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The California Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of
California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...
. It is headquartered in
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. With 43.5% of the state's registered voters as of 2018, the Democratic Party has the highest number of registrants of any political party in California. It is currently the dominant party in the state, and is one of the strongest affiliates of the national Democratic Party. The party currently controls the majority of California's U.S. House seats, both U.S. Senate seats, the governorship, and has supermajorities in both houses of the
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.


History


1850s

Since the beginning of the 1850s, issues regarding
slavery Slavery and enslavement are both the state and the condition of being a slave—someone forbidden to quit one's service for an enslaver, and who is treated by the enslaver as property. Slavery typically involves slaves being made to perf ...
had effectively split the
California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...
Democratic Party. By the 1853 general election campaign, large majorities of pro-slavery Democrats from Southern California, calling themselves the Chivalry (later branded as Lecompton Democrats), threatened to divide the state in half, should the state not accept slavery. John Bigler, along with former state senator and lieutenant governor David C. Broderick from the previous McDougall Administration, formed the Free Soil Democratic faction, modeled after the federal Free Soil Party that argued against the spread of slavery. The Democrats effectively split into two camps, with both the Chivalry and Free Soilers nominating their own candidates for the 1853 election. By 1857, the party had split into the Lecompton and Anti-Lecompton factions. Lecompton members supported the
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Lecompton Constitution, a document explicitly allowing slavery into the territory, while Anti-Lecompton faction members were in opposition to slavery's expansion. The violence between supporting and opposition forces led to the period known as Bleeding Kansas. Splits in the Democratic Party, as well as the
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created by the collapse of the Whig Party, helped facilitate the rise of the American Party both in state and federal politics. In particular, state voters voted Know-Nothings into the California State Legislature, and elected J. Neely Johnson as governor in the 1855 general elections. During the 1859 general elections, Lecompton Democrats voted for Milton Latham, who had briefly lived in the American South, as their nominee for governor. Anti-Lecomptons in turn selected John Currey as their nominee. The infant
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, running in its first gubernatorial election, selected businessman Leland Stanford as its nominee. To make matters more complicated, during the campaign, Senator David C. Broderick, an Anti-Lecompton Democrat, was killed in a duel by slavery supporter and former state Supreme Court Justice David Terry on September 13.


Late 19th and early 20th centuries

Until the early 1880s the Republican Party held the state through the power and influence of railroad men. The Democratic Party responded by taking an anti-corporate, anti freedom of attainment position. In 1894, Democrat
James Budd James Herbert Budd (May 18, 1851 – July 30, 1908) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician. Involved in federal and state politics, Budd was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for the 2nd California district from 1883 to ...
was elected to the governorship, and the Democratic Party attempted to make good on their promises to reform the booming railroad industry. The party began working closely with the state's railroad commission to create fair rates for passengers and to eliminate monopolies the railroad companies held over the state. The main effort focused on making railroads public avenues of transportation similar to streets and roads. This measure passed and was a great victory for the Democrats, but the honeymoon would not last.Williams Hal, "The Democratic Party and California Politics 1880 - 1896" (Stanford University Press, California, 1973) Budd was to be the last Democratic governor for thirty years. The struggle between the anti-monopolists and the railroad companies was, however, a key and defining issue for the Democratic Party for some time. Despite their relative lack of power during this period, the Democrats in California were still active in pursuing reform. The party supported fairer railroad policies and crusaded for tariff reform. The party also supported the large scale railroad strikes that sprung up statewide. The corruption of the time in both the railroad companies and the government led to a change in political dynamic. The people of the state moved away from both of the main parties and the Progressive Movement began. While the Progressives were successful in creating positive reform and chasing out corruption, the movement drained away many of the Democratic Party's members. As their movement ended, the Republicans won the governorship, but the Democratic Party had a distinct voter advantage. In 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president, and the Power balance between the Republicans and the Democrats in California equalized. However, as Roosevelt's New Deal policies began to raise the nation out of the depression, Democratic strength mounted. Culbert Olson was elected to the governorship, but his term was rocky, and both parties organized against him. Shortly thereafter, Earl Warren and the Republicans seized power again. The California Democratic Party needed a new strategy to regain power in the state. A strategy of re-organization and popular mobilization emerged and resulted in the creation of the California Democratic Council. The CDC, as it became known, was a way for members of the party from all levels of government to come together, and, as such, the party became more unified. A new network of politically-minded civilians and elected officials emerged, and the party was stronger for it. Despite the fact that the council struggled in the
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era, due to Republican strength and issues such as the Vietnam War, it still exists today.


1990s

By 1992, California was hurting more than most states from a national recession which had started in 1990, causing incumbent Republican president George H. W. Bush's approval rating to tank within the state, giving an opening for the Democratic party to break through and eventually become the largest party. Starting with the double digit victory of Bill Clinton, this became the first time a Democrat had carried the state of California since 1964. Afterwards, a consolidation of the Latino and Asian vote would strengthen the Democratic party's hold in California, when these groups had previously been considered core Republican supporters within the state. The California Democratic Party began re-organizing in 1991, and in 1992, the party won the greatest victories in the history of California. President Clinton won California's 54 electoral votes, and two women, Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, were elected as U.S. senators. Even though redistricting (re-apportionment) was executed by a Republican State Supreme Court, California Democrats in November 1992 had increased their margin at all levels—Congressional, state assembly and in the state senate. In 1994, California Democrats suffered a setback by losing the governor's race for the fourth time in a row, and the Democrats became a minority in the State Assembly. However, despite $29 million spent by Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Huffington, Democratic incumbent U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein won re-election. The 1996 elections proved to be a dramatic turnaround from the results of 1994, as President
Bill Clinton William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and again ...
won California's 54 electoral votes for a second consecutive time. Three Republican Congressman were also defeated, including Bob Dornan in the conservative stronghold of Orange County. In addition, California Democrats also regained the majority in the State Assembly, while adding to their majority in the state senate. 1998 was a banner year for California Democrats. An overwhelming majority of Californians elected Gray Davis, the first Democratic governor in 16 years, and re-elected U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer. Six of eight candidates for statewide constitutional offices won, including Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante, Attorney General
Bill Lockyer William Westwood Lockyer (born May 8, 1941) is a retired American politician from California, who held elective office from 1973 to 2015, as State Treasurer of California, California Attorney General, and President Pro Tempore of the Californi ...
, Treasurer Phil Angelides, Controller Kathleen Connell, and State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Delaine Eastin Delaine Andree Eastin (born August 20, 1947) is an American politician and educator from California. A professor by education, she was the first and only woman to date to be elected California State Superintendent of Public Instruction (1995–20 ...
. In addition, California Democrats increased their majority in the State Assembly from 43 to 48, and also in the state senate from 23 to 25.


21st century

Holding off a national Republican trend in 2002, California Democrats won all eight statewide offices for the first time since 1882. Governor Gray Davis, Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante, Attorney General Bill Lockyer, and State Treasurer Phil Angelides were all re-elected, while Steve Westly was elected State Controller, Kevin Shelley was elected Secretary of State, John Garamendi was elected Insurance Commissioner, and Jack O'Connell was elected State Superintendent of Public Instruction. This feat (winning all statewide offices) was repeated in 2010, when, despite massive Republican gains nationwide, the California Democratic Party swept all the statewide offices being contested, maintained its 34–19 edge in the 53-member U.S. House delegation, and won one additional seat (thus increasing their majority) in the State Assembly, while maintaining their current majority in the state senate. In the 2012 election, California Democrats experienced tremendous success once again: Not only did President
Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, Obama was the first Af ...
win California's 55 electoral votes again, with over 60% of the vote, and Senator Dianne Feinstein was re-elected with over 62% of the vote, but California Democrats – despite running in federal and legislative districts that were redrawn by an independent redistricting commission for the first time, per the passage of Propositions 11 and 20, and the implementation of a new blanket primary – also won a net gain of four House seats by defeating three GOP incumbents and winning an open GOP seat, and won a supermajority in both houses of the state legislature, a feat which the party last accomplished in 1882. Geographically, the 2012 elections also witnessed the California Democratic Party make inroads in traditionally Republican areas: San Diego, the second largest city in California and a long-time GOP stronghold, elected a Democratic mayor for the first time since 1988. California Democrats also notched up victories in other traditionally Republican areas, such as the Inland Empire, Ventura County, the Central Valley, and Orange County.


Governance

The California Democratic Party is a "political party that has detailed statutory provisions applicable to its operation", which are in division 7, part 2 of the California Elections Code. The Democratic State Central Committee, which is the governing body of the California Democratic Party, functions pursuant to its standing rules and bylaws.By-Laws & Rules of the California Democratic Party
. July 2012.
The Democratic State Central Committee is composed of approximately 2,900 members that are appointed by Democratic elected officials and nominees, elected by county central committees, and elected in Assembly district election meetings, in roughly equal proportion. The executive board is composed of approximately 320 members and holds all powers and duties of the California Democratic Party while the state central committee or its conventions are not in session. There are semi-autonomous county central committees for each of California's 54 counties. Each county central committee elects 4 members, plus a member for each 10,000 registered Democrats in that county, to the state central committee. The state central committee bylaws specify that county central committees may provide for the election of their allocation of membership on an at-large basis, or by county supervisor districts or Assembly districts, or by any combination thereof. "Assembly district election meetings" are held biennially in January in every odd-numbered year (immediately after elections for the governor and president) within each of California's 80 Assembly districts. Participation is open to all registered Democrats within the Assembly district. Each meeting elects 14 members to the state central committee, divided as equally as possible between men and women.


County central committees

At every direct primary election, a county central committee is elected in each county. The California Elections Code specifies how county central committee members are elected. Candidates for county central committees are nominated pursuant to division 8, part 1, chapter 1 of the Elections Code, which defines requirements such as the number of Democratic registered voters required (20–40) to sign a nomination. A county central committee may also select its members at any time by holding a caucus or convention or by using any other method of selection approved by the committee. If the number of candidates nominated for election does not exceed the number of candidates to be elected, the candidates are not listed on the ballots, but are instead declared elected by the board of supervisors.


List of chairs

* George T. Marye (1888–1893) * William Hays Alford (1896) * Seth Mann (1898–1900) *
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(1908–1910) * Claude F. Purkitt (1922–1928) * Harry H. McPike (1929–1930) * Zachary T. Malaby (1931) * Maurice Harrison (1932-1934) * Culbert L. Olson (1934) * Clifford C. Anglim (1937) * Paul Peek (1939) * William M. Malone (1940-1942) * William M. Malone (1944–1946) *
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(1946-1948) * Oliver Carter (1949) * Glenn M. Anderson (1950–1952) *
George Miller Jr. George Miller Jr. (January 7, 1914 – January 1, 1969) was an American Democratic politician who served as a California State Assemblyman from 1947 to 1949 and a California State Senator from 1949 to 1969. He was a leader of the liberal wing of ...
(1952-1954) * Elizabeth C. Snyder (1954–1956) *
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(1958) * William Munnell (1959-1960) * Charles Warren (1966-1968) *
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(1969–1973) * John Burton (1973–1974) *Bert Coffey (1977–1979) *Richard J. O'Neill (1979–1981) * Nancy Pelosi (1981–1983) *Peter D. Kelly III (1983–1985) *Betty Smith (1985–1987) *Peter D. Kelly III (1987–1989) * Jerry Brown (1989–1991) * Phil Angelides (1991–1993) *
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(1993–1996) *
Art Torres Arthur A. Torres (born September 24, 1946) is an American former politician who served as a member of the California State Legislature. He is the vice chair of the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee, the governing Board of the California I ...
(1996–2009) * John Burton (2009–2017) * Eric C. Bauman (2017–2018) * Alex Gallardo-Rooker (acting, 2018–2019) *
Rusty Hicks Rusty Hicks is an American labor union activist and attorney serving as chair of the California Democratic Party. Hicks won the June 4, 2019, chairmanship election after the resignation of Eric C. Bauman. Early life and education Hicks was bor ...
(2019–present)


Organization

The Democratic State Central Committee of the California Democratic Party of California is organized into nine standing committees: Platform, Resolutions, Rules, Legislation, Affirmative Action, Credentials, Finance, Organizational Development, and Voter Services.


Platform

The California Democratic Party published
2022 platform.


Current elected officials

The following is a list of Democratic statewide and legislative officeholders, as of June 12, 2019 (federal office holders as of January 20, 2021);


Statewide constitutional officers

After the last election, Democrats maintained control over all eight elected statewide constitutional offices: File:Gavin Newsom by Gage Skidmore.jpg, Governor File:Eleni Kounalakis in 2021.jpg, Lieutenant Governor File:Shirley Weber (cropped).jpg, Secretary of the State File:AG Rob Bonta official (cropped).jpg, Attorney General File:Betty Yee official photo (cropped).jpg,
Controller Controller may refer to: Occupations * Controller or financial controller, or in government accounting comptroller, a senior accounting position * Controller, someone who performs agent handling in espionage * Air traffic controller, a person w ...
File:Fiona Ma official1 (cropped).jpg, Treasurer
* Insurance Commissioner: Ricardo Lara *
Superintendent of Public Instruction A state education agency or state department of education is the state-level government organization within each U.S. state or territory responsible for education, including providing information, resources, and technical assistance on educationa ...
: Tony Thurmond (''this office is officially non-partisan, and Thurmond was elected as a non-partisan'')


Federal executive officials

File:Kamala Harris Vice Presidential Portrait.jpg, Vice President


Federal officeholders for the 117th United States Congress


U.S. Senate

Both of California's seats in the U.S. Senate have been under Democratic control since 1992: File:Dianne Feinstein, official Senate photo 2.jpg, Senior U.S. Senator File:Alex Padilla 117th Congress portrait (cropped).jpg, Junior U.S. Senator


U.S. House of Representatives

Of the 53 seats California is apportioned in the U.S. House following the 2010 census, 42 are held by Democrats: * CA-02: Jared Huffman * CA-03: John Garamendi * CA-05: Mike Thompson * CA-06: Doris Matsui * CA-07:
Ami Bera Amerish Babulal "Ami" Bera (; born March 2, 1965) is an American physician and politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, his district encompasses most of Sacramento's eastern and southern sub ...
*
CA-09 California's 9th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. Jerry McNerney, a Democrat, has represented the district since January 2013. Prior to redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting ...
: Jerry McNerney *
CA-10 California's 10th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. Currently, the 10th district encompasses parts of the eastern San Francisco Bay Area. It is currently represented by Democrat Mark DeSaulni ...
:
Josh Harder Joshua Keck Harder (born August 1, 1986) is an American politician and venture capital investor who has served as the U.S. representative from California's 9th congressional district since 2019 (known as the 10th congressional district until 20 ...
* CA-11:
Mark DeSaulnier Mark James DeSaulnier ( ; born March 31, 1952) is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative for California's 11th congressional district since 2015. The district includes most of Contra Costa County, a suburban county in ...
* CA-12: Nancy Pelosi (''
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'') *
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 ...
: Barbara Lee *
CA-14 California's 14th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. Eric Swalwell, a Democrat, has represented the district since January 2023. Currently, the 14th district is in Alameda County and includes ...
: Jackie Speier * CA-15: Eric Swalwell * CA-16: Jim Costa * CA-17: Ro Khanna * CA-18:
Anna Eshoo Anna A. Eshoo ( ; née Georges; born December 13, 1942) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from . She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, numbered as the 14th district from 1993 to 2013, is based in Silico ...
* CA-19:
Zoe Lofgren Susan Ellen "Zoe" Lofgren ( ; born December 21, 1947) is an American lawyer and politician serving as a U.S. representative from California. A member of the Democratic Party, Lofgren is in her 13th term in Congress, having been first elected in ...
* CA-20: Jimmy Panetta * CA-24: Salud Carbajal * CA-26: Julia Brownley * CA-27: Judy Chu * CA-28: Adam Schiff * CA-29:
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* CA-30: Brad Sherman *
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: Pete Aguilar * CA-32: Grace Napolitano * CA-33: Ted Lieu * CA-34: Jimmy Gomez * CA-35:
Norma Torres Norma Judith Torres (née Barillas ; born April 4, 1965) is an American politician. She is a member of the United States House of Representatives for California's 35th congressional district. Previously, she was a member of the California State S ...
* CA-36: Raul Ruiz * CA-37: Karen Bass * CA-38: Linda Sánchez * CA-40: Lucille Roybal-Allard * CA-41:
Mark Takano Mark Allan Takano ( ; born December 10, 1960) is an American politician and academic who has been the United States representative for California's 41st congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Takano became the first ...
* CA-43: Maxine Waters * CA-44: Nanette Barragán * CA-45: Katie Porter * CA-46: Lou Correa * CA-47: Alan Lowenthal * CA-49: Mike Levin * CA-51:
Juan Vargas Juan Carlos Vargas (born March 7, 1961) is an American businessman and politician who has been the U.S. representative for California since 2013. His district includes all of Imperial County and the southernmost portions of San Diego County. ...
* CA-52: Scott Peters * CA-53:
Sara Jacobs Sara Josephine Jacobs (born February 1, 1989) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for . Her district includes central and eastern portions of San Diego, as well as eastern suburbs such as El Cajon, La Mesa, Spring Valle ...


Board of Equalization, State Senate, and State Assembly


Board of Equalization

Democrats hold four of the five seats on the
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: three of the four district-based seats, and the at-large ''ex officio'' seat reserved for the incumbent State Controller, who, in this instance, is Democrat Betty Yee. *2nd District:
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*3rd District: Tony Vazquez *4th District: Mike Schaefer *State Controller: Betty Yee


State Senate

As of December 2022, Democrats hold a 32–8 supermajority in the 40-member California State Senate. The Democrats have been the majority party in the Senate continuously since
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. * SD 2: Mike McGuire (''Majority Leader'') * SD 3: Bill Dodd * SD 4: Marie Alvarado-Gil * SD 5:
Susan Eggman Susan Talamantes Eggman (born March 3, 1961) is an American politician who is currently serving in the California State Senate. A Democrat, she represents the 5th Senate District, which encompasses western San Joaquin County, since January 1 ...
* SD 7:
Steve Glazer Steven Mitchell Glazer (born August 10, 1957) is an American politician and former political advisor serving as a member of the California State Senate from the 7th Senate District, which includes most of Contra Costa County and eastern portion ...
* SD 8: Angelique Ashby * SD 9: Nancy Skinner * SD 10: Aisha Wahab * SD 11:
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* SD 13: Josh Becker * SD 14: Anna Caballero * SD 15: Dave Cortese * SD 16: Melissa Hurtado *
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: John Laird * SD 18: Steve Padilla *
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Caroline Menjivar Caroline Menjivar is an American politician and United States Marine Corps veteran. She has served as a member of the California State Senate since 2022. A California Democratic Party, Democrat, she represents the California's 20th State Senator ...
* SD 22:
Susan Rubio Susan Rubio (born December 25, 1970) is an American politician serving in the California State Senate. A Democrat, she represents the 22nd Senate District in eastern Los Angeles County. Prior to being elected to the California Legislature in 201 ...
* SD 24: Ben Allen * SD 25: Anthony Portantino * SD 26: Maria Elena Durazo * SD 27: Henry Stern * SD 28: Lola Smallwood-Cuevas * SD 29:
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* SD 30:
Bob Archuleta Bob Jerry Archuleta (born June 1, 1945) is an American politician serving in the California State Senate. He is a Democrat representing the 30th district, encompassing parts of southeastern Los Angeles County and Orange County. Prior to being ...
* SD 31: Richard Roth * SD 33: Lena Gonzalez * SD 34: Tom Umberg * SD 35:
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* SD 38: Catherine Blakespear * SD 39: Toni Atkins (''Senate President pro Tempore'')


State Assembly

As of December 2022, Democrats hold a 62–18 supermajority in the 80-seat California State Assembly. The Democrats have been the majority party in the Assembly continuously since 1996. * AD 2: Jim Wood * AD 4: Cecilia Aguiar-Curry * AD 6: Kevin McCarty * AD 10: Stephanie Nguyen * AD 11: Lori Wilson * AD 12: Damon Connolly * AD 13: Carlos Villapudua * AD 14: Buffy Wicks * AD 15:
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* AD 16: Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (''Assistant Speaker pro tempore'') * AD 17: Matt Haney * AD 18: Mia Bonta * AD 19:
Phil Ting Philip Yu-Li Ting (born February 9, 1969) is an American politician currently serving in the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat representing the 19th Assembly District, which encompasses western San Francisco and northwestern San Ma ...
* AD 20: Liz Ortega *
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: Diane Papan *
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Marc Berman Marc Berman (born October 31, 1980) is a politician and attorney, currently serving as a member of the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat representing the 24th Assembly District, encompassing parts of the San Francisco Peninsula and S ...
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: Alex Lee * AD 25: Ash Kalra * AD 26:
Evan Low Evan Low (born June 5, 1983) is an American politician currently serving in the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat representing the 26th Assembly District, which encompasses parts of the Northern CA South Bay and Silicon Valley, inclu ...
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: Esmeralda Soria * AD 28: Gail Pellerin * AD 29: Robert Rivas * AD 30: Dawn Addis * AD 31:
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: Jasmeet Bains * AD 36: Eduardo Garcia * AD 37: Gregg Hart * AD 38: Steve Bennett * AD 39: Juan Carrillo * AD 40: Pilar Schiavo * AD 41:
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AD 42 AD 42 ( XLII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Largus (or, less frequently, year 795 ''Ab urbe condita''). ...
: Jacqui Irwin *
AD 43 AD 43 chars ( XLIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Vitellius (or, less frequently, year 796 ''Ab urbe cond ...
: Luz Rivas *
AD 44 __NOTOC__ AD 44 ( XLIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Crispus and Taurus (or, less frequently, year 797 ''Ab urbe ...
: Laura Friedman * AD 45: James Ramos * AD 46: Jesse Gabriel (''Majority Whip'') * AD 48: Blanca Rubio *
AD 49 AD 49 ( XLIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Longus and Veranius (or, less frequently, year 802 ''Ab urbe condita ...
: Mike Fong * AD 50:
Eloise Reyes Eloise Gómez Reyes (born January 27, 1956) is an American politician serving as the Majority Leader of the California State Assembly. She is a Democrat representing the 47th Assembly District, encompassing urban parts of southwestern San Berna ...
(''Majority Leader'') * AD 51: Rick Zbur *
AD 52 AD 52 ( LII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sulla and Otho (or, less frequently, year 805 ''Ab urbe condita''). The de ...
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Wendy Carrillo Wendy Maria Carrillo Dono is an American politician serving in the California State Assembly. A Democrat, she represents the 51st State Assembly district, encompassing parts of northeastern Los Angeles and East Los Angeles. She was sworn into ...
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AD 53 AD 53 ( LIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silanus and Antonius (or, less frequently, year 806 ''Ab urbe condita'' ...
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Freddie Rodriguez Freddie Rodriguez (born September 8, 1965) is an American politician currently serving in the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat representing the 52nd Assembly District, which encompasses portions of the Pomona Valley. Rodriguez w ...
* AD 54: Miguel Santiago *
AD 55 AD 55 ( LV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Vetus (or, less frequently, year 808 ''Ab urbe condita''). Th ...
: Isaac Bryan *
AD 56 AD 56 ( LVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in the Roman Empire as the Year of the Consulship of Saturninus and Scipio (or, less frequently, year 809 ' ...
: Lisa Calderon * AD 57:
Reggie Jones-Sawyer Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer, Sr., (born January 14, 1957) is an American politician currently serving in the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat representing the 59th Assembly District, which encompasses portions of South Central Los ...
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AD 58 AD 58 ( LVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 811 ''Ab urbe condita''). ...
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Sabrina Cervantes Sabrina Cervantes (born October 24, 1987) is an American politician serving as a member of the California State Assembly. A Democrat, she represents the 58th Assembly District, which encompasses the northwestern Riverside County city of Jurup ...
* AD 60: Corey Jackson * AD 61: Tina McKinnor * AD 62:
Anthony Rendon Anthony Michael Rendon (, ; born June 6, 1990) is an American baseball third baseman for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played for the Washington Nationals and was a member of the Nationals' 2019 World S ...
(''Speaker of the Assembly'') * AD 64: Blanca Pacheco * AD 65: Mike Gipson (''Majority Caucus Chair'') * AD 66: Al Muratsuchi * AD 67:
Sharon Quirk-Silva Sharon Quirk-Silva (born September 17, 1962) is an American politician and educator serving as a member of the California State Assembly, representing the 65th Assembly District, which includes portions of northern Orange County, including La ...
* AD 68: Avelino Valencia * AD 69: Josh Lowenthal * AD 73: Cottie Petrie-Norris *
AD 76 AD 76 ( LXXVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Titus and Vespasianus (or, less frequently, year 829 ''Ab urbe condita'' ...
: Brian Maienschein * AD 77: Tasha Boerner Horvath (''Assistant Majority Leader for Policy and Research'') * AD 78: Chris Ward (''Assistant Majority Whip'') * AD 79:
Akilah Weber Akilah Faizah Weber (born July 2, 1978) is an American politician and physician serving in the California State Assembly from the 79th district, which includes parts of eastern San Diego, and all of La Mesa, El Cajon, Lemon Grove, and La Pr ...
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AD 80 __NOTOC__ AD 80 ( LXXX) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Domitianus (or, less frequently, year 833 ''Ab ur ...
: David Alvarez


Mayoral offices

Most of the state's major cities have Democratic mayors. As of 2023, Democrats control the mayor's offices in eight of California's ten largest cities: * Los Angeles (1): Karen Bass * San Diego (2): Todd Gloria * San Jose (3):
Matt Mahan Matthew Mahan (born November 18, 1982) is an American politician and tech entrepreneur, now serving his first term on the  San Jose City Council as the District 10 Councilmember representing the Almaden Valley, Blossom Valley, and Vista Pa ...
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San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17t ...
(4): London Breed *
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(6): Darrell Steinberg *
Long Beach Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California. It is the 42nd-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 466,742 as of 2020. A charter city, Long Beach is the seventh-most populous city in California. Incorporat ...
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Rex Richardson Rex Richardson (born August 18, 1983) is an American politician from California who has served as the mayor of Long Beach, California since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, Richardson was previously served as a member of the Long Beach Ci ...
* Oakland (8): Libby Schaaf * Anaheim (10):
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Election results


Presidential


Gubernatorial


See also

* Democratic Party (United States) organizations * List of state parties of the Democratic Party (United States) * Political party strength in California


References


External links


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California State Assembly Democratic Caucus
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