List of minority leaders of the California State Assembly

Minority Leader of the California State Assembly
Incumbent
Heath Flora
since September 16, 2025
AppointerMinority party in the Assembly
Term length2 years

The Minority Leader of the California State Assembly is the leader of the minority party in the California State Assembly. The current minority leader is Heath Flora of the 9th district.[1][2]

List

Name Took office Left office Party/caucus
Charles W. Lyon 1939 1943 Republican
Alfred W. Robertson 1943 1945 Democratic
John B. Cooke 1947 1948 Democratic
Julian Beck 1948[a] 1952 Democratic
Vincent Thomas 1953 1957[b] Democratic
William A. Munnell 1957 1958 Democratic
Joseph C. Shell 1959 1963 Republican
Charles J. Conrad 1963 1964 Republican
Robert T. Monagan 1965 1968 Republican
Jesse M. Unruh 1969 1970 (June) Democratic
John J. Miller 1970 (June) 1970 (December) Democratic
Robert T. Monagan 1971 1973 Republican
Robert G. Beverly 1973 1975 Republican
Paul V. Priolo 1976 1979 Republican
Carol Boyd Hallett 1979 1981 Republican
Robert W. Naylor 1981 1984 Republican
Pat Nolan 1984 1988 Republican
Ross Johnson 1988 1991 Republican
Bill Jones 1991 1992 Republican
Jim Brulte 1992 1995 Republican
Willie Brown 1995 (June) 1995 (September) Democratic
Richard Katz 1995 1996 Democratic
Curt Pringle 1995 1997 Republican
Bill Leonard 1997 1998 Republican
Rod Pacheco 1998 1999 Republican
Scott Baugh 1999 2000 Republican
Bill Campbell 2000 2001 Republican
Dave Cox 2001 2004 Republican
Kevin McCarthy 2004 2006 Republican
George Plescia 2006 (April) 2006 (November) Republican
Michael Villines 2006 2009 Republican
Sam Blakeslee 2009 2010 Republican
Martin Garrick 2010 (February) 2010 (November) Republican
Connie Conway 2010 2014 Republican
Kristin Olsen 2014 2016 Republican
Chad Mayes 2016 2017 Republican
Brian Dahle 2017 2018 Republican
Marie Waldron 2018 2022 Republican
James Gallagher 2022 2025 Republican
Heath Flora 2025 Incumbent Republican

See also

Notes

  1. ^ also stated as starting in 1949
  2. ^ also stated as ending in 1955

References

  1. ^ "Officers of the California State Assembly". California State Assembly. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  2. ^ Korte, Lara (February 8, 2022). "California Assembly Republicans have a new leader: 'I plan to build on her legacy.'". Sacramento Bee. Archived from the original on February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
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