U.S. citizenship · California answers
As of October 26, 2026, California’s two U.S. senators are Democrats Alex Padilla, whose hometown is Los Angeles, and Adam Schiff, from Burbank.
Gavin Newsom is the 40th Governor of California; he won the office on November 6, 2018, years after becoming Mayor of San Francisco in 2003.
Sacramento is the capital of California: the young state government met in four different communities between 1849 and 1854 before settling in Sacramento permanently in 1854 (per senate.gov, gov.ca.gov and capitolmuseum.ca.gov, checked on Oct 26, 2026).
Answer with whoever holds the office on the day of your interview.
Question 23 · Who is one of your state’s U.S. senators now?
Alex Padilla or Adam Schiff
source, Oct 26, 2026
Question 29 · Name your U.S. representative.
It depends on your district
source, Oct 26, 2026
Question 61 · Who is the governor of your state now?
Gavin Newsom
source, Oct 26, 2026
Question 62 · What is the capital of your state?
Sacramento
source, Oct 26, 2026
California has 52 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, numbered by congressional district, so the representative a California applicant names for question 29 depends on the home address. Find your representative by ZIP code at house.gov.
Questions 30, 38, 39 and 57 ask for the Speaker, the President, the Vice President and the Chief Justice: those answers are the same in every state and are on the full list with the names USCIS accepts.
Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff, both Democrats. Question 23 wants just one of them, so pick whichever name is easier for you to say clearly.
senate.gov prints the second name with a middle initial, Adam B. Schiff; both forms refer to the same senator.
Gavin Newsom, the state’s 40th governor, first elected in November 2018. On the USCIS list the governor question is marked with an asterisk, which puts it among the 20 questions that 65/20 applicants study as well.
USCIS expects the name of whoever holds the office on the day of your naturalization interview, so look at the date this page was checked if your interview falls after a change of governor.
Sources: About Gavin Newsom · 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version), Form M-1778
There is no statewide answer: California is split into 52 congressional districts. Type your ZIP code into the house.gov lookup, note the member listed for your district, and practice saying that name.
If you heard that your district was redrawn for the 2026 election, the member who represents you today stays the same until the new Congress is seated in January 2027.
Sources: Find Your Representative · Representatives
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Who is one of your state’s U.S. senators now?
Say your answer out loud, the way you would to the officer. Then check it.
English is tested too: reading and writing · the interview.
Sacramento. Early lawmakers moved from place to place until 1854, when Sacramento became the permanent seat of government; its Capitol building, started in 1860, was completed in 1874. Source: official page "Planning", checked on Oct 26, 2026.
Yes. Both men represent California in the Senate today, and question 23 asks for only one of them, so either name is a complete answer. Source: official page "U.S. Senate: States in the Senate", checked on Oct 26, 2026.
No. OneTryPass is an independent practice site. The names on this page come from official .gov pages, linked next to each answer, and the full USCIS question list is free at uscis.gov.
7 facts from official pages, each with the date we read it.
U.S. senators: senate.gov; Governor: gov.ca.gov; State capital: capitolmuseum.ca.gov; U.S. representative: house.gov.
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How often each kind of rule is read again: U.S. senators, 30 days; governor, 30 days; state capital, 365 days; U.S. representative, 90 days.
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