The California Republican Party (CAGOP) is the affiliate of the

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in the

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California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...

. The party is based in

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and is led by chair Jessica Millan Patterson. As of October 2020, Republicans represent approximately 24% of the state's registered voters, placing the party far behind the

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which has 46% of registered voters. The party is a superminority in the

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, holding only 18 seats out of 80 in the

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and 8 seats out of 40 in the

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. The party holds none of the eight statewide executive branch offices, 12 of the state's 52 seats in the

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delegation, and neither of California's seats in the

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History

The Republican Party was born in the 1850s as a primary vehicle to oppose the expansion of slavery in the United States. In 1856, Republicans nominated one of California's inaugural senators,

John C. Frémont John Charles Frémont or Fremont (January 21, 1813July 13, 1890) was an American explorer, military officer, and politician. He was a U.S. Senator from California and was the first Republican nominee for president of the United States in 1856 ...

, for the 1856 presidential election, but he lost the state by a wide margin to Democrat and eventual winner

James Buchanan James Buchanan Jr. ( ; April 23, 1791June 1, 1868) was an American lawyer, diplomat and politician who served as the 15th president of the United States from 1857 to 1861. He previously served as secretary of state from 1845 to 1849 and repr ...

, though he did win the state of

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. Later in 1860,

Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation thro ...

was elected to the presidency as the first Republican president. The Republican Party would emerge as primary opposition to the Democratic Party until the present day. California Republicans and Democrats were competitive throughout the late 19th century. In 1878, Republican California Senator Aaron A. Sargent introduced the language that would become the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which would allow women the right to vote. Republicans dominated state politics for most of the 20th century (they controlled the state senate from 1891 to 1958) until the 1960s when the Democrats once again became competitive with the rightward shift of the Republican Party, exemplified by their nomination of

Barry Goldwater Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician and United States Air Force officer who was a five-term U.S. Senator from Arizona (1953–1965, 1969–1987) and the Republican Party nominee for presiden ...

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

(Goldwater lost California in a landslide). Republicans still saw ample success up until the 1990s.

George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker BushSince around 2000, he has been usually called George H. W. Bush, Bush Senior, Bush 41 or Bush the Elder to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd president from 2001 to 2009; pr ...

carried the state in

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after

Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...

twice carried the state in

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and

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Pete Wilson Peter Barton Wilson (born August 23, 1933) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 36th governor of California from 1991 to 1999. A member of the Republican Party, he also served as a United States senator from California bet ...

was elected Senator in

, and John Seymour was the last Republican Senator from California after being appointed to the seat in 1991. California’s Latino and Asian populations grew significantly in the 1990s and the growing segment of voters were turned off by the Republican Party’s hard-line stance on immigration (the Party closely tied itself to

Proposition 187 California Proposition 187 (also known as the ''Save Our State'' (SOS) initiative) was a 1994 ballot initiative to establish a state-run citizenship screening system and prohibit illegal immigrants from using non-emergency health care, public ed ...

). Democrats have won most elections at the state, local, and federal levels since the 2000s by comfortable margins. For example, despite failing to win the presidency, Hillary Clinton won a higher percentage of votes than any candidate since Franklin D. Roosevelt. Still, California elected

Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian and American actor, film producer, businessman, retired professional bodybuilder and politician who served as the 38th governor of California between 2003 and 2011. ''Time'' ...

twice for governor. Schwarzenegger and

Steve Poizner Stephen Leo Poizner (born January 4, 1957) is an American businessman, technology entrepreneur, and former Republican California Insurance Commissioner and Gubernatorial candidate. Poizner also was an independent candidate in the 2018 Californ ...

, who later became an independent, are the last Republicans to win statewide elections in California. California has two Republican presidents in U.S. history:

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, who was a U.S. representative and senator from California, and

, who was a governor of California (1967–1975).

Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was an American politician who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 and a member of the Republican Party, holding office during the onset of the Gr ...

also studied in California and lived there for a number of years. Other notable California Republicans include former Governor and Chief Justice

Earl Warren Earl Warren (March 19, 1891 – July 9, 1974) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as the 14th Chief Justice of the United States from 1953 to 1969. The Warren Court presided over a major shift in American constitution ...

, former Governor and Senator

Hiram Johnson Hiram Warren Johnson (September 2, 1866August 6, 1945) was an American attorney and politician who served as the Governor of California, 23rd governor of California from 1911 to 1917. Johnson achieved national prominence in the early 20th century ...

, and former Senator and founder of

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Leland Stanford Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824June 21, 1893) was an American industrialist and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 8th governor of California from 1862 to 1863 and represented California in the United States Se ...

. In 2018, the California Republican Party had fewer registered voters than voters registered with a

no party preference An independent or non-partisan politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicians have political views th ...

option, but that trend reversed in 2020."Republicans slip to 3rd place, behind independents, as registration choice of Californians"
''

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'', June 1, 2018

Elected officials

The following is a list of Republican statewide, federal, and legislative officeholders:

Members of Congress

U.S. Senate

*None Both of California's

seats have been held by Democrats since

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. John F. Seymour was the last Republican to represent California in the U.S. Senate. Appointed in 1991 by

who resigned his Class I Senate seat because he was elected governor in

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, Seymour lost the 1992 special election to determine who would serve the remainder of the term expiring in 1995. Seymour lost the special election to Democratic challenger

Dianne Feinstein Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein ( ; born Dianne Emiel Goldman; June 22, 1933) is an American politician who serves as the senior United States senator from California, a seat she has held since 1992. A member of the Democratic Party, she was ...

, who was subsequently elected to a full term two years later and has held the seat since. Pete Wilson was also the last Republican elected to represent California in the U.S. Senate in

, and the last Republican to represent California for a

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in the U.S. Senate from 1983 to 1989. With the passage of Prop 14 in 2010 setting up a

jungle primary A nonpartisan blanket primary is a primary election in which all candidates for the same elected office run against each other at once, regardless of the political party. Partisan elections are, on the other hand, segregated by political party ...

system in California, there were two US Senatorial elections in California in which no Republican made the general election: the 2016 election and the 2018 election.

U.S. House of Representatives

Out of the 52 seats California is apportioned in the

, 12 are held by Republicans: *

CA-01 California's 1st congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in California. Doug LaMalfa, a Republican, has represented the district since January 2013. Currently, it encompasses the northeastern part of the state. Since the 2022 ...

: Doug LaMalfa *

CA-03 California's 3rd congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in California. John Garamendi, a Democrat, has represented the district since January 2013. Effective January 2023, California's 3rd congressional district will include ...

: Kevin Kiley *

CA-05 California's 5th congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in California. The district is located in the northern San Joaquin Valley and central Sierra Nevada. The district includes all of Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne and Mar ...

Tom McClintock Thomas Miller McClintock II (; born July 10, 1956) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2009. His district stretches from the Sacramento suburbs to the outer suburbs of Fresno; it includes Yosemite National P ...

CA-13 California's 13th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. Barbara Lee, a Democrat, has represented this district since January 2013. The 13th district no longer consists of the northwestern port ...

: John Duarte * CA-20:

Kevin McCarthy Kevin Owen McCarthy (born January 26, 1965) is an American politician, serving as House Minority Leader in the United States House of Representatives since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he served as House Majority Leader under spea ...

(''Minority Leader'') * CA-22:

David Valadao David Goncalves Valadao ( ; born April 14, 1977) is an American politician and dairy farmer serving as the U.S. representative for California's 22nd congressional district since 2023. His district comprises part of the San Joaquin Valley. A me ...

* CA-23:

Jay Obernolte Jay Phillip Obernolte ( ; born August 18, 1970) is an American politician, businessman, and video game developer serving as the U.S. representative for since 2021. A Republican, he was previously a member of the California State Assembly represe ...

CA-27 California's 27th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. The district is currently represented by . It comprises parts of Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties and covers much of the San Gabriel ...

: Mike Garcia *

CA-40 California's 40th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. The district is currently represented by . The district includes Downey, East Los Angeles, Commerce, Paramount, Bell, Bell Gardens, Bellfl ...

Young Kim Young Oak Kim (; born October 18, 1962) is an American politician and businesswoman serving as the U.S. representative for California's 39th congressional district. Her district includes northern parts of Orange County. In the 2020 United Sta ...

* CA-41:

Ken Calvert Kenneth Stanton Calvert (born June 8, 1953) is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. representative for , and previously the 44th and 43rd, serving since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district is part of ...

* CA-45:

Michelle Steel Michelle Eunjoo Steel ( Park, born June 21, 1955) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 45th congressional district since 2023, previously representing the 48th congressional district from 2021 to 2023. A ...

* CA-48:

Darrell Issa Darrell Edward Issa ( ; born November 1, 1953) is an American businessman and politician who has served as the U.S. representative for California's 50th congressional district since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served i ...

Statewide offices

*None California has not had a statewide Republican officer since January 2011. Republicans were last elected to a statewide office in 2006, when

was re-elected as governor and

was elected insurance commissioner. In 2010,

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s prevented Schwarzenegger from seeking a third term while Poizner chose not to seek re-election as insurance commissioner, instead making an unsuccessful bid for the Republican nomination for governor. In 2018, Poizner attempted to run again for his old seat of insurance commissioner, but did so without the affiliation to the Republican Party. The last Republican to serve as

lieutenant governor A lieutenant governor, lieutenant-governor, or vice governor is a high officer of state, whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction. Often a lieutenant governor is the deputy, or lieutenant, to or ranked under a governor — a "second-in-comm ...

was

Abel Maldonado Abel O. Maldonado Jr. (born August 21, 1967) is an American politician who served as the 48th lieutenant governor of California from April 27, 2010 to January 10, 2011. As of 2022, he is the last Republican to serve as lieutenant governor of C ...

, who was appointed in 2010 by Schwarzenegger to fill the vacancy when

John Garamendi John Raymond Garamendi (; born January 24, 1945) is an American businessman, politician, and member of the Democratic Party who has represented areas of Northern California between San Francisco and Sacramento, including the cities of Fairfield ...

resigned to take a seat in Congress. Maldonado lost his election in 2010 for a full term, and left office in January 2011. The last Republican elected to the position was

Mike Curb Michael Curb (born December 24, 1944) is an American musician, record company executive, motorsports car owner, philanthropist, and former politician. He is also the founder of Curb Records where he presently serves as the chairman. Curb also ...

, who was elected in 1978 and served until January 1983. The last Republican to serve as

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was

Dan Lungren Daniel Edward Lungren (born September 22, 1946) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the U.S. representative for from 2005 to 2013. A member of the Republican Party, during his tenure, the district covered most of Sacramento Coun ...

who was elected in 1990 and served until January 1999. The last Republican to serve as Secretary of State was

Bruce McPherson Bruce A. McPherson (born January 7, 1944) is an American politician who served as the 30th California Secretary of State, California secretary of state from March 30, 2005, to January 7, 2007. He is currently a member of the Santa Cruz County Bo ...

who was appointed to the position in 2005 and the term ended in January 2007. McPherson lost the election for a full term in 2006. The last Republican elected to the position was Bill Jones who was elected in 1994 and reelected in 1998. The last Republican to serve as

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was

Matt Fong Matthew Kipling Fong (November 20, 1953 – June 1, 2011) was an American Republican politician who served as the 30th California State Treasurer. He was a government appointee, finance industry director, and consultant after retiring from the A ...

who was elected in 1994 and served until January 1999. The last Republican to serve as State controller was

Houston I. Flournoy Houston Irving Flournoy (October 7, 1929 – January 7, 2008) was an American politician who served as a California legislator and California State Controller, State Controller. He later became a professor of public administration at the Uni ...

who was first elected in 1966 and served until January 1975. The last Republican to serve as the Superintendent of Public Instruction (which is officially a non-partisan position) is

Max Rafferty Maxwell Lewis Rafferty Jr. (May 7, 1917 – June 13, 1982) was an American writer, educator, and politician. The author of several best-selling books about education, Rafferty served two terms as California State Superintendent of Public Instru ...

, who was first elected in 1962 and served until January 1971.

Board of Equalization, State Senate and Assembly

Board of Equalization

Republicans hold one of the four non-

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seats on the State Board of Equalization: *1st District:

Ted Gaines Edward Moore Gaines (born April 25, 1958) is an American politician and businessman serving as a member of the California Board of Equalization for the 1st district. He previously served as a California State Senator, representing the 1st Senate ...

State Senate

Republicans are in the minority, holding eight of the 40 seats in the

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. Republicans have been the minority party in the Senate since

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. * SD-1:

Brian Dahle Brian Dwain Dahle (born September 20, 1965) is an American politician and farmer who has served as a member of the California State Senate from the 1st district since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Dahle served as a member of the Ca ...

* SD-8:

Roger Niello Roger Niello (born 2 June 1948) is an American politician who is currently in the California State Senate representing the 6th district, which includes portions of Sacramento and Placer counties. He is a Republican who had also served in the Cal ...

* SD-12:

Shannon Grove Shannon Lee Grove (née Cain; born March 18, 1965) is an American politician, who represents the 12th State Senate district, encompassing the southern Central Valley and parts of the High Desert. A Republican, she served as the minority leader ...

* SD-21:

Scott Wilk Scott Thomas Wilk Sr. (born March 16, 1959) is an American politician who has served as the California State Senate minority leader since January 20, 2021. He is a Republican representing the 21st district, encompassing Antelope Valley, Victor ...

(''Minority Leader'') * SD-23: Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh * SD-32:

Kelly Seyarto Dennis Kelly Seyarto (born 1962) is an American politician serving as the State Senator from the 32nd State Senatorial district. He also served as a member of the California State Assembly from the 67th district from 2020 until his election to ...

* SD-36:

Janet Nguyen Janet Q. Nguyen (born May 1, 1976) is an American politician who serves in the California State Assembly. A Republican, she represents the 72nd district, encompassing parts of northern coastal Orange County which includes the cities of Huntin ...

* SD-40:

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State Assembly

Republicans hold 18 of the 80 seats in the State Assembly. The last time the Republicans were the majority party in the Assembly was during 1994–1996. * AD-1:

Megan Dahle Megan Dahle (born July 29, 1975) is an American politician serving as a member of the California State Assembly. A Republican, she represents the 1st State Assembly district, which encompasses the northeastern corner of California, including t ...

* AD-3: James Gallagher (''Minority Leader'') * AD-5: Joe Patterson * AD-7:

Josh Hoover Josh Hoover is an American politician serving as a member of the California State Assembly from the California's 7th State Assembly district, 7th district, which includes the Sacramento County suburbs of Rancho Cordova, Fair Oaks, California, Fai ...

* AD-8: Jim Patterson * AD-9: Heath Flora * AD-22: Juan Alanis * AD-32: Vince Fong * AD-33:

Devon Mathis Devon John Mathis (born September 21, 1982) is an American politician serving as a member of the California State Assembly from the newly drawn 33rd District, which is located in Kings County, western Tulare County, and a small part of souther ...

* AD-34: Tom Lackey * AD-47: Greg Wallis * AD-59:

Phillip Chen Phillip Chen (born April 22, 1978) is an American politician and member of the California State Assembly. He is a Republican representing the 55th district, encompassing small parts of Los Angeles, Orange, and San Bernardino Counties. The di ...

* AD-63: Bill Essayli * AD-70:

Tri Ta Tri Ta (born 1973) is an American politician currently serving as a member of the California State Assembly. He represents Assembly District 70, which consists of much of the Little Saigon area of northwestern Orange County, California, Orange C ...

* AD-71: Kate Sanchez * AD-72:

Diane Dixon Diane Lynn Dixon (born September 23, 1964) is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She was born in Brooklyn, New York. She has an Olympic gold medal for running with the American 4x400 meters relay team at the 1984 Olym ...

* AD-74: Laurie Davies * AD-75:

Marie Waldron Marie Waldron (born March 28, 1960) is an American politician from California. Waldron is currently a member of the California State Assembly, and served as the Assembly minority leader from 2018 until 2022. Waldron is a Republican member of the ...

Mayoral offices

Of California's ten largest cities, two have Republican mayors as of July 2022: *

Fresno Fresno () is a major city in the San Joaquin Valley of California, United States. It is the county seat of Fresno County and the largest city in the greater Central Valley region. It covers about and had a population of 542,107 in 2020, maki ...

(5):

Jerry Dyer Jerry P. Dyer (born May 3, 1959) is an American politician and former law enforcement officer. He is the 26th and current mayor of Fresno, California. Previously, he served as the chief of the Fresno Police Department. Life and career Dyer was bo ...

Bakersfield Bakersfield is a city in Kern County, California, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Kern County. The city covers about near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley and the Central Valley region. Bakersfield's populat ...

(9):

Karen Goh Karen K. Goh (born 1955) is an American politician and non-profit organization executive born in India. Goh is the 26th and current mayor of Bakersfield, California. Before becoming mayor of Bakersfield, Goh was a non profit executive at Garden P ...

Governance

The California Republican Party is a "political party that has detailed statutory provisions applicable to its operation", which are in division 7, part 3 of the

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.''Eu v. San Francisco County Democratic Central Committee'' (1989)
489 U.S. 214
. "The State of California heavily regulates its political parties. … The California Elections Code (Code) provides that the 'official governing bodies' for such a party are its 'state convention,' 'state central committee,' and 'county central committees,' …" The Republican State Central Committee (RSCC), the governing body of the California Republican Party, functions pursuant to its standing rules and bylaws.Standing Rules and Bylaws of the California Republican Party
, As Amended 6 October 2013.Bylaws § 1.03 The RSCC works together with the Republican county central committees and district central committees, with county central committees appointing delegates to the RSCC.Bylaws § 2.01.01(B) The regular officers of the RSCC are the chairman, state vice chairman, eight regional vice chairmen, secretary, and treasurer.

County central committees

There are semi-autonomous county central committees for each of California's 58 counties. At every direct primary election (presidential primary) or when district boundaries are redrawn, their members are either elected by supervisor district or Assembly district depending on the county.

division 7, part 3, chapter 4, article 1, §§ 7400 ''et seq.''

Party chairs

Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981

* Frank F. Merriam (1928–30) * Marshal Hale (1930–34) *

Louis B. Mayer Louis Burt Mayer (; born Lazar Meir; July 12, 1882 or 1884 or 1885 – October 29, 1957) was a Canadian-American film producer and co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios (MGM) in 1924. Under Mayer's management, MGM became the film industr ...

(1932–33) *

(1934–36) * Justus Craemer (1936–38) * Bradford Melvin (1938–40) *

Thomas Kuchel Thomas Henry Kuchel ( ; August 15, 1910 – November 21, 1994) was an American politician. A moderate Republican, he served as a US Senator from California from 1953 to 1969 and was the minority whip in the Senate, where he was the co-manage ...

(1940–42) * Edward Tickle (1942–44) * Leo Anderson (1944–46) * Arthur W. Carlson (1946–48) * Sim Delapp (1948–50) * Laughlin Waters (1950–54) * Thomas W. Caldecott (1954–56) * Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (1956–58) * George W. Milias (1958–60) * John Krehbiel (1960–62) *

Caspar Weinberger Caspar Willard Weinberger (August 18, 1917 – March 28, 2006) was an American statesman and businessman. As a prominent Republican, he served in a variety of state and federal positions for three decades, including chairman of the Californ ...

(1962–64) * Gaylord Parkinson (1964–67) * James Halley (1967–69) * Dennis Carpenter (1969–71) * Putnam Livermore (1971–73) *

Gordon Luce Gordon Hannington Luce was a colonial scholar in Burma. He was born on 20 January 1889 and died on 3 May 1979. His outstanding library containing books, manuscripts, maps and photographs – The Luce Collection – was acquired by the National ...

(1973–75) * Paul Haerle (1975–77) * Michael B. Montgomery (1977–79) * Truman Campbell (1979–81) *

Tirso del Junco Tirso Del Junco (born April 20, 1925) is an American politician who served as chair of the Republican Party of California, and the head of the University of California board of regents. He is also a former Olympic rower and a medical doctor. Ea ...

(1981–83) *

Ed Reinecke Howard Edwin "Ed" Reinecke (January 7, 1924 – December 24, 2016) was an American politician from California. He served three terms in the United States House of Representatives. He was the 39th state lieutenant governor from 1969 until his ...

(1983–85) * Mike Antonovich (1985–87) * Bob Naylor (1987–89) * Frank Visco (1989–91) * Jim Dignan (1991–93) *

(1993–95) *

John Herrington John Bennett Herrington (born September 14, 1958, in Chickasaw Nation) is a retired United States Naval Aviator, engineer and former NASA astronaut. In 2002, Herrington became the first enrolled member of a Native American tribe to fly in spac ...

(1995–97) * Michael J. Schroeder (1997–99) * John McGraw (1999–2001) * Shawn Steel (2001–03) * George "Duf" Sundheim (2003–07) * Ron Nehring (2007–11) * Tom Del Beccaro (2011–13) *

Jim Brulte James L. Brulte (born April 13, 1956) is an American politician and former chairman of the California Republican Party, having served from March 3, 2013 to February 24, 2019. Brulte formerly served as a Republican in the California State Senat ...

(2013–19) * Jessica Millan Patterson (since 2019)

Election results

Presidential

Gubernatorial

References

External links

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