California's 24th State Assembly district

(Redirected from Thomas J. Lenehan) American legislative district

Current assemblymember

Alex Lee
D–San Jose

Population (2020)
• Voting age
• Citizen voting age

478,426
374,736
287,565

Demographics

14.44% White
2.22% Black
16.17% Latino
62.57% Asian
0.18% Native American
0.50% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
0.51% other
3.42% remainder of multiracial

Registered voters

243,992

Registration

49.68% Democratic
15.89% Republican
30.08% No party preference

California's 24th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Alex Lee of San Jose.

District profile

The district consists of portions of Santa Clara and Alameda Counties, including the whole Cities of Milpitas, Fremont, and Newark, and portions of the City of San Jose, which was split to balance population while considering communities of interest. This district includes a large immigrant Asian American Pacific Islander community that shares deep cultural and linguistic ties. Many people in this district are employed in the tech industry and rely on Highway 680 and Highway 880 to get to work.

Alameda County – 16.58%

Santa Clara County – 10.27%

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2022	Governor	Newsom 68.2 – 31.8%
2022	Senator	Padilla 68.7 – 31.3%
2021	President	Clinton 78.2 – 15.9%
2021	Senator	Harris 74.4 – 25.6%
2021	Recall	No 81.4 – 18.6%
2020	President	Biden 80.3 – 17.4%
2018	Governor	Newsom 76.7 – 23.3%
2018	Senator	Feinstein 62.6 – 37.4%
2016	President	Clinton 78.2 – 15.9%
2016	Senator	Harris 74.4 – 25.6%
2014	Governor	Brown 75.2 – 24.8%
2012	President	Obama 72.2 – 25.0%
2012	Senator	Feinstein 76.1 – 23.9%

List of assembly members

Due to redistricting, the 24th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2020 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.

Assembly members	Party	Years served	Counties represented	Notes
Samuel I. Allen	Republican	January 5, 1885 – January 3, 1887	Sonoma
William J. Hotchkiss	Democratic	January 3, 1887 – January 7, 1889
James W. Ragsdale	Republican	January 7, 1889 – January 5, 1891
J. D. Barnett	Republican	January 5, 1891 – January 2, 1893
Henry F. Emeric	Democratic	January 2, 1893 – January 7, 1895	Contra Costa
Charles M. Belshaw	Republican	January 7, 1895 – January 1, 1901
Arthur Williams	Democratic	January 1, 1901 – January 5, 1903
John W. Moore	Republican	January 5, 1903 – January 7, 1907	San Joaquin
Arthur Elwood Percival	Republican	January 7, 1907 – January 4, 1909
J. W. Stuckenbruck	Democratic	January 4, 1909 – January 6, 1913
William M. Collins	Republican	January 6, 1913 – January 4, 1915	San Francisco	Ran as Progressive in the 1914 election. He also died in office.
	Progressive	January 4, 1915 – January 8, 1917
	Republican	January 8, 1917 – December 11, 1920
Walter J. Schmidt		February 23, 1921 – January 3, 1927		Won special election and was sworn in after his predecessor died in office.
Thomas J. Lenehan		January 3, 1927 – January 7, 1929
James L. Quigley	Independent	January 7, 1929 – January 5, 1931		Ran as a Republican in his 2nd term.
James L. Quigley	Republican	January 5, 1931 – January 2, 1933		Ran as a Republican in his 2nd term.
Patrick J. McMurray	Democratic	January 2, 1933 – January 2, 1939
Edward F. O'Day		January 2, 1939 – November 4, 1947		Resigned from the Assembly to become a Judge for the San Francisco County Municipal Court.
Charlie Meyers		January 3, 1949 – January 5, 1953
George D. Collins Jr.		January 5, 1953 – January 3, 1955
Edward M. Gaffney		January 3, 1955 – January 7, 1963
Al Alquist		January 7, 1963 – January 2, 1967	Santa Clara
John Vasconcellos		January 2, 1967 – November 30, 1974	Santa Clara
Leona H. Egeland		December 2, 1974 – November 30, 1980	San Benito, Santa Clara
Dom Cortese		December 1, 1980 – November 30, 1992	San Benito, Santa Clara
Dom Cortese		December 1, 1980 – November 30, 1992	Santa Clara
Chuck Quackenbush	Republican	December 7, 1992 – November 30, 1994
Jim Cunneen	Republican	December 5, 1994 – November 30, 2000
Rebecca Cohn	Democratic	December 5, 2000 – November 30, 2006
Jim Beall		December 4, 2006 – November 30, 2012
Rich Gordon		December 3, 2012 – November 30, 2016	San Mateo, Santa Clara
Marc Berman		December 5, 2016 – November 30, 2022	San Mateo, Santa Clara
Alex Lee		December 5, 2022 – present	Alameda, Santa Clara

Election results (1992–present)

1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022

2022

2022 California State Assembly election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alex Lee (incumbent)	26,531	38.50
	Republican	Bob Brunton	14,730	21.40
	Democratic	Kansen Chu	12,683	18.40
	Democratic	Teresa Keng	9,721	14.10
	Democratic	Lan Diep	5,308	7.70
Total votes			68,973	100.00
General election
	Democratic	Alex Lee (incumbent)	75,232	69.10
	Republican	Bob Brunton	33,662	30.90
Total votes			108,894	100.00
	Democratic hold

2020

2020 California State Assembly election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marc Berman (incumbent)	99,642	74.20
	Republican	Peter Ohtaki	28,408	21.20
	Libertarian	Kennita Watson	6,212	4.60
Total votes			134,262	100.00
General election
	Democratic	Marc Berman (incumbent)	158,250	73.40
	Republican	Peter Ohtaki	57,216	26.60
Total votes			215,466	100.00
	Democratic hold

2018

2018 California State Assembly election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marc Berman (incumbent)	78,140	75.40
	Republican	Alex Glew	21,818	21.00
	Libertarian	Bob Goodwyn	3,694	3.60
Total votes			103,625	100.00
General election
	Democratic	Marc Berman (incumbent)	135,305	76.60
	Republican	Alex Glew	41,313	23.40
Total votes			176,618	100.00
	Democratic hold

2016

2016 California State Assembly election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marc Berman	30,649	28.20
	Democratic	Vicki Veenker	24,201	22.20
	Republican	Peter Ohtaki	21,525	19.80
	Democratic	Barry Chang	11,890	10.90
	Democratic	Mike Kasperzak	11,343	10.40
	Libertarian	John M. Inks	4,546	4.20
	No party preference	Jay Blas Jacob Cabrera	2,603	2.40
	Democratic	Sea Reddy	2,102	1.90
Total votes			108,859	100.00
General election
	Democratic	Marc Berman	92,419	54.40
	Democratic	Vicki Veenker	77,362	45.60
Total votes			164,809	100.00
	Democratic hold

2014

2014 California State Assembly election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rich Gordon (incumbent)	38,758	60.10
	Republican	Diane Gabl	18,021	27.90
	Democratic	Greg Coladonato	7,738	12.00
Total votes			64,517	100.00
General election
	Democratic	Rich Gordon (incumbent)	77,986	70.00
	Republican	Diane Gabl	33,419	30.00
Total votes			111,405	100.00
	Democratic hold

2012

2012 California State Assembly election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rich Gordon (incumbent)	42,018	57.00
	Republican	Chengzhi "George" Yang	20,949	28.40
	Democratic	Geby E. Espinosa	7,654	10.40
	No party preference	Joseph Antonelli Rosas	3,129	4.20
Total votes			73,750	100.00
General election
	Democratic	Rich Gordon (incumbent)	118,120	70.40
	Republican	Chengzhi "George" Yang	49,700	29.60
Total votes			167,820	100.00
	Democratic hold

2010

2010 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Beall (incumbent)	81,526	62.00
	Republican	Robert Chandler	50,087	38.00
Total votes			131,613	100.00
	Democratic hold

2008

2008 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Beall (incumbent)	110,793	66.09
	Republican	Doug McNea	56,835	33.91
Total votes			167,628	100.00
Turnout				75.78
	Democratic hold

2006

2006 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Beall	75,769	65.25
	Republican	Lawrence Hileman	36,425	31.37
	Libertarian	Lionel Silva	3,934	3.39
Total votes			116,128	100.00
Turnout				60.13
	Democratic hold

2004

2004 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rebecca Cohn	94,152	59.40
	Republican	Ernie Konnyu	55,956	35.31
	Libertarian	Zander Y. Collier, IIi	8,337	5.26
	Independent	Michael Roy (write-in)	41	0.03
	Independent	Lawrence R. Hileman (write-in)	7	0.00
Total votes			158,493	100.00
	Democratic hold

2002

2002 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rebecca Cohn	69,787	100.00
Invalid or blank votes			37,411	34.90
Total votes			107,198	100.00
	Democratic hold

2000

2000 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rebecca Cohn	78,173	50.43
	Republican	Suzanne E. Jackson	69,825	45.05
	Libertarian	H. Raymond Strong	7,000	4.52
Invalid or blank votes			14,980	8.81
Total votes			169,978	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

1998

1998 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Cunneen (incumbent)	69,371	57.26
	Democratic	Phil Stokes	47,140	38.91
	Libertarian	H. Raymond Strong	4,635	3.83
Invalid or blank votes			13,690	10.15
Total votes			134,836	100.00
	Republican hold

1996

1996 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Cunneen (incumbent)	83,684	55.70
	Democratic	Ed Foglia	59,504	39.60
	Libertarian	Jon Petersen	7,059	4.70
Invalid or blank votes			14,996	9.08
Total votes			165,243	100.00
	Republican hold

1994

1994 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Cunneen	63,113	51.15
	Democratic	Ed Foglia	60,271	48.85
Invalid or blank votes			22,693	15.53
Total votes			146,077	100.00
	Republican hold

1992

1992 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chuck Quackenbush (incumbent)	86,165	49.72
	Democratic	Jim Beall	75,776	43.73
	Libertarian	James J. Ludemann	11,344	6.55
Invalid or blank votes			15,392	8.16
Total votes			188,677	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

References

^ "Report on Final Maps, 2020 California Citizens Redistricting Commission" (PDF).
https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/15day-presprim-2024/assembly.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
"2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. April 16, 2021. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
"Assemblyman Collins Dies at San Francisco". cdnc.ucr.edu.
"Walter J. Schmidt takes Oath" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.

External links

District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission

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