California Attorney General election, 2018

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California Attorney General election, 2018
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  2014 November 6, 20182022 
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Nominee Xavier Becerra Steven Bailey
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote7,236,7594,203,457
Percentage63.3%36.7%

2018 CA AG election results.svg
County results
Becerra:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Bailey:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

Attorney General before election

Xavier Becerra
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Xavier Becerra
Democratic

The 2018 California Attorney General election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the Attorney General of California. 2014 election winner Kamala Harris was elected to the United States Senate during the 2016 Senate elections; incumbent Democratic Attorney General, Xavier Becerra won election to a full term.

Attorney General of California Attorney General of California, United States

The Attorney General of California is the state attorney general of the Government of California. The officer's duty is to ensure that "the laws of the state are uniformly and adequately enforced" The Attorney General carries out the responsibilities of the office through the California Department of Justice. The Department employs over 1,100 attorneys and 3,700 non-attorney employees.

Kamala Harris United States Senator from California

Kamala Devi Harris is an American attorney and politician who has served as the junior United States Senator from California since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as the 32nd Attorney General of California from 2011 to 2017, and as the 27th District Attorney of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011. On January 21, 2019, she officially announced her campaign to run for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the 2020 United States presidential election.

United States Senate Upper house of the United States Congress

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Contents

Primary

Democratic Party

Declared

Xavier Becerra American politician

Xavier Becerra is an American politician and lawyer serving as the 33rd and current Attorney General of California since 2017. Prior to becoming Attorney General, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives for California's 34th congressional district, who represented Downtown Los Angeles in Congress from 1993 to 2017. Becerra, a member of the Democratic Party, was Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus.

Dave Jones (politician) American politician (born 1962)

David Evan Jones is an American politician who served as California's Insurance Commissioner from 2011 to 2019. He previously represented California's 9th assembly district from December 2004 to 2011 as a member of the Democratic Party.

California Insurance Commissioner

California Insurance Commissioner has been an elected executive office position in California since 1991. Prior to that time, the Insurance Commissioner was appointed by the Governor. The officeholder is in charge of the California Department of Insurance.

Republican Party

Declared

  • Steven Bailey, retired El Dorado County Superior Court Judge [5]
  • Eric Early, Managing Partner of Early Sullivan Wright Gizer & McRae LLP. [2] [6]
El Dorado County, California County in California

El Dorado County, officially the County of El Dorado, is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 181,058. The county seat is Placerville.

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Michael A. Ramos American attorney

Michael Anthony "Mike" Ramos is an American attorney. He was the 35th district attorney of San Bernardino County, California. He was first elected in 2002 and is the first Hispanic district attorney elected in San Bernardino County. He was defeated June 2018 by Jason Anderson, a former prosecutor and Ontario, California council member, who will take office in January 2019.

San Bernardino County, California County in California, United States

San Bernardino County, officially the County of San Bernardino, is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California, and is located within the Greater Los Angeles area. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the population was 2,035,210, making it the fifth-most populous county in California, and the 12th-most populous in the United States. The county seat is San Bernardino.

Peace and Freedom Party

Declared

  • Adriane Bracciale, criminal defense attorney in the Inland Empire [9]

Endorsements

Steven Bailey

Cabinet-level officials

Edwin Meese American presidential advisor

Edwin Meese III is an American attorney, law professor, author and member of the Republican Party who served in official capacities within the Ronald Reagan Gubernatorial Administration (1967–1974), the Reagan Presidential Transition Team (1980) and the Reagan White House (1981–1985), eventually rising to hold the position of the 75th Attorney General of the United States (1985–1988).

United States Attorney General Head of the United States Department of Justice

The United States Attorney General (A.G.) is the chief lawyer of the federal government of the United States and head of the United States Department of Justice per 28 U.S.C. § 503, concerned with all legal affairs.

U.S. Representatives

State-level officials

Local-level officials

Individuals

Organizations

Xavier Becerra

U.S. Representatives

State-level officials

State Senators

State Assembly members

Local-level officials

Organizations

Eric Early

Individuals

Organizations

Dave Jones

U.S. Representatives

State-level officials

Local-level officials

California Democratic Party leaders

Organizations

Newspapers

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Xavier
Becerra (D)
Steven
Bailey (R)
Eric
Early (R)
Dave
Jones (D)
Undecided
Gravis Marketing May 4–5, 201852528%21%10%10%31%

Results

Results by county:
Becerra
60-70%
50-60%
40-50%
Becerra--<40%
Bailey
Bailey--<40%
Bailey--40-50% 2018 CA AG primary.svg
Results by county:
Nonpartisan blanket primary results [62]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Xavier Becerra (incumbent)3,024,61145.8
Republican Steven Bailey1,615,85924.5
Democratic Dave Jones 1,017,42715.4
Republican Eric Early943,07114.3
Total votes6,600,968100.0

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Steven
Bailey (R)
Xavier
Becerra (D)
Undecided
Gravis Marketing October 25–26, 2018743± 3.6%34%52%14%

Results

Becerra won the election in a landslide, even outperforming Gavin Newsom during the simultaneous gubernatorial election.

California Attorney General election, 2018 [63]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Xavier Becerra (incumbent) 7,236,759 63.3%
Republican Steven Bailey4,203,45736.7%
Majority3,033,30226.6%
Total votes11,440,216

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  19. Steven Bailey. "I'm greatly honored to earn the support of Senator @JohnMWMoorlach Moorlach has always been a courageous voice for common sense in Orange County and the state capitol and having him lend that voice to our #campaign is highly encouraging". Twitter.
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