Democratic Party of California
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California Democratic Party
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| Chairperson | Eric C. Bauman |
| Senate leadership |
Kevin de León (President pro tempore) |
| Assembly leadership |
Anthony Rendon (Speaker) |
| Founded | 1846 |
| Headquarters | 1830 9th Street, Sacramento CA 95811 |
| Ideology |
Modern liberalism Progressivism Social liberalism |
| National affiliation | U.S. Democratic Party |
| Colors | Blue |
| Seats in the US Senate |
2 / 2
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| Seats in the US House |
39 / 53
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| Statewide Executive Offices1 |
8 / 8
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| Seats in the State Senate |
27 / 40
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| Seats in the State Assembly |
55 / 80
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| www.cadem.org | |
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1California Department of Education is a nonpartisan state executive position. |
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The California Democratic Party is the state branch of the United States Democratic Party in the state of California. Headquartered in Sacramento, it is chaired by former chairman of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party Eric C. Bauman, who succeeded former United States Representative John L. Burton in May 2017 in a close election that is currently being challenged by candidate Kimberly Ellis. The party holds super-majorities in both chambers of the California State Legislature.
The history of the Democratic Party of California is complex and long. The State has traded hands every few cycles since its admission into the union in 1850. At that time, the state was firmly in the hands of the Democratic Party.
Until the early 1880s after the Republican Party abolished slavery, the Republicans held the state through the power and influence of railroad men. The Democratic Party responded by taking an anti-corporate, anti freedom of attainment position. In 1894, Democrat James Budd was elected to the governorship, and the Democratic Party attempted to make good on their promises to reform the booming railroad industry. The party began working closely with the state's railroad commission to create fair rates for passengers and to eliminate monopolies the railroad companies held over the state. The main effort focused on making railroads public avenues of transportation similar to streets and roads. This measure passed and was a great victory for the Democrats, but the honeymoon would not last. Budd was to be the last Democratic governor for thirty years. The struggle between the anti-monopolists and the railroad companies was, however, a key and defining issue for the Democratic Party for some time.
Despite their relative lack of power during this period, the Democrats in California were still active in pursuing reform. The party supported fairer railroad policies and crusaded for tariff reform. The party also supported the large scale railroad strikes that sprung up statewide. The corruption of the time in both the railroad companies and the government led to a change in political dynamic. The people of the state moved away from both of the main parties and the Progressive Movement began.
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