California's 7th State Assembly district

California's 7th State Assembly district
California's 7th State Assembly district
Current assemblymember
	Josh Hoover ; R–Folsom
Population (2010); • Voting age; • Citizen voting age	464,310; 346,100; 286,401
Demographics	43.31% White ; 11.08% Black ; 26.93% Latino ; 14.66% Asian ; 1.26% Native American ; 1.06% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander ; 0.33% other; 1.38% remainder of multiracial;
Registered voters	284,021
Registration	37.89% Democratic ; 32.74% Republican ; 23.81% No party preference

Last updated August 26, 2025

California's 7th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Republican Josh Hoover of Folsom.

District profile

Before remapping necessitated by the 2020 census, the district encompassed the northern two-thirds of the city of Sacramento and its northern and western suburbs. The California State Capitol was located in the district. After remapping, the district has moved to include northeast Sacramento County, including the cities of Folsom, Rancho Cordova, and Citrus Heights, with Sacramento itself moved to the 6th Assembly District.

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2021	Recall	No 68.8 – 31.2%
2020	President	Biden 69.1 – 28.4%
2018	Governor	Newsom 68.3 – 31.7%
2018	Senator	Feinstein 55.4 – 44.6%
2016	President	Clinton 67.5 – 25.6%
2016	Senator	Harris 63.6 – 36.4%
2014	Governor	Brown 71.9 – 28.1%
2012	President	Obama 67.5 – 29.6%
2012	Senator	Feinstein 69.7 – 30.3%

List of assembly members

Due to redistricting, the 7th 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
John F. Ellison	Republican	January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887	Tehama
William P. Mathews	Democratic	January 3, 1887 - January 5, 1891
James Thompson Matlock Sr.	Republican	January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893
Edward B. Price	Democratic	January 2, 1893 - January 31, 1893	Butte	Died in office.^[2]
Frederick R. Stansell	Republican	January 7, 1895 - January 2, 1899
Richard DeLancie		January 2, 1899 - January 1, 1901
Barnabas Collins		January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1901		Died shortly after being sworn in office. Died from Pneumonia^[3]
Frederick R. Stansell		January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1905
William F. Gates		January 2, 1905 - January 7, 1907
William James Costar		January 7, 1907 - January 2, 1911
John H. Guill Jr.	Democratic	January 2, 1911 - January 4, 1915
B. B. Meek	Democratic	January 4, 1915 - January 8, 1917
C. H. Brown	Republican	January 8, 1917 - January 6, 1919
Elizabeth Hughes		January 6, 1919 - January 8, 1923
Bert B. Snyder		January 8, 1923 - January 5, 1925
Charles H. Deuel	Democratic	January 5, 1925 - January 5, 1931
Hubert B. Scudder	Republican	January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933	Sonoma
Hubert B. Scudder		January 2, 1933 - January 6, 1941	Sonoma, Marin
Richard H. McCollister		January 6, 1941 - January 2, 1961
Bill Bagley		January 2, 1961 - November 30, 1974
John Garamendi	Democratic	December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1976	Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mono, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Tuolumne
Norman S. Waters		December 6, 1976 - December 6, 1982
Norman S. Waters		December 6, 1982 - November 30, 1990	Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mono, Placer, Sacramento, Tuolumne
David Knowles	Republican	December 3, 1990 - November 30, 1992
Valerie K. Brown	Democratic	December 7, 1992 - November 30, 1998	Napa, Solano, Sonoma
Pat Wiggins		December 7, 1998 - November 30, 2004
Noreen Evans		December 6, 2004 - December 6, 2010
Michael Allen		December 6, 2010 - November 30, 2012
Roger Dickinson		December 3, 2012 - November 30, 2014	Sacramento, Yolo
Kevin McCarty		December 1, 2014 – December 5, 2022	Sacramento, Yolo
Josh Hoover	Republican	December 5, 2022 - Present	Sacramento	First election after redistricting.

Election results (1992–present)

2024

2024 California State Assembly election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Josh Hoover (incumbent)	59,398	52.7%
	Democratic	Porsche Middleton	33,045	29.3%
	Democratic	YK Chalamcherla	20,265	18.0%
Total votes			112,708	100%
General election
	Republican	Josh Hoover (incumbent)	116,254	53.6%
	Democratic	Porsche Middleton	100,487	46.4%
Total votes			216,741	100%

2022

2022 California State Assembly election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ken Cooley	56,949	50.9%
	Republican	Josh Hoover	38,001	34%
	Republican	Raymond Riehle	9,429	8.4%
	Republican	Jeffrey Perrine	6,214	5.6%
	Republican	Quintin Levesque	1,249	1.1%
Total votes			111,842	100%
General election
	Republican	Josh Hoover	83,768	50.4%
	Democratic	Ken Cooley	82,385	49.6%
Total votes			166,153	100%

2020

2020 California State Assembly election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kevin McCarty (incumbent)	88,445	99.8%
	Libertarian	James O. Just (write-in)	199	0.2%
Total votes			88,644	100
General election
	Democratic	Kevin McCarty (incumbent)	149,083	73.9%
	Libertarian	James O. Just	52,543	26.1%
Total votes			201,626	100%

2018

California State Assembly election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kevin McCarty (incumbent)	63,705	99.6
	Republican	Scott Schmidt (write-in)	237	0.4
Total votes			63,942	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Kevin McCarty (incumbent)	107,849	71.3
	Republican	Scott Schmidt	43,361	28.7
Total votes			151,210	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016

California State Assembly election, 2016
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kevin McCarty (incumbent)	69,901	99.5
	Republican	Ryan K. Brown (write-in)	254	0.4
	Libertarian	Janine Kloss (write-in)	51	0.1
	Republican	Ralph Merletti (write-in)	43	0.1
Total votes			70,249	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Kevin McCarty (incumbent)	111,112	69.8
	Republican	Ryan K. Brown	48,097	30.2
Total votes			159,209	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014

California State Assembly election, 2014
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kevin McCarty	18,935	34.9
	Democratic	Steve Cohn	15,877	29.3
	Republican	Ralph Merletti	8,115	15.0
	Democratic	Mark Johannessen	6,413	11.8
	Republican	Oliver Ponce	4,869	9.0
Total votes			54,209	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Kevin McCarty	46,983	58.7
	Democratic	Steve Cohn	33,051	41.3
Total votes			80,034	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012

California State Assembly election, 2012
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Roger Dickinson (incumbent)	41,100	68.0
	Republican	Jonathan Zachariou	19,304	32.0
Total votes			60,404	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Roger Dickinson (incumbent)	96,422	69.8
	Republican	Jonathan Zachariou	41,735	30.2
Total votes			138,157	100.0

2010

2010 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Allen	86,641	63.8
	Republican	Doris Gentry	43,350	31.8
	Libertarian	Kathryn N. Moore	5,993	4.4
Total votes			135,984	100.0
	Democratic hold

2008

2008 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Noreen Evans (incumbent)	128,279	71.95
	Republican	Doris Gentry	50,020	28.05
Total votes			178,299	100.00
Turnout				80.89
	Democratic hold

2006

2006 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Noreen Evans (incumbent)	99,262	98.55
	Republican	Raylene Wiesner (write-in)	1,464	1.45
Total votes			100,726	100.00
Turnout				57.39
	Democratic hold

2004

2004 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Noreen M. Evans	101,130	60.12
	Republican	Pat Krueger	62,035	36.88
	Republican	F. Aaron Smith	5,051	3.00
Total votes			168,216	100.00
	Democratic hold

2002

2002 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat Wiggins (incumbent)	71,463	75.99
	Libertarian	David J. Kozlowski	22,585	24.01
Invalid or blank votes			15,926	14.48
Total votes			109,974	100.00
	Democratic hold

2000

2000 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat Wiggins (incumbent)	102,425	66.45
	Republican	Pedro J. Rivera	45,563	29.56
	Libertarian	William Schoeffler	6,147	3.99
Invalid or blank votes			11,892	7.16
Total votes			166,027	100.00
	Democratic hold

1998

1998 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat Wiggins	80,178	62.13
	Republican	Bob Sanchez	43,398	33.63
	Libertarian	Mike Rodrigues	3,694	2.86
	Peace and Freedom	Irv Sutley	1,773	1.37
Invalid or blank votes			8,532	6.20
Total votes			137,575	100.00
	Democratic hold

1996

1996 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Valerie K. Brown (incumbent)	89,864	61.70
	Republican	Ken Larsen	48,114	33.04
	Peace and Freedom	Al Liner	5,690	3.91
	Natural Law	Alan Roy Barreca	1,977	1.36
Invalid or blank votes			8,799	5.70
Total votes			154,444	100.00
	Democratic hold

1994

1994 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Valerie K. Brown (incumbent)	73,389	58.48
	Republican	Roger D. Williams	48,928	38.99
	Peace and Freedom	Irv Sutley	3,178	2.53
Invalid or blank votes			10,455	7.69
Total votes			135,950	100.00
	Democratic hold

1992

1992 California State Assembly election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Valerie K. Brown	99,269	60.22
	Republican	Janet Nicholas	59,121	35.92
	Peace and Freedom	Irv Sutley	6,358	3.86
Invalid or blank votes			10,255	5.86
Total votes			175,003	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

References

1 2 3 4 "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
↑ "ASSEMBLYMAN PRICE DEAD". cdnc.ucr.edu.
↑ "BUTTE'S ASSEMBLYMAN DIES AT SARAMENTO". cdnc.ucr.edu.

External links

District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission

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[population-1] 1 2 3 4 "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).

[2] "ASSEMBLYMAN PRICE DEAD". cdnc.ucr.edu.

[3] "BUTTE'S ASSEMBLYMAN DIES AT SARAMENTO". cdnc.ucr.edu.

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