California's 59th State Assembly district

California's 59th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Reggie Jones-Sawyer of Los Angeles.

California's 59th State Assembly district
Current assemblymember
  Reggie Jones-Sawyer
D–Los Angeles
Population (2010)
 • Voting age
 • Citizen voting age		465,168[1]
319,044[1]
168,548[1]
Demographics
Registered voters193,106
Registration66.83% Democratic
5.04% Republican
24.16% No party preference

District profile

The district encompasses most of South Los Angeles, centered along Interstate 110. The district is primarily urban and heavily Latino.

Election results from statewide races
Year Office Results
2018 Governor Newsom 88.6 – 11.4%
Senator Feinstein 58.9 – 41.1%
2016 President Clinton 90.1 – 5.1%
Senator Harris 54.2 – 45.8%
2014 Governor Brown 90.9 – 9.1%
2012 President Obama 93.2 – 9.2%
Senator Feinstein 91.8 – 8.2%

Election results

2018
California State Assembly election, 2018
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Reggie Jones-Sawyer (incumbent) 19,188 76.8
Democratic Leslie Hagan-Morgan 5,797 23.2
Total votes 24,985 100.0
General election
Democratic Reggie Jones-Sawyer (incumbent) 47,765 66.9
Democratic Leslie Hagan-Morgan 23,653 33.1
Total votes 71,418 100.0
Democratic hold

2016
California State Assembly election, 2016
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Reggie Jones-Sawyer (incumbent) 35,820 100.0
Total votes 35,820 100.0
General election
Democratic Reggie Jones-Sawyer (incumbent) 77,324 100.0
Total votes 77,324 100.0
Democratic hold

2014
California State Assembly election, 2014
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Reggie Jones-Sawyer (incumbent) 12,404 100.0
Total votes 12,404 100.0
General election
Democratic Reggie Jones-Sawyer (incumbent) 28,493 100.0
Total votes 28,493 100.0
Democratic hold

2012
California State Assembly election, 2012
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Reggie Jones-Sawyer 7,029 43.6
Democratic Rodney D. Robinson 3,038 18.8
Democratic Greg Akili 2,772 17.2
Democratic Gertrude "Trudy" Holmes-Magee 2,487 15.4
Democratic Armenak H. Nouridjanian 810 5.0
Total votes 16,136 100.0
General election
Democratic Reggie Jones-Sawyer 40,519 52.3
Democratic Rodney D. Robinson 36,949 47.7
Total votes 77,468 100.0
Democratic win (new seat)
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See also

References
  1. "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
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