| California's 19th State Senate district | |||
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| Current senator |
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| Population (2020) • Voting age • Citizen voting age | 969,232[1] 697,445[2] 536,288[2] | ||
| Demographics |
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| Registered voters | 491,053[2] | ||
| Registration | 45.70% Democratic 24.67% Republican 23.37% No party preference | ||
California's 19th senatorial district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Monique LimónofSanta Barbara.
The district encompasses the coast from Point MugutoSanta Maria. This district primarily consists of scattered small- to medium-sized cities and communities, with Los Angeles urban sprawl encroaching from the east.
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All of Santa Barbara County |
Ventura County – 61.3%
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| Year | Office | Results|- |
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| 2021 | Recall |  No 62.4 – 37.6%
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| 2020 | President | Biden 64.4 – 33.3% |
| 2018 | Governor | Newsom 60.7 – 39.3% |
| Senator | Feinstein 53.1 – 46.9% | |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 61.3 – 32.4% |
| Senator | Harris 58.9 – 41.1% | |
| 2014 | Governor | Brown 59.0 – 41.0% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 58.2 – 39.3% |
| Senator | Feinstein 60.2 – 39.8% | |
| 2010 | Governor | Whitman 50.3 – 44.7% |
| Senator | Fiorina 50.6 – 44.5% | |
| 2008 | President | Obama 55.6 – 42.5% |
| 2006 | Governor | Schwarzenegger 63.6 – 31.6% |
| Senator | Feinstein 52.9 – 42.3% | |
| 2004 | President | Bush 50.4 – 48.4% |
| Senator | Boxer 51.7 – 44.1% | |
| 2003 | Recall | Yes 62.7 – 37.3% |
| Schwarzenegger 52.3 – 23.5% | ||
| 2002 | Governor | Simon 48.7 – 41.7% |
| 2000 | President | Gore 48.4 – 47.4% |
| Senator | Feinstein 51.1 – 42.4% | |
| 1998 | Governor | Davis 53.2 – 44.0% |
| Senator | Fong 49.1 – 47.2% | |
| 1996 | President | Clinton 45.2 – 43.2% |
| 1994 | Governor | Wilson 63.8 – 32.4% |
| Senator | Huffington 51.8 – 38.8% | |
| 1992 | President | Clinton 36.3 – 35.9% |
| Senator | Herschensohn 50.9 – 40.0% | |
| Senator | Feinstein 46.4 – 45.8% |
Due to redistricting, the 19th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2011 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.
| Senators | Party | Years served | Counties represented | Notes |
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| Jonathan M. Dudley | Republican | January 8, 1883 - February 26, 1883 | Solano, Yolo | Lost his seat to a contest. |
| Kirk Etna Kelley | Democratic | January 2, 1883 - January 5, 1885 | Served together with Dudley for a month until he lost his seat to Lenoard Buck. | |
| Leonard W. Buck | February 16, 1883 - January 5, 1885 | Won a contest against Dudley and was sworn in.[3] | ||
| William Boyd Parker | Republican | January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | Served together with Wright.[4] | |
| Martin Jeremiah Wright | January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | |||
| John Lenahan | Democratic | January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889 | San Francisco | |
| J. W. Welch | January 7, 1889 - January 2, 1893 | |||
| Thomas Francis Mitchell | Republican | January 2, 1893 - January 4, 1897 | ||
| Lawrence J. Dwyer | Democratic | January 4, 1897 - January 5, 1900 | Resigned from the Senate to become a Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. | |
| Richard J. Welch | Republican | January 1, 1901 - January 6, 1913 | ||
| Edwin Grant | Democratic | January 6, 1913 - October 8, 1914 | Got recalled. | |
| Edward I. Wolfe | Republican | October 8, 1914 - January 8, 1917 | Sworn in after Edwin Grant was recalled from the Senate. | |
| Lester Grant Burnett | January 8, 1917 - January 5, 1925 | |||
| Tallant Tubbs | January 5, 1925 - January 2, 1933 | |||
| J. M. Inman | January 2, 1933 - September 6, 1934 | Sacramento | Resigned from the Senate. | |
| Thomas P. Scollan | Independent | January 7, 1935 - January 4, 1937 | Won special election after Inman resigned to serve out his term. | |
| Roy J. Nielsen | Republican | January 4, 1937 - January 6, 1941 | ||
| John Harold Swan | Democratic | January 6, 1941 - January 8, 1945 | ||
| Earl D. Desmond | January 8, 1945 - May 28, 1958 | Died in office. Died from heart attack.[5] | ||
| Albert S. Rodda | January 5, 1959 – January 2, 1967 | |||
| H. L. Richardson | Republican | January 2, 1967 - November 30, 1976 | Los Angeles | |
| Lou Cusanovich | December 6, 1976 - November 30, 1980 | Los Angeles, Ventura | ||
| Edward M. Davis | December 1, 1980 - November 30, 1992 | |||
| Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura | ||||
| Cathie Wright | December 7, 1992 - November 30, 2000 | Los Angeles, Ventura | ||
| Tom McClintock | December 4, 2000 – November 30, 2008 | |||
| Tony Strickland | December 1, 2008 – November 30, 2012 | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura | ||
| Hannah-Beth Jackson | Democratic | December 3, 2012 – November 30, 2020 | Santa Barbara, Ventura | |
| Monique Limón | December 7, 2020 – Present |
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Monique Limón | 152,745 | 61.1 | |
| Republican | Gary Michaels | 82,466 | 33.0 | |
| No party preference | Anastasia Stone | 14,734 | 5.9 | |
| Total votes | 249,945 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Monique Limón | 272,442 | 64.5 | |
| Republican | Gary Michaels | 150,089 | 35.5 | |
| Total votes | 422,531 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Hannah-Beth Jackson (incumbent) | 144,422 | 64.1 | |
| Republican | Colin Patrick Walch | 80,765 | 35.9 | |
| Total votes | 225,187 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Hannah-Beth Jackson (incumbent) | 224,834 | 63.1 | |
| Republican | Colin Patrick Walch | 131,598 | 37.3 | |
| Total votes | 356,432 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Mike Stoker | 69,252 | 44.9 | |
| Democratic | Hannah-Beth Jackson | 64,219 | 41.6 | |
| Democratic | Jason Hodge | 20,828 | 13.5 | |
| Total votes | 154,299 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Hannah-Beth Jackson | 180,780 | 55.7 | |
| Republican | Mike Stoker | 143,819 | 44.3 | |
| Total votes | 324,599 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Tony Strickland | 207,976 | 50.2 | |
| Democratic | Hannah-Beth Jackson | 207,119 | 49.8 | |
| Independent | Peter Winfield Diederich (write-in) | 14 | 0.0 | |
| Total votes | 415,109 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Tom McClintock (incumbent) | 233,365 | 60.8 | |
| Democratic | Paul Graber | 151,085 | 39.2 | |
| Total votes | 384,450 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Tom McClintock | 165,422 | 57.6 | |
| Democratic | Daniel R. Gonzalez | 121,893 | 42.4 | |
| Total votes | 287,315 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Cathie Wright (incumbent) | 160,130 | 62.2 | |
| Democratic | John Birke | 97,133 | 37.8 | |
| Total votes | 257,263 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Cathie Wright | 146,116 | 52.9 | |
| Democratic | Hank Starr | 108,052 | 39.1 | |
| Libertarian | Richard N. Burns | 11,483 | 4.2 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Charles Najbergier | 10,569 | 3.8 | |
| Total votes | 276,220 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
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