California's 14th State Senate district is one of 40

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districts. It is currently represented by

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of Sanger.

District profile

The district takes in parts of the southern Central Valley. It includes heavily Latino portions of

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and Bakersfield, along with the rural, largely agricultural communities in between.

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– ''29.8%'' *

– ''30.3%'' * Orange Cove * Parlier * Reedley * Sanger *

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– ''34.3%'' *

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* Bakersfield – ''19.4%'' *

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* Shafter *

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All of Kings County *

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* Hanford * Lemoore

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– ''49.1%'' * Dinuba * Farmersville * Lindsay * Porterville * Woodlake

Election results from statewide races

List of senators

Due to redistricting, the 14th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2011 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.

Election results 1994 - present

2018

2014

2010

2006

2002

1998

1994

References

External links

District map
from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission {{DEFAULTSORT:California's 14th State Senate District 14 Government of Fresno County, California Government of Kern County, California Government of Kings County, California Government of Tulare County, California Government of Bakersfield, California San Joaquin Valley Corcoran, California Fresno, California Hanford, California Lemoore, California Porterville, California