California State Legislature, 2015–16 session
Members

California State Legislature, 2015–16 session

Section Title: Members
Table Section Text: None

District	Name	Party	Residence	Term-limited?	Notes

1	Ted Gaines	Republican	El Dorado Hills

2	Mike McGuire	Democratic	Healdsburg

3	Lois Wolk	Democratic	Davis	Yes

4	Jim Nielsen	Republican	Gerber

5	Cathleen Galgiani	Democratic	Stockton

6	Richard Pan	Democratic	Sacramento

7	Mark DeSaulnier	Democratic	Concord	Yes	Resigned on January 2, 2015

Vacant from January 2, 2015, to May 28, 2015

Steve Glazer	Democratic	Orinda	Sworn into office on May 28, 2015

8	Tom Berryhill	Republican	Twain Harte

9	Loni Hancock	Democratic	Berkeley	Yes

10	Bob Wieckowski	Democratic	Fremont

11	Mark Leno	Democratic	San Francisco	Yes

12	Anthony Cannella	Republican	Ceres

13	Jerry Hill	Democratic	San Mateo

14	Andy Vidak	Republican	Hanford

15	Jim Beall	Democratic	San Jose

16	Jean Fuller	Republican	Bakersfield	Minority leader since August 27, 2015

17	Bill Monning	Democratic	Carmel

18	Robert Hertzberg	Democratic	Van Nuys

19	Hannah-Beth Jackson	Democratic	Santa Barbara

20	Connie Leyva	Democratic	Chino

21	Steve Knight	Republican	Palmdale	Resigned on January 5, 2015

Vacant from January 5, 2015, to March 19, 2015

Sharon Runner	Republican	Lancaster	Sworn into office on March 19, 2015, died July 14, 2016

Vacant from July 14, 2016, to November 30, 2016

22	Ed Hernandez	Democratic	West Covina

23	Mike Morrell	Republican	Rancho Cucamonga

24	Kevin de León	Democratic	Los Angeles	President pro tempore

25	Carol Liu	Democratic	La Cañada Flintridge	Yes

26	Ben Allen	Democratic	Santa Monica

27	Fran Pavley	Democratic	Agoura Hills	Yes

28	Jeff Stone	Republican	Temecula

29	Bob Huff	Republican	San Dimas	Yes	Minority leader from January 5, 2012, to August 27, 2015

30	Holly Mitchell	Democratic	Los Angeles

31	Richard Roth	Democratic	Riverside

32	Tony Mendoza	Democratic	Artesia

33	Ricardo Lara	Democratic	Bell Gardens

34	Janet Nguyen	Republican	Garden Grove

35	Vacant from September 22, 2014, to December 10, 2014

Isadore Hall, III	Democratic	Compton	Sworn into office on December 10, 2014

36	Patricia Bates	Republican	Laguna Niguel

37	Mimi Walters	Republican	Irvine	Resigned on January 3, 2015

Vacant from January 3, 2015, to March 22, 2015

John Moorlach	Republican	Costa Mesa	Sworn into office on March 22, 2015

38	Joel Anderson	Republican	Alpine

39	Marty Block	Democratic	San Diego

40	Ben Hueso	Democratic	San Diego

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On January 5, 2015: Republican senator Steve Knight (21st–Palmdale) resigned.

final_sentence: On January 5, 2015: Republican senator Steve Knight (21st–Palmdale) resigned.