List of special elections to the California State Assembly

Special elections to the California State Assembly are called by the Governor of California when a vacancy arises within the State Assembly. Most special elections are conducted in two rounds. The first is an open primary and the candidate with the most votes must have a majority of the votes plus one to win the seat. If no candidate wins a majority a second round is held with the two top candidates regardless of party.

Recall elections, the process by which voters petition for the removal of an elected official, are also included.

List of special elections

The dates listed only include the open primary round if no second round was held.

District Date Predecessor Winner
30 January 23, 1962 Ralph Brown (D) John Veneman (R)
8 November 5, 1962 Jimmy Hicks (D) Walter Powers (D)
49 May 9, 1967 Charles Chapel (R) Robert Beverly (D)
30 May 20, 1969 John Veneman (R) Clare Berryhill (R)
34 June 17, 1969 Alan Pattee (R) Bob Wood (R)
48 November 16, 1971 David Roberti (D) Bill Brophy (R)
76 November 16, 1971 Pete Wilson (R) Bob Wilson (D)
49 June 6, 1972 Peter Schabarum (R) William Lancaster (R)
38 May 29, 1973 Carley Porter (D) Bob McLennan (R)
67 June 26, 1973 Larry Townsend (D) Paul Bannai (R)
80 June 26, 1973 John Stull (R) William Craven (R)
12 September 4, 1973 Robert Monagan (R) Doug Carter (R)
14 September 4, 1973 Robert Crown (D) Bill Lockyer (D)
15 March 4, 1975 Carlos Bee (D) Floyd Mori (D)
4 December 2, 1975 Edwin Z'berg (D) Vic Fazio (D)
47 July 15, 1975 Bill Greene (D) Teresa Hughes (D)
46 June 2, 1977 Charles Warren (D) Mike Roos (D)
44 June 28, 1977 Alan Sieroty (D) Mel Levine (D)
55 June 3, 1986 Richard Alatorre (D) Richard Polanco (D)
56 May 12, 1987 Gloria Molina (D) Lucille Roybal-Allard (D)
16 April 12, 1988 Art Agnos (D) John Burton (D)
50 February 7, 1989 Curtis Tucker, Sr. (D) Curtis Tucker, Jr. (D)
76 October 3, 1989 Bill Bradley (R) Tricia Hunter (R)
27 January 30, 1990 Gary Condit (D) Sal Cannella (D)
78 June 5, 1990 Lucy Killea (D) Jeff Marston (R)
26 May 14, 1991 Patrick Johnston (D) Dean Andal (R)
46 July 30, 1991 Mike Roos (D) Barbara Friedman (D)
5 September 17, 1991 Tim Leslie (R) B. T. Collins (R)
67 September 17, 1991 John Lewis (R) Mickey Conroy (R)
31 February 21, 1993 Bruce Bronzan (D) Cruz Bustamante (D)
5 July 27, 1993 B. T. Collins (R) Barbara Alby (R)
27 November 2, 1993 Sam Farr (D) Bruce McPherson (R)
79 April 12, 1994 Steve Peace (D) Denise Moreno Ducheny (D)
43 May 3, 1994 Pat Nolan (R) Jim Rogan (R)
60 May 16, 1995 Paul Horcher (R) Gary Miller (R)
59 June 6, 1995 Dick Mountjoy (R) Bob Margett (R)
72 September 12, 1995 Ross Johnson (R) Dick Ackerman (R)
67 November 28, 1995 Doris Allen (R) Scott Baugh (R)
13 March 26, 1996 Willie Brown (D) Carole Migden (D)
46 January 13, 1998 Louis Caldera (D) Gil Cedillo (D)
16 March 30, 1999 Don Perata (D) Audie Bock (G)
49 April 3, 2001 Gloria Romero (D) Judy Chu (D)
65 April 3, 2001 Jan Leja (R) Russ Bogh (R)
53 September 13, 2005 Mike Gordon (D) Ted Lieu (D)
39 May 15, 2007 Richard Alarcón (D) Felipe Fuentes (D)
55 February 5, 2008 Laura Richardson (D) Warren Furutani (D)
51 September 1, 2009 Curren Price (D) Steven Bradford (D)
72 January 12, 2010 Michael Duvall (R) Chris Norby (R)
43 June 8, 2010 Paul Krekorian (D) Mike Gatto (D)
4 May 3, 2011 Ted Gaines (R) Beth Gaines (R)
80 May 21, 2013 Ben Hueso (D) Lorena Gonzalez (D)
52 July 23, 2013 Norma Torres (D) Freddie Rodriguez (D)
45 November 19, 2013 Bob Blumenfield (D) Matt Dababneh (D)
54 December 3, 2013 Holly Mitchell (D) Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (D)
31 April 5, 2016 Henry Perea (D) Joaquin Arambula (D)

List of recall elections

When applicable, the candidate who succeeded the recalled state assemblymember is listed. If the recall election was not successful the winner is listed as "none".

District Date Incumbent Winner
60 May 16, 1995 Paul Horcher (I) Gary Miller (R)
17 August 22, 1995 Michael Machado (D) None
67 November 28, 1995 Doris Allen (R) Scott Baugh (R)

Results

80th district special election, 2013

California's 80th State Assembly district special election, 2013
Vacancy resulting from the resignation of Ben Hueso
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lorena Gonzalez 18,125 71.2
Democratic Steve Castaneda 6,646 26.1
Libertarian Kaiden Degas (write-in) 548 2.2
Republican Lincoln Pickard (write-in) 140 0.5
Total votes 25,459 100.0
Democratic hold

52nd district special election, 2013

California's 52nd State Assembly district special election, 2013
Vacancy resulting from the resignation of Norma Torres
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
No party preference Paul S. Leon 4,219 24.9
Democratic Freddie Rodriguez 3,758 22.2
Republican Dorothy F. Pineda 2,453 14.5
Democratic Jason A. Rothman 1,545 9.1
Democratic Tom Haughey 1,482 8.7
Democratic Danielle Soto 1,259 7.4
Democratic Doris Louise Wallace 887 5.2
Democratic Paul Vincent Avila 752 4.4
Democratic Manuel Saucedo 597 3.5
Total votes 16,952 100.0
General election
Democratic Freddie Rodriguez 7,630 51.3
No party preference Paul S. Leon 7,230 48.7
Total votes 14,860 100.0
Democratic hold

45th district special election, 2013

California's 45th State Assembly district special election, 2013
Vacancy resulting from the resignation of Bob Blumenfield
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Matt Dababneh 6,088 24.7
Republican Susan Shelley 5,205 21.1
Democratic Jeff Ebenstein 3,407 13.8
Republican Chris Kolski 3,141 12.7
Democratic Andra Hoffman 2,477 10.0
Democratic Damian Carroll 1,680 6.8
Democratic Elizabeth Badger 679 2.8
Democratic Dennis De Young 673 2.7
Republican Armineh Chelebian 624 2.5
No party preference Eric Lewis 432 1.8
Democratic Dan McCrory 262 1.1
Total votes 24,668 100.0
General election
Democratic Matt Dababneh 14,984 50.6
Republican Susan Shelley 14,655 49.4
Total votes 29,639 100.0
Democratic hold

54th district special election, 2013

California's 54th State Assembly district special election, 2013
Vacancy resulting from the resignation of Holly Mitchell
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sebastian Ridley-Thomas 13,992 60.2
Democratic Christopher R. Armenta 8,270 35.6
Democratic John Jake 931 4.0
No party preference Morry Waksberg (write-in) 31 0.1
Total votes 23,224 100.0
Democratic hold

31st district special election, 2016

California's 31st State Assembly district special election, 2016
Vacancy resulting from the resignation of Henry Perea
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joaquin Arambula 19,621 53.8
Republican Clint Olivier 14,708 40.3
Democratic Ted Miller 2,152 5.9
Total votes 36,481 100.0
Democratic hold

References

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