California's 17th State Senate district

California's 17th State Senate district
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Current senator		Bill Monning (D–Carmel)
Registration	43.42% Democratic 27.76% Republican 23.27% No party preference
Demographics	56.49% White 2.33% Black 30.95% Latino 8.06% Asian 0.95% Native American 0.39% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.30% other 0.53% remainder of multiracial
Population (2010)  • Voting age  • Citizen voting age	931,341 724,678 615,065
Registered voters	479,882

California's 17th State Senate district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Bill Monning of Carmel.

District profile

The district encompasses the extreme southern parts of the San Francisco Bay Area and northern Central Coast, including much of the coastal Monterey Bay Area.

Monterey County – 45.8%

• Carmel
• Del Rey Oaks
• Marina
• Monterey
• Pacific Grove
• Sand City
• Seaside

All of San Luis Obispo County

• Arroyo Grande
• Atascadero
• Grover Beach
• Morro Bay
• Paso Robles
• Pismo Beach
• San Luis Obispo

Santa Clara County – 11.7%

• Gilroy
• Morgan Hill
• San Jose – 10.5%

All of Santa Cruz County

• Capitola
• Santa Cruz
• Scotts Valley
• Watsonville

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2012	President	Obama 62.8 – 33.9%
	Senator	Feinstein 65.1 – 34.9%

Election results

2012

California State Senate election, 2012
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Monning	110,890	59.4
	Republican	Larry Beaman	75,713	40.6
Total votes			186,603	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Bill Monning	236,213	63.3
	Republican	Larry Beaman	136,836	36.7
Total votes			373,049	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

See also

• California State Senate
• California State Senate districts
• Districts in California

External links

• District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission