California's 2nd State Assembly district

California's 2nd State Assembly district
Current assemblymember		Jim Nielsen (R–Gerber)
Registration	46.01% Republican 31.52% Democratic 17.48% Decline to State
Demographics	75.86% White 1.12% Black 14.80% Hispanic 3.67% Asian 3.45% Native American 0.18% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.47% other
Population	423,401
Voting-age population	307,877
Registered voters	231,416

California's 2nd State Assembly District is one of 80 districts in the California State Assembly. It is currently represented by Republican Jim Nielsen of Gerber, CA although many claim that he continues to live in Woodland, CA which is outside the district.

District profile

The district includes Butte (7.26%), Colusa, Glenn, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, and Yolo (6.77%) Counties.

In Butte County, the city of Biggs and 93.72% of the CDP of Durham are in the district. Other cities in the district include Alturas, Anderson, Arbuckle, Burney, Colusa, Corning, Dunsmuir, Esparto (the only part of Yolo County in the district), Hamilton City, Orland, Red Bluff, Redding, Richvale, Shasta, Tulelake, Weed, Williams, Willows, Yreka, and Yuba City.

The district is one of the biggest Assembly districts in terms of land area.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes
Clinton J. Fulcher	Democratic	1934–1940
William I. Gunlock	Democratic	1940–1944	Switched to a Republican in 1942
Paul Denny	Republican	1944–1946
Lester Thomas Davis	Democratic	1946–1952	Died in office
Pauline Davis	Democratic	1952–1966	Elected after husband died in office
Frank Belotti	Republican	1966–1972
Barry Keene	Democratic	1972–1978
Douglas H. Bosco	Democratic	1978–1982
Dan Hauser	Democratic	1982–1992
Stan Statham	Republican	1992–1994
Tom Woods	Republican	1994–1998
Dick Dickerson	Republican	1998–2002
Doug LaMalfa	Republican	2002–2008
Jim Nielsen	Republican	2008 – present

Election results

2006

California State Assembly elections, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Doug LaMalfa (incumbent)	95,723	68.1	+3.2
	Democratic	Melvin Smith	41,425	29.5	-5.6
	Peace and Freedom	Phil Dynan	3,474	2.4	-3.1
Total votes			140,622	100.0%
Majority			54,298	38.6	+8.8
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing	+10.1

2004

California State Assembly elections, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Doug LaMalfa (incumbent)	115,651	64.9	-2.4
	Democratic	Barbara McIver	62,643	35.1	+5.7
Total votes			178,294	100.0%
Majority			53,008	29.8	-8.1
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing	-8.1

2002

California State Assembly elections, 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Doug LaMalfa	78,471	67.3	-1.3
	Democratic	Doug Kinyon	34,275	29.4	+4.3
	Libertarian	Pete Bret	3,962	3.3	+0.1
Total votes			116,708	100.0%
Majority			44,196	37.9	-5.6
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing	-5.6

See also

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

External links

Official Profile of Assembly District from California State Assembly--[1]