California's 43rd State Assembly district
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California's 43rd State Assembly District is one of 80 districts in the California State Assembly
California State Assembly
The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. There are 80 members in the Assembly, representing an approximately equal number of constituents, with each district having a population of at least 420,000...

. It is currently represented by Mike Gatto
Mike Gatto
Michael Anthony "Mike" Gatto is an American public official. In June 2010, after a series of three elections in eight weeks , the voters of the 43rd Assembly District elected Gatto to the California State Assembly...

 of Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

.

District profile

The district is located in the Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

 suburbs, making up 4.45% of Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of 2010 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 9,818,605, making it the most populous county in the United States. Los Angeles County alone is more populous than 42 individual U.S. states...

. It includes all of the city of Burbank
Burbank, California
Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States, north of downtown Los Angeles. The estimated population in 2010 was 103,340....

, 93.92% of the city of Glendale
Glendale, California
Glendale is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the city population is 191,719, down from 194,973 at the 2000 census. making it the third largest city in Los Angeles County and the 22nd largest city in the state of California...

 and 3.79% of the city of Los Angeles, covering the neighborhoods of Atwater Village, Los Feliz, North Hollywood, Silver Lake
Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California
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, Toluca Lake, Valley Glen, and Valley Village.

Traditionally, the district, which is currently known as the 43rd but has had other numbers over time, was very conservative; however, since the election of Scott Wildman
Scott Wildman
Scott Wildman was a California State Assemblyman from 1996 until 2000. That year, he ran in the primary for a seat in the California senate, but lost to Jack Scott, an Assemblyman from a neighboring district. Wildman received 46.7% of the vote.-References:...

 to succeed Jim Rogan in 1996, the district has had a more liberal leaning. The list of representatives below are representatives of solely the 43rd district, it does not take into account that the district centered around Burbank and Glendale has had different numbers over time.

2006

2004

2002

1994 (Special)

Representatives since the inception of the full time Legislature

  • 2006-???? Paul Krekorian
    Paul Krekorian
    Paul Krekorian is an American politician and member of the Los Angeles City Council representing the second district. He was previously a member of the California State Assembly, and the Assistant Majority Floor Leader representing California's 43rd Assembly District...

  • 2000-2006 Dario Frommer
    Dario Frommer
    Dario J. Frommer is a former member of the California State Assembly who served from 2000 until 2006. He served as Majority Leader from 2004 until 2006. Frommer also served as Chair of the Health Committee. He is now a partner with Mayer Brown in Los Angeles.- References :#...

  • 1996-2000 Scott Wildman
    Scott Wildman
    Scott Wildman was a California State Assemblyman from 1996 until 2000. That year, he ran in the primary for a seat in the California senate, but lost to Jack Scott, an Assemblyman from a neighboring district. Wildman received 46.7% of the vote.-References:...

  • 1994-1996 Jim Rogan
  • 1992-1994 Pat Nolan
    Pat Nolan
    Patrick J. Nolan is an American lawyer, politician and conservative activist.-Early Political Activism:Nolan began his career as a conservative activist at the age of 14 in the Goldwater for President campaign. Pat was a leader in the Youth for Reagan for Governor in 1966 and in each of Reagan's...


Before the 1990 redistricting, the district was focused in West LA
  • 1986-1992 Terry Friedman
  • 1982-1986 Gray Davis
    Gray Davis
    Joseph Graham "Gray" Davis, Jr. is an American Democratic politician who served as California's 37th Governor from 1999 until being recalled in 2003...

  • 1974-1982 Howard Berman
    Howard Berman
    Howard Lawrence Berman is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He earlier served in the California State Assembly from 1974 to 1982, and as the U.S...


Before the 1972 redistricting, the district was focused East of LA (Palmdale, Santa Clarita, etc)
  • 1972-1974 Michael Antonovich
    Michael D. Antonovich
    Michael Dennis Antonovich is a politician and the most senior-serving member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors...


Before the 1970 redistricting, the district had a Glendale/Burbank focus
  • 1966-1972 Carlos Moorhead
    Carlos Moorhead
    Carlos John Moorhead was a United States Congressman from California. Born in Long Beach, he attended the public schools of Glendale, graduated from Herbert Hoover High School in 1940 and earned a B.A. from the UCLA in 1943 and a J.D. from the University of Southern California Law School in 1949...


See also

  • California State Assembly Districts
    California State Assembly districts
    California's State Assembly districts are numbered 1 through 80. The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. There are 80 members to the Assembly, representing an equal amount of constituencies, with each district having a population of at least 420,000...

  • California State Assembly
    California State Assembly
    The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. There are 80 members in the Assembly, representing an approximately equal number of constituents, with each district having a population of at least 420,000...

  • Districts in California
    Districts in California
    There are several different types of districts in California. The U.S. state of California is geographically divided into various districts for political and administrative purposes.-Congressional Districts:...


External links

Official Profile of Assembly District from California State Assembly--http://www.assembly.ca.gov/committee/c7/asmfinal/AD43.HTM
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