	Republican	January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887	San Francisco
John La Blanc		January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889
E. S. Saloman		January 7, 1889 - January 5, 1891
Louis A. Phillips		January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893
William Hendrickson Jr.	Democratic	January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895
Isaac M. Merrill	Republican	January 7, 1895 - January 4, 1897
Lorenzo A. Henry		January 4, 1897 - January 5, 1903
Phineas S. Barber		January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1905
George A. McGowan		January 2, 1905 - January 7, 1907
Samuel T. Kohlman		January 7, 1907 - January 4, 1909
Albert P. Wheelan	Democratic	January 4, 1909 - January 2, 1911
Arthur Max Joel	Republican	January 2, 1911 - January 6, 1913
Henry Ward Brown		January 6, 1913 - June 16, 1916	San Mateo	Died in office to cancer.[4]
Frank Leonard Eksward	Democratic	January 8, 1917 - January 3, 1927		While he was in office, he changed his party affiliation to Republican.
	Republican
Harry L. Parkman		January 3, 1927 - January 5, 1931
Bert B. Snyder		January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933
James S. O'Connor	Democratic	January 2, 1933 - January 7, 1935	Los Angeles
Elmer E. Lore		January 7, 1935 - January 6, 1941
Everett G. Burkhalter		January 6, 1941 - January 6, 1947
Walter R. Hinton	Republican	January 6, 1947 - January 3, 1949
Everett G. Burkhalter	Democratic	January 3, 1949 - January 5, 1953
William F. Marsh	Republican	January 5, 1953 - January 5, 1959
Tom Bane	Democratic	January 5, 1959 - January 4, 1965
Bob Moretti		January 4, 1965 - November 30, 1974
Frank D. Lanterman	Republican	December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1978
William H. Ivers		December 4, 1978 - November 30, 1982
Dick Mountjoy		December 6, 1982 - November 30, 1992
Burt M. Margolin	Democratic	December 7, 1992 - November 30, 1994
Wally Knox		December 5, 1994 - November 30, 2000
Paul Koretz		December 4, 2000 – November 30, 2006
Mike Feuer		December 4, 2006 – November 30, 2012
Brian Nestande	Republican	December 3, 2012 - November 30, 2014	Riverside, San Bernardino
Chad Mayes		December 1, 2014 – present		On December 5, 2019, Mayes left the Republican party and registered as an independent.[5]
	Independent

Election results (1992–present)

Contents

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

2020

California State Assembly election, 2020

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Chad Mayes (incumbent)	42,717	35.0
	Republican	Andrew F. Kotyuk	40,893	33.5
	Democratic	DeniAntionette Mazingo	38,492	31.5
Total votes			122,102	100.0
General election
	Independent	Chad Mayes (incumbent)	120,359	55.6
	Republican	Andrew F. Kotyuk	96,172	44.4
Total votes			216,531	100.0
	Independent hold

2018

California State Assembly election, 2018

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	DeniAntionette Mazingo	33,586	35.6
	Republican	Chad Mayes (incumbent)	30,880	32.8
	Republican	Gary Jeandron	15,032	16.0
	Republican	Andrew F. Kotyuk	11,572	12.3
	Green	Carol Bouldin	3,166	3.4
Total votes			94,236	100.0
General election
	Republican	Chad Mayes (incumbent)	86,333	55.3
	Democratic	DeniAntionette Mazingo	69,747	44.7
Total votes			156,080	100.0
	Republican hold

2016

California State Assembly election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chad Mayes (incumbent)	49,580	50.8
	Democratic	Greg Rodriguez	40,446	41.4
	Libertarian	Jeff Hewitt	7,601	7.8
Total votes			97,627	100.0
General election
	Republican	Chad Mayes (incumbent)	97,864	57.4
	Democratic	Greg Rodriguez	72,581	42.6
Total votes			170,445	100.0
	Republican hold

2014

California State Assembly election, 2014

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Karalee Hargrove	22,973	37.8
	Republican	Chad Mayes	20,921	34.4
	Republican	Gary Jeandron	14,877	27.8
Total votes			60,771	100.0
General election
	Republican	Chad Mayes	56,517	57.3
	Democratic	Karalee Hargrove	42,082	42.7
Total votes			98,599	100.0
	Republican hold

2012

California State Assembly election, 2012

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Nestande (incumbent)	41,217	61.2
	Democratic	Mark Anthony Orozco	26,107	38.8
Total votes			67,324	100.0
General election
	Republican	Brian Nestande (incumbent)	81,768	54.7
	Democratic	Mark Anthony Orozco	67,823	45.3
Total votes			149,591	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

2010

2010 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Feuer (incumbent)	106,029	73.2
	Republican	Mary Toman-Miller	38,836	26.8
	Republican	David Hernandez (write-in)	17	0.0
Total votes			144,882	100.0
	Democratic hold

2008

2008 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Feuer (incumbent)	142,456	76.07
	Republican	Steven Sion	44,803	23.93
Total votes			187,259	100.00
Turnout				70.07
	Democratic hold

2006

2006 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Feuer	94,619	88.22
	Republican	Steven Sion	27,539	25.68
	Libertarian	Colin Goldman	6,101	5.69
Total votes			107,259	100.00
Turnout				51.27
	Democratic hold

2004

2004 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul Koretz (incumbent)	143,376	75.42
	Republican	Paul Morgan Fredrix	46,715	24.58
Total votes			190,091	100.00
	Democratic hold

2002

2002 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul Koretz (incumbent)	83,025	74.29
	Republican	Jeffrey A. Bissiri	28,737	25.71
Invalid or blank votes			10,264	8.41
Total votes			122,026	100.00
	Democratic hold

2000

2000 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul Koretz	100,238	66.64
	Republican	Douglas Cleon Taylor	28,171	18.73
	Green	Sara Amir	14,995	9.97
	Libertarian	Mark Allen Selzer	5,665	3.77
	Natural Law	Ivka Adam	1,352	0.90
Invalid or blank votes			20,108	11.79
Total votes			170,529	100.00
	Democratic hold

1998

1998 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wally Knox (incumbent)	81,130	74.01
	Republican	Kevin B. Davis	24,140	22.02
	Peace and Freedom	Nancy Lawrence	4,353	3.97
Invalid or blank votes			11,515	9.51
Total votes			121,138	100.00
	Democratic hold

1996

1996 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wally Knox (incumbent)	87,256	65.57
	Republican	Adam Ross	37,921	28.50
	Libertarian	Eric Michael Fine	5,699	4.28
	Natural Law	Herbert Paul	2,203	1.66
Invalid or blank votes			20,047	13.09
Total votes			153,126	100.00
	Democratic hold

1994

1994 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wally Knox	74,303	63.68
	Republican	Robert "Bob" Davis	36,932	31.65
	Libertarian	Eric Michael Fine	5,441	4.66
Invalid or blank votes			17,681	13.16
Total votes			134,357	100.00
	Democratic hold

1992

1992 California State Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Burt Margolin (incumbent)	112,864	67.34
	Republican	Robert "Bob" Davis	44,584	26.60
	Libertarian	Andrew S. Rotter	4,093	3.55
	Peace and Freedom	Timothy Burdick	5,686	3.39
Invalid or blank votes			24,351	12.69
Total votes			191,578	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

See also

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

References

1. "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
2. Supplement to the Statement of Vote ca.gov
3. Supplement to the Statement of Vote ca.gov
4. "Henry Ward Brown, State Legislator, Is Victim of Cancer". cdnc.ucr.edu.
5. "Calif. Assemblyman Chad Mayes defects from GOP, will run for reelection as an independent". desertsun.com. Retrieved December 5, 2019.

External links

• District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission