California's 40th senatorial district

California's 40th State Senate district
California's 40th State Senate district
Current senator
	Brian Jones; R–Santee
Population (2010); • Voting age; • Citizen voting age	935,055; 671,129; 466,879
Demographics	16.39% White; 7.27% Black; 62.28% Latino; 12.07% Asian; 0.57% Native American; 0.53% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; 0.19% other; 0.70% remainder of multiracial;
Registered voters	486,524
Registration	46.49% Democratic; 19.15% Republican; 28.31% No party preference

California's 40th State Senate district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Ben Hueso of San Diego.

District profile

The district runs along the entire border between California and Mexico. The heavily Latino district includes urban San Diego neighborhoods in the west and rural Imperial County farmland in the east.

All of Imperial County

San Diego County – 24.6%

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2018	Governor	Newsom 64.5 – 35.5%
2018	Senator	de Leon 50.1 – 49.9%
2016	President	Clinton 68.6 – 26.2%
2016	Senator	Sanchez 53.9 – 46.1%
2014	Governor	Brown 62.2 – 37.8%
2012	President	Obama 65.1 – 33.3%
2012	Senator	Feinstein 66.4 – 33.6%

Election results from statewide races
Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Gore 52.6 - 43.4%
2000	Senator	Feinstein 58.5 - 33.5%
1998	Governor	Davis 57.2 - 38.6%
1998	Senator	Boxer 53.0 - 42.2%
1996	President	Clinton 52.6 - 38.4%
1994	Governor	Wilson 58.9 - 37.6%
1994	Senator	Huffington 49.8 - 39.4%
1992	President	Clinton 42.7 - 32.7%
	Senator	Boxer 45.3 - 43.2%
	Senator	Feinstein 49.8 - 39.6%

Election results

2018

2018 California State Senate election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ben Hueso (incumbent)	70,649	60.1
	Republican	Luis R. Vargas	46,850	39.9
Total votes			117,499	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Ben Hueso (incumbent)	152,896	65.9
	Republican	Luis R. Vargas	79,207	34.1
Total votes			232,103	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014

2014 California State Senate election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ben Hueso (incumbent)	45,249	71.9
	Democratic	Rafael Estrada	17,547	27.9
	Republican	Michael Diaz (write-in)	188	0.3
Total votes			62,984	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Ben Hueso (incumbent)	58,880	54.9
	Democratic	Rafael Estrada	48,397	45.1
Total votes			107,277	100.0
	Democratic hold

2013 (special)

2013 California's 40th State Senate district special election
Vacancy resulting from the resignation of Juan Vargas
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ben Hueso	29,367	53.1
	Republican	Hector Raul Gastelum	11,951	21.6
	Republican	Xanthi Gionis	8,243	14.9
	Democratic	Anna Nevenic	5,740	10.4
	Democratic	Craig Fiegener (write-in)	39	0.1
	Democratic	Rafael Estrada (write-in)	20	0.0
Total votes			55,360	100.0
	Democratic hold

2010

2010 California State Senate election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Juan Vargas	101,767	59.5
	Republican	Brian Hendry	69,417	40.5
Total votes			171,184	100.0
	Democratic hold

2006

2006 California State Senate election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Denise Moreno Ducheny (incumbent)	84,571	62.2
	Republican	David K. Walden	47,502	34.9
	Libertarian	Jesse Thomas	3,968	2.9
Total votes			136,041	100.0
	Democratic hold

2002

2002 California State Senate election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Denise Moreno Ducheny	66,405	56.4
	Republican	Michael S. Giorgino	47,087	39.9
	Libertarian	Felix Jeremiah Miranda	4,362	3.7
Total votes			117,854	100.0
	Democratic hold

1998

1998 California State Senate election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steve Peace (incumbent)	103,669	66.3
	Republican	Bob Divine	47,490	30.4
	Libertarian	David N. Graham	5,192	3.3
Total votes			156,351	100.0
	Democratic hold

1994

1994 California State Senate election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steve Peace (incumbent)	77,211	48.0
	Republican	Joe Ghougassian	72,410	45.1
	Peace and Freedom	Elena Smith Pelayo	6,347	3.9
	Libertarian	Ben Gibbs	4,758	3.0
Total votes			160,726	100.0
	Democratic hold

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
^ "Report of Registration as of July 3, 2020" (PDF).

External links

District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission

[population-1] "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).

[2] "Report of Registration as of July 3, 2020" (PDF).

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