California Senate District 26

Senate District 26

The Golden State’s upper legislative chamber will be filling 20 of its 40 total positions.

Working conditions will depend on the partisan breakdown of all new hires. With the current composition of the Senate—26 Democrats and 14 Republicans—Democrats are one position short of holding a supermajority. A supermajority in both the Assembly and Senate would allow Democrats, if united, to raise taxes, override vetoes, place constitutional amendments on the ballot, and give them the option to ignore their Republican colleagues.

Job duties include:

• Spend months drafting, discussing, and haggling over bills that will affect the lives of all Californians
• Retain the option of waiting until the very last week of session before passing or dumping most of said bills in a flurry
• Spend months drafting, discussing, and haggling over resolutions that will affect the lives of virtually no Californians
• Help craft a multi-billion-dollar budget for the state
• Strive to represent the interests of 1 million constituents, most of them strangers