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The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature
California State Legislature

The California State Legislature is the State legislature of the U.S. state of California. It is a bicameral body consisting of the lower house, the California State Assembly, with 80 members, and the upper house, the California State Senate, with 40 members....
. There are 40 State Senators. The state legislature meets in the state capital, Sacramento
Sacramento, California

Sacramento is the Capital of the United States U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Sacramento County, California. Located along the Sacramento River and just south of the American River's confluence in California's expansive California Central Valley, it is the seventh-largest city in California.....
. The Lieutenant Governor
Lieutenant Governor of California

The Lieutenant Governor of California is a statewide constitutional officer elected separately from the Governor who serves as the "vice-executive" of California....
 is the ex officio President of the Senate. The officers of the Senate, elected at the start of each legislative session, are; President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg
Darrell Steinberg

Darrell Steven Steinberg is a Democratic Party politician from Sacramento, California. He is currently serving his first term in the California State Senate, representing the California's 6th Senate District....
, Secretary of the Senate Gregory Schmidt, Senate Sergeant at Arms Tony Beard.

Prior to 1968, state senate districts
Districts in California

There are several different types of districts in California. The U.S. state of California is geographically divided into various districts for political and administrative purposes....
 were restricted such that one county could only hold at most one seat.






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The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature
California State Legislature

The California State Legislature is the State legislature of the U.S. state of California. It is a bicameral body consisting of the lower house, the California State Assembly, with 80 members, and the upper house, the California State Senate, with 40 members....
. There are 40 State Senators. The state legislature meets in the state capital, Sacramento
Sacramento, California

Sacramento is the Capital of the United States U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Sacramento County, California. Located along the Sacramento River and just south of the American River's confluence in California's expansive California Central Valley, it is the seventh-largest city in California.....
. The Lieutenant Governor
Lieutenant Governor of California

The Lieutenant Governor of California is a statewide constitutional officer elected separately from the Governor who serves as the "vice-executive" of California....
 is the ex officio President of the Senate. The officers of the Senate, elected at the start of each legislative session, are; President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg
Darrell Steinberg

Darrell Steven Steinberg is a Democratic Party politician from Sacramento, California. He is currently serving his first term in the California State Senate, representing the California's 6th Senate District....
, Secretary of the Senate Gregory Schmidt, Senate Sergeant at Arms Tony Beard.

Prior to 1968, state senate districts
Districts in California

There are several different types of districts in California. The U.S. state of California is geographically divided into various districts for political and administrative purposes....
 were restricted such that one county could only hold at most one seat. This led to the situation of Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County, California

Los Angeles County is a County in California, and is by far, the most List of the most populous counties in the United States in the United States....
, with 6 million residents as of 1968, receiving 600 times less representation than residents of Alpine County
Alpine County, California

Alpine County is the smallest List of California counties, by population, in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2000 census , it had a population of 1,208....
 and Calaveras County
Calaveras County, California

Calaveras County is a county located in the Gold Country of the U.S. state of California. Calaveras is named for the Spanish word meaning skulls, reportedly for the bones of fighters left behind after an Indian war that were discovered by Captain Gabriel Moraga....
, some of California's least populous counties. The federal Reynolds v. Sims
Reynolds v. Sims

Reynolds v. Sims, Case citation was a Supreme Court of the United States case that ruled that state legislature districts had to be roughly equal in population....
 decision by the United States Supreme Court compelled all states to draw up districts with equal populations. As such, boundaries were changed such that equal representation was provided.

Senators serve four year terms. The terms of the Senators are staggered so that half the membership is elected every two years. The Senators representing the odd-numbered districts are elected in years evenly divisible by four. The Senators from the even-numbered districts are elected in the intervening even-numbered years. Senators are limited to two terms.

Each Senator represents approximately 846,791 Californians, which is more than the approximately 639,088 residents in each of California's Congressional Districts.

Senators

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Current composition

AffiliationParty Total
   
Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
Republican
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
Vacant
End of previous legislature2515400
 
Begin2415391
Latest voting share61.5%38.5%


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Garamendi
John Garamendi

John Raymond Garamendi is a United States politician and a member of the Democratic Party . He became the 46th Lieutenant Governor of California on January 8, 2007....
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Walters
Mimi Walters

Mimi K. Walters is a Republican Party California State Senate from the state of California, representing the 33rd District since 2008. She previously served in the Assembly for four years from 2004 to 2008, where she served in the Republican leadership as Assistant Republican Floor Leader and Vice Chair of the Appropriation Committee....
Hollingsworth
Dennis Hollingsworth

Dennis Clark Hollingsworth is a Republican Party politician from the state of California, currently serving as the California State Senate Republican Party Minority leader, representing District 36, northwest San Diego County, California and southwest Riverside County, California....
*Denham
Jeff Denham

Jeffrey "Jeff" Denham is a Republican Party politician serving his second term in the California State Senate. Denham represents the California's 12th State Senate district, which includes Madera County, California, Merced County, California, Monterey County, California, San Benito County, California and Stanislaus County, California counti...
Benoit*Florez
Dean Florez

Dean Raymond Florez is a California State Senate. He has represented the 16th District since 2002. He was reelected to a second term on November 7 2006....
Ducheny
Denise Moreno Ducheny

Denise Moreno Ducheny is a California State Senate who represents Senate District 40, which includes southern San Diego County, part of Riverside County, and all of Imperial County....
*Alex
Alex Padilla

Alejandro "Alex" Padilla is a California State Senator. He was elected as the California State Senate for the 20th District of California in November 2006 and was inaugurated in early December....
Negrete McLeod
Gloria Negrete McLeod

Gloria Negrete McLeod has been a California State Senate since December 2006. Prior to that, she served in the California State Assembly from 2000 to 2006 after having lost in a 1998 bid for the Assembly....
*Oropeza
Jenny Oropeza

Jennifer Ann Oropeza is the California State Senate for the 28th district which includes the cities of Carson, California, El Segundo, Hermosa Beach, Lomita, Manhattan Beach, California, Redondo Beach, California, and Torrance, California; the Los Angeles communities of Cheviot Hills, California, Del Aire, California, Harbor City, California...
Cedillo*Calderon
Ronald S. Calderon

Ronald Steven Calderon is the California State Senate from California's 30th Senate District. He was elected to the Senate in 2006.The second of two siblings to serve in the state Senate, Senator Ronald S....
Yee
Leland Yee

Leland Yee is a California State Senate in District 8 which includes the western half of San Francisco and most of San Mateo County. Prior to becoming state senator, Yee was a California State Assemblyman, Supervisor of San Francisco's Sunset District, and was a member of the San Francisco School Board....
Huff
Bob Huff

Robert S. Huff is a United States politician, who is a Republican Party member of the California State Senate, representing the 29th Senate District, which includes portions of Los Angeles County, California, Orange County, California, and San Bernardino County, California county....
Ashburn
Roy Ashburn

Roy Arthur Ashburn is the California State Senate representing the 18th District, which includes Kern County, Tulare County, Inyo County and San Bernardino County Counties....
*Aanestad
Sam Aanestad

Samuel Mark Aanestad is an oral and maxillofacial surgeon who was elected to the California State Assembly in 1998 to represent the 3rd District....
Strickland
Tony Strickland

Anthony A. "Tony" Strickland is a California California State Senate, representing the California's 19th State Senate district. Strickland is a member of the Republican Party and a former Assemblyman, representing California's 37th State Assembly district from 1998 to 2004....
*Maldonado
Abel Maldonado

Abel Maldonado is a Republican Party United States politician who is currently a California State Senate. He ran unsuccessfully for California State Controller in 2006....
Wright
Roderick Wright

Roderick Wright was a Scotland Roman Catholic priest, and Bishop of Argyll and the Isles from 1990 to 1996.Wright attracted worldwide media interest in 1996 when he eloped with a divorced woman parishioner, Kathleen MacPhee....
*Kehoe
Christine Kehoe

Christine T. Kehoe is an American politician from San Diego, California. A Democratic Party , she has served since 2004 as a member of the California State Senate representing the California's 39th Senate district....
Simitian
Joe Simitian

Saren Joseph Simitian is a United States Democratic Party California California State Senate, who was elected to replace the term limit Byron Sher in the 2004 elections....
*Correa
Lou Correa

Luis Correa is a moderate California Democratic Party Legislator. He is serving his first term as a member of the California State Senate, representing the 34th Senate District....
Romero
Gloria Romero

Gloria J. Romero is a California State Senator and was the Democratic Party majority leader of the California State Senate from 2001 until 2008....
*Liu
Carol Liu

Carol Liu is a Democratic Party politician in the state of California who served in the California State Assembly from 2000 until she was term limit in 2006....
Hancock
Loni Hancock

Loni Hancock is currently serving in her first term as the representative of California State Senate District 9. The 9th Senate District currently includes Alameda, California, Albany, California, Berkeley, California, Castro Valley, California, Dublin, California, Emeryville, California, Emeryville, California, Livermore, California, Oakla...
Runner
George Runner

George C. Runner, Jr. is a Republican Party California State Senator, who represents the California's 17th State Senate district, which includes portions of Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County and Ventura County....
Wyland
Mark Wyland

Mark Bryan Wyland is a United States Republican Party politician from the state of California, who represents the 38th District in the California State Senate....
*Cox
Dave Cox

David E. Cox is an American politician from Fair Oaks, California. A Republican Party , he is a member of the California State Senate, representing the California's 1st State Senate district since December 2004....
Harman
Tom Harman

Thomas George Harman is a United States politician, who is currently a Republican Party member of the California State Senate who had previously been a three-term member of the California State Assembly....
*Dutton
Robert Dutton

Robert D. Dutton has served as the Republican Party California State Senate representing the 31st District since 2004, after serving two years as a California State Assembly for the 63rd District....
Cogdill
Dave Cogdill

David Ellis Cogdill, Sr. is a United States Republican party politician who is currently a State Senator from California's 14th State Senate district, a job that Cogdill has had since December 2006....
*Corbett
Ellen Corbett

File:ICC Prayer Vigil for Mumbai India in Milpitas, California.jpgEllen Marie Corbett is a Democratic Party politician from San Leandro, California....
*LowenthalPavley
Fran Pavley

Fran Pavley is a United States Democratic Party politician who currently represents Senate District 23, including portions of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties in the California Legislature....
*Alquist
Elaine Alquist

Elaine Kontaminas Alquist is currently a Democratic Party California State Senate from California's 13th Senate District. Prior to serving in the Senate, she served in the California State Assembly for 6 years....
DeSaulnier
Mark DeSaulnier

Mark James DeSaulnier is an USA politician who has represented California State Assembly District 11 for the Democratic Party since December 2006....
******Leno
Mark Leno

Mark Leno is an American politician, representing California's 3rd Senate district, which includes parts of San Francisco, California and Sonoma County, California, as well as the entirety of Marin County, California....
Steinberg
Darrell Steinberg

Darrell Steven Steinberg is a Democratic Party politician from Sacramento, California. He is currently serving his first term in the California State Senate, representing the California's 6th Senate District....
*WigginsWolk
Lois Wolk

Lois Wolk is an United States politician from California. A member of the Democratic Party , she currently represents the California's 8th Assembly district of the California State Senate, being elected to that position in 2008....
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See also

  • Bill (proposed law)
    Bill (proposed law)

    A bill is a proposed new law introduced within a legislature that has not been ratification, adopted, or received royal assent. Once a bill has become law, it is thereafter an Statute; but in popular usage the two terms are often treated interchangeably....
  • California State Senate elections, 2008
    California State Senate elections, 2008

    The 2008 California State Senate elections took place on November 4, 2008. Voters in California's odd-numbered California State Senate California State Senate districts, a total of 20, voted for their state senators....
  • California State Assembly
    California State Assembly

    The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. There are 80 members in the Assembly, representing an approximately equal number of constituents, with each district having a population of at least 420,000....
  • California State Capitol
    California State Capitol

    The California State Capitol building sits in Sacramento, California at the west end of Capitol Park. The grounds are framed by L Street to the north, N Street to the south, 10th Street to the west and 15th Street to the east....
  • California State Capitol Museum
    California State Capitol Museum

    The California State Capitol Museum is the name given to the grounds and buildings of the California State Capitol building. Located in Sacramento, California, the state capital, the building has been the home of the California State Legislature since 1869....
  • California State Legislature
    California State Legislature

    The California State Legislature is the State legislature of the U.S. state of California. It is a bicameral body consisting of the lower house, the California State Assembly, with 80 members, and the upper house, the California State Senate, with 40 members....
  • California State Senate Districts
    California State Senate districts

    California's State Senate districts are numbered 1st through 40th.California's 1st State Senate districtCalifornia's 2nd State Senate district...
  • Districts in California
    Districts in California

    There are several different types of districts in California. The U.S. state of California is geographically divided into various districts for political and administrative purposes....
  • Members of the California State Legislature
    Members of the California State Legislature

    These are tables of members of the California State Legislature ....


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