2018 California lieutenant gubernatorial election

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2018 California lieutenant gubernatorial election
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  2014 November 6, 2018 2022  
  Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis (cropped).jpg Official Headshot Senator Hernandez (cropped).jpg
Candidate Eleni Kounalakis Ed Hernandez
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote5,914,0684,543,863
Percentage56.55%43.45%

2018 California lieutenant gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Kounalakis:     50–60%     60–70%
Hernandez:     50–60%     60–70%

Lieutenant Governor before election

Gavin Newsom
Democratic

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Eleni Kounalakis
Democratic

The 2018 California lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the lieutenant governor of California. Incumbent Democratic lieutenant governor Gavin Newsom was ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits and ran for governor of California instead. Democrats Eleni Kounalakis and Ed Hernandez faced each other in the general election, as no Republican finished in the top two positions of the nonpartisan blanket primary that was held on June 5, 2018.

Contents

Primary

Candidates

Democratic Party

Declared
Declined

Republican Party

Declared
  • David Fennell, venture capitalist [13]
  • Cole Harris, businessman [13]
  • David Hernandez, retired business owner [14]
  • Lydia Ortega, San Jose State University economics professor [15] [16]
  • Matthew Salzer, micronationlist (write-in)
Declined

Libertarian Party

Declared

No party preference

Declared

Endorsements

Jeff Bleich
Organizations
Newspaper editorial boards
Federal officials
State legislators
Local officials
Community leaders and activists
Tech leaders
Cole Harris
Individuals
Organizations
Newspapers
David Hernandez
Individuals
Organizations
  • Apartment Owners Association of California
  • Business Environmental Coalition
  • Southern California Republican Women and Men
Local officials
Ed Hernandez
Federal officials
State officials
State legislators
Eleni Kounalakis
Executive branch officials
U.S. representatives
Federal officials
  • Colleen Bell, former U.S. Ambassador
  • Shelly Berkley, former U.S. Congresswoman
  • Nicholas Burns, former U.S. Ambassador to NATO
  • Mike McFaul, former U.S. Ambassador
  • Ellen Tauscher, former Undersecretary of State and U.S. Congresswoman
State officials
  • Phil Angelides, former California State Treasurer
  • John Burton, former State Senator and California Democratic Party Chair
  • Chuck Carpenter, former Contra Costa County Democratic Party Chair
  • Michael Dukakis, former Massachusetts Governor
  • Jennifer Granholm, former Michigan Governor
  • Mark Leno, former State Senator
  • Lloyd Levine, former California State Assembly Member
  • Sally Lieber, former Assembly Speaker Pro Tem
  • Blanca Rubio, California State Assembly Member
Local officials
  • Art Agnos, former San Francisco Mayor
  • Michela Alioto-Pier, former San Francisco Supervisor
  • Scott Alvord, Roseville City Council Member
  • Emily Beach, Burlingame City Council Member
  • Lou Blanas, former Sacramento County Sheriff
  • David Campos, former San Francisco Supervisor
  • Catherine Carlton, Menlo Park City Council Member
  • Marie Chuang, Hillsborough Mayor
  • Mark Farrell, San Francisco Supervisor
  • Christina Fugazi, Stockton City Council Member
  • Jim Gonzalez, former San Francisco Supervisor
  • James Gore, Sonoma Supervisor
  • Mary Jane Griego, Olivehurst Public Utility District Chair
  • Heidi Hall, Nevada County Supervisor
  • Cecily Harris, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Board Member
  • Vicki Hennessey, San Francisco Sheriff
  • Dennis Herrera, San Francisco City Attorney
  • Sam Hindi, Foster City Mayor
  • Kerri Howell, Folsom City Vice Mayor
  • Ardashes "Ardy" Kassakhian, Glendale City Clerk
  • Leslie Katz, former San Francisco Supervisor
  • Teddy Gray King, Piedmont City Council Member
  • Ed Lee, former mayor of San Francisco (deceased)
  • Wayne J. Lee, Millbrae City Council Member
  • Joey Luiz, former City of Clearlake Mayor
  • Steve Ly, Elk Grove Mayor
  • Fiona Ma, Board of Equalization Member
  • John Marquez, Contra Costa Community College District Board Trustee
  • Shelly Masur, Redwood City Council Member
  • Julia Mates, Belmont Planning Commission Chair
  • Anu Natarajan, former Fremont City Council Member
  • David Onek, former San Francisco Police Commissioner
  • Karl Ory, Chico City Council Member
  • Diane Papan, San Mateo City Council Member
  • Gina Papan, Millbrae Mayor
  • Tom Pratt, Vallecito Union School Board Vice Chair
  • Don Saylor, Yolo County Supervisor
  • Libby Schaaf, mayor of Oakland
  • Thea Selby, President of the San Francisco Community College Board
  • Phil Serna, Sacramento County Supervisor
  • Esmeralda Soria, Fresno City Council President
  • Darrell Steinberg, mayor of Sacramento
  • Charles Stone, Belmont Mayor
  • Caroline Torosis, City of Santa Monica Rent Control Board Commissioner
  • Larry S. Tract, Florin County Water District Chair & Director
  • Michael Tubbs, Stockton Mayor
Organizations
  • California Federation of Teachers
  • California League of Conservation Voters
  • California National Organization for Women (NOW)
  • California Women's List
  • California Young Democrats Black Caucus
  • California's Legislative Women's Caucus
  • EMILY's List
  • Equality California
  • Fresno County Young Democrats
  • Marin County Young Democrats
  • NARAL Pro-Choice California [59]
  • National Women's Political Caucus
  • Northern California Carpenters Regional Council
  • Porterville Democratic Club
  • Riverside County Young Democrats
  • Sacramento County Young Democrats
  • San Fernando Valley Young Democrats
  • SEIU Local 2579 - Employees Union
  • Stonewall Young Democrats
  • Tulare County Stonewall Democrats
  • Ventura County Young Democrats
Community leaders and activists
  • Willie Adams, International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Secretary-Treasurer
  • Norma Alcala, trustee of the Washington Unified School District
  • Maria Alegria, chair, The Democratic Party of Contra Costa County
  • Panorea Avdis, director of the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development
  • Prameela Bartholomeusz, Finance Director, Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee
  • Sascha Bittner, activist
  • Nancy Bui-Thompson, Board of Directors, SMUD
  • Teri Burns, Member, Natomas Unified School District
  • Robert Camacho
  • Amy Champ, Regional Director, Region 4 and Gold Country Vice Chair, Rural Caucus of the California Democratic Party*
  • Norman Chramoff, co-chair, CA Democratic Party Platform Committee*
  • Judy Y. Chu, Ed.D., Stanford University early childhood development expert
  • Deborah Cunningham-Skurnik, Region 18 Chair, California Democratic Party
  • Kath Delaney
  • Andrea Dew Steele, President of Emerge*
  • Baljinder Dhillon, Sutter County Board of Education Superintendent
  • Robert W. Duggleby, MA, MS, colonel, United States Army (Ret.)
  • Kara Dukakis, Director, Too Small to Fail*
  • Andrew Ertl
  • Grace Espindola, North Valley Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
  • Linda Fadeke-Richardson, Commissioner, San Francisco Treasure Island Development Authority
  • Marla Fields, president, Sustainable Novato
  • Orlando Fuentes, board member, Cosumnes CSD
  • Susan Gutowsky, president, Placer Women Democrats
  • Kevin Hendrick, former Delegate Chair of Del Norte
  • Luke Heslip, president, Marin County Young Democrats
  • Brodie Hilp, member, San Ramon Valley Democratic Club & Democratic Party of Contra Costa County
  • Alice A. Huffman, DNC Member
  • Jenita Johnson Rodriguez, Northern Central Vice Chair, Rural Caucus
  • Carol Keavney, President, Democratic Women's Council of the Conejo Valley
  • Hene Kelly, Chair, California Democratic Party Disabilities Caucus
  • Susan Kennedy, founder and CEO of Advanced MicroGrid Solutions
  • Laura Lowell, Chair, Calaveras County Democratic Central Committee
  • Dennis Mangers, Sacramento LGBT Community Leader
  • Debbie Mesloh, Co-Chair, Bay Area Women's Summit*
  • William Monroe, California Democratic Party Region 12 Director
  • Bob Mulholland, Democratic advisor
  • Jocelyn Navarro, District Representative, Sacramento City Council
  • Michael Pappas, Executive Director of the San Francisco Interfaith Council
  • Christine Pelosi, chair, California Democratic Party Women's Caucus
  • Neil Pople, president, Natomas Democratic Club
  • Tom Pratt, president, Fine Arts Coverage Enterprises
  • Susan Rowe, Chief Vice Chair, Rural Caucus
  • Michael Sestak, Sestak Lighting Design
  • Deepa Sharma, Northern California Outreach Chair, Asian Pacific Islander Caucus, California Democratic Party
  • Genevieve Shiroma, Board of Directors, SMUD
  • Tiffany Shlain, filmmaker and founder of 50/50
  • Andrea Shorter, Commissioner, Commission on the Status of Women
  • Silissa Vriarte Smith, AD70 California Democratic Party Delegate
  • Julie D. Soo, co-chair, CA Democratic Party Platform Committee*, Commissioner, San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women*
  • Lynne Standard-Nightengale, Chair, Amador County Democrats
  • Admiral James Stavridis, Dean of Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
  • Kerry Stoebner, DCCM member
  • Dave Tamayo, Board of Directors, SMUD
  • Susie Tompkins Buell, activist and philanthropist
  • Jim Wunderman, president and CEO, Bay Area Council*

*Titles for identification purposes only

Gayle McLaughlin
State officials
Local officials
Individuals
Organizations
  • Bernie Sanders' Our Revolution National [60]
  • California for Bernie Sanders 2020
  • Delegates and Friends for Bernie 2016
  • Democratic Socialists of America [61]
  • East Bay Democratic Socialists of America [62]
  • Green Party of Contra Costa
  • Green Party of Humboldt County
  • Green Party of Riverside County
  • Green Party of San Diego
  • Green Party of Santa Clara County
  • Green Party of Solano County
  • Green Party of Ventura County
  • Green Party of Yolo County
  • Humboldt State University Greens
  • Los Angeles Democratic Socialists of America [63]
  • Movement for a People's Party
  • The New Progressives of Del Norte
  • Orange County Democratic Socialists of America
  • Our Revolution Alameda Progressives
  • Our Revolution Contra Costa
  • Our Revolution Cupertino De Anza Political Revolution
  • Our Revolution Democracy Project LA
  • Our Revolution East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)
  • Our Revolution F.U.N. Progressives (Fremont, Union City, Newark)
  • Our Revolution Humboldt (Courageous Resistance of Humboldt)
  • Our Revolution Indian Rock
  • Our Revolution Inland Empire
  • Our Revolution Lake County
  • Our Revolution Long Beach
  • Our Revolution Los Angeles Greens
  • Our Revolution Monterey County
  • Our Revolution Mountain View (NorCal4OurRevolution)
  • Our Revolution North Bay (Petaluma-Sonoma)
  • Our Revolution North County San Diego
  • Our Revolution Richmond (Richmond Progressive Alliance)
  • Our Revolution Riverside
  • Our Revolution San Clemente
  • Our Revolution San Francisco (SF Berniecrats)
  • Our Revolution San Joaquin County
  • Our Revolution San Jose (Democratic Socialists of America chapter)
  • Our Revolution San Leandro
  • Our Revolution Santa Clarita Valley
  • Our Revolution Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz for Bernie)
  • Our Revolution Santa Maria Progressives
  • Our Revolution Silicon Valley (Democratic Socialists of America chapter)
  • Our Revolution South Bay Los Angeles
  • Our Revolution UC Berkeley (Progressive Student Association for Bernie)
  • Our Revolution Ventura County
  • Our Revolution Watsonville
  • Our Revolution West Marin
  • Our Revolution West San Fernando Valley
  • Our Revolution Yolo County Progressives
  • Peace and Freedom Party [64]
  • Pinole Progressive Alliance
  • Pomona Valley Democratic Socialists of America
  • Public Bank LA
  • Revolution Funding
  • San Diego Democratic Socialists of America
  • San Diego Progressive Alliance [65]
  • San Francisco Democratic Socialists of America [66]
  • San Francisco Peninsula Democratic Socialists of America [62]
  • San Jose Democratic Socialists of America
  • Silicon Valley Democratic Socialists of America
  • Socialist Alternative
  • South Bay Progressive Alliance
  • Southern District of California Community Coalition
  • UE United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America Western Region
  • Ventura County Activists for Bernie Sanders 2020 #OurRevolution
  • Women For Justice

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Jeff
Bleich
(D)
Cole
Harris
(R)
David R.
Hernandez
(R)
Ed
Hernandez
(D)
Eleni
Kounalakis
(D)
Gayle McLaughlin (NPP)Undecided
YouGov [ permanent dead link ]May 12–24, 20181,113± 4.0%6%16%6%9%14%4%41%

Results

Results by county
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Kounalakis
30-40%
20-30%
10-20%
E. Hernandez
20-30%
30-40%
Harris
20-30%
30-40%
Fennell
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Results by county
  Kounalakis
  •   30–40%
  •   20–30%
  •   10–20%
  E. Hernandez
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  Harris
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  Fennell
  •   10–20%
Nonpartisan blanket primary results [67]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Eleni Kounalakis 1,587,940 24.2%
Democratic Ed Hernandez 1,347,442 20.6%
Republican Cole Harris1,144,00317.5%
Democratic Jeff Bleich 648,0459.9%
Republican David Fennell515,9567.9%
Republican Lydia Ortega419,5126.4%
Republican David R. Hernandez404,9826.2%
No party preference Gayle McLaughlin 263,3644.0%
Libertarian Tim Ferreira99,9491.5%
Democratic Cameron Gharabiklou78,2671.2%
No party preference Danny Thomas44,1210.7%
No party preference Marjan S. Fariba (write-in)180.0%
Total votes6,553,599 100.0%

By county

Results by county. Blue represents counties won by Kounalakis and counties with Democratic vote majorities. Red represents counties won by Harris and counties with Republican vote majorities. Cyan represents counties won by Ed Hernandez. Orange represents counties won by Fennell. Light blue represents counties with Democratic vote pluralities. Light red represents counties with Republican vote pluralities.

CountyMcLaughlin (NPP)Kounalakis (D)Ed Hernandez (D)Bleich (D)Democratic totalFennell (R)Harris (R)Ortega (R)David Hernandez (R)Republican totalOther
Alameda 8.731.419.020.371.9%4.76.33.23.417.6%1.8
Alpine 1.925.418.412.858.2%13.110.49.14.036.6%3.2
Amador 2.221.610.24.436.6%16.123.29.39.558.1%3.0
Butte 4.418.815.66.442.7%12.121.59.56.950.0%2.9
Calaveras 2.420.212.04.537.3%17.821.79.38.257.0%3.3
Colusa 2.014.413.83.733.1%20.324.29.57.461.4%3.3
Contra Costa 6.226.717.417.362.4%8.011.25.64.329.1%2.3
Del Norte 4.314.816.95.638.4%16.522.37.28.354.3%3.1
El Dorado 2.523.511.24.940.1%15.220.911.57.455.0%2.5
Fresno 2.612.319.19.241.9%9.623.612.17.753.0%2.6
Glenn 2.28.410.05.025.8%24.225.78.99.368.1%3.8
Humboldt 8.225.419.58.855.1%10.613.45.64.734.3%2.4
Imperial 1.99.133.58.853.1%11.912.28.110.042.2%2.8
Inyo 3.516.515.16.639.2%15.822.28.37.553.8%3.5
Kern 1.99.715.36.334.4%13.535.28.06.463.1%2.6
Kings 2.17.619.26.033.2%12.626.214.28.861.8%2.5
Lake 4.325.610.713.150.5%11.618.07.45.842.8%2.6
Lassen 1.79.210.73.924.5%18.330.710.911.770.6%2.4
Los Angeles 4.127.428.97.164.7%4.912.95.46.129.3%1.9
Madera 2.19.018.45.133.3%17.029.67.77.659.9%2.8
Marin 5.232.216.325.574.6%3.86.46.32.018.51.6
Mariposa 3.414.115.85.636.2%18.024.07.28.357.5%2.9
Mendocino 7.430.416.514.162.3%7.410.75.24.728.0%2.4
Merced 2.812.022.07.642.9%9.923.110.67.350.9%3.5
Modoc 2.68.29.04.322.3%22.727.210.412.372.6%2.4
Mono 3.918.918.711.650.0%14.516.26.95.943.5%2.7
Monterey 2.826.724.89.561.8%5.418.25.34.634.5%1.9
Napa 3.030.017.313.961.7%11.110.65.34.931.9%3.2
Nevada 4.430.710.68.350.1%12.017.97.75.843.4%2.2
Orange 2.318.519.85.745.2%8.325.47.59.150.3%2.2
Placer 2.224.011.45.141.1%9.028.79.46.954.0%2.7
Plumas 3.023.39.25.438.5%17.816.910.910.255.8%2.7
Riverside 2.016.620.85.844.1%10.826.06.78.552.0%1.9
Sacramento 3.031.417.27.256.6%8.514.97.17.538.0%2.4
San Benito 2.923.321.86.252.0%9.215.08.69.642.5%2.6
San Bernardino 2.416.622.34.344.5%9.224.27.210.451.0%2.1
San Diego 3.020.818.910.151.4%7.324.56.75.243.7%1.9
San Francisco 18.029.017.520.868.2%2.54.93.22.312.9%0.9
San Luis Obispo 3.527.615.15.849.7%11.022.16.75.444.2%2.6
San Joaquin 2.224.917.65.249.2%9.621.38.17.046.0%2.6
San Mateo 4.134.216.519.871.5%6.48.55.02.422.3%2.1
Santa Barbara 2.925.921.56.755.0%9.218.56.75.439.8%2.3
Santa Clara 3.128.318.319.868.0%7.39.94.94.526.6%2.3
Santa Cruz 5.934.722.812.270.6%4.69.05.32.821.7%1.8
Shasta 2.710.912.36.030.1%19.025.49.410.564.3%2.9
Sierra 5.821.47.75.435.0%16.521.211.07.455.1%4.1
Siskiyou 4.515.313.38.137.1%19.418.48.98.254.9%3.5
Solano 3.428.716.810.057.5%10.911.97.55.438.7%3.3
Sonoma 5.534.417.215.167.7%5.89.65.83.624.8%2.0
Stanislaus 2.022.216.76.346.1%12.523.27.26.449.3%2.6
Sutter 1.614.812.94.335.6%12.031.18.67.659.3%3.5
Tehama 2.48.513.33.727.4%20.226.79.011.367.2%3.1
Trinity 4.216.116.16.540.1%17.714.610.49.251.9%3.8
Tulare 1.67.721.14.734.0%11.933.97.58.061.0%3.1
Tuolumne 2.822.111.25.139.2%20.219.08.28.055.4%2.7
Ventura 3.022.121.66.751.2%11.218.96.27.143.4%2.4
Yolo 4.133.021.18.964.0%6.812.46.04.029.2%2.6
Yuba 2.615.812.03.533.1%17.327.97.48.160.7%3.6
Total4.024.220.69.955.8%7.917.56.46.238.0%2.2

General election

Endorsements

Ed Hernandez (D)
Federal officials
State officials
State legislators
Eleni Kounalakis (D)
Elected officials
  • Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States [57]
  • Kamala Harris, U.S. Senator (D-CA) [56]
  • Anna Eshoo, U.S. Representative (D-CA-18)
  • Mike Thompson, U.S. Representative (D-CA-5)
  • Doris Matsui, U.S. Representative (D-CA-6) [58]
  • Jimmy Panetta, U.S. Representative (D-CA-20)
  • Eric Swalwell, U.S. Representative (D-CA-15)
  • Zoe Lofgren, U.S. Representative (D-CA-19)
  • Nanette Barragán, U.S. Representative (D-CA-44)
  • Jerry McNerney, U.S. Representative (D-CA-9)
  • Carolyn Maloney, U.S. Representative (D-NY-12)
  • John Sarbanes, U.S. Representative (D-MD-3)
  • Kevin McCarty, California Assemblymember (D-7)
  • Ed Lee, former Mayor of San Francisco (deceased)
  • Libby Schaaf, Mayor of Oakland
  • Darrell Steinberg Mayor of Sacramento
  • Board of Equalization Member Fiona Ma
  • California State Assembly Member Blanca Rubio
  • Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs
  • Millbrae Mayor Gina Papan
  • Belmont Mayor Charles Stone
  • Hillsborough Mayor Marie Chuang
  • Elk Grove Mayor Steve Ly
  • Folsom City Vice Mayor Kerri Howell
  • Foster City Mayor Sam Hindi
  • San Francisco Supervisor Mark Farrell
  • Sonoma Supervisor James Gore
  • Nevada County Supervisor Heidi Hall
  • Sacramento County Supervisor Phil Serna
  • Yolo County Supervisor Don Saylor
  • San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera
  • San Francisco Sheriff Vicki Hennessey
  • Glendale City Clerk Ardashes "Ardy" Kassakhian
  • Fresno City Council President Esmeralda Soria
  • San Mateo City Council Member Diane Papan
  • Chico City Council Member Karl Ory
  • Piedmont City Council Member Teddy Gray King
  • Stockton City Council Member Christina Fugazi
  • Roseville City Council Member Scott Alvord
  • Redwood City Council Member Shelly Masur
  • Millbrae City Council Member Wayne J. Lee
  • Menlo Park City Council Member Catherine Carlton
  • Burlingame City Council Member Emily Beach
  • President of the San Francisco Community College Board Thea Selby
  • Contra Costa Community College District Board Trustee John Marquez
  • Vallecito Union School Board Vice Chair Tom Pratt
  • Belmont Planning Commission Chair Julia Mates
  • Olivehurst Public Utility District Chair Mary Jane Griego
  • City of Santa Monica Rent Control Board Commissioner Caroline Torosis
  • Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Board Member Cecily Harris
  • Florin County Water District Chair & Director Larry S. Tract
  • Former U.S. Congresswoman Shelly Berkley
  • Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Nicholas Burns
  • Former U.S. Ambassador Colleen Bell
  • Former U.S. Ambassador Mike McFaul
  • Former Undersecretary of State and U.S. Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher
  • Former California State Treasurer Phil Angelides
  • Former State Senator Mark Leno
  • Former State Senator and California Democratic Party Chair John Burton
  • Former Contra Costa County Democratic Party Chair Chuck Carpenter
  • Former Assembly Speaker Pro Tem Sally Lieber
  • Former California State Assembly Member Lloyd Levine
  • Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm
  • Former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis
  • Former San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos
  • Former San Francisco Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier
  • Former San Francisco Supervisor David Campos
  • Former San Francisco Supervisor Jim Gonzalez
  • Former San Francisco Supervisor Leslie Katz
  • Former City of Clearlake Mayor Joey Luiz
  • Former San Francisco Police Commissioner David Onek
  • Former Sacramento County Sheriff Lou Blanas
  • Former Fremont City Council Member Anu Natarajan
Organizations
  • California Federation of Teachers
  • EMILY's List
  • Equality California
  • NARAL Pro-Choice California
  • California Women's List
  • California National Organization for Women (NOW)
  • National Women's Political Caucus
  • California's Legislative Women's Caucus
  • California Young Democrats Black Caucus
  • California League of Conservation Voters
  • Fresno County Young Democrats
  • Marin County Young Democrats
  • Riverside County Young Democrats
  • Sacramento County Young Democrats
  • San Fernando Valley Young Democrats
  • Stonewall Young Democrats
  • Ventura County Young Democrats
  • SEIU Local 2579 - Employees Union
  • Northern California Carpenters Regional Council
  • Tulare County Stonewall Democrats
  • Porterville Democratic Club
Community Leaders and Activists
  • Willie Adams, International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Secretary-Treasurer
  • Norma Alcala, Trustee of the Washington Unified School District
  • Maria Alegria, Chair, The Democratic Party of Contra Costa County
  • Panorea Avdis, Director of the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development
  • Prameela Bartholomeusz, Finance Director, Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee
  • Sascha Bittner, Activist
  • Nancy Bui-Thompson, Board of Directors, SMUD
  • Teri Burns, Member, Natomas Unified School District
  • Robert Camacho
  • Amy Champ, Regional Director, Region 4 and Gold Country Vice-Chair, Rural Caucus of the California Democratic Party*
  • Norman Chramoff, Co-Chair CA Democratic Party Platform Committee*
  • Judy Y. Chu, Ed.D., Stanford University/Early Childhood Development Expert
  • Deborah Cunningham-Skurnik, Region 18 Chair, California Democratic Party
  • Andrea Dew Steele, President of Emerge*
  • Kath Delaney
  • Baljinder Dhillon, Sutter County Board of Education Superintendent
  • Kara Dukakis, Director, Too Small to Fail*
  • Robert W. Duggleby, MA, MS, Colonel United States Army (Ret.)
  • Andrew Ertl
  • Grace Espindola, North Valley Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
  • Linda Fadeke-Richardson, Commissioner, San Francisco Treasure Island Development Authority
  • Marla Fields, President, Sustainable Novato
  • Orlando Fuentes, Board Member, Cosumnes CSD
  • Susan Gutowsky, President, Placer Women Democrats
  • Luke Heslip, President, Marin County Young Democrats
  • Kevin Hendrick, Former Delegate Chair of Del Norte
  • Brodie Hilp, Member, San Ramon Valley Democratic Club & Democratic Party of Contra Costa County
  • Alice A. Huffman, DNC Member
  • Jenita Johnson Rodriguez, Northern Central Vice Chair, Rural Caucus
  • Carol Keavney, President, Democratic Women's Council of the Conejo Valley
  • Hene Kelly, Chair, California Democratic Party Disabilities Caucus
  • Susan Kennedy, Founder & CEO of Advanced MicroGrid Solutions
  • Laura Lowell, Chair, Calaveras County Democratic Central Committee
  • Dennis Mangers, Sacramento LGBT Community Leader
  • Debbie Mesloh, Co-Chair, Bay Area Women's Summit*
  • William Monroe, California Democratic Party Region 12 Director
  • Bob Mulholland, Democratic Advisor
  • Jocelyn Navarro, District Representative, Sacramento City Council
  • Michael Pappas, Executive Director of the San Francisco Interfaith Council
  • Christine Pelosi, Chair, California Democratic Party Women's Caucus
  • Neil Pople, President, Natomas Democratic Club
  • Tom Pratt, President, Fine Arts Coverage Enterprises
  • Susan Rowe, Chief Vice Chair, Rural Caucus
  • Genevieve Shiroma, Board of Directors, SMUD
  • Michael Sestak, Sestak Lighting Design
  • Deepa Sharma, Northern California Outreach Chair, Asian Pacific Islander Caucus, California Democratic Party
  • Tiffany Shlain, filmmaker & founder of 50/50
  • Andrea Shorter, Commissioner, Commission on the Status of Women
  • Silissa Vriarte Smith, AD70 California Democratic Party Delegate
  • Julie D. Soo, Co-Chair, CA Democratic Party Platform Committee*, Commissioner, San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women*
  • Lynne Standard-Nightengale, Chair, Amador County Democrats
  • Admiral James Stavridis, Dean of Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
  • Kerry Stoebner, DCCM Member
  • Dave Tamayo, Board of Directors, SMUD
  • Susie Tompkins Buell, Activist and Philanthropist
  • Jim Wunderman, President and CEO, Bay Area Council*

Titles for identification purposes only*

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Ed
Hernandez (D)
Eleni
Kounalakis (D)
NoneUndecided
Thomas Partners Strategies October 25–27, 20181,068± 3.5%34%34%32%
UC Berkeley October 19–26, 20181,339± 4.0%31%45%24%
YouGov [ permanent dead link ]October 10–24, 20182,178± 3.1%19%32%22%28%
Thomas Partners Strategies October 18–20, 20181,068± 3.5%29%34%37%
Thomas Partners Strategies October 12–14, 20181,068± 3.5%26%26%48%
Thomas Partners Strategies October 5–7, 20181,068± 3.5%24%30%46%
Thomas Partners Strategies September 28–30, 20181,068± 3.5%22%24%54%
Thomas Partners Strategies September 21–23, 20181,068± 3.5%27%27%46%
Thomas Partners Strategies September 14–16, 20181,040± 3.5%18%15%67%
Thomas Partners Strategies September 7–9, 20181,227± 3.3%18%16%66%

Results

California lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018 [68]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Eleni Kounalakis 5,914,068 56.55%
Democratic Ed Hernandez 4,543,86343.45%
Total votes10,457,931 100.00%
Democratic hold

By county

Blue represents counties won by Kounalakis. Cyan represents counties won by Hernandez. [68]

CountyEd Hernandez (D)Eleni Kounalakis (D)Total
Votes%Votes%Votes
Alameda 196,72238.3316,65861.7513,380
Alpine 16033.831466.2474
Amador 4,90138.57,83461.512,735
Butte 27,19639.641,53360.468,729
Calaveras 5,77537.29,73462.815,509
Colusa 2,05049.12,12350.94,173
Contra Costa 143,15239.1222,97860.9366,130
Del Norte 2,62942.33,58657.76,215
El Dorado 22,57635.141,66264.964,238
Fresno 98,36148.4105,03651.6203,397
Glenn 3,03051.02,91049.05,940
Humboldt 17,56840.026,30160.043,869
Imperial 18,17762.710,82637.329,003
Inyo 2,30743.92,95356.15,260
Kern 70,73446.083,01254.0153,746
Kings 12,21052.311,12847.723,338
Lake 6,61038.410,60861.617,218
Lassen 2,91849.23,01350.85,931
Los Angeles 1,276,56448.81,338,59951.22,615,163
Madera 15,34952.613,85347.429,202
Marin 42,29037.869,69962.2111,989
Mariposa 2,53342.73,40557.35,938
Mendocino 10,68737.717,67962.328,366
Merced 25,57953.821,98646.247,565
Modoc 1,06647.71,16752.32,233
Mono 1,66643.62,15556.43,821
Monterey 37,87137.463,26562.6101,136
Napa 18,57538.829,33061.247,905
Nevada 13,49532.328,28367.741,778
Orange 402,77346.5463,97953.5866,752
Placer 42,38132.687,51467.4129,895
Plumas 2,34937.63,90162.46,250
Riverside 250,40948.5265,99151.5516,400
Sacramento 156,25036.4273,27363.6429,523
San Benito 7,12742.39,73357.716,860
San Bernardino 219,34749.4224,80450.6444,151
San Diego 341,79937.5570,79562.5912,594
San Francisco 153,73347.1172,74152.9326,474
San Joaquin 66,29440.995,66059.1161,954
San Luis Obispo 37,95238.959,73161.197,683
San Mateo 94,21837.2158,97862.8253,196
Santa Barbara 49,44339.475,99560.6125,438
Santa Clara 203,17838.0331,52062.0534,698
Santa Cruz 36,56135.067,81265.0104,373
Shasta 23,25647.925,24552.148,501
Sierra 42236.573363.51,155
Siskiyou 6,06246.27,05753.813,119
Solano 48,04238.676,55861.4124,600
Sonoma 64,77435.5117,58364.5182,357
Stanislaus 53,57742.572,40657.5125,983
Sutter 9,67543.212,71256.822,387
Tehama 7,10048.47,58151.614,681
Trinity 1,75443.22,30556.84,059
Tulare 37,64648.939,33451.176,980
Tuolumne 6,37538.210,29761.816,672
Ventura 110,43544.5137,54555.5247,980
Yolo 22,04034.242,349

65.8

64,389
Yuba 6,14042.58,30657.514,446
Totals4,543,86343.4%5,914,06856.6%10,457,931

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