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Registered | 19,696,371 [1] | |
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Turnout | 64.54% ( 10.73 pp) [1] | |
Elections in California |
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California state elections in 2018 were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, with the primary elections being held on June 5, 2018. Voters elected one member to the United States Senate, 53 members to the United States House of Representatives, all eight state constitutional offices, all four members to the Board of Equalization, 20 members to the California State Senate, and all 80 members to the California State Assembly, among other elected offices.
Pursuant to Proposition 14 passed in 2010, California uses a nonpartisan blanket primary. All the candidates for the same elected office, regardless of respective political party, run against each other at once during the primary. The candidates receiving the most and second-most votes in the primary election then become the contestants in the general election.
Incumbent Democrat Dianne Feinstein won re-election.
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) | 2,947,035 | 44.2 | |
Democratic | Kevin de León | 805,446 | 12.1 | |
Republican | James P. Bradley | 556,252 | 8.3 | |
Republican | Arun K. Bhumitra | 350,815 | 5.3 | |
Republican | Paul A. Taylor | 323,533 | 4.9 | |
Republican | Erin Cruz | 267,494 | 4.0 | |
Republican | Tom Palzer | 205,183 | 3.1 | |
Democratic | Alison Hartson | 147,061 | 2.2 | |
Republican | Rocky De La Fuente | 135,278 | 2.0 | |
Democratic | Pat Harris | 126,947 | 1.9 | |
Republican | John "Jack" Crew | 93,806 | 1.4 | |
Republican | Patrick Little | 89,867 | 1.3 | |
Republican | Kevin Mottus | 87,646 | 1.3 | |
Republican | Jerry Joseph Laws | 67,140 | 1.0 | |
Libertarian | Derrick Michael Reid | 59,999 | 0.9 | |
Democratic | Adrienne Nicole Edwards | 56,172 | 0.8 | |
Democratic | Douglas Howard Pierce | 42,671 | 0.6 | |
Republican | Mario Nabliba | 39,209 | 0.6 | |
Democratic | David Hildebrand | 30,305 | 0.5 | |
Democratic | Donnie O. Turner | 30,101 | 0.5 | |
Democratic | Herbert G. Peters | 27,468 | 0.4 | |
No party preference | David Moore | 24,614 | 0.4 | |
No party preference | Ling Ling Shi | 23,506 | 0.4 | |
Peace and Freedom | John Thompson Parker | 22,825 | 0.3 | |
No party preference | Lee Olson | 20,393 | 0.3 | |
Democratic | Gerald Plummer | 18,234 | 0.3 | |
No party preference | Jason M. Hanania | 18,171 | 0.3 | |
No party preference | Don J. Grundmann | 15,125 | 0.2 | |
No party preference | Colleen Shea Fernald | 13,536 | 0.2 | |
No party preference | Rash Bihari Ghosh | 12,557 | 0.2 | |
No party preference | Tim Gildersleeve | 8,482 | 0.1 | |
No party preference | Michael Fahmy Girgis | 2,986 | 0.0 | |
Green | Michael V. Ziesing (write-in) | 842 | 0.0 | |
No party preference | Ursula M. Schilling (write-in) | 17 | 0.0 | |
Democratic | Seelam Prabhakar Reddy (write-in) | 4 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 6,697,720 | 100.00 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) | 6,019,422 | 54.2 | |
Democratic | Kevin de León | 5,093,942 | 45.8 | |
Total votes | 11,113,364 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Incumbent Democrat Jerry Brown was term-limited and was succeeded by Democratic lieutenant governor Gavin Newsom.
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Gavin Newsom | 2,343,792 | 33.7 | |
Republican | John H. Cox | 1,766,488 | 25.4 | |
Democratic | Antonio Villaraigosa | 926,394 | 13.3 | |
Republican | Travis Allen | 658,798 | 9.5 | |
Democratic | John Chiang | 655,920 | 9.4 | |
Democratic | Delaine Eastin | 234,869 | 3.4 | |
Democratic | Amanda Renteria | 93,446 | 1.3 | |
Republican | Robert C. Newman II | 44,674 | 0.6 | |
Democratic | Michael Shellenberger | 31,692 | 0.6 | |
Republican | Peter Y. Liu | 27,336 | 0.4 | |
Republican | Yvonne Girard | 21,840 | 0.3 | |
Peace and Freedom | Gloria Estela La Riva | 19,075 | 0.3 | |
Democratic | J. Bribiesca | 17,586 | 0.3 | |
Green | Josh Jones | 16,131 | 0.2 | |
Libertarian | Zoltan Istvan | 14,462 | 0.2 | |
Democratic | Albert Caesar Mezzetti | 12,026 | 0.2 | |
Libertarian | Nickolas Wildstar | 11,566 | 0.2 | |
Democratic | Robert Davidson Griffis | 11,103 | 0.2 | |
Democratic | Akinyemi Agbede | 9,380 | 0.1 | |
Democratic | Thomas Jefferson Cares | 8,937 | 0.1 | |
Green | Christopher N. Carlson | 7,302 | 0.1 | |
Democratic | Klement Tinaj | 5,368 | 0.1 | |
No party preference | Hakan "Hawk" Mikado | 5,346 | 0.1 | |
No party preference | Johnny Wattenburg | 4,973 | 0.1 | |
No party preference | Desmond Silveira | 4,633 | 0.1 | |
No party preference | Shubham Goel | 4,020 | 0.1 | |
No party preference | Jeffrey Edward Taylor | 3,973 | 0.1 | |
Green | Veronika Fimbres (write-in) | 62 | 0.0 | |
No party preference | Arman Soltani (write-in) | 32 | 0.0 | |
No party preference | Peter Crawford Valentino (write-in) | 21 | 0.0 | |
Republican | K. Pearce (write-in) | 8 | 0.0 | |
No party preference | Armando M. Arreola (write-in) | 1 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 6,961,254 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Gavin Newsom | 7,721,410 | 61.9 | |
Republican | John H. Cox | 4,742,825 | 38.1 | |
Total votes | 12,464,235 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Incumbent Democrat Gavin Newsom was term-limited and was succeeded by the Democratic former United States Ambassador to Hungary Eleni Kounalakis.
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Eleni Kounalakis | 1,587,940 | 24.2 | |
Democratic | Ed Hernandez | 1,347,442 | 20.6 | |
Republican | Cole Harris | 1,144,003 | 17.5 | |
Democratic | Jeff Bleich | 648,045 | 9.9 | |
Republican | David Fennell | 515,956 | 7.9 | |
Republican | Lydia Ortega | 419,512 | 6.4 | |
Republican | David R. Hernandez | 404,982 | 6.2 | |
No party preference | Gayle McLaughlin | 263,364 | 4.0 | |
Libertarian | Tim Ferreira | 99,949 | 1.5 | |
Democratic | Cameron Gharabiklou | 78,267 | 1.2 | |
No party preference | Danny Thomas | 44,121 | 0.7 | |
No party preference | Marjan S. Fariba (write-in) | 18 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 6,553,599 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Eleni Kounalakis | 5,914,068 | 56.6 | |
Democratic | Ed Hernandez | 4,543,863 | 43.4 | |
Total votes | 10,457,931 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Incumbent Democrat Xavier Becerra won his first election after his appointment and confirmation to the office on January 24, 2017.
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Xavier Becerra (incumbent) | 3,024,611 | 45.8 | |
Republican | Steven C. Bailey | 1,615,859 | 24.5 | |
Democratic | Dave Jones | 1,017,427 | 15.4 | |
Republican | Eric Early | 943,071 | 14.3 | |
Total votes | 6,600,968 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Xavier Becerra (incumbent) | 7,790,743 | 63.6 | |
Republican | Steven K. Bailey | 4,465,587 | 36.4 | |
Total votes | 12,256,330 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Incumbent Democrat Alex Padilla won re-election.
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Alex Padilla (incumbent) | 3,475,633 | 52.6 | |
Republican | Mark P. Meuser | 2,047,903 | 31.0 | |
Democratic | Ruben Major | 355,036 | 5.4 | |
Republican | Raul Rodriguez Jr. | 330,460 | 5.0 | |
Libertarian | Gail Lightfoot | 155,879 | 2.4 | |
Green | Michael Feinstein | 136,725 | 2.1 | |
Peace and Freedom | C.T. Weber | 61,375 | 0.9 | |
Green | Erik Rydberg | 48,705 | 0.7 | |
Total votes | 6,611,716 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Alex Padilla (incumbent) | 7,909,521 | 64.5 | |
Republican | Mark P. Meuser | 4,362,545 | 35.5 | |
Total votes | 12,272,066 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Incumbent Democrat John Chiang left office to run for governor and was succeeded by Democratic State Board of Equalization member Fiona Ma.
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Fiona Ma | 2,900,606 | 44.5 | |
Republican | Greg Conlon | 1,357,635 | 20.8 | |
Republican | Jack M. Guerrero | 1,257,315 | 19.3 | |
Democratic | Vivek Viswanathan | 848,026 | 13.0 | |
Peace and Freedom | Kevin Akin | 148,282 | 2.3 | |
Total votes | 6,511,864 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Fiona Ma | 7,825,587 | 64.1 | |
Republican | Greg Conlon | 4,367,816 | 35.9 | |
Total votes | 12,202,403 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Incumbent Democrat Betty Yee won re-election.
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Betty Yee (incumbent) | 4,033,197 | 62.1 | |
Republican | Konstantinos Roditis | 2,200,926 | 33.9 | |
Peace and Freedom | Mary Lou Finley | 261,876 | 4.0 | |
Total votes | 6,495,999 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Betty Yee (incumbent) | 8,013,067 | 65.5 | |
Republican | Konstantinos Roditis | 4,229,480 | 34.5 | |
Total votes | 12,242,547 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Incumbent Democrat Dave Jones was term-limited and was succeeded by Democratic state senator Ricardo Lara.
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
No party preference | Steve Poizner | 2,569,254 | 41.0 | |
Democratic | Ricardo Lara | 2,538,478 | 40.5 | |
Democratic | Asif Mahmood | 846,023 | 13.5 | |
Peace and Freedom | Nathalie Hrizi | 316,149 | 5.0 | |
Total votes | 6,269,904 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Ricardo Lara | 6,186,039 | 52.9 | |
No party preference | Steve Poizner | 5,515,293 | 47.1 | |
Total votes | 11,701,332 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Incumbent Tom Torlakson was term-limited and was succeeded by Democratic state assemblymember Tony Thurmond.
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Marshall Tuck | 2,223,784 | 37.0 | |
Tony Thurmond | 2,136,919 | 35.6 | |
Lily Ploski | 984,932 | 16.4 | |
Steven Ireland | 658,786 | 11.0 | |
Douglas I. Vigil (write-in) | 83 | 0.0 | |
Thomas L. Williams (write-in) | 66 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 6,004,570 | 100.0 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Tony Thurmond | 5,385,912 | 50.9 | |
Marshall Tuck | 5,198,738 | 49.1 | |
Total votes | 10,584,650 | 100.0 |
Incumbent Republican George Runner was term-limited and was succeeded by Republican state senator Ted Gaines.
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Tom Hallinan | 606,159 | 39.4 | |
Republican | Ted Gaines | 500,879 | 32.6 | |
Republican | Connie Conway | 283,477 | 18.4 | |
Republican | David Evans | 147,473 | 9.6 | |
Total votes | 1,537,988 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Ted Gaines | 1,436,547 | 51.4 | |
Democratic | Tom Hallinan | 1,355,782 | 48.6 | |
Total votes | 2,792,329 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Incumbent Democrat Fiona Ma left office to run for state treasurer and was succeeded by Democratic San Francisco supervisor Malia Cohen.
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Malia Cohen | 723,355 | 38.7 | |
Republican | Mark Burns | 502,143 | 26.9 | |
Democratic | Cathleen Galgiani | 480,887 | 25.7 | |
Democratic | Barry Chang | 163,102 | 8.7 | |
Total votes | 1,869,487 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Malia Cohen | 2,482,171 | 72.8 | |
Republican | Mark Burns | 927,949 | 27.2 | |
Total votes | 3,410,120 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Incumbent Democrat Jerome Horton was term-limited and was succeeded by Democratic Santa Monica city councilmember Tony Vazquez.
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | G. Rick Marshall | 335,570 | 26.4 | |
Democratic | Tony Vazquez | 255,988 | 20.2 | |
Democratic | Cheryl C. Turner | 214,916 | 16.9 | |
Democratic | Scott Svonkin | 170,254 | 13.4 | |
Democratic | Nancy Pearlman | 160,105 | 12.6 | |
Democratic | Doug Kriegel | 44,962 | 3.5 | |
Democratic | Ben Pak | 44,588 | 3.5 | |
No party preference | Micheál "Me-Haul" O'Leary | 43,084 | 3.4 | |
Total votes | 1,269,467 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Tony Vazquez | 1,895,972 | 69.2 | |
Republican | G. Rick Marshall | 815,829 | 30.1 | |
Total votes | 2,711,801 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Incumbent Republican Diane Harkey left office to run for the United States House of Representatives and was succeeded by Democratic former San Diego city councilmember and perennial candidate Mike Schaefer.
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Joel Anderson | 492,122 | 31.2 | |
Democratic | Mike Schaefer | 269,044 | 17.0 | |
Republican | John F. Kelly | 263,294 | 16.7 | |
Democratic | David Dodson | 234,534 | 14.9 | |
Democratic | Ken Lopez-Maddox | 228,811 | 14.5 | |
Republican | Jim Stieringer | 58,642 | 3.7 | |
Republican | Nader F. Shahatit | 32,105 | 2.0 | |
Total votes | 1,578,552 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Mike Schaefer | 1,559,373 | 52.2 | |
Republican | Joel Anderson | 1,427,566 | 47.8 | |
Total votes | 2,986,939 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||
Since the passage of a law in November 2011, state primary elections may only feature propositions placed on the ballot by the state legislature. [2]
Choice | Votes | % |
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Yes | 3,808,000 | 57.35 |
No | 2,831,899 | 42.65 |
Total votes | 6,639,899 | 100.00 |
Choice | Votes | % |
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Yes | 5,386,972 | 81.01 |
No | 1,262,455 | 18.99 |
Total votes | 6,649,427 | 100.00 |
Choice | Votes | % |
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No | 4,126,406 | 64.70 |
Yes | 2,251,740 | 35.30 |
Total votes | 6,378,146 | 100.00 |
Choice | Votes | % |
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Yes | 4,995,361 | 77.63 |
No | 1,439,686 | 22.37 |
Total votes | 6,435,047 | 100.00 |
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