California's 26th State Senate district

California's 26th State Senate district
Current senator		Ben Allen (D–Santa Monica)
Registration	45.81% Democratic 23.19% Republican 25.70% No party preference
Demographics	64.87% White 3.96% Black 13.62% Latino 15.85% Asian 0.42% Native American 0.26% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.43% other 0.60% remainder of multiracial
Population (2010)  • Voting age  • Citizen voting age	927,757 778,734 669,916
Registered voters	604,394

California's 26th State Senate district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Ben Allen of Santa Monica.

District profile

The district represents 9.4% of Los Angeles County, in the South Bay and Westside regions.

The district includes:

• The cities of Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, West Hollywood, Torrance, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, and Hermosa Beach.
• The Palos Verdes Peninsula region, most of the LA Westside and South Bay regions, and part of the central Santa Monica Mountains.
• The City of Los Angeles neighborhoods of Hollywood, Venice, Pacific Palisades, Brentwood, Bel Air, Holmby Hills, Beverly Park, Westwood, UCLA campus, Hollywood Hills West, Fairfax, Hancock Park, West Los Angeles, Mar Vista, Westchester, Playa del Rey, and Playa Vista.
• The Los Angeles County community of Marina del Rey.

The district also includes a southern part of the Channel Islands, including Santa Catalina Island and San Clemente Island.

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2012	President	Obama 64.9 – 32.3%
	Senator	Feinstein 68.4 – 31.6%
2014	Governor	Brown 65.4 – 34.6%

Election results

2014

California State Senate elections, 2014
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ben Allen	25,987	22.2
	Democratic	Sandra Fluke	22,759	19.4
	No party preference	Seth Stodder	20,419	17.4
	Democratic	Betsy Butler	19,301	16.5
	Democratic	Amy Howorth	18,411	15.7
	Democratic	Vito Imbasciani	5,189	4.4
	Democratic	Patric Verrone	3,446	2.9
	Democratic	Barbi S. Appelquist	1,630	1.4
Total votes			117,142	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Ben Allen	122,901	60.3
	Democratic	Sandra Fluke	80,781	39.7
Total votes			203,682	100.0
	Democratic hold

See also

• California State Senate
• California State Senate districts
• Districts in California

External links

• District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission