Overview

The Office of Strategic Information Services has researched and prepared this report detailing the results for Propositions 55-58 by Assembly District from the March 2 primary election. The information was accessed from the vote canvasses of the individual 58 counties. If there are any questions, please contact Bernd Schwieren at (916) 319-3878, Don Levin (916) 319-3890, Taryn McDonald at (916) 319-3888 or Courtney Guetschow at (916) 319-3992.

Executive Summary

• Proposition 55 (School Bonds) carried in 44 Assembly Districts (AD's) by margins ranging from 75%-25% in AD 46 (Nunez-D) to 50.3%-49.7% in AD 61 (Negrete-McLeod-D).

• Forty-one of the 44 AD's carried by Prop. 55 are held by Democrats and three are held by Republicans - AD's 80 (Garcia/55%-45%), 15 (Houston/52%-48%) and 64 (Benoit/51%-49%).

• Six of the 11 Democrat-held AD's where Prop. 55 "Yes" vote exceeded 60% overlap the urban "core" areas of the Los Angeles Metro region - AD's 46 (Nunez/75%-25%), 48 (Ridley-Thomas/70%-30%), 52 (Dymally/67%-33%), 45 (Goldberg/67%-33%), 47 (Wesson/63%-37%), 50 (Firebaugh/61%-39%). Five of the districts overlap with the San Francisco Bay Area - AD's 13 (Leno/74%-26%), 14 (Hancock/69%-31%), 16 (Chan/68%-32%), 12 (Yee/65%-35%) and 23 (Diaz/64%-36%).

• Prop. 55 failed in seven Democrat-held districts -- AD's 1 (Berg/49.7-50.3%), 40 (Levine/44%-56%), 43 (Frommer/49.6%-50.4%), 44 (Liu/49%-51%), 53 (Nakano/48%-52%), 54 (Lowenthal/45%-55%) and 76 (Kehoe/49.5%-50.5%).

• Proposition 56 ("55% Majority Passage: Tax Hikes/Budget") failed in 75 AD's, including all 32 GOP-held AD's. It only carried in Democrat-held AD's 13 (Leno/60%-40%), 14 (Hancock/53%-47%), 16 (Chan/53%-47%), 31 (Reyes/60%-40% and 46 (Nunez/53%-47%).

• Proposition 57 ("Economic Recovery Bond Act") carried in 79 AD's by margins ranging from 74%-26% in AD 75 (Plescia) to 51%-49% in AD 16 (Chan) and failed by a 47%-53% margin in AD 13 (Leno).

• The eleven AD's where Proposition 57 "Yes" vote was 70% or higher are held by Republicans and overlap either with the San Diego or Inland Empire Regions - AD's 75 (Plescia/74%-26%), 77 (La Suer/74%-26%), 66 (Haynes/73%-27%), 74 (Wyland/73%-27%), 64 (Benoit/71%-29%), 63 (Dutton/71%-29%), 36 (Runner/71%-29%), 59 (Mountjoy/71%-29%), 73 (Bates/70%-30%), 65 (Bogh/70%-30%) and 78 (Horton/70%-30%).

• Proposition 58 ("Balanced Budget Act") prevailed in all 80 AD's by margins ranging from 81%-19% in AD 75 (Plescia-R) to 56%-44% in AD 8 (Wolk-D)

Click here to view detailed chart on Propostion 55 through 58 in Assembly Districts

If you have any questions regarding this report, please contact a member of Strategic Information Services staff below:

• Bernd Schwieren (916-319-3878)
• Don Levin (916-319-3890)
• Taryn McDonald (916-319-3888)
• Courtney Guetschow (916-319-3992)

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