Former Members
LIST OF ALL WOMEN ELECTED TO THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE
Esto B. Broughton
Democrat, Republican, Prohibitionist, Socialist
Assembly-46th
Years Elected: 1918, 1920, 1922, 1924
Grace S. Dorris
Republican
Assembly-56th
Years Elected: 1918, 1922, 1924
Elizabeth Hughes
Republican
Assembly-7th
Years Elected: 1918, 1920
Anna L. Saylor
Republican
Assembly-41st
Years Elected: 1918, 1920, 1922, 1924
Eleanor Miller
Republican
Assembly-67th, 47th
Years Elected: 1922, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1940
Cora Woodbridge
Republican
Assembly-9th
Years Elected: 1922, 1924, 1926
Sarah E. Kellogg
Republican
Assembly-51st
Years Elected: 1930
Jeanette E. Daley
Democrat
Assembly-78th
Years Elected: 1936, 1938, 1940
Kathryn Niehouse
Republican
Assembly-79th
Years Elected: 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952
Pauline Davis
Democrat, Dem/Republican, Democrat
Years Elected: 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974
Dorothy Donohue
Democrat, Dem/Republican, Democrat
Assembly-38th
Years Elected: 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960
Wanda Sankary
Democrat
Assembly-79th
Years Elected: 1954
Yvonne Brathwaite (Burke)
Democrat
Assembly-63rd
Years Elected: 1966, 1968, 1970
March K. Fong (Eu)
Democrat
Assembly-15th
Years Elected: 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972
Leona Egeland
Democrat
Assembly-24th
Years Elected: 1974, 1976, 1978
Teresa Hughes
Democrat
Assembly-47th; Senate-25th
Years Elected: 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996
Carol Hallett
Republican
Assembly-29th
Years Elected: 1976, 1978, 1980
Marilyn Ryan
Republican
Assembly-51st
Years Elected: 1976, 1978, 1980
Rose Ann Vuich
Democrat
Senate-15th
Years Elected: 1976, 1978, 1980
Maxine Waters
Democrat
Assembly-48th
Years Elected: 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988
Marian Bergeson
Republican
Assembly-74th, 70th; Senate-37th, 35th
Years Elected: 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1992
Gwen Moore
Democrat
Assembly-49th, 47th
Years Elected: 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992
Jean Moorhead (Duffy)
Republican, Democrat
Assembly-5th
Years Elected: 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984
Sally Tanner
Democrat
Assembly-60th
Years Elected: 1978, 1980, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1998, 1990
Diane Watson
Democrat
Senate-30th, 28th, 26th
Years Elected: 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994
Marian Lafollette
Republican
Assembly-38th
Years Elected: 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988
Cathie Wright
Republican
Assembly-37th; Senate-19th
Years Elected: 1980, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996
Doris Allen
Republican
Assembly-71st
Years Elected: 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994
Lucy Killea
Democrat, Independent
Assembly-78th; Senate-39th
Years Elected: 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992
Sunny Mojonnier
Republican
Assembly-75th
Years Elected: 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988
Gloria Molina
Democrat
Assembly-56th
Years Elected: 1982, 1984, 1986
Rebecca Morgan
Republican
Senate-11th
Years Elected: 1984, 1988, 1992
Delaine Eastin
Democrat
Assembly-18th, 20th
Years Elected: 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992
Beverly Hansen
Republican
Assembly-8th
Years Elected: 1986, 1988, 1990
Jackie Speier
Democrat
Assembly-19th; Senate-8th
Years Elected: 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002
Lucille Roybal-Allard
Democrat
Assembly-56th
Years Elected: 1987, 1988, 1990
Carol Bentley
Republican
Assembly-77th
Years Elected: 1988, 1990
Tricia Hunter
Republican
Assembly-76th
Years Elected: 1989, 1990
Deirdre (Dede) Alpert
Democrat
Assembly-75th, 78th; Senate-39th
Years Elected: 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2000
Marguerite Archie-Hudson
Democrat
Assembly-48th
Years Elected: 1990, 1992, 1994
Paula Boland
Republican
Assembly-38th
Years Elected: 1990, 1992, 1994
Barbara Lee
Democrat
Assembly-13th, 16th; Senate-9th
Years Elected: 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996
Andrea Seastrand
Republican
Assembly-29th, 33rd
Years Elected: 1990, 1992
Barbara Friedman
Democrat
Assembly-40th
Years Elected: 1991, 1992, 1994
Julie Borenstein
Democrat
Assembly-80th
Years Elected: 1992
Debra Bowen
Democrat
Assembly-53rd; Senate-28th
Years Elected: 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002
Vivian Bronshvag
Democrat
Assembly-6th
Years Elected: 1992
Valerie Brown
Democrat
Assembly-7th
Years Elected: 1992, 1994, 1996
Martha Escutia
Democrat
Assembly-50th; Senate-30th
Years Elected: 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002
Kathleen Honeycutt
Republican
Assembly-34th
Years Elected: 1992
Betty Karnette
Democrat
Assembly–54th; Senate-7th
Years Elected: 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2006
Diane Martinez
Democrat
Assembly-49th
Years Elected: 1992, 1994, 1996
Juanita Millender-McDonald
Democrat
Assembly-55th
Years Elected: 1992, 1994
Grace Napalitano
Democrat
Assembly-58th
Years Elected: 1992, 1994, 1996
Margaret Snyder
Democrat
Assembly-25th
Years Elected: 1992
Hilda Solis
Democrat
Assembly-57th; Senate-24th
Years Elected: 1992, 1994, 1998
Barbara Alby
Republican
Assembly-5th
Years Elected: 1993, 1994, 1996
Marilyn Brewer
Republican
Assembly-70th
Years Elected: 1994, 1996, 1998
Susan Davis
Democrat
Assembly-78th
Years Elected: 1994, 1996, 1998
Denise Moreno Ducheny
Democrat, Dem/Republican, Democrat
Assembly-79th; Senate-40th
Years Elected: 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2006
Liz Figueroa
Democrat
Assembly-20th; Senate-10th
Years Elected: 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002
Sheila Kuehl
Democrat
Assembly-41st; Senate-23rd
Years Elected: 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004
Kerry Mazzoni
Democrat
Assembly-6th
Years Elected: 1994, 1996, 1998
Elaine Alquist
Democrat
Assembly-22nd; Senate-13th
Years Elected: 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2008
Dion Aroner
Democrat
Assembly-22nd
Years Elected: 1996, 1998, 2000
Sally Havice
Democrat
Assembly-56th
Years Elected: 1996, 1998, 2000
Lynne Leach
Republican
Assembly-15th
Years Elected: 1996, 1998, 2000
Carole Migden
Democrat
Assembly-15th
Years Elected: 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004
Deborah Ortiz
Democrat
Assembly-9th; Senate-6th
Years Elected: 1996, 1998, 2002
Virginia Strom-Martin
Democrat
Assembly-1st
Years Elected: 1996, 1998, 2000
Helen Thomson
Democrat
Assembly-8th
Years Elected: 1996, 1998, 2000
Ellen Corbett
Democrat
Assembly-18th; Senate-10th
Years Elected: 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2010
Hannah-Beth Jackson
Democrat
19th Senate District 35th Assembly District
Years Elected: 1998,2000,2002,2004,2012,2016
Sarah Reyes
Democrat
Assembly-31st
Years Elected: 1998, 2000, 2002
Gloria Romero
Democrat
Assembly-49th; Senate-24th
Years Elected: 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006
Nell Soto
Democrat
Assembly-61st; Senate-32nd
Years Elected: 1998, 2000, 2002
Patricia Wiggins
Democrat
Assembly-7th; Senate-2nd
Years Elected: 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006
Charlene Zettel
Republican
Assembly-75th
Years Elected: 1998, 2000
Audie Bock
Green
Assembly-16th
Years Elected: 1999
Patricia C. Bates
Republican
73rd AD, 36th SD
Years Elected: 2000, 2002, 2014, 2018
Wilma Chan
Democrat
Assembly-16th
Years Elected: 2000, 2002, 2004
Rebecca Cohn
Democrat
Assembly-24th
Years Elected: 2000, 2002, 2004
Lynn Daucher
Republican
Assembly-72nd
Years Elected: 2000, 2002, 2004
Jackie Goldberg
Democrat
Assembly-45th
Years Elected: 2000, 2002, 2004
Christine Kehoe
Democrat
Assembly – 76th; Senate – 39th
Years Elected: 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008
Carol Liu
Democrat
Assembly - 44th, Senate - 21st, 25th
Years Elected: 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012
Barbara Matthews
Democrat
Assembly-17th
Years Elected: 2000, 2002, 2004
Gloria Negrete McLeod
Democrat
Assembly-61st; Senate-32nd
Years Elected: 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010
Jenny Oropeza
Democrat
Assembly-55th; Senate-28th
Years Elected: 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006
Fran Pavley
Democrat
Assembly - 41st, Senate - 23rd, 27th
Years Elected: 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012
Judy Chu
Democrat
Assembly-49th
Years Elected: 2001, 2002, 2004
Patty Berg
Democrat, Dem/Republican, Democrat
Assembly-1st
Years Elected: 2002, 2004, 2006
Bonnie Garcia
Republican
Assembly-80th
Years Elected: 2002, 2004, 2006
Loni Hancock
Democrat
Assembly - 14th, Senate - 9th
Years Elected: 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012
Shirley Horton
Republican
Assembly-78th
Years Elected: 2002, 2004, 2006
Sally Lieber
Democrat
Assembly-22nd
Years Elected: 2002, 2004, 2006
Cindy Montañez
Democrat
Assembly-39th
Years Elected: 2002, 2004
Nicole Parra
Democrat
Assembly-30th
Years Elected: 2002, 2004, 2006
Sharon Runner
Republican
Assembly-36th
Years Elected: 2002, 2004, 2006, 2011
Lois Wolk
Democrat
Assembly - 8th, Senate - 5th, 3rd
Years Elected: 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012
Karen Bass
Democrat
Assembly-47th
Years Elected: 2004, 2006, 2008
Noreen Evans
Democrat
Assembly-7th; Senate-2nd
Years Elected: 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
Lori Saldaña
Democrat
Assembly-76th
Years Elected: 2004, 2006, 2008
Audra Strickland
Republican
Assembly-37th
Years Elected: 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
Mimi Walters
Republican
Assembly-73rd; Senate-33rd, 37th
Years Elected: 2004, 2006 2008, 2012
Julia Brownley
Democrat
Assembly-41st
Years Elected: 2006, 2008, 2010
Wilmer Amina Carter
Democrat
Assembly-62nd
Years Elected: 2006, 2008, 2010
Jean Fuller
Republican
Assembly - 32nd Senate - 18th, 16th
Years Elected: 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014
Cathleen Galgiani
Democrat
5th Senate District 17th Assembly District
Years Elected: 2016,2012,2010,2008,2006
Mary Hayashi
Democrat
Assembly-18th
Years Elected: 2006, 2008, 2010
Fiona Ma
Democrat
Assembly-12th
Years Elected: 2006, 2008, 2010
Laura Richardson
Democrat
Assembly-55th
Years Elected: 2006
Mary Salas
Democrat
Assembly-79th
Years Elected: 2006, 2008
Joan Buchanan
Democrat
Assembly-15th, 16th
Years Elected: 2008, 2010, 2012
Connie Conway
Republican
Assembly-34th, 26th
Years Elected: 2008, 2010, 2012
Diane Harkey
Republican
Assembly-73rd
Years Elected: 2008, 2010, 2012
Alyson Huber
Democrat
Assembly-10th
Years Elected: 2008, 2010
Bonnie Lowenthal
Democrat
Assembly-54th, 70th
Years Elected: 2008, 2010, 2012
Norma Torres
Democrat
Assembly-61st, 52nd; Senate-32nd
Years Elected: 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013
Mariko Yamada
Democrat
Assembly-8th, 14th
Years Elected: 2008, 2010, 2012
Susan Bonilla
Democrat
Assembly - 11th, 14th
Years Elected: 2010, 2012, 2014
Betsy Butler
Democrat
Assembly-53rd
Years Elected: 2010
Nora Campos
Democrat
Assembly - 23rd, 27th
Years Elected: 2010, 2012, 2014
Linda Halderman
Republican
Assembly-29th
Years Elected: 2010
Holly J. Mitchell
Democrat
Senate-30th, Senate-26th, Assembly-54th, Assembly-47th
Years Elected: 2010,2012,2013,2017
Kristin Olsen
Republican
Assembly - 25th, 12th
Years Elected: 2010, 2012, 2014
Beth Gaines
Republican
Assembly - 4th, 6th
Years Elected: 2011, 2012, 2014
Cheryl R. Brown
Democrat
Assembly - 47th
Years Elected: 2012, 2014
Cristina Garcia
Democrat
Assembly-58th
Years Elected: 2018,2016,2014,2012
Melissa A. Melendez
Republican
Senate-28th, Assembly-67th
Years Elected: 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020
Catharine Baker
Republican
Assembly-16th
Years Elected: 2014, 2016, 2018
Ling Ling Chang
Republican
Assembly-55th, Senate-29th
Years Elected: 2014, 2018
Young Kim
Republican
Assembly-65th
Years Elected: 2014
Connie M. Leyva
Democrat
Senate-20th
Years Elected: 2014, 2018
Patty López
Democrat
Assembly-39th
Years Elected: 2014
Vanessa Delgado
Democrat
Senate-32nd
Years Elected: 2018
Sydney Kamlager
Democrat
Senate-30th, Assembly-54th
Years Elected: 2018, 2020, 2021
Christy Smith
Democrat
Assembly-38th
Years Elected: 2018
Suzette Martinez Valladares
Republican
38th
Years Elected: 2020