California's 6th State Assembly district

California's 6th State Assembly district
Current assemblymember		Beth Gaines (R–El Dorado Hills)
Registration	46.38% Republican 27.63% Democratic 20.95% No party preference
Demographics	74.47% White 2.51% Black 11.97% Latino 1.95% Asian 1.18% Native American 0.33% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.32% other 0.50% remainder of multiracial
Population (2010)  • Voting age  • Citizen voting age	468,939 350,612 314,615
Registered voters	266,248

California's 6th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Republican Beth Gaines of El Dorado Hills.

District profile

The district encompasses an outer ring of northern and eastern Sacramento suburbs. The district runs up against the Sierra Nevada to the east, with the urban core to the southwest and Sacramento Valley farmland to the northwest.

El Dorado County – 34.1% Cameron Park El Dorado Hills

Placer County – 77.5% Granite Bay Lincoln Loomis Rocklin Roseville

Sacramento County – 9.7% Fair Oaks Folsom Orangevale

List of assemblymembers

Due to redistricting, the 6th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2011 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.

Assemblymember		Party	Years served
	Allan G. Thurman	Democratic	1950–1953
	Francis C. Lindsay	Republican	1948–1958
	Paul J. Lunardi	Democratic	1958–1964
	Eugene Chappie	Republican	1964–1974
	Leroy F. Greene	Democratic	1974–1980
	Lloyd Connelly	Democratic	1982–1992
	Vivien Bronshvag	Democratic	1992–1994
	Kerry Mazzoni	Democratic	1994–2000
	Joseph Nation	Democratic	2000–2006
	Jared Huffman	Democratic	2006–2012
	Beth Gaines	Republican	2012–present

Election results

2014

California State Assembly election, 2014
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Beth Gaines (incumbent)	55,167	64.3
	Democratic	Brian Caples	30,575	35.7
Total votes			85,742	100.0
General election
	Republican	Beth Gaines (incumbent)	94,020	65.7
	Democratic	Brian Caples	49,044	34.3
Total votes			143,064	100.0
	Republican hold

2012

California State Assembly election, 2012
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Beth Gaines (incumbent)	38,827	37.1
	Republican	Andy Pugno	33,382	31.9
	Democratic	Regy Bronner	32,573	31.1
Total votes			104,782	100.0
General election
	Republican	Beth Gaines (incumbent)	128,465	69.2
	Republican	Andy Pugno	57,086	30.8
Total votes			185,551	100.0
	Republican hold

See also

• California State Assembly
• California State Assembly districts
• Districts in California

External links

• District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission