California’s thirty-second state senate district is represented by Democratic Senator Bob Archuleta.

California state senators represent an average of 931,349 residents. After the 2000 Census, each member represented 846,791 residents.

About the office

Members serve four-year terms with term limits. The terms of the senators are staggered so that half the membership is elected every two years. The senators representing odd-numbered districts are elected in years evenly divisible by four. The senators from even-numbered districts are elected in the intervening even-numbered years. California legislators assume office one month after election (December).

Qualifications

According to Article IV of the California Constitution, the candidate must be a United States Citizen, a resident of California for three years, a resident of the legislative district for one year and a registered voter in that district by the time nomination papers are filed.

Salaries

Term limits

Since the passage of Prop 28 in 2012, legislators first elected on or after November 6, 2012, are limited to a maximum of 12 years. Prop 140, passed in 1990, affects any members elected prior to November 6, 2012, and limits them to a maximum of two four-year terms (eight years).

Vacancies

If there is a vacancy in the senate, the Governor must call for a special election. The election must be called by the Governor within fourteen days of the vacancy being created. No special election can be held if the vacancy happened in an election year and the nominating deadline passed.

Elections

2020

Elections for the office of California State Senate will take place in 2020. The general election will be held on November 3, 2020. A primary is scheduled for March 3, 2020. The filing deadline was December 6, 2019.

2018

Regular election

Special election

A special primary election for the position of California State Senate District 32 was called for June 5, 2018. Vanessa Delgado (D) and Rita Topalian (R), the top two vote-getters, advanced to the special general election that was held on August 7, 2018. Delgado won the seat.

To qualify for the race, candidates had to pay a filing fee by April 12, 2018, or they must have submitted petition signatures by March 13, 2018.

The seat became vacant following Tony Mendoza's (D) resignation on February 22, 2018, due to sexual misconduct allegations against him. To read more about those allegations and his response, .

Mendoza filed to run for the special election along with 10 other candidates. A total of nine Democrats and two Republicans filed.

2014

Elections for the California State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 7, 2014. Tony Mendoza (D) and Mario A. Guerra (R) defeated Carlos R. Arvizu (D), Sally Morales Havice (D) and Irella Perez (D) in the blanket primary. Mendoza defeated Guerra in the general election.

California State Senate, District 32, General Election, 2014

California State Senate, District 32 Blanket Primary, 2014

2013

Norma Torres (D) won election in a special election for California State Senate District 32. The seat was vacant following Democrat Gloria Negrete McLeod's election to the 35th Congressional District of California on November 6, 2012. Torres faced Paul Vincent Avila (D), Kenny Coble (R), Paul Leon (R), Larry Walker (D) and Joanne Gilbert (D) in the special election on March 12, 2013. Because no candidate received 50 percent of the vote the top two vote-getters - Norma Torres (D) and Paul Leon (R) - met in a runoff election on May 14, which Torres won.

California State Senate, District 32, Special Election, 2013

California State Senate, District 32, Blanket Primary, 2013

Campaign contributions

From 2002 to 2014, candidates for California State Senate District 32 raised a total of $5,731,900. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $409,421 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money.

Campaign contributions, California State Senate District 32