California's 58th State Assembly district

California's 58th State Assembly district
Current assemblymember		Cristina Garcia (D–Bell Gardens)
Registration	52.09% Democratic 20.03% Republican 23.33% No party preference
Demographics	13.15% White 4.56% Black 67.16% Latino 13.91% Asian 0.31% Native American 0.29% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.21% other 0.40% remainder of multiracial
Population (2010)  • Voting age  • Citizen voting age	468,258 341,855 249,379
Registered voters	226,772

California's 58th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Cristina Garcia of Bell Gardens.

District profile

The district encompasses a portion of the Gateway Cities region and roughly follows Interstate 605 from Pico Rivera in the north to Cerritos in the south. The district is primarily suburban and heavily Latino.

Los Angeles County – 4.8% Artesia Bell Gardens Bellflower Cerritos Commerce Downey Montebello – 89.7% Norwalk – 37.8% Pico Rivera

List of assemblymembers

Due to redistricting, the 58th 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
	Laughlin E. Waters	Republican	1950–1953
	Joe Shell	Republican	1953–1962
	Harvey Johnson	Democratic	1962–1974
	Fred W. Chel	Democratic	1974–1978
	Dennis L. Brown	Republican	1978–1990
	Tom Mays	Republican	1978–1990
	Grace Napolitano	Democratic	1992–1998
	Tom Calderon	Democratic	1998–2002
	Ronald Calderon	Democratic	2002–2006
	Charles Calderon	Democratic	2006–2012
	Cristina Garcia	Democratic	2012–present

Election results

2014

California State Assembly election, 2014
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cristina Garcia (incumbent)	19,392	100.0
Total votes			19,392	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Cristina Garcia (incumbent)	43,182	100.0
Total votes			43,182	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012

California State Assembly election, 2012
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patricia A. Kotze-Ramos	9,015	28.1
	Democratic	Cristina Garcia	8,517	26.6
	Democratic	Tom Calderon	7,290	22.7
	Democratic	Luis H. Marquez	3,946	12.3
	Democratic	Daniel Crespo	2,096	6.5
	Democratic	Sultan "Sam" Ahmad	1,197	3.7
Total votes			32,061	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Cristina Garcia	91,019	71.8
	Republican	Patricia A. Kotze-Ramos	35,676	28.2
Total votes			126,695	100.0
	Democratic win (new seat)

See also

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

External links

• District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission