Demographics In The California Legislature

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Demographics in the California LegislatureNovember 2016 Election UpdateUpdated 12/15/16 at 11:00 am12/15/2016California Research Bureau California State Library

Highlights: November 2016 California Legislative Election ResultsA copy of this dataset is available at: www.library.ca.gov/crb/16/LegDemographicsNov16.xls Preliminary results of the Nov. 8, 2016, election indicate that 89 members of the Legislature will return to their seats:Legislature Demographics– 58 Assemblymembers were reelected (92% reelection rate); 11 Senators were reelected (100% reelection rate) 5 incumbent Assemblymembers were defeated, including 2 same party races (both Democratic)– 20 Senators were not up for election and their terms end in 201812/15/2016 In 26 races (9 Senate, 17 Assembly), there was no incumbent The Senate will have a one seat increase for Democrats, 27 Democrats and 13 Republicans– (Note: This is a shift from previous versions of this report since Josh Newman (D) has now won SD29.) The Assembly will have a three seat increase for Democrats, 55 Democrats and 25 Republicans The election brings in an increase in racial/ethnic diversity, making the Assembly majority-minority (54%)–––––Increases were among Asian-Pacific Islander (API; from 12 to 13) and Latino members (from 23 to 27)10 of 10 African Americans members are Democrats9 of 13 API members are Democrats25 of 27 Latino members are DemocratsIn addition, Todd Gloria (AD-78, D) and Tony Thurmond (AD-15, D) are multi-racial Of the 31 new members, 20 are the same race as their predecessor and 12 are the same gender– 10 of the 11 districts with a change in the race of the member were minorities and 6 of those 10 were replacing white members; 4 replaceda different minority group 3 seats previously represented by API members are now represented by 2 Latina members (AD-37, Limón replaced Williams; AD-65,Quirk-Silva replaced Kim) and 1 white member (SD-25, Portantino replaced Liu); 1 Latina member replaced an African American (AD-47,Reyes replaced Brown) member; 1 API member replaced a Latina member (AD-27, Kalra replaced Campos) The results of the recent election reduced the number of women legislators by 5 (6 if including Rep. Mimi Walters. See readmefile. The current number of women legislators, 26, is the lowest it has been since 1991-1992– Drops occurred among white (33% decrease), African American (25% decrease) and API women (75% decrease). Latinas doubled (5 to 10).– 10 of 10 newly elected women and 20 of 26 overall are Democrats– 17 women are in the Assembly (21%) and 9 in the Senate (22%)California Research Bureau California State Library2

Senate by PartyAssembly by PartyLegislature Demographics3060Change PartySame 25101700Democrat('15-'16)11/17/2016Change PartySame Republican('17-'18)Democrat('15-'16)California Research Bureau California State can('17-'18)3A copy of this dataset is available at: One seat changed parties in the Senate, while three seats changed fromRepublican to Democrat in the Assembly

Legislature DemographicsAPI12/15/2016A copy of this dataset is available at: The number of API, African American, Latino and Multi-Racial legislatorsincreased from 47 to 52 in the 2016 elections2015 – 2016 122017 – tiRacial6812California Research Bureau California State Library4

402005 - 2006372015 - 201631 *1993 - 19942930Women LegislatorsLegislature Demographics351997 - 199827252017 - 2018261991 - 1992222015105* 32, if including Rep Mimi Walters, see readme file012/15/20161919 19201923 19241927 19281931 19321935 19361939 19401943 19441947 19481951 19521955 19561959 19601963 19641967 19681971 19721975 19761979 1980California Research Bureau California State Library1983 19841987 19881991 19921995 19961999 20002003 20042007 20082011 20122015 20165A copy of this dataset is available at: 26 women legislators is the fewest since 1991-1992

Gains were concentrated among Latina women and API men, withdeclines among white women and API womenLegislature Demographics1 12Women, 2017-18APIMen, 2017-18Women, 2015-16AfricanAmericanMen, 2015-163710 011/17/2016Details20406080California Research Bureau California State LibraryA copy of this dataset is available at: Change in Representation by Race and Gender Asian-Pacific Islander (API)women decreased from 4 to1, while men increasedfrom 8 to 12 African American womendecreased from 4 to 3,while men remained at 7 Latina women increasedfrom 5 to 10, while mendecreased from 18 to 17 White women decreasedfrom 18 to 12, while menincreased to from 55 to 56 Multi-Racial increased from1 to 2, both men– Todd Gloria (AD-78, D)has Latino, API, whiteand Native Americanancestry (he is anenrolled member of theTlingit Haida IndianTribes of Alaska)– Tony Thurmond (AD-15,D) identifies as AfricanAmerican and Latino6

The Assembly is majority-minority (54%), while the Senate is 78% whiteSenate DistributionAfricanAmerican2AfricanAmerican8A copy of this dataset is available at: Legislature DemographicsAssembly itealone31MultiRacial211/17/2016California Research Bureau California State Library7

Both the Assembly (79%) and Senate (78%) are predominantly male11/17/2016Women17Senate DistributionA copy of this dataset is available at: Legislature DemographicsAssembly DistributionWomen9Men63California Research Bureau California State LibraryMen318

Legislature DemographicsNewly Elected Minority Legislators11/17/2016HouseDist. mbly27AssemblyNewly Elected Women LegislatorsPartyHouseDist. For the purposes of this report “newly elected” means the new memberdid not hold this seat in the previous term. They may have held the seat inthe past or have held a seat in the other house.California Research Bureau California State Library9A copy of this dataset is available at: Most new minority legislators and all new women legislators areDemocrats

BackgroundLegislature Demographics The California Research Bureau is releasing an overview of the ethnic/racial and gender makeup of the2017-2018 session of the California State Legislature. CRB is publishing this data now because we regularlyreceive requests for this data from members of the legislature.12/15/2016 The Research Bureau used data that was compiled by the National Conference of State Legislatures as wellas other sources, including publicly available data, such as biographies, campaign literature and membershipin caucuses. Please contact us if you believe there is an error. This report was substantially updated on 12/5/16 to reflect Josh Newman’s (SD-29, D) projected win–An earlier version of this report incorrectly identified Asm. Tony Thurmond as African American instead of Multi-Racial and contained a typo related to Asm. Steven Choi’s partyand a typo in the heading of page 4. The chart on page 5 was also updated to better account for special elections. See readme file for additional information on how to interpret data. Please direct any questions or corrections to:Devin Lavelle, Senior ResearcherCalifornia Research Bureau California State Librarydevin.lavelle@library.ca.gov 916-653-5562California Research Bureau California State Library10

Legislature DemographicsAppendix12/15/2016̵Appendix 1: Senate Member Data̵Appendix 2: Assembly Member Data̵Accompanying Data: ̵Readme File (please use this!): California Research Bureau California State Library11

Appendix 1: Senate Member DataA copy of this dataset is available at: Legislature evinde ifornia Research Bureau California State Library12

Appendix 2: Assembly Member Data (1 of 2)A copy of this dataset is available at: Legislature einorthWhiteMaleCalifornia Research Bureau California State Library13

Appendix 2: Assembly Member Data (2 of 2)Legislature tinaFemaleCalifornia Research Bureau California State Library14

12/15/2016 California Research Bureau California State Library 10 ics Background The California Research Bureau is releasing an overview of the ethnic/racial and gender makeup of the 2017-2018 session of the California State Legislature. CRB is publishing this data now because we regularly

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