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Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Xavier Becerra (D) | Steven Bailey (R) | Eric Early (R) | Dave Jones (D) | Undecided |
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Gravis Marketing | May 4–5, 2018 | 525 | 28% | 21% | 10% | 10% | 31% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Xavier Becerra (incumbent) | 3,024,611 | 45.8 | |
Republican | Steven 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 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Steven Bailey (R) | Xavier Becerra (D) | Undecided |
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Gravis Marketing | October 25–26, 2018 | 743 | ± 3.6% | 34% | 52% | 14% |
Becerra won the election in a landslide, even outperforming Gavin Newsom during the simultaneous gubernatorial election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Xavier Becerra (incumbent) | 7,236,759 | 63.3% | ||
Republican | Steven Bailey | 4,203,457 | 36.7% | ||
Majority | 3,033,302 | 26.6% | |||
Total votes | 11,440,216 |
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