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California is divided into 40 State Senate districts, each of which elects a senator to the State Senate. Twice the size of an Assembly district, each senate district contains about 931,000 people. [1] The combined Senate roster is available from senate.ca.gov /senators.
The California State Senate has never been expanded since the enactment of the 1879 constitution. In 1962, voters were asked via initiative California Proposition 23 whether to expand the state senate by 10 seats, thereby increasing the size of the body to 50 seats, and to abandon the little federal model. [ 9 ]
The U.S. state of New York contains 26 congressional districts. Each district elects one member of the United States House of Representatives to represent it. [1]The state was redistricted in 2022, following the 2020 U.S. census.
New York's 23rd State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate.It has been represented by Democrat Jessica Scarcella-Spanton since 2023. [3] Spanton has been an active member in New York politics and was a campaign manager for her predecessor Diane Savino, who represented the district from 2005 until her retirement in 2022.
The new districts took effect for the June 5, 2012 primary. [9] Republican sponsors put a referendum on the Senate map on the November 6, 2012 ballot as Proposition 40, but have since reversed their position and are no longer opposing the new districts. [10] [11]
Draft maps were released then on November 21, and final maps were submitted to the California Secretary of State on December 27, 2021. [15] The new districts are considered "enacted" as of December 27, 2021. However, there was a 90-day period for a referendum petition to be filed to prevent the maps from becoming effective.
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California's 17th State Senate district election, 1992 Party Candidate Votes % Republican: Don Rogers : 136,298 : 52.15 : Democratic: William M. Olenick 101,715 38.92 Libertarian: Fred Heiser 23,340 8.93 Invalid or blank votes 27,834 9.62 Total votes 289,187 : 100.00 : Republican gain from Democratic