California’s twenty-eighth state senate district is vacant. It was last represented by Republican Senator Jeff Stone.

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

Regular

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.

Special

A special election for District 28 of the California State Senate will take place on May 12, 2020. A primary will be held on March 3, 2020. The filing deadline for candidates is January 9, 2020.

Jeff Stone (R) resigned the seat on November 1, 2019, to take a position in the Donald Trump presidential administration as Western Regional director in the Department of Labor.

2018

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. Bonnie Garcia (R) and Jeff Stone (R) defeated Philip Drucker (D), Anna Nevenic (D), William "Bill" Carns (R) and Glenn A. Miller (R) in the blanket primary. Garcia was defeated by Stone in the general election.

California State Senate, District 28, General Election, 2014

California State Senate, District 28 Blanket Primary, 2014

2011

Ted Lieu defeated seven other opponents in a February 15 special election for Senate District 28. The special election was called in the wake of former State Senator Jenny Oropeza's death. As Lieu received more than 50 percent of the vote in the special election primary, the April 19 runoff was averted. The filing deadline for candidates was January 3, 2011.

Campaign contributions

From 2002 to 2014, candidates for California State Senate District 28 raised a total of $5,681,725. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $258,260 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money.

Campaign contributions, California State Senate District 28