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California State Senate elections, 2018
- General election: Nov. 6
- Voter registration deadline: Oct. 22
- Early voting: Oct. 8 - Nov. 5
- Absentee voting deadline: Postmark Nov. 6
- Online registration: Yes
- Same-day registration: Yes
- Voter ID: No
- Poll times: 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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Democrats won a supermajority in the California State Senate in the 2018 elections, controlling 29 seats to Republicans' 11. A party needed to control 27 seats to hold a two-thirds supermajority.
A total of 20 seats out of the chamber's 40 seats were up for election in 2018. Heading into the election, Democrats controlled 26 seats and Republicans controlled 14.
Democrats maintained their trifecta in California by holding the state Assembly, the state Senate, and the governor's office.
California state senators serve staggered, four-year terms and half of the Senate is up for election every two years.
The California State Senate was one of 87 state legislative chambers with elections in 2018. There are 99 chambers throughout the country. In 2017, three chambers in Virginia and New Jersey were up for election. In 2016, 86 out of 99 legislative chambers held elections. Prior to 2018, the California State Senate last held elections in 2016.
For more information about the top-two primary, click here.
Post-election analysis
- See also: State legislative elections, 2018
The Democratic Party attained supermajority status in both chambers of the California State Legislature in the 2018 election. Democrats in the California State Assembly already held a supermajority, but Democrats in the California State Senate did not previously hold the minimum 27 seats needed for a supermajority. In the state Senate, 20 out of 40 seats were up for election. Democrats increased their majority in the California State Senate from 26-14 to 29-11. Two Republican incumbents were defeated in the general election.
The California State Assembly held elections for all 80 seats. The Democratic supermajority in the State Assembly increased from 55-25 to 60-20. Three Republican incumbents were defeated in the general election.
National background
On November 6, 2018, 87 of the nation's 99 state legislative chambers held regularly scheduled elections for 6,073 of 7,383 total seats, meaning that nearly 82 percent of all state legislative seats were up for election.
- Entering the 2018 election, Democrats held 42.6 percent, Republicans held 56.8 percent, and independents and other parties held 0.6 percent of the seats up for regular election.
- Following the 2018 election, Democrats held 47.3 percent, Republicans held 52.3 percent, and independents and other parties held 0.4 percent of the seats up for regular election.
- A total of 469 incumbents were defeated over the course of the election cycle, with roughly one-third of them defeated in the primary.
Want more information?
- Incumbents defeated in 2018's state legislative elections
- 2018 election analysis: Partisan balance of state legislative chambers
- 2018 election analysis: Number of state legislators by party
- 2018 election analysis: State legislative supermajorities
Candidates
General election candidates
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Primary election candidates
The candidate list below is based on a list provided by the California Secretary of State website on March 29, 2018. The filing deadline for the June primary was on March 9, 2018. (I) denotes an incumbent.[1]
| 2018 California State Senate primary candidates | |||
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| District | Democrat |
Republican |
Other |
| 2 | Mike McGuire: 160,516 (I) Veronica Jacobi: 49,852 |
No candidate | |
| 4 | Phillip Kim: 23,196 Michael Worley: 20,958 |
Jim Nielsen: 67,849 (I) |
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| 6 | Richard Pan: 40,146 (I) Jacob Mason: 6,414 |
No candidate | Eric Frame: 9,043 Janine DeRose: 6,320 (L) |
| 8 | Paulina Miranda: 24,854 Tom Pratt: 18,178 |
Andreas Borgeas: 68,989 |
Mark Belden: 4,209 (Ind.) |
| 10 | Bob Wieckowski: 53,362 (I) |
Victor San Vicente: 19,430 |
Ali Sarsak: 3,263 (L) |
| 12 | Anna Caballero: 24,902 Daniel Parra: 5,093 |
Rob Poythress: 16,239 Johnny Tacherra: 14,314 |
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| 14 | Melissa Hurtado: 9,787 Ruben Macareno: 3,319 Abigail Solis: 6,016 |
Andy Vidak: 22,948 (I) |
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| 16 | Ruth Musser-Lopez: 28,552 |
Shannon Grove: 60,735 Gregory Tatum: 12,105 |
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| 18 | Robert Hertzberg: 46,025 (I) Roger James Sayegh: 7,584 |
Rudy Melendez: 8,510 Brandon Saario: 8,064 |
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| 20 | Connie M. Leyva: 25,296 (I) Paul Avila: 9,844 |
Matthew Munson: 19,486 |
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| 22 | Mike Eng: 24,086 Monica Garcia: 11,452 Susan Rubio: 14,923 Ruben Sierra: 4,287 |
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| 24 | Peter Choi: 17,218 Maria Elena Durazo: 40,360 |
No candidate | |
| 26 | Ben Allen: 88,635 (I) |
No candidate | Baron Bruno: 15,582 Mark Matthew Herd: 13,441 (L) |
| 28 | Anna Nevenic: 8,470 Joy Silver: 31,760 |
Jeff Stone: 51,026 (I) |
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| 30 | Holly Mitchell: 57,484 (I) |
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| 32 | Bob Archuleta: 14,564 Rudy Bermudez: 3,863 David Castellanos: 1,060 Vanessa Delgado: 12,745 Tony Mendoza: 8,130 Vivian Romero: 3,609 Vicky Santana: 5,440 Ali Taj: 4,162 |
Ion Sarega: 8,015 Rita Topalian: 20,077 |
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| 34 | Akash Hawkins: 4,832 Jestin Samson: 7,249 Tom Umberg: 22,219 |
Janet Nguyen: 49,501 (I) |
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| 36 | Marggie Castellano: 63,026 |
Patricia C. Bates: 75,990 (I) |
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| 38 | Jeff Griffith: 46,968 |
Brian Jones: 71,230 |
Antonio Salguero: 3,082 (L) |
| 40 | Ben Hueso: 40,626 (I) |
Luis R. Vargas: 28,917 |
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| Notes | • An (I) denotes an incumbent. | ||
| • Candidate lists can change frequently throughout an election season. Ballotpedia staff update this list monthly. To suggest changes, click here to email our Elections Project. | |||
Margins of victory
A margin of victory (MOV) analysis for the 2018 California State Senate races is presented in this section. MOV represents the percentage of total votes that separated the winner and the second-place finisher. For example, if the winner of a race received 47 percent of the vote and the second-place finisher received 45 percent of the vote, the MOV is 2 percent.
The table below presents the following figures for each party:
- Elections won
- Elections won by less than 10 percentage points
- Elections won without opposition
- Average margin of victory[2]
| California State Senate: 2018 Margin of Victory Analysis | ||||
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| Party | Elections won | Elections won by less than 10% | Unopposed elections | Average margin of victory[2] |
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The margin of victory in each race is presented below. The list is sorted from the closest MOV to the largest (including unopposed races).
Seats flipped
The below map displays each seat in the California State Senate which changed partisan hands as a result of the 2018 elections, shaded according to the partisan affiliation of the winner in 2018. Hover over a shaded district for more information.
| State legislative seats flipped in 2018, California State Senate | |||
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| District | Incumbent | 2018 winner | Direction of flip |
| California State Senate District 12 | R to D | ||
| California State Senate District 14 | R to D | ||
| California State Senate District 34 | R to D | ||
Incumbents retiring
Six incumbents did not run for re-election in 2018.[3] Those incumbents were:
| Name | Party | Current Office |
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| Tom Berryhill | Senate District 8 | |
| Anthony Cannella | Senate District 12 | |
| Jean Fuller | Senate District 16 | |
| Edward Hernandez | Senate District 22 | |
| Kevin de León | Senate District 24 | |
| Joel Anderson | Senate District 38 |
Process to become a candidate
See statutes: 8020-8028 and Section 8100-8107 of the California Elections Code
Before accepting or spending money related to campaigning for office, a candidate for state office must file a candidate intention statement with the California Secretary of State. Note that this requirement does not apply to candidates for congressional office; federal campaign finance requirements apply to candidates for federal office. Candidates may qualify to run for office either by paying a filing fee or by submitting a petition in lieu of the filing fee.[4][5][4]
In addition to the candidate intention statement, a candidate is required to file nomination forms with his or her home county. These forms become available as early as the 113th day prior to the primary election and must be filed no later than the 88th day prior to the primary election.[6][7]
Nomination forms include a statement of economic interests, a declaration of candidacy, and nomination papers. Nomination papers require a certain number of signatures from registered voters. If a candidate qualifies by submitting an in-lieu-of-filing-fee petition, the signatures on that petition will be counted towards the requirement for the nomination paper. Registered voters may sign both the in-lieu-of-filing-fee petition and the nomination paper, unless the candidate is using the signatures on the in-lieu-of-filing-fee petition to count toward the nomination paper requirement. If that is the case, a registered voter can sign only one of the documents.[7]
The number of signatures required for nomination papers are as follows:[7][8][9]
- 65-100 for candidates seeking the office of United States Senator or a state executive office
- 40-60 for candidates seeking the office of United States Representative, state senator, or state assembly member
If an individual is running as a write-in candidate, the only nomination forms required are the nomination papers and a statement of write-in candidacy. These forms should be filed in the candidate's home county.[4]
Qualifying by payment of fee
The filing fee for a candidate seeking a seat in the United States Senate or a state executive office (e.g., governor or treasurer) is 2 percent of the first year's salary for that office. The filing fee for a candidate seeking the office of United States Representative, state senator, or state assembly member is 1 percent of the first year's salary for that office. The fee is paid to the California Secretary of State through the candidate's home county election office.[7]
Qualifying by petition in lieu of filing fee
Instead of paying a filing fee, a candidate may submit a petition. Signatures may be collected to cover all or any prorated portion of the filing fee.[4]
A candidate seeking the office of state assembly member must file signatures from 1,000 registered voters. Those seeking the office of state senator or United States Representative must file 2,000 signatures, and those seeking statewide office must file 7,000 signatures.[7][10][11]
If the number of registered voters in the district in which the candidate seeks nomination is less than 2,000, a candidate may submit a petition containing four signatures for each dollar of the filing fee, or 20 percent of the total number of registered voters in the district in which he or she seeks nomination, whichever is less.[7]
Completed petitions must be submitted 15 days before the end of the qualifying period to the counties in which the signers reside.[7]
Qualifications
According to Article IV of the California Constitution, the candidate must be a United States Citizen, a resident of California for three years, a resident of the legislative district for one year and a registered voter in that district by the time nomination papers are filed.[12]
Salaries and per diem
- See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
| State legislative salaries, 2024[13] | |
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| Salary | Per diem |
| $128,215/year | $214/day |
When sworn in
California legislators assume office the first Monday in the December following their election.[14]
California political history
Party control
2018
In the 2018 elections, Democrats increased their majority in the California State Senate from 26-14 to 29-11.
| California State Senate | |||
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| Party | As of November 6, 2018 | After November 7, 2018 | |
| Democratic Party | 26 | 29 | |
| Republican Party | 14 | 11 | |
| Total | 40 | 40 | |
2016
In 2016, Democrats increased their majority in the California State Senate from 26-13 to 27-13, gaining a two-thirds supermajority in the chamber. In California, a two-thirds vote in each legislative chamber is required to increase taxes, certify proposed constitutional amendments for the ballot, enact laws immediately through an urgency clause, and override a gubernatorial veto.[15]
Democrats also gained a 55-25 majority in the California State Assembly in 2016, giving Democrats a two-thirds supermajority in both chambers.
| California State Senate | |||
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| Party | As of November 7, 2016 | After November 8, 2016 | |
| Democratic Party | 26 | 27 | |
| Republican Party | 13 | 13 | |
| Vacancy | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 40 | 40 | |
Trifectas
A state government trifecta is a term that describes single-party government, when one political party holds the governor's office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government. Democrats gained a trifecta in California as a result of the 2010 election when they recaptured the governor's office. Democrats had trifectas from 1999 to 2003 and from 2011 to 2017.
California Party Control: 1992-2025
Twenty years with Democratic trifectas • No Republican trifectas
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| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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| Governor | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
| Senate | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
| Assembly | D | D | D | S | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
Impact of term limits
The California State Senate has been a term-limited state Senate since California voters approved Proposition 140 in 1990. In 2012, California voters approved Proposition 28, which reduced the total number of years a politician can serve in the California State Legislature from 14 years to 12 years. It permits a politician to serve in either or both chambers of the legislature for a maximum of 12 years. The changes did not apply to any legislator who was already in office at the time that the initiative was approved; the rules governing the terms of those who are in the California State Legislature as of June 5, 2012, are calculated under the previous rules.
A total of 20 out of 40 seats in the California State Senate were up for election in 2018. In the 2018 elections, six senators were ineligible to run because of term limits. The following state senators were term-limited in 2018:
Democratic: (2)
Republicans (4):
Of the 87 state legislative chambers that held elections in 2018, 24 of them—12 senate chambers and 12 house chambers—included incumbents who were unable to run for re-election due to term limits.[16] In the 24 chambers affected by term limits in 2018, 1,463 seats were up for election.[17] The Nevada Senate, Arkansas House, and Arkansas Senate are impacted by term limits, but no incumbents were term-limited in 2018. There are 99 chambers throughout the country.
A total of 271 state legislators—96 state senators and 175 state representatives—were ineligible to run in the 2018 elections because of term limits. This represented 4 percent of the 6,066 total seats up for election in November 2018.[18][19] Republicans had twice as many state legislators term-limited in 2018 than Democrats. A total of 86 Democrats were term-limited, while 177 Republicans were term-limited.
Wave election analysis
- See also: Wave elections (1918-2016)
The term wave election is frequently used to describe an election cycle in which one party makes significant electoral gains. How many seats would Republicans have had to lose for the 2018 midterm election to be considered a wave election?
Ballotpedia examined the results of the 50 election cycles that occurred between 1918 and 2016—spanning from President Woodrow Wilson's (D) second midterm in 1918 to Donald Trump's (R) first presidential election in 2016. We define wave elections as the 20 percent of elections in that period resulting in the greatest seat swings against the president's party.
Applying this definition to state legislative elections, we found that Republicans needed to lose 494 seats for 2018 to qualify as a wave election.
The chart below shows the number of seats the president's party lost in the 10 state legislative waves from 1918 to 2016. Click here to read the full report.
| State legislative wave elections | ||||||
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| Year | President | Party | Election type | State legislative seats change | Elections analyzed[20] | |
| 1932 | Hoover | R | Presidential | -1,022 | 7,365 | |
| 1922 | Harding | R | First midterm | -907 | 6,907 | |
| 1966 | Johnson | D | First midterm[21] | -782 | 7,561 | |
| 1938 | Roosevelt | D | Second midterm | -769 | 7,179 | |
| 1958 | Eisenhower | R | Second midterm | -702 | 7,627 | |
| 2010 | Obama | D | First midterm | -702 | 7,306 | |
| 1974 | Ford | R | Second midterm[22] | -695 | 7,481 | |
| 1920 | Wilson | D | Presidential | -654 | 6,835 | |
| 1930 | Hoover | R | Presidential | -640 | 7,361 | |
| 1954 | Eisenhower | R | First midterm | -494 | 7,513 | |
Competitiveness
Every year, Ballotpedia uses official candidate lists from each state to examine the competitiveness of every state legislative race in the country. Nationally, there has been a steady decline in electoral competitiveness since 2010. Most notable is that the number of districts with general election competition has dropped by more than 10 percent.
Results from 2016
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Historical context
Uncontested elections: In 2014, 32.8 percent of Americans lived in states with an uncontested state senate election. Similarly, 40.4 percent of Americans lived in states with uncontested house elections. Primary elections were uncontested even more frequently, with 61 percent of people living in states with no contested primaries. Uncontested elections often occur in locations that are so politically one-sided that the result of an election would be a foregone conclusion regardless of whether it was contested or not.
Open seats: In most cases, an incumbent will run for re-election, which decreases the number of open seats available. In 2014, 83 percent of the 6,057 seats up for election saw the incumbent running for re-election. The states that impose term limits on their legislatures typically see a higher percentage of open seats in a given year because a portion of incumbents in each election are forced to leave office. Overall, the number of open seats decreased from 2012 to 2014, dropping from 21.2 percent in 2012 to 17.0 percent in 2014.
Incumbent win rates: Ballotpedia's competitiveness analysis of elections between 1972 and 2014 documented the high propensity for incumbents to win re-election in state legislative elections. In fact, since 1972, the win rate for incumbents had not dropped below 90 percent—with the exception of 1974, when 88 percent of incumbents were re-elected to their seats. Perhaps most importantly, the win rate for incumbents generally increased over time. In 2014, 96.5 percent of incumbents were able to retain their seats. Common convention holds that incumbents are able to leverage their office to maintain their seat. However, the high incumbent win rate may actually be a result of incumbents being more likely to hold seats in districts that are considered safe for their party.
Marginal primaries: Often, competitiveness is measured by examining the rate of elections that have been won by amounts that are considered marginal (5 percent or less). During the 2014 election, 90.1 percent of primary and general election races were won by margins higher than 5 percent. Interestingly, it is usually the case that only one of the two races—primary or general—will be competitive at a time. This means that if a district's general election is competitive, typically one or more of the district's primaries were won by more than 5 percent. The reverse is also true: If a district sees a competitive primary, it is unlikely that the general election for that district will be won by less than 5 percent. Primaries often see very low voter turnout in comparison to general elections. In 2014, there were only 27 million voters for state legislative primaries, but approximately 107 million voters for the state legislative general elections.
Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
There are no Pivot Counties in California. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.
In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton (D) won California with 61.7 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 31.6 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, California voted Republican 53.33 percent of the time and Democratic 43.33 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, California voted Democratic all five times. In 2016, California had 55 electoral votes, which was the most of any state. The 55 electoral votes were 10.2 percent of all 538 available electoral votes and were 20.4 percent of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the election.
Presidential results by legislative district
The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state Senate districts in California. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[23][24]
| In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 29 out of 40 state Senate districts in California with an average margin of victory of 37.4 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 33 out of 40 state Senate districts in California with an average margin of victory of 39.4 points. Clinton won six districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections. |
| In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 11 out of 40 state Senate districts in California with an average margin of victory of 10.6 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won seven out of 40 state Senate districts in California with an average margin of victory of 9.7 points. |
| 2016 presidential results by state Senate District | |||||||
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| District | Obama | Romney | 2012 Margin | Clinton | Trump | 2016 Margin | Party Control |
| 1 | 39.42% | 57.84% | R+18.4 | 38.65% | 54.25% | R+15.6 | R |
| 2 | 68.69% | 27.40% | D+41.3 | 68.05% | 24.31% | D+43.7 | D |
| 3 | 65.42% | 31.96% | D+33.5 | 65.42% | 28.06% | D+37.4 | D |
| 4 | 44.28% | 52.84% | R+8.6 | 42.45% | 50.43% | R+8 | R |
| 5 | 54.22% | 43.66% | D+10.6 | 52.53% | 41.78% | D+10.7 | D |
| 6 | 66.15% | 31.42% | D+34.7 | 67.39% | 26.32% | D+41.1 | D |
| 7 | 60.58% | 37.20% | D+23.4 | 64.30% | 29.62% | D+34.7 | D |
| 8 | 43.05% | 54.67% | R+11.6 | 41.98% | 52.30% | R+10.3 | R |
| 9 | 86.79% | 9.93% | D+76.9 | 86.63% | 7.75% | D+78.9 | D |
| 10 | 74.30% | 23.45% | D+50.8 | 74.74% | 19.80% | D+54.9 | D |
| 11 | 83.19% | 13.65% | D+69.5 | 85.03% | 9.99% | D+75 | D |
| 12 | 57.63% | 40.31% | D+17.3 | 57.31% | 37.11% | D+20.2 | R |
| 13 | 71.84% | 25.60% | D+46.2 | 76.65% | 17.89% | D+58.8 | D |
| 14 | 58.31% | 39.78% | D+18.5 | 58.71% | 36.05% | D+22.7 | R |
| 15 | 69.82% | 27.81% | D+42 | 73.02% | 21.26% | D+51.8 | D |
| 16 | 35.93% | 61.67% | R+25.7 | 35.16% | 59.02% | R+23.9 | R |
| 17 | 62.96% | 33.93% | D+29 | 63.40% | 29.60% | D+33.8 | D |
| 18 | 73.94% | 23.52% | D+50.4 | 75.87% | 18.75% | D+57.1 | D |
| 19 | 58.19% | 39.28% | D+18.9 | 61.25% | 32.39% | D+28.9 | D |
| 20 | 68.17% | 29.81% | D+38.4 | 67.91% | 26.79% | D+41.1 | D |
| 21 | 47.51% | 49.94% | R+2.4 | 48.55% | 45.66% | D+2.9 | R |
| 22 | 68.32% | 29.44% | D+38.9 | 69.92% | 24.61% | D+45.3 | D |
| 23 | 45.99% | 51.75% | R+5.8 | 45.67% | 48.74% | R+3.1 | R |
| 24 | 83.63% | 13.34% | D+70.3 | 84.07% | 10.31% | D+73.8 | D |
| 25 | 59.87% | 37.42% | D+22.4 | 62.50% | 31.57% | D+30.9 | D |
| 26 | 64.95% | 32.27% | D+32.7 | 71.41% | 23.00% | D+48.4 | D |
| 27 | 54.50% | 43.17% | D+11.3 | 58.85% | 35.55% | D+23.3 | D |
| 28 | 45.53% | 52.60% | R+7.1 | 46.67% | 48.53% | R+1.9 | R |
| 29 | 48.73% | 49.08% | R+0.3 | 53.46% | 40.84% | D+12.6 | D |
| 30 | 88.27% | 9.66% | D+78.6 | 87.52% | 7.99% | D+79.5 | D |
| 31 | 57.51% | 40.30% | D+17.2 | 57.41% | 36.87% | D+20.5 | D |
| 32 | 64.16% | 33.67% | D+30.5 | 66.54% | 27.88% | D+38.7 | D |
| 33 | 78.59% | 19.07% | D+59.5 | 79.06% | 15.17% | D+63.9 | D |
| 34 | 53.33% | 44.39% | D+8.9 | 58.50% | 35.84% | D+22.7 | R |
| 35 | 80.29% | 17.90% | D+62.4 | 79.30% | 15.84% | D+63.5 | D |
| 36 | 43.16% | 54.77% | R+11.6 | 48.12% | 45.80% | D+2.3 | R |
| 37 | 43.89% | 53.72% | R+9.8 | 50.05% | 43.95% | D+6.1 | R |
| 38 | 41.26% | 56.75% | R+15.5 | 44.38% | 49.72% | R+5.3 | R |
| 39 | 58.76% | 38.80% | D+20 | 63.55% | 30.07% | D+33.5 | D |
| 40 | 65.05% | 33.27% | D+31.8 | 68.58% | 26.22% | D+42.4 | D |
| Total | 60.35% | 37.19% | D+23.2 | 62.25% | 31.89% | D+30.4 | - |
| Source: Daily Kos | |||||||
See also
- California State Senate
- California State Legislature
- State legislative elections, 2018
- California state legislative Top 2 primaries, 2018
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Statewide Direct Primary Election - June 5, 2018: Official Certified List of Candidates," March 29, 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Excludes unopposed elections
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 California Secretary of State, "Candidate Checklist," accessed February 25, 2025
- ↑ California Government Code, "Section 85100-85802," accessed February 25, 2025
- ↑ Ballotpedia, "Phone call with Office of the California Secretary of State," October 9, 2013
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 California Elections Code, "Section 8000-8700," accessed February 25, 2025
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Summary of Qualifications and Requirements for the Office of United States Senator," February 25, 2025
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Summary of Qualifications and Requirements for the Office of State Senate," accessed February 25, 2025
- ↑ California Legislative Information, "AB 469," accessed February 25, 2025
- ↑ Ballot Access News, "California Reduces Number of Signatures Needed on Petitions in Lieu of Filing Fee," October 16, 2017
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Qualifications for State Legislature," accessed December 16, 2013
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "2024 Legislator Compensation," August 21, 2024
- ↑ California Constitution, "Article 4, Section 2. (a)(3)," accessed November 1, 2021
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Democrats clinch a supermajority in both houses of the California Legislature after Josh Newman wins state Senate seat," November 28, 2016
- ↑ The Nevada Senate, Arkansas House, and Arkansas Senate were up for election in 2018 and have term limits, but no incumbents were term-limited in 2018.
- ↑ The Nevada Senate, Arkansas House, and Arkansas Senate are impacted by term limits, but no incumbents were term-limited in 2018. In the three chambers, a total of 129 seats were up for election in 2018. No legislators were unable to run in 2018 in those three chamber because of term limits.
- ↑ Ballotpedia confirmed through phone calls that at least seven California legislators were term-limited in 2018. The number of California legislators term-limited and the overall number of term-limited state legislators had a chance to change if Ballotpedia could confirm that more members were term-limited in 2018.
- ↑ Some of the 271 term-limited state legislators in 2018 may resign before their term ends. These legislators were still counted in the total number of term-limited legislators in 2018.
- ↑ The number of state legislative seats available for analysis varied, with as many as 7,795 and as few as 6,835.
- ↑ Lyndon Johnson's (D) first term began in November 1963 after the death of President John F. Kennedy (D), who was first elected in 1960. Before Johnson had his first midterm in 1966, he was re-elected president in 1964.
- ↑ Gerald Ford's (R) first term began in August 1974 following the resignation of President Richard Nixon (R), who was first elected in 1968 and was re-elected in 1972. Because Ford only served for two full months before facing the electorate, this election is classified as Nixon's second midterm.
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017
