# California's 9th senatorial district

California's 9th senatorial district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Tim Grayson of Concord.

## District profile
### 2020s

The district encompasses most of Contra Costa County, including Concord, Antioch, Pittsburg, Bay Point, Martinez, Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Danville, San Ramon, and Orinda; along with Castro Valley, San Lorenzo, and San Leandro in Alameda County.

### 2010s

It previously encompassed the East Bay and consists of the urban, coastal northwestern portion of Alameda County, and western portion of Contra Costa County, including Alameda, Oakland, Piedmont, Emeryville, Berkeley, El Cerrito, and Richmond; currently represented by the 7th district.

## Election results from statewide races

| Year | Office | Results |
| 2021 | Recall | No 89.6 – 10.4% |
| 2020 | President | Biden 87.8 – 10.2% |
| 2018 | Governor | Newsom 88.9 – 11.1% |
| 2018 | Senator | Feinstein 59.8 – 40.2% |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 85.6 – 7.8% |
| 2016 | Senator | Harris 79.1 – 20.9% |
| 2014 | Governor | Brown 90.2 – 9.8% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 86.8 – 9.9% |
| 2012 | Senator | Feinstein 90.0 – 10.0% |
| 2010 | Governor | Brown 79.9 – 16.5% |
| 2010 | Senator | Boxer 79.5 – 16.7% |
| 2008 | President | Obama 84.0 – 14.1% |
| 2006 | Governor | Angelides 62.1 – 29.8% |
| 2006 | Senator | Feinstein 67.6 – 28.0% |
| 2004 | President | Kerry 81.1 – 17.5% |
| 2004 | Senator | Boxer 80.1 – 15.6% |
| 2003 | Recall | No 77.0 – 23.0% |
| 2003 | Recall | Bustamante 60.7 – 19.4% |
| 2002 | Governor | Davis 65.0 – 16.8% |
| 2000 | President | Gore 78.9 – 12.6% |
| 2000 | Senator | Feinstein 74.0 – 12.6% |
| 1998 | Governor | Davis 83.3 – 12.4% |
| 1998 | Senator | Boxer 80.9 – 16.6% |
| 1996 | President | Clinton 75.5 – 13.0% |
| 1994 | Governor | Brown 74.0 – 22.9% |
| 1994 | Senator | Feinstein 80.2 – 14.0% |
| 1992 | President | Clinton 77.3 – 12.5% |
| 1992 | Senator | Boxer 79.4 – 15.2% |
| 1992 | Senator | Feinstein 82.4 – 13.4% |

## List of senators

Due to redistricting, the 9th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2021 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.
| Senators | Party | Years served | Counties represented | Notes |
| John J. Harrigan | Democratic | January 8, 1883 - January 5, 1885 | San Francisco | Both Harrigan and McCarthy served together. |
| Timothy McCarthy | Democratic | January 8, 1883 - January 5, 1885 | San Francisco | Both Harrigan and McCarthy served together. |
| Egisto C. Palmieri | Republican | January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | San Francisco | Both Palmieri and Parkinson served together. |
| George C. Parkinson | Republican | January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | San Francisco | Both Palmieri and Parkinson served together. |
| Henry Clay Gesford | Democratic | January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889 | Napa, Yolo | |
| Frank S. Sprague | Republican | January 7, 1889 - January 2, 1893 | Napa, Yolo | |
| J. B. Hoyt | Republican | January 2, 1893 - January 4, 1897 | Solano | |
| John J. Luchsinger | Republican | January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1905 | Solano | |
| Charles Mortimer Belshaw | Republican | January 2, 1905 - January 4, 1909 | Contra Costa, Marin | |
| Ennio Batista Martinelli | Republican | January 4, 1909 - January 6, 1913 | Contra Costa, Marin | |
| James Curtis Owens | Democratic | January 6, 1913 - January 8, 1917 | Contra Costa, Marin | |
| William R. Sharkey | Republican | January 8, 1917 - January 2, 1933 | Contra Costa, Marin | |
| Andrew L. Pierovich | Democratic | January 2, 1933 - January 6, 1941 | Alpine, Amador, El Dorado | |
| Harley E. Dillinger | Democratic | January 6, 1941 - January 5, 1953 | Alpine, Amador, El Dorado | |
| Swift Berry | Republican | January 5, 1953 - January 2, 1961 | Amador, El Dorado | |
| John C. Begovich | Democratic | January 2, 1961 - January 2, 1967 | Amador, El Dorado | |
| J. Eugene McAteer | Democratic | January 2, 1967 - May 26, 1967 | San Francisco | Died in office. Died from a heart attack while playing handball at the Olympic Club. |
| Milton Marks | Republican | September 4, 1967 - November 30, 1976 | San Francisco | Sworn in after winning special election. |
| Nicholas C. Petris | Democratic | December 6, 1976 - November 30, 1996 | Alameda | |
| Nicholas C. Petris | Democratic | December 6, 1976 - November 30, 1996 | Alameda, Contra Costa | |
| Barbara Lee | Democratic | December 2, 1996 - April 17, 1998 | Alameda, Contra Costa | Resigned to become a member of Congress for the 9th Congressional district. |
| Don Perata | Democratic | December 7, 1998 – November 30, 2008 | Alameda, Contra Costa | |
| Loni Hancock | Democratic | December 1, 2008 – November 30, 2016 | Alameda, Contra Costa | |
| Nancy Skinner | Democratic | December 5, 2016 – November 30, 2024 | Alameda, Contra Costa | Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2020 Term-limited and redistricted to the 7th district in 2024. |
| Tim Grayson | Democratic | December 5, 2024 – present | Alameda, Contra Costa | Elected in 2024. |

## Contents

* 1992
* 1996
* 1998 (special)
* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020

### 2020

California State Senate election, 2020 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Nancy Skinner (incumbent) | 263,751 | 100.0 |
| | Libertarian | Jamie Dluzak (write-in) | 126 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 263,877 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Nancy Skinner | 404,455 | 84.4 |
| | Libertarian | Jamie Dluzak | 53,256 | 11.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 457,711 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2016

California State Senate election, 2016 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Nancy Skinner | 116,710 | 47.8 |
| | Democratic | Sandré Swanson | 74,365 | 30.5 |
| | Democratic | Katherine Grace Welch | 32,698 | 13.4 |
| | Republican | Rich Kinney | 20,287 | 8.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 244,060 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Nancy Skinner | 236,133 | 62.2 |
| | Democratic | Sandré Swanson | 143,573 | 37.8 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 379,706 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2012

California State Senate election, 2012 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Loni Hancock (incumbent) | 123,624 | 99.3 |
| | Peace and Freedom | Mary Catherine McIlroy (write-in) | 785 | 0.6 |
| | Libertarian | Lisa D. Ringer (write-in) | 95 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 124,504 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Loni Hancock (incumbent) | 300,994 | 85.8 |
| | Peace and Freedom | Mary Catherine McIlroy | 49,987 | 14.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 350,981 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2008

California State Senate election, 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Loni Hancock | 272,225 | 77.2 |
| | Republican | Claudia Bermudez | 53,299 | 15.1 |
| | Peace and Freedom | Marsha Feinland | 26,996 | 7.7 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 352,520 | 100.00 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2004

California State Senate election, 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Don Perata (incumbent) | 248,614 | 77.1 |
| | Republican | Patricia Deutsche | 50,110 | 15.6 |
| | Peace and Freedom | Tom Condit | 17,412 | 5.4 |
| | Libertarian | Peter Von Pinnon | 6,383 | 1.9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 322,519 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2000

California State Senate election, 2000 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Don Perata (incumbent) | 218,550 | 83.4 |
| | Republican | Linda J. Marshall | 30,062 | 11.5 |
| | Libertarian | Peter Von Pinnon | 13,622 | 5.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 262,234 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 1998 (special)

California's 9th State Senate district special election, 1998 Vacancy resulting from the resignation of Barbara Lee :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Don Perata | 164,476 | 77.2 |
| | Republican | Deborah Wright | 34,461 | 16.2 |
| | Peace and Freedom | Marsha Feinland | 14,250 | 6.7 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 213,187 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 1996

California State Senate election, 1996 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Barbara Lee | 196,430 | 78.2 |
| | Republican | Thomas N. Hudson | 37,341 | 14.9 |
| | Peace and Freedom | Robert J. Evans | 8,870 | 3.5 |
| | Natural Law | Carol Flyer Prettie | 8,465 | 3.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 251,106 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 1992

California State Senate election, 1992 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Nicholas C. Petris | 228,283 | 84.6 |
| | Peace and Freedom | David Campbell | 41,555 | 15.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 269,838 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |