| California's 3rd State Senate district | ||
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| Current senator | Mark Leno (D–San Francisco) | |
| Registration | 55.90% Democratic
14.34% Republican
24.95% Decline to State
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| Demographics | 62.2% White
6.9% Black
14.5% Hispanic
13.8% Asian
0.7% Native American
0.4% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
0.8% other
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| Population | 846,791 | |
| Voting-age population | 699,328 | |
| Registered voters | 495,112 | |
California's 3rd State Senate District is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Mark Leno of San Francisco.
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The 3rd District spans the Golden Gate Bridge, connecting high income areas of the North Bay with the eastern portions of the City and County of San Francisco. The population is evenly divided between the San Francisco and North Bay portions of the district. The district is majority Non-Hispanic White, with most of San Francisco's large Asian community in the 8th Senate District.
The North Bay portion includes the entirety of Marin County, and part of Sonoma County. The cities of Petaluma and Rohnert Park as well as most of the area surrounding the city of Santa Rosa is in the 3rd district, as are the CDPs of Boyes Hot Springs, Eldridge, El Verano, Larkfield-Wikiup, and Temelec.
The San Francisco portion includes the downtown area, as well as all of most of the Marina, Presidio, Nob Hill, Russian Hill, Chinatown, Castro, Haight-Ashbury, Mission, Market, Potrero, Hunter's Point, Bay View, Miraloma Park, and Treasure Island.
The 3rd Senate District is a strongly Democratic district. As of October 20, 2008, there were 521,720 registered voters in the district, of which 56% were registered as Democrats while only 14.57% were registered Republicans. 24.64% declined to state a political party.
| California State Senate elections, 2008[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Mark Leno | 326,755 | 80.2 | +12.0 | |
| Republican | Andrew D. Felder | 80,617 | 19.8 | -6.2 | |
| Total votes | 408,110 | 100.0% | |||
| Majority | 246,138 | 60.4 | +18.2 | ||
| Democratic hold | Swing | +18.2 | |||
| California State Senate elections, 2004[2] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Carole Migden | 258,166 | 68.2 | -4.8 | |
| Republican | Andrew D. Felder | 98,332 | 26.0 | +4.2 | |
| Libertarian | David Rhodes | 10,234 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
| Total votes | 366,732 | 100.0% | |||
| Majority | 189,834 | 42.2 | -9.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | Swing | -9.0 | |||
| California State Senate elections, 2000[3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | John L. Burton (incumbent) | 238,372 | 73.0 | +2.2 | |
| Republican | Terence Faulkner | 71,256 | 21.8 | -1.9 | |
| Natural Law | Celeste Joy Blau Joki | 17,277 | 5.2 | -0.3 | |
| Total votes | 326,905 | 100.0% | |||
| Majority | 167,116 | 51.2 | +4.1 | ||
| Democratic hold | Swing | +4.1 | |||
(Prior to 1984 the Third District was located in and around Sacramento County)
| Senator | Party | Dates | Notes |
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| D. S. Gregory | Democratic | ||
| Warren Chase | Workingmen | ||
| Patrick W. Murphy | Democratic | ||
| Delos Ashley | Know Nothing | ||
| B. C. Whiting | Democratic | ||
| John H. Watson | Democratic | ||
| W. H. Patterson | Republican | ||
| William Frederick Prisk | Democratic | ||
| M. H. Mead | Democratic | ||
| George Steele | Republican | ||
| Tirey L. Ford | Republican | ||
| John R. Tyrrell | Republican | 1900–1904 | |
| John B. Irish | Republican | 1904–1908 | |
| E. S. Birdsall | Republican | 1908–1916 | |
| Thomas Ingram | Republican | 1916–1929 | |
| Bert Alford Cassidy | Republican | 1929–1932 | |
| Harry A. Perry | Republican | 1932–1936 | |
| Irwin T. Quinn | Democratic | 1936–1948 | |
| Michael J. Burns | Republican | 1948–1952 | |
| Arthur W. Way | Republican | 1952–1953 | |
| Stephen P. Teale | Democratic | 1953–1956 | |
| Carl L. Christensen Jr. | Democratic | 1956–1966 | |
| Stephen P. Teale | Democratic | 1966–1972 | |
| Clare Berryhill | Republican | 1972–1976 | |
| Albert S. Rodda | Democratic | 1976–1980 | |
| John T. Doolittle | Republican | 1980–1984 | |
| Milton Marks | Democratic | 1984–1996 | |
| John L. Burton | Democratic | 1996–2004 | |
| Carole Migden | Democratic | 2004–2008 | |
| Mark Leno | Democratic | 2008–present |
Official Profile of Senate District from California State Senate--[1]
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