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California State Legislature - Senator, 38th District
Birthdate:
February 29, 1976 (Age 47)

Term Expires:
2026

District Registration (As of January 10, 2023)
Total Voters DEM REP OTHER MARGIN
602,673 37.72% 31.49% 30.79% D +6.24%
District Historical Candidate Performance
Election DEM REP Margin
2022 Gubernatorial Newsom - 52.61% Dahle - 47.39% D +5.2%
2020 Presidential Biden - 57.0% Trump - 40.7% D +16.30%
2018 Gubernatorial Newsom - 52.6% Cox - 47.4% D +5.20%
2016 Presidential Clinton - 52.1% Trump - 41.8% D +10.30%
2020 Census Data
Total Population Total White Hispanic Black Asian Native Pacific
973,433 57.7% 24.3% 3.5% 12.8% 2.6% 1.0%


Electoral History
2022 General Election Results (November 8, 2022)
Name Votes Vote % Vote Share
Catherine Blakespear (D) 190,992 52.24%
Matt Gunderson (R) 174,581 47.76%
2022 Primary Election Results (June 7, 2022)
Name Votes Vote % Vote Share
Matt Gunderson (R) 106,358 45.87%
Catherine Blakespear (D) 99,583 42.95%
Joe Kerr (D) 25,908 11.17%
2018 General Election Results (November 6, 2018)
Name Votes Vote % Vote Share
Brian Jones (R) 187,345 53.01%
Jeff Griffith (D) 166,092 46.99%
2018 Primary Election Results (June 5, 2018)
Name Votes Vote % Vote Share
Brian Jones (R) 114,270 57.22%
Jeff Griffith (D) 79,862 39.99%
Antonio Salguero (LIB) 5,576 2.79%