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California's 3rd senatorial district

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California's 3rd State Senate district
Map of the district
Current senator
  Bill Dodd
DNapa
Population (2010)
 • Voting age
 • Citizen voting age
928,167[1]
716,049[1]
612,229[1]
Demographics
Registered voters556,418[2]
Registration50.35% Democratic
21.10% Republican
22.84% No party preference

California's 3rd senatorial district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Bill Dodd of Napa.

District profile

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The district includes eastern California Wine Country and University of California, Davis, and consists of Napa, Yolo, and Solano Counties.

Election results from statewide races

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Year Office Results
2021 Recall No No 67.7 – 32.3%
2020 President Biden 68.1 – 29.5%
2018 Governor[3] Newsom 65.5 – 34.5%
Senator[4] Feinstein 53.9 – 46.1%
2016 President Clinton 65.3 – 28.0%
Senator Harris 68.3 – 31.7%
2014 Governor Brown 68.0 – 32.0%
2012 President Obama 65.4 – 32.0%
Senator Feinstein 68.0 – 32.0%

List of senators who represented the district

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Senator Party Years served Electoral history Counties represented
District established January 6, 1851

Pablo de la Guerra
(Santa Barbara)
Whig January 6, 1851 –
January 5, 1852
Redistricted from the San Luis Obispo district and re-elected in 1850.
Re-elected in 1853.
Redistricted to the 2nd district.
San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara

Antonio M. de la Guerra
(Santa Barbara)
Democratic January 5, 1852 –
January 3, 1853
Elected in 1851
Re-elected in 1852.
[data missing]

Pablo de la Guerra
(Santa Barbara)
Whig January 3, 1853 –
January 2, 1854
Elected in 1853.
Redistricted to the 2nd district.
[data missing] January 2, 1854 –
January 1, 1855
[data missing]

Delos R. Ashley
(San Luis Obispo)
Know Nothing January 1, 1855 –
January 5, 1857
Elected in 1855.
[data missing]
Monterey, Santa Cruz

D. S. Gregory
(Santa Cruz)
Democratic January 5, 1857 –
January 3, 1859
Elected in 1857.
[data missing]

John H. Watson
(Santa Cruz)
Democratic January 3, 1859 –
January 7, 1861
Elected in 1859.
[data missing]

Romualdo Pacheco
(Santa Barbara)
Union
Democratic
January 7, 1861 –
December 7, 1863
Elected in 1861.
Retired to become California State Treasurer.
San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara

Juan Y. Cot
(Santa Barbara)
Union December 7, 1863 –
December 4, 1865
Elected in 1863.
[data missing]

Patrick W. Murphy
(Santa Margarita)
Democratic December 4, 1865 –
January 7, 1869
Elected in 1865.
Re-elected in 1887.
[data missing]

Romualdo Pacheco
(Santa Barbara)
Republican January 7, 1869 –
December 8, 1871
Elected in 1868.
Resigned to become Lieutenant Governor of California.

James Van Ness
(San Luis Obispo)
Democratic December 8, 1871 –
December 8, 1871
Elected to finish Pacheco's term.
[data missing]

William J. Graves
(San Luis Obispo)
Democratic December 1, 1873 –
December 3, 1877
Elected in 1873.
Re-elected in 1875.
[data missing]
San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura

Warren Chase
(Santa Barbara)
Workingmen's January 5, 1880 –
January 8, 1883
Elected in 1879.
Resigned to run for U.S. House of Representatives.

George Steele
(San Luis Obispo)
Republican January 8, 1883 –
February 23, 1883
Elected to finish Chase's term.
Unseated after his opponent contested election.[5]

J. Marion Brooks
(Ventura)
Democratic February 23, 1883 –
January 5, 1885
Elected after successful contest.
[data missing]

George Steele
(San Luis Obispo)
Republican January 5, 1885 –
January 3, 1887
Elected in 1884.
Redistricted to the 37th district.

W. H. Patterson
(Cedarville)
Republican January 3, 1887 –
January 7, 1889
Elected in 1886.
[data missing]
Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Sierra

M. H. Mead
(Downieville)
Democratic January 7, 1889 –
January 2, 1893
Elected in 1888.
[data missing]

Tirey L. Ford
(Downieville)
Republican January 2, 1893 –
January 4, 1897
Elected in 1982.
Nevada, Plumas, Sierra

William F. Prisk
(Grass Valley)
Democratic January 4, 1897 –
January 1, 1901
Elected in 1896.
Retired.

John R. Tyrrell
(Grass Valley)
Republican January 1, 1901 –
January 2, 1905
Elected in 1900.
[data missing]

John B. Irish
(Colfax)
Republican January 2, 1905 –
January 4, 1909
Elected in 1904.
[data missing]
Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Placer

E. S. Birdsall
(Auburn)
Republican January 4, 1909 –
January 8, 1917
Elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1912.
[data missing]

Thomas Ingram
(Grass Valley)
Republican January 8, 1917 –
August 4, 1928
Elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1924.
[data missing]
Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Placer, El Dorado

Bert A. Cassidy
(Auburn)
Republican January 7, 1929 –
January 2, 1933
Elected in 1928.
[data missing]

Harry A. Perry
(Ferndale)
Republican January 2, 1933 –
January 4, 1937
Elected in 1932.
[data missing]
Humboldt

Irwin T. Quinn
(Auburn)
Democratic January 4, 1937 –
January 3, 1949
Elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1944.
[data missing]

Michael J. Burns
(Eureka)
Republican January 3, 1949 –
May 1, 1949
Elected in 1948.
Died.
Vacant May 1, 1949 –
November 21, 1949

Arthur W. Way
(Eureka)
Republican November 21, 1949 –
January 7, 1957
Elected to finish Burns's term.
Re-elected in 1952.
Lost renomination.

Carl L. Christensen
(Eureka)
Democratic January 7, 1957 –
January 2, 1967
Elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1964.
[data missing]

Stephen P. Teale
(Rail Road Flat)
Democratic January 2, 1967 –
January 8, 1973
Redistricted from the 26th district and re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
[data missing]
Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc,
Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sierra, Stanislaus, Tuolumne

Clare Berryhill
(Ceres)
Republican January 8, 1973 –
November 30, 1976
Elected in 1972.
[data missing]

Albert S. Rodda
(Sacramento)
Democratic December 6, 1976 –
November 30, 1980
Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1976.
Retired.
Sacramento

John Doolittle
(Rocklin)
Republican December 1, 1980 –
November 30, 1984
Elected in 1980.
Redistricted to the 1st district.

Milton Marks
(San Francisco)
Democratic December 3, 1984 –
November 30, 1996
Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1992.
Termed out.
Marin, San Francisco
Marin, San Francisco, Sonoma

John Burton
(San Francisco)
Democratic December 2, 1996 –
November 30, 2004
Elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 2000.
Termed out.

Carole Migden
(San Francisco)
Democratic December 6, 2004 –
November 30, 2008
Elected in 2004.
Lost renomination.

Mark Leno
(San Francisco)
Democratic December 1, 2008 –
November 30, 2012
Elected in 2008.
Redistricted to the 11th district.

Lois Wolk
(Davis)
Democratic December 3, 2012 –
November 30, 2016
Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 2012.
Termed out.
Contra Costa, Napa, Sacramento, Solano, Sonoma, Yolo

Bill Dodd
(Napa)
Democratic December 5, 2016 –
present
Elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2020.
Retiring at the end of term due to term limits.

Election results

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2020

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California State Senate election, 2020
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bill Dodd (incumbent) 212,004 98.6%
Republican Carlos Santamaria (write-in) 2,126 1.0%
Green Karen I. Nyhus (write-in) 530 0.2%
No party preference Jaclyn Qirreh (write-in) 421 0.2%
Total votes 215,081 100.0%
General election
Democratic Bill Dodd (incumbent) 323,317 68.4%
Republican Carlos Santamaria 149,461 31.6%
Total votes 472,778 100.0%
Democratic hold

2016

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California State Senate election, 2016
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bill Dodd 90,396 37.4%
Democratic Mariko Yamada 72,243 29.9%
Republican Greg "Coach" Coppes 54,525 22.6%
Democratic Gabe Griess 24,540 10.2%
Total votes 241,704 100.0%
General election
Democratic Bill Dodd 207,927 58.1%
Democratic Mariko Yamada 149,701 41.9%
Total votes 357,628 100.0%
Democratic hold

2012

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California State Senate election, 2012
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lois Wolk (incumbent) 116,403 96.9%
Republican Frank Miranda (write-in) 2,402 2.0%
Republican Gary Clift (write-in) 1,341 1.1%
Total votes 120,146 100.0%
General election
Democratic Lois Wolk (incumbent) 233,406 66.2%
Republican Frank Miranda 119,033 33.8
Total votes 352,439 100.0%
Democratic hold

2008

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California State Senate election, 2008 Democratic Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mark Leno 58,727 43.8%
Democratic Carole Migden (incumbent) 38,234 28.6%
Democratic Joseph Nation 37,136 27.6%
Total votes 134,097 100%
California State Senate election, 2008 Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Sashi McEntee 23,791 100.0%
Total votes 23,791 100.0%
California State Senate election, 2008 General Election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mark Leno 326,755 80.21
Republican Sashi McEntee 80,617 19.79
Total votes 407,372 100.00
Turnout   78.08
Democratic hold

2004

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California State Senate election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Carole Migden 258,166 70.40
Republican Andrew D. Felder 98,332 26.81
Libertarian David Rhodes 10,234 2.79
Total votes 366,732 100.00
Democratic hold

2000

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California State Senate election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John L. Burton (incumbent) 238,372 72.92
Republican Terence Faulkner 71,256 21.80
Natural Law Celeste Joy Blau Joki 17,277 5.29
Invalid or blank votes 12,784 3.76
Total votes 339,689 100.00
Democratic hold

1996

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California's 3rd State Senate district election, 1996
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John L. Burton 215,831 70.82
Republican Curtis Rau 72,097 23.68
Libertarian Donald E. Harte 16,819 5.52
Invalid or blank votes 37,018 10.83
Total votes 304,747 100.00
Democratic hold

1992

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California State Senate election, 1992
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Milton Marks (incumbent) 225,869 66.44
Republican Bill Boerum 85,323 25.10
Libertarian Will C. Wohler 16,590 4.88
Peace and Freedom Giovanni Graham 12,163 3.58
Invalid or blank votes 41,370 51.2
Total votes 381,315 100.00
Democratic hold

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Report of Registration as of July 3, 2020" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Supplement to the Statement of Vote Counties by Senate Districts for Governor" (PDF). ca.gov. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  4. ^ "Supplement to the Statement of Vote Counties by State Senate Districts for United States Senator" (PDF). ca.gov. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  5. ^ "George Steele unseated". cdnc.ucr.edu.
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