# California's 62nd State Assembly district

California's 62nd State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts.

## District profile

Prior to the 2022 election, the district encompasses the northern South Bay region and the southern part of the Westside, extending from South Los Angeles to the Pacific Ocean. Heavily urban and ethnically diverse, the district is centered on Los Angeles International Airport.

## Election results from statewide races

| Year | Office | Results |
| 2021 | Recall | No 81.1 – 18.9% |
| 2020 | President | Biden 81.1 – 16.7% |
| 2018 | Governor | Newsom 82.3 – 17.7% |
| 2018 | Senator | Feinstein 63.0 – 37.0% |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 82.1 – 14.1% |
| 2016 | Senator | Harris 71.1 – 28.9% |
| 2014 | Governor | Brown 77.4 – 22.6% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 80.8 – 17.0% |
| 2012 | Senator | Feinstein 81.0 – 19.0% |

## List of assembly members

Due to redistricting, the 62nd 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 |
| William G. Long | Republican | January 5, 1887 - January 3, 1887 | Tuolumne | |
| Edward Smyth | Democratic | January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889 | Tuolumne | |
| L. R. Tullock | Democratic | January 7, 1889 - January 5, 1891 | Tuolumne | |
| Frank T. Murnan | Democratic | January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893 | Tuolumne | |
| G. W. Mordecai | Democratic | January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895 | Fresno | |
| Nathan LaFayette Bachman | Democratic | January 7, 1895 - January 4, 1897 | Fresno | |
| George W. Cartwright | Fusion | January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1899 | Fresno | |
| John M. Griffin | Democratic | January 2, 1899 - January 1, 1901 | Fresno | |
| Wilber Fisk Chandler | Republican | January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1903 | Fresno, Madera | |
| John G. Covert | Democratic | January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1905 | Kings | |
| John F. Pryor | Democratic | January 2, 1905 - January 7, 1907 | Kings | |
| William L. McGuire | Republican | January 7, 1907 - January 4, 1909 | Kings | |
| William John Webber | Democratic | January 4, 1909 - January 2, 1911 | Kings | |
| Frank J. Walker | Republican | January 2, 1911 - January 3, 1912 | Kings | Died in office from inflammatory rheumatism. |
| Freeman H. Bloodgood | Republican | January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915 | Los Angeles | |
| Charles W. Lyon | Republican | January 4, 1915 - January 6, 1919 | Los Angeles | |
| George R. Wickham | Republican | January 6, 1919 - January 3, 1921 | Los Angeles | |
| Arthur A. Weber | Republican | January 3, 1921 - January 8, 1923 | Los Angeles | |
| Hugh R. Pomeroy | Republican | January 8, 1923 - January 5, 1925 | Los Angeles | |
| Walter J. Little | Republican | January 5, 1925 - January 5, 1931 | Los Angeles | |
| Frederick Madison Roberts | Republican | January 5, 1931 - January 7, 1935 | Los Angeles | First African American to be elected to the California State Legislature. |
| Augustus Hawkins | Democratic | January 7, 1935 - January 3, 1963 | Los Angeles | Elected to the 21st Congressional district. |
| Tom Waite | Democratic | January 7, 1963 - January 4, 1965 | Los Angeles | |
| Newton Russell | Republican | January 4, 1965 - November 30, 1974 | Los Angeles | |
| William H. Lancaster | Republican | December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1992 | Los Angeles | |
| William H. Lancaster | Republican | December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1992 | Los Angeles, San Bernardino | |
| Joe Baca | Democratic | December 7, 1992 - November 30, 1998 | San Bernardino | |
| John Longville | Democratic | December 7, 1998 - November 30, 2004 | San Bernardino | |
| Joe Baca Jr. | Democratic | December 6, 2004 - November 30, 2006 | San Bernardino | |
| Wilmer Carter | Democratic | December 4, 2006 – November 30, 2012 | San Bernardino | |
| Steven Bradford | Democratic | December 3, 2012 - November 30, 2014 | Los Angeles | |
| Autumn Burke | Democratic | December 1, 2014 - January 31, 2022 | Los Angeles | Resigned before the end of her term |
| Tina McKinnor | Democratic | June 20, 2022 - November 30, 2022 | Los Angeles | |
| Anthony Rendon | Democratic | December 5, 2022 – present | Los Angeles | Redistricted after the 2020 census |

## 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 | % |
| | Democratic | Autumn Burke (incumbent) | 82,532 | 84.4% |
| | Republican | Robert A. Steele | 15,273 | 15.6% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 97,805 | 100.0% |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Autumn Burke (incumbent) | 158,832 | 80.9% |
| | Republican | Robert A. Steele | 37,500 | 19.1% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 196,332 | 100.0% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2018

California State Assembly election, 2018 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Autumn Burke (incumbent) | 53,479 | 80.8 |
| | Republican | Al L. Hernandez | 12,668 | 19.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 66,147 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Autumn Burke (incumbent) | 123,132 | 82.9 |
| | Republican | Al L. Hernandez | 25,356 | 17.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 148,488 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2016

California State Assembly election, 2016 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Autumn Burke (incumbent) | 67,691 | 99.9 |
| | Libertarian | Baron Bruno (write-in) | 32 | 0.0 |
| | Republican | Marco Antonio "Tony" Leal (write-in) | 32 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 67,755 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Autumn Burke (incumbent) | 123,699 | 77.2 |
| | Republican | Marco Antonio "Tony" Leal | 27,628 | 17.2 |
| | Libertarian | Baron Bruno | 8,958 | 5.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 160,285 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2014

California State Assembly election, 2014 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Autumn Burke | 14,933 | 40.9 |
| | Republican | Ted J. Grose | 7,357 | 20.1 |
| | Democratic | Gloria Gray | 6,083 | 16.5 |
| | Democratic | Simona A. Farrise | 4,624 | 12.7 |
| | Democratic | Paul Kouri | 1,091 | 3.0 |
| | Democratic | Mike Stevens | 939 | 2.6 |
| | No party preference | Emidio "Mimi" Soltysik | 922 | 2.5 |
| | Democratic | Adam M. Plimpton | 635 | 1.7 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 36,549 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Autumn Burke | 54,304 | 75.9 |
| | Republican | Ted J. Grose | 17,261 | 24.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 71,565 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2012

California State Assembly election, 2012 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Steven Bradford (incumbent) | 25,446 | 75.3 |
| | Democratic | Mervin Evans | 8,338 | 24.7 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 33,784 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Steven Bradford (incumbent) | 98,047 | 72.1 |
| | Democratic | Mervin Evans | 37,957 | 27.9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 136,004 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2010

2010 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Wilmer Carter (incumbent) | 44,606 | 69.8 |
| | Republican | Jeane Ensley | 19,319 | 30.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 63,925 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2008

2008 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Wilmer Carter (incumbent) | 78,003 | 100.00 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 78,003 | 100.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 49.23 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2006

2006 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Wilmer Carter | 33,747 | 68.24 |
| | Republican | Marge Mendoza-Ware | 15,704 | 31.76 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 49,451 | 100.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 34.54 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2004

2004 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Joe Baca, Jr. (incumbent) | 51,407 | 64.57 |
| | Republican | Marge Mendoza-Ware | 28,210 | 35.43 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 79,617 | 100.00 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2002

2002 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | John Longville (incumbent) | 28,731 | 69.27 |
| | Republican | G. Edward Scott | 12,748 | 30.73 |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 3,633 | 8.05 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 45,112 | 100.00 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2000

2000 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | John Longville (incumbent) | 47,198 | 63.37 |
| | Republican | Mary Lou Martinez | 24,628 | 33.07 |
| | Libertarian | Henry John Matus | 2,651 | 3.56 |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 0 | 0.00 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 74,477 | 100.00 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 1998

1998 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | John Longville | 36,365 | 64.57 |
| | Republican | Irma Escobar | 19,956 | 35.43 |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 6,716 | 10.65 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 63,037 | 100.00 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 1996

1996 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Joe Baca (incumbent) | 47,064 | 64.28 |
| | Republican | Glenn Elsemann | 26,148 | 35.72 |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 6,209 | 7.82 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 79,521 | 100.00 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 1994

1994 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Joe Baca (incumbent) | 36,127 | 59.6 |
| | Republican | Tom Hibbard | 24,486 | 40.4 |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 5,721 | 8.62 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 66,334 | 100.00 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 1992

1992 California State Assembly election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Joe Baca | 51,372 | 58.63 |
| | Republican | Steve Hall | 30,750 | 35.10 |
| | Libertarian | Ethel M. Haas | 5,496 | 6.27 |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 8,363 | 10.71 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 95,981 | 100.00 |
| | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican |