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

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 Bates

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

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

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

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

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

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

Susan Bonilla


Democrat
Assembly - 11th, 14th

Years Elected: 2010, 2012, 2014


Betsy Butler


Democrat
Assembly-53rd

Years Elected: 2010
Nora Campos

Nora Campos


Democrat
Assembly - 23rd, 27th

Years Elected: 2010, 2012, 2014


Linda Halderman


Republican
Assembly-29th

Years Elected: 2010
Holly J. Mitchell

Holly J. Mitchell


Democrat
Senate-30th, Senate-26th, Assembly-54th, Assembly-47th

Years Elected: 2010,2012,2013,2017
Kristin Olsen

Kristin Olsen


Republican
Assembly - 25th, 12th

Years Elected: 2010, 2012, 2014
Beth Gaines

Beth Gaines


Republican
Assembly - 4th, 6th

Years Elected: 2011, 2012, 2014
Cheryl R. Brown

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

Catharine Baker


Republican
Assembly-16th

Years Elected: 2014, 2016, 2018
Ling-Ling Chang

Ling Ling Chang


Republican
Assembly-55th, Senate-29th

Years Elected: 2014, 2018
Young Kim

Young Kim


Republican
Assembly-65th

Years Elected: 2014


Connie M. Leyva


Democrat
Senate-20th

Years Elected: 2014, 2018
Patty López

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