California's 6th Assembly district
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California's 6th Assembly District is one of 80 districts in the California State Assembly. It is currently represented by Democrat Jared Huffman of San Rafael.
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[edit] District Profile
The district currently consists of all of Marin County (with such notable cities as Novato, San Rafael, and Sausalito), and southern Sonoma County, including the cities of Cotati, Rohnert Park, Petaluma, and Sonoma, and CDPs of Boyes Hot Springs, El Verano, Eldridge, Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente, Glen Ellen, and Temelec.[1]
[edit] Politics
The 6th district is considered to be a Democratic stronghold, with 50.3% of registered voters being registered Democrats and 27.5% registered Republicans.
[edit] 2006 Results
| 2006 State Assembly District 6 election[2] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Jared Huffman | 106,589 | 65.9 | -6.7 | |
| Republican | Michael Hartnett | 43,864 | 27.1 | -0.3 | |
| Green | Cat Woods | 6,922 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
| Libertarian | Richard Olmstead | 4,519 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
| Total votes | 161,894 | 100.0 | |||
| Majority | 62,725 | 38.8 | -6.4 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Democratic hold | Swing | -6.4 | |||
[edit] 2004 Results
| 2004 State Assembly District 6 election[3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Joseph Nation (incumbent) | 148,556 | 72.6 | +3.6 | |
| Republican | Carolyn F. Patrick | 56,311 | 27.4 | +0.3 | |
| Total votes | 204,867 | 100.0 | |||
| Majority | 92,245 | 45.2 | +3.3 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Democratic hold | Swing | +3.3 | |||
[edit] 2002 Results
| 2002 State Assembly District 6 election[4] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Joseph Nation (incumbent) | 83,214 | 69.0 | +5.0 | |
| Republican | Kenneth Hitt | 32,676 | 27.1 | -0.1 | |
| Libertarian | Richard Olmstead | 4,750 | 3.9 | +1.2 | |
| Total votes | 120,640 | 100.0 | |||
| Majority | 50,538 | 41.9 | +5.1 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Democratic hold | Swing | +5.1 | |||
[edit] Representatives
- 1946-1948 Allan G. Thurman (D)
- 1948-1958 Francis C. Lindsay (R)
- 1958-1964 Paul J. Lunardi (D)
- 1964-1974 Eugene Chappie (R)
- 1974-1980 Leroy Greene (D)
- 1982-1992 Lloyd Connelly (D)
- 1992-1994 Vivien Bronshvag (D)
- 1994-2000 Kerry Mazzoni (D)
- 2000-2006 Joseph Nation (D)
- 2006-???? Jared Huffman (D)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] External links
Official Profile of Assembly District from California State Assembly--[1]
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