How much does the Legislature look like California?
The new state Legislature is the most diverse ever, but by some measures, it still isn’t fully representative of California. See details in our interactive tool.
Who are my elected representatives?
Each level of government has its own elected representatives:
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State constitutional officers serve four-year terms and were all elected in 2022. State senators also serve four-year terms, with half elected in 2022, while Assembly members serve two-year terms, and all were elected in 2022.
The 2023 Legislature is made up of 94 Democrats and 26 Republicans. That reflects the state’s partisan split: About 47% of voters registered for the 2022 elections were Democrats, while Republicans made up only 24%. Those numbers mean that Democrats typically ease to victory in statewide races and in many legislative districts. (California is one of 14 states with a double-digit Democratic lean, compared to how the entire country votes, according to an analysis by FiveThirtyEight.).
What does that mean for the state’s policymaking?
While Democrats have a two-thirds “supermajority” in both chambers — allowing them to pass tax and other bills without any Republican votes — that doesn’t mean every bill proposed by a Democrat passes. There are different stripes of Democrats — notably, more business-friendly moderates, who disagree with progressives.