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California in Congress

Both U.S. senators represent the whole state. House representatives serve congressional districts. These are federal offices, separate from the state legislature.

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SeatOfficeholderParty in sourceRepresents
California · House District 1James GallagherRepublicanCongressional district
California · House District 2Jared HuffmanDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 3Kevin KileyIndependentCongressional district
California · House District 4Mike ThompsonDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 5Tom McClintockRepublicanCongressional district
California · House District 6Ami BeraDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 7Doris O. MatsuiDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 8John GaramendiDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 9Josh HarderDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 10Mark DeSaulnierDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 11Nancy PelosiDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 12Lateefah SimonDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 13Adam GrayDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 14Aisha WahabDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 15Kevin MullinDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 16Sam T. LiccardoDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 17Ro KhannaDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 18Zoe LofgrenDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 19Jimmy PanettaDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 20Vince FongRepublicanCongressional district
California · House District 21Jim CostaDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 22David G. ValadaoRepublicanCongressional district
California · House District 23Jay ObernolteRepublicanCongressional district
California · House District 24Salud O. CarbajalDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 25Raul RuizDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 26Julia BrownleyDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 27George WhitesidesDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 28Judy ChuDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 29Luz M. RivasDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 30Laura FriedmanDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 31Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.DemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 32Brad ShermanDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 33Pete AguilarDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 34Jimmy GomezDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 35Norma J. TorresDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 36Ted LieuDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 37Sydney Kamlager-DoveDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 38Linda T. SánchezDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 39Mark TakanoDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 40Young KimRepublicanCongressional district
California · House District 41Ken CalvertRepublicanCongressional district
California · House District 42Robert GarciaDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 43Maxine WatersDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 44Nanette Diaz BarragánDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 45Derek TranDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 46J. Luis CorreaDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 47Dave MinDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 48Darrell IssaRepublicanCongressional district
California · House District 49Mike LevinDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 50Scott H. PetersDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 51Sara JacobsDemocraticCongressional district
California · House District 52Juan VargasDemocraticCongressional district
California · Senate Class 1Adam B. SchiffDemocraticEntire state
California · Senate Class 3Alex PadillaDemocraticEntire state

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