California's 11th senatorial district

California's 11th senatorial district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Scott Wiener of San Francisco.

California's 11th State Senate district
Map of the district
Current senator
 Scott Wiener
DSan Francisco
Population (2020)
 • Voting age
 • Citizen voting age
1,022,311[1]
883,572[1]
757,682[1]
Demographics
Registered voters568,370[2]
Registration59.86% Democratic
6.99% Republican
28.93% No party preference

District profile

The district encompasses San Francisco and Daly City at the northern tip of San Mateo County.

Election results from statewide races

YearOfficeResults
2021Recall No 85.5 – 14.5%
2020PresidentBiden 84.4 – 13.7%
2018GovernorNewsom 85.7 – 14.3%
SenatorFeinstein 64.4– 35.6%
2016PresidentClinton 85.0 – 10.0%
SenatorHarris 77.0 – 23.0%
2014GovernorBrown 87.7 – 12.3%
2012PresidentObama 83.1 – 13.6%
SenatorFeinstein 88.2 – 11.8%

List of senators

Due to redistricting, the 11th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2021 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission and took effect with the June 2022 primaries.[3]

SenatorsPartyYears servedCounties representedNotes
Edward KeatingDemocraticJanuary 8, 1883 - January 5, 1885San FranciscoServed together with Thorwald Nelson.[4]
Thorwald Klaudius NelsonJanuary 8, 1883 - January 5, 1885
Daniel J. CreightonJanuary 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887Served together with Edward Drum.[5]
Edward F. DrumJanuary 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887
James McCuddenJanuary 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889Solano
George Jerome CampbellRepublicanJanuary 7, 1889 - January 2, 1893
Elliott McAllisterDemocraticJanuary 2, 1893 - January 4, 1897Contra Costa, Marin
John Henry DickinsonRepublicanJanuary 4, 1897 - January 1, 1901
Charles Mortimer BelshawJanuary 1, 1901 - January 2, 1905
August E. MuenterJanuary 2, 1905 - January 4, 1909San Joaquin
John Thomas LewisRepublicanJanuary 4, 1909 - January 6, 1913
William R. FlintJanuary 6, 1913 - January 8, 1917San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Cruz
M. B. JohnsonJanuary 8, 1917 - January 7, 1929
George C. ClevelandJanuary 7, 1929 - January 2, 1933
Frank L. GordonJanuary 2, 1933 - January 3, 1949Napa, Yolo
Nathan F. CoombsJanuary 3, 1949 - January 2, 1961
Samuel R. GeddesDemocraticJanuary 2, 1961 - March 5, 1965Died in office from a heart attack.[6]
Nicholas C. PetrisJanuary 2, 1967 - November 30, 1976Alameda
Al AlquistDecember 6, 1976 - November 30, 1984Alameda, San Benito, Santa Cruz
Becky MorganRepublicanDecember 3, 1984 - August 17, 1993San Mateo, Santa ClaraResigned from the Senate to become President/CEO of Joint Venture:Silicon Valley Network.[7]
Tom CampbellNovember 11, 1993 - December 12, 1995Sworn in after winning special election.[8] Resigned from office to be sworn in the 15th Congressional district after winning special election.[9]
Byron SherDemocraticMarch 28, 1996 – December 6, 2004Sworn in after winning special election.[10]
Joe SimitianDecember 6, 2004 – November 30, 2012San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz
Mark LenoDecember 3, 2012 - November 30, 2016San Francisco, San Mateo
Scott WienerDecember 5, 2016 – present

Election results (1992–present)

2020

2020 California State Senate election
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticScott Wiener (incumbent)167,12455.7
DemocraticJackie Fielder99,56633.2
RepublicanErin Smith33,32111.1
Total votes300,011 100.0
General election
DemocraticScott Wiener (incumbent) 254,635 57.1
DemocraticJackie Fielder191,06542.9
Total votes445,700 100.0
Democratic hold

2016

California State Senate election, 2016[11]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJane Kim118,58245.3
DemocraticScott Wiener117,91345.1
RepublicanKen Loo25,1899.6
DemocraticMichael A. Petrelis (write-in)40.0
Total votes261,684 100.0
General election
DemocraticScott Wiener 209,462 51.0
DemocraticJane Kim201,31649.0
Total votes410,778 100.0
Democratic hold

2012

California State Senate election, 2012
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticMark Leno (incumbent)118,02382.0
RepublicanHarmeet Dhillon25,82818.0
Total votes143,851 100.0
General election
DemocraticMark Leno (incumbent) 303,241 84.7
RepublicanHarmeet Dhillon54,88715.3
Total votes358,128 100.0
Democratic hold

2008

California State Senate election, 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJoe Simitian (incumbent) 272,154 74.82
RepublicanBlair Nathan91,59225.18
Total votes363,746 100.00
Turnout 76.37
Democratic hold

2004

California State Senate election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJoe Simitian 230,484 66.53
RepublicanJon Zellhoefer101,88729.41
LibertarianAllen M. Rice14,0804.06
Total votes346,451 100.00
Democratic hold

2000

California State Senate election, 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticByron Sher (incumbent) 183,887 59.25
RepublicanGloria S. Hom113,77036.66
LibertarianJohn J. "Jack" Hickey12,6764.08
Invalid or blank votes20,9166.31
Total votes331,249 100.00
Democratic hold

1996

California State Senate election, 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticByron Sher 177,155 57.90
RepublicanPatrick Shannon117,54738.42
LibertarianJon W. Malonia11,2903.69
Invalid or blank votes24,3557.37
Total votes276,347 100.0
Democratic hold

1992

California State Senate election, 1992
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanBecky Morgan (incumbent) 218,855 64.50
DemocraticFrank W. Trinkle104,16230.70
LibertarianChristopher R. Inama16,9004.80
Invalid or blank votes34,0999.13
Total votes374,016 100.00
Republican hold

See also

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