| California's 25th State Senate district | ||
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| Current senator | Rod Wright (D–Inglewood) | |
| Registration | 61.84% Democratic
17.56% Republican
16.61% Decline to State
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| Demographics | 15.6% White
32.1% Black
41.1% Hispanic
8.5% Asian
0.3% Native American
0.9% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
0.5% other
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| Population | 846,790 | |
| Voting-age population | 571,011 | |
| Registered voters | 378,201 | |
California's 25th State Senate District is one of 40 Senate Districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Rod Wright of Inglewood.
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9876774The 25th District serves much of the South Los Angeles area of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area. The seat, drawn as an African-American Voting Rights Act district, contains one of the largest African-American populations at over 33.3% of the district's residents. The district is composed mostly of working class suburbs of Los Angeles, though it also contains pockets of wealthy neighborhoods, mostly added in the 2001 Redistricting (see below).
The 25th is a semicircle running from the Los Angeles neighborhood of Westchester to the entire Palos Verdes Peninsula. The district is located entirely in Los Angeles County. Four cities in the district that in sum comprise most of the district's population are Inglewood, Compton, the northwestern sections of Long Beach, and some portions of Los Angeles itself. In addition, the district also includes Alondra Park, East Compton, Florence-Graham, Gardena, Hawthorne, Ladera Heights, Lawndale, Palos Verdes Estates, Rancho Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, West Athens, West Compton, Westmont, and Willowbrook.
Within the city of Los Angeles, the 25th includes a section of Westchester near Los Angeles International Airport. It also contains portions of South Los Angeles and a small portion of San Pedro used to connect the Palos Verdes Peninsula to the remainder of the district.
| California State Senate elections, 2004 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Edward Vincent (incumbent) | 165,479 | 73.7 | -8.6 | |
| Republican | James Arlandus Spencer | 52,485 | 23.4 | +5.7 | |
| Libertarian | Dale F. Ogden | 6,683 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
| Total votes | 224,647 | 100.0% | |||
| Majority | 112,994 | 50.3 | -14.3 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Democratic hold | Swing | -14.3 | |||
| California State Senate elections, 2000 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Edward Vincent | 131,725 | 82.3 | +0.3 | |
| Republican | James Arlandus Spencer | 28,375 | 17.7 | -0.3 | |
| Total votes | 160,100 | 100.0% | |||
| Majority | 103,350 | 64.6 | +0.6 | ||
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| Democratic hold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
Population growth in the 25th was not as fast as growth statewide, so the district had to pick up population. Reflecting demographic changes in the African-American community, the cities of Lynwood and Paramount were removed from the district and the northwestern neighborhoods of Long Beach added. While this replacement made sense demographically, it is not quite known why Palos Verdes was added to this district, being neither located near nor having any cultural similarities to the remainder of the district. Indeed, its addition makes what would have been a relatively compact and culturally representative district into one of the most egregious gerrymanders of the 2001 Redistricting.
Official Profile of Senate District from California State Senate--[1]
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