| Information
Home
Elected Offices
Elections by Decade
Longest Service
Shortest Service
Most & Fewest Votes
Uncontested Races
Closest Contests
Redistricting
Recalls
 Elections
2026 Candidates
2025 AD-63 Special
2024 General
Prior 2020s Elections
Elections by Decade
 Other Stuff
Advanced Search
CA Constitution
CA in Congress
Line of Succession
Highest Ranking
SCOTUS Cases
 
 | 
    
    
        Searching tips
            Enter a candidate's name to find a candidateEnter the name of a political party to find the party and all candidatesEnter a date to find an electionEnter a year to find all elections within that year 
Mary Ella
Ridle
Democratic
 
 
    
        
        
            | Date | Party | Office | Votes | Result |  
            | 11-05-1912 | Democratic | AD-53 | 1471 | Loss |  Candidate Biography:
         
Early woman to run for office (1912)First woman to win a Democratic Party Primary and appear on a General Electiob ballot for a partisan office (1912)   |