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Politics of a U.S. state
Politics of California
Constitution and law
United States Constitution
California Constitution
Law of California
Executive
Governor Gavin Newsom (D)
Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis (D)
Attorney General Rob Bonta (D)
Secretary of State Shirley Weber (D)
State Treasurer Fiona Ma (D)
State Controller Betty Yee (D)
Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara (D)
Supt. of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond (D)
Legislature
State Senate
President Eleni Kounalakis (D)
President Pro Temp Toni Atkins (D)
Majority Leader Robert Hertzberg (D)
Minority Leader Scott Wilk (R)
Assembly
Speaker Anthony Rendon (D)
Majority Leader Eloise Reyes (D)
Minority Leader James Gallagher (R)
Judiciary
Supreme Court
Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye
Justice Martin Jenkins
Justice Carol Corrigan
Justice Goodwin Liu
Justice Patricia Guerrero
Justice Leondra Kruger
Justice Joshua Groban
Courts of appeal
Superior courts
Elections
Political parties
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Green Party
Libertarian Party
American Independent Party
Peace and Freedom Party
National minor parties
Political party strength
Inferior jurisdictions
Counties
Cities and Towns
Federal delegation
United States Senators
Dianne Feinstein (D)
Alex Padilla (D)
U.S. Representatives
1: Doug LaMalfa (R)
2: Jared Huffman (D)
3: Kevin Kiley (R)
4: Mike Thompson (D)
5: Tom McClintock (R)
6: Ami Bera (D)
7: Doris Matsui (D)
8: John Garamendi (D)
9: Josh Harder (D)
10: Mark DeSaulnier (D)
11: Nancy Pelosi (D)
12: Barbara Lee (D)
13: John Duarte (R)
14: Eric Swalwell (D)
15: Kevin Mullin (D)
16: Anna Eshoo (D)
17: Ro Khanna (D)
18: Zoe Lofgren (D)
19: Jimmy Panetta (D)
20: Vacant
21: Jim Costa (D)
22: David Valadao (R)
23: Jay Obernolte (R)
24: Salud Carbajal (D)
25: Raul Ruiz (D)
26: Julia Brownley (D)
27: Mike Garcia (R)
28: Judy Chu (D)
29: Tony Cárdenas (D)
30: Adam Schiff (D)
31: Grace Napolitano (D)
32: Brad Sherman (D)
33: Pete Aguilar (D)
34: Jimmy Gomez (D)
35: Norma Torres (D)
36: Ted Lieu (D)
37: Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D)
38: Linda Sánchez (D)
39: Mark Takano (D)
40: Young Kim (R)
41: Ken Calvert (R)
42: Robert Garcia (D)
43: Maxine Waters (D)
44: Nanette Barragán (D)
45: Michelle Steel (R)
46: Lou Correa (D)
47: Katie Porter (D)
48: Darrell Issa (R)
49: Mike Levin (D)
50: Scott Peters (D)
51: Sara Jacobs (D)
52: Juan Vargas (D)
53: Invalid California congressional district number: 53
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United States presidential election results for California[1]
Year
Republican / Whig
Democratic
Third party
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
2020
6,006,518
34.30%
11,110,639
63.44%
395,108
2.26%
2016
4,483,814
31.48%
8,753,792
61.46%
1,005,843
7.06%
2012
4,839,958
37.07%
7,854,285
60.16%
361,572
2.77%
2008
5,011,781
36.90%
8,274,473
60.92%
296,829
2.19%
2004
5,509,826
44.36%
6,745,485
54.30%
166,548
1.34%
2000
4,567,429
41.65%
5,861,203
53.45%
537,224
4.90%
1996
3,828,380
38.21%
5,119,835
51.10%
1,071,269
10.69%
1992
3,630,574
32.61%
5,121,325
46.01%
2,379,822
21.38%
1988
5,054,917
51.13%
4,702,233
47.56%
129,914
1.31%
1984
5,467,009
57.51%
3,922,519
41.27%
115,895
1.22%
1980
4,524,858
52.69%
3,083,661
35.91%
978,544
11.40%
1976
3,882,244
49.35%
3,742,284
47.57%
242,589
3.08%
1972
4,602,096
55.00%
3,475,847
41.54%
289,919
3.46%
1968
3,467,664
47.82%
3,244,318
44.74%
539,605
7.44%
1964
2,879,108
40.79%
4,171,877
59.11%
6,601
0.09%
1960
3,259,722
50.10%
3,224,099
49.55%
22,757
0.35%
1956
3,027,668
55.39%
2,420,135
44.27%
18,552
0.34%
1952
2,897,310
56.35%
2,197,548
42.74%
46,991
0.91%
1948
1,895,269
47.13%
1,913,134
47.57%
213,135
5.30%
1944
1,512,965
42.97%
1,988,564
56.48%
19,346
0.55%
1940
1,351,419
41.34%
1,877,618
57.44%
39,754
1.22%
1936
836,431
31.70%
1,766,836
66.95%
35,615
1.35%
1932
847,902
37.39%
1,324,157
58.39%
95,907
4.23%
1928
1,162,323
64.69%
614,365
34.19%
19,968
1.11%
1924
733,250
57.20%
105,514
8.23%
443,136
34.57%
1920
624,992
66.20%
229,191
24.28%
89,867
9.52%
1916
462,516
46.27%
466,289
46.65%
70,798
7.08%
1912
3,914
0.58%
283,436
41.81%
390,594
57.61%
1908
214,398
55.46%
127,492
32.98%
44,707
11.56%
1904
205,226
61.84%
89,404
26.94%
37,248
11.22%
1900
164,755
54.37%
124,985
41.25%
13,264
4.38%
1896
146,688
49.16%
144,766
48.51%
6,965
2.33%
1892
118,027
43.78%
118,174
43.83%
33,408
12.39%
1888
124,816
49.66%
117,729
46.84%
8,794
3.50%
1884
102,369
51.97%
89,288
45.33%
5,331
2.71%
1880
80,282
48.89%
80,426
48.98%
3,510
2.14%
1876
79,258
50.88%
76,460
49.08%
66
0.04%
1872
54,007
56.38%
40,717
42.51%
1,061
1.11%
1868
54,588
50.24%
54,068
49.76%
0
0.00%
1864
62,053
58.60%
43,837
41.40%
0
0.00%
1860
38,733
32.32%
37,999
31.71%
43,095
35.96%
1856
20,704
18.78%
53,342
48.38%
36,209
32.84%
1852
35,972
46.83%
40,721
53.02%
117
0.15%
The politics of the U.S. state of California form part of the politics of the United States. The politics are defined by the Constitution of California.
^"Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - Presidential General Election Results Comparison - California". Uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
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