California's 10th State Senate district is one of 40

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districts. It is currently represented by

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Aisha Wahab Aisha Wahab (born 1987/1988) is an American politician who has served as a member of the California State Senate from the 10th district since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, Wahab served on the Hayward City Council from 2018 to 2022 an ...

of Hayward.

District profile

The district includes the southern coastal

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and parts of

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. The district has the highest Asian population of any California state senate district.

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– ''40.7%'' * Ashland *

Castro Valley Castro Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Alameda County, California, United States. At the 2010 census, it was the fifth most populous unincorporated area in California and the twenty-third most populous in the United States. The popula ...

* Cherryland * Fairview * Fremont * Hayward *

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– ''8.9%'' *

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* Union City

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– ''17.4%'' *

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* San Jose – ''13.2%'' * Santa Clara

Election results from statewide races

List of senators

Due to redistricting, the 10th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2011 redistricting by the

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Election results 1994 - present

2018

2014

2010

2006

2002

1998

1994

References

External links

District map
from the

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