California Legislature

California State Senate

40 seats: Democratic 30, Republican 10. A majority is 21. 40 districts.

Seats by party

California State Senate

Seats before the November 3, 2026 election

21 needed for a majority

  • 30 Democratic
  • 10 Republican
California State Senate seats before the November 3, 2026 election
Party or statusSeats
Democratic30
Republican10

Seats before the November 3, 2026 election, current to November 2, 2026, counted from the official member list. Source: California State Senate (opens in a new tab).

California State Senate districts map

Point to or tap a district for its name and a link to its page. The list below has every district.

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Every district

Sources and methodology

ShowWhere the seat counts and district lines come from.

These are the seats before the November 3, 2026 election, as the legislature listed them.

District lines come from the U.S. Census Bureau's upper chamber boundary file (Cartographic boundary files, state legislative districts), which maps the districts the state reported to the Census Bureau. Where a state has redrawn its districts since then, the state's own maps are the official ones. District names are the Census Bureau's.

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