California 37th State Senate District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 · 34 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
55.4%
281,822 votes · D+13.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 54.1%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
78.0%
10,271 votes · R+58.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 74.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
281,822votes
55.4% of the vote · D+13.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 245,686 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
215,730votes
60.0% of the vote · R+21.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 215,623 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Woodrow Wilson1912
+17.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+36.6 · U.S. D+19.5 · a third-party candidate carried the Place · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · +8.9 pts
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
+40.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+58.3 · U.S. R+17.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1980 · +36.0 pts
current representation
Current officeholders
RSteve ChoiState Senate · 37
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
U.S. House elections · 2 House
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
Source · Akashic county-allocated estimate from certified county returns, House; not precinct-counted.
Year
Vote lead
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
50.6%220,674
49.4%215,798
436,472
2018
D
54.2%187,070
45.8%158,308
345,378
California 37th State Senate District sits in the Pacific Coast. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 36.6 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 58.3 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 7.4 points.
A population of 1,018,565, a 44% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $128,888 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 40 and State Senate District 36.
Akashic
Political twins — state-senate districts
The state-senate districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
How did California 37th State Senate District vote in 2024?
In 2024, California 37th State Senate District voted Democratic by 7.4 points (D+7.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 473,629 votes cast, 245,686 went Democratic and 210,576 went Republican.
When did California 37th State Senate District last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which California 37th State Senate District voted Republican was 2012.
How many people live in California 37th State Senate District?
California 37th State Senate District has a population of 1,018,565 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in California 37th State Senate District?
Median household income in California 37th State Senate District is $128,888 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of California 37th State Senate District?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in California 37th State Senate District from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 28 went Republican.