California State Races to Watch in the November Election

Democrats want to retain their supermajority, while Republicans are looking to flip some seats from blue to red.

The California State Capitol building in Sacramento, Calif., on March 11, 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

California’s Legislature will have a host of new faces after the Nov. 5 election, as 19 assemblymembers and 11 senators will not be returning to the Capitol, and several tight races could result in seats flipping from Democrat to Republican.

Term limits—established by voters in 2012 by Proposition 28, which limits lawmakers to serving 12 years in the Legislature—affect eight members of the Assembly and nine senators.