2024 Departing Members – STATE ASSEMBLY

2024 Departing Members – STATE ASSEMBLY By Chris Micheli

            On November 5, voters will cast their ballots for, among others, half the California State Senate seats and all of the Assembly seats. On December 2, the Legislature will convene their 2025-26 Legislative Session. So, how many new legislators will be seated at that time?

For the State Assembly, assuming the status quo regarding those state assembly members running for re-election (i.e., that they will win their seats again next month), there will be at least 24 new state assembly members.

The following are the 24 departing Assembly Members, in alphabetical order (along with their party affiliation and district number), and whether their departure is due to term limits or whether they have additional years to serve:

Wendy Carrillo (D) – AD 52 – has 4 years remaining

Sabrina Cervantes (D) – AD 58 – running for Senate – has 4 years remaining

Megan Dahle (R) – AD 1 – running for Senate – has 6 years remaining

Vince Fong (R) – AD 32 – elected to Congress – has 4 years remaining

Laura Friedman (D) – AD 44 – running for Congress – has 4 years remaining

Eduardo Garcia (D) – AD 36 – has 2 years remaining

Tim Grayson (D) – AD 15 – running for Senate – has 4 years remaining

Chris Holden (D) – AD 41 – due to term limits

Reggie Jones-Sawyer (D) – AD 57 – due to term limits

Evan Low (D) – AD 26 – running for Congress – has 2 years remaining

Brian Maienschein (D) – AD 76 – due to term limits

Devon Mathis (R) – AD 33 – has 2 years remaining

Kevin McCarty (D) – AD 6 – has 2 years remaining

Jim Patterson (R) – AD 8 – due to term limits

Anthony Rendon (D) – AD 62 – due to term limits

Eloise Gomes Reyes (D) – AD 50 – running for Senate – has 4 years remaining

Luz Rivas (D) – AD 43 – running for Congress – has 4 years remaining

Freddie Rodriguez (D) – AD 55 – due to term limits

Miguel Santiago (D) – AD 54 – has 2 years remaining

Phil Ting (D) – AD 19 – due to term limits

Carlos Villapudua (D) – AD 13 – has 8 years remaining

Marie Waldron (R) – AD 75 – due to term limits

Akilah Weber (D) – AD 79 – running for Senate – has 8 years remaining

Jim Wood (D) – AD 2 – has 2 years remaining

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