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California's 13th senatorial district

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California's 13th State Senate district
Map of the district
Current senator
  Josh Becker
DMenlo Park
Population (2010)
 • Voting age
 • Citizen voting age
927,480
719,549
553,079
Demographics
Registered voters469,817
Registration50.74% Democratic
18.84% Republican
27.10% No party preference

California's 13th State Senate district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Jerry Hill of San Mateo.

District profile

The district encompasses the San Francisco Peninsula and the northwestern reaches of Silicon Valley. It forms the main corridor between the state's third- and fourth-largest and the San Francisco Bay Area's two largest cities: San Jose in the south and San Francisco in the north.

Election results from statewide races

Year Office Results
2012 President Obama 71.8 – 25.6%
Senator Feinstein 76.2 – 23.8%
2014 Governor Brown 75.0 – 25.0%

Election results

2016

California State Senate election, 2016
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jerry Hill (incumbent) 171,411 75.6
Republican Rick Ciardella 42,185 18.6
Libertarian John H. Webster 13,018 5.7
Total votes 226,614 100.0

2012

California State Senate election, 2012
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jerry Hill 76,033 51.1
Democratic Sally J. Lieber 33,566 22.5
Libertarian John H. Webster 23,003 15.4
Democratic Christopher Kent Chiang 16,317 11.0
Total votes 148,919 100.0
General election
Democratic Jerry Hill 218,775 66.1
Democratic Sally J. Lieber 112,321 33.9
Total votes 331,096 100.0
Democratic hold

See also