California's 1st State Senate district


California's 1st State Senate district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. Republican Brian Dahle represents the district, having won the seat in a June 2019 special election after Republican Ted Gaines of El Dorado Hills resigned to become a member of the California Board of Equalization in January 2019.

District profile

The district stretches along the eastern edge of the state from the Oregon border to the Lake Tahoe area. It wraps around the Sacramento Valley along the northern Sierra Nevada, extending westward into the eastern Sacramento suburbs. While the district is primarily rural, a substantial minority of the population is concentrated in the suburban southwestern portion.
All of Alpine County
All of El Dorado County
All of Lassen County
All of Modoc County
All of Nevada County
Placer County62.9%
All of Plumas County
Sacramento County
10.2%
All of Shasta County
All of Sierra County
All of Siskiyou County
YearOfficeResults
2018GovernorCox 59.9 – 40.1%
2018Senatorde Leon 55.7 - 44.3%
2016PresidentTrump 54.3 – 38.6%
2016SenatorHarris 62.9 – 37.1%
2014GovernorKashkari 55.0 – 45.0%
2012PresidentRomney 57.3 – 39.9%
2012SenatorEmken 57.9 – 42.1%
2010GovernorWhitman 52.4 – 42.5%
2010SenatorFiorina 57.4 – 36.2%
2008PresidentMcCain 52.1 – 45.8%
2006GovernorSchwarzenegger 71.0 – 24.0%
2006SenatorMountjoy 48.8 – 46.0%
2004PresidentBush 60.2 – 38.6%
2004SenatorJones 54.2 – 42.2%
2003RecallYes 69.0 – 31.0%
2003RecallSchwarzenegger 59.9 – 18.5%
2002GovernorSimon 57.2 – 31.8%
2000PresidentBush 57.6 – 36.3%
2000SenatorCampbell 50.5 – 41.0%
1998GovernorLungren 51.5 – 44.9%
1998SenatorFong 51.1 – 44.0%
1996PresidentDole 50.8 – 37.1%
1994GovernorWilson 65.3 – 28.7%
1994SenatorHuffington 55.1 – 35.8%
1992PresidentBush 39.2 – 34.9%
1992SenatorHerschensohn 50.5 – 36.9%
1992SenatorSeymour 45.3 – 45.2%

List of senators

Due to redistricting, the 1st district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2011 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.

Election results

2019 (special)

2016

2012

2011 (special)

2008

2004

2000

1996

1992