California's 2nd State Assembly district

California's 2nd State Assembly district
Current assemblymember		Jim Wood (D–Healdsburg)
Registration	45.24% Democratic 24.01% Republican 23.10% No party preference
Demographics	71.47% White 1.56% Black 17.96% Latino 3.25% Asian 4.68% Native American 0.34% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.30% other 0.43% remainder of multiracial
Population (2010)  • Voting age  • Citizen voting age	463,404 365,635 325,642
Registered voters	247,217

California's 2nd State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Jim Wood of Healdsburg.

District profile

The district encompasses the North Coast, stretching from the Oregon border to the San Francisco Bay Area. The district is primarily rural.

All of Del Norte County Crescent City All of Humboldt County Arcata Blue Lake Eureka Ferndale Fortuna Rio Dell Trinidad

All of Mendocino County Fort Bragg Point Arena Ukiah Willits Sonoma County – 41.0% Cloverdale Healdsburg Santa Rosa – 55.8% Windsor All of Trinity County

List of assemblymembers

Due to redistricting, the 2nd district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2011 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.

Assemblymember		Party	Years served
	Clinton J. Fulcher	Democratic	1934–1940
	William I. Gunlock	Democratic	1940–1942
		Republican	1942–1944
	Paul Denny	Republican	1944–1946
	Lester Thomas Davis	Democratic	1946–1952
	Pauline Davis	Democratic	1952–1966
	Frank Belotti	Republican	1966–1972
	Barry Keene	Democratic	1972–1978
	Douglas H. Bosco	Democratic	1978–1982
	Dan Hauser	Democratic	1982–1992
	Stan Statham	Republican	1992–1994
	Tom Woods	Republican	1994–1998
	Dick Dickerson	Republican	1998–2002
	Doug LaMalfa	Republican	2002–2008
	Jim Nielsen	Republican	2008–2012
	Wesley Chesbro	Democratic	2012–2014
	Jim Wood	Democratic	2014–present

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2012	President	Obama 64.7 – 30.5%
	Senator	Feinstein 68.1 – 31.9%
2014	Governor	Brown 68.8 – 31.2%

Election results

2014

California State Assembly election, 2014
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Wood	37,244	41.2
	Republican	Matt Heath	28,866	31.9
	Democratic	John Lowry	16,464	18.2
	Green	Pamela Elizondo	7,853	8.7
Total votes			90,427	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Jim Wood	85,045	65.1
	Republican	Matt Heath	45,553	34.9
Total votes			130,598	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012

California State Assembly election, 2012
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wesley Chesbro (incumbent)	60,414	64.1
	Democratic	Tom Lynch	21,536	22.9
	Green	Pamela Elizondo	8,261	8.8
	Democratic	Firenza Xuan Pini	4,015	4.3
Total votes			94,226	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Wesley Chesbro (incumbent)	111,451	63.1
	Democratic	Tom Lynch	65,302	36.9
Total votes			176,753	100.0
	Democratic hold

See also

• California State Assembly
• California State Assembly districts
• Districts in California

External links

• District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission