California's 51st State Assembly district
Map of the district
Current assemblymember
  Rick Zbur
D–Los Angeles
Demographics
Registered voters223,852
Registration60.73% Democratic
9.13% Republican
25.88% No party preference

California's 51st State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Rick Zbur of Los Angeles.

District profile

The district encompasses parts of western Los Angeles, as well as the cities of Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, and West Hollywood.

Election results from statewide races

Year Office Results
2021 Recall No No 85.4 – 14.6%
2020 President Biden 81.4 - 14.6%
2018 Governor Newsom 85.9 – 14.1%
Senator de Leon 50.0 – 50.0%
2016 President Clinton 84.0 – 10.2%
Senator Harris 55.0 – 45.0%
2014 Governor Brown 84.3 – 14.7%
2012 President Obama 83.5 – 13.5%
Senator Feinstein 85.1 – 14.9%

List of members representing the district

Assembly Members Party Years Served Counties Represented Notes
District established January 3, 1885

Joseph F. Black
(Livermore)		 Democratic January 3, 1885 –
January 5, 1887		 Elected in 1884.
[data missing]		 Alameda

Hiram Bailey
(Livermore)		 Republican January 5, 1887 –
January 7, 1889		 Elected in 1886.
[data missing]

Joseph McKeown
(Alameda)		 Republican January 7, 1889 –
February 7, 1890		 Elected in 1888.
[data missing]

Frank L. Fowler
(Oakland)		 Republican January 5, 1891 –
January 2, 1893		 Elected in 1890.
[data missing]

C. G. Dodge
(Oakland)		 Republican January 2, 1893 –
January 4, 1897		 Elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
[data missing]

Howard E. Wright
(Berkeley)		 Republican January 4, 1897 –
January 1, 1901		 Elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
[data missing]

Newell K. Foster
(Oakland)		 Republican January 1, 1901 –
March 16, 1903		 Elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Resigned.
Vacant March 16, 1903 –
January 2, 1905

R. H. E. Espey
(Oakland)		 Republican January 2, 1905 –
October 15, 1906		 Elected in 1904.
Announced re-election campaign, then died.
Vacant October 15, 1906 –
January 7, 1907

George J. Hans
(Oakland)		 Republican January 7, 1907 –
January 2, 1911		 Elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Retired to become a State Senator.

Frank M. Smith
(Oakland)		 Republican January 2, 1911 –
January 6, 1913		 Elected in 1910.
Redistricted to the 54th district.

William A. Sutherland
(Fresno)		 Republican January 6, 1913 –
January 4, 1915		 Redistricted from the 36th district and re-elected in 1912.
[data missing]		 Fresno

Henry Hawson
(Fresno)		 Democratic January 4, 1915 –
January 6, 1919		 Elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Retired to run for U.S. House of Representatives.

S. L. Strother
(Fresno)		 Democratic January 6, 1919 –
January 3, 1921		 Elected in 1918.
[data missing]

Herbert McDowell
(Fresno)		 Republican January 3, 1921 –
January 3, 1927		 Elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
[data missing]

Z. S. Leymel
(Fresno)		 Republican January 3, 1927 –
April 22, 1929		 Elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Resigned to become Mayor of Fresno.
Vacant April 22, 1929 –
January 5, 1931

Sarah E. Kellogg
(Los Angeles)		 Republican January 5, 1931 –
January 2, 1933		 Elected in 1930.
Lost re-election.		 Los Angeles

William M. Jones
(Montebello)		 Democratic January 2, 1933 –
January 2, 1939		 Elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
[data missing]

F. Ray Bennett
(Los Angeles)		 Democratic January 2, 1939 –
October 20, 1942		 Elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Resigned to become a Justice of the Los Angeles County Municipal Court.
Vacant October 20, 1942 –
January 4, 1943

Elwyn S. Bennett
(Los Angeles)		 Democratic January 4, 1943 –
January 8, 1951		 Elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Retired.

William A. Munnell
(Norwalk)		 Democratic January 8, 1951 –
November 30, 1961		 Elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Resigned to become a Justice of the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Vacant November 30, 1961 –
January 7, 1963

John Moreno
(Santa Fe Springs)		 Democratic January 7, 1963 –
January 4, 1965		 Elected in 1962.
Lost re-election.

Jack R. Fenton
(Montebello)		 Democratic January 4, 1965 –
November 30, 1974		 Elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Redistricted to the 59th district.

Robert G. Beverly
(Manhattan Beach)		 Republican December 2, 1974 –
November 30, 1976		 Redistricted from the 46th district and re-elected in 1974.
Retired to become a State Senator.

Marilyn Ryan
(Rancho Palos Verdes)		 Republican December 6, 1976 –
November 30, 1982		 Elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1977.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Lost re-election.

Gerald N. Felando
(Los Angeles)		 Republican December 6, 1982 –
November 30, 1992		 Elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Redistricted to the 54th district and lost re-election.

Curtis R. Tucker Jr.
(Inglewood)		 Democratic December 7, 1992 –
November 30, 1996		 Redistricted from the 50th district and re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Termed out.

Edward Vincent
(Inglewood)		 Democratic December 2, 1996 –
November 30, 2000		 Elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Retired to become a State Senator.

Jerome Horton
(Los Angeles)		 Democratic December 4, 2000 –
November 30, 2006		 Elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Resigned to become a member of the
California State Board of Equalization.

Curren Price
(Los Angeles)		 Democratic December 4, 2006 –
June 8, 2009		 Elected in 2006.
Elected in 2008.
Resigned to become a State Senator.
Vacant June 8, 2009 –
September 10, 2010

Steven Bradford
(Gardena)		 Democratic September 10, 2010 –
November 30, 2012		 Elected to finish Price's term.
Re-elected in 2010.
Redistricted to the 62nd district.

Jimmy Gomez
(Los Angeles)		 Democratic December 3, 2012 –
July 11, 2017		 Elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Resigned to become a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Vacant July 11, 2017 –
December 16, 2017

Wendy Carrillo
(Los Angeles)		 Democratic December 16, 2017 –
December 5, 2022		 Elected to finish Gomez's term.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Redistricted to the 52nd district.

Rick Zbur
(Los Angeles)		 Democratic December 5, 2022 –
Elected in 2022.

Election results

2020

2020 California State Assembly election
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Wendy Carrillo (incumbent) 73,578 100.0%
Total votes 73,578 100.0%
General election
Democratic Wendy Carrillo (incumbent) 127,026 100.0%
Total votes 127,026 100.0%
Democratic hold

2018

California State Assembly election, 2018
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Wendy Carrillo (incumbent) 42,547 100.0
Libertarian Christopher Stare (write-in) 4 0.0
Total votes 42,551 100.0
General election
Democratic Wendy Carrillo (incumbent) 102,276 86.6
Libertarian Christopher Stare 15,769 13.4
Total votes 118,045 100.0
Democratic hold

2017 (special)

California's 51st State Assembly district special election, 2017
Vacancy resulting from the resignation of Jimmy Gomez
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Wendy Carrillo 5,058 22.2
Democratic Luis López 4,243 18.6
Democratic Mike Fong 3,675 16.1
Democratic Gabriel Sandoval 2,370 10.4
Democratic Ron Birnbaum 2,213 9.7
Democratic Alex De Ocampo 1,803 7.9
Democratic David Vela 1,075 4.7
Democratic Mark Vargas 1,022 4.5
Libertarian Andrew S. Aguero 405 1.8
No party preference Patrick Koppula 328 1.4
Democratic Barbara Torres 284 1.2
Peace and Freedom John Prysner 232 1.0
Democratic Mario Olmos 122 0.5
Total votes 22,830 100.0
General election
Democratic Wendy Carrillo 11,100 53.5
Democratic Luis López 9,631 46.5
Total votes 20,731 100.0
Democratic hold

2016

California State Assembly election, 2016
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jimmy Gomez (incumbent) 62,366 100.0
Libertarian Mike Everling (write-in) 7 0.0
Total votes 62,373 100.0
General election
Democratic Jimmy Gomez (incumbent) 110,036 86.1
Libertarian Mike Everling 17,724 13.9
Total votes 127,760 100.0
Democratic hold

2014

California State Assembly election, 2014
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jimmy Gomez (incumbent) 20,621 99.7
Republican Stephen C. Smith (write-in) 54 0.3
Total votes 20,675 100.0
General election
Democratic Jimmy Gomez (incumbent) 42,261 83.6
Republican Stephen C. Smith 8,277 16.4
Total votes 50,538 100.0
Democratic hold

2012

California State Assembly election, 2012
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jimmy Gomez 10,459 37.4
Democratic Luis Lopez 6,871 24.6
Democratic Arturo Chavez 6,422 23.0
Democratic Richard Friedberg 3,059 11.0
Democratic Oscar A. Guttierez 1,128 4.0
Total votes 26,811 100.0
General election
Democratic Jimmy Gomez 63,292 59.8
Democratic Luis Lopez 42,618 40.2
Total votes 105,910 100.0
Democratic hold

2010

2010 California State Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Steven Bradford (incumbent) 69,111 81.7
Green Cynthia Santiago 15,486 18.3
Total votes 84,597 100.0
Democratic hold

2008

2008 California State Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Curren Price (incumbent) 95,589 76.68
Republican Reece Pollack 23,515 18.86
Libertarian Carl Swinney 5,563 4.46
Total votes 124,667 100.00
Turnout   68.99
Democratic hold

2006

2006 California State Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Curren Price 52,671 73.94
Republican Ross Moen 16,241 22.80
Libertarian Carl Swinney 2,322 3.26
Total votes 71,234 100.00
Turnout   44.72
Democratic hold

2004

2004 California State Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jerome Horton (incumbent) 89,509 84.09
Libertarian Daniel R. Sherman 16,941 15.91
Total votes 106,450 100.00
Democratic hold

2002

2002 California State Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jerome Horton (incumbent) 49,718 100.00
Invalid or blank votes 19,910 28.59
Total votes 69,628 100.00
Democratic hold

2000

2000 California State Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jerome Horton (incumbent) 70,169 77.90
Republican Antoine Hawkins 19,910 22.10
Invalid or blank votes 9,912 9.91
Total votes 99,991 100.00
Democratic hold

1998

1998 California State Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Edward Vincent (incumbent) 52,951 76.99
Republican Robert Acherman 13,202 19.20
Green Rex Frankel 2,619 3.81
Invalid or blank votes 7,186 9.46
Total votes 75,958 100.00
Democratic hold

1996

1996 California State Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Edward Vincent (incumbent) 58,333 73.22
Republican Anthony Clarke 21,334 26.78
Invalid or blank votes 11,888 12.98
Total votes 91,555 100.00
Democratic hold

1994

1994 California State Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Curtis R. Tucker, Jr. (incumbent) 46,037 69.55
Republican Adam Michelin 20,151 30.45
Invalid or blank votes 7,860 10.61
Total votes 74,048 100.00
Democratic hold

1992

1992 California State Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Curtis R. Tucker, Jr. 74,904 81.94
Libertarian Clark W. Hanley 11,236 12.29
Peace and Freedom Xenia Geraldina Williams 5,270 5.77
Invalid or blank votes 13,817 13.13
Total votes 105,227 100.00
Democratic gain from Republican

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
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