California's 17th State Assembly district
{{Short description|American legislative district}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{More citations needed|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox California State Legislature district
| district = 17
| chamber = Assembly
| image = California's 17th Assembly district.svg
| population = 518,498{{Cite web|url=https://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/64/2023/01/Final-Maps-Report-with-Appendices-12.26.21-230-PM-1.pdf|title=Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2020}}
| population year = 2020
| citizen voting age = 362,292
| percent white = 35.87
| percent black = 6.95
| percent latino = 18.93
| percent asian = 31.84
| percent native american = 0.23
| percent pacific islander = 0.51
| percent other race = 0.71
| percent remainder of multiracial = 4.96
| registered = 298,276
| Democratic = 59.23
| Republican = 4.93
| NPP = 31.89
}}
California's 17th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Matt Haney of San Francisco.
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District profile
The district encompasses the eastern portions of the consolidated city-county of San Francisco, including its central financial and governmental core as well as several of the more working-class neighborhoods of the city.
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San Francisco – (59.26%)
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Election results from statewide races
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| width="30" | Year
! width="60" | Office ! width="180" | Results |
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| rowspan="2" |2022
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Newsom 87.7 – 12.3% |
| Senator
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Padilla 88 – 12% |
| 2021
| Recall | align="right" {{na}} No 88.6 – 11.4% |
| 2020{{Cite web|url=https://cnalysis.com/maps/2020-presidential-by-legislative-district-and-most-recent-election-result/|title=2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result|publisher=CNalysis|access-date=June 9, 2021}}
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Biden 87.5 – 10.4% |
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| Governor | align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Newsom 89.5 – 10.5% |
| Senator
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Feinstein 63.1 – 36.9% |
| rowspan="2" | 2016
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Clinton 88.1 – 7.0% |
| Senator
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Harris 79.2 – 20.8% |
| 2014
| Governor | align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Brown 91.0 – 9.0% |
| rowspan="2" | 2012
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Obama 87.0 – 9.3% |
| Senator
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Feinstein 90.8 – 9.2% |
List of assembly members
Due to redistricting, the 17th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2021 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.
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| Assembly members
! Party ! Years served ! Counties represented ! Notes |
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| E. H. Watson
| rowspan=2 {{party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic | January 5, 1885 – January 3, 1887 | rowspan=3|El Dorado | |
| Henry Mahler
| January 3, 1887 – January 5, 1891 | |
| W. E. Baughman
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Republican | January 5, 1891 – January 2, 1893 | |
| James C. Sims
| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic | January 2, 1893 – January 7, 1895 | rowspan=4|Sonoma | |
| W. S. Staley
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Republican | January 7, 1895 – January 4, 1897 | |
| John W. Keegan
| rowspan=2 {{party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic | January 4, 1897 – January 2, 1899 | |
| William F. Cowan
| January 2, 1899 – January 5, 1903 | |
| Grove L. Johnson
| rowspan=8 {{party shading/Republican}} |Republican | January 5, 1903 – January 2, 1905 | rowspan=4|Sacramento | |
| Charles O. Busick
| January 2, 1905 – January 7, 1907 | |
| Grove L. Johnson
| January 7, 1907 – January 2, 1911 | |
| Charles A. Bliss
| January 2, 1911 – January 6, 1913 | |
| Charles W. Byrnes
| January 6, 1913 – January 4, 1915 | rowspan=3|Marin | |
| James E. Manning
| January 4, 1915 – January 8, 1923 | |
| Charles F. Reindollar
| January 8, 1923 – January 5, 1931 | |
| Clarence Ray Robinson
| January 5, 1931 – January 2, 1933 | |
| Henry P. Meehan
| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic | January 2, 1933 – January 4, 1943 | rowspan=4|Alameda | |
| Edward J. Carey
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Republican | January 4, 1943 – January 3, 1949 | |
| William Byron Rumford
| rowspan=3 {{party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic | January 3, 1949 – January 2, 1967 | |
| John J. Miller
| January 2, 1967 – November 30, 1974 | |
| Willie Brown
| December 2, 1974 – November 30, 1992 | |
| Dean Andal
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Republican | December 7, 1992 – November 30, 1994 | rowspan=3|San Joaquin | |
| Michael Machado
| rowspan=6 {{party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic | December 5, 1994 – November 30, 2000 | |
| Barbara S. Matthews
| December 4, 2000 – November 30, 2006 | |
| Cathleen Galgiani
| December 4, 2006 – November 30, 2012 | Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus | |
| Tom Ammiano
| December 3, 2012 – November 30, 2014 | rowspan=3|San Francisco | |
| David Chiu
| December 1, 2014 – October 31, 2021 | Resigned to become City Attorney of San Francisco. |
| Matt Haney
| May 3, 2022 – present | |
Election results (1992–present)
=2022 (special)=
{{main|2022 California's 17th State Assembly district special election}}
{{Election box open primary begin no change
| title = California's 17th State Assembly district special election, 2022
Vacancy resulting from the resignation of David Chiu
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = California Democratic Party
| candidate = Matt Haney
| votes = 34,174
| percentage = 36.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = California Democratic Party
| candidate = David Campos
| votes = 33,448
| percentage = 35.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = California Democratic Party
| candidate = Bilal Mahmood
| votes = 20,895
| percentage = 22.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = California Democratic Party
| candidate = Thea Selby
| votes = 5,261
| percentage = 5.6
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 93,778
| percentage = 100.0
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{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = California Democratic Party
| candidate = Matt Haney
| votes = 48,762
| percentage = 62.4
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = California Democratic Party
| candidate = David Campos
| votes = 29,422
| percentage = 37.6
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 78,184
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = California Democratic Party
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{{Election box end}}
=2020=
{{Election box open primary begin no change
| title = 2020 California State Assembly election
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = California Democratic Party
| candidate = David Chiu (incumbent)
| votes = 120,498
| percentage = 100.0
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| candidate = Starchild (write in)
| votes = 56
| percentage = 0.0
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 120,554
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = California Democratic Party
| candidate = David Chiu (incumbent)
| votes = 190,731
| percentage = 88.9%
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| candidate = Starchild
| votes = 23,834
| percentage = 11.1%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 214,565
| percentage = 100.0%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = California Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2018=
{{Election box open primary begin no change
| title = California State Assembly election, 2018
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = California Democratic Party
| candidate = David Chiu (incumbent)
| votes = 93212
| percentage = 81.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = California Democratic Party
| candidate = Alejandro Fernandez
| votes = 20639
| percentage = 18.1
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 113851
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = California Democratic Party
| candidate = David Chiu (incumbent)
| votes = 140381
| percentage = 75.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = California Democratic Party
| candidate = Alejandro Fernandez
| votes = 45483
| percentage = 24.5
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 185864
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = California Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2016=
{{Election box open primary begin no change
| title = California State Assembly election, 2016
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = California Democratic Party
| candidate = David Chiu (incumbent)
| votes = 114,904
| percentage = 88.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = California Republican Party
| candidate = Matthew Del Carlo
| votes = 14,891
| percentage = 11.5
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 129,795
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = California Democratic Party
| candidate = David Chiu (incumbent)
| votes = 172,153
| percentage = 86.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = California Republican Party
| candidate = Matthew Del Carlo
| votes = 27,417
| percentage = 13.7
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 199,570
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = California Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2014=
{{Election box open primary begin no change
| title = California State Assembly election, 2014
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = California Democratic Party
| candidate = David Chiu
| votes = 34,863
| percentage = 48.0
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = California Democratic Party
| candidate = David Campos
| votes = 31,951
| percentage = 44.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = California Republican Party
| candidate = David Carlos Salaverry
| votes = 5,843
| percentage = 8.0
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 72,657
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = California Democratic Party
| candidate = David Chiu
| votes = 63,041
| percentage = 51.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = California Democratic Party
| candidate = David Campos
| votes = 60,416
| percentage = 48.9
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 123,457
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = California Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2012=
{{Election box open primary begin no change
| title = California State Assembly election, 2012
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = California Democratic Party
| candidate = Tom Ammiano (incumbent)
| votes = 63,454
| percentage = 84.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = California Republican Party
| candidate = Jason P. Clark
| votes = 11,933
| percentage = 15.8
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 75,387
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = California Democratic Party
| candidate = Tom Ammiano (incumbent)
| votes = 161,124
| percentage = 86.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = California Republican Party
| candidate = Jason P. Clark
| votes = 25,728
| percentage = 13.8
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 186,852
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = California Democratic Party
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{{Election box end}}
=2010=
{{Election box begin no change
| title = 2010 California State Assembly election
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = California Democratic Party
| candidate = Cathleen Galgiani (incumbent)
| votes = 52,219
| percentage = 58.4
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = California Republican Party
| candidate = Jack Mobley
| votes = 37,293
| percentage = 41.6
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 89,512
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = California Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2008=
{{Election box begin no change
| title = 2008 California State Assembly election
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = California Democratic Party
| candidate = Cathleen Galgiani (incumbent)
| votes = 77,525
| percentage = 66.26
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = California Republican Party
| candidate = Jack Mobley
| votes = 39,480
| percentage = 33.74
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 117,005
| percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
| percentage = 63.78
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = California Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2006=
{{Election box begin no change
| title = 2006 California State Assembly election
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = California Democratic Party
| candidate = Cathleen Galgiani
| votes = 47,675
| percentage = 59.76
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = California Republican Party
| candidate = Gerald Machado
| votes = 32,107
| percentage = 40.24
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 79,782
| percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
| percentage = 44.50
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = California Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2004=
{{Election box begin no change
| title = 2004 California State Assembly election
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = California Democratic Party
| candidate = Barbara S. Matthews (inc.)
| votes = 66,926
| percentage = 60.52
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = California Republican Party
| candidate = Nellie McGarry
| votes = 43,664
| percentage = 39.48
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Independent (politician)
| candidate = Jennet C. Stebbins (write-in)
| votes = 2
| percentage = 0.00
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 110,592
| percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = California Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2002=
{{Election box begin no change
| title=2002 California State Assembly election
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = California Democratic Party
| candidate = Barbara S. Matthews (incumbent)
| votes = 41,997
| percentage = 56.39
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = California Republican Party
| candidate = Brian McCabe
| votes = 32,474
| percentage = 43.61
}}
{{Election box invalid no change
| votes = 4,123
| percentage = 5.25
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 78,594
| percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = California Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2000=
{{Election box begin no change
| title = 2000 California State Assembly election
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = California Democratic Party
| candidate = Barbara S. Matthews
| votes = 64,361
| percentage = 53.04
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = California Republican Party
| candidate = Greg Aghazarian
| votes = 54,031
| percentage = 44.53
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Libertarian Party of California
| candidate = Roy W. Busch
| votes = 2,943
| percentage = 2.43
}}
{{Election box invalid no change
| votes = 4,904
| percentage = 3.88
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 126,239
| percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = California Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
=1998=
{{Election box begin no change
| title = 1998 California State Assembly election
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = California Democratic Party
| candidate = Michael Machado (incumbent)
| votes = 61,556
| percentage = 68.89
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = California Republican Party
| candidate = Jay Smart
| votes = 27,794
| percentage = 31.11
}}
{{Election box invalid no change
| votes = 7,485
| percentage = 7.73
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 96,835
| percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = California Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
=1996=
{{Election box begin no change
| title = 1996 California State Assembly election
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = California Democratic Party
| candidate = Michael Machado (incumbent)
| votes = 54,607
| percentage = 51.95
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = California Republican Party
| candidate = Kevin Minnick
| votes = 46,997
| percentage = 44.71
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Libertarian Party of California
| candidate = Tom Kohlheep
| votes = 3,517
| percentage = 3.35
}}
{{Election box invalid no change
| votes = 5,972
| percentage = 5.38
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 111,093
| percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = California Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
=1994=
{{Election box begin no change
| title=1994 California State Assembly election
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = California Democratic Party
| candidate = Michael Machado
| votes = 45,710
| percentage = 50.77
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = California Republican Party
| candidate = Ed Simas
| votes = 44,316
| percentage = 49.23
}}
{{Election box invalid no change
| votes = 7,970
| percentage = 8.13
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 97,996
| percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no change
| winner = California Democratic Party
| loser = California Republican Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
=1992=
{{Election box begin no change
| title = 1992 California State Assembly election
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = California Republican Party
| candidate = Dean Andal (incumbent)
| votes = 59,165
| percentage = 50.63
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = California Democratic Party
| candidate = Michael Machado
| votes = 57,697
| percentage = 49.37
}}
{{Election box invalid no change
| votes = 7,736
| percentage = 6.21
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 124,598
| percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no change
| winner = California Republican Party
| loser = California Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/64/2011/08/map_20110815_ap_ad_17_certified.pdf District map] from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission
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