California's 8th State Assembly district
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California's 8th State Assembly district | ||
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Current assemblymember | Ken Cooley (D–Rancho Cordova) | |
Registration | 39.51% Democratic
35.23% Republican
19.73% No party preference
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Demographics | 61.19% White
8.48% Black
17.68% Latino
9.14% Asian
1.41% Native American
0.73% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
0.28% other
1.09% remainder of multiracial
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Population (2010)
• Voting age
• Citizen voting age
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463,773
352,594
310,070
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Registered voters | 232,142 |
California's 8th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Ken Cooley of Rancho Cordova.
District profile
The district is wholly contained in Sacramento County and encompasses most of the eastern Sacramento suburbs.
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Election results
2014
California State Assembly election, 2014 | ||||
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Primary election | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Ken Cooley (incumbent) | 35,294 | 51.8 | |
Republican | Douglas Haaland | 28,049 | 41.1 | |
Libertarian | Janice Marlae Bonser | 4,830 | 7.1 | |
Total votes | 68,173 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Ken Cooley (incumbent) | 62,892 | 56.7 | |
Republican | Douglas Haaland | 48,057 | 43.3 | |
Total votes | 110,949 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2012
California State Assembly election, 2012 | |||||
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Primary election | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
Democratic | Ken Cooley | 33,304 | 42.8 | ||
Republican | Peter Tateishi | 18,237 | 23.4 | ||
Republican | Barbara Ortega | 15,592 | 20.0 | ||
Republican | John Thomas Flynn | 4,853 | 6.2 | ||
Libertarian | Janice Marlae Bonser | 3,368 | 4.3 | ||
Republican | Phillip A. Tufi | 2,424 | 3.1 | ||
Total votes | 77,778 | 100.0 | |||
General election | |||||
Democratic | Ken Cooley | 92,630 | 54.3 | ||
Republican | Peter Tateishi | 78,006 | 45.7 | ||
Total votes | 170,636 | 100.0 | |||
Democratic win (new seat) |