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California's 1st state senatorial district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. The district is represented by Republican Brian Dahle of Bieber, 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.[3][4][5]

District profile

The district includes most of the Redwood Forest region and northwestern Sierra Nevada, comprising Siskiyou, Modoc, Lassen, Shasta, Tehama, Plumas, Glenn, Colusa, Butte, Sutter, Yuba, Nevada, and Sierra Counties, along with eastern Placer County.

Election results from statewide races

Year Office Results
2021 Recall Yes Yes 61.8 – 38.2%
2020 President Trump 53.8 – 43.8%
2018 Governor Cox 59.9 – 40.1%
Senator de Leon 55.7 - 44.3%
2016 President Trump 54.3 – 38.6%
Senator Harris 62.9 – 37.1%
2014 Governor Kashkari 55.0 – 45.0%
2012 President Romney 57.3 – 39.9%
Senator Emken 57.9 – 42.1%
2010 Governor Whitman 52.4 – 42.5%
Senator Fiorina 57.4 – 36.2%
2008 President McCain 52.1 – 45.8%
2006 Governor Schwarzenegger 71.0 – 24.0%
Senator Mountjoy 48.8 – 46.0%
2004 President Bush 60.2 – 38.6%
Senator Jones 54.2 – 42.2%
2003 Recall Yes 69.0 – 31.0%
Schwarzenegger 59.9 – 18.5%
2002 Governor Simon 57.2 – 31.8%
2000 President Bush 57.6 – 36.3%
Senator Campbell 50.5 – 41.0%
1998 Governor Lungren 51.5 – 44.9%
Senator Fong 51.1 – 44.0%
1996 President Dole 50.8 – 37.1%
1994 Governor Wilson 65.3 – 28.7%
Senator Huffington 55.1 – 35.8%
1992 President Bush 39.2 – 34.9%
Senator Herschensohn 50.5 – 36.9%
Senator Seymour 45.3 – 45.2%

List of senators representing the district

Senators Party Years served Electoral history Counties represented
District established January 6, 1851

Jonathan Warner
(San Diego)
Democratic January 6, 1851 –
January 5, 1852
Elected in 1850.
Re-elected in 1851.
[data missing]
San Diego

David B. Kurtz
(San Diego)
Whig January 5, 1852 –
January 1, 1855
Elected in 1852.
Re-elected in 1854.
[data missing]
San Diego, Los Angeles, San Bernardino

Benjamin D. Wilson
(Los Angeles)
Democratic January 1, 1855 –
January 4, 1858
Elected in 1855.
[data missing]

Cameron E. Thom
(Los Angeles)
Democratic January 4, 1858 –
January 2, 1860
Elected in 1857.
[data missing]

Andrés Pico
(Los Angeles)
Whig January 2, 1860 –
January 6, 1862
Elected in 1859.
[data missing]

Jacob C. Bogart
(San Diego)
Democratic January 6, 1862 –
December 7, 1863
Elected in 1861.
[data missing]
San Diego, San Bernardino

M. C. Tuttle
(San Bernardino)
Union December 7, 1863 –
December 2, 1867
Elected in 1863.
[data missing]

W. A. Conn
(San Bernardino)
Democratic December 2, 1867 –
December 4, 1871
Elected in 1867.
[data missing]

James McCoy
(San Diego)
Democratic December 4, 1871 –
December 6, 1875
Elected in 1871.
[data missing]

John W. Satterwhite
(San Bernardino)
Independent
Democrat
December 6, 1875 –
January 8, 1883
Elected in 1875.
Re-elected in 1879.
[data missing]
Democratic

John C. Wolfskill
(Riverside)
Democratic January 8, 1883 –
January 5, 1885
Elected in 1882.
[data missing]

A. P. Johnson
(San Diego)
Republican January 5, 1885 –
January 3, 1887
Elected in 1884.
[data missing]

John P. Haynes
(Eureka)
Democratic January 3, 1887 –
January 7, 1889
Elected in 1886.
[data missing]
Del Norte, Humboldt

Frank McGowan
(Eureka)
Republican January 7, 1889 –
January 4, 1897
Elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1982.
[data missing]

James Gillett
(Eureka)
Republican January 4, 1897 –
January 1, 1901
Elected in 1896.
Retired to run for U.S. House of Representatives.

Thomas H. Selvage
(Eureka)
Republican January 1, 1901 –
January 7, 1907
Elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1904.
[data missing]
Del Norte, Humboldt, Trinity, Tehama

George T. Rolley
(Eureka)
Republican January 7, 1907 –
January 4, 1909
Elected in 1906.
[data missing]

Charles P. Cutten
(Eureka)
Republican January 4, 1909 –
January 6, 1913
Elected in 1908.
[data missing]

William Kehoe
(Eureka)
Republican January 6, 1913 –
January 3, 1921
Elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1916.
[data missing]

H. C. Nelson
(Eureka)
Republican January 3, 1921 –
January 2, 1933
Elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1928.
Lost renomination.

Harold J. Powers
(Cedarville)
Republican January 2, 1933 –
October 5, 1953
Elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1852.
Resigned to become Lieutenant Governor.
Lassen, Modoc, Plumas
Vacant October 5, 1953 –
December 29, 1953

Dale C. Williams
(Alturas)
Democratic December 29, 1953 –
May 12, 1955
Elected to finish Powers's term.
Died.[6]
Vacant May 12, 1955 –
January 5, 1956

Stanley Arnold
(Susanville)
Democratic January 5, 1956 –
July 16, 1965
Elected to finish Williams's term.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1964.
Resigned to become a Justice of the Lassen County Superior Court.
Vacant July 16, 1965 –
January 2, 1967

Randolph Collier
(Yreka)
Democratic January 2, 1967 –
November 30, 1976
Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1972.
Lost re-election.
Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Siskiyou, Sonoma, Trinity

Ray E. Johnson
(Chico)
Republican December 6, 1976 –
November 30, 1984
Elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1980.
Changed parties on March 7, 1983.
Lost re-election.
Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada,
Placer, Placer, Shasta, Sierra,
Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yuba
Independent

John Doolittle
(Rocklin)
Republican December 3, 1984 –
January 2, 1991
Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1988.
Resigned when elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas,
Sacramento, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter,
Trinity, Yolo, Yuba

Tim Leslie
(Tahoe City)
Republican May 16, 1991 –
November 30, 2000
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1996.
Termed out and ran for State Assembly.
Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Lassen,
Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas,
Sierra, Yuba

Rico Oller
(San Andreas)
Republican December 4, 2000 –
November 30, 2004
Elected in 2000.
Retired to run for U.S. House of Representatives.

Dave Cox
(Fair Oaks)
Republican December 6, 2004 –
July 13, 2010
Elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2008.
Died.
Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado,
Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer,
Plumas, Sacramento, Sierra
Vacant July 13, 2010 –
January 6, 2011

Ted Gaines
(El Dorado Hills)
Republican January 6, 2011 –
January 7, 2019
Elected to finish Cox's term.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2016.
Resigned when elected to the California State Board of Equalization.
Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada,
Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Shasta,
Shasta, Siskiyou

Brian Dahle
(Bieber)
Republican June 12, 2019 –
Elected to finish Gaines's term.
Re-elected in 2020.
Retiring at end of term due to term limits.

Election results

2020

2020 California State Senate election
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brian Dahle (incumbent) 200,537 57.7
Democratic Pamela Dawn Swartz 125,585 36.1
No party preference Linda Kelleher 21,557 6.2
Total votes 347,679 100.0
General election
Republican Brian Dahle (incumbent) 326,836 59.7
Democratic Pamela Dawn Swartz 220,563 40.3
Total votes 547,399 100.0
Republican hold

2019 (special)

2019 California's 1st State Senate district special election
Vacancy resulting from the resignation of Ted Gaines[7]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brian Dahle 57,725 29.6
Republican Kevin Kiley 54,290 27.9
Democratic Silke Pflueger 49,164 25.2
Republican Rex Hime 18,050 9.3
Democratic Steve Baird 10,855 5.6
Republican Theodore Dziuba 4,672 2.4
Total votes 194,756 100.0
General election
Republican Brian Dahle 70,556 53.1
Republican Kevin Kiley 62,259 46.9
Total votes 132,815 100.0
Republican hold

2016

2016 California State Senate election
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ted Gaines (incumbent) 140,739 49.4
Democratic Rob Rowen 104,262 36.6
Republican Steven Baird 39,958 14.1
Total votes 284,959 100.0
General election
Republican Ted Gaines (incumbent) 287,314 64.0
Democratic Rob Rowen 161,502 36.0
Total votes 448,816 100.0
Republican hold

2012

2012 California State Senate election
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ted Gaines (incumbent) 110,168 48.2
Democratic Julie Griffith-Flatter 68,947 30.2
Republican Les Baugh 37,442 16.4
No party preference "Bo" Bogdan I. Ambrozewicz 11,923 5.2
Total votes 228,480 100.0
General election
Republican Ted Gaines (incumbent) 263,256 63.7
Democratic Julie Griffith-Flatter 150,111 36.3
Total votes 413,367 100.0
Republican hold

2011 (special)

2011 California's 1st State Senate district special election
Vacancy resulting from the death of Dave Cox
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ted Gaines 91,083 62.9
Democratic Ken Cooley 53,747 37.1
Republican Joseph McCray, Sr. (write-in) 28 0.0
Total votes 144,858 100.0
Republican hold

2008

2008 California State Senate election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dave Cox (incumbent) 267,426 62.3
Democratic Anselmo Chavez 162,044 37.7
Total votes 429,470 100.0
Republican hold

2004

2004 California State Senate election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dave Cox 261,607 62.8
Democratic Kristine Lang McDonald 141,462 34.1
Libertarian Roberto Leibman 13,292 3.1
Total votes 416,361 100.0
Republican hold

2000

2000 California State Senate election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rico Oller 220,427 57.8
Democratic Thomas A. Romero 144,997 38.0
Libertarian John Petersen 16,075 4.2
Total votes 381,499 100.0
Republican hold

1996

1996 California State Senate election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tim Leslie (incumbent) 215,931 63.2
Democratic Thomas "Tom" Romero 125,894 36.8
No party Lamar Norton Latimer (write-in) 55 0.0
Total votes 341,880 100.0
Republican hold

1992

1992 California State Senate election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tim Leslie (incumbent) 189,095 54.8
Democratic Thomas A. Romero 123,563 35.8
Green Kent Warner Smith 32,717 9.5
Total votes 345,375 100.0
Republican hold

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