| California's 38th State Assembly district | |||
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| Current assemblymember |
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| Population (2010) • Voting age • Citizen voting age | 469,883[1] 351,818[1] 296,536[1] | ||
| Demographics |
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| Registered voters | 283,207 | ||
| Registration | 34.28% Democratic 33.44% Republican 26.78% No party preference | ||
California's 38th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Republican Suzette Martinez ValladaresofSanta Clarita.
The district encompasses the outer northwestern suburbs of Los Angeles. It consists of the Santa Clarita Valley and Simi Valley, along with parts of the San Fernando Valley, the Sierra Pelona Mountains, and Soledad Canyon.
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Los Angeles County – 3.5%
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Ventura County – 15.5%
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| Year | Office | Results |
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| 2021 | Recall |  No 50.2 – 49.8%
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| 2020 | President | Biden 53.2 - 44.8% |
| 2018 | Governor[2] | Newsom 50.3 – 49.7% |
| Senator[3] | Feinstein 51.3 – 48.7% | |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 49.6 – 44.4% |
| Senator | Harris 62.5 – 37.5% | |
| 2014 | Governor | Kashkari 56.8 – 43.2% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 50.8 – 46.7% |
| Senator | Emken 51.7 – 48.3% |
Due to redistricting, the 38th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2011 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.
| Assembly members | Party | Years served | Counties represented | Notes |
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| William B. Hunt | Republican | January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | San Francisco | |
| Daniel S. Regan | Democratic | January 3, 1887 - January 5, 1891 | ||
| A. T. Barnett | Republican | January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893 | ||
| Bert Schlesinger | Democratic | January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895 | ||
| Marcus Lewis | Republican | January 7, 1895 - January 4, 1897 | ||
| Gustave Pohlmann | January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1899 | |||
| William H. Rickard | January 2, 1899 - January 1, 1901 | |||
| Bert Schlesinger | Democratic | January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1903 | ||
| Marcus Lewis | Republican | January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1905 | ||
| Samuel H. Beckett | January 2, 1905 - January 4, 1909 | |||
| William C. Pugh | January 4, 1909 - January 2, 1911 | Held Dual office. He also served as a member of San Francisco County Board of Supervisors. | ||
| Edward J. D. Nolan | January 2, 1911 - January 6, 1913 | |||
| Daniel Ferguson | January 6, 1913 - January 8, 1917 | Alameda | ||
| Progressive | ||||
| William R. Brackett | Independent | January 8, 1917 - January 6, 1919 | ||
| Edgar S. Hurley | Republican | January 6, 1919 - January 8, 1923 | ||
| Jacob Croter | January 8, 1923 - July 1, 1927 | Resigns to focus his time on being the City Treasuer of Oakland.[4] | ||
| Walter W. Feeley | January 7, 1929 - January 2, 1933 | |||
| Ford A. Chatters | January 2, 1933 - January 4, 1937 | Kings, Tulare | ||
| Gordon Hickman Garland | Democratic | January 4, 1937 - January 4, 1943 | ||
| Walter J. Fourt | Republican | January 4, 1943 - January 6, 1947 | Ventura | |
| John B. Cooke | Democratic | January 6, 1947 - January 5, 1953 | ||
| Dorothy M. Donahoe | January 5, 1953 - April 4, 1960 | Kern | Died in office from Pneumonia.[5][6] | |
| Jack T. Casey | January 2, 1961 - January 7, 1963 | |||
| Carley V. Porter | January 7, 1963 - December 6, 1972 | Los Angeles | Died in office.[7] | |
| Robert M. McLennan | Republican | June 5, 1973 - November 30, 1974 | Sworn in office after winning special election to fill the vacant seat left by Porter who died in office.[8] | |
| Paul V. Priolo | December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1980 | Los Angeles, Ventura | ||
| Marion W. La Follette | December 1, 1980 - November 30, 1990 | |||
| Los Angeles | ||||
| Paula Boland | December 3, 1990 - November 30, 1996 | |||
| Tom McClintock | December 2, 1996 – November 30, 2000 | Los Angeles, Ventura | ||
| Keith Richman | December 4, 2000 – November 30, 2006 | |||
| Cameron Smyth | December 4, 2006 – November 30, 2012 | |||
| Scott Wilk | December 3, 2012 – November 30, 2016 | |||
| Dante Acosta | December 5, 2016 – November 30, 2018 | |||
| Christy Smith | Democratic | December 3, 2018 – December 7, 2020 | ||
| Suzette Martinez Valladares | Republican | December 7, 2020 – present |
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1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014 • 2016 • 2018 • 2020 |
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Suzette Martinez Valladares | 39,481 | 31.8 | |
| Republican | Lucie Lapointe Volotzky | 21,942 | 17.6 | |
| Democratic | Annie E. Cho | 15,498 | 12.5 | |
| Democratic | Kelvin Driscoll | 14,868 | 12.0 | |
| Democratic | Brandii Grace | 14,387 | 11.6 | |
| Democratic | Dina Cervantes | 10,900 | 8.8 | |
| Democratic | Susan M. Christopher | 7,255 | 5.8 | |
| Total votes | 124,331 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Suzette Martinez Valladares | 149,201 | 76.1 | |
| Republican | Lucie Lapointe Volotzky | 46,877 | 23.9 | |
| Total votes | 196,078 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Dante Acosta (incumbent) | 49,825 | 53.6 | |
| Democratic | Christy Smith | 43,050 | 46.4 | |
| Total votes | 92,875 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Christy Smith | 89,468 | 51.2 | |
| Republican | Dante Acosta (incumbent) | 85,417 | 48.8 | |
| Total votes | 174,885 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Christy Smith | 44,755 | 44.7 | |
| Republican | Dante Acosta | 36,236 | 36.2 | |
| Republican | Tyler Izen | 10,998 | 11.0 | |
| Republican | Jarrod R. Degonia | 8,215 | 8.2 | |
| Total votes | 100,204 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Dante Acosta | 102,977 | 52.9 | |
| Democratic | Christy Smith | 91,801 | 47.1 | |
| Total votes | 194,778 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Scott Wilk (incumbent) | 32,550 | 66.9 | |
| Democratic | Jorge Salomon Fuentes | 16,082 | 33.1 | |
| Total votes | 48,632 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Scott Wilk (incumbent) | 63,249 | 66.3 | |
| Democratic | Jorge Salomon Fuentes | 32,095 | 33.7 | |
| Total votes | 95,344 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Scott Wilk | 20,230 | 32.1 | |
| Democratic | Edward Headington | 19,608 | 31.1 | |
| Republican | Patricia McKeon | 14,025 | 22.2 | |
| Republican | Paul B. Strickland | 9,182 | 14.6 | |
| Total votes | 63,045 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Scott Wilk | 100,069 | 56.9 | |
| Democratic | Edward Headington | 75,864 | 43.1 | |
| Total votes | 175,933 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Cameron Smyth (incumbent) | 83,854 | 56.7 | |
| Democratic | Diana G. Shaw | 55,062 | 37.3 | |
| Libertarian | Peggy Christensen | 9,015 | 6.0 | |
| Total votes | 147,931 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Cameron Smyth (incumbent) | 103,761 | 55.0 | |
| Democratic | Carole Lutness | 84,936 | 45.0 | |
| Total votes | 188,697 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Cameron Smyth | 70,193 | 56.6 | |
| Democratic | Lyn Shaw | 46,926 | 37.7 | |
| Libertarian | Peggy L. Christensen | 7,116 | 5.7 | |
| Total votes | 124,235 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Keith Richman (incumbent) | 106,834 | 61.2 | |
| Democratic | Brian Joseph Davis | 67,747 | 38.8 | |
| Total votes | 174,581 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Keith Richman (incumbent) | 64,340 | 60.9 | |
| Democratic | Paula L. Calderon | 37,376 | 35.3 | |
| Libertarian | Karl Lembke | 4,074 | 3.8 | |
| Total votes | 105,790 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Keith Richman | 74,581 | 51.0 | |
| Democratic | Jon M. Lauritzen | 64,732 | 44.2 | |
| Libertarian | Philip Baron | 7,033 | 4.8 | |
| Total votes | 146,346 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Tom McClintock (incumbent) | 78,417 | 100.0 | |
| Total votes | 78,417 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Tom McClintock | 71,597 | 55.5 | |
| Democratic | Jon M. Lauritzen | 51,274 | 39.8 | |
| Natural Law | Virginia F. Neuman | 6,021 | 4.7 | |
| Total votes | 128,892 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Paula Boland (incumbent) | 74,382 | 67.1 | |
| Democratic | Josh A. Arce | 28,699 | 25.9 | |
| Green | Charles Wilken | 7,748 | 7.0 | |
| Total votes | 110,829 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Paula Boland (incumbent) | 78,770 | 53.7 | |
| Democratic | Howard Cohen | 59,742 | 40.7 | |
| Libertarian | Devin Cutler | 8,250 | 5.6 | |
| Total votes | 146,762 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
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