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California's 26th State Senate district
Map of the district
Current senator
  Ben Allen
DSanta Monica
Population (2010)
 • Voting age
 • Citizen voting age
927,757
778,734
669,916
Demographics
  • 64.87% White
  • 3.96% Black
  • 13.62% Latino
  • 15.85% Asian
  • 0.42% Native American
  • 0.26% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
  • 0.43% other
  • 0.60% remainder of multiracial
Registered voters 666,958
Registration 50.55% Democratic
19.10% Republican
25.03% No party preference

California's 26th State Senate district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Ben Allen of Santa Monica.

District profile

The district includes much of the Westside and South Bay regions of Los Angeles County. It also encompasses the southern Channel Islands, including Santa Catalina Island and San Clemente Island.

Election results from statewide races

Year Office Results
2018 Governor Newsom 72.1 – 27.9%
Senator Feinstein 62.4 – 37.6%
2016 President Clinton 71.4 – 23.0%
Senator Harris 72.1 – 27.9%
2014 Governor Brown 65.4 – 34.6%
2012 President Obama 64.9 – 32.3%
Senator Feinstein 68.4 – 31.6%

Election results

2018

2018 California State Senate election
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ben Allen (incumbent) 144,283 76.8
No party preference Baron Bruno 23,119 12.3
Libertarian Mark Matthew Herd 20,534 10.9
Total votes 187,936 100.0
General election
Democratic Ben Allen (incumbent) 298,609 77.2
No party preference Baron Bruno 87,974 22.8
Total votes 386,583 100.0
Democratic hold

2014

2014 California State Senate election
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ben Allen 25,987 22.2
Democratic Sandra Fluke 22,759 19.4
No party preference Seth Stodder 20,419 17.4
Democratic Betsy Butler 19,301 16.5
Democratic Amy Howorth 18,411 15.7
Democratic Vito Imbasciani 5,189 4.4
Democratic Patric Verrone 3,446 2.9
Democratic Barbi S. Appelquist 1,630 1.4
Total votes 117,142 100.0
General election
Democratic Ben Allen 122,901 60.3
Democratic Sandra Fluke 80,781 39.7
Total votes 203,682 100.0
Democratic hold
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