| ||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 63.28% (32.34 pp) | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||||||||||||||
Newsom: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Cox: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | ||||||||||||||||
|
Elections in California |
---|
The 2018 California gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the governor of California, concurrently with elections for the rest of California's executive branch, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic governor Jerry Brown was ineligible to run for re-election for a third consecutive (and fifth non-consecutive) term due to term limits from the Constitution of California. The race was between the incumbent Democratic lieutenant governor Gavin Newsom and businessman John H. Cox, a Republican, who qualified for the general election after placing first and second in the June 5, 2018, primary election.
Newsom won in a landslide, with 62% of the vote, the biggest victory in a gubernatorial race in California since Earl Warren won re-election in 1950, and the biggest victory for a non-incumbent since 1930; Newsom received almost eight million votes. [1] The election also marked the first time Orange County had voted for the Democratic candidate since Jerry Brown won it in 1978, and the first time Democrats won three consecutive gubernatorial elections in the state's history. Newsom was sworn in on January 7, 2019.
A primary election was held on June 5, 2018. Under California's non-partisan blanket primary law, all candidates appeared on the same ballot, regardless of party. Voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation. The top two finishers – regardless of party – advance to the general election in November, regardless of whether a candidate manages to receive a majority of the votes cast in the primary election.
From the later half of 2017, Lieutenant governor Gavin Newsom was widely seen as the favored front runner for the top two primary. Businessman John Cox and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa had both been running closely behind Newsom to obtain the second place spot. However soon in late 2017, as more prominent Democrats entered the race, Villaraigosa saw his polling numbers slip out of competition with Cox by the start of 2018. This had mainly left the race between Newsom and Cox, with a third place free for all between Allen and Villaraigosa.
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Travis Allen (R) | John Chiang (D) | John Cox (R) | Delaine Eastin (D) | Gavin Newsom (D) | Antonio Villaraigosa (D) | Other / Undecided |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Competitive Edge Research & Communication Archived 2020-09-10 at the Wayback Machine | May 29–30, 2018 | 504 | ± 4.4% | 10% | 4% | 23% | 5% | 31% | 13% | 15% [lower-alpha 1] |
UC Berkeley | May 22−28, 2018 | 2,106 | ± 3.5% | 12% | 7% | 20% | 4% | 33% | 13% | 11% [lower-alpha 2] |
Emerson College Archived 2018-06-07 at the Wayback Machine | May 21–24, 2018 | 600 | ± 4.2% | 11% | 10% | 16% | 4% | 24% | 12% | 23% [lower-alpha 3] |
YouGov Archived 2018-06-01 at the Wayback Machine | May 12–24, 2018 | 1,113 | ± 4.0% | 10% | 8% | 17% | 4% | 33% | 9% | 16% [lower-alpha 4] |
Competitive Edge Research & Communication Archived 2018-05-25 at the Wayback Machine | May 20–22, 2018 | 501 | ± 4.4% | 9% | 7% | 22% | 8% | 26% | 12% | 17% [lower-alpha 5] |
SurveyUSA | May 21, 2018 | 678 | ± 6.1% | 12% | 10% | 17% | 2% | 33% | 8% | 16% [lower-alpha 6] |
Public Policy Institute of California | May 11–20, 2018 | 901 | ± 4.1% | 11% | 9% | 19% | 6% | 25% | 15% | 16% [lower-alpha 7] |
USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times | April 18 – May 18, 2018 | 517 | ± 4.0% | 5% | 6% | 10% | 3% | 21% | 11% | 43% [lower-alpha 8] |
Gravis Marketing | May 4–5, 2018 | 525 | ± 4.3% | 8% | 9% | 23% | 4% | 22% | 19% | 15% [lower-alpha 9] |
SmithJohnson Research (R-Cox) | April 26–27, 2018 | 533 | ± 4.2% | 13% | 4% | 20% | 4% | 36% | 8% | 16% [lower-alpha 10] |
SurveyUSA | April 19–23, 2018 | 520 | ± 5.5% | 10% | 9% | 15% | 1% | 21% | 18% | 25% [lower-alpha 11] |
UC Berkeley | April 16−22, 2018 | 1,738 | ± 3.5% | 16% | 7% | 18% | 4% | 30% | 9% | 16% [lower-alpha 12] |
J. Wallin Opinion Research/Tulchin Research | March 30 – April 4, 2018 | 800 | ± 3.7% | 9% | 9% | 16% | 5% | 26% | 7% | 28% [lower-alpha 13] |
Public Policy Institute of California | March 25 – April 3, 2018 | 867 | ± 4.4% | 10% | 7% | 15% | 6% | 26% | 13% | 23% [lower-alpha 14] |
SurveyUSA | March 22–25, 2018 | 517 | ± 5.0% | 7% | 9% | 11% | 3% | 22% | 14% | 34% [lower-alpha 15] |
David Binder Research (D-Newsom) | March 16–21, 2018 | 1,750 | – | 13% | 9% | 16% | 2% | 29% | 7% | 24% [lower-alpha 16] |
Public Policy Institute of California | March 7–13, 2018 | 1,706 | ± 3.4% | 10% | 6% | 14% | 5% | 28% | 12% | 25% [lower-alpha 17] |
David Binder Research (D-Newsom) Archived 2018-03-24 at the Wayback Machine | March 1–5, 2018 | 1,000 | – | 10% | 13% | 16% | 7% | 26% | 12% | 16% [lower-alpha 18] |
David Binder Research (D-Newsom) | January 31 – February 4, 2018 | 800 | ± 3.5% | 4% | 11% | 7% | 4% | 30% | 11% | 33% [lower-alpha 19] |
Global Strategy Group (D-Chiang) | January 27 – February 1, 2018 | 500 | – | 7% | 10% | 10% | 5% | 28% | 14% | 3% [lower-alpha 20] |
Public Policy Institute of California | January 21–30, 2018 | 1,705 | ± 3.2% | 8% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 23% | 21% | 28% [lower-alpha 21] |
Tulchin Research/Moore Information Archived 2018-02-06 at the Wayback Machine | January 21–28, 2018 | 2,500 | ± 2.0% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 6% | 29% | 11% | 26% [lower-alpha 22] |
SurveyUSA | January 7–9, 2018 | 506 | ± 4.4% | 9% | 5% | 4% | 1% | 19% | 10% | 53% [lower-alpha 23] |
UC Berkeley | December 7–16, 2017 | 672 | ± 3.8% | 9% | 5% | 9% | 5% | 26% | 17% | 29% [lower-alpha 24] |
Public Policy Institute of California | November 10–19, 2017 | 1,070 | ± 4.3% | 6% | 9% | 9% | 3% | 23% | 18% | 31% [lower-alpha 25] |
USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times | October 27 – November 6, 2017 | 1,070 [lower-alpha 26] | ± 4.0% | 15% | 12% | 11% | 4% | 31% | 21% | 6% [lower-alpha 27] |
UC Berkeley | August 27 – September 5, 2017 | 1,000 | ± 4.0% | 9% | 7% | 11% | 4% | 26% | 10% | 33% [lower-alpha 28] |
SmithJohnson Research (R-Cox) | July 27–30, 2017 | 500 | ± 4.4% | 10% | 7% | 14% | 3% | 25% | 12% | 28% [lower-alpha 13] |
GSSR (D-Chiang) | May 30 – June 5, 2017 | 602 | – | – | 10% | 11% | – | 26% | 12% | – |
UC Berkeley | May 4–29, 2017 | 1,628 | ± 3.3% | – | 5% | 9% | 3% | 22% | 17% | 44% [lower-alpha 29] |
The Feldman Group (D-Villaraigosa) | March 2017 | – | – | – | – | 22% | – | 26% | 20% | – |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | John Chiang (D) | John Cox (R) | Kevin Faulconer (R) | Eric Garcetti (D) | Gavin Newsom (D) | Tom Steyer (D) | Ashley Swearengin (R) | Antonio Villaraigosa (D) | Other / Undecided |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UC Berkeley/YouGov | March 13–20, 2017 | 1,000 | ± 3.6% | 6% | 11% | 11% | 9% | 24% | 4% | – | 7% | 25% [lower-alpha 1] |
Public Policy Polling | January 17–18, 2017 | 882 | ± 3.3% | 2% | – | 20% | 13% | 25% | 4% | 12% | 9% | 16% [lower-alpha 2] |
Field Research Corporation | October 25–31, 2016 | 600 | – | 2% | – | 16% | 7% | 23% | 5% | 11% | 6% | 30% [lower-alpha 3] |
Public Policy Polling | February 6–8, 2015 | 824 | – | 10% | – | 30% | 11% | 22% | – | – | 13% | 26% [lower-alpha 4] |
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 | 0.5% | |
Republican | Peter Y. Liu | 27,336 | 0.4% | |
Republican | Yvonne Girard | 21,840 | 0.3% | |
Peace and Freedom | Gloria La Riva | 19,075 | 0.3% | |
Democratic | J. Bribiesca | 18,586 | 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 | 6,862,254 | 100% |
Red represents counties won by Cox. Blue represents counties won by Newsom. Green represents counties won by Villaraigosa. [132]
County | Newsom % | Cox % | Villaraigosa % | Allen % | Chiang % | Others % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alameda | 53.5% | 10.6% | 10.0% | 4.4% | 9.6% | 11.9% |
Alpine | 38.5% | 24.1% | 6.7% | 8.7% | 10.4% | 11.6% |
Amador | 21.5% | 41.8% | 5.8% | 15.1% | 8.0% | 7.8% |
Butte | 25.6% | 34.4% | 5.5% | 14.5% | 6.1% | 13.9% |
Calaveras | 23.3% | 38.2% | 5.3% | 18.1% | 6.6% | 8.5% |
Colusa | 13.0% | 43.3% | 16.0% | 16.3% | 3.6% | 7.8% |
Contra Costa | 49.9% | 19.7% | 8.7% | 7.4% | 6.9% | 7.4% |
Del Norte | 23.4% | 27.0% | 3.5% | 24.8% | 7.7% | 13.6% |
El Dorado | 24.5% | 40.7% | 5.8% | 13.9% | 8.1% | 7.0% |
Fresno | 16.8% | 33.7% | 20.2% | 14.3% | 7.6% | 7.4% |
Glenn | 12.4% | 48.1% | 7.9% | 18.2% | 3.3% | 10.1% |
Humboldt | 37.9% | 22.3% | 5.0% | 9.6% | 6.4% | 18.8% |
Imperial | 11.8% | 22.7% | 31.2% | 9.8% | 7.9% | 16.6% |
Inyo | 22.6% | 30.7% | 8.6% | 15.9% | 8.7% | 13.5% |
Kern | 12.1% | 40.6% | 13.9% | 19.9% | 5.4% | 8.1% |
Kings | 9.4% | 36.7% | 17.0% | 23.8% | 6.7% | 6.4% |
Lake | 37.5% | 28.4% | 6.6% | 12.0% | 5.0% | 10.5% |
Lassen | 13.1% | 41.7% | 2.1% | 26.8% | 6.6% | 9.7% |
Los Angeles | 32.7% | 19.6% | 21.7% | 5.8% | 13.2% | 7.0% |
Madera | 12.8% | 40.2% | 15.7% | 18.9% | 5.2% | 7.2% |
Marin | 64.1% | 12.5% | 8.2% | 3.8% | 5.3% | 6.1% |
Mariposa | 19.1% | 34.9% | 8.2% | 23.4% | 6.3% | 8.1% |
Mendocino | 45.2% | 17.9% | 7.8% | 9.1% | 5.1% | 14.9% |
Merced | 18.2% | 29.7% | 17.9% | 16.0% | 7.3% | 10.8% |
Modoc | 11.4% | 49.9% | 3.0% | 18.0% | 3.1% | 14.6% |
Mono | 31.6% | 26.1% | 12.2% | 12.0% | 5.0% | 13.1% |
Monterey | 37.8% | 19.8% | 16.8% | 9.4% | 6.6% | 9.6% |
Napa | 46.1% | 19.4% | 10.0% | 9.7% | 5.5% | 9.3% |
Nevada | 34.1% | 25.7% | 5.9% | 17.4% | 7.0% | 9.9% |
Orange | 24.3% | 36.3% | 11.4% | 11.5% | 9.0% | 7.5% |
Placer | 25.7% | 40.2% | 5.8% | 13.1% | 9.0% | 6.2% |
Plumas | 26.9% | 38.5% | 3.8% | 15.5% | 5.7% | 9.6% |
Riverside | 22.3% | 34.4% | 13.7% | 15.3% | 7.5% | 6.8% |
Sacramento | 29.7% | 26.2% | 10.7% | 10.2% | 14.5% | 8.7% |
San Benito | 33.6% | 23.4% | 13.3% | 16.0% | 4.8% | 8.9% |
San Bernardino | 19.7% | 33.9% | 15.2% | 14.7% | 9.2% | 7.3% |
San Diego | 30.5% | 32.6% | 10.4% | 7.5% | 9.8% | 9.2% |
San Francisco | 57.5% | 6.6% | 9.1% | 2.2% | 8.9% | 15.7% |
San Joaquin | 26.3% | 31.4% | 11.1% | 13.6% | 9.3% | 8.3% |
San Luis Obispo | 33.2% | 29.4% | 6.8% | 14.6% | 7.3% | 8.7% |
San Mateo | 55.0% | 13.9% | 10.4% | 5.1% | 7.1% | 8.5% |
Santa Barbara | 33.8% | 26.2% | 12.3% | 11.5% | 6.8% | 9.4% |
Santa Clara | 48.5% | 13.9% | 10.9% | 8.3% | 7.7% | 10.7% |
Santa Cruz | 52.4% | 11.8% | 11.5% | 7.0% | 4.5% | 12.8% |
Shasta | 16.9% | 44.3% | 3.9% | 19.9% | 4.5% | 10.5% |
Sierra | 22.9% | 35.1% | 3.7% | 17.6% | 7.1% | 13.6% |
Siskiyou | 23.3% | 34.5% | 3.4% | 18.5% | 5.0% | 15.3% |
Solano | 41.6% | 23.3% | 8.9% | 11.3% | 6.9% | 8.0% |
Sonoma | 54.6% | 16.4% | 8.9% | 5.5% | 4.9% | 9.7% |
Stanislaus | 23.2% | 31.6% | 12.3% | 16.3% | 7.3% | 9.3% |
Sutter | 16.4% | 40.0% | 8.3% | 17.4% | 8.2% | 9.7% |
Tehama | 13.2% | 45.4% | 4.5% | 21.6% | 4.7% | 10.6% |
Trinity | 23.6% | 31.4% | 4.7% | 17.9% | 5.4% | 17.0% |
Tulare | 13.9% | 36.5% | 16.4% | 20.4% | 5.2% | 7.6% |
Tuolumne | 26.8% | 37.6% | 5.7% | 15.8% | 5.6% | 8.5% |
Ventura | 26.7% | 32.6% | 13.4% | 9.1% | 11.0% | 7.2% |
Yolo | 31.6% | 19.9% | 13.7% | 7.0% | 14.6% | 13.2% |
Yuba | 16.3% | 39.6% | 7.6% | 21.1% | 6.6% | 8.8% |
Totals | 33.6% | 25.5% | 13.3% | 9.5% | 9.5% | 8.6% |
Source | Ranking | As of |
---|---|---|
The Cook Political Report [133] | Safe D | October 26, 2018 |
The Washington Post [134] | Likely D | November 5, 2018 |
FiveThirtyEight [135] | Safe D | November 5, 2018 |
Rothenberg Political Report [136] | Safe D | November 1, 2018 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [137] | Safe D | November 5, 2018 |
RealClearPolitics [138] | Likely D | November 4, 2018 |
Daily Kos [139] | Safe D | November 5, 2018 |
Fox News [140] [lower-alpha 5] | Likely D | November 5, 2018 |
Politico [141] | Safe D | November 5, 2018 |
Governing [142] | Safe D | November 5, 2018 |
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Gavin Newsom (D) | John Cox (R) | None | Other | Undecided |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Change Research [ better source needed ] | November 2–4, 2018 | 1,108 | – | 53% | 41% | – | – | – |
Research Co. | November 1–3, 2018 | 450 | ± 4.6% | 58% | 38% | – | – | 4% |
SurveyUSA | November 1–2, 2018 | 924 | ± 4.6% | 53% | 38% | – | – | 9% |
Probolsky Research | October 25–30, 2018 | 900 | ± 3.3% | 47% | 37% | – | – | 16% |
Thomas Partners Strategies | October 25–27, 2018 | 1,068 | ± 3.5% | 55% | 42% | – | – | 3% |
Gravis Marketing | October 25–26, 2018 | 743 | ± 3.6% | 55% | 35% | – | – | 9% |
UC Berkeley | October 19–25, 2018 | 1,339 | ± 4.0% | 58% | 40% | – | – | 2% |
YouGov [ permanent dead link ] | October 10–24, 2018 | 2,178 | ± 3.1% | 53% | 34% | 3% | – | 10% |
Public Policy Institute of California | October 12–21, 2018 | 989 | ± 4.2% | 49% | 38% | 2% | – | 10% |
Thomas Partners Strategies | October 18–20, 2018 | 1,068 | ± 3.5% | 54% | 41% | – | – | 5% |
Emerson College | October 17–19, 2018 | 671 | ± 4.1% | 52% | 32% | – | – | 16% |
SurveyUSA | October 12–14, 2018 | 762 | ± 4.9% | 52% | 35% | – | – | 14% |
Thomas Partners Strategies | October 12–14, 2018 | 1,068 | ± 3.5% | 51% | 43% | – | – | 6% |
USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times | September 17 – October 14, 2018 | 794 LV | ± 4.0% | 54% | 31% | – | – | 15% |
980 RV | ± 4.0% | 51% | 30% | – | – | 19% | ||
Thomas Partners Strategies | October 5–7, 2018 | 1,068 | ± 3.5% | 54% | 42% | – | – | 4% |
Thomas Partners Strategies | September 28–30, 2018 | 1,068 | ± 3.5% | 50% | 45% | – | – | 5% |
Thomas Partners Strategies | September 21–23, 2018 | 1,068 | ± 3.5% | 53% | 42% | – | – | 5% |
Vox Populi Polling | September 16–18, 2018 | 500 | ± 4.4% | 60% | 40% | – | – | – |
Public Policy Institute of California | September 9–18, 2018 | 964 | ± 4.8% | 51% | 39% | 3% | – | 7% |
Thomas Partners Strategies Archived 2018-09-25 at the Wayback Machine | September 14–16, 2018 | 1,040 | ± 3.5% | 45% | 41% | – | – | 14% |
Ipsos | September 5–14, 2018 | 1,021 | ± 4.0% | 52% | 40% | – | 3% | 6% |
Thomas Partners Strategies | September 7–9, 2018 | 1,227 | ± 3.3% | 48% | 40% | – | – | 12% |
Probolsky Research | August 29 – September 2, 2018 | 900 | ± 5.8% | 44% | 39% | – | – | 17% |
Public Policy Institute of California | July 8–17, 2018 | 1,020 | ± 4.3% | 55% | 31% | 5% | – | 9% |
SurveyUSA | June 26–27, 2018 | 559 | ± 5.9% | 58% | 29% | – | – | 13% |
USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times | June 6–17, 2018 | 767 | ± 4.0% | 45% | 28% | – | – | 27% |
J. Wallin Opinion Research/Tulchin Research | March 30 – April 4, 2018 | 800 | ± 3.7% | 42% | 32% | – | – | 26% |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | John Chiang (D) | Gavin Newsom (D) | Undecided |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Global Strategy Group (D-Chiang) | January 27 – February 1, 2018 | 500 | 44% | 30% | – |
Public Policy Polling | February 6–8, 2015 | 824 | 30% | 37% | 33% |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Gavin Newsom (D) | Antonio Villaraigosa (D) | Undecided |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Wallin Opinion Research/Tulchin Research | March 30 – April 4, 2018 | 800 | ± 3.7% | 38% | 21% | 41% |
Public Policy Polling | February 6–8, 2015 | 824 | – | 42% | 22% | 36% |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Eric Garcetti (D) | Antonio Villaraigosa (D) | Undecided |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Public Policy Polling | February 6–8, 2015 | 824 | 28% | 30% | 42% |
Newsom won the general election by the largest margin of any California gubernatorial candidate since Earl Warren's re-election in 1950. In addition to winning the traditional Democratic strongholds of the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles County, Sacramento, and North Coast, Newsom performed well in the traditionally swing Central Coast, San Bernardino County, and San Diego County, as well as narrowly winning traditionally Republican Orange County – the latter voting for a Democrat for the first time in a gubernatorial election since Jerry Brown's first re-election in 1978. Cox did well in the state's more rural areas, even flipping Stanislaus County; Stanislaus is the only county that voted for Brown in 2014 but flipped to Cox in 2018. Cox also narrowly won Fresno County and Riverside County in the Inland Empire in addition to handily winning traditionally Republican Kern County in the Central Valley.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Gavin Newsom | 7,721,410 | 61.95% | +1.98% | |
Republican | John H. Cox | 4,742,825 | 38.05% | −1.98% | |
Total votes | 12,464,235 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,712,542 | 64.54% | |||
Registered electors | 19,696,371 | ||||
Democratic hold |
Blue represents counties won by Newsom. Red represents counties won by Cox. [190]
County | Gavin Newsom Democratic | John Cox Republican | Total Votes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
# | % | # | % | # | |
Alameda | 462,558 | 80.6% | 111,677 | 19.4% | 574,235 |
Alpine | 386 | 62.8% | 229 | 37.2% | 615 |
Amador | 6,237 | 35.5% | 11,356 | 64.5% | 17,593 |
Butte | 41,500 | 46.8% | 47,226 | 53.2% | 88,726 |
Calaveras | 7,765 | 35.9% | 13,845 | 64.1% | 21,610 |
Colusa | 1,999 | 34.7% | 3,764 | 65.3% | 5,763 |
Contra Costa | 283,805 | 68.2% | 132,345 | 31.8% | 416,150 |
Del Norte | 3,441 | 41.3% | 4,887 | 58.7% | 8,328 |
El Dorado | 36,297 | 40.6% | 53,140 | 59.4% | 89,437 |
Fresno | 124,332 | 49.1% | 128,974 | 50.9% | 253,306 |
Glenn | 2,424 | 29.1% | 5,908 | 70.9% | 8,332 |
Humboldt | 33,455 | 64.5% | 18,418 | 35.5% | 51,873 |
Imperial | 20,573 | 61.7% | 12,785 | 38.3% | 33,358 |
Inyo | 3,244 | 44.7% | 4,018 | 55.3% | 7,262 |
Kern | 83,507 | 41.1% | 119,870 | 58.9% | 203,377 |
Kings | 12,275 | 40.6% | 17,976 | 59.4% | 30,251 |
Lake | 10,869 | 51.4% | 10,280 | 48.6% | 21,149 |
Lassen | 2,043 | 22.7% | 6,973 | 77.3% | 9,016 |
Los Angeles | 2,114,699 | 71.9% | 826,402 | 28.1% | 2,941,101 |
Madera | 15,037 | 39.0% | 23,488 | 61.0% | 38,525 |
Marin | 103,671 | 79.5% | 26,750 | 20.5% | 130,421 |
Mariposa | 3,183 | 38.7% | 5,043 | 61.3% | 8,226 |
Mendocino | 22,152 | 66.3% | 11,255 | 33.7% | 33,407 |
Merced | 30,783 | 52.0% | 28,424 | 48.0% | 59,207 |
Modoc | 820 | 23.8% | 2,628 | 76.2% | 3,448 |
Mono | 2,706 | 55.8% | 2,147 | 44.2% | 4,853 |
Monterey | 76,648 | 66.0% | 39,516 | 34.0% | 116,164 |
Napa | 36,513 | 64.8% | 19,834 | 35.2% | 56,347 |
Nevada | 27,985 | 52.9% | 24,882 | 47.1% | 52,867 |
Orange | 543,047 | 50.1% | 539,951 | 49.9% | 1,082,998 |
Placer | 72,270 | 41.2% | 103,157 | 58.8% | 175,427 |
Plumas | 3,433 | 37.2% | 5,807 | 62.8% | 9,240 |
Riverside | 319,845 | 49.8% | 322,243 | 50.2% | 642,088 |
Sacramento | 302,696 | 58.8% | 212,010 | 41.2% | 514,706 |
San Benito | 11,274 | 56.1% | 8,815 | 43.9% | 20,089 |
San Bernardino | 276,874 | 51.5% | 260,379 | 48.5% | 537,253 |
San Diego | 658,346 | 56.9% | 499,532 | 43.1% | 1,157,878 |
San Francisco | 312,181 | 86.4% | 49,181 | 13.6% | 361,362 |
San Joaquin | 101,474 | 52.2% | 92,966 | 47.8% | 194,440 |
San Luis Obispo | 65,117 | 51.6% | 61,137 | 48.4% | 126,254 |
San Mateo | 213,282 | 75.2% | 70,242 | 24.8% | 283,524 |
Santa Barbara | 93,841 | 60.5% | 61,300 | 39.5% | 155,141 |
Santa Clara | 438,758 | 71.4% | 175,791 | 28.6% | 614,549 |
Santa Cruz | 91,523 | 76.8% | 27,665 | 23.2% | 119,188 |
Shasta | 20,256 | 28.9% | 49,825 | 71.1% | 70,081 |
Sierra | 599 | 35.9% | 1,068 | 64.1% | 1,667 |
Siskiyou | 7,218 | 39.7% | 10,946 | 60.3% | 18,164 |
Solano | 89,694 | 61.3% | 56,627 | 38.7% | 146,321 |
Sonoma | 152,040 | 72.3% | 58,338 | 27.7% | 210,378 |
Stanislaus | 77,220 | 49.2% | 79,751 | 50.8% | 156,971 |
Sutter | 11,122 | 37.0% | 18,953 | 63.0% | 30,075 |
Tehama | 5,756 | 27.5% | 15,137 | 72.5% | 20,893 |
Trinity | 2,250 | 42.3% | 3,075 | 57.7% | 5,325 |
Tulare | 42,702 | 42.8% | 57,012 | 57.2% | 99,714 |
Tuolumne | 9,294 | 38.9% | 14,580 | 61.1% | 23,874 |
Ventura | 171,729 | 55.6% | 137,393 | 44.4% | 309,122 |
Yolo | 49,759 | 67.8% | 23,611 | 32.2% | 73,370 |
Yuba | 6,903 | 36.0% | 12,293 | 64.0% | 19,196 |
Totals | 7,721,410 | 61.9% | 4,742,825 | 38.1% | 12,464,235 |
Newsom won 42 of the 53 congressional districts. Cox won 11, including four won by Democrats. [191]
Demographic subgroup | Newsom | Cox | % of total vote |
---|---|---|---|
Ideology | |||
Liberals | 90 | 10 | 34 |
Moderates | 59 | 41 | 37 |
Conservatives | 16 | 84 | 29 |
Party | |||
Democrats | 93 | 7 | 46 |
Republicans | 7 | 93 | 23 |
Independents | 53 | 47 | 31 |
Party by gender | |||
Democratic men | 92 | 8 | 18 |
Democratic women | 93 | 7 | 28 |
Republican men | 6 | 94 | 12 |
Republican women | 9 | 91 | 10 |
Independent men | 53 | 47 | 18 |
Independent women | 54 | 46 | 13 |
Gender | |||
Men | 56 | 44 | 48 |
Women | 65 | 35 | 52 |
Marital status | |||
Married | 57 | 43 | 57 |
Unmarried | 65 | 35 | 43 |
Gender by marital status | |||
Married men | 53 | 47 | 35 |
Married women | 64 | 36 | 22 |
Unmarried men | 58 | 42 | 19 |
Unmarried women | 68 | 32 | 24 |
Race and ethnicity | |||
White | 57 | 43 | 63 |
Black | 84 | 16 | 6 |
Latino | 64 | 36 | 19 |
Asian | 65 | 35 | 8 |
Other | 71 | 29 | 3 |
Gender by race and ethnicity | |||
White men | 54 | 46 | 31 |
White women | 59 | 41 | 32 |
Black men | 78 | 22 | 2 |
Black women | 87 | 13 | 4 |
Latino men | 61 | 39 | 9 |
Latino women | 67 | 33 | 10 |
Others | 67 | 33 | 11 |
Religion | |||
Protestant, Other Christian | 46 | 54 | 34 |
Catholic | 56 | 44 | 21 |
Jewish | 72 | 28 | 4 |
Other religion | 76 | 24 | 10 |
No religion | 79 | 21 | 31 |
Religious service attendance | |||
Weekly or more | 46 | 54 | 21 |
A few times a month | 56 | 44 | 13 |
A few times a year | 71 | 29 | 23 |
Never | 69 | 31 | 43 |
White evangelical or born-again Christian | |||
Yes | 18 | 82 | 11 |
No | 65 | 35 | 89 |
Age | |||
18–24 years old | 72 | 28 | 8 |
25–29 years old | 66 | 34 | 7 |
30–39 years old | 65 | 35 | 15 |
40–49 years old | 58 | 42 | 14 |
50–64 years old | 56 | 44 | 29 |
65 and older | 57 | 43 | 27 |
Sexual orientation | |||
LGBT | 83 | 17 | 5 |
Heterosexual | 58 | 42 | 95 |
First time voter | |||
First time voter | 69 | 31 | 18 |
Everyone else | 58 | 42 | 82 |
Education | |||
High school or less | 58 | 42 | 19 |
Some college education | 56 | 44 | 29 |
Associate degree | 60 | 40 | 13 |
Bachelor's degree | 65 | 35 | 24 |
Advanced degree | 63 | 37 | 16 |
Education by race and ethnicity | |||
White college graduates | 59 | 41 | 28 |
White no college degree | 55 | 45 | 35 |
Non-white college graduates | 78 | 22 | 11 |
Non-white no college degree | 64 | 36 | 25 |
Education by race, ethnicity, and sex | |||
White women with college degrees | 62 | 38 | 13 |
White women without college degrees | 56 | 44 | 19 |
White men with college degrees | 56 | 44 | 15 |
White men without college degrees | 52 | 48 | 17 |
Non-whites | 68 | 32 | 36 |
Family income | |||
Under $30,000 | 57 | 43 | 17 |
$30,000–49,999 | 66 | 34 | 21 |
$50,000–99,999 | 55 | 45 | 22 |
$100,000–199,999 | 45 | 55 | 27 |
Over $200,000 | 41 | 59 | 13 |
Military service | |||
Veterans | 32 | 68 | 14 |
Non-veterans | 64 | 36 | 86 |
Issue regarded as most important | |||
Health care | 85 | 15 | 43 |
Immigration | 36 | 64 | 18 |
Economy | 35 | 65 | 21 |
Gun policy | 66 | 34 | 15 |
Gavin Christopher Newsom is an American politician and businessman serving since 2019 as the 40th governor of California. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 49th lieutenant governor of California from 2011 to 2019 and the 42nd mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011.
Robert Myles Hertzberg is an American politician who previously served in the California State Senate. A Democrat, he represented the 18th Senate District, which includes parts of the San Fernando Valley.
John Herman Cox is an American businessman, housing developer, and political activist, who has run for public office several times, mostly recently for Governor of California as a Republican Party candidate.
Janice Kay Hahn is an American politician serving as a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from the 4th district since 2016. A member of the Democratic Party, she was a U.S. Representative from California from 2011 to 2016, elected in the 36th congressional district until 2013 and later in the 44th congressional district. She was previously a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing the 15th district from 2001 to 2011. From 1997 to 1999, she served as an elected representative on the Los Angeles Charter Reform Commission.
Antonio Ramón Villaraigosa is an American politician who served as the 41st Mayor of Los Angeles from 2005 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Villaraigosa was a national co-chairman of Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign, a member of President Barack Obama's Transition Economic Advisory Board, and chair of the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
The 2014 California gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the governor of California, concurrently with elections for the rest of California's executive branch, as well as elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, with a primary election on June 3, 2014. Voters elected the 53 U.S. representatives from the state of California, one from each of the state's 53 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other offices, including a gubernatorial election.
The 2016 United States Senate election in California was held on November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of California, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 2018 United States Senate election in California took place on November 6, 2018, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent California, concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California were held on November 6, 2018, with the primary elections being held on June 5, 2018. Voters elected the 53 U.S. representatives from the state of California, one from each of the state's 53 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other offices, including a gubernatorial election, other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections.
The 2018 California Attorney General election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the Attorney General of California. The 2014 election winner Kamala Harris was elected to the United States Senate during the 2016 Senate election; incumbent Democratic Attorney General, Xavier Becerra won election to a full term.
The 2018 California Superintendent of Public Instruction primary election was held on June 5, 2018, to elect the Superintendent of Public Instruction of California. Unlike most other elections in California, the superintendent is not elected under the state's "top-two primary". Instead, the officially nonpartisan position is elected via a general election, with a runoff held on November 6, 2018, because no candidate received a majority of the vote.
The 2018 California Insurance Commissioner election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the Insurance Commissioner of California. Under California's nonpartisan blanket primary law, all candidates appear on the same ballot, regardless of party. In the primary, voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation. The top two finishers — regardless of party — advance to the general election in November, even if a candidate manages to receive a majority of the votes cast in the primary election.
A special election was held for Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco on June 5, 2018, to fill the remainder of the term of Ed Lee, who had died in office on December 12, 2017. Upon Lee's death, London Breed, President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, became Acting Mayor of San Francisco, but a vote of six supervisors replaced Breed with Supervisor Mark Farrell. The mayoral election was held concurrently with the statewide direct primary election. In San Francisco, the election for the eighth district member of the board of supervisors was also on the ballot.
The 2024 United States Senate elections in California will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of California. There will be two ballot items for the same Class 1 seat: a special election to fill the seat for the final two months of the 118th United States Congress, and a regular general election for a full term that starts on January 3, 2025, starting in the 119th United States Congress.
The 2022 California gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of California, with the statewide top-two primary election taking place on June 7, 2022. Incumbent Democratic Party Governor Gavin Newsom was re-elected to a second term after surviving a recall election in 2021, during his first term.
California Proposition 68 was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment that appeared on ballots in California in the June primary election in 2018. It was a $4.1bn bond measure to fund parks, environmental projects, water infrastructure projects and flood protection measures throughout California.
The 2021 California gubernatorial recall election was a special recall election that began in August 2021 and concluded on September 14, 2021, when California voters chose not to recall incumbent Democratic governor Gavin Newsom, elected for the term January 2019 to January 2023.
The 2024 California State Senate election will be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, with the primary election being held on March 5, 2024. Voters in the 20 odd-numbered districts of the California State Senate will elect their representatives. The elections will coincide with the elections for other offices, including the state Assembly.
The 2026 California gubernatorial election will take place on November 3, 2026, to elect the next governor of California. The statewide top-two primary election will take place on June 2, 2026. Incumbent Democratic governor Gavin Newsom will be term-limited and ineligible to seek reelection.