California's 6th State Assembly district
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| California's 6th State Assembly district | ||
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| Current assemblymember | Beth Gaines (R–El Dorado Hills) | |
| Registration | 46.38% Republican
27.63% Democratic
20.95% No party preference
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| Demographics | 74.47% White
2.51% Black
11.97% Latino
1.95% Asian
1.18% Native American
0.33% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
0.32% other
0.50% remainder of multiracial
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| Population (2010)
• Voting age
• Citizen voting age
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468,939
350,612
314,615
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| Registered voters | 266,248 | |
California's 6th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Republican Beth Gaines of El Dorado Hills.
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District profile
The district encompasses an outer ring of northern and eastern Sacramento suburbs. The district runs up against the Sierra Nevada to the east, with the urban core to the southwest and Sacramento Valley farmland to the northwest.
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List of assemblymembers
Due to redistricting, the 6th 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 | |
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| Allan G. Thurman | Democratic | 1950–1953 | |
| Francis C. Lindsay | Republican | 1948–1958 | |
| Paul J. Lunardi | Democratic | 1958–1964 | |
| Eugene Chappie | Republican | 1964–1974 | |
| Leroy F. Greene | Democratic | 1974–1980 | |
| Lloyd Connelly | Democratic | 1982–1992 | |
| Vivien Bronshvag | Democratic | 1992–1994 | |
| Kerry Mazzoni | Democratic | 1994–2000 | |
| Joseph Nation | Democratic | 2000–2006 | |
| Jared Huffman | Democratic | 2006–2012 | |
| Beth Gaines | Republican | 2012–present | |
Election results
2014
| California State Assembly election, 2014 | ||||
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| Primary election | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Beth Gaines (incumbent) | 55,167 | 64.3 | |
| Democratic | Brian Caples | 30,575 | 35.7 | |
| Total votes | 85,742 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Beth Gaines (incumbent) | 94,020 | 65.7 | |
| Democratic | Brian Caples | 49,044 | 34.3 | |
| Total votes | 143,064 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2012
| California State Assembly election, 2012 | ||||
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| Primary election | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Beth Gaines (incumbent) | 38,827 | 37.1 | |
| Republican | Andy Pugno | 33,382 | 31.9 | |
| Democratic | Regy Bronner | 32,573 | 31.1 | |
| Total votes | 104,782 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Beth Gaines (incumbent) | 128,465 | 69.2 | |
| Republican | Andy Pugno | 57,086 | 30.8 | |
| Total votes | 185,551 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
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