California's 7th Senate district
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California's 7th State Senate District is one of 40 Senate Districts. It is currently represented by Democratic Senator Tom Torlakson of Antioch.
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[edit] District Profile
The 7th District includes a predominantly suburban portion of the East Bay. It is located entirely in and covers most of Contra Costa County. This includes all of the central and eastern portions of the county (everything east of Alameda County), and the western portion of the county on San Pablo Bay.
Main cities in the district include Concord, Antioch, Walnut Creek, Pittsburg, and San Ramon. A third of Richmond is also in the district; the rest being in Senate District 9.
[edit] Politics
The 7th Senate district is a strongly Democratic district. As of 2006, 47.6% of registered voters were registered Democrats while 33.9% were registered Republicans.
[edit] 2004 Results
| 2004 State Senate District 7 election[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Tom Torlakson (incumbent) | 282,714 | 100.0 | N/A | |
| Turnout | |||||
| Democratic hold | Swing | N/A | |||
[edit] 2000 Results
| 2000 State Senate District 7 election[2] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Tom Torlakson | 197,683 | 54.5 | ||
| Republican | Richard K. Rainey (incumbent) | 156,107 | 43.0 | ||
| Natural Law | Mark F. Billings | 9,334 | 2.5 | ||
| Total votes | 363,124 | 100.0 | |||
| Majority | 41,576 | 11.5 | |||
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| Democratic gain from Republican | Swing | ||||
[edit] 2001 Redistricting
The 7th is almost identical to the district in the 1990s. In 2001, the Alameda County portion of the district in Dublin and Livermore was removed and a portion of Richmond added.
[edit] References
- ^ 2004 State Senate Results. California Secretary of State (2004-11-02). Retrieved on 2008-02-20.
- ^ 2000 State Senate Results. California Secretary of State (2000-11-07). Retrieved on 2008-03-20.
[edit] External links
Official Profile of Senate District from California State Senate--[1]
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