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Losing Office

Last time a US Senator lost reelection in a General Election: 1992 (John Seymour)
Last time a constitutional officer lost reelection in a General: 2010 (Lt Gov Abel Maldonado)
Last time a Member of Congress lost reelection in a General: Three Republicans lost reelection in 2024 (Michelle Steel, Mike Garcia, and John Duarte) and previously three Democrats had lost in 2020 (T. J. Cox, Gil Cisneros, and Harley Rouda)

Last time a State Senator lost reelection in a General: 2024 (Josh Newman - Democrat). Previously it was two Republicans (Ling-Ling Chang and John M. W. Moorlach) in 2020.
Last time a State Assemblymember lost reelection in a General: 2022 (Steven Choi, Randy Voepel, Suzette Martinez-Valladares, Ken Cooley, and Thurston "Smitty" Smith)

Losing to a member of the same party

Last time a US Senator lost reelection to a member of their own party: 1982 (S. I. Hayakawa)*, 1968 (Thomas Kuchel)
Last time a constitutional officer lost reelection to a member of their own party: 2010 (BOE Barbara Alby)
Last time a statewide officer lost reelection to a member of their own party: 1982 (SPI Wilson Riles)** 1958 (Lt Gov Harold J. Powers, Treasurer Ronald Button & Controller Robert Kirkwood))
Last time a Member of Congress lost reelection to a member of their own party: 2012 (Pete Stark)
Last time a State Senator lost reelection to a member of their own party: 2018 (Vanessa Delgado)
Last time a State Assembly lost reelection to a member of their own party: 2022 (Randy Voepel and Thurston "Smitty" Smith)

* Didn't actually appear on the 1982 Primary ballot.
** Technically, SPI is a nonpartisan office.

Former Legislators

Last time a former legislator was elected Governor: Gray Davis (1998, 2002), Pete Wilson (1990, 1994)
Last time a former legislator was elected Lt. Governor: John Garamendi (2006), Cruz Bustamante (1998, 2002), Gray Davis (1994)
Last time a former legislator was elected Secretary of State: Shirley Weber (2022) - All 6 elected Secretaries of State since 1975 have been former state legislators.
Last time a former legislator was elected Controller: Gray Davis (1986, 1990), Ken Cory (1974, 1978, 1982) - no state legislators since 1987
Last time a former legislator was elected Treasurer: Fiona Ma (2018, 2022), Bill Lockyer (2006, 2010), Jesse Unruh (1978, 1982, 1986)
Last time a former legislator was elected Attorney General: Rob Bonta (2022), Xavier Becerra (2018), Bill Lockyer (1998, 2002), George Deukmejian (1978)
Last time a former legislator was elected Insurance Commissioner: Ricardo Lara (2018, 2022), Dave Jones (2010, 2014) - with the exception of Steve Poizner in 2006, all Insurance Commissioners have been former state legislators.
Last time a former legislator was elected Superintendent of Public Instruction: Tony Thurmond (2018, 2022), Tom Torlakson (2010, 2014), Jack O'Connell (2002, 2006) - All SPIs since 1994 have been former state legislators.

Sitting Legislators

Last time a sitting legislator was elected Governor: Culbert L. Olson (1938), John Bigler (1851)
Last time a sitting legislator was elected Lt. Governor: Cruz Bustamante (1998), (non-Speaker was Merv Dymally in 1974)
Last time a sitting legislator was elected Secretary of State: Alex Padilla (2014)
Last time a sitting legislator was elected Controller: Ken Cory (1974)
Last time a sitting legislator was elected Treasurerr: Jesse M. Unruh (1970), (last non-Speaker was Romualdo Pacheco in 1863)
Last time a sitting legislator was elected Attorney General: Bill Lockyer (1998)
Last time a sitting legislator was elected Insurance Commissioner: Ricardo Lara (2018)
Last time a sitting legislator was elected Superintendent of Public Instruction: Tony Thurmond (2018)
Last time a sitting legislator was elected to the US Senate: James T. Farley (1877)*

* Some may think of John Seymour, who was a State Senator before being appointed to the US Senate in 1991

House Control

Last time Democrats did NOT hold a majority of California's congressional delegation: 1996 (26-26 tie)
From the election of Tom Campbell (R) on December 12, 1995 to fill the vacancy created by the death of Congressman Norm Mineta (D) until the end of the Congressional term.

Last time Republicans held a majority of California's congressional delegation: January 3, 1947 to January 3, 1959

Last time Republicans held a majority in the California State Assembly: June 5, 1995 to November 30, 1996
Although Republicans held a majority in the Assembly during most of the 1995-96 session, they were did not have a functional majority (and the ability to elect a Speaker of their own choosing until after the recall of Doris Allen (R) in November 1995.

Last time Republicans held a majority in the California State Senate: April ??, 1969 to November 30, 1970
From the election of John Nejedly (R) on March 25th to fill the vacancy created by the death of State Senator George Miller (D) until the end of session.

Last time Republicans held a majority in both houses of the California state legislature: May 14, 1969 to November 30, 1970
Last time another party* held a seat in the California State Assembly: Green Party (Audie Bock was elected as a member of the Green Party in a special election on March 30, 1999 and remained a member of that party until October 7, 1999.
Last time another party* held a seat in the California State Senate:
Last time another party* held a majority in the California State Assembly: The 1865-66 session, when the majority was held by 61 members of the Union Party. Though not a majority nor a party, during the 1873-74 session the largest caucus (34 Assemblymembers) were Independents, compared to 27 Democrats and 19 Republicans.
Last time another party* held a majority in the California State Senate: The 1867-68 session, when the majority was held by 21 members of the Union Party.

* Another party is (not the Democrats or the Republicans)

Caucus Sizes

Last time the Assembly Republican Caucus grew by 1:
Last time the Assembly Republican Caucus grew by 2: 2024
Last time the Assembly Republican Caucus grew by 3:
Last time the Assembly Republican Caucus grew by 4:
Last time the Assembly Republican Caucus grew by 5:

Last time the Assembly Democratic Caucus grew by 1:
Last time the Assembly Democratic Caucus grew by 2:
Last time the Assembly Democratic Caucus grew by 3:
Last time the Assembly Democratic Caucus grew by 4:
Last time the Assembly Democratic Caucus grew by 5: 1998

Last time the Senate Republican Caucus grew by 1: 2024 (Steven Choi election), 2024 (Alvarado-Gil party change)
Last time the Senate Republican Caucus grew by 2: 2014
Last time the Senate Republican Caucus grew by 3:
Last time the Senate Republican Caucus grew by 4:
Last time the Senate Republican Caucus grew by 5:

Last time the Senate Democratic Caucus grew by 1: 2022
Last time the Senate Democratic Caucus grew by 2: 2020
Last time the Senate Democratic Caucus grew by 3:
Last time the Senate Democratic Caucus grew by 4:
Last time the Senate Democratic Caucus grew by 5:

Republicans who flipped seats:

Phil Wyman (AD34 in 1978)*
Dan O'Keefe (SD12 in 1980) - Special
Nolan Frizzelle (AD73 in 1980)*
Floyd Mori (AD15 in 1980)*
John T. Doolittle (SD03 in 1980)*
Doris Allen (AD71 in 1982)*
Charles W. Bader (AD65 in 1982)*
Jeff Marston (AD78 in 1990) - Special

David Knowles (AD07 in 1990)*
Bruce McPherson (AD27 in 1993) - Special Election
Jim Battin (AD80 in 1994)*
Peter Frusetta (AD28 in 1994)
Brian Setencich (AD30 in 1994)
Brooks Firestone (AD35 in 1994)
Steven T. Kuykendall (AD54 in 1994)*
George R. House (AD25 in 1994)*
Steven C. Baldwin (AD77 in 1994)*
Phil Hawkins (AD56 in 1994)*
Dick Monteith (SD12 in 1994)*
Danny Gilmore (AD30 in 2008)
Andy Vidak (SD16 in 2013)
Tom Lackey (AD36 in 2014)*
Young Kim (AD65 in 2014)*
David Hadley (AD66 in 2014)*
Suzette Martinez Valladares (AD38 in 2020)
Josh Hoover (AD07 in 2022)*
Marie Alvarado-Gil (SD04 in 2024) - SELF FLIP
Jeff Gonzalez (AD36 in 2024)
Leticia Castillo (AD58 in 2024)
Steven Choi (SD37 in 2024)*

* Defeated Incumbent

Democrats who flipped seats:

Pilar Schiavo (AD40 in 2020)*
Cottie Petrie-Norris (AD73 in 2020)*
Josh Newman (SD29 in 2020)*
Dave Min (SD37 in 2020)*
Brian Maienschein (AD77 in 2018) - SELF FLIP
Tom Umberg (SD34 in 2018)*
Christy Smith (AD38 in 2018)*
Cottie Petrie-Norris (AD74 in 2018)*
Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (AD16 in 2018)*
Anna Caballero (SD12 in 2018)
Melissa Hurtado (SD14 in 2018)*
Albert Muratsuchi (AD66 in 2016)*
Sharon Quirk-Silva (AD65 in 2016)*
Sabrina Cervantes (AD60 in 2016)*
Sharon Quirk-Silva (AD65 in 2012)*
Hannah-Beth Jackson (SD19 in 2012)
Steve Fox (AD36 in 2012)
Marty Block (AD78 in 2008)
Alyson Huber (AD10 in 2008)
Tom Torlakson (SD07 in 2000)*
Joe Dunn (SD34 in 1998)*
Lou Correa (AD69 in 1998)*
Dean Florez (AD30 in 1998)*
Jack Scott (AD44 in 1996)*
Betty Karnette (AD54 in 1992)*
Julie Bornstein (AD80 in 1992)*
Sal Cannella (AD26 in 1992)
Mike Gotch (AD78 in 1990)*
Dede Alpert (AD75 in 1990)*
Mike Thompson (SD04 in 1990)*
Paul B. Carpenter (AD71 in 1974)

Elected with less than 50%:
2018 Recall - St. Senate - Ling-Ling Chang - 33.8%
2010 Special - St. Senate - Sam Blakeslee - 48.5%
2010 General - Atty Gen - Kamala Harris - 46.1%
2010 General - Congress - Jerry McNerney - 48%
2010 General - Assembly - Richard Pan - 49.5%
2008 General - Congress - Dan Lungren - 49.5%
2006 General - Lt. Gov. - John Garamendi - 49.1%
2006 General - Congress - Brian P. Bilbray - 49.6%
2005 Special - Congress - John Campbell - 44.4%
2004 General - Assembly - Shirley Horton - 49.1%


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J. Cox, Gil Cisneros, and Harley Rouda) Last time a State Senator lost reelection in a General: 2024 (Josh Newman - Democrat). Previously it was two Republicans (Ling-Ling Chang and John M. W. Moorlach) in 2020. Last time a State Assemblymember lost reelection in a General: 2022 (Steven Choi, Randy Voepel, Suzette Martinez-Valladares, Ken Cooley, and Thurston "Smitty" Smith) Losing to a member of the same party Last time a US Senator lost reelection to a member of their own party: 1982 (S. I. Hayakawa), 1968 (Thomas Kuchel) Last time a constitutional officer lost reelection to a member of their own party: 2010 (BOE Barbara Alby) Last time a statewide officer lost reelection to a member of their own party: 1982 (SPI Wilson Riles)* 1958 (Lt Gov Harold J. Powers, Treasurer Ronald Button & Controller Robert Kirkwood)) Last time a Member of Congress lost reelection to a member of their own party: 2012 (Pete Stark) Last time a State Senator lost reelection to a member of their own party: 2018 (Vanessa Delgado) Last time a State Assembly lost reelection to a member of their own party: 2022 (Randy Voepel and Thurston "Smitty" Smith) * Didn't actually appear on the 1982 Primary ballot. Technically, SPI is a nonpartisan office. Former Legislators Last time a former legislator was elected Governor: Gray Davis (1998, 2002), Pete Wilson (1990, 1994) Last time a former legislator was elected Lt. Governor: John Garamendi (2006), Cruz Bustamante (1998, 2002), Gray Davis (1994) Last time a former legislator was elected Secretary of State: Shirley Weber (2022) - All 6 elected Secretaries of State since 1975 have been former state legislators. Last time a former legislator was elected Controller: Gray Davis (1986, 1990), Ken Cory (1974, 1978, 1982) - no state legislators since 1987 Last time a former legislator was elected Treasurer: Fiona Ma (2018, 2022), Bill Lockyer (2006, 2010), Jesse Unruh (1978, 1982, 1986) Last time a former legislator was elected Attorney General: Rob Bonta (2022), Xavier Becerra (2018), Bill Lockyer (1998, 2002), George Deukmejian (1978) Last time a former legislator was elected Insurance Commissioner: Ricardo Lara (2018, 2022), Dave Jones (2010, 2014) - with the exception of Steve Poizner in 2006, all Insurance Commissioners have been former state legislators. Last time a former legislator was elected Superintendent of Public Instruction: Tony Thurmond (2018, 2022), Tom Torlakson (2010, 2014), Jack O'Connell (2002, 2006) - All SPIs since 1994 have been former state legislators. Sitting Legislators** Last time a sitting legislator was elected Governor: Culbert L. Olson (1938), John Bigler (1851) Last time a sitting legislator was elected Lt. Governor: Cruz Bustamante (1998), (non-Speaker was Merv Dymally in 1974) Last time a sitting legislator was elected Secretary of State: Alex Padilla (2014) Last time a sitting legislator was elected Controller: Ken Cory (1974) Last time a sitting legislator was elected Treasurerr: Jesse M. Unruh (1970), (last non-Speaker was Romualdo Pacheco in 1863) Last time a sitting legislator was elected Attorney General: Bill Lockyer (1998) Last time a sitting legislator was elected Insurance Commissioner: Ricardo Lara (2018) Last time a sitting legislator was elected Superintendent of Public Instruction: Tony Thurmond (2018) Last time a sitting legislator was elected to the US Senate: James T. Farley (1877)* * Some may think of John Seymour, who was a State Senator before being appointed to the US Senate in 1991 House Control Last time Democrats did NOT hold a majority of California's congressional delegation: 1996 (26-26 tie) From the election of Tom Campbell (R) on December 12, 1995 to fill the vacancy created by the death of Congressman Norm Mineta (D) until the end of the Congressional term. Last time Republicans held a majority of California's congressional delegation: January 3, 1947 to January 3, 1959 Last time Republicans held a majority in the California State Assembly: June 5, 1995 to November 30, 1996 Although Republicans held a majority in the Assembly during most of the 1995-96 session, they were did not have a functional majority (and the ability to elect a Speaker of their own choosing until after the recall of Doris Allen (R) in November 1995. Last time Republicans held a majority in the California State Senate: April ??, 1969 to November 30, 1970 From the election of John Nejedly (R) on March 25th to fill the vacancy created by the death of State Senator George Miller (D) until the end of session. Last time Republicans held a majority in both houses of the California state legislature: May 14, 1969 to November 30, 1970 *Last time another party held a seat in the California State Assembly:** Green Party (Audie Bock was elected as a member of the Green Party in a special election on March 30, 1999 and remained a member of that party until October 7, 1999. Last time another party* held a seat in the California State Senate: Last time another party* held a majority in the California State Assembly: The 1865-66 session, when the majority was held by 61 members of the Union Party. Though not a majority nor a party, during the 1873-74 session the largest caucus (34 Assemblymembers) were Independents, compared to 27 Democrats and 19 Republicans. Last time another party* held a majority in the California State Senate: The 1867-68 session, when the majority was held by 21 members of the Union Party. * Another party is (not the Democrats or the Republicans) Caucus Sizes Last time the Assembly Republican Caucus grew by 1: Last time the Assembly Republican Caucus grew by 2: 2024 Last time the Assembly Republican Caucus grew by 3: Last time the Assembly Republican Caucus grew by 4: Last time the Assembly Republican Caucus grew by 5: Last time the Assembly Democratic Caucus grew by 1: Last time the Assembly Democratic Caucus grew by 2: Last time the Assembly Democratic Caucus grew by 3: Last time the Assembly Democratic Caucus grew by 4: Last time the Assembly Democratic Caucus grew by 5: 1998 Last time the Senate Republican Caucus grew by 1: 2024 (Steven Choi election), 2024 (Alvarado-Gil party change) Last time the Senate Republican Caucus grew by 2: 2014 Last time the Senate Republican Caucus grew by 3: Last time the Senate Republican Caucus grew by 4: Last time the Senate Republican Caucus grew by 5: Last time the Senate Democratic Caucus grew by 1: 2022 Last time the Senate Democratic Caucus grew by 2: 2020 Last time the Senate Democratic Caucus grew by 3: Last time the Senate Democratic Caucus grew by 4: Last time the Senate Democratic Caucus grew by 5: Republicans who flipped seats: Phil Wyman (AD34 in 1978)* Dan O'Keefe (SD12 in 1980) - Special Nolan Frizzelle (AD73 in 1980)* Floyd Mori (AD15 in 1980)* John T. Doolittle (SD03 in 1980)* Doris Allen (AD71 in 1982)* Charles W. Bader (AD65 in 1982)* Jeff Marston (AD78 in 1990) - Special David Knowles (AD07 in 1990)* Bruce McPherson (AD27 in 1993) - Special Election Jim Battin (AD80 in 1994)* Peter Frusetta (AD28 in 1994) Brian Setencich (AD30 in 1994) Brooks Firestone (AD35 in 1994) Steven T. Kuykendall (AD54 in 1994)* George R. House (AD25 in 1994)* Steven C. Baldwin (AD77 in 1994)* Phil Hawkins (AD56 in 1994)* Dick Monteith (SD12 in 1994)* Danny Gilmore (AD30 in 2008) Andy Vidak (SD16 in 2013) Tom Lackey (AD36 in 2014)* Young Kim (AD65 in 2014)* David Hadley (AD66 in 2014)* Suzette Martinez Valladares (AD38 in 2020) Josh Hoover (AD07 in 2022)* Marie Alvarado-Gil (SD04 in 2024) - SELF FLIP Jeff Gonzalez (AD36 in 2024) Leticia Castillo (AD58 in 2024) Steven Choi (SD37 in 2024)* * Defeated Incumbent Democrats who flipped seats: Pilar Schiavo (AD40 in 2020)* Cottie Petrie-Norris (AD73 in 2020)* Josh Newman (SD29 in 2020)* Dave Min (SD37 in 2020)* Brian Maienschein (AD77 in 2018) - SELF FLIP Tom Umberg (SD34 in 2018)* Christy Smith (AD38 in 2018)* Cottie Petrie-Norris (AD74 in 2018)* Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (AD16 in 2018)* Anna Caballero (SD12 in 2018) Melissa Hurtado (SD14 in 2018)* Albert Muratsuchi (AD66 in 2016)* Sharon Quirk-Silva (AD65 in 2016)* Sabrina Cervantes (AD60 in 2016)* Sharon Quirk-Silva (AD65 in 2012)* Hannah-Beth Jackson (SD19 in 2012) Steve Fox (AD36 in 2012) Marty Block (AD78 in 2008) Alyson Huber (AD10 in 2008) Tom Torlakson (SD07 in 2000)* Joe Dunn (SD34 in 1998)* Lou Correa (AD69 in 1998)* Dean Florez (AD30 in 1998)* Jack Scott (AD44 in 1996)* Betty Karnette (AD54 in 1992)* Julie Bornstein (AD80 in 1992)* Sal Cannella (AD26 in 1992) Mike Gotch (AD78 in 1990)* Dede Alpert (AD75 in 1990)* Mike Thompson (SD04 in 1990)* Paul B. Carpenter (AD71 in 1974) Elected with less than 50%: 2018 Recall - St. Senate - Ling-Ling Chang - 33.8% 2010 Special - St. Senate - Sam Blakeslee - 48.5% 2010 General - Atty Gen - Kamala Harris - 46.1% 2010 General - Congress - Jerry McNerney - 48% 2010 General - Assembly - Richard Pan - 49.5% 2008 General - Congress - Dan Lungren - 49.5% 2006 General - Lt. Gov. - John Garamendi - 49.1% 2006 General - Congress - Brian P. Bilbray - 49.6% 2005 Special - Congress - John Campbell - 44.4% 2004 General - Assembly - Shirley Horton - 49.1%
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