California's 4th State Senate district

California's 4th State Senate district
Map of the district
Current senator Jim Nielsen (RGerber)
Registration 39.26% Republican
Demographics 65.92% White
3.78% Black
19.73% Latino
6.98% Asian
2.18% Native American
0.46% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
0.24% other
0.70% remainder of multiracial
Population (2010)
  Voting age
  Citizen voting age
937,962
702,185
622,033
Registered voters 452,834

California's 4th State Senate district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Republican Jim Nielsen of Gerber.

District profile

The district encompasses the Sacramento Valley, reaching almost to the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta. The district mainly comprises rural farmland, but most of the population is clustered in the Sacramento metropolitan area in the southern tip of the district.

All of Butte County
All of Colusa County
All of Glenn County

Placer County37.1%
Sacramento County21.8%

All of Sutter County
All of Tehama County
All of Yuba County

Election results from statewide races

Year Office Results
2012 President Romney 52.6 – 44.4%
Senator Emken 53.3 – 46.7%
2014 Governor Kashkari 52.4 – 47.6%
Election results from statewide races
Year Office Results
2002 Governor Simon 57.6 - 21.5%
2000 President Bush 53.0 - 42.0%
Senator Feinstein 47.3 - 44.8%
1998 Governor Davis 51.8 - 44.6%
Senator Fong 56.3 - 39.5%
1996 President Dole 45.1 - 43.4%
1994 Governor Wilson 60.6 - 33.8%
Senator Huffington 52.7 - 38.4%
1992 President Clinton 40.1 - 35.9%
Senator Herschensohn 47.4 - 41.1%
Senator Feinstein 48.1 - 42.6%

List of senators

Due to redistricting, the 4th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2011 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.

Senator Party Dates
  W. A. Shippee Republican
  R. A. Redman Democratic
  Philip A. Roach Democratic
  Dr. Chester Rowell Republican
  Thomas Fowler Democratic
  Sherman Day Democratic
Jacob Grewell Whig
  Selim E. Woodworth Independent
  Albert F. Jones Democratic
  Samuel B. Bell Republican
  Charles L. Pond Republican
  Augustus L. Rhodes Republican
  Wanton Allen Shippee Republican
  Patrick Reddy Democratic
  George E. Gardner Democratic
  John Bunyan Sanford Democratic 1902–1906
  C. M. Hammond Republican 1906–1910
  John Bunyan Sanford Democratic 1910–1914
  Claude F. Purkitt Democratic 1914–1922
  Fred C. Handy Republican 1922–1930
  R. R. Ingels Republican 1930–1934
  George Milton Biggar Republican 1934–1946
  Burt W. Busch Republican 1946–1954
  James E. Busch Republican 1954–1958
  Waverly Jack Slattery Democratic 1958–1962
  Frank S. Petersen Democratic 1962–1966
  John F. McCarthy Republican 1966–1970
  Peter H. Behr Republican 1970–1974
  John F. Dunlap Democratic 1974–1978
  Jim Nielsen Republican 1978–1990
  Mike Thompson Democratic 1990–1993
  Maurice Johannessen Republican 1993–2002
  Sam Aanestad Republican 2002–2010
  Doug LaMalfa Republican 2010–2012
  Jim Nielsen Republican 2013–present

Election results

199419982002200620102013 (special)2014

2014

California State Senate election, 2014
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Nielsen (incumbent) 92,191 64.0
Democratic CJ Jawahar 51,781 36.0
Total votes 143,972 100.0
General election
Republican Jim Nielsen (incumbent) 139,199 63.7
Democratic CJ Jawahar 79,457 36.3
Total votes 218,656 100.0
Republican hold

2013 (special)

California's 4th State Senate district special election, 2013
Vacancy resulting from the resignation of Doug LaMalfa
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Nielsen 188,207 49.8
Democratic Michael "Mickey" Harrington 104,572 27.7
Republican Dan Logue 43,303 11.5
No party preference Jann Reed 24,966 6.6
No party preference Dan Levine 9,882 2.6
No party preference Benjamin "Ben" Emery 7,146 1.9
Total votes 378,076 100.0
General election
Republican Jim Nielsen 97,849 66.6
Democratic Michael "Mickey" Harrington 49,004 33.4
Total votes 146,853 100.0
Republican hold

2010

California State Senate election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Doug LaMalfa 226,239 68.3
Democratic Lathe Gill 105,460 31.7
Total votes 331,699 100.0
Republican hold

2006

California State Senate election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Sam Aanestad (incumbent) 161,516 61.0
Democratic Paul R. Singh 87,926 33.1
Libertarian Tony Munroe 8,246 3.1
Green Robert Wells Vizzard 7,456 2.8
Total votes 265,144 100.0
Republican hold

2002

California State Senate election, 2002
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Sam Aanestad 148,023 58.1
Democratic Marianne Smith 92,786 36.3
Libertarian Robert H. Underwood 14,325 5.6
Total votes 255,134 100.0
Republican hold

1998

California State Senate election, 1998
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Maurice Johannessen (incumbent) 135,528 56.7
Democratic Mark Desio 103,620 43.3
Total votes 239,148 100.0
Republican hold

1994

California State Senate election, 1994
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Maurice Johannessen (incumbent) 133,101 54.4
Democratic Michael H. McGowan 111,667 45.6
Total votes 244,768 100.0
Republican hold

See also

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