California's 5th State Senate district

California's 5th State Senate district
Current senator		Cathleen Galgiani (D–Stockton)
Registration	40.63% Democratic 36.29% Republican 18.51% No party preference
Demographics	40.18% White 6.55% Black 37.77% Latino 12.56% Asian 1.05% Native American 0.66% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.26% other 0.96% remainder of multiracial
Population (2010)  • Voting age  • Citizen voting age	939,163 670,015 541,374
Registered voters	408,493

California's 5th State Senate district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Cathleen Galgiani of Stockton.

District profile

The district is centered on the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and forms the gateway between the Central Valley, the San Francisco Bay Area, the Sacramento metropolitan area, and Gold Country.

Sacramento County – 1.9% Galt All of San Joaquin County Escalon Lathrop Lodi Manteca Ripon Stockton Tracy Stanislaus County – 44.2% Modesto – 88.5% Riverbank

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2012	President	Obama 54.2 – 43.6%
	Senator	Feinstein 55.5 – 44.5%
2014	Governor	Brown 53.3 – 46.7%

List of senators

Due to redistricting, the 5th 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
	William B. Lardner	Republican	1900–1904
	B. F. Rush	Republican	1904–1928
	Thomas McCormack	Republican	1928–1932
	John B. McColl	Republican	1932–1939
	Jesse W. Carter	Democratic	1939–1948
	Edwin J. Regan	Democratic	1948–1965
	Fred W. Marler Jr.	Republican	1965–1966
	Albert S. Rodda	Democratic	1966–1976
	Milton Marks	Republican	1976–1984
	John Garamendi	Democratic	1984–1991
	Patrick Johnston	Democratic	1991–2000
	Michael Machado	Democratic	2000–2008
	Lois Wolk	Democratic	2008–2012
	Cathleen Galgiani	Democratic	2012–present

Election results

2012

California State Senate election, 2012
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cathleen Galgiani	52,148	40.7
	Republican	Bill Berryhill	45,819	35.8
	Republican	Leroy Ornellas	30,109	23.5
Total votes			128,076	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Cathleen Galgiani	142,145	50.5
	Republican	Bill Berryhill	139,502	49.5
Total votes			281,647	100.0
	Democratic win (new seat)

See also

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

External links

• District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission