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California State Assembly

California State Assembly
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Type Lower house
Speaker of the Assembly Fabián Núñez, D
since February 9, 2004
Speaker pro Tempore Sally J. Lieber, D
since October 24, 2006
Members 80
Political groups Democratic Party
Republican Party
Last elections January 8, 2007
Meeting place Assembly chamber, California State Capitol, Sacramento, California, United States
Web site http://www.assembly.ca.gov/

The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. There are 80 members to the Assembly, representing a relatively equal amount of constituencies, with each district having a population of at least 420,000 citizens. Due to the state's large population and relatively small legislature, the Assembly has the largest population per representative ratio of any lower house legislature in the United States; only the federal U.S. House of Representatives has a larger ratio. California is the only state with state legislative districts more populous than its U.S. House districts. Since a referendum in 1990, members to the Assembly are limited by term limits, limiting members to three two-year terms (six years).

The Assembly convenes at the California State Capitol in Sacramento.

Leadership of the Assembly

The Speaker of the Assembly presides over the Assembly in the chief leadership position, controlling the flow of legislation and committee assignments. The Speaker is elected by the majority party caucus, followed by confirmation of the full Assembly on passage of a floor vote. Other Assembly leaders, such as the majority and minority leaders, are elected by their respective party caucuses according to each party's strength in the chamber.

The current Speaker is Fabian Núñez of the 46th District (D-Los Angeles). The Majority Leader is Karen Bass of the 47th District (D-Los Angeles). The Minority Leader is Michael Villines of the 29th District (R-Fresno).

State Assembly Members, 2007-2008 Session

Affiliation Members
  Democratic Party 48
  Republican Party 32
 Total
 80
 Majority
 16

Officers

Note: The Chief Clerk and the Sergeant at Arms are not Members of the Legislature

Full List of Members, 2007-2008

District Name Party
1st Patty Berg Dem
2nd Doug La Malfa Rep
3rd Rick Keene Rep
4th Ted Gaines Rep
5th Roger Niello Rep
6th Jared Huffman Dem
7th Noreen Evans Dem
8th Lois Wolk Dem
9th Dave Jones Dem
10th Alan Nakanishi Rep
11th Mark DeSaulnier Dem
12th Fiona Ma Dem
13th Mark Leno Dem
14th Loni Hancock Dem
15th Guy S. Houston Rep
16th Sandré Swanson Dem
17th Cathleen Galgiani Dem
18th Mary Hayashi Dem
19th Gene Mullin Dem
20th Alberto Torrico Dem
21st Ira Ruskin Dem
22nd Sally J. Lieber Dem
23rd Joe Coto Dem
24th Jim Beall Jr. Dem
25th Tom Berryhill Rep
26th Greg Aghazarian Rep
27th John Laird Dem
28th Anna M. Caballero Dem
29th Michael Villines Rep
30th Nicole Parra Dem
31st Juan Arambula Dem
32nd Jean Fuller Rep
33rd Sam Blakeslee Rep
34th Bill Maze Rep
35th Pedro Nava Dem
36th Sharon Runner Rep
37th Audra Strickland Rep
38th Cameron Smyth Rep
39th Richard Alarcón*
Felipe Fuentes*		 Dem
40th Lloyd E. Levine Dem
41st Julia Brownley Dem
42nd Mike Feuer Dem
43rd Paul Krekorian Dem
44th Anthony J. Portantino Dem
45th Kevin de León Dem
46th Fabian Nuñez Dem
47th Karen Bass Dem
48th Mike Davis Dem
49th Mike Eng Dem
50th Hector De La Torre Dem
51st Curren D. Price Jr. Dem
52nd Mervyn M. Dymally Dem
53rd Ted Lieu Dem
54th Betty Karnette Dem
55th vacant **
56th Tony Mendoza Dem
57th Edward P. Hernandez Dem
58th Charles M. Calderon Dem
59th Anthony Adams Rep
60th Bob Huff Rep
61st Nell Soto Dem
62nd Wilmer Amina Carter Dem
63rd Bill Emmerson Rep
64th John J. Benoit Rep
65th Paul Cook Rep
66th Kevin Jeffries Rep
67th Jim Silva Rep
68th Van Tran Rep
69th Jose Solorio Dem
70th Chuck DeVore Rep
71st Todd Spitzer Rep
72nd Michael D. Duvall Rep
73rd Mimi Walters Rep
74th Martin Garrick Rep
75th George A. Plescia Rep
76th Lori Saldaña Dem
77th Joel Anderson Rep
78th Shirley Horton Rep
79th Mary Salas Dem
80th Bonnie Garcia Rep

*Felipe Fuentes won the May 15, 2007 special election for the 39th Assembly District seat to replace Richard Alarcón, who resigned on March 16, 2007 to take a seat on the Los Angeles City Council.

**Assemblywoman Laura Richardson, who represented the 55th Assembly District, won the August 21, 2007 Special Election to represent California's 37th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, replacing Juanita Millender-McDonald who died on on April 22, 2007. Her replacement has not yet been elected, but a Special Election has been scheduled for December.

2006 elections

Main article: California State Assembly elections, 2006

The last Assembly elections occurred on November 7, 2006. The Democratic Party retained their majority, with no loss or gain of seats for any party.[1]

Party Votes Seats Loss/Gain Share of Vote (%)
  Democratic 4,449,698 48 0 55.2
  Republican 3,448,781 32 0 42.8
  Libertarian 93,588 0 0 1.16
  Green 35,283 0 0 .44
  Peace and Freedom 29,384 0 0 .36
Total 8,056,734 80 0 100.0%

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State Assembly Members, 2005-2006 Session

Affiliation Members
  Democratic Party 48
  Republican Party 32
 Total
 80
 Majority
 17

Officers

Note: The Chief Clerk and the Sergeant at Arms are not Members of the Legislature

Full List of Members, 2005-2006

District Name Party
1st Patty Berg Dem
2nd Doug La Malfa Rep
3rd Rick Keene Rep
4th Tim Leslie
Term limited		 Rep
5th Roger Niello Rep
6th Joe Nation
Term limited		 Dem
7th Noreen Evans Dem
8th Lois Wolk Dem
9th Dave Jones Dem
10th Alan Nakanishi Rep
11th Joseph Canciamilla
Term limited		 Dem
12th Leland Yee
Elected to State Senate,
8th District		 Dem
13th Mark Leno Dem
14th Loni Hancock Dem
15th Guy S. Houston Rep
16th Wilma Chan
Term limited		 Dem
17th Barbara S. Matthews
Term limited		 Dem
18th Johan Klehs
Term limited. Lost primary for
State Senate, 10th District		 Dem
19th Gene Mullin Dem
20th Alberto Torrico Dem
21st Ira Ruskin Dem
22nd Sally J. Lieber Dem
23rd Joe Coto Dem
24th Rebecca Cohn
Term limited		 Dem
25th Dave Cogdill
Term limited. Elected to
State Senate, 14th District		 Rep
26th Greg Aghazarian Rep
27th John Laird Dem
28th Simon Salinas
Term limited		 Dem
29th Michael Villines Rep
30th Nicole Parra Dem
31st Juan Arambula Dem
32nd Kevin McCarthy
Elected to U.S. Congress,
22nd District		 Rep
33rd Sam Blakeslee Rep
34th Bill Maze Rep
35th Pedro Nava Dem
36th Sharon Runner Rep
37th Audra Strickland Rep
38th Keith Richman
Term limited. Lost primary for
State Treasurer		 Rep
39th Cindy Montañez
Lost primary for State Senate,
20th District		 Dem
40th Lloyd E. Levine Dem
41st Fran Pavley
Term limited		 Dem
42nd Paul Koretz
Term limited		 Dem
43rd Dario Frommer
Term limited		 Dem
44th Carol Liu
Term limited		 Dem
45th Jackie Goldberg
Term limited		 Dem
46th Fabian Nuñez Dem
47th Karen Bass Dem
48th Mark Ridley-Thomas
Elected to State Senate,
26th District		 Dem
49th Judy Chu
Term limited. Elected to
Board of Equalization, 4th District		 Dem
50th Hector De La Torre Dem
51st Jerome Horton
Term limited. Lost primary for
Board of Equalization, 4th District		 Dem
52nd Mervyn M. Dymally Dem
53rd Mike Gordon*
Ted Lieu*		 Dem
54th Betty Karnette Dem
55th Jenny Oropeza
Term limited. Elected to
State Senate, 28th District		 Dem
56th Rudy Bermúdez
Lost primary for State Senate,
30th District		 Dem
57th Ed Chavez
Term limited		 Dem
58th Ronald S. Calderon
Elected to State Senate,
30th District		 Dem
59th Dennis Mountjoy
Term limited		 Rep
60th Bob Huff Rep
61st Gloria Negrete McLeod
Term limited. Elected to
State Senate, 32nd District		 Dem
62nd Joe Baca, Jr.
Lost primary for
State Senate, 32nd District
Elected to Rialto City Council		 Dem
63rd Bill Emmerson Rep
64th John J. Benoit Rep
65th Russ Bogh
Term limited		 Rep
66th Ray Haynes
Term limited. Lost primary for
Board of Equalization, 3rd District		 Rep
67th Tom Harman*
Term limited. Elected to
State Senate, 35th District		 Rep
68th Van Tran Rep
69th Tom Umberg
Term limited. Lost primary for
State Senate, 34th District		 Dem
70th Chuck DeVore Rep
71st Todd Spitzer Rep
72nd Lynn Daucher
Term limited. Lost general election
for State Senate, 34th District		 Rep
73rd Mimi Walters Rep
74th Mark Wyland
Term limited. Elected to
State Senate, 38th District		 Rep
75th George A. Plescia Rep
76th Lori Saldaña Dem
77th Jay La Suer
Term limited		 Rep
78th Shirley Horton Rep
79th Juan Vargas Dem
80th Bonnie Garcia Rep

*Ted Lieu won the September 13, 2005 special election (and was sworn in on September 21, 2005) for the 53rd Assembly District seat to replace Mike Gordon, who died on June 25, 2005, due to a brain tumor.
*Assemblyman Tom Harman won the June 6 2006 special election for the 35th District seat in the California State Senate and resigned from the Assembly (and was sworn in to the Senate) on June 12 2006. He would have been term limited at the end of 2006.

State Assembly Members, 2003-2004 Session

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* Democrats: 48
* Republicans: 32

Officers

Analysis of Bills

Full List of Members, 2003-2004

The party affiliation and district numbers of Assembly members are listed after their names in this list.

State Assembly Members, 2001-2002 Session

Democrats: 50
Republicans: 30

Officers

Note: The Chief Clerk and the Sergeant at Arms are not Members of the Legislature

Full List of Members, 2001-2002

District Name Party
1 Virginia Strom-Martin Dem
2 Richard L. Dickerson Rep
3 Samuel M. Aanestad Rep
4 Tim Leslie Rep
5 Dave Cox Rep
6 Joseph Nation Dem
7 Pat Wiggins Dem
8 Helen Thomson Dem
9 Darrell Steinberg Dem
10 Anthony Pescetti Rep
11 Joseph Canciamilla Dem
12 Kevin Shelley Dem
13 Carole Migden Dem
14 Dion Aroner Dem
15 Lynne C. Leach Rep
16 Wilma Chan Dem
17 Barbara S. Matthews Dem
18 Ellen M. Corbett Dem
19 Louis J. Papan Dem
20 John A. Dutra Dem
21 S. Joseph Simitian Dem
22 Elaine Alquist Dem
23 Manny Diaz Dem
24 Rebecca Cohn Dem
25 Dave Cogdill Rep
26 Dennis Cardoza Dem
27 Fred Keeley Dem
28 Simon Salinas Dem
29 Mike Briggs Rep
30 Dean Florez Dem
31 Sarah L. Reyes Dem
32 Roy Ashburn Rep
33 Abel Maldonado Rep
34 Phil Wyman Rep
35 Hannah-Beth Jackson Dem
36 George Runner Rep
37 Tony Strickland Rep
38 Keith Richman Rep
39 Tony Cardenas Dem
40 Robert M. Hertzberg Dem
41 Fran Pavley Dem
42 Paul Koretz Dem
43 Dario Frommer Dem
44 Carol Liu Dem
45 Jackie Goldberg Dem
46 Gil Cedillo Dem
47 Herb Wesson Dem
48 Roderick Wright Dem
49 Judy Chu Dem
50 Marco Antonio Firebaugh Dem
51 Jerome Horton Dem
52 Carl Washington Dem
53 George Nakano Dem
54 Alan Lowenthal Dem
55 Jenny Oropeza Dem
56 Sally Havice Dem
57 Edward Chavez Dem
58 Thomas M. Calderon Dem
59 Dennis Mountjoy Rep
60 Robert Pacheco Rep
61 Gloria Negrete McLeod Dem
62 John Longville Dem
63 Bill Leonard Rep
64 Rod Pacheco Rep
65 Russ Bogh Rep
66 Dennis Hollingsworth Rep
67 Tom Harman Rep
68 Ken Maddox Rep
69 Lou Correa Dem
70 John Campbell Rep
71 Bill Campbell Rep
72 Lynn Daucher Rep
73 Patricia C. Bates Rep
74 Mark Wyland Rep
75 Charlene Zettel Rep
76 Christine Kehoe Dem
77 Jay La Suer Rep
78 Howard Wayne Dem
79 Juan Vargas Dem
80 Dave Kelley Rep

Analysis of Bills

State Assembly Members, 1999-2000 Session

Democrats: 50
Republicans: 29

Officers

Note: The Chief Clerk and the Sergeant at Arms are not Members of the Legislature

Analysis of Bills

State Assembly Members, 1997-1998 Session

Democrats: 43
Republicans: 37

Officers

Note: The Chief Clerk and the Sergeant at Arms are not Members of the Legislature

Analysis of Bills

Full List of Members, 1997-1998

The party affiliation and district numbers of Assembly members are listed after their names in this list.

District Name Party
1st Virginia Strom-Martin Dem
2nd Tom Woods Rep
3rd Bernie Richter Rep
4th Thomas "Rico" Oller Rep
5th Barbara Alby Rep
6th Kerry Mazzoni Dem
7th Valerie Brown Dem
8th Helen Thomson Dem
9th Deborah Ortiz Dem
10th Larry Bowler Rep
11th Tom Torlakson Dem
12th Kevin Shelley Dem
13th Carole Migden Dem
14th Dion Aroner Dem
15th Lynne C. Leach Rep
16th Don Perata Dem
17th Michael Machado Dem
18th Michael Sweeney Dem
19th Louis J. Papan Dem
20th Liz Figueroa Dem
21st Ted Lempert Dem
22nd Elaine Alquist Dem
23rd Mike Honda Dem
24th Jim Cunneen Rep
25th George House Rep
26th Dennis Cardoza Dem
27th Fred Keeley Dem
28th Peter Frusetta Rep
29th Charles Poochigian Rep
30th Robert Prenter Rep
31st Cruz M. Bustamante Dem
32nd Roy Ashburn Rep
33rd Tom J. Bordonaro, Jr. Rep
34th Keith Olberg Rep
35th Brooks Firestone Rep
36th George Runner Rep
37th Nao Takasugi Rep
38th Tom McClintock Rep
39th Tony Cardenas Dem
40th Robert M. Hertzberg Dem
41st Sheila James Kuehl Dem
42nd Wally Knox Dem
43rd Scott Wildman Dem
44th Jack Scott Dem
45th Antonio R. Villaraigosa Dem
46th Louis Caldera Dem
47th Kevin Murray Dem
48th Roderick Wright Dem
49th Diane Martinez Dem
50th Martha M. Escutia Dem
51st Edward Vincent Dem
52nd Carl Washington Dem
53rd Debra Bowen Dem
54th Steven T. Kuykendall Rep
55th Richard Floyd Dem
56th Sally Havice Dem
57th Martin Gallegos Dem
58th Grace F. Napolitano Dem
59th Bob Margett Rep
60th Gary G. Miller Rep
61st Fred Aguiar Rep
62nd Joe Baca Dem
63rd Bill Leonard Rep
64th Rod Pacheco Rep
65th Brett Granlund Rep
66th Bruce Thompson Rep
67th Scott Baugh Rep
68th Curt Pringle Rep
69th Jim Morrissey Rep
70th Marilyn C. Brewer Rep
71st Bill Campbell Rep
72nd Dick Ackerman Rep
73rd Bill Morrow Rep
74th Howard Kaloogian Rep
75th Jan Goldsmith Rep
76th Susan Davis