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he smallest since gerald ford s 6 7 majority in 1976 trump regained his margins in 2024 and even surpassed previous performances with his 21 margin being the best since george bush in 2004 some constituencies in kern county in particular some of the most widely contested in california and the united states as of the early 2020s 64 65 with the 2022 race for the 22nd us house district being close and the 26th senate district having one of the tightest margins in electoral history with incumbent democrat melissa hurtado retaining her seat by 13 votes 66 democratic strength is concentrated in the small agricultural towns in the san joaquin valley portion of the county such as arvin delano mcfarland shafter and wasco unincorporated communities close to agricultural areas such as lamont and lost hills are democratic strongholds the eastern and southern parts of bakersfield along with unincorporated east bakersfield have also become reliably democratic republican strength is found in the foothill mountain and high desert communities of the county the cities of maricopa ridgecrest taft and tehachapi are republican strongholds along with the northern parts of bakersfield the wealthy unincorporated area of rosedale and working class oildale are also seen as being strongly republican cities including california city and the western areas of bakersfield are seen as competitive in most elections bakersfield as a whole is seen as being competitive with a republican lean the rest of the unincorporated areas of kern county is seen as strongly republican united states presidential election results for kern county california 67 68 69 year republican democratic third party ies no no no 1880 463 40 94 661 58 44 7 0 62 1884 598 42 02 798 56 08 27 1 90 1888 910 41 46 1 229 55 99 56 2 55 1892 992 39 47 1 266 50 38 255 10 15 1896 1 430 43 80 1 763 54 00 72 2 21 1900 1 692 45 17 1 960 52 32 94 2 51 1904 2 359 51 61 1 724 37 72 488 10 68 1908 2 270 45 60 2 215 44 50 493 9 90 1912 67 0 62 5 569 51 73 5 129 47 65 1916 5 611 35 11 9 566 59 86 804 5 03 1920 7 079 49 01 6 095 42 20 1 270 8 79 1924 8 646 46 08 3 159 16 84 6 958 37 08 1928 14 692 62 67 8 541 36 43 212 0 90 1932 7 011 25 11 19 634 70 32 1 275 4 57 1936 8 345 24 20 25 726 74 61 408 1 18 1940 19 445 37 30 32 202 61 78 479 0 92 1944 20 730 43 96 26 205 55 56 226 0 48 1948 24 464 41 60 33 029 56 16 1 318 2 24 1952 46 497 55 13 37 240 44 16 602 0 71 1956 46 220 51 31 43 533 48 33 322 0 36 1960 52 800 50 43 51 440 49 13 465 0 44 1964 45 014 41 18 64 174 58 71 120 0 11 1968 53 990 46 61 49 284 42 55 12 558 10 84 1972 71 686 60 14 41 937 35 18 5 570 4 67 1976 58 023 52 29 50 567 45 57 2 371 2 14 1980 72 842 59 65 41 097 33 65 8 182 6 70 1984 94 776 65 03 49 567 34 01 1 401 0 96 1988 90 550 61 48 55 083 37 40 1 660 1 13 1992 80 762 45 05 60 510 33 75 37 991 21 19 1996 92 151 53 77 62 658 36 56 16 582 9 67 2000 110 663 60 70 66 003 36 20 5 642 3 09 2004 140 417 66 49 68 603 32 49 2 154 1 02 2008 134 793 57 89 93 457 40 14 4 600 1 98 2012 126 618 57 17 89 495 40 41 5 359 2 42 2016 129 584 53 07 98 689 40 42 15 890 6 51 2020 164 484 53 88 133 366 43 68 7 442 2 44 2024 167 879 59 26 108 241 38 21 7 164 2 53 in the united states house of representatives kern county is split between california s 20th congressional district represented by republican vince fong california s 22nd congressional district represented by republican david valadao and california s 23rd congressional district represented by republican jay obernolte state edit in the state assembly kern county is split between the following three assembly districts the 32nd assembly district represented by republican stan ellis the 34th assembly district represented by republican tom lackey and the 35th assembly district represented by democrat jasmeet bains 70 in the state senate kern county is split between the 12th senatorial district represented by republican shannon grove and the 16th senatorial district represented by democrat melissa hurtado 71 on november 4 2008 kern county voted 75 29 in favor of proposition 8 which amended the california constitution to ban same sex marriages 72 county edit kern county is governed by a five member board of supervisors philip peters of district 1 currently serves as chair as of december 17 2024 they are 73 district 1 philip peters district 2 chris parlier district 3 jeff flores district 4 david couch district 5 leticia perez crime and public safety edit this section needs more citations please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources unsourced material may be challenged and removed august 2017 learn how and when to remove this message fire protection within the county is provided by the kern county fire department law enforcement within the county is provided by the kern county sheriff s department fire edit main article kern county fire department the kern county fire department kcfd is an agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the county of kern california usa over 625 permanent employees and 100 extra help employees protect an area which spans over 8 000 square miles 21 000 km 2 kcfd provides fire protection services for over 500 000 citizens living in the unincorporated areas of kern county and the cities of arvin delano maricopa mcfarland ridgecrest shafter taft tehachapi and wasco this agency is contracted to provide dispatch services for the california city fire department over 546 uniformed firefighters are stationed in 46 fire stations throughout the county sheriff s office edit main article kern county sheriff s department the kern county sheriff s department is the agency responsible for law enforcement within the county of kern the department provides law enforcement within the county maintains the jails used by both the county and municipal cities and provides search and rescue the department contains over 1 200 sworn deputies and civilian employees its jurisdiction contains all of the unincorporated areas of kern county approximately 8 000 square miles 21 000 km 2 the department headquarters is located at 1350 norris road in bakersfield there are 15 additional substations located throughout the county the metro patrol area is divided into four regions north south east and west in 2009 the district attorney claimed the highest per capita prison commitment rate of any major california county kern county contains multiple state and federal prisons including two private prisons the county is among the most prolific with the death penalty assigning death penalty sentences in 26 cases since 1976 in 2015 kern county policemen from all departments killed more people per capita than any other american county because of the very harsh local criminal justice system kern county has been dubbed the most punitive authoritarian jurisdiction on the west coast and oklahoma of the west 74 in 2015 it was revealed that the kern county sheriff s office engaged in a longstanding program of attempted cash payoffs to women who had accused deputies of sexual assault in the same year a civil lawsuit filed by a survivor of a sexual assault committed by kern county sheriff s deputy gabriel lopez was settled for 1 million 75 kern county had the most deaths per capita in the us by police shooting per an article published in the guardian on december 1 2015 76 in 2015 to the date of publication of the article there have been 13 deaths by police shootings in a county of less than 875 000 population or 0 016 per thousand persons by comparison during the same period of time in new york city a population 10 times the size with a police force more than 20 times the size there were 9 such deaths 77 the following table includes the number of incidents reported and the rate per 1 000 persons for each type of offense population and crime rates population 62 829 254 violent crime 78 4 892 5 90 homicide 78 75 0 09 forcible rape 78 205 0 25 robbery 78 1 331 1 61 aggravated assault 78 3 281 3 96 property crime 78 20 147 24 30 burglary 78 9 413 11 35 larceny theft 78 79 17 034 20 54 motor vehicle theft 78 4 998 6 03 arson 78 593 0 72 cities by population and crime rates edit cities by population and crime rates city population 80 violent crimes 80 violent crime rate per 1 000 persons property crimes 80 property crime rate per 1 000 persons arvin 19 761 165 8 35 671 33 96 bakersfield 355 696 1 929 5 42 17 754 49 91 bear valley 5 282 1 0 19 92 17 42 california city 14 460 90 6 22 517 35 75 delano 54 318 274 5 04 1 437 26 46 mcfarland 13 010 57 4 38 218 16 76 ridgecrest 28 273 108 3 82 602 21 29 shafter 17 391 49 2 82 576 33 12 stallion springs 2 540 6 2 36 9 3 54 taft 9 552 54 5 65 365 38 21 tehachapi 14 766 59 4 00 472 31 97 economy edit the county has a large agricultural base and is a significant producer of oil natural gas hydro electric power biomass solar power and wind power kern is noted for minerals including gold borate and kernite the largest open pit mine in california which mines borax is at boron 81 as of october 1 2016 kern county contains nearly 25 of california s in state renewable energy production including 1 785 mw of solar power and 3 310 mw of wind power 82 kern county is home to the tehachapi energy storage project which was commissioned in 2014 83 aerospace and military edit department of defense facilities include edwards air force base and china lake naval air weapons station as home to edwards air force base the air force s main flight test facility kern has been the site of many milestones including the first supersonic flight and the first landing of the space shuttle the base has brought prosperity to the railroad towns of mojave and rosamond 84 kern county is also the home of the first inland spaceport in the united states the mojave spaceport 85 agriculture edit agriculture has long been one of the county s biggest industries 86 between 2012 and 2013 the produced value of agricultural products increased 6 to a total of 6 8 billion 86 grape constituted 31 almond 17 milk 13 citrus 11 cattle and calves and pistachio both 7 carrots only 6 but 80 of carrots produced in the entire united states hay 4 and cotton and potatoes both 2 86 this is one of the highest producing locations in the united states for vegetables and also for watermelons 87 vegetables are estimated to total 320 million every year 87 there are about 1 938 farms at an average size of 1 202 acres 486 ha however 41 are smaller than 50 acres 20 ha being the primary employment of 63 of operators 86 kern county is a major producer of almonds 88 with production greater than 100 million pounds 45 000 t 50 000 short tons annually 86 that is third of all the counties 16 of the state s production 86 see also almond in california pistachio is another important employer in the county 89 the michailides avenot group finds severe boscalid resistance in isolates of alternaria alternata pathogenic on pistachio here 89 they find extensive such resistance in a swathe from the center down into the central southern part of the state but especially here 89 see also pistachio in california and boscalid in california the glassy winged sharpshooter homalodisca vitripennis is a major insect pest in the county including in kern county s citrus groves 90 see also glassy winged sharpshooter in california petroleum edit as of 2015 update kern is california s top oil producing county with 78 of the state s 56 653 active oil wells and 71 of oil production 91 92 the county produced 144 5 million barrels of oil in 2015 accounting for about 4 of overall u s oil production 91 93 discovery and development edit oil development began with the 1894 discovery of the midway sunset oil field now the third largest in the united states in the southwestern portion of kern county near maricopa the 1899 discovery along the kern river was a breakthrough in oil production 11 oil was refined here even before the establishment of the county 11 the buena vista petroleum company was organized and incorporated in 1864 11 soon thereafter a refinery was built that operated until april 1867 when work ceased because of high freight charges 11 the 1910 lakeview gusher was the largest recorded oil strike in u s history the well spewed approximately nine million barrels for 18 months before workers finally were able to cap it 94 other big oil fields in southwestern kern county discovered early in the 20th century include the buena vista the south belridge and the cymric fields the latter is the fastest growing field in california in terms of barrels produced per year 95 later large fields include the kern river oil field the fifth largest in the u s the adjacent kern front oil field the mount poso oil field in the lower foothills of the sierra north northeast of bakersfield and the fruitvale oil field which underlies much of the city of bakersfield along and north of the kern river 96 97 on july 22 2009 occidental petroleum announced it had discovered the equivalent of 150 million to 250 million barrels of oil in kern county which the company called the largest oil discovery in california in 35 years the find added about 10 percent to california s known reserves occidental s ray irani said it is likely that more oil would be found in the areas outside the initial six wells that tapped the discovery occidental has not revealed the exact location of the find two thirds of which is natural gas bnet an industry web publication said the find would add to the company s 708 million barrels of proven reserves in california citation needed petroleum today edit the county today contributes more than three quarters of all the oil produced onshore in california 95 some of the large oil fields in kern county which are still active include buena vista oil field cymric oil field edison oil field elk hills oil field fruitvale oil field kern front oil field kern river oil field lost hills oil field mckittrick oil field midway sunset oil field mountain view oil field mount poso oil field north belridge oil field round mountain oil field south belridge oil field transportation edit main article transportation in kern county major highways edit i 5 us 395 sr 14 former us 6 sr 33 sr 41 sr 43 sr 46 sr 58 sr 65 sr 99 former us 99 sr 119 sr 155 sr 166 sr 178 sr 184 sr 202 sr 204 sr 223 public transportation edit arvin transit is the local municipal bus operator in and around arvin delano area rapid transit is the local municipal bus operator in delano golden empire transit is the local bus operator in and near bakersfield kern transit provides countywide intercity bus service including connections to lancaster taft area transit is the local municipal bus operator in and around taft kern county is also served by greyhound flixbus and orange belt stages buses and amtrak trains based at bakersfield station airports edit main article list of airports in kern county california meadows field is the only airport in the county served by scheduled 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