LOSING A SENATOR: State senators serve staggered four-year terms.

One-half of the
Senate districts are on the ballot every two years depending on whether they are odd- or even-numbered. Odd-numbered districts are on the ballot in 2012. But millions of voters who currently live in odd-numbered districts won't get to vote for a senator until 2014. Heres why:

Current Senate districts

Voters in odd-numbered Senate districts elected senators to four-year terms in 2008. Voters in even-numbered districts elected senators in 2010.

16

KERN CO.

LOS ANGELES CO.

18 32 31 37
SAN DIEGO CO. SAN BERNARDINO CO.

17 20 29 19 21 23 26 22 24
28 25 30

34 ORANGE CO. 35 33 38 39

RIVERSIDE CO.

27 27

IMPERIAL CO.

36

40

New Senate districts

Voters in odd-numbered Senate districts will vote next year. Voters in even-numbered Senate districts will vote in 2014.

KERN CO.

16
LOS ANGELES CO.

19 27

21
SAN BERNARDINO CO. RIVERSIDE CO.

18 24 25 20 23 30 33 22 32 29 31 26 35 34 ORANGE CO. 37 26 36 26 39

28
SAN DIEGO CO.

IMPERIAL CO.

38

40

The left behind

Voters in these areas odd-numbered districts now but even-numbered districts next year will lack a senator in 2013-14*.

KERN CO.

LOS ANGELES CO.

SAN BERNARDINO CO. RIVERSIDE CO.

ORANGE CO.

SAN DIEGO CO.

IMPERIAL CO.

*Note: Opponents of the new Senate map are trying to qualify a 2012 referendum to overturn the plan

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