| California's 9th State Senate district | |||
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| Current senator |
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| Population (2010) • Voting age • Citizen voting age | 940,601[1] 743,998[1] 595,108[1] | ||
| Demographics |
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| Registered voters | 575,696[2] | ||
| Registration | 66.05% Democratic 5.96% Republican 23.78% No party preference | ||
California's 9th senatorial district is one of 40CaliforniaState Senate districts. It is currently represented byDemocratTim Grayson ofConcord.
The district encompasses most ofContra Costa County, includingConcord,Antioch,Pittsburg,Bay Point,Martinez,Pleasant Hill,Walnut Creek,Lafayette,Danville,San Ramon, andOrinda; along withCastro Valley,San Lorenzo, andSan Leandro inAlameda County.
It previously encompassed theEast Bay and consists of the urban, coastal northwestern portion ofAlameda County, and western portion ofContra Costa County, includingAlameda,Oakland,Piedmont,Emeryville,Berkeley,El Cerrito, andRichmond; currently represented by the7th district.
| Year | Office | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Recall |  No 89.6 – 10.4% |
| 2020 | President | Biden 87.8 – 10.2% |
| 2018 | Governor | Newsom 88.9 – 11.1% |
| Senator | Feinstein 59.8 – 40.2% | |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 85.6 – 7.8% |
| Senator | Harris 79.1 – 20.9% | |
| 2014 | Governor | Brown 90.2 – 9.8% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 86.8 – 9.9% |
| Senator | Feinstein 90.0 – 10.0% | |
| 2010 | Governor | Brown 79.9 – 16.5% |
| Senator | Boxer 79.5 – 16.7% | |
| 2008 | President | Obama 84.0 – 14.1% |
| 2006 | Governor | Angelides 62.1 – 29.8% |
| Senator | Feinstein 67.6 – 28.0% | |
| 2004 | President | Kerry 81.1 – 17.5% |
| Senator | Boxer 80.1 – 15.6% | |
| 2003 | Recall | No 77.0 – 23.0% |
| Bustamante 60.7 – 19.4% | ||
| 2002 | Governor | Davis 65.0 – 16.8% |
| 2000 | President | Gore 78.9 – 12.6% |
| Senator | Feinstein 74.0 – 12.6% | |
| 1998 | Governor | Davis 83.3 – 12.4% |
| Senator | Boxer 80.9 – 16.6% | |
| 1996 | President | Clinton 75.5 – 13.0% |
| 1994 | Governor | Brown 74.0 – 22.9% |
| Senator | Feinstein 80.2 – 14.0% | |
| 1992 | President | Clinton 77.3 – 12.5% |
| Senator | Boxer 79.4 – 15.2% | |
| Senator | Feinstein 82.4 – 13.4% |
Due to redistricting, the 9th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2021 redistricting by theCalifornia Citizens Redistricting Commission.
| Senators | Party | Years served | Counties represented | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John J. Harrigan | Democratic | January 8, 1883 – January 5, 1885 | San Francisco | Both Harrigan and McCarthy served together.[3] |
| Timothy McCarthy | January 8, 1883 - January 5, 1885 | |||
| Egisto C. Palmieri | Republican | January 5, 1885 – January 3, 1887 | Both Palmieri and Parkinson served together.[4] | |
| George C. Parkinson | January 5, 1885 – January 3, 1887 | |||
| Henry Clay Gesford | Democratic | January 3, 1887 – January 7, 1889 | Napa,Yolo | |
| Frank S. Sprague | Republican | January 7, 1889 – January 2, 1893 | ||
| J. B. Hoyt | January 2, 1893 – January 4, 1897 | Solano | ||
| John J. Luchsinger | January 4, 1897 – January 2, 1905 | |||
| Charles Mortimer Belshaw | January 2, 1905 – January 4, 1909 | Contra Costa,Marin | ||
| Ennio Batista Martinelli | January 4, 1909 – January 6, 1913 | |||
| James Curtis Owens | Democratic | January 6, 1913 – January 8, 1917 | ||
| William R. Sharkey | Republican | January 8, 1917 – January 2, 1933 | ||
| Andrew L. Pierovich | Democratic | January 2, 1933 – January 6, 1941 | Alpine,Amador,El Dorado | |
| Harley E. Dillinger | January 6, 1941 – January 5, 1953 | |||
| Swift Berry | Republican | January 5, 1953 – January 2, 1961 | Amador,El Dorado | |
| John C. Begovich | Democratic | January 2, 1961 – January 2, 1967 | ||
| J. Eugene McAteer | January 2, 1967 – May 26, 1967 | San Francisco | Died in office. Died from a heart attack while playing handball at the Olympic Club.[5] | |
| Vacant | May 26, 1967 – September 4, 1967 | |||
| Milton Marks | Republican | September 4, 1967 – November 30, 1976 | Sworn in after winning special election.[6] | |
| Nicholas C. Petris | Democratic | December 6, 1976 – November 30, 1996 | Alameda | |
| Alameda,Contra Costa | ||||
| Barbara Lee | December 2, 1996 – April 17, 1998 | Resigned to become a member of Congress for the 9th Congressional district.[7] | ||
| Vacant | April 17, 1998 – December 7, 1998 | |||
| Don Perata | Democratic | December 7, 1998 – November 30, 2008 | ||
| Loni Hancock | December 1, 2008 – November 30, 2016 | |||
| Nancy Skinner | December 5, 2016 – November 30, 2024 | Elected in2016. Re-elected in2020 Term-limited and redistricted to the7th district in 2024. | ||
| Tim Grayson | December 5, 2024 – present | Elected in2024. | ||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Tim Grayson | 103,121 | 59.3 | |
| Democratic | Marisol Rubio | 70,043 | 40.2 | |
| Republican | David Minor (write-in) | 410 | 0.2 | |
| Republican | Joseph Grcar (write-in) | 398 | 0.2 | |
| Total votes | 173,972 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Tim Grayson | 193,558 | 52.0 | |
| Democratic | Marisol Rubio | 178,776 | 48.0 | |
| Total votes | 372,334 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Nancy Skinner (incumbent) | 263,751 | 100.0 | |
| Libertarian | Jamie Dluzak (write-in) | 126 | 0.0 | |
| Total votes | 263,877 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Nancy Skinner | 404,455 | 84.4 | |
| Libertarian | Jamie Dluzak | 53,256 | 11.6 | |
| Total votes | 457,711 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Nancy Skinner | 116,710 | 47.8 | |
| Democratic | Sandré Swanson | 74,365 | 30.5 | |
| Democratic | Katherine Grace Welch | 32,698 | 13.4 | |
| Republican | Rich Kinney | 20,287 | 8.3 | |
| Total votes | 244,060 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Nancy Skinner | 236,133 | 62.2 | |
| Democratic | Sandré Swanson | 143,573 | 37.8 | |
| Total votes | 379,706 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Loni Hancock (incumbent) | 123,624 | 99.3 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Mary Catherine McIlroy (write-in) | 785 | 0.6 | |
| Libertarian | Lisa D. Ringer (write-in) | 92 | 0.1 | |
| Total votes | 124,501 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Loni Hancock (incumbent) | 300,994 | 85.8 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Mary Catherine McIlroy | 49,987 | 14.2 | |
| Total votes | 350,981 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Loni Hancock | 272,225 | 77.2 | |
| Republican | Claudia Bermudez | 53,299 | 15.1 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Marsha Feinland | 26,996 | 7.7 | |
| Total votes | 352,520 | 100.00 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Don Perata (incumbent) | 248,614 | 77.1 | |
| Republican | Patricia Deutsche | 50,110 | 15.6 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Tom Condit | 17,412 | 5.4 | |
| Libertarian | Peter Von Pinnon | 6,383 | 1.9 | |
| Total votes | 322,519 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Don Perata (incumbent) | 218,550 | 83.4 | |
| Republican | Linda J. Marshall | 30,062 | 11.5 | |
| Libertarian | Peter Von Pinnon | 13,622 | 5.1 | |
| Total votes | 262,234 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Don Perata | 164,476 | 77.2 | |
| Republican | Deborah Wright | 34,461 | 16.2 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Marsha Feinland | 14,250 | 6.7 | |
| Total votes | 213,187 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Barbara Lee | 196,430 | 78.2 | |
| Republican | Thomas N. Hudson | 37,341 | 14.9 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Robert J. Evans | 8,870 | 3.5 | |
| Natural Law | Carol Flyer Prettie | 8,465 | 3.4 | |
| Total votes | 251,106 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Nicholas C. Petris | 227,930 | 84.6 | |
| Peace and Freedom | David Campbell | 41,555 | 15.4 | |
| Total votes | 269,485 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
