California's 1st State Senate district
California's 1st State Senate district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. Republican Brian Dahle represents the district, having won the seat in a June 2019 special election after Republican Ted Gaines of El Dorado Hills resigned to become a member of the California Board of Equalization in January 2019.
District profile
The district stretches along the eastern edge of the state from the Oregon border to the Lake Tahoe area. It wraps around the Sacramento Valley along the northern Sierra Nevada, extending westward into the eastern Sacramento suburbs. While the district is primarily rural, a substantial minority of the population is concentrated in the suburban southwestern portion.All of Alpine County
All of El Dorado County
All of Lassen County
All of Modoc County
All of Nevada County
Placer County – 62.9%
All of Plumas County
Sacramento County – 10.2%
All of Shasta County
All of Sierra County
All of Siskiyou County
- Dorris
- Dunsmuir
- Etna
- Fort Jones
- Montague
- Mount Shasta
- Tulelake
- Weed
- Yreka
Election results from statewide races
| Year | Office | Results |
| 2018 | Governor | Cox 59.9 – 40.1% |
| 2018 | Senator | de Leon 55.7 - 44.3% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 54.3 – 38.6% |
| 2016 | Senator | Harris 62.9 – 37.1% |
| 2014 | Governor | Kashkari 55.0 – 45.0% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 57.3 – 39.9% |
| 2012 | Senator | Emken 57.9 – 42.1% |
| 2010 | Governor | Whitman 52.4 – 42.5% |
| 2010 | Senator | Fiorina 57.4 – 36.2% |
| 2008 | President | McCain 52.1 – 45.8% |
| 2006 | Governor | Schwarzenegger 71.0 – 24.0% |
| 2006 | Senator | Mountjoy 48.8 – 46.0% |
| 2004 | President | Bush 60.2 – 38.6% |
| 2004 | Senator | Jones 54.2 – 42.2% |
| 2003 | Recall | Yes 69.0 – 31.0% |
| 2003 | Recall | Schwarzenegger 59.9 – 18.5% |
| 2002 | Governor | Simon 57.2 – 31.8% |
| 2000 | President | Bush 57.6 – 36.3% |
| 2000 | Senator | Campbell 50.5 – 41.0% |
| 1998 | Governor | Lungren 51.5 – 44.9% |
| 1998 | Senator | Fong 51.1 – 44.0% |
| 1996 | President | Dole 50.8 – 37.1% |
| 1994 | Governor | Wilson 65.3 – 28.7% |
| 1994 | Senator | Huffington 55.1 – 35.8% |
| 1992 | President | Bush 39.2 – 34.9% |
| 1992 | Senator | Herschensohn 50.5 – 36.9% |
| 1992 | Senator | Seymour 45.3 – 45.2% |