Demographics in the California Legislature
The dataset contains racial/ethnic data for California's legislators since the end of the 2015-2016 legislative session through those elected for the current session and data on sex since 1919. An interactive visual for this dataset is available at https://public.tableau.com/views/LegislativeDemographics2021-22/UserView and https://www.library.ca.gov/crb/reports/
Data files
Supporting files
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Demographics in the California Legislature Dictionary: AA = African American API = Asian Pacific Islander D = Democratic Party I = A political party other than Democratic or Republican or no political party Hispanic = Hispanic/Latino/Latina Multi = Multiple Races NA = Native American R = Republican Party White = White Alone Column Headings: Term = Each two year term beginning with 1919-20 through 2023-24 Start/End = Start or End; indicates whether the member served at the start or end of the term. A member who served the entire term will have an entry for both start and end. This indicates changes due to special elections. House = California State Senate or California State Assembly District = Number reflects the district number. For example: For Brian Dahle, "1" represents "District 1" It is a senate district because the house column for Brian Dahle is "Senate" First = First Name Last = Last Name Race_Ethnicity = AA, API, Latino, Multi, NA, White Gender = Male, Female Party = D, R, I Notes: "White" indicates white alone, while "Multi" indicates members with multiple racial/ethnic backgrounds other than white. | XLSX 150.53 KB | 11/04/20 |
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Research Process: The Research Bureau used data that was compiled by us previously (John Cornelison), the National Conference of State Legislatures and publicly available data such as biographies, campaign literature and membership in caucuses. We are very appreciative of the time Alex Vassar spent helping us identify the election of various women legislators.
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