California's 70th State Assembly district

California's 70th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Republican Tri Ta of Westminster.

District profile

The district encompasses parts of Northern Orange County including Little Saigon and has a significant Vietnamese American population.
Orange County

List of assembly members representing the district

Due to redistricting, the 70th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2021 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.

Assembly members	Party	Years served	Counties represented	Notes
Angus Marion Clark	Democratic	January 5, 1885 – January 3, 1887	Fresno
Joseph Phillip Vincent	Republican	January 3, 1887 – January 7, 1889	Fresno
Egbert Harris Tucker	Democratic	January 7, 1889 – January 5, 1891	Fresno
G. W. Mordecai	Democratic	January 5, 1891 – January 2, 1893	Fresno
Cyrus Mortimer Simpson	Republican	January 2, 1893 – January 7, 1895	Los Angeles
Henry G. Weyse	Republican	January 7, 1895 – January 4, 1897	Los Angeles
Walter S. Melick	Republican	January 4, 1897 – January 2, 1899	Los Angeles
Charles Edson	People's	January 2, 1899 – January 1, 1901	Los Angeles
Walter S. Melick	Republican	January 1, 1901 – January 5, 1903	Los Angeles
William H. Kelso	Republican	January 5, 1903 – January 2, 1905	Los Angeles
William H. Wickersham	Republican	January 2, 1905 – January 7, 1907	Los Angeles
Walter Ransome Leeds	Republican	January 7, 1907 – January 2, 1911	Los Angeles
Edwin M. Butler	Republican	January 2, 1911 – January 6, 1913	Los Angeles
John H. Strine	Republican	January 6, 1913 – January 4, 1915	Los Angeles
Joseph A. Rominger	Republican	January 4, 1915 – January 8, 1917	Los Angeles
Frank Merriam	Republican	January 8, 1917 – January 3, 1927	Los Angeles
Morgan Keaton	Republican	January 3, 1927 – January 5, 1931	Los Angeles
James K. Reid	Republican	January 5, 1931 – January 2, 1933	Los Angeles
Ira S. Hatch	Republican	January 2, 1933 – January 7, 1935	Los Angeles
John Gee Clark	Democratic	January 7, 1935 – January 2, 1939	Los Angeles
Maurice E. Atkinson	Democratic	January 2, 1939 – January 6, 1941	Los Angeles
Lorne D. Middough	Democratic	January 6, 1941 – January 6, 1947	Los Angeles
William S. Grant	Republican	January 6, 1947 – January 5, 1953	Los Angeles
Willis W. Bradley	Republican	January 5, 1953 – January 3, 1955	Los Angeles
William S. Grant	Republican	January 3, 1955 – January 7, 1963	Los Angeles
James Edward Whetmore	Republican	January 7, 1963 – January 2, 1967	Orange
Robert H. Burke	Republican	January 6, 1967 – November 30, 1974	Orange
Bruce Nestande	Republican	December 2, 1974 – November 30, 1980	Orange
John Lewis	Republican	December 1, 1980 – November 30, 1982	Orange
Marian Bergeson	Republican	December 6, 1982 – November 30, 1984	Orange
Gil Ferguson	Republican	December 3, 1984 – November 30, 1994	Orange
Marilyn Brewer	Republican	December 5, 1994 – November 30, 2000	Orange
John B. T. Campbell III	Republican	December 4, 2000 – November 30, 2004	Orange
Chuck DeVore	Republican	December 6, 2004 – November 30, 2010	Orange
Donald P. Wagner	Republican	December 6, 2010 – November 30, 2012	Orange
Bonnie Lowenthal	Democratic	December 3, 2012 – November 30, 2014	Los Angeles
Patrick O'Donnell	Democratic	December 1, 2014 – November 30, 2022	Los Angeles
Tri Ta	Republican	December 5, 2022 – present	Orange