California's 16th State Senate district

California's 16th State Senate district
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Current senator		Jean Fuller (R–Bakersfield)
Registration	44.94% Republican 28.73% Democratic 20.83% No party preference
Demographics	52.04% White 5.13% Black 35.72% Latino 4.41% Asian 1.73% Native American 0.29% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.23% other 0.45% remainder of multiracial
Population (2010)  • Voting age  • Citizen voting age	922,123 662,419 564,836
Registered voters	386,628

California's 16th State Senate district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Republican Jean Fuller of Bakersfield.

District profile

The district consists of the southeastern Central Valley and the High Desert. Much of the population is in the western parts of the district in the Central Valley, while the desert regions in the eastern half consist of scattered settlements.

Kern County – 65.7%

• Bakersfield – 80.6%
• California City
• Maricopa
• Ridgecrest
• Taft
• Tehachapi

San Bernardino County – 7.3%

• Barstow
• Needles
• Twentynine Palms
• Yucca Valley

Tulare County – 50.0%

• Exeter
• Tulare
• Visalia

Election results

2014

California State Senate election, 2014
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jean Fuller (incumbent)	79,843	99.8
	Democratic	Ruth Musser-Lopez (write-in)	189	0.2
Total votes			80,032	100.0
General election
	Republican	Jean Fuller (incumbent)	122,700	72.8
	Democratic	Ruth Musser-Lopez	45,812	27.2
Total votes			168,512	100.0
	Republican hold

See also

• California State Senate
• California State Senate districts
• Districts in California

External links

• California's 16th State Senate district map — from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.