California State Senate seat · lines in effect since 2022
California Senate District 37
A district of about 1,007,000 people, 24% Hispanic and 25% Asian, 56% of adults with a bachelor's degree. It votes D+9.1 relative to the nation for president.
2024 election
Nov 5, 2024- Steve Choi (R) · won50.6%
- Josh Newman (D)49.4%
Source: MIT Election Data and Science LabUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 12:13 PM ET
Where it sits among all 40 seats
Every California State Senate seat by partisan lean, from most Democratic to most Republican. Lean is the seat's presidential vote on current lines, relative to the nation.
Democratic
Source: 99chambers: 2024 and 2020 presidential results on current lines, relative to the nation (2024 weighted 3:1)Updated Oct 16, 2026, 5:19 AM ET
Every election for this seat
15 races since 1968; the seat changed party 2 times. District numbers are redrawn after each census: each group is one set of lines.
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lines first used in 2022 | |||
| 2024 | Steve Choi (R) | Josh Newman (D) | 1.3 |
| Lines first used in 2012 | |||
| 2020 | Dave Min (D)Flip | John M. W. Moorlach (R) | 2.3 |
| 2016 | John M. W. Moorlach (R) | Ari Grayson (D) | 14.0 |
| 2012 | Mimi Walters (R) | Steve Young (D) | 14.0 |
| Lines first used in 2002 | |||
| 2008 | John J. Benoit (R) | Arthur Bravo Guerrero (D) | 9.6 |
| 2004 | Jim Battin (R) | Pat Johansen (D) | 19.3 |
| Lines first used in 1992 | |||
| 2000 | Jim Battin (R) | Sedalia L. Sanders (D) | 29.1 |
| 1996 | David G. Kelley (R) | Hans Schroeder (D) | 33.3 |
| 1992 | David G. Kelley (R) | Jim Rickard (D) | 14.8 |
| Lines first used in 1982 | |||
| 1988 | Marian Bergeson (R) | Pat McCabe (D) | 45.1 |
| 1984 | Marian Bergeson (R) | Alice Keyser (D) | 47.8 |
| Lines first used in 1972 | |||
| 1980 | Paul B. Carpenter (D) | Dewey Leroy Wiles (R) | 20.9 |
| 1976 | Paul B. Carpenter (D)Flip | Lovan A. Norton (R) | 34.8 |
| 1972 | George Deukmejian (R) | G. C. Debaun (D) | 36.4 |
| Lines first used in 1962 | |||
| 1968 | George Deukmejian (R) | Donna L. Demoret (D) | 82.0 |
Won by: the winner's lead over the runner-up, in points of the vote. Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Districts that overlap District 37
The state's districts in other chambers that share residents with this one, and the share of District 37's area in each.
Who lives here, compared
Grey bars show the spread of all 40 seats. Small marks are other seats in California. The black marker is District 37.
Higher than 90% of seats.
Higher than 54% of seats.
Lower than 82% of seats.
Lower than 82% of seats.
Higher than 85% of seats.
Denser than 62% of seats.
Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, allocated to current linesUpdated Oct 13, 2026, 5:06 AM ET
Seats most like this one
Nearest seats on demographics, density and lean. 2 of the 4 flipped this year.
District 3624% Hispanic · 45% college gradsR+2.9Flipped DDistrict 40
27% Hispanic · 46% college gradsD+4.6Flipped DDistrict 38
25% Hispanic · 54% college gradsD+14.1Held DDistrict 25
27% Hispanic · 48% college gradsD+26.8Not up in 2026
Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, allocated to current lines; 99chambers: 2024 and 2020 presidential results on current lines, relative to the nation (2024 weighted 3:1)Updated Oct 16, 2026, 5:19 AM ET