2019 Californian legislative election

The 2019 Californian legislative election was held on Saturday 5 October 2019 to elect members of the A|37th A|National Congress of California. All 150 seats in the A|House of Representatives (lower house) and 48 of the 96 seats in the A|Senate (upper house) were up for election. These A|midterm elections occurred during the term of the A|Popular Movement A|Governor A|Danaica Rodriguez. Unlike all other A|state legislatures in the United States, the Californian legislature has a three year term.

The Popular Movement won 73 seats in the in the 150-seat A|House of Representatives, three short of a majority in seats, resulting in the first A|divided legislature in the state's history. The Popular Movement received the lowest percentage of the vote in a legislative election in the party's history, losing significant support to other A|nationalist A|political parties. The pro-American A|Citizens of America party won 50 seats, increasing its seats held by three, despite its share of the vote decreased. The A|Baja Democratic Party won two additional seats, increasing their seats to 13. A|Solidarity more than doubled their previous popular vote total, winning 13 seats. The newly formed A|Liberal Party, running on a moderate A|bicultural platform, won four seats with 6.8 percent of the vote.

In the 96-seat A|Senate, both the Popular Movement and Citizens lost three seats to the minor parties, reducing to 36 and 31 seats respectively. Solidarity increased its seat count to 16, thereby gaining the sole balance of power in the Senate as the third largest party. The Liberals won three seats from Los Angeles and Monterey. The Baja Democratic Party was the only party whose seat numbers remained unchanged, remaining at 8 seats. An independent Senators were reelected to his seat in Costa Este.

Following the election, A|Jamie Aguilar announced her intention to remain as A|Speaker of the House, but was forced to withdraw after the minor nationalist parties announced their objection. After consulting with the other parties, the Popular Movement nominated A|Liana Torres, a moderate representative from A|Los Angeles's A|21st district. In the first day of the 2019-2022 session, she was elected Speaker by a 96 to 44 vote on 28 October.