California's 21st State Senate district

California's 21st State Senate district
Map of the district
Current senator Vacant
Registration 38.31% Democratic
Demographics 39.99% White
11.73% Black
40.73% Latino
5.47% Asian
0.81% Native American
0.29% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
0.33% other
0.65% remainder of multiracial
Population (2010)
 • Voting age
 • Citizen voting age
 930,282
649,719
507,189
Registered voters 432,543

California's 21st State Senate district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It was most recently represented by Republican Sharon Runner of Lancaster, who died on July 14, 2016.

District profile

The district encompasses northern Los Angeles County and parts of the High Desert. It includes the Antelope Valley, Victor Valley, and most of the Santa Clarita Valley.

Election results from statewide races

Year Office Results
2012 President Romney 49.9 – 47.5%
Senator Emken 51.1 – 48.9%
2014 Governor Kashkari 58.6 – 41.4%

Election results

2016

California's 21st State Senate district election, 2016
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott Wilk 50,616 47.7
Democratic Johnathon Levar Ervin 34,962 33.0
Democratic Steve Hill 12,047 11.4
Republican Star Moffatt 8,420 7.9
Total votes 106,045 100.0

2015 (special)

California's 21st State Senate district special election, 2015
Vacancy resulting from the resignation of Steve Knight
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Sharon Runner 26,360 94.1
Democratic Steve Hill (write-in) 996 3.6
Democratic Joshua Conaway (write-in) 252 0.9
Republican Jerry J. Laws (write-in) 120 0.4
No party preference Joshua Cody Chandler (write-in) 108 0.4
Democratic Richard E. Macias (write-in) 91 0.3
No party preference Jason Zink (write-in) 90 0.3
Total votes 28,017 100.0
Republican hold

2012

California State Senate election, 2012
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Steve Knight 61,245 69.0
Democratic Star Moffatt 27,545 31.0
Total votes 88,790 100.0
General election
Republican Steve Knight 153,412 57.6
Democratic Star Moffatt 112,780 42.4
Total votes 266,192 100.0
Republican hold

See also

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