# California's 6th State Assembly district

California's 6th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Maggy Krell of Sacramento.

## District profile

The district is located entirely within Sacramento County, encompassing the urban core and unincorporated suburbs and rural areas to the north and east.

## Election results from statewide races

| Year | Office | Results |
| 2021 | Recall | Yes 57.7 – 42.3% |
| 2020 | President | Trump 51.5 – 46.1% |
| 2018 | Governor | Cox 58.6 – 41.4% |
| 2018 | Senator | De Leon 53.2 – 46.8% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 52.0 – 41.2% |
| 2016 | Senator | Harris 63.6 – 36.4% |
| 2014 | Governor | Kashkari 54.3 – 45.7% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 59.1 – 38.6% |
| 2012 | Senator | Emken 58.9 – 41.1% |

## List of assembly members

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.
| Assembly members | Party | Years served | Counties represented | Notes |
| George Wood | Republican | January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | Plumas, Sierra | |
| R. H. F. Variel | Republican | January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889 | Plumas, Sierra | |
| Henry K. Turner | Republican | January 7, 1889 - January 5, 1891 | Plumas, Sierra | |
| Felix Grundy Hail | Republican | January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893 | Plumas, Sierra | |
| George Standart | Republican | January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895 | Lassen, Plumas, Sierra | |
| Ephraim VanBuren Spencer | Republican | January 7, 1895 - January 4, 1897 | Lassen, Plumas, Sierra | |
| Frank D. Soward | Republican | January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1899 | Lassen, Plumas, Sierra | |
| Greenleaf Greeley Clough | Republican | January 2, 1899 - January 5, 1901 | Lassen, Plumas, Sierra | |
| John B. Irish | Republican | January 5, 1901 - January 5, 1903 | Lassen, Plumas, Sierra | |
| Francis M. Weger | Democratic | January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1905 | Mendocino | |
| William D. L. Held | Republican | January 2, 1905 - January 4, 1909 | Mendocino | |
| John W. Preston | Democratic | January 4, 1909 - January 2, 1911 | Mendocino | |
| William D. L. Held | Republican | January 2, 1911 - January 6, 1913 | Mendocino | |
| T. J. Weldon | Democratic | January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915 | Mendocino | |
| J. A. Pettis | Republican | January 4, 1915 - January 6, 1919 | Mendocino | |
| Charles Kasch | Republican | January 6, 1919 - January 3, 1921 | Mendocino | |
| J. A. Pettis | Republican | January 3, 1921 - January 8, 1923 | Mendocino | |
| Patrick Connolly | Democratic | January 8, 1923 - January 5, 1925 | Mendocino | |
| Charles B. Melville | Republican | January 5, 1925 - January 7, 1929 | Mendocino | |
| R. R. Ingels | Republican | January 7, 1929 - January 5, 1931 | Mendocino | |
| George Milton Biggar | Republican | January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933 | Mendocino, Lake | |
| Jesse M. Mayo | Republican | January 2, 1933 - January 2, 1939 | Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Tuolumne | |
| Allan G. Thurman | Democratic | January 2, 1939 – November 4, 1947 | Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Tuolumne | Resigned after winning special election for Senate district 7. |
| Francis C. Lindsay | Republican | January 3, 1949 – January 5, 1959 | Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Tuolumne | |
| Paul J. Lunardi | Democratic | January 5, 1959 - December 20, 1963 | Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Tuolumne, Yuba | Resigned due to winning a special election for Senate district 7. |
| Eugene Chappie | Republican | January 4, 1965 – November 30, 1974 | Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Tuolumne, Yuba | |
| Leroy F. Greene | Democratic | December 2, 1974 – November 30, 1980 | Sacramento | |
| Lloyd Connelly | Democratic | December 6, 1982 – November 30, 1992 | Sacramento | |
| Vivien Bronshvag | Democratic | December 7, 1992 – November 30, 1994 | Marin, Sonoma | |
| Kerry Mazzoni | Democratic | December 5, 1994 – November 30, 2000 | Marin, Sonoma | |
| Joseph Nation | Democratic | December 4, 2000– November 30, 2006 | Marin, Sonoma | |
| Jared Huffman | Democratic | December 4, 2006 – November 30, 2012 | Marin, Sonoma | |
| Beth Gaines | Republican | December 3, 2012 – November 30, 2016 | El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento | |
| Kevin Kiley | Republican | December 5, 2016 – December 4, 2022 | El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento | |
| Kevin McCarty | Democratic | December 5, 2022 – present | Sacramento | |

## Contents

* 1992
* 1994
* 1996
* 1998
* 2000
* 2002
* 2004
* 2006
* 2008
* 2010
* 2012
* 2014
* 2016
* 2018
* 2020
* 2022

### 2022

2022 California State Assembly election :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Kevin McCarty | 57,740 | 55.40% |
| | Republican | Cathy Cook | 21,522 | 20.60% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 104,242 | 100.0% |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Kevin McCarty | 98,656 | 65.60% |
| | Republican | Cathy Cook | 51,823 | 34.40% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 150,479 | 100% |

### 2020

2020 California State Assembly election :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Kevin Kiley (incumbent) | 104,412 | 58.0% |
| | Democratic | Jackie Smith | 75,557 | 42.0% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 179,669 | 100.0% |
| General election |||||
| | Republican | Kevin Kiley (incumbent) | 178,559 | 59.0% |
| | Democratic | Jackie Smith | 124,294 | 41.0% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 302,853 | 100% |

### 2018

California State Assembly election, 2018 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Kevin Kiley (incumbent) | 80,843 | 61.3 |
| | Democratic | Jacalyn "Jackie" Smith | 50,953 | 38.7 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 131,796 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Republican | Kevin Kiley (incumbent) | 131,284 | 58.0 |
| | Democratic | Jacalyn "Jackie" Smith | 94,984 | 42.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 226,268 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2016

California State Assembly election, 2016 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Brian Caples | 26,707 | 19.8 |
| | Republican | Kevin Kiley | 22,019 | 16.3 |
| | Republican | Andy Pugno | 19,033 | 14.1 |
| | Democratic | John Edward Z'berg | 15,884 | 11.8 |
| | Republican | Cristi Nelson | 12,834 | 9.5 |
| | Republican | Bill Halldin | 12,342 | 9.2 |
| | Republican | Kevin Hanley | 8,989 | 6.7 |
| | Republican | Ron "Mik" Mikulaco | 8,239 | 6.1 |
| | Republican | Suzanne Jones | 4,397 | 3.3 |
| | No party preference | "Bo" Bogdan I. Ambrozewicz | 2,634 | 2.0 |
| | Republican | Gabriel L. Hydrick | 1,649 | 1.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 134,727 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Republican | Kevin Kiley | 231,334 | 64.6 |
| | Democratic | Brian Caples | 81,919 | 35.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 231,334 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2014

California State Assembly election, 2014 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Beth Gaines (incumbent) | 55,167 | 64.3 |
| | Democratic | Brian Caples | 30,575 | 35.7 |
| Total votes | Total votes | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 143,064 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2012

California State Assembly election, 2012 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | 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 | Total votes | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 185,551 | 100.0 |
| | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic |

### 2010

2010 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Jared Huffman (incumbent) | 119,753 | 70.5 |
| | Republican | Robert Louis Stephens | 50,218 | 29.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 169,971 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2008

2008 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Jared Huffman (incumbent) | 145,142 | 69.45 |
| | Republican | Paul Lavery | 50,053 | 23.95 |
| | Libertarian | Timothy Hannan | 13,790 | 6.60 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 208,985 | 100.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 83.72 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2006

2006 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Jared Huffman | 106,589 | 65.84 |
| | Republican | Michael Hartnett | 43,864 | 27.09 |
| | Green | Cat Woods | 6,922 | 4.28 |
| | Libertarian | Richard Olmstead | 4,519 | 2.79 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 161,894 | 100.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 72.50 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2004

2004 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Joe Nation (incumbent) | 148,556 | 72.51 |
| | Republican | Carolyn F. Patrick | 56,311 | 27.49 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 204,867 | 100.00 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2002

2002 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Joe Nation (incumbent) | 83,214 | 68.98 |
| | Republican | Kenneth Hitt | 32,676 | 27.09 |
| | Libertarian | Richard Olmstead | 4,750 | 3.94 |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 9,622 | 7.39 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 130,262 | 100.00 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2000

2000 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Joe Nation | 134,394 | 67.86 |
| | Republican | Edward John Sullivan | 48,163 | 24.32 |
| | Independent | Anna Nevenic | 10,594 | 5.35 |
| | Libertarian | Richard Olmstead | 4,893 | 2.47 |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 16,016 | 7.48 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 214,060 | 100.00 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 1998

1998 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Kerry Mazzoni (incumbent) | 99,887 | 67.33 |
| | Republican | Russ Weiner | 45,237 | 30.49 |
| | Peace and Freedom | Coleman C. Persily | 3,221 | 2.17 |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 10,763 | 6.76 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 159,108 | 100.00 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 1996

1996 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Kerry Mazzoni (incumbent) | 109,139 | 64.91 |
| | Republican | David Crockett | 49,367 | 29.36 |
| | Libertarian | Mary Jane Clifford | 5,913 | 3.52 |
| | Peace and Freedom | Coleman C. Persily | 3,729 | 2.22 |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 13,289 | 7.31 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 181,437 | 100.00 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 1994

1994 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Kerry Mazzoni | 92,675 | 61.23 |
| | Republican | Brian Sobel | 55,008 | 36.34 |
| | Peace and Freedom | Coleman C. Persily | 3,672 | 2.43 |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 13,106 | 7.97 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 164,461 | 100.00 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 1992

California's 6th State Assembly district election, 1992 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Vivien Bronshvag | 100,812 | 53.28 |
| | Republican | Al Aramburu | 74,739 | 39.50 |
| | Libertarian | Adam McAfee | 9,016 | 4.77 |
| | Peace and Freedom | Coleman C. Persily | 4,637 | 2.45 |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 14,391 | 7.07 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 203,595 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican |