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The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature. There are 40 state senators. The state legislature meets in Sacramento. Members of the Democratic Party are currently in the majority in the California Senate.

Each of the senators represents a district with an average population of about 846,791 residents. Members serve four-year terms. The terms of the Senators are staggered so that half the membership is elected every two years. The senators representing odd-numbered districts are elected in years evenly divisible by four. The senators from even-numbered districts are elected in the intervening even-numbered years.

Since the passage of Prop 140 in 1990, California senators have been limited to two terms in office.

Current balance-of-power

Affiliation Members
  Democratic Party 24
  Republican Party 15
  Vacancy 1
Total 40

List of current members

Note: Color bars in this table represent party affiliation.

District Name Party Seat Up
1st Dave Cox Rep 2012
2nd Pat Wiggins Dem 2010
3rd Mark Leno Dem 2012
4th Sam Aanestad Rep 2010
5th Lois Wolk Dem 2012
6th Darrell Steinberg Dem 2010
7th Mark DeSaulnier Dem 2012
8th Leland Yee Dem 2010
9th Loni Hancock Dem 2012
10th Ellen M. Corbett Dem 2010
11th Joe Simitian Dem 2012
12th Jeff Denham Rep 2010
13th Elaine Alquist Dem 2012
14th Dave Cogdill Rep 2010
15th Abel Maldonado Rep 2012
16th Dean Florez Dem 2010
17th George Runner Rep 2012
18th Roy Ashburn Rep 2010
19th Tony Strickland Rep 2012
20th Alex Padilla Dem 2010
21st Carol Liu Dem 2012
22nd Gilbert Cedillo Dem 2010
23rd Fran Pavley Dem 2012
24th Gloria Romero Dem 2010
25th Rod Wright Dem 2012
26th Vacancy
27th Alan Lowenthal Dem 2012
28th Jenny Oropeza Dem 2010
29th Bob Huff Rep 2012
30th Ronald S. Calderon Dem 2010
31st Robert Dutton Rep 2012
32nd Gloria Negrete McLeod Dem 2010
33rd Mimi Walters Rep 2012
34th Lou Correa Dem 2010
35th Tom Harman Rep 2012
36th Dennis Hollingsworth Rep 2010
37th John J. Benoit Rep 2012
38th Mark Wyland Rep 2010
39th Christine Kehoe Dem 2012
40th Denise Moreno Ducheny Dem 2010

Senators who term out in 2010

California's Proposition 140 mandates that state senators serve no more than two four-year terms.

Democrats

Democratic state senators whose final term ends in 2010 are:

Republicans

Republican state senators whose final term ends in 2010 are:

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References


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