| California's 54th State Assembly district | |||
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| Population (2010) • Voting age • Citizen voting age | 466,445[1] 375,241[1] 294,720[1] | ||
| Demographics |
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| Registered voters | 316,478 [2] | ||
| Registration | 63.73% Democratic 8.67% Republican 22.89% No party preference | ||
California's 54th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Miguel SantiagoofLos Angeles.
Before the 2020 - 2022 redistricting, the district encompassed parts of the Westside and South Los Angeles, reaching almost to the Pacific Ocean. The current 54th district includes East Hollywood, Silver Lake, Echo Park, Koreatown, Pico-Union, Los Feliz, Downtown L.A., Chinatown, Boyle Heights, Commerce, and Vernon among other neighborhoods and municipalities. The district is ethnically diverse and heavily urban.
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Los Angeles County – 4.8%
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| Year | Office | Results |
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| 2021 | Recall |  No 85.6 – 14.4%
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| 2020 | President | Biden 83.1 - 13.5% |
| 2018 | Governor | Newsom 86.1 – 13.9% |
| Senator | Feinstein 65.0 – 35.0% | |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 85.1 – 10.1% |
| Senator | Harris 76.9 – 23.1% | |
| 2014 | Governor | Brown 82.9 – 17.2% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 83.6 – 13.9% |
| Senator | Feinstein 85.2 – 14.8% |
Due to redistricting, the 54th 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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| Walter Minton Heywood | Republican | January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | Alameda | |
| Francis Morgan Cooley | January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889 | |||
| Edwin Sherer Culver | Republican | January 7, 1889 - January 2, 1893 | ||
| H. H. Johnson | Democratic | January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895 | Santa Clara | |
| Cyrus P. Berry | Republican | January 7, 1895 - January 4, 1897 | ||
| N. E. Malcolm | January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1899 | |||
| Walter A. Clark | January 2, 1899 - January 1, 1901 | |||
| Eli Wright | Good Government | January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1903 | ||
| A. D. Duffey | Democratic | January 5, 1903 - February 10, 1903 | Lost the election after being in office for 1 month. | |
| Harry S. Wanzer | Republican | February 10, 1903 - March 16, 1903 | Won election and took his seat. He resigned 1 month of being in office. | |
| George C. Cleveland | January 2, 1905 - January 7, 1907 | |||
| Harry C. Lucas | January 7, 1907 - January 4, 1909 | |||
| John B. Maher | Democratic | January 4, 1909 - January 6, 1913 | ||
| Joseph Warner Guiberson | January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915 | Kings | ||
| William Adams Long | Republican | January 4, 1915 - January 6, 1919 | ||
| Oscar L. Odale | Democratic | January 6, 1919 - January 3, 1921 | ||
| Frank Johnson | Republican | January 3, 1921 - January 3, 1927 | ||
| Augustus F. Jewett Jr. | January 3, 1927 - January 5, 1931 | |||
| William G. Bonelli | January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933 | Los Angeles | ||
| Frank J. Rogers | Democratic | January 2, 1933 - January 7, 1935 | ||
| Wilbur F. Gilbert | January 7, 1935 - January 6, 1941 | |||
| John B. Knight | Republican | January 6, 1941 - January 8, 1945 | ||
| Ralph A. Beal | Independent | January 8, 1945 - January 6, 1947 | ||
| Bud Collier | Republican | January 6, 1947 - November 30, 1974 | ||
| Frank Vicencia | Democratic | December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1986 | ||
| Paul E. Zeltner | Republican | December 1, 1986 - November 30, 1988 | ||
| Willard H. Murray Jr. | Democratic | December 5, 1988 - November 30, 1992 | ||
| Betty Karnette | December 7, 1992 – November 30, 1994 | |||
| Steven T. Kuykendall | Republican | December 5, 1994 - November 30, 1998 | ||
| Alan Lowenthal | Democratic | December 7, 1998 - November 30, 2004 | ||
| Betty Karnette | December 6, 2004 – November 30, 2008 | |||
| Bonnie Lowenthal | December 1, 2008 - November 30, 2012 | |||
| Holly Mitchell | December 3, 2012 - September 26, 2013 | Resigned from the Assembly to be sworn in the 30th Senate district. | ||
| Sebastian Ridley-Thomas | December 5, 2013 – December 31, 2017 | Resigned from the Assembly due to unspecified health problems. | ||
| Sydney Kamlager | April 16, 2018 – March 11, 2021 | Won special election and was sworn in. She resigned on March 11, 2021 to be sworn in the 30th district. | ||
| Isaac Bryan | May 28, 2021 – present | Won special election and was sworn in May 28, 2021. |
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Isaac Bryan | 21,472 | 50.8 | |
| Democratic | Heather Hutt | 10,538 | 24.9 | |
| Democratic | Cheryl Turner | 4,072 | 9.6 | |
| Democratic | Dallas Denise Fowler | 3,235 | 7.6 | |
| No party preference | Bernard Senter | 1,667 | 3.9 | |
| Democratic | Samuel Morales | 1,304 | 3.1 | |
| Total votes | 42,288 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Sydney Kamlager (Incumbent) | 64,620 | 56.7% | |
| Democratic | Tracy Bernard Jones | 34,005 | 29.8% | |
| Republican | Glen Ratcliff | 10,880 | 9.5% | |
| Democratic | Clinton Brown | 4,513 | 4.0% | |
| Total votes | 114,018 | 100.0% | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Sydney Kamlager (Incumbent) | 119,818 | 64.2% | |
| Democratic | Tracy Bernard Jones | 66,915 | 35.8% | |
| Total votes | 186,733 | 100.0% | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Sydney Kamlager (incumbent) | 41,838 | 55.5 | |
| Democratic | Tepring Michelle Piquado | 11,615 | 15.4 | |
| Republican | Glen Ratcliff | 9,359 | 12.4 | |
| Democratic | Steve Dunwoody | 6,409 | 8.5 | |
| Democratic | Lamar Lyons | 4,899 | 6.5 | |
| Democratic | Breon Dupree Hollie | 1,223 | 1.6 | |
| Total votes | 75,343 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Sydney Kamlager (incumbent) | 95,643 | 62.3 | |
| Democratic | Tepring Michelle Piquado | 57,760 | 37.7 | |
| Total votes | 153,403 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Sydney Kamlager | 22,605 | 69.0 | |
| Democratic | Tepring Michelle Piquado | 4,673 | 14.3 | |
| Republican | Glen Ratcliff | 3,826 | 11.7 | |
| Democratic | Grayson A. Pangilinan | 1,182 | 3.6 | |
| Democratic | Steve Dunwoody (write-in) | 495 | 1.5 | |
| Total votes | 32,781 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (incumbent) | 83,889 | 83.2 | |
| Republican | Glen Ratcliff | 16,880 | 16.8 | |
| Total votes | 100,769 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (incumbent) | 146,723 | 81.6 | |
| Republican | Glen Ratcliff | 33,119 | 18.4 | |
| Total votes | 179,842 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (incumbent) | 34,444 | 78.2 | |
| Republican | Glen Ratcliff | 9,585 | 21.8 | |
| Total votes | 44,029 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (incumbent) | 66,082 | 79.1 | |
| Republican | Glen Ratcliff | 17,506 | 20.9 | |
| Total votes | 83,588 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Sebastian Ridley-Thomas | 13,992 | 60.2 | |
| Democratic | Christopher R. Armenta | 8,270 | 35.6 | |
| Democratic | John Jake | 931 | 4.0 | |
| No party preference | Morry Waksberg (write-in) | 31 | 0.1 | |
| Total votes | 23,224 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Holly Mitchell (incumbent) | 33,920 | 70.9 | |
| Republican | Keith Brandon McCowen | 8,350 | 17.4 | |
| Democratic | Ed Nicoletti | 5,601 | 11.7 | |
| Total votes | 47,871 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Holly Mitchell (incumbent) | 143,530 | 83.3 | |
| Republican | Keith Brandon McCowen | 28,688 | 16.7 | |
| Total votes | 172,218 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Bonnie Lowenthal (incumbent) | 73,775 | 56.7 | |
| Republican | Martha E. Flores-Gibson | 56,535 | 43.3 | |
| Total votes | 130,310 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Bonnie Lowenthal | 95,350 | 57.13 | |
| Republican | Gabriella Holt | 61,650 | 36.94 | |
| Libertarian | John Kling | 9,896 | 5.93 | |
| Total votes | 166,896 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | 71.62 | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Betty Karnette (incumbent) | 69,890 | 60.76 | |
| Republican | Michael Jackson | 45,128 | 39.24 | |
| Total votes | 115,018 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | 51.07 | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Betty Karnette | 89,987 | 53.49 | |
| Republican | Steven T. Kuykendall | 73,701 | 43.81 | |
| Libertarian | John Howard Sterne | 4,544 | 2.70 | |
| Total votes | 168,232 | 100.00 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Alan Lowenthal (incumbent) | 59,106 | 60.06 | |
| Republican | Cesar N. Castellanos | 39,310 | 39.94 | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 5,873 | 5.63 | ||
| Total votes | 104,289 | 100.00 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Alan Lowenthal (incumbent) | 83,000 | 58.59 | |
| Republican | Rudy Svorinich, Jr. | 54,938 | 38.78 | |
| Libertarian | Dale F. Ogden | 3,719 | 2.63 | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 9,861 | 6.51 | ||
| Total votes | 151,518 | 100.00 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Alan Lowenthal | 54,330 | 49.57 | |
| Republican | Julie Alban | 51,291 | 46.80 | |
| Libertarian | Al Carlan | 2,073 | 1.89 | |
| American Independent | George P. "Phil" Drake | 1,902 | 1.74 | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 6,965 | 5.98 | ||
| Total votes | 118,561 | 100.00 | ||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Steven T. Kuykendall | 66,421 | 50.66 | |
| Democratic | Gerrie Schipske | 64,695 | 49.34 | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 12,307 | 8.56 | ||
| Total votes | 143,423 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Steven T. Kuykendall | 56,225 | 47.57 | |
| Democratic | Betty Karnette (incumbent) | 55,628 | 47.07 | |
| Libertarian | Alan J. Carlan | 3,981 | 3.37 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Patrick John McCoy | 2,351 | 1.99 | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 9,396 | 7.36 | ||
| Total votes | 127,581 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Betty Karnette | 78,400 | 51.94 | |
| Republican | Gerald N. Felando (incumbent) | 66,282 | 43.91 | |
| American Independent | Joseph G. "Joe" Fields | 6,264 | 4.15 | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 13,844 | 8.40 | ||
| Total votes | 164,790 | 100.00 | ||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||
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