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The Senate is divided into three classes to stagger the terms of its members such that one-third of the Senate would be up for re-election every two years. Upon California's admission to the Union in 1850, the state was assigned a Class 1 seat and a Class 3 seat, first elected in 1849.
U.S. Senate candidates Steve Garvey and Rep. Adam Schiff both say they want to protect the environment and combat climate change. Their approaches differ.
Alejandro "Alex" Padilla (born March 22, 1973) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from California, a seat he has held since 2021.A member of the Democratic Party, Padilla served as the 30th secretary of state of California from 2015 to 2021 and was a member of the California State Senate and the Los Angeles City Council.
Read more:Your guide to California's U.S. Senate race: Garvey vs. Schiff Garvey spent nearly two decades as an All-Star first baseman for the Dodgers and the San Diego Padres, including when the ...
California's current congressional delegation in the 119th Congress consists of its two senators, both of whom are Democrats, and its 52 representatives: 43 Democrats and 9 Republicans. The current dean of the California delegation is former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of the 11th district, having served in the House since 1987.
Richardson is attempting to launch a comeback after her political career came to a controversial halt in 2013. She was elected to the Long Beach City Council in 2000, and won a California Assembly ...
Harris served as the junior senator from California from 2017 to 2021. On August 11, 2020, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden selected her as his running mate in the 2020 United States presidential election , running against incumbent U.S. president Donald Trump and vice president Mike Pence .
[23] [24] Butler was selected despite not being a resident of California, as she had moved to Maryland in 2021. [25] The United States Constitution requires only that senators be "inhabitants" of the state they represent. [25] Newsom's office said that Butler would re-register to vote in California before taking office as a senator. [26]