Editing Walnut Creek, California (section)

==Government==
City Council members are elected at-large to staggered, four-year terms, in elections held in even-numbered years.

As of 2025, the current elected representatives are Cindy Darling (Mayor), Kevin Wilk (Mayor Pro Tem), Cindy Silva, Matt Francois and Craig DeVinney (Council members).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.walnut-creek.org/government/city-council|title=City Council &#124; City of Walnut Creek|website=www.walnut-creek.org}}</ref>

===County, state, and federal representation===
On the [[Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors]], Walnut Creek is split between Supervisorial District 2 and Supervisorial District 4, represented by Candace Andersen and Ken Carlson, respectively.<ref>[https://www.contracosta.ca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/6505/Supervisorial-Districts-2021-PDF Contra Costa county] (2021) (PDF)</ref>

In the [[California State Legislature]], Walnut Creek is split between {{Representative|caad|15|fmt=adistrict}} and {{Representative|caad|16|fmt=adistrict}} and in {{Representative|casd|9|fmt=sdistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.walnutcreekca.gov/government/departments/city-clerk/legislative-representatives|title=Legislative Representatives &#124; City of Walnut Creek|website=www.walnutcreekca.gov}}</ref>

In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Walnut Creek is located in California's [[California's 10th congressional district|10th]] congressional district, represented by {{Representative|cacd|10}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://desaulnier.house.gov/about/our-district |title=Our District &#124; Congressman Mark DeSaulnier |publisher=Desaulnier.house.gov |access-date=February 7, 2020}}</ref>

According to the [[Secretary of State of California|California Secretary of State]], as of February 10, 2019, Walnut Creek has 46,149 registered voters. Of those, 21,391 (46.4%) are registered [[California Democratic Party|Democrats]], 10,708 (23.2%) are registered [[California Republican Party|Republicans]], and 12,147 (26.3%) have [[Decline to State|declined to state]] a political party.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/ror-odd-year-2019/politicalsub.pdf|title=CA Secretary of State – Report of Registration – February 10, 2019|website=ca.gov|access-date=October 19, 2020}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"  style="float:right; margin:1em; font-size:95%;"
|+ '''Walnut Creek vote<br/> by party in presidential elections'''
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
! Year
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[United States presidential election, 2024|2024]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''73.6%''' ''29,681''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|23.4% ''9,455''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[United States presidential election, 2020|2020]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''74.0%''' ''32,385''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|24.2% ''10,602''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[United States presidential election, 2016|2016]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''69.8%''' ''25,812''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|24.6% ''9,106''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[United States presidential election, 2012|2012]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''63.0%''' ''22,918''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|34.9% ''12,718''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[United States presidential election, 2008|2008]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''65.3%''' ''24,625''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|32.9% ''12,388''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[United States presidential election, 2004|2004]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''60.3%''' ''21,898''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|38.6% ''14,034''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[United States presidential election, 2000|2000]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''54.1%''' ''19,210''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|41.9% ''14,901''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[United States presidential election, 1996|1996]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''50.3%''' ''17,398''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|41.8% ''14,464''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[United States presidential election, 1992|1992]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''44.7%''' ''16,695''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|36.5% ''13,622''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[United States presidential election, 1988|1988]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|39.8% ''13,600''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''59.3%''' ''20,257''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[United States presidential election, 1984|1984]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|31.2% ''10,158''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''67.9%''' ''22,140''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[United States presidential election, 1980|1980]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|24.2% ''6,677''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''62.8%''' ''17,337''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[United States presidential election, 1976|1976]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|30.6% ''7,491''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''68.1%''' ''16,676''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[United States presidential election, 1972|1972]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|27.3% ''5,830''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''70.9%''' ''15,148''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[United States presidential election, 1968|1968]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|31.5% ''4,910''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''64.8%''' ''10,084''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[United States presidential election, 1964|1964]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''55.7%''' ''3,789''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|44.3% ''3,018''
|}