California State Senate facts for kids
Quick facts for kids California State Senate |
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Term limits
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Elected before 2012: 2 terms (8 years) Elected 2012 and after: 3 terms (12 years) |
| History | |
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New session started
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December 7, 2020 |
| Leadership | |
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President pro tempore
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Toni Atkins (D)
Since March 21, 2018 |
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Majority Leader
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Robert Hertzberg (D)
Since January 7, 2019 |
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Minority Leader
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Shannon Grove (R)
Since March 1, 2019 |
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| Seats | 40 |
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Political groups
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Majority
Democratic (31) Minority Republican (9) |
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Length of term
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4 years |
| Authority | Article 4, California Constitution |
| Salary | $110,459/year + per diem |
| Elections | |
| Nonpartisan blanket primary | |
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Last election
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November 3, 2020 (20 seats) |
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Next election
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November 8, 2022 (20 seats) |
| Redistricting | California Citizens Redistricting Commission |
| Motto | |
| Senatoris est civitatis libertatem tueri ("It is a senator's duty to protect the liberty of the people.") |
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| Meeting place | |
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| State Senate Chamber California State Capitol Sacramento, California |
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The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature. It has 40 members and is currently controlled by the Democratic Party It meets at the California State Capitol in Sacramento.
Contents
Composition
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| 30 | 9 | 1 |
| Democratic | Republican | Vacant |
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(Shading indicates majority caucus)
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Total | |||
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| Democratic | Republican | Vacant | |||
| End of previous legislature | 29 | 11 | 40 | 0 | |
| 2020 election | 31 | 9 | 40 | 0 | |
| Begin | 30 | 9 | 39 | 1 | |
Officers
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| Position | Name | Party | District | |
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| Lieutenant Governor | Eleni Kounalakis | Democratic | California | |
| President pro tempore | Toni Atkins | Democratic | 39th–San Diego | |
| Majority leader | Robert Hertzberg | Democratic | 18th–Van Nuys | |
| Assistant majority leader | Mike McGuire | Democratic | 2nd–Healdsburg | |
| Majority whip | Nancy Skinner | Democratic | 9th–Berkeley | |
| Assistant majority whips | Maria Elena Durazo | Democratic | 24th–Los Angeles | |
| Scott Wiener | Democratic | 11th–San Francisco | ||
| Democratic caucus chair | Connie Leyva | Democratic | 20th–Chino | |
| Minority leader | Shannon Grove | Republican | 16th–Bakersfield | |
| Secretary | Erika Contreras | |||
| Sergeant-at-Arms | Jodie O. Barnett III | |||
| Chaplain | Sister Michelle Gorman, RSM | |||
The Secretary, the Sergeant-at-Arms, and the Chaplain are not members of the Legislature.
Members
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| District | Name | Party | Residence | First elected | Term limited | Notes | |
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| 1 | Brian Dahle | Republican | Bieber | 2019 |
2024 | Previously served as Minority Leader of the California State Assembly | |
| 2 | Mike McGuire | Democratic | Healdsburg | 2014 | 2026 | ||
| 3 | Bill Dodd | Democratic | Napa | 2016 | 2024 | ||
| 4 | Jim Nielsen | Republican | Red Bluff | 2013 |
2022 | Previously served from 1978 to 1990 | |
| 5 | Susan Eggman | Democratic | Stockton | 2020 | 2024 | ||
| 6 | Richard Pan | Democratic | Sacramento | 2014 | 2022 | ||
| 7 | Steve Glazer | Democratic | Orinda | 2015 |
2028 | ||
| 8 | Andreas Borgeas | Republican | Fresno | 2018 | 2030 | ||
| 9 | Nancy Skinner | Democratic | Berkeley | 2016 | 2024 | ||
| 10 | Bob Wieckowski | Democratic | Fremont | 2014 | 2022 | ||
| 11 | Scott Wiener | Democratic | San Francisco | 2016 | 2028 | ||
| 12 | Anna Caballero | Democratic | Salinas | 2018 | 2026 | ||
| 13 | Josh Becker | Democratic | Menlo Park | 2020 | 2032 | ||
| 14 | Melissa Hurtado | Democratic | Sanger | 2018 | 2030 | ||
| 15 | Dave Cortese | Democratic | Los Gatos | 2020 | 2032 | ||
| 16 | Shannon Grove | Republican | Bakersfield | 2018 | 2026 | Minority Leader | |
| 17 | John Laird | Democratic | Santa Cruz | 2020 | 2028 | ||
| 18 | Robert Hertzberg | Democratic | Van Nuys | 2014 | 2022 | Majority Leader. Previously served as Speaker of the Assembly | |
| 19 | Monique Limón | Democratic | Santa Barbara | 2012 | 2020 | ||
| 20 | Connie Leyva | Democratic | Chino | 2014 | 2026 | ||
| 21 | Scott Wilk | Republican | Santa Clarita | 2016 | 2024 | ||
| 22 | Susan Rubio | Democratic | Baldwin Park | 2018 | 2030 | ||
| 23 | Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh | Republican | Yucaipa | 2020 | 2032 | ||
| 24 | Maria Elena Durazo | Democratic | Los Angeles | 2018 | 2030 | ||
| 25 | Anthony Portantino | Democratic | La Cañada Flintridge | 2016 | 2024 | ||
| 26 | Ben Allen | Democratic | Santa Monica | 2014 | 2026 | ||
| 27 | Henry Stern | Democratic | Malibu | 2016 | 2028 | ||
| 28 | Melissa Melendez | Republican | Lake Elsinore | 2020 |
2022 | ||
| 29 | Josh Newman | Democratic | Fullerton | 2020 | 2028 | Previously served 2016-2018 | |
| 30 | Vacant | ||||||
| 31 | Richard Roth | Democratic | Riverside | 2012 | 2024 | ||
| 32 | Bob Archuleta | Democratic | Pico Rivera | 2018 | 2030 | ||
| 33 | Lena Gonzalez | Democratic | Long Beach | 2019 |
2032 | ||
| 34 | Tom Umberg | Democratic | Santa Ana | 2018 | 2026 | ||
| 35 | Steven Bradford | Democratic | Gardena | 2016 | 2024 | ||
| 36 | Patricia Bates | Republican | Laguna Niguel | 2014 | 2022 | ||
| 37 | Dave Min | Democratic | Irvine | 2020 | 2032 | ||
| 38 | Brian Jones | Republican | Santee | 2018 | 2026 | ||
| 39 | Toni Atkins | Democratic | San Diego | 2016 | 2024 | President pro tempore. Previously served as Speaker of the State Assembly | |
| 40 | Ben Hueso | Democratic | San Diego | 2013 |
2022 | ||
- : elected in a special election
Seating chart
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| Morrell | Borgeas | Dahle | McGuire | Hueso | Archuleta | Roth | Galgiani | Pan | Glazer | Ben Allen | Wiener | |||||
| Moorlach | Melendez | Grove | Nielsen | Bradford | Hill | Portantino | Rubio | Gonzalez | Jackson | Leyva | Caballero | |||||
| Jones | Chang | Wilk | Bates | Dodd | Umberg | Durazo | Mitchell | Hurtado | Skinner | Stern | Beall | |||||
| Monning | Atkins | Hertzberg | Wieckowski | |||||||||||||
See also
In Spanish: Senado Estatal de California para niños
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