California Assembly - Definition and Overview

The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. There are 80 members of the State Assembly. The state legislature meets in the state capital, Sacramento.

Assembly Members serve two year terms and face election in years evenly divisible by two. Members of the Assembly are limited to three terms.

Each Assembly Member represents approximately 423,396 Californians.

State Assembly Members, 2005-2006 Session

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

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

State Assembly Members, 2003-2004 Session

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

• Greg Aghazarian (R-26)
• Patricia C. Bates (R-73)
• John J. Benoit (R-64)
• Patty Berg (D-1)
• Rudy Bermúdez (D-56)
• Russ Bogh (R-65)
• Ronald S. Calderon (D-58)
• John Campbell (R-70)
• Joseph Canciamilla (D-11)
• Wilma Chan (D-16)
• Ed Chavez (D-57)
• Judy Chu (D-49)
• Dave Cogdill (R-25)
• Rebecca Cohn (D-24)
• Ellen M. Corbett (D-18)
• Lou Correa (D-69)
• Dave Cox (R-5)
• Lynn Daucher (R-72)
• Manny Diaz (D-23)
• John A. Dutra (D-20)
• Robert D. Dutton (R-63)
• Mervyn M. Dymally (D-52)
• Marco Antonio Firebaugh (D-50)
• Dario Frommer (D-43)
• Bonnie Garcia (R-80)
• Jackie Goldberg (D-45)
• Loni Hancock (D-14)
• Tom Harman (R-67)
• Ray Haynes (R-66)
• Jerome Horton (D-51)
• Shirley Horton (R-78)
• Guy S. Houston (R-15)
• Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-35)
• Rick Keene (R-3)
• Christine Kehoe (D-76)
• Paul Koretz (D-42)
• Jay La Suer (R-77)
• John Laird (D-27)
• Doug LaMalfa (R-2)
• Mark Leno (D-13)
• Tim Leslie (R-4)
• Lloyd E. Levine (D-40)
• Sally J. Lieber (D-22)
• Carol Liu (D-44)
• John Longville (D-62)
• Alan Lowenthal (D-54)
• Ken Maddox (R-68)
• Abel Maldonado (R-33)
• Barbara S. Matthews (D-17)
• Bill Maze (R-34)
• Kevin McCarthy (R-32)
• Cindy Montañez (D-39)
• Dennis Mountjoy (R-59)
• Gene Mullin (D-19)
• Alan Nakanishi (R-10)
• George Nakano (D-53)
• Joe Nation (D-6)
• Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-61)
• Fabian Núñez (D-46)
• Jenny Oropeza (D-55)
• Robert Pacheco (R-60)
• Nicole Parra (D-30)
• Fran Pavley (D-41)
• George A. Plescia (R-75)
• Sarah Reyes (D-31)
• Keith Richman (R-38)
• Mark Ridley-Thomas (D-48)
• Sharon Runner (R-36)
• Simon Salinas (D-28)
• Steven N. Samuelian (R-29)
• S. Joseph Simitian (D-21)
• Todd Spitzer (R-71)
• Darrell Steinberg (D-9)
• Tony Strickland (R-37)
• Juan Vargas (D-79)
• Herb J. Wesson, Jr. (D-47)
• Patricia Wiggins (D-7)
• Lois Wolk (D-8)
• Mark Wyland (R-74)
• Leland Yee (D-12)

External link

• California State Assembly (http://www.assembly.ca.gov/)