Kevin McCarty (California)
2024 - Present
2028
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Kevin McCarty is the Mayor of Sacramento in California. He assumed office on December 10, 2024. His current term ends in 2028.
McCarty ran for election for Mayor of Sacramento in California. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Mayoral elections in Sacramento are nonpartisan. McCarty is a Democrat.
Biography
Kevin McCarty was born in and lives in Sacramento, California. McCarty earned a B.A. in political science from California State University, Long Beach, and an M.A. in public policy and administration from California State University, Sacramento. His professional experience includes working for Early Edge California, a California-based nonprofit focusing on early education programs.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Mayoral election in Sacramento, California (2024)
General election
General election for Mayor of Sacramento
Kevin McCarty defeated Flojaune Cofer in the general election for Mayor of Sacramento on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kevin McCarty (Nonpartisan) | 50.5 | 96,433 |
 | Flojaune Cofer (Nonpartisan)  | 49.5 | 94,495 | |
| Total votes: 190,928 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of Sacramento
The following candidates ran in the primary for Mayor of Sacramento on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Flojaune Cofer (Nonpartisan) | 29.2 | 30,272 |
| ✔ | | Kevin McCarty (Nonpartisan) | 21.5 | 22,302 |
 | Richard Pan (Nonpartisan) | 21.3 | 22,010 | |
 | Steve Hansen (Nonpartisan) | 21.0 | 21,684 | |
| Jose Avina II (Nonpartisan) | 6.0 | 6,217 | ||
| Julius Engel (Nonpartisan) | 1.0 | 1,013 | ||
| Total votes: 103,498 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Michael Horne (Nonpartisan)
- Jon Foy (Nonpartisan)
Endorsements
2022
See also: California State Assembly elections, 2022
General election
General election for California State Assembly District 6
Incumbent Kevin McCarty defeated Cathy Cook in the general election for California State Assembly District 6 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kevin McCarty (D) | 65.6 | 98,656 |
 | Cathy Cook (R) | 34.4 | 51,823 | |
| Total votes: 150,479 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 6
Incumbent Kevin McCarty and Cathy Cook defeated Josh Pane, Bob Marques, and Janice Bonser in the primary for California State Assembly District 6 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kevin McCarty (D) | 55.4 | 57,740 |
| ✔ | | Cathy Cook (R) | 20.6 | 21,522 |
| Josh Pane (D) | 15.1 | 15,709 | ||
| Bob Marques (R) | 7.0 | 7,340 | ||
 | Janice Bonser (L) | 1.9 | 1,931 | |
| Total votes: 104,242 | |||
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Campaign finance
2020
See also: California State Assembly elections, 2020
General election
General election for California State Assembly District 7
Incumbent Kevin McCarty defeated James Just in the general election for California State Assembly District 7 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kevin McCarty (D) | 73.9 | 149,083 |
| James Just (L) | 26.1 | 52,543 | ||
| Total votes: 201,626 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 7
Incumbent Kevin McCarty and James Just advanced from the primary for California State Assembly District 7 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kevin McCarty (D) | 99.8 | 88,869 |
| ✔ | James Just (L) (Write-in) | 0.2 | 199 | |
| Total votes: 89,068 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for California State Assembly District 7
Incumbent Kevin McCarty defeated Scott Schmidt in the general election for California State Assembly District 7 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kevin McCarty (D) | 71.3 | 107,849 |
 | Scott Schmidt (R) | 28.7 | 43,361 | |
| Total votes: 151,210 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 7
Incumbent Kevin McCarty and Scott Schmidt advanced from the primary for California State Assembly District 7 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kevin McCarty (D) | 99.6 | 63,705 |
| ✔ | | Scott Schmidt (R) | 0.4 | 237 |
| Total votes: 63,942 | |||
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2016
Elections for the California State Assembly took place in 2016. The primary election was held on June 7, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was February 25, 2016, for candidates filing with signatures. The deadline for candidates using a filing fee to qualify was March 11, 2016.[2]
Incumbent Kevin McCarty defeated Ryan Brown in the California State Assembly District 7 general election.[3][4]
| California State Assembly, District 7 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Kevin McCarty Incumbent |
69.79% | 111,112 | |
| Republican | Ryan Brown | 30.21% | 48,097 | |
| Total Votes | 159,209 | |||
| Source: California Secretary of State | ||||
Incumbent Kevin McCarty ran unopposed in the California State Assembly District 7 Blanket primary.[5][6]
| California State Assembly, District 7 Blanket Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Kevin McCarty Incumbent (unopposed) | |
2014
Elections for the California State Assembly took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 7, 2014. Steve Cohn (D) and Kevin McCarty (D) defeated Mark Johannessen (D), Ralph Merletti (R) and Oliver Ponce (R) in the blanket primary. McCarty defeated Cohn in the general election.[7][8][9]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Kevin McCarty |
58.7% | 46,983 | |
| Democratic | Steve Cohn | 41.3% | 33,051 | |
| Total Votes | 80,034 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic |
Kevin McCarty |
34.9% | 18,935 | |
| Democratic | Steve Cohn |
29.3% | 15,877 | |
| Republican | Ralph Merletti | 15% | 8,115 | |
| Democratic | Mark Johannessen | 11.8% | 6,413 | |
| Republican | Oliver Ponce | 9% | 4,869 | |
| Total Votes | 54,209 | |||
Endorsements
In 2014, McCarty's endorsements included the following:[10]
- Dave Jones, Insurance Commissioner, State of CA
- Darrell Steinberg, Senate President Pro Tem, State of CA
- Phil Serna, Supervisor, County of Sacramento
- Genevieve Shiroma, Board President, SMUD
- California Democratic Party
- API Democratic Club of Sacramento
- Latino Democratic Club of Sacramento
- Young Democrats of Sacramento County
- Women Democrats of Sacramento County
- Sierra Club California
- California League of Conservation Voters
- Sacramento Central Labor Council
- California Labor Federation
- California Nurses Association
- AFSCME California-PEOPLE
- SEIU California
- United Farmworkers
- California Teachers Association
- California Federation of Teachers
- California Faculty Association
2010
McCarty's was defeated in the June 8, 2010, Democratic primary by Roger Dickinson. Chris Garland, Lauren Hammond, and Adam Sartain also ran in the primary. Republican Rick D. Redding defeated Dickinson and Daniel A. Costa (Peace and Freedom Party) in the general election.
| California House of Representatives, District 9 Democratic Primary (2010) | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Roger Dickinson (D)
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13,500 | |||
| Kevin McCarty (D) | 13,275 | |||
| Lauren Hammond (D) | 7,093 | |||
| Chris Garland (D) | 3,270 | |||
| Adam Sartain (D) | 952 | |||
Campaign themes
2024
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2022
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2020
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2014
McCarty's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[11]
Provide Universal Preschool/Prekindergarten
- Excerpt: "The best investment we can make is in the early education of our children. Study after study shows that intellectual and socialization developments of early education result in better education outcomes, increased graduation rates, and lower incarceration rates."
Increase funding for K-12 Schools
- Excerpt: "No area of the budget was hurt more during the Great Recession than school funding. California is now at the bottom in school funding when compared with other states. Temporary revenues from the voter approved Proposition 30 helped avoid deeper cuts, but now is the time to reinvest in our schools and give our students the strongest education possible."
Improve Access to Higher Education
- Excerpt: "We need to increase enrollment and make higher education more affordable for lower and middle income Californians. "
Increase the Minimum Wage
- Excerpt: "The minimum wage increases scheduled to take effect are a good start, but more needs to be done. Too many hard working, full time workers live in poverty because the minimum wage is so low."
Use Cap-and-Trade dollars to combat climate change and grow clean energy jobs
- Excerpt: "These efforts are doing well locally and cities across California—but these efforts could dramatically flourish statewide with rebates for consumers. This effort would create more middle class jobs, lower energy bills, and adhere to Prop 32 by lowering our carbon footprint."
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State legislative tenure
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2024
In 2024, the California State Legislature was in session from January 3 to August 31. A special session in the Assembly was from August 31, 2024 to October 14, 2024 and another special session started on December 2, 2024.
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2023
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In 2023, the California State Legislature was in session from January 1 to September 14.
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2022
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In 2022, the California State Legislature was in session from January 3 to August 31.
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2021
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In 2021, the California State Legislature was in session from December 7 to September 10.
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2020
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In 2020, the California State Legislature was in session from January 6 to August 31.
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2019
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In 2019, the California State Legislature was in session from January 7 through September 13.
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2018
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In 2018, the California State Legislature was in session from January 3, 2018 through August 31, 2018.
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2017
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In 2017, the California State Legislature was in session from December 5, 2016 through September 15, 2017.
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2016
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In 2016, the California State Legislature was in session from January 4 through August 31. The formal session ended on August 31, but constitutionally the session adjourned sine die on November 30.
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2015
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In 2015, the California State Legislature was in session from December 1, 2014, through September 12, 2015.
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Sponsored legislation
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Committee assignments
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2023-2024
McCarty was assigned to the following committees:
- Budget Committee
- Business and Professions Committee
- Education Committee
- Governmental Organization Committee
- Health Committee
- Fairs, Allocation, and Classification Committee
- Legislative Budget Committee
2021-2022
McCarty was assigned to the following committees:
- Fairs, Allocation, and Classification Committee
- Legislative Budget Committee
- Budget Committee
- Business and Professions Committee
- Education Committee
- Health Committee
- Natural Resources Committee
2019-2020
McCarty was assigned to the following committees:
- Fairs, Allocation, and Classification Committee
- Legislative Budget Committee
- Business and Professions Committee
- Budget Committee
- Health Committee
- Education Committee
- Natural Resources Committee
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| California committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Budget |
| • Education |
| • Health |
| • Labor and Employment |
| • Natural Resources |
| • Fairs, Allocation, and Classification |
| • Legislative Budget |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, McCarty served on the following committees:
| California committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Budget |
| • Education |
| • Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials |
| • Labor and Employment |
| • Natural Resources |
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Officeholder Mayor of Sacramento |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Kevin McCarty, CA State Assemblymember, "Biography," accessed January 15, 2023
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Key Dates and Deadlines," accessed April 18, 2017
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Certified List of Candidates for the November 8, 2016, General Election," accessed September 7, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "2016 General Election results," accessed December 23, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Certified List of Candidates for Voter-Nominated Offices," accessed April 4, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Statement of Vote," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official 2014 Primary election candidate list," accessed March 27, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed July 15, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed December 14, 2014
- ↑ mccartyforassembly.com "Endorsements," accessed May 8, 2014
- ↑ mccartyforassembly.com "On The Issues," accessed May 8, 2014
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Darrell Steinberg |
Mayor of Sacramento 2024-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by Kevin Kiley (R) |
California State Assembly District 6 2022-2024 |
Succeeded by Maggy Krell (D) |
| Preceded by - |
California State Assembly District 7 2014-2022 |
Succeeded by Josh Hoover (R) |
| Preceded by - |
Sacramento City Council District 6 2004-2014 |
Succeeded by - |
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