California's 39th State Senate district

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title = California's 39th State Senate district


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label1 = Registration
data1 = 41.1% Democratic 34.2% Republican 17.7% DTS
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label2 = Demographics
data2 = 54.7% White 19.6% Latino 13.3% Asian 9.1% Black 1.1% Multiracial 0.8% N. American 0.8% Other 0.6% Pac. Islander
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label3 = Population (2000)
data3 = 846,792
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data4 = 672,133
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label5 = Registered voters
data5 = 464,305

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California's 39th State Senate District is one of 40 Senate Districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Christine Kehoe of San Diego.

District Profile

The 39th District, located entirely in San Diego County, is essentially an urban San Diego seat. The district includes most of the urban and inner suburban areas with significant Non-Hispanic White, Asian, and African-American populations.

The 39th District's southern end is downtown San Diego, and it stretches northward to Del Mar and eastward to Lemon Grove. Parts of Casa de Oro-Mount Helix, La Presa, and Spring Valley are also in the district. However, 90% of the district's population is in the city of San Diego itself. Indeed, of San Diego's eight administrative regions, all of the Western and Northern Districts are in the 39th, including such neighborhoods as Old Town, Hillcrest, North Park, Point Loma, Clairemont, Kearny Mesa, Linda Vista, Mission Valley, Mission Beach, Mission Bay, La Jolla, Pacific Beach, Ocean Beach, and University Heights.

*In the Central District, neighborhoods included in the 39th are Gaslamp, East Village, Westfield Horton Plaza, Marina, Little Italy, Harborview, Park West, Balboa Park, Cortez, South Park and part of Barrio Logan
*In Mid-City: Kensington, College Area, Normal Heights, El Cerrito, Oak Park, Talmadge, and part of City Heights
*In Southeastern: Encanto, Skyline, most of Paradise Hills, Emerald Lake Hills, and Valencia Park
*In Eastern: Serra Mesa and Allied Gardens, and parts of Navajo and Tierrasanta
*In Northeastern: Miramar, Mira Mesa, and Sorrento Valley, and portions of Rancho Peñasquitos
*The Southern District is the only region not to be partially in the 39th.

The 2001 redistricting made the 39th Senate District a fairly safe Democratic district. As of 2006, 39.8% of registered voters were Democrats and 31.4% Republicans. However, most of the Decline to State voters in the district, which includes UCSD, trend Democratic, and the district voted 54% for Kerry in the 2004 Presidential election.

Election Results

2004

Election box candidate with party link
party = California Democratic Party
candidate = Christine Kehoe
votes = 200,737
percentage = 60.0
change = +3.7Election box candidate with party link
party = California Republican Party
candidate = Larry Stirling
votes = 118,417
percentage = 35.4
change = -4.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Libertarian Party of California
candidate = John Murphy
votes = 15,552
percentage = 4.6
change = +2.3Election box total
votes = 334,706
percentage = 100.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 82,320
percentage = 24.6
change = +7.7Election box turnout
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percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = California Democratic Party
swing = +7.7

2000

Election box candidate with party link
party = California Democratic Party
candidate = Dede Alpert (incumbent)
votes = 160,834
percentage = 56.3
change = +4.9Election box candidate with party link
party = California Republican Party
candidate = Larry Stirling
votes = 112,454
percentage = 39.4
change = -6.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Libertarian Party of California
candidate = Roger A. Nichols
votes = 6,474
percentage = 2.3
change = +2.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party (United States)
candidate = Stuart Knoles
votes = 5,973
percentage = 2.0
change = -1.1Election box total
votes = 285,735
percentage = 100.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 48,380
percentage = 16.9
change = +11.1Election box turnout
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percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = California Democratic Party
swing = +11.1

2001 Redistricting

In 2001, the 39th lost some of its compactness to make it less competitive. Military bases in Imperial Beach and Coronado were removed from the district along with such neighborhoods as Scripps Ranch and Terrasanta. They were replaced by heavily Democratic areas in Downtown San Diego, particularly portions of Barrio Logan. Combined with the fact that many of the uptown neighborhoods were beginning to lean Democratic, the 39th has become a much safer seat after the redistricting.

External links

Official Profile of Senate District from California State Senate-- [http://www.sen.ca.gov/ftp/SEN/senplan/SD39.HTM]