California's 16th State Senate district is one of 40

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districts. It is currently represented by

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Shannon Grove Shannon Lee Grove (née Cain; born March 18, 1965) is an American politician, who represents the 12th State Senate district, encompassing the southern Central Valley and parts of the High Desert. A Republican, she served as the minority leader ...

Bakersfield Bakersfield is a city in Kern County, California, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Kern County. The city covers about near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley and the Central Valley region. Bakersfield's pop ...

District profile

The district consists of portions of the southeastern Central Valley, as well as the High Desert and the intervening mountains. Most of the population is in the Central Valley portions, while the desert regions in the east of the district are fairly sparsely populated.

Kern County Kern County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 909,235. Its county seat is Bakersfield. Kern County comprises the Bakersfield, California, Metropolitan statistical area. The county sp ...

– ''65.7%'' *

– ''80.6%'' *

California City California City is a city located in northern Antelope Valley in Kern County, California, United States. It is north of the city of Los Angeles, and the population was 14,973 at the 2020 census. Covering , California City has the third-largest ...

* Maricopa * Ridgecrest * Taft * Tehachapi

San Bernardino County San Bernardino County (), officially the County of San Bernardino, is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California, and is located within the Inland Empire area. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 2,181, ...

– ''7.3%'' * Barstow *

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* Needles *

Twentynine Palms Twentynine Palms (also known as 29 Palms) is a city in San Bernardino County, California. Twentynine Palms serves as one of the entry points to Joshua Tree National Park. History Twentynine Palms was named for the palm trees found there in ...

Yucca Valley Yucca Valley is an incorporated town in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 20,700 as of the 2010 census. Yucca Valley lies west of Twentynine Palms, north of Palm Springs, south of Barstow via State Route ...

Tulare County – ''50.0%'' *

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* Tulare *

Visalia Visalia ( ) is a city in the agricultural San Joaquin Valley of California. The population was 141,384 as per the 2020 census. Visalia is the fifth-largest city in the San Joaquin Valley, the 42nd most populous in California, and 192nd in ...

Election results from statewide races

List of senators

Due to redistricting, the 16th 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

2013 (special)

2010

2006

2002

1998

1994

References

External links

California's 16th State Senate district map
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