California's 36th senatorial district

California's 36th State Senate district
Current senator	Vacant
Population (2010)  • Voting age  • Citizen voting age	938,083[1] 708,785[1] 603,622[1]
Demographics	63.43% White 2.48% Black 23.75% Latino 8.33% Asian 0.64% Native American 0.55% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.27% other 0.54[1]% remainder of multiracial
Registered voters	576,535[2]
Registration	36.48% Republican 33.74% Democratic 24.05% No party preference

California's 36th senatorial district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Vacant of .

The district includes most of coastal Orange County, including Seal Beach, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Emerald Bay, Laguna Beach, and Dana Point; San Clemente;the Little Saigon area of northwestern Orange County, including Garden Grove, Westminster, Fountain Valley, Midway City, Stanton, Cypress, Rossmoor, and Los Alamitos; and Artesia, Cerritos, and Hawaiian Gardens in southwestern Los Angeles County.

Year	Office	Results
2021	Recall	Yes 52.2 – 47.8%[citation needed]
2020	President	Biden 53.2 – 44.6%[citation needed]
2018	Governor	Cox 51.2 – 48.8%[3]
	Senator	Feinstein 53.8 – 46.2%[4]
2016	President	Clinton 48.1 – 45.8%[5]
	Senator	Harris 58.8 – 41.2%[6]
2014	Governor	Kashkari 57.5 – 42.5%[citation needed]
2012	President	Romney 54.8 – 43.2%[citation needed]
	Senator	Emken 55.8 – 44.2%[citation needed]

Senators	Party	Years served	Electoral history	Counties represented
District established January 3, 1887
John Roth (Tulare)	Democratic	January 3, 1887 – January 5, 1891	Elected in 1886. [data missing]	Inyo, Kern, Tulare
George S. Berry (Visalia)	Democratic	January 5, 1891 – January 7, 1895	Elected in 1890. Redistricted to the 32nd and 34th districts.
Cyrus M. Simpson (Pasadena)	Republican	January 7, 1895 – January 5, 1903	Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1898. [data missing]	Los Angeles
Benjamin W. Hahn (Long Beach)	Republican	January 5, 1903 – January 7, 1907	Elected in 1902. Lost re-election.
Charles W. Bell (Pasadena)	Nonpatisan	January 7, 1907 – January 6, 1913	Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1910. Retired to become a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
	Republican
William J. Carr (Pasadena)	Independent	January 6, 1913 – January 8, 1923	Elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1918. [data missing]
	Progressive
	Republican
A. Burlingame Johnson (Pasadena)	Republican	January 8, 1923 – January 3, 1927	Elected in 1922. [data missing]
Frank C. Weller (Los Angeles)	Republican	January 3, 1927 – January 5, 1931	Elected in 1926. [data missing]
Ralph E. Swing (Upland)	Republican	January 5, 1931 – January 8, 1951	Redistricted from the 30th district and re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1946. [data missing]	San Bernardino
James E. Cunningham (San Bernardino)	Republican	January 8, 1951 – September 10, 1957	Elected in 1850. Re-elected in 1854. Resigned.
Vacant		September 10, 1957 – December 31, 1957
Raymond H. Gregory (San Bernardino)	Republican	December 31, 1957 – January 5, 1959	Elected to finish Cunningham's term. Lost re-election.
Stanford C. Shaw (Etiwanda)	Democratic	January 5, 1959 – January 7, 1963	Elected in 1958. [data missing]
Eugene G. Nisbet (Upland)	Democratic	January 7, 1963 – January 2, 1967	Elected in 1962. Redistricted to the 20th district and lost re-election.
Gordon Cologne (Indio)	Republican	January 2, 1967 – March 2, 1972	Redistricted from the 37th district and re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1970. Resigned to become a Justice of the California Courts of Appeal.	Riverside, San Bernardino
Vacant		March 2, 1972 – June 15, 1972
W. Craig Biddle (Riverside)	Republican	June 15, 1972 – November 30, 1974	Elected to finish Cologne's term. Redistricted to the 34th district and lost re-election.
Dennis Carpenter (Newport Beach)	Republican	December 2, 1974 – November 30, 1978	Redistricted from the 34th district and re-elected in 1974. [data missing]	Orange, San Diego
John G. Schmitz (Santa Ana)	Republican	December 4, 1978 – November 30, 1982	Elected in 1978. Retired to run for U.S. Senate.
Robert B. Presley (Riverside)	Democratic	December 6, 1982 – November 30, 1994	Redistricted from the 34th district and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1990. Retired to run for Board of Equalization.	Riverside
Ray Haynes (Riverside)	Republican	December 5, 1994 – November 30, 2002	Elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1998. Retired due to term limits and ran for State Assembly.	(2001–2011) Riverside, San Diego
Dennis Hollingsworth (Murrieta)	Republican	December 2, 2002 – November 30, 2010	Elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2006. Retired due to term limits.
Joel Anderson (Alpine)	Republican	December 6, 2010 – November 30, 2014	Elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 38th district.
Patricia Bates (Laguna Niguel)	Republican	December 1, 2014 – December 7, 2022	Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2018. Retired due to term limits.	(2011–2021) Orange, San Diego
Janet Nguyen (Huntington Beach)	Republican	December 7, 2022 – November 30, 2024	Elected in 2022. Resigned after election to the Orange County Board of Supervisors.	(2021–2031) Los Angeles, Orange
Vacant		November 30, 2024 – present

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