# California's 68th State Assembly district

California's 68th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democratic Avelino Valencia.

## District profile

The district encompasses inland central Orange County, running along the Santa Ana Mountains. The district is primarily suburban and affluent, with several planned communities.

## Election results from statewide races

| Year | Office | Results |
| 2021 | Recall | No 52.0 – 48.0% |
| 2020 | President | Biden 54.3 – 43.5% |
| 2018 | Governor | Cox 51.4 – 48.6% |
| 2018 | Senator | Feinstein 52.6 – 47.4% |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 49.4 – 44.6% |
| 2016 | Senator | Harris 57.2 – 42.8% |
| 2014 | Governor | Kashkari 60.1 – 39.9% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 55.1 – 42.6% |
| 2012 | Senator | Emken 56.4 – 43.6% |

## List of assembly members

Due to redistricting, the 68th 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 |
| Maurice Timothy Dooling | Democratic | January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | San Benito | |
| John H. Matthews | Democratic | January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889 | San Benito | |
| E. C. Tully | Democratic | January 7, 1889 - January 5, 1891 | San Benito | |
| Charles G. Cargill | Republican | January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893 | San Benito | |
| William Lyman Talbott | Republican | January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895 | Santa Barbara | |
| James L. Barker | People's | January 7, 1895 - January 4, 1897 | Santa Barbara | |
| L. Harris | Republican | January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1899 | Santa Barbara | |
| Charles Warren Merritt | Republican | January 2, 1899 - January 5, 1903 | Santa Barbara | |
| William A. Johnstone | Republican | January 5, 1903 - January 7, 1907 | Los Angeles | |
| Prescott F. Cogswell | Republican | January 7, 1907 - January 6, 1913 | Los Angeles | |
| William A. Johnstone | Republican | January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915 | Los Angeles | |
| Lewis L. Lostutter | Republican | January 4, 1915 - January 8, 1917 | Los Angeles | |
| Earl R. Shepherd | Republican | January 8, 1917 - January 6, 1919 | Los Angeles | |
| Henry A. Miller | Republican | January 6, 1919 - January 3, 1921 | Los Angeles | |
| Ira A. Lee | Republican | January 3, 1921 - January 8, 1923 | Los Angeles | |
| Allen G. Mitchell | Republican | January 8, 1923 - January 5, 1925 | Los Angeles | |
| Harry F. Sewell | Republican | January 5, 1925 - January 5, 1931 | Los Angeles | |
| George H. Wilber | Republican | January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933 | Los Angeles | |
| John T. Rawls | Democratic | January 2, 1933 - January 7, 1935 | Los Angeles | |
| Fred Reaves | Democratic | January 7, 1935 - May 20, 1940 | Los Angeles | Died in office. Died from heart failure. |
| Vincent Thomas | Democratic | January 6, 1941 - November 30, 1974 | Los Angeles | |
| Walter M. Ingalls | Democratic | December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1982 | Riverside | |
| Steve Clute | Democratic | December 6, 1982 - November 30, 1992 | Riverside | |
| Curt Pringle | Republican | December 7, 1992 - November 30, 1998 | Orange | |
| Ken Maddox | Republican | December 7, 1998 - November 30, 2004 | Orange | |
| Van Tran | Republican | December 6, 2004 - November 30, 2010 | Orange | |
| Allan Mansoor | Republican | December 6, 2010 - November 30, 2012 | Orange | |
| Donald P. Wagner | Republican | December 3, 2012 - November 30, 2016 | Orange | |
| Steven Choi | Republican | December 5, 2016 – November 30, 2022 | Orange | |
| Avelino Valencia | Democratic | December 5, 2022 – Current | Orange |

## Contents

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

### 2020

2020 California State Assembly election :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Steven Choi (incumbent) | 57,633 | 43.8% |
| | Democratic | Melissa Fox | 44,033 | 33.5% |
| | Democratic | Eugene Fields | 17,332 | 13.2% |
| | Republican | Benjamin Yu | 12,503 | 9.5% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 131,501 | 100.0% |
| General election |||||
| | Republican | Steven Choi (incumbent) | 136,841 | 53.1% |
| | Democratic | Melissa Fox | 120,965 | 46.9% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 257,806 | 100.0% |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2018

California State Assembly election, 2018 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Steven Choi (incumbent) | 57,099 | 59.0 |
| | Democratic | Michelle Duman | 39,751 | 41.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 96,850 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Republican | Steven Choi (incumbent) | 96,611 | 53.1 |
| | Democratic | Michelle Duman | 85,164 | 46.9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 181,755 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2016

California State Assembly election, 2016 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Sean Jay Panahi | 32,610 | 33.0 |
| | Republican | Steven Choi | 19,559 | 19.8 |
| | Republican | Harry Sidhu | 19,405 | 19.7 |
| | Republican | Deborah Pauly | 13,880 | 14.1 |
| | Republican | Alexia Deligianni-Brydges | 5,098 | 5.2 |
| | No party preference | Brian Chuchua | 4,635 | 4.7 |
| | Republican | Kostas Roditis | 3,528 | 3.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 98,715 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Republican | Steven Choi | 114,210 | 60.3 |
| | Democratic | Sean Jay Panahi | 75,231 | 39.7 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 189,441 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2014

California State Assembly election, 2014 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Donald P. Wagner (incumbent) | 35,223 | 69.7 |
| | Democratic | Anne Cameron | 15,297 | 30.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 50,520 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Republican | Donald P. Wagner (incumbent) | 66,445 | 68.4 |
| | Democratic | Anne Cameron | 30,749 | 31.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 97,194 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2012

California State Assembly election, 2012 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Don Wagner (incumbent) | 43,241 | 69.2 |
| | Democratic | Christina Avalos | 19,254 | 30.8 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 62,495 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Republican | Don Wagner (incumbent) | 104,706 | 60.8 |
| | Democratic | Christina Avalos | 67,448 | 39.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 172,154 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2010

2010 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Allan Mansoor | 57,016 | 54.9 |
| | Democratic | Phu Nguyen | 46,269 | 44.6 |
| | Republican | Long Pham (write-in) | 617 | 0.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 103,902 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2008

2008 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Van Tran (incumbent) | 72,034 | 54.05 |
| | Democratic | Kenneth Arnold | 61,239 | 45.95 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 133,273 | 100.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 60.93 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2006

2006 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Van Tran (incumbent) | 55,155 | 61.67 |
| | Democratic | Paul Lucas | 34,277 | 38.33 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 89,432 | 100.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 43.44 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2004

2004 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Van Tran | 78,606 | 60.91 |
| | Democratic | Al Snook | 50,453 | 39.09 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 129,059 | 100.00 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2002

2002 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Ken Maddox (incumbent) | 50,077 | 65.09 |
| | Democratic | Al Snook | 23,149 | 30.09 |
| | Libertarian | Douglas J. Scribner | 3,706 | 4.82 |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 0 | 0.00 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 76,932 | 100.00 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2000

2000 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Ken Maddox (incumbent) | 59,258 | 56.70 |
| | Democratic | Tina L. Laine | 35,889 | 34.34 |
| | Natural Law | Al Snook | 5,466 | 5.23 |
| | Libertarian | Richard G. Newhouse | 3,897 | 3.73 |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 9,436 | 8.28 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 113,946 | 100.00 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 1998

1998 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Ken Maddox | 41,326 | 53.68 |
| | Democratic | Mike Matsuda | 35,654 | 46.32 |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 8,130 | 9.55 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 95,110 | 100.00 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 1996

1996 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Curt Pringle (incumbent) | 56,493 | 58.70 |
| | Democratic | Audrey L. Gibson | 39,754 | 41.30 |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 6,403 | 0.00 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 102,650 | 100.00 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 1994

1994 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Curt Pringle (incumbent) | 51,977 | 63.26 |
| | Democratic | Irv Pickler | 30,184 | 36.74 |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 9,643 | 10.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 91,804 | 100.00 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 1992

1992 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Curt Pringle | 61,615 | 57.14 |
| | Democratic | Linda Kay Rigney | 46,222 | 42.86 |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 12,829 | 10.63 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 120,666 | 100.00 |
| | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic |