# California's 7th State Assembly district

California's 7th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Republican Josh Hoover of Folsom.

## District profile

Before remapping necessitated by the 2020 census, the district encompassed the northern two-thirds of the city of Sacramento and its northern and western suburbs. The California State Capitol was located in the district. After remapping, the district has moved to include northeast Sacramento County, including the cities of Folsom, Rancho Cordova, and Citrus Heights, with Sacramento itself moved to the 6th Assembly District.

## Election results from statewide races

| Year | Office | Results |
| 2021 | Recall | No 68.8 – 31.2% |
| 2020 | President | Biden 69.1 – 28.4% |
| 2018 | Governor | Newsom 68.3 – 31.7% |
| 2018 | Senator | Feinstein 55.4 – 44.6% |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 67.5 – 25.6% |
| 2016 | Senator | Harris 63.6 – 36.4% |
| 2014 | Governor | Brown 71.9 – 28.1% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 67.5 – 29.6% |
| 2012 | Senator | Feinstein 69.7 – 30.3% |

## List of assembly members

Due to redistricting, the 7th 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 |
| John F. Ellison | Republican | January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | Tehama | |
| William P. Mathews | Democratic | January 3, 1887 - January 5, 1891 | Tehama | |
| James Thompson Matlock Sr. | Republican | January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893 | Tehama | |
| Edward B. Price | Democratic | January 2, 1893 - January 31, 1893 | Butte | Died in office. |
| Frederick R. Stansell | Republican | January 7, 1895 - January 2, 1899 | Butte | |
| Richard DeLancie | Republican | January 2, 1899 - January 1, 1901 | Butte | |
| Barnabas Collins | Republican | January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1901 | Butte | Died shortly after being sworn in office. Died from Pneumonia |
| Frederick R. Stansell | Republican | January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1905 | Butte | |
| William F. Gates | Republican | January 2, 1905 - January 7, 1907 | Butte | |
| William James Costar | Republican | January 7, 1907 - January 2, 1911 | Butte | |
| John H. Guill Jr. | Democratic | January 2, 1911 - January 4, 1915 | Butte | |
| B. B. Meek | Democratic | January 4, 1915 - January 8, 1917 | Butte | |
| C. H. Brown | Republican | January 8, 1917 - January 6, 1919 | Butte | |
| Elizabeth Hughes | Republican | January 6, 1919 - January 8, 1923 | Butte | |
| Bert B. Snyder | Republican | January 8, 1923 - January 5, 1925 | Butte | |
| Charles H. Deuel | Democratic | January 5, 1925 - January 5, 1931 | Butte | |
| Hubert B. Scudder | Republican | January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933 | Sonoma | |
| Hubert B. Scudder | Republican | January 2, 1933 - January 6, 1941 | Sonoma, Marin | |
| Richard H. McCollister | Republican | January 6, 1941 - January 2, 1961 | Sonoma, Marin | |
| Bill Bagley | Republican | January 2, 1961 - November 30, 1974 | Sonoma, Marin | |
| John Garamendi | Democratic | December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1976 | Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mono, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Tuolumne | |
| Norman S. Waters | Democratic | December 6, 1976 - December 6, 1982 | Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mono, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Tuolumne | |
| Norman S. Waters | Democratic | December 6, 1982 - November 30, 1990 | Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mono, Placer, Sacramento, Tuolumne | |
| David Knowles | Republican | December 3, 1990 - November 30, 1992 | Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mono, Placer, Sacramento, Tuolumne | |
| Valerie K. Brown | Democratic | December 7, 1992 - November 30, 1998 | Napa, Solano, Sonoma | |
| Pat Wiggins | Democratic | December 7, 1998 - November 30, 2004 | Napa, Solano, Sonoma | |
| Noreen Evans | Democratic | December 6, 2004 - December 6, 2010 | Napa, Solano, Sonoma | |
| Michael Allen | Democratic | December 6, 2010 - November 30, 2012 | Napa, Solano, Sonoma | |
| Roger Dickinson | Democratic | December 3, 2012 - November 30, 2014 | Sacramento, Yolo | |
| Kevin McCarty | Democratic | December 1, 2014 – December 5, 2022 | Sacramento, Yolo | |
| Josh Hoover | Republican | December 5, 2022 - Present | Sacramento | First election after redistricting. |

## 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 | Ken Cooley | 56,949 | 50.9% |
| | Republican | Josh Hoover | 38,001 | 34% |
| | Republican | Raymond Riehle | 9,429 | 8.4% |
| | Republican | Jeffrey Perrine | 6,214 | 5.6% |
| | Republican | Quintin Levesque | 1,249 | 1.1% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 111,842 | 100% |
| General election |||||
| | Republican | Josh Hoover | 83,768 | 50.4% |
| | Democratic | Ken Cooley | 82,385 | 49.6% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 166,153 | 100% |

### 2020

2020 California State Assembly election :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Kevin McCarty (incumbent) | 88,445 | 99.8% |
| | Libertarian | James O. Just (write-in) | 199 | 0.2% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 88,644 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Kevin McCarty (incumbent) | 149,083 | 73.9% |
| | Libertarian | James O. Just | 52,543 | 26.1% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 201,626 | 100% |

### 2018

California State Assembly election, 2018 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Kevin McCarty (incumbent) | 63,705 | 99.6 |
| | Republican | Scott Schmidt (write-in) | 237 | 0.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 63,942 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Kevin McCarty (incumbent) | 107,849 | 71.3 |
| | Republican | Scott Schmidt | 43,361 | 28.7 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 151,210 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2016

California State Assembly election, 2016 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Kevin McCarty (incumbent) | 69,901 | 99.5 |
| | Republican | Ryan K. Brown (write-in) | 254 | 0.4 |
| | Libertarian | Janine Kloss (write-in) | 51 | 0.1 |
| | Republican | Ralph Merletti (write-in) | 43 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 70,249 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Kevin McCarty (incumbent) | 111,112 | 69.8 |
| | Republican | Ryan K. Brown | 48,097 | 30.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 159,209 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2014

California State Assembly election, 2014 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Kevin McCarty | 18,935 | 34.9 |
| | Democratic | Steve Cohn | 15,877 | 29.3 |
| | Republican | Ralph Merletti | 8,115 | 15.0 |
| | Democratic | Mark Johannessen | 6,413 | 11.8 |
| | Republican | Oliver Ponce | 4,869 | 9.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 54,209 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Kevin McCarty | 46,983 | 58.7 |
| | Democratic | Steve Cohn | 33,051 | 41.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 80,034 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2012

California State Assembly election, 2012 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Roger Dickinson (incumbent) | 41,100 | 68.0 |
| | Republican | Jonathan Zachariou | 19,304 | 32.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 60,404 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Roger Dickinson (incumbent) | 96,422 | 69.8 |
| | Republican | Jonathan Zachariou | 41,735 | 30.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 138,157 | 100.0 |

### 2010

2010 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Michael Allen | 86,641 | 63.8 |
| | Republican | Doris Gentry | 43,350 | 31.8 |
| | Libertarian | Kathryn N. Moore | 5,993 | 4.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 135,984 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2008

2008 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Noreen Evans (incumbent) | 128,279 | 71.95 |
| | Republican | Doris Gentry | 50,020 | 28.05 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 178,299 | 100.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 80.89 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2006

2006 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Noreen Evans (incumbent) | 99,262 | 98.55 |
| | Republican | Raylene Wiesner (write-in) | 1,464 | 1.45 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 100,726 | 100.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 57.39 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2004

2004 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Noreen M. Evans | 101,130 | 60.12 |
| | Republican | Pat Krueger | 62,035 | 36.88 |
| | Republican | F. Aaron Smith | 5,051 | 3.00 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 168,216 | 100.00 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2002

2002 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Pat Wiggins (incumbent) | 71,463 | 75.99 |
| | Libertarian | David J. Kozlowski | 22,585 | 24.01 |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 15,926 | 14.48 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 109,974 | 100.00 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2000

2000 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Pat Wiggins (incumbent) | 102,425 | 66.45 |
| | Republican | Pedro J. Rivera | 45,563 | 29.56 |
| | Libertarian | William Schoeffler | 6,147 | 3.99 |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 11,892 | 7.16 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 166,027 | 100.00 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 1998

1998 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Pat Wiggins | 80,178 | 62.13 |
| | Republican | Bob Sanchez | 43,398 | 33.63 |
| | Libertarian | Mike Rodrigues | 3,694 | 2.86 |
| | Peace and Freedom | Irv Sutley | 1,773 | 1.37 |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 8,532 | 6.20 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 137,575 | 100.00 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 1996

1996 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Valerie K. Brown (incumbent) | 89,864 | 61.70 |
| | Republican | Ken Larsen | 48,114 | 33.04 |
| | Peace and Freedom | Al Liner | 5,690 | 3.91 |
| | Natural Law | Alan Roy Barreca | 1,977 | 1.36 |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 8,799 | 5.70 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 154,444 | 100.00 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 1994

1994 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Valerie K. Brown (incumbent) | 73,389 | 58.48 |
| | Republican | Roger D. Williams | 48,928 | 38.99 |
| | Peace and Freedom | Irv Sutley | 3,178 | 2.53 |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 10,455 | 7.69 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 135,950 | 100.00 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 1992

1992 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Valerie K. Brown | 99,269 | 60.22 |
| | Republican | Janet Nicholas | 59,121 | 35.92 |
| | Peace and Freedom | Irv Sutley | 6,358 | 3.86 |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 10,255 | 5.86 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 175,003 | 100.00 |
| | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican |