| California's 37th State Assembly district | |||
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| Current assemblymember |
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| Population (2010) • Voting age • Citizen voting age | 466,200 [1] 367,474 [1] 307,080 [1] | ||
| Demographics |
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| Registered voters | 270,523 | ||
| Registration | 45.79% Democratic 25.34% Republican 23.72% No party preference | ||
California's 37th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Gregg Hart of Santa Barbara.
The district encompasses nearly the entire county of Santa Barbara, with the exception of small amounts of sparsely inhabited area in the north of the county.
| Year | Office | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Recall | |
| 2020 [2] | President | Biden 68.2 – 29.5% |
| 2018 | Governor | Newsom 64.6 – 35.4% |
| Senator | Feinstein 56.4 – 43.6% | |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 64.3 – 29.2% |
| Senator | Harris 62.3 – 37.7% | |
| 2014 | Governor | Brown 62.3 – 37.7% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 61.0 – 36.3% |
| Senator | Feinstein 63.2 – 36.8% |
Due to redistricting, the 37th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2021 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.
| Assembly members | Party | Years served | Counties represented | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. J. Sullivan | Republican | January 5, 1885 – January 3, 1887 | San Francisco | |
| Thomas M. Searey | Democratic | January 3, 1887 – January 5, 1891 | ||
| M. W. Coffey | Republican | January 5, 1891 – January 2, 1893 | ||
| T. W. Burke | Independent | January 2, 1893 – January 7, 1895 | ||
| George W. Dixon | Republican | January 7, 1895 – January 4, 1897 | ||
| Harry I. Mulcrevy | Fusion | January 4, 1897 – January 2, 1899 | ||
| William E. White | Democratic | January 2, 1899 – January 1, 1901 | ||
| Arthur G. Fisk | Republican | January 1, 1901 – December 30, 1903 | Resigned from office. | |
| Vacant | December 30, 1903 – January 2, 1905 | |||
| Fred C. Jones | Republican | January 2, 1905 – January 7, 1907 | ||
| Dennis W. Barry | January 7, 1907 – January 4, 1909 | |||
| John J. McManus | January 4, 1909 – January 2, 1911 | |||
| Edward P. Walsh | Democratic | January 2, 1911 – January 6, 1913 | ||
| William C. Clark | Republican | January 6, 1913 – January 4, 1915 | Alameda | |
| William T. Satterwhite | Progressive | January 4, 1915 – January 6, 1919 | ||
| Republican | ||||
| Clifton E. Brooks | January 6, 1919 – January 8, 1923 | |||
| Richard M. Lyman | January 8, 1923 – January 5, 1925 | |||
| Eugene W. Roland | January 5, 1925 – January 2, 1933 | |||
| Maurice S. Meeker | January 2, 1933 – January 7, 1935 | Fresno | ||
| S.L. Heisinger | Democratic | January 7, 1935 – January 4, 1943 | ||
| Alfred W. Robertson | January 4, 1943 – January 3, 1949 | Santa Barbara | ||
| Stanley T. Tomlinson | Republican | January 3, 1949 – January 5, 1953 | ||
| John B. Cooke | Democratic | January 5, 1953 – January 3, 1955 | Ventura | |
| Rex M. Cunningham | January 3, 1955 – January 7, 1963 | |||
| Burt M. Henson | January 7, 1963 – November 30, 1966 | Resigned to become a judge for the Ventura County Municipal Court. | ||
| Vacant | November 30, 1966 – January 2, 1967 | |||
| John Kenyon MacDonald | Democratic | January 2, 1967 – November 30, 1974 | ||
| Bob Cline | Republican | December 2, 1974 – November 30, 1980 | Ventura, Los Angeles | |
| Cathie Wright | December 1, 1980 – November 30, 1992 | |||
| Ventura, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara | ||||
| Nao Takasugi | December 7, 1992 – November 30, 1998 | Ventura | ||
| Tony Strickland | December 7, 1998 – November 30, 2004 | |||
| Ventura, Los Angeles | ||||
| Audra Strickland | December 6, 2004 – November 30, 2010 | |||
| Jeff Gorell | December 6, 2010 – November 30, 2012 | Ventura, Los Angeles, Kern | ||
| Das Williams | Democratic | December 3, 2012 – November 30, 2016 | Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | |
| Monique Limón | December 5, 2016 – November 30, 2020 | |||
| Steve Bennett | December 7, 2020 – November 30, 2022 | |||
| Gregg Hart | December 5, 2022 – present | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | ||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Gregg Hart (incumbent) | 63,766 | 60.4 | |
| Republican | Sari Domingues | 41,888 | 39.6 | |
| Total votes | 105,654 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Gregg Hart (incumbent) | 115,216 | 60.7 | |
| Republican | Sari Domingues | 74,463 | 39.3 | |
| Total votes | 189,679 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Gregg Hart | 54,923 | 56.1 | |
| Republican | Mike Stoker | 39,815 | 40.6 | |
| Democratic | Bruce Wallach | 3,241 | 3.3 | |
| Total votes | 97,979 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Gregg Hart | 84,345 | 58.0 | |
| Republican | Mike Stoker | 60,959 | 42.0 | |
| Total votes | 145,304 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Charles W. Cole | 41,945 | 27.5 | |
| Democratic | Steve Bennett | 37,516 | 24.6 | |
| Democratic | Cathy Murillo | 29,498 | 19.4 | |
| Democratic | Jonathan Abboud | 12,039 | 7.9 | |
| Democratic | Jason Dominguez | 11,177 | 7.3 | |
| Democratic | Elsa Granados | 10,840 | 7.1 | |
| Democratic | Stephen Blum | 9,278 | 6.1 | |
| Total votes | 152,293 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Steve Bennett | 166,015 | 67.6 | |
| Republican | Charles W. Cole | 79,661 | 32.4 | |
| Total votes | 245,676 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Monique Limón (incumbent) | 69,382 | 84.3 | |
| Democratic | David L. Norrdin | 7,487 | 9.1 | |
| Democratic | Sofia Collin | 5,409 | 6.6 | |
| Total votes | 82,278 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Monique Limón (incumbent) | 129,535 | 80.4 | |
| Democratic | David L. Norrdin | 31,522 | 19.6 | |
| Total votes | 161,057 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Monique Limón | 83,862 | 65.9 | |
| No party preference | Edward Fuller | 43,420 | 34.1 | |
| Total votes | 127,282 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Monique Limón | 128,344 | 64.1 | |
| No party preference | Edward Fuller | 71,944 | 35.9 | |
| Total votes | 200,288 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Das Williams (incumbent) | 43,124 | 57.3 | |
| Republican | Ron DeBlauw | 32,110 | 42.7 | |
| Total votes | 75,234 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Das Williams (incumbent) | 75,452 | 58.6 | |
| Republican | Ron DeBlauw | 53,414 | 41.4 | |
| Total votes | 128,866 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Das Williams (incumbent) | 52,400 | 56.3 | |
| Republican | Rob Walter | 40,617 | 43.7 | |
| Total votes | 93,017 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Das Williams (incumbent) | 115,532 | 60.4 | |
| Republican | Rob Walter | 75,643 | 39.6 | |
| Total votes | 191,175 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Jeff Gorell | 90,649 | 58.5 | |
| Democratic | Ferial Masry | 64,413 | 41.5 | |
| Total votes | 155,062 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Audra Strickland (incumbent) | 102,087 | 52.1 | |
| Democratic | Ferial Masry | 93,857 | 47.9 | |
| Total votes | 195,944 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Audra Strickland (incumbent) | 78,493 | 57.4 | |
| Democratic | Ferial Masry | 58,305 | 42.6 | |
| Total votes | 136,798 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Audra Strickland | 100,309 | 55.1 | |
| Democratic | Ferial Masry | 74,774 | 41.1 | |
| Green | Adrienne M. Prince | 7,013 | 3.9 | |
| Total votes | 182,096 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Tony Strickland (incumbent) | 74,876 | 63.1 | |
| Democratic | Bruce James Thomas, Jr. | 43,806 | 36.9 | |
| Total votes | 118,682 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Tony Strickland (incumbent) | 71,572 | 51.3 | |
| Democratic | Rosalind Ann McGrath | 64,691 | 46.4 | |
| Libertarian | Willard Michlin | 3,306 | 2.4 | |
| Total votes | 139,569 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Tony Strickland | 49,853 | 48.9 | |
| Democratic | Rosalind Ann McGrath | 48,553 | 47.6 | |
| Reform | Michael Farris | 3,593 | 3.5 | |
| Total votes | 101,999 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Nao Takasugi (incumbent) | 73,167 | 59.7 | |
| Democratic | Jens Herrera | 49,341 | 40.3 | |
| Total votes | 122,508 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Nao Takasugi (incumbent) | 66,035 | 64.5 | |
| Democratic | Dorothy S. Maron | 31,738 | 31.0 | |
| Libertarian | David A. Harner | 4,660 | 4.5 | |
| Total votes | 102,433 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Nao Takasugi | 66,364 | 50.8 | |
| Democratic | Roz McGrath | 56,692 | 43.4 | |
| Libertarian | David Harner | 7,504 | 5.7 | |
| Total votes | 130,560 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Cathie Wright (incumbent) | 62,881 | 54.7 | |
| Democratic | Dennis A. Petrie | 44,773 | 38.9 | |
| Libertarian | John R. Spooner, Sr. | 7,356 | 6.4 | |
| Total votes | 115,010 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||