California's 4th State Senate district

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label1 = Registration
data1 = 45.5% Republican 36.3% Democratic 12.8% DTS
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label2 = Demographics
data2 = 77.1% White 12.8% Latino 4.1% Asian 3.1% N. American 1.5% Black 0.7% Multiracial 0.5% Other 0.2% Pac. Islander
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label3 = Population (2000)
data3 = 846,790
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data4 = 619,951
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label5 = Registered voters
data5 = 443,132

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California's 4th State Senate District is one of 40 Senate Districts. It is currently represented by Republican Sam Aanestad of Grass Valley.

District Profile

The 4th District covers a vast and predominantly rural region that includes 12 counties – Butte, Colusa, Del Norte, Glenn, Nevada (partly), Placer (partly), Shasta, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehema, Trinity and Yuba Counties.

The places in Nevada County that are in the district include Grass Valley and Nevada City, and the CDPs of Alta Sierra, Lake of the Pines, Lake Wildwood, and Penn Valley, and in Placer County, the cities of Lincoln, Loomis, Rocklin.

The district includes the northern coast of the state, the region along the California-Oregon state line, the central portion of Northern California, and the region just north of the greater Sacramento area.

The district contains natural assets including agriculture, water, and forestry.

Election Results

2006

Election box candidate with party link
party = California Republican Party
candidate = Samuel Aanestad (incumbent)
votes = 161,516
percentage = 61.0
change = +2.9Election box candidate with party link
party = California Democratic Party
candidate = Paul R. Singh
votes = 87,926
percentage = 33.1
change = -3.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Libertarian Party of California
candidate = Tony Munroe
votes = 8,246
percentage = 3.1
change = -2.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of California
candidate = Robert Wells Vizzard
votes = 7,456
percentage = 2.8
change = +2.8Election box total
votes = 265,144
percentage = 100.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 73,590
percentage = 27.9
change = +6.1Election box turnout
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change = Election box hold with party link
winner = California Republican Party
swing = +6.1

2002

Election box candidate with party link
party = California Republican Party
candidate = Samuel Aanestad
votes = 148,023
percentage = 58.1
change = +1.4Election box candidate with party link
party = California Democratic Party
candidate = Marianne Smith
votes = 92,786
percentage = 36.3
change = -7.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Libertarian Party of California
candidate = Robert H. Underwood
votes = 14,325
percentage = 5.6
change = +5.6Election box total
votes = 255,134
percentage = 100.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 55,237
percentage = 21.8
change = +8.4Election box turnout
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percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = California Republican Party
swing = +8.4

List of Senators

ee also

*California State Senate Districts
*California State Senate
*Districts in California

References

External links

Official Profile of Senate District from California State Senate-- [http://www.sen.ca.gov/ftp/SEN/senplan/SD04.HTM]