California's 25th State Assembly district

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California's 25th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Ash Kalra of San Jose.

Current assemblymember

Ash Kalra
D–San Jose

Population (2020)
• Voting age
• Citizen voting age

497,894^[1]
393,777^[1]
311,695^[1]

Demographics

14.50% White
2.84% Black
42.17% Latino
36.79% Asian
0.23% Native American
0.36% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
0.48% other
2.64% remainder of multiracial

Registered voters

253,288^[2]

Registration

52.46% Democratic
16.35% Republican
25.80% No party preference

The district encompasses the majority of San Jose, including downtown and open space areas in southeast Santa Clara County.

Election results from statewide races

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Year	Office	Results
2022	Governor	Newsom 69.8 – 30.2%
2022	Senator	Padilla 71.1 – 28.9%
2021	Recall	No 72.0 – 28.0%
2020^[3]	President	Biden 70.9 – 27.2%
2018	Governor	Newsom 70.9 – 29.1%
2018	Senator	Feinstein 60.1 – 39.9%
2016	President	Clinton 73.6 – 20.9%
2016	Senator	Harris 64.5 – 35.5%
2014	Governor	Brown 75.0 – 25.0%
2012	President	Obama 72.4 – 25.3%
2012	Senator	Feinstein 75.0 – 25.0%

List of assembly members

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Due to redistricting, the 25th 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
Martin E. Cooke Munday	Democratic	January 5, 1885 – January 3, 1887	Sonoma
James McDonnell Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1887 – January 7, 1889
Robert Howe	Democratic	January 7, 1889 – January 5, 1891
Henry Little Weston	Republican	January 5, 1891 – January 2, 1893
John M. LaRue	Democratic	January 2, 1893 – April 27, 1893	San Joaquin	Died in office
Edward I. Jones	Republican	January 7, 1895 – January 4, 1897
A. L. Foreman	Democratic	January 4, 1897 – January 2, 1899
Frank E. Dunlap	Republican	January 2, 1899 – January 5, 1903
Vital E. Bangs	Democratic	January 5, 1903 – January 2, 1905	Stanislaus, Merced, Madera
S. S. Burge	Republican	January 2, 1905 – January 7, 1907
Richard Keith Whitmore		January 7, 1907 – January 4, 1909
Charles W. Wagner		January 4, 1909 – January 2, 1911
Thomas F. Griffin	Democratic	January 2, 1911 – January 6, 1913
William C. McCarthy	Democratic	January 6, 1913 – January 4, 1915	San Francisco
Charles William Godsil	Republican	January 4, 1915 – January 3, 1921
William B. Hornblower	Republican	January 3, 1921 – January 2, 1933
Melvyn I. Cronin	Democratic	January 2, 1933 – January 4, 1942		Resigned from the Assembly.
Gerald P. Haggerty	Democratic	January 4, 1943 – January 6, 1947
Raymond W. Blosser	Republican	January 6, 1947 – January 3, 1949
Robert I. McCarthy	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 5, 1953
Daniel J. Creedon	Republican	January 5, 1953 – January 4, 1955	San Mateo	Resigned from the Assembly.
Louis Francis	Republican	June 27, 1956 – January 7, 1963	San Mateo	Sworn in after winning special election.^[4]
William F. Stanton	Democratic	January 7, 1963 – January 2, 1967	Santa Clara
Earle P. Crandall	Republican	January 2, 1967 – January 4, 1971
Alister McAlister	Democratic	January 4, 1971 – November 30, 1982
Rusty Areias		December 6, 1982 – November 30, 1992	Merced, Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara
Margaret Snyder		December 7, 1992 – November 30, 1994	Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, Stanislaus, Tuolumne
George House	Republican	December 5, 1994 – November 30, 2000
Dave Cogdill		December 4, 2000 – November 30, 2006
Dave Cogdill		December 4, 2000 – November 30, 2006	Calaveras, Madera, Mariposa, Mono, Stanislaus, Tuolumne
Tom Berryhill		December 4, 2006 – November 30, 2010
Kristin Olsen		December 6, 2010 – November 30, 2012
Bob Wieckowski	Democratic	December 3, 2012 – November 30, 2014	Alameda, Santa Clara
Kansen Chu		December 1, 2014 – November 30, 2020
Alex Lee		December 7, 2020 – December 4, 2022
Ash Kalra		December 5, 2022 – Present	Santa Clara

Election results (1992–present)

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2022 California State Assembly election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ash Kalra	47,942	71.50
	Republican	Ted Stroll	19,123	28.50
Total votes			67,065	100.00
General election
	Democratic	Ash Kalra	74,546	70.00
	Republican	Ted Stroll	31,893	30.00
Total votes			106,439	100.00
	Democratic hold

2020 California State Assembly election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Brunton	19,612	20.80
	Democratic	Alex Lee	14,542	15.40
	Democratic	Anne Kepner	12,823	13.60
	Democratic	Anna Song	11,992	12.70
	Democratic	Natasha Gupta	9,778	10.40
	Democratic	Carmen Montano	9,672	10.20
	Democratic	Anthony Phan	6,780	7.20
	Democratic	Roman Reed	5,549	5.90
	Democratic	Jim Canova	3,623	3.80
Total votes			94,371	100.00
General election
	Democratic	Alex Lee	135,733	70.50
	Republican	Bob Brunton	56,775	29.50
Total votes			192,508	100.00
	Democratic hold

2018 California State Assembly election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kansen Chu (incumbent)	36,417	51.80
	Republican	Bob Brunton	16,391	23.30
	Democratic	Carmen Montano	15,345	21.80
	Libertarian	Robert Imhoff	2,127	3.00
Total votes			70,280	100.00
General election
	Democratic	Kansen Chu (incumbent)	98,612	74.30
	Republican	Bob Brunton	34,193	25.70
Total votes			132,805	100.00
	Democratic hold

2016 California State Assembly election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kansen Chu (incumbent)	61,980	75.50
	Republican	Bob Brunton	20,146	24.50
Total votes			82,126	100.00
General election
	Democratic	Kansen Chu (incumbent)	107,821	72.80
	Republican	Bob Brunton	40,280	27.20
Total votes			148,101	100.00
	Democratic hold

2014 California State Assembly election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kansen Chu	16,672	30.60
	Republican	Bob Brunton	12,699	23.30
	Democratic	Armando Gomez	9,218	16.90
	Democratic	Teresa Cox	9,104	16.70
	Democratic	Craig Steckler	6,835	12.50
Total votes			54,528	100.00
General election
	Democratic	Kansen Chu	57,718	69.40
	Republican	Bob Brunton	25,441	30.60
Total votes			83,159	100.00
	Democratic hold

2012 California State Assembly election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Wieckowski (incumbent)	22,112	41.60
	Republican	ArLyne Diamond	16,077	30.20
	Democratic	Pete "Primo" McHugh	14,970	28.20
Total votes			53,159	100.00
General election
	Democratic	Bob Wieckowski (incumbent)	93,487	70.50
	Republican	ArLyne Diamond	39,159	29.50
Total votes			132,646	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

^ ^a ^b ^c https://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/64/2023/01/Final-Maps-Report-with-Appendices-12.26.21-230-PM-1.pdf.
^ https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/15day-presprim-2024/assembly.pdf.
^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. April 16, 2021. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
^ "Louis Francis takes oath" (PDF). clerk.assembly.ca.gov.

District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission