Adam B. Schiff
U.S. Senate
Members of Congress
Who Represents California in Congress?
California is represented in the U.S. Senate by Adam B. Schiff and Alex Padilla and holds 51 seats in the U.S. House. Every senator represents the whole state; each representative speaks for one district inside it, so most residents have three members of Congress in total — two senators and one representative.
U.S. Senators from California
Democratic
Alex Padilla
U.S. Senate
U.S. Representatives from California51 seats
James Gallagher
1st district
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Jared Huffman
2nd district
Kevin Kiley
3rd district
Mike Thompson
4th district
Tom McClintock
5th district
Ami Bera
6th district
Doris O. Matsui
7th district
John Garamendi
8th district
Josh Harder
9th district
Mark DeSaulnier
10th district
Nancy Pelosi
11th district
Lateefah Simon
12th district
Adam Gray
13th district
Kevin Mullin
15th district
Sam T. Liccardo
16th district
Ro Khanna
17th district
Zoe Lofgren
18th district
Jimmy Panetta
19th district
Vince Fong
20th district
Jim Costa
21st district
David G. Valadao
22nd district
Jay Obernolte
23rd district
Salud O. Carbajal
24th district
Raul Ruiz
25th district
Julia Brownley
26th district
George Whitesides
27th district
Judy Chu
28th district
Luz M. Rivas
29th district
Laura Friedman
30th district
Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
31st district
Brad Sherman
32nd district
Pete Aguilar
33rd district
Jimmy Gomez
34th district
Norma J. Torres
35th district
Ted Lieu
36th district
Sydney Kamlager-Dove
37th district
Linda T. Sánchez
38th district
Mark Takano
39th district
Young Kim
40th district
Ken Calvert
41st district
Robert Garcia
42nd district
Maxine Waters
43rd district
Nanette Diaz Barragán
44th district
Derek Tran
45th district
J. Luis Correa
46th district
Dave Min
47th district
Darrell Issa
48th district
Mike Levin
49th district
Scott H. Peters
50th district
Sara Jacobs
51st district
Juan Vargas
52nd district
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Sources
Roster, party, district, and contact details from the public @unitedstates congress-legislators dataset, refreshed daily. District lookups go to the official House directory.
California is represented in the U.S. Senate by Adam B. Schiff and Alex Padilla and holds 51 seats in the U.S. House. Every senator represents the whole state; each representative speaks for one district inside it, so most residents have three members of Congress in total — two senators and one representative.
The full California delegation currently breaks down as 44 Democratics, 8 Republicans and 1 Independent. Names, parties, and official contact links below come from the public congress-legislators dataset, which tracks appointments and special elections rather than only general-election results.
What senators and representatives actually do differently
Both vote on legislation, but the jobs are not symmetrical. Senators serve six-year staggered terms, represent the entire state, and hold powers the House does not have — confirming federal judges, Cabinet officers, and ambassadors, and ratifying treaties. Representatives serve two-year terms and answer to a single district, and the House alone can originate revenue bills and bring articles of impeachment. For a constituent, the practical difference is scale: a senator's office handles California-wide concerns, while a House office is usually the faster route for casework involving a federal agency.
How to contact your member of Congress so it counts
Every member listed here has an official .gov site with a contact form and a Washington office phone number. Offices generally weight contact from verified constituents, so include your full address, and be specific — a bill number, a date, or a concrete agency problem gets logged more usefully than a general opinion. For a stuck passport, a delayed VA claim, or an IRS or Social Security problem, ask for "casework": staff can make a formal inquiry to the agency on your behalf, and that is often the fastest available remedy.
When these seats are next on the ballot
All 435 voting House seats are contested every two years, in every even-numbered year. Senate seats are staggered into three classes, so roughly a third of the Senate is up in each of those elections and a given state usually has at most one Senate race per cycle. The term-end year shown next to each member below is the year that seat is next scheduled to be contested. Vacancies from resignation or death are filled by special election in the House, and in most states by gubernatorial appointment in the Senate.
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California Members of Congress — Frequently Asked Questions
- Who are the U.S. senators from California?
- Adam B. Schiff and Alex Padilla represent California in the U.S. Senate. Both were elected statewide and serve six-year terms, and each one represents every resident of California rather than a particular district.
- How many representatives does California have?
- California has 51 U.S. representatives, each elected from a separate district, plus two U.S. senators — 53 members of Congress in total. House seats are reapportioned after each decennial census, so that number can change every ten years.
- How do I find out which district I live in?
- Enter your address at the House of Representatives' official lookup at house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative. A ZIP code alone is often not enough, because a single ZIP can span two or more districts — the official tool resolves the full street address, which is why Alto links to it rather than guessing from a ZIP.
- How do I contact my representative or senator?
- Use the official .gov link next to each member above, which leads to their contact form and Washington office phone. Include your full address so the office can verify you are a constituent. If your issue involves a federal agency — a delayed passport, a VA claim, Social Security — ask specifically for casework help rather than sending a general comment.
- Is this list of members of Congress up to date?
- It is refreshed daily from the public congress-legislators dataset maintained on GitHub, which is updated within days of a resignation, death, appointment, or special election. Because Alto reads the current roster rather than election results, an appointed senator appears here as soon as the dataset records the seat change.