California's 5th State Assembly district

California's 5th State Assembly district
Current assemblymember		Frank Bigelow (R–O'Neals)
Registration	41.54% Republican 30.93% Democratic 20.69% No party preference
Demographics	66.95% White 2.03% Black 25.83% Latino 1.95% Asian 2.46% Native American 0.19% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.35% other 0.25% remainder of multiracial
Population (2010)  • Voting age  • Citizen voting age	463,049 360,835 318,961
Registered voters	227,225

California's 5th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Republican Frank Bigelow of O'Neals.

District profile

The district encompasses Gold Country and the central Sierra Nevada. The district also contains a slice of the Central Valley.

All of Alpine County

All of Amador County

• Amador City
• Ione
• Jackson
• Plymouth
• Sutter Creek

All of Calaveras County

• Angels Camp

El Dorado County – 65.9%

• Placerville
• South Lake Tahoe

All of Madera County

• Chowchilla
• Madera

All of Mariposa County

All of Mono County

• Mammoth Lakes

Placer County – 5.8%

• Auburn

All of Tuolumne County

• Sonora

List of assemblymembers

Due to redistricting, the 5th 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
	Ernest C. Crowley	Democratic	1932–1952
	Samuel R. Geddes	Democratic	1952–1960
	Robert L. Leggett	Democratic	1960–1962
	Pearce Young	Democratic	1962–1966
	John F. Dunlap	Democratic	1966–1974
	Eugene T. Gualco	Democratic	1974–1978
	Jean Moorhead Duffy	Republican	1978–1986
	Tim Leslie	Republican	1986–1991
	B. T. Collins	Republican	1991–1993
	Barbara Alby	Republican	1993–1998
	Dave Cox	Republican	1998–2004
	Roger Niello	Republican	2004–2010
	Richard Pan	Democratic	2010–2012
	Frank Bigelow	Republican	2012–present

Election results

2014

California State Assembly election, 2014
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Bigelow (incumbent)	67,924	99.9
	Libertarian	Patrick D. Hogan (write-in)	60	0.1
Total votes			67,984	100.0
General election
	Republican	Frank Bigelow (incumbent)	88,602	74.2
	Libertarian	Patrick D. Hogan	30,735	25.8
Total votes			119,337	100.0
	Republican hold

2012

California State Assembly election, 2012
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rico Oller	34,673	33.9
	Republican	Frank Bigelow	29,584	28.9
	Democratic	Tim (Timothy) K. Fitzgerald	18,138	17.7
	Democratic	Mark Boyd	13,583	13.3
	No party preference	Mark Belden	4,158	4.1
	Republican	Kevin Lancaster	2,151	2.1
Total votes			102,287	100.0
General election
	Republican	Frank Bigelow	82,293	52.3
	Republican	Rico Oller	75,071	47.7
Total votes			157,364	100.0
	Republican 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