# California's 69th State Assembly district

California's 69th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Josh Lowenthal.

## District profile

The district encompasses Signal Hill, Avalon, and parts of Carson and Long Beach. The district contains the largest population of Cambodians outside of Cambodia and one of the largest populations of Filipino people outside of the Philippines.

## Election results from statewide races

| Year | Office | Results |
| 2021 | Recall | No 70.2 – 29.8% |
| 2020 | President | Biden 68.7 – 29.1% |
| 2018 | Governor | Newsom 69.4 – 30.6% |
| 2018 | Senator | Feinstein 52.9 – 47.1% |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 71.9 – 22.3% |
| 2016 | Senator | Sanchez 62.1 – 37.9% |
| 2014 | Governor | Brown 66.3 – 33.7% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 67.4 – 30.7% |
| 2012 | Senator | Feinstein 68.9 – 31.1% |

## List of assembly members

Due to redistricting, the 69th 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 |
| Saron Nathaniel Laughlin | Republican | January 3, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | Monterey | |
| Thomas Renison | Democratic | January 3, 1887 - January 5, 1891 | Monterey | |
| Claude Fontaine Lacey | Republican | January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893 | Monterey | |
| David T. Perkins | Republican | January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895 | Ventura | |
| Peter Bennett | Republican | January 7, 1895 - January 4, 1897 | Ventura | |
| Thomas O. Toland | People | January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1899 | Ventura | |
| Charles B. Greenwell | Republican | January 2, 1899 - January 1, 1901 | Ventura | |
| Robert M. Clarke | Republican | January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1903 | Ventura | |
| Edgar Whittlesey Camp | Republican | January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1905 | Los Angeles | |
| Newton Warner Thompson | Republican | January 2, 1905 - January 4, 1909 | Los Angeles | |
| Harry Barndollar | Republican | January 4, 1909 - January 2, 1911 | Los Angeles | |
| William E. Hinshaw | Republican | January 2, 1911 - January 6, 1913 | Los Angeles | |
| Egbert J. Gates | Republican | January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915 | Los Angeles | |
| Henry W. Wright | Progressive | January 4, 1915 - January 8, 1923 | Los Angeles | Ran as Republican for his 2nd term. |
| Henry W. Wright | Republican | January 4, 1915 - January 8, 1923 | Los Angeles | Ran as Republican for his 2nd term. |
| Charles B. Dawson | Republican | January 8, 1923 - January 5, 1925 | Los Angeles | |
| Jerome Valentine Scofield | Republican | January 5, 1925 - January 5, 1931 | Los Angeles | |
| Harry F. Sewell | Republican | January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933 | Los Angeles | |
| Walter H. Sullivan | Democratic | January 2, 1933 - January 7, 1935 | Los Angeles | |
| Amos Franklin Glover | Democratic | January 7, 1935 - January 4, 1937 | Los Angeles | |
| Fred P. Glick | Democratic | January 4, 1937 - January 2, 1939 | Los Angeles | |
| Ralph C. Dills | Democratic | January 2, 1939 - June 1, 1949 | Los Angeles | Resigned from office to become a Justice, Los Angeles County Municipal Court |
| Carley V. Porter | Democratic | January 8, 1951 - January 7, 1963 | Los Angeles | |
| William E. Dannemeyer | Democratic | January 7, 1963 – January 2, 1967 | Orange | |
| Kenneth Cory | Democratic | January 2, 1967 - November 30, 1974 | Orange | |
| John Briggs | Republican | December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1976 | Orange | |
| William E. Dannemeyer | Republican | December 6, 1976 – November 30, 1978 | Orange | |
| Ross Johnson | Republican | December 4, 1978 – November 30, 1982 | Orange | |
| Nolan Frizzelle | Republican | December 6, 1982 - November 30, 1992 | Orange | |
| Tom Umberg | Democratic | December 7, 1992 - November 30, 1994 | Orange | |
| Jim Morrissey | Republican | December 5, 1994 - November 30, 1998 | Orange | |
| Lou Correa | Democratic | December 7, 1998 – November 30, 2004 | Orange | |
| Tom Umberg | Democratic | December 6, 2004 – November 30, 2006 | Orange | |
| Jose Solorio | Democratic | December 4, 2006 – November 30, 2012 | Orange | |
| Tom Daly | Democratic | December 3, 2012 – present | Orange | |

## Election results (1992–present)
### 2020

2020 California State Assembly election :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Tom Daly (incumbent) | 44,015 | 73.9% |
| | Republican | Jon Paul White | 15,555 | 26.1% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 59,570 | 100.0% |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Tom Daly (incumbent) | 99,731 | 72.9% |
| | Republican | Jon Paul White | 37,065 | 27.1% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 136,796 | 100.0% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2018

California State Assembly election, 2018 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Tom Daly (incumbent) | 30,411 | 99.7 |
| | Libertarian | Autumn Browne (write-in) | 81 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 30,492 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Tom Daly (incumbent) | 63,054 | 75.2 |
| | Libertarian | Autumn Browne | 20,786 | 24.8 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 83,840 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2016

California State Assembly election, 2016 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Tom Daly (incumbent) | 38,139 | 70.3 |
| | Republican | Ofelia Velarde-Garcia | 16,125 | 29.7 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 54,264 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Tom Daly (incumbent) | 69,640 | 68.3 |
| | Republican | Ofelia Velarde-Garcia | 32,324 | 31.7 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 101,964 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2014

California State Assembly election, 2014 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Tom Daly (incumbent) | 11,804 | 55.2 |
| | Republican | Sherry Walker | 5,072 | 23.7 |
| | Republican | Cecilia "Ceci" Iglesias | 4,489 | 21.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 21,365 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Tom Daly (incumbent) | 32,332 | 67.4 |
| | Republican | Sherry Walker | 15,665 | 32.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 47,997 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2012

California State Assembly election, 2012 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Tom Daly | 10,939 | 39.2 |
| | Republican | Jose "Joe" Moreno | 5,980 | 21.4 |
| | Democratic | Julio Perez | 5,738 | 20.6 |
| | Democratic | Michele Martinez | 4,651 | 16.7 |
| | Democratic | Francisco "Paco" Barragan | 605 | 2.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 27,913 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Tom Daly | 56,951 | 67.6 |
| | Republican | Jose "Joe" Moreno | 27,354 | 32.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 84,305 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2010

California State Assembly election, 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Jose Solorio (incumbent) | 36,436 | 65.5 |
| | Republican | Robert M. Hammond | 19,273 | 34.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 55,709 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2008

California State Assembly election, 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Jose Solorio (incumbent) | 50,809 | 71.0 |
| | Republican | Cameron Mangels | 20,705 | 29.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 71,514 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2006

California State Assembly election, 2006 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Jose Solorio | 28,339 | 65.7 |
| | Republican | Ryan Gene Williams | 14,854 | 34.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 43,193 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2004

California State Assembly election, 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Tom Umberg | 38,516 | 61.4 |
| | Republican | Otto Bade | 19,811 | 31.5 |
| | Libertarian | George Reis | 4,470 | 7.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 62,797 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2002

California State Assembly election, 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Lou Correa (incumbent) | 24,894 | 65.4 |
| | Republican | Reuben Ross | 13,228 | 34.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 38,122 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2000

California State Assembly election, 2000 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Lou Correa (incumbent) | 36,581 | 63.3 |
| | Republican | Lou D. Lopez | 17,323 | 30.0 |
| | Natural Law | Tuan D. Pham | 3,862 | 6.7 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 57,766 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 1998

California State Assembly election, 1998 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Lou Correa | 23,664 | 54.7 |
| | Republican | Jim Morrissey (incumbent) | 18,323 | 42.4 |
| | Reform | Al Snook | 639 | 1.5 |
| | Libertarian | Bolynda Schultz | 620 | 1.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 43,246 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican |

### 1996

California State Assembly election, 1996 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Jim Morrissey (incumbent) | 24,545 | 48.1 |
| | Democratic | Lou Correa | 24,452 | 47.9 |
| | Natural Law | Larry G. Engwall | 2,010 | 3.9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 51,007 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 1994

California State Assembly election, 1994 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Jim Morrissey | 21,348 | 51.0 |
| | Democratic | Mike Metzler | 18,558 | 44.4 |
| | Libertarian | George Reis | 1,915 | 4.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 41,821 | 100.0 |
| | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic |

### 1992

California State Assembly election, 1992 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Tom Umberg (incumbent) | 32,700 | 60.0 |
| | Republican | Jo Ellen Allen | 18,560 | 34.1 |
| | Libertarian | David R. Keller | 3,217 | 5.9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 54,477 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican |