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The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature, ... The minority leader is Republican Brian Jones of Santee. Terms of office
The Republican Party was born in 1854 as a primary vehicle to oppose the expansion of slavery in the United States. In 1856, Republicans nominated John C. Frémont, one of California's inaugural senators, for the 1856 presidential election, [5] but he lost the state by a wide margin to Democrat and eventual winner James Buchanan, though he did win the state of New York.
Brian W. Jones (born August 9, 1968) [1] is an American politician serving in the California State Senate. A Republican, he represents the 40th State Senatorial district, encompassing most of inland San Diego County. He previously served in the California State Assembly, representing the 71st district, also encompassing most of inland San Diego ...
Senate Majority Leader: John Thune: SD: January 3, 2025 Party leader since January 3, 2025: Senate Majority Whip: John Barrasso: WY: January 3, 2025 Party whip since January 3, 2025: Chair of the Senate Republican Conference: Tom Cotton: AR: January 3, 2025: Chair of the Senate Republican Policy Committee: Shelley Moore Capito: WV: January 3, 2025
On June 4, 2019, Dahle won a special election to fill the State Senate seat vacated by Ted Gaines, who resigned after his election to the California State Board of Equalization. [4] After Dahle joined the State Senate, his wife Megan Dahle was elected to his vacated Assembly seat. Dahle was the Republican nominee for governor of California in 2022.
Republican: Leader since February 5, 2024 December 5, 2022 ... The 2024 California State Senate election took place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, ...
For the first time since direct elections to the Senate were mandated after the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, no Republican appeared on the general election ballot for the U.S. Senate in California. The highest Republican finisher in the primary won only 7.8 percent of the vote, and the 10 Republicans only won 27.9 percent of ...
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.