California's 39th State Assembly district

(Redirected from Charles S. Arms) American legislative district

Current assemblymember

Juan Carrillo
D–Palmdale

Population (2010)
• Voting age
• Citizen voting age

466,422
343,345
227,273

Demographics

20.31% White
3.30% Black
68.47% Latino
6.84% Asian
0.35% Native American
0.13% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
0.29% other
0.30% remainder of multiracial

Registered voters

227,835

Registration

52.94% Democratic
15.13% Republican
27.01% No party preference

California's 39th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Juan Carrillo of Palmdale

District profile

The district encompasses the northeastern San Fernando Valley, running up into the San Gabriel Mountains. This heavily Latino district forms a major corridor between Los Angeles and points further north.

Los Angeles County – 4.8%

Los Angeles – 11.6%
- Arleta
- Lake View Terrace
- Mission Hills
- North Hollywood – partial
- Pacoima
- Sun Valley
- Sunland-Tujunga
- Sylmar
San Fernando

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2021	Recall	No 73.5 – 26.5%
2020	President	Biden 70.3 - 25.7%
2018	Governor	Newsom 74.0 – 26.0%
2018	Senator	Feinstein 55.0 – 45.0%
2016	President	Clinton 74.6 – 19.8%
2016	Senator	Sanchez 50.3 – 49.7%
2014	Governor	Brown 69.8 – 30.2%
2012	President	Obama 73.7 – 23.7%
2012	Senator	Feinstein 74.4 – 25.6%

List of assembly members

Due to redistricting, the 39th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2011 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.

Assembly members	Party	Years served	Counties represented	Notes
Charles H. Ward	Republican	January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887	San Francisco
James E. Britt	Democratic	January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889
John H. McCarthy		January 7, 1889 - January 5, 1891
Charles S. Arms		January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893
Julius Kahn	Republican	January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895
H. G. W. Dinkelspiel		January 7, 1895 - January 4, 1897
Leon E. Jones		January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1899
Justus S. Wardell	Democratic	January 2, 1899 - January 1, 1901
Frank D. MacBeth	Republican	January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1903
W. W. Allen Jr.		January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1905
Thomas Atkinson		January 2, 1905 - January 7, 1907
Charles Morris Fisher		January 7, 1907 - January 4, 1909
Edward Joseph Callan		January 4, 1909 - January 2, 1911
Walter T. Lyon	Democratic	January 2, 1911 - January 6, 1913
George Fitzgerald	Republican	January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915	Alameda
Frank W. Anderson	Progressive	January 4, 1915 - January 5, 1925
Frank W. Anderson	Republican	January 4, 1915 - January 5, 1925
Michael J. McDonough		January 5, 1925 - January 5, 1931
Clifford Wixson		January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933
George R. Bliss		January 2, 1933 - January 7, 1935	Santa Barbara
Alfred W. Robertson	Democratic	January 7, 1935 - January 4, 1943	Santa Barbara
Thomas H. Werdel	Republican	January 4, 1943 - January 6, 1947	Kern
Wright Elwood James	Republican	January 6, 1947 - January 3, 1949
Joe C. Lewis	Democratic	January 3, 1949 - January 8, 1951
H. W. "Pat" Kelly	Republican	January 8, 1951 - January 5, 1959
John C. Williamson	Democratic	January 5, 1959 - January 7, 1963
George Deukmejian	Republican	January 7, 1963 - January 2, 1967	Los Angeles
James A. Hayes		January 6, 1967 - August 31, 1972		Resigned after Governor Reagan appointed him to be a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
Bill Bond		January 8, 1973 - November 30, 1974
Jim Keysor	Democratic	December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1978
J. Robert Hayes	Republican	December 4, 1978 - November 30, 1980
Richard Katz	Democratic	December 1, 1980 - November 30, 1996
Tony Cárdenas		December 2, 1996 - November 30, 2002
Cindy Montañez		December 2, 2002 - November 30, 2006
Richard Alarcon		December 4, 2006 - March 16, 2007		Resigned to become a member of the Los Angeles City Council.
Felipe Fuentes		May 25, 2007 - November 30, 2012		Sworn in after winning special election filling the seat Alarcon left vacant, after becoming a member of the Los Angeles City Council.
Raul Bocanegra		December 3, 2012 – November 30, 2014
Patty López		December 1, 2014 – November 30, 2016
Raul Bocanegra		December 5, 2016 – November 27, 2017		Resigned after sexual harassment allegations.
Luz Rivas		June 11, 2018 – present		Sworn in after winning special election.

Election results (1992–present)

1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2007 (special) • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014 • 2016 • 2018 (special) • 2018 • 2020

2020

California State Assembly election, 2020
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Luz Rivas (incumbent)	54,512	77.8
	Republican	Ricardo Benitez	15,590	22.2
Total votes			70,102	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Luz Rivas (incumbent)	117,207	74.1%
	Republican	Ricardo Benitez	41,033	25.9%
Total votes			158,240	100.0%
	Democratic hold

2018

California State Assembly election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Luz Rivas (incumbent)	20,453	43.9
	Republican	Ricardo Antonio Benitez	11,679	25.1
	Democratic	Patty López	6,783	14.6
	Democratic	Antonio Sanchez	4,705	10.1
	Democratic	Patrea Patrick	1,740	3.7
	Democratic	Bonnie Corwin	1,220	2.6
Total votes			46,580	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Luz Rivas (incumbent)	85,027	77.7
	Republican	Ricardo Antonio Benitez	24,468	22.3
Total votes			109,495	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018 (special)

California's 39th State Assembly district special election, 2018
Vacancy resulting from the resignation of Raul Bocanegra
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Luz Rivas	8,222	42.9
	Republican	Ricardo Antonio Benitez	3,862	20.1
	Democratic	Antonio Sanchez	3,802	19.8
	Democratic	Patty López	1,907	9.9
	Democratic	Yolie Anguiano	922	4.8
	Democratic	Patrea Patrick	467	2.4
Total votes			19,182	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Luz Rivas	20,598	69.8
	Republican	Ricardo Antonio Benitez	8,926	30.2
Total votes			29,524	100
	Democratic hold

2016

California State Assembly election, 2016
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Raul Bocanegra	30,119	44.4
	Democratic	Patty López (incumbent)	18,472	27.2
	Democratic	Joel Fajardo	6,831	10.1
	Democratic	Joanne Fernandez	4,538	6.7
	Democratic	Mina Creswell	4,418	6.5
	Democratic	Kevin James Suscavage	3,489	5.1
Total votes			67,867	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Raul Bocanegra	74,834	60.1
	Democratic	Patty López (incumbent)	49,649	39.9
Total votes			124,483	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014

California State Assembly election, 2014
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Raul Bocanegra (incumbent)	13,069	62.5
	Democratic	Patty Lopez	4,940	23.6
	Democratic	Kevin J. Suscavage	2,876	13.7
	Republican	Michael B. Boyd (write-in)	36	0.2
Total votes			20,921	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Patty Lopez	22,750	50.5
	Democratic	Raul Bocanegra (incumbent)	22,284	49.5
Total votes			45,034	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012

California State Assembly election, 2012
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Raul Bocanegra	11,521	36.2
	Democratic	Richard Alarcón	8,567	26.9
	Republican	Ricardo A. Benitez	5,037	15.8
	Republican	Omar Cuevas	2,596	8.2
	Green	John Paul (Jack) Lindblad	2,421	7.6
	Republican	Margie Margarita Carranza	1,697	5.3
	Democratic	Kevin J. Suscavage (write-in)	2	0.0
Total votes			31,841	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Raul Bocanegra	62,612	58.4
	Democratic	Richard Alarcón	44,624	41.6
Total votes			107,236	100.0
	Democratic hold

2010

California State Assembly election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Felipe Fuentes (incumbent)	43,267	78.5
	Green	John Paul (Jack) Lindblad	11,905	21.6
Total votes			55,172	100.0
	Democratic hold

2008

California State Assembly election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Felipe Fuentes (incumbent)	59,495	73.7
	Republican	Grady Martine	14,689	18.2
	Green	John Paul (Jack) Lindblad	6,505	8.1
Total votes			80,689	100.0
	Democratic hold

2007 (special)

California's 39th State Assembly district special election, 2007
Vacancy resulting from the resignation of Richard Alarcón
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Felipe Fuentes	5,819	50.8
	Republican	Jose Bonilla, Sr.	2,277	19.9
	Democratic	Felipe Siordia	1,457	12.7
	Democratic	Eric Dwight Rothenay	1,300	11.4
	Democratic	Margie Carranza	597	5.2
Total votes			11,450	100.0
	Democratic hold

2006

California State Assembly election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Alarcón	40,603	100.0
Total votes			40,603	100.0
	Democratic hold

2004

California State Assembly election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cindy Montanez (incumbent)	56,017	76.8
	Republican	Ely De La Cruz Ayao	16,936	23.2
Total votes			72,953	100.0
	Republican hold

2002

California State Assembly election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cindy Montanez	36,175	76.1
	Republican	Ely De La Cruz Ayao	11,371	23.9
Total votes			47,546	100.0
	Democratic hold

2000

California State Assembly election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tony Cardenas (incumbent)	54,466	78.1
	Republican	Enrique (Henry) Valdez	12,269	17.6
	Libertarian	Christopher "Kit" Maira	3,020	4.3
Total votes			69,755	100.0
	Democratic hold

1998

California State Assembly election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tony Cardenas (incumbent)	41,841	86.7
	Libertarian	Christopher "Kit" Maira	6,423	13.3
Total votes			48,264	100.0
	Democratic hold

1996

California State Assembly election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tony Cardenas	41,798	71.7
	Libertarian	Ollie M. McCaulley	16,522	28.3
Total votes			58,320	100.0
	Democratic hold

1994

California State Assembly election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Katz (incumbent)	34,976	70.6
	Republican	Nicholas Fitzgerald	14,583	29.4
Total votes			49,559	100.0
	Democratic hold

1992

California State Assembly election, 1992
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Katz (incumbent)	45,387	69.4
	Republican	Nicholas Fitzgerald	16,739	25.6
	Libertarian	David H. George	3,270	5.0
Total votes			65,396	100.0
	Democratic hold

References

^ "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
"James Hayes Resignation" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.
"Reagan Picks Hayes". cdnc.ucr.edu.
"Richard Alarcon Resignation letter" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.
"Felipe Fuentes Sworn in" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.
"Luz Rivas Sworn in" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.

External links

District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission

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