The following is a list of Republican statewide, federal, and legislative officeholders:
Members of Congress U.S. Senate • None Both of California's
U.S. Senate seats have been held by
Democrats since
1992.
John F. Seymour is the last Republican to have represented California in the U.S. Senate. Appointed in 1991 by
Pete Wilson who resigned his Class I Senate seat because he was elected governor in
1990, Seymour lost the
1992 special election to Democratic challenger
Dianne Feinstein for the remainder of the term expiring in 1995. Feinstein held the seat until her death in 2023. Pete Wilson is the last Republican to have won an election to represent California in the U.S. Senate, when he won in
1988. He is also the last Republican to represent California for a
full term in the U.S. Senate from 1983 to 1989. The last Republican to hold the other senatorial seat (the
Class 3 seat) was
Thomas Kuchel who held the seat for three terms, from 1953 to 1969. Kuchel ran for a fourth term, but lost the Republican primary. With the passage of
Prop 14 in 2010 setting up a
jungle primary system in California, there was a period of 10 years (2012–2022) in which no Republican made the general election for the US Senate, as Republicans were locked out from the general elections in both the
2016 election and the
2018 election.
U.S. House of Representatives Out of the 52 seats California is apportioned in the
U.S. House of Representatives, 7 are held by Republicans: •
CA-05:
Tom McClintock •
CA-20:
Vince Fong •
CA-22:
David Valadao •
CA-23:
Jay Obernolte •
CA-40:
Young Kim •
CA-41:
Ken Calvert •
CA-48:
Darrell Issa Statewide offices • None California has not had a Republican in a state-wide elected office since January 2011. Republicans were last elected to a statewide office in 2006, when
Arnold Schwarzenegger was
re-elected as governor and
Steve Poizner was
elected as insurance commissioner. In 2010,
term limits prevented Schwarzenegger from seeking a third term while Poizner chose not to seek re-election as California's Insurance Commissioner, instead making
an unsuccessful bid for the Republican nomination for governor.
In 2018, Poizner attempted to run again for his old seat of insurance commissioner, but did so without the affiliation to the Republican Party. The last Republican to serve as
lieutenant governor is
Abel Maldonado, who was appointed in 2010 by Schwarzenegger to fill the vacancy when
John Garamendi resigned to take a seat in Congress. Maldonado lost
the election in 2010 for a full term, and left office in January 2011. The last Republican elected to the position is
Mike Curb, who was elected in 1978 and served until January 1983. The last Republican to serve as
Attorney general is
Dan Lungren who was elected in 1990, reelected in 1994, and served until January 1999. The last Republican to serve as
Secretary of State is
Bruce McPherson, who was appointed to the position in 2005 when the previous Secretary of State,
Kevin Shelley, resigned. McPherson lost
the election for a full term in 2006 and left office in January 2007. The last Republican elected to the position is
Bill Jones who was elected in 1994, reelected in 1998 and served until January 2003. The last Republican to serve as
State treasurer is
Matt Fong, who was elected in 1994 and served until January 1999. Fong chose not to run for re-election to a second term in office in 1998, choosing instead to
run unsuccessfully for the US Senate seat. The last Republican to serve as
State controller is
Houston I. Flournoy, who was elected in 1966, reelected in 1970, and served until January 1975. The last Republican to serve as the
Superintendent of Public Instruction (which is officially a non-partisan position) is
Max Rafferty, who was elected in 1962, reelected in 1966, and served until January 1971.
Board of Equalization, State Senate and Assembly Board of Equalization Republicans hold one of the four non-
ex-officio seats on the
State Board of Equalization: • 1st District:
Ted Gaines State Senate Republicans are in the minority, holding ten of the 40 seats in the
State Senate. Republicans have been the minority party in the Senate since
1970. •
SD-1:
Megan Dahle •
SD-4:
Marie Alvarado-Gil •
SD-8:
Roger Niello •
SD-12:
Shannon Grove •
SD-19:
Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh •
SD-23:
Suzette Martinez Valladares •
SD-32:
Kelly Seyarto •
SD-36:
Tony Strickland •
SD-37:
Steven Choi •
SD-40: '
Brian Jones (Minority Leader
)'
State Assembly Republicans hold 20 of the 80 seats in the
State Assembly. The last time the Republicans were the majority party in the Assembly was during the 1994–1996 session. •
AD-1:
Heather Hadwick •
AD-3:
James Gallagher •
AD-5:
Joe Patterson •
AD-7:
Josh Hoover •
AD-8:
David Tangipa •
AD-9:
Heath Flora (
Minority Leader) •
AD-22:
Juan Alanis •
AD-32:
Stan Ellis •
AD-33:
Alexandra Macedo •
AD-34:
Tom Lackey •
AD-36:
Jeff Gonzalez •
AD-47:
Greg Wallis •
AD-58:
Leticia Castillo •
AD-59:
Phillip Chen •
AD-63:
Natasha Johnson •
AD-70:
Tri Ta •
AD-71:
Kate Sanchez •
AD-72:
Diane Dixon •
AD-74:
Laurie Davies •
AD-75:
Carl DeMaio Mayoral offices Of California's ten largest cities, two have Republican mayors as of March 25th 2026: •
Fresno (5):
Jerry Dyer •
Bakersfield (9):
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