California's 4th Senate district

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California's 4th State Senate District is one of 40 Senate Districts. It is currently represented by Republican Senator Sam Aanestad of Grass Valley.

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[edit] District Profile

The 4th District covers a vast and predominantly rural region that includes 12 counties – Butte, Colusa, Del Norte, Glenn, Nevada (partly), Placer (partly), Shasta, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehema, Trinity and Yuba Counties.

The places in Nevada County that are in the district include Grass Valley and Nevada City, and the CDPs of Alta Sierra, Lake of the Pines, Lake Wildwood, and Penn Valley, and in Placer County, the cities of Lincoln, Loomis, Rocklin.

The district includes the northern coast of the state, the region along the California-Oregon state line, the central portion of Northern California, and the region just north of the greater Sacramento area.

The district contains natural assets including agriculture, water, and forestry.

[edit] Politics

District 4 is a strongly Republican district. It consists of 846,790 people, 452,918 of whom are registered voters. Of the registered voters, 163,863 (36.2%) are Democratic and 204,571 (45.2%) are Republican.[1]

[edit] 2006 Results

2006 State Senate District 4 election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Samuel Aanestad (incumbent) 161,516 61.0 +2.9
Democratic Paul R. Singh 87,926 33.1 -3.2
Libertarian Tony Munroe 8,246 3.1 -2.5
Green Robert Wells Vizzard 7,456 2.8 +2.8
Total votes 265,144 100.0
Majority 73,590 27.9 +6.1
Turnout
Republican hold Swing +6.1

[edit] 2002 Results

2002 State Senate District 4 election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Samuel Aanestad 148,023 58.1 +1.4
Democratic Marianne Smith 92,786 36.3 -7.0
Libertarian Robert H. Underwood 14,325 5.6 +5.6
Total votes 255,134 100.0
Majority 55,237 21.8 +8.4
Turnout
Republican hold Swing +8.4

[edit] Former Senators

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[edit] External links

Official Profile of Senate District from California State Senate--[1]