California's 35th State Assembly district

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California's 35th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Jasmeet Bains of Bakersfield.

Current assemblymember

Jasmeet Bains
D–Bakersfield

Population (2010)
• Voting age
• Citizen voting age

467,334^[1]
359,077^[1]
295,361^[1]

Demographics

55.68% White
2.40% Black
35.71% Latino
4.25% Asian
1.05% Native American
0.25% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
0.30% other
0.37^[1]% remainder of multiracial

Registered voters

245,216

Registration

34.49% Democratic
33.74% Republican
25.89% No party preference

The district is located in the Central Valley and spans from the slopes of the Coast Ranges to the slopes of the Sierra Nevada into the Mojave desert.

Election results from statewide races

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Year	Office	Results
2021	Recall	No 51.0 – 49.0%
2020	President	Biden 54.1 – 43.5%
2018	Governor	Cox 50.4 – 49.6%
2018	Senator	de Leon 51.7 – 48.3%
2016	President	Clinton 49.6 – 43.4%
2016	Senator	Harris 60.1 – 39.9%
2014	Governor	Brown 51.7 – 48.3%
2012	President	Romney 49.2 – 47.6%
2012	Senator	Emken 50.4 – 49.6%

List of assembly members

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Due to redistricting, the 35th 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
N. T. Whitcomb	Republican	January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887	San Francisco
John H. Colbert	Democratic	January 3, 1887 - November 18, 1888		Died before finishing his term ended in office from pneumonia.^[2]
H. H. Dobbin		January 7, 1889 - January 5, 1891
William J. Dunn		January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893
J. G. Gallagher	Republican	January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895
Calvin Ewing	People's	January 7, 1895 - January 4, 1897
Lawrence J. Dolan	Fusion	January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1899
W.H. Cobb	Republican	January 2, 1899 - January 1, 1901
Edward F. Treadwell		January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1903
Edward D. Knight		January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1905
Edward F. Treadwell		January 2, 1905 - January 7, 1907
Fred Hugo Hartman		January 7, 1907 - January 4, 1909
Frederick Carsten Gerdes		January 4, 1909 - January 6, 1913
Alfred L. Morgenstern		January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915	Alameda
Paul J. Arnerich		January 4, 1915 - January 6, 1919
William J. Locke		January 6, 1919 - January 3, 1921
Homer R. Spence		January 3, 1921 - January 3, 1927
Roy Bishop		January 3, 1927 - January 2, 1933
Ellis E. Patterson		January 2, 1933 - January 2, 1939	Monterey, San Luis Obispo	Changes his party to Democrat in 1937.
Ellis E. Patterson	Democratic	January 2, 1933 - January 2, 1939		Changes his party to Democrat in 1937.
Frederick Weybret	Republican	January 2, 1939 - January 4, 1943
S.L. Heisinger	Democratic	January 4, 1943 - September 22, 1949	Fresno	Died in office. He was killed by a freight train.^[3]
William W. Hansen	Republican	March 8, 1950 - January 5, 1953	Fresno	Was sworn in after winning a special election after the death of Heisinger.^[4]
Roscoe L. Patterson		January 5, 1953 - July 9, 1955	Kings, Tulare	Died in office, while being treated in the hospital from a heart attack.^[5]
Domer F. Power		July 3, 1956 - January 7, 1957		Sworn in during a special election to fill in seat vacant by his predecessor Patterson, after he died in office.^[6]
Myron H. Frew	Democratic	January 7, 1957 - January 4, 1965
Gordon W. Duffy	Republican	January 4, 1965 - January 2, 1967
John Briggs	Republican	January 2, 1967 – November 30, 1974	Orange, Bernardino
Gary K. Hart	Democratic	December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1982	Santa Barbara
Jack O'Connell	Democratic	December 6, 1982 – November 30, 1994	Santa Barbara, Ventura
Brooks Firestone	Republican	December 5, 1994 - November 30, 1998
Hannah-Beth Jackson	Democratic	December 7, 1998 - November 30, 2004
Pedro Nava		December 6, 2004 - November 30, 2010
Das Williams		December 6, 2010 - November 30, 2012
Katcho Achadjian	Republican	December 3, 2012 - November 30, 2016	San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara
Jordan Cunningham	Republican	December 5, 2016 – December 5, 2022	San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara
Jasmeet Bains	Democratic	December 5, 2022 – present	Kern

Election results (1992–present)

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2022 California State Assembly election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leticia Perez	14,101	50.5%
	Democratic	Jasmeet Bains	13,812	49.5
Total votes			27,913	100.0%
General election
	Democratic	Jasmeet Bains	35,997	60.3
	Democratic	Leticia Perez	23,707	39.7%
Total votes			59,704	100.0%
	Democratic hold

2020 California State Assembly election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jordan Cunningham (incumbent)	85,029	56.8%
	Democratic	Dawn Addis	64,548	43.2%
Total votes			149,577	100.0%
General election
	Republican	Jordan Cunningham (incumbent)	126,579	55.1%
	Democratic	Dawn Addis	103,206	44.9%
Total votes			229,785	100.0%
	Republican hold

California State Assembly election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jordan Cunningham (incumbent)	62,348	55.5
	Democratic	Bill Ostrander	49,967	44.5
Total votes			112,315	100.0
General election
	Republican	Jordan Cunningham (incumbent)	97,749	55.9
	Democratic	Bill Ostrander	76,994	44.1
Total votes			174,743	100.0
	Republican hold

California State Assembly election, 2016
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dawn Ortiz-Legg	55,577	45.0
	Republican	Jordan Cunningham	45,750	37.0
	Republican	Steve Lebard	18,170	14.7
	Libertarian	Dominic Robert Rubini	4,142	3.4
Total votes			123,639	100.0
General election
	Republican	Jordan Cunningham	105,247	54.7
	Democratic	Dawn Ortiz-Legg	87,168	45.3
Total votes			192,415	100.0
	Republican hold

California State Assembly election, 2014
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Katcho Achadjian (incumbent)	54,615	65.3
	Democratic	Heidi Harmon	29,030	34.7
Total votes			83,645	100.0
General election
	Republican	Katcho Achadjian (incumbent)	77,452	62.7
	Democratic	Heidi Harmon	46,126	37.3
Total votes			123,578	100.0
	Republican hold

California State Assembly election, 2012
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Katcho Achadjian (incumbent)	62,747	64.9
	Democratic	Gerald "Gerry" Manata	33,862	35.1
Total votes			96,609	100.0
General election
	Republican	Katcho Achadjian (incumbent)	103,762	61.3
	Democratic	Gerald "Gerry" Manata	65,500	38.7
Total votes			169,262	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
^ "Around The City (Assemblyman John H. Colbert dies)". cdnc.ucr.edu.
^ "Grade Crossing Crash Is Fatal to Heisinger". cdnc.ucr.edu.
^ "William W. Hansen Sworn in" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.
^ "Roscoe Patterson, Assemblyman From Visalia, Succumbs". cdnc.ucr.edu.
^ "Domer F. Power Sworn in" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.

District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission