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General election
U.S. President
Presidential election in California, 2020
Candidate/Running mate |
% |
Popular votes |
Electoral votes |
||
| ✔ |
 
| Joe Biden/Kamala D. Harris (D) |
63.5
|
11,110,250 | 55 |
 
| Donald Trump/Mike Pence (R) |
34.3
|
6,006,429 | 0 | |
 
| Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen (L) |
1.1
|
187,895 | 0 | |
 
| Howie Hawkins/Angela Nicole Walker (G) |
0.5
|
81,029 | 0 | |
 
| Roque De La Fuente/Ye (American Independent Party of California) |
0.3
|
60,160 | 0 | |
 
| Gloria La Riva/Sunil Freeman (Peace and Freedom Party) |
0.3
|
51,037 | 0 | |
 
| Brian T. Carroll/Amar Patel (Unaffiliated) (Write-in) |
0.0
|
2,605 | 0 | |
 
| Jesse Ventura/Cynthia McKinney (Unaffiliated) |
0.0
|
611 | 0 | |
 
| Mark Charles/Adrian Wallace (Unaffiliated) |
0.0
|
559 | 0 | |
 
| Brock Pierce/Karla Ballard (Unaffiliated) (Write-in) |
0.0
|
185 | 0 | |
 
| Joseph Kishore/Norissa Santa Cruz (Unaffiliated) |
0.0
|
121 | 0 | |
 |
Total votes: 17,500,881 |
U.S. House
Democratic
Republican
State ballot measures
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- California Proposition 14, Stem Cell Research Institute Bond Initiative (2020)
- California Proposition 15, Tax on Commercial and Industrial Properties for Education and Local Government Funding Initiative (2020)
- California Proposition 16, Repeal Proposition 209 Affirmative Action Amendment (2020)
- California Proposition 17, Voting Rights Restoration for Persons on Parole Amendment (2020)
- California Proposition 18, Primary Voting for 17-Year-Olds Amendment (2020)
- California Proposition 19, Property Tax Transfers, Exemptions, and Revenue for Wildfire Agencies and Counties Amendment (2020)
- California Proposition 20, Criminal Sentencing, Parole, and DNA Collection Initiative (2020)
- California Proposition 21, Local Rent Control Initiative (2020)
- California Proposition 22, App-Based Drivers as Contractors and Labor Policies Initiative (2020)
- California Proposition 23, Dialysis Clinic Requirements Initiative (2020)
- California Proposition 24, Consumer Personal Information Law and Agency Initiative (2020)
- California Proposition 25, Replace Cash Bail with Risk Assessments Referendum (2020)
State legislature
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Local government
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- November 3, 2020 ballot measures in California
- Alameda County, California
- Fresno County, California
- Kern County, California
- Los Angeles County, California
- Orange County, California
- Riverside County, California
- Sacramento County, California
- San Bernardino County, California
- San Diego County, California
- San Joaquin County, California
- Santa Clara County, California
- Anaheim, California
- Bakersfield, California
- Chula Vista, California
- Fremont, California - Mayor
- Irvine, California - Mayor
- Long Beach, California
- Los Angeles, California
- Oakland, California
- Riverside, California - Mayor
- Sacramento, California
- San Bernardino, California
- San Diego, California - Mayor
- San Francisco, California
- San Jose, California
- Santa Ana, California - Mayor
- Stockton, California - Mayor
- Alum Rock Union School District
- Alvord Unified School District
- Anaheim Elementary School District
- Anaheim Union High School District
- Bakersfield City School District
- Berryessa Union School District
- Beardsley School District
- Cambrian School District
- Campbell Union High School District
- Campbell Union School District
- Capistrano Unified School District
- Central Unified School District
- Centralia Elementary School District
- Chula Vista Elementary School District
- Clovis Unified School District
- Colton Joint Unified School District
- Corona-Norco Unified School District
- Coronado Unified School District
- Cupertino Union School District
- Del Mar Union School District
- East Side Union High School District
- Elk Grove Unified School District
- Escondido Union High School District
- Evergreen Elementary School District
- Fairfax Elementary School District
- Fontana Unified School District
- Fowler Unified School District
- Franklin-McKinley School District
- Fremont Union High School District
- Fresno Unified School District
- Fruitvale School District
- Garden Grove Unified School District
- General Shafter School District
- Grossmont Union High School District
- Irvine Unified School District
- Kern High School District
- Lamont Elementary School District
- Lincoln Unified School District
- Lodi Unified School District
- Magnolia School District
- Manteca Unified School District
- Moreland School District
- Moreno Valley Unified School District
- Morgan Hill Unified School District
- Mount Pleasant Elementary School District
- National Elementary School District
- Natomas Unified School District
- Newport-Mesa Unified School District
- Norris School District
- Oak Grove School District
- Oakland Unified School District
- Orange Center School District
- Orange Unified School District
- Orchard Elementary School District
- Panama-Buena Vista Union School District
- Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District
- Poway Unified School District
- Redlands Unified School District
- Rialto Unified School District
- Rio Bravo-Greeley Union Elementary School District
- Riverside Unified School District
- Robla Elementary School District
- Rosedale Union Elementary School District
- Sacramento City Unified School District
- Saddleback Valley Unified School District
- San Bernardino City Unified School District
- San Dieguito Union High School District
- San Francisco Unified School District
- San Juan Unified School District
- San Jose Unified School District
- San Pasqual Union Elementary School District
- San Ysidro Elementary School District
- San Ramon Valley Unified School District
- Sanger Unified School District
- Santa Ana Unified School District
- Santa Clara Unified School District
- Santee School District
- Savanna Elementary School District
- Solana Beach Elementary School District
- Standard Elementary School District
- Stockton Unified School District
- Sweetwater Union High School District
- Tracy Joint Unified School District
- Tustin Unified School District
- Valley Center-Pauma Unified School District
- Vineland Elementary School District
- Washington Unified School District
- West Park Elementary School District
Primary election
U.S. President
California Democratic presidential primary on March 3, 2020
Candidate |
% |
Votes |
Pledged delegates |
|
 | Bernie Sanders |
36.0
|
2,080,846 | 225 |
|
| Joe Biden |
27.9
|
1,613,854 | 172 |
 | Elizabeth Warren |
13.2
|
762,555 | 11 |
 | Michael Bloomberg |
12.1
|
701,803 | 7 |
 | Pete Buttigieg |
4.3
|
249,256 | 0 |
 | Amy Klobuchar |
2.2
|
126,961 | 0 |
 | Thomas Steyer |
2.0
|
113,092 | 0 |
 | Andrew Yang |
0.8
|
43,571 | 0 |
 | Tulsi Gabbard |
0.6
|
33,769 | 0 |
 | Julián Castro |
0.2
|
13,892 | 0 |
 | Michael Bennet |
0.1
|
7,377 | 0 |
 | Marianne Williamson |
0.1
|
7,052 | 0 |
 | Roque De La Fuente III |
0.1
|
6,151 | 0 |
 | Cory Booker |
0.1
|
6,000 | 0 |
 | John Delaney |
0.1
|
4,606 | 0 |
|
| Michael Ellinger |
0.1
|
3,424 | 0 |
 | Joe Sestak |
0.1
|
3,270 | 0 |
 | Mark Stewart Greenstein |
0.1
|
3,190 | 0 |
 | Deval Patrick |
0.0
|
2,022 | 0 |
|
| Mosemarie Boyd |
0.0
|
1,639 | 0 |
| Other |
0.0
|
34 | 0 | |
|
Total votes: 5,784,364 • Total pledged delegates: 415 |
California Republican presidential primary on March 3, 2020
Candidate |
% |
Votes |
Pledged delegates |
|
|
| Donald Trump |
92.2
|
2,279,086 | 172 |
 | Bill Weld |
2.7
|
66,904 | 0 |
 | Joe Walsh |
2.6
|
64,749 | 0 |
|
| Roque De La Fuente |
1.0
|
24,351 | 0 |
 | Matthew Matern |
0.6
|
15,469 | 0 |
 | Robert Ardini |
0.5
|
12,857 | 0 |
 | Zoltan Gyurko Istvan |
0.3
|
8,141 | 0 |
| Other |
0.0
|
23 | 0 | |
|
Total votes: 2,471,580 • Total pledged delegates: 172 |
California Green presidential primary on March 3, 2020
Candidate |
% |
Votes |
Pledged delegates |
|
|
| Howie Hawkins |
36.2
|
4,203 | 0 |
 | Dario David Hunter |
22.0
|
2,558 | 0 |
 | Sedinam Moyowasifza-Curry |
17.8
|
2,071 | 0 |
 | Dennis Lambert |
17.2
|
1,999 | 0 |
 | David Rolde |
6.7
|
774 | 0 |
| Other |
0.1
|
7 | 0 | |
|
Total votes: 11,612 • Total pledged delegates: 0 |
California Libertarian presidential primary on March 3, 2020
Candidate |
% |
Votes |
Pledged delegates |
|
 | Jacob Hornberger |
19.4
|
5,530 | 0 |
|
| Jo Jorgensen |
12.4
|
3,534 | 0 |
 | Vermin Supreme |
12.2
|
3,469 | 0 |
 | Kenneth Armstrong |
10.6
|
3,011 | 0 |
|
| Kimberly Margaret Ruff |
8.2
|
2,330 | 0 |
 | Adam Kokesh |
7.6
|
2,161 | 0 |
 | Samuel Joseph Robb |
6.0
|
1,722 | 0 |
 | Daniel Behrman |
5.9
|
1,695 | 0 |
 | Max Abramson |
5.6
|
1,605 | 0 |
 | Souraya Faas |
3.5
|
999 | 0 |
 | Steven Allen Richey |
3.4
|
982 | 0 |
 | Erik Chase Gerhardt |
2.6
|
748 | 0 |
|
| Keenan Dunham |
2.5
|
720 | 0 |
| Other |
0.1
|
29 | 0 | |
|
Total votes: 28,535 • Total pledged delegates: 0 |
California American Independent presidential primary on March 3, 2020
Candidate |
% |
Votes |
Pledged delegates |
|
 | Phil Collins |
32.6
|
18,461 | 0 |
|
| Roque De La Fuente |
22.7
|
12,816 | 0 |
 | Don Blankenship |
18.3
|
10,377 | 0 |
 | J.R. Myers |
14.3
|
8,068 | 0 |
 | Charles Kraut |
12.1
|
6,846 | 0 |
|
Total votes: 56,568 • Total pledged delegates: 0 |
California Peace and Freedom presidential primary on March 3, 2020
Candidate |
% |
Votes |
Pledged delegates |
|
|
| Gloria La Riva |
67.2
|
4,481 | 0 |
|
| Howie Hawkins |
32.8
|
2,191 | 0 |
|
Total votes: 6,672 • Total pledged delegates: 0 |
U.S. House
U.S. House special election
Nonpartisan primary election
Special nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 25
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Christy Smith (D) | 36.2 | 58,563 |
| ✔ |  | Mike Garcia (R) | 25.4 | 41,169 |
 | Stephen Knight (R) | 17.2 | 27,799 | |
 | Cenk Uygur (D) | 6.6 | 10,609 | |
 | Anibal Valdez-Ortega (D)  | 4.6 | 7,368 | |
 | Courtney Lackey (R) | 1.9 | 3,072 | |
 | Robert Cooper (D) | 1.8 | 2,962 | |
 | David Lozano (R) | 1.7 | 2,758 | |
 | Daniel Mercuri (R) | 1.6 | 2,533 | |
 | Kenneth Jenks (R) | 1.6 | 2,528 | |
 | Getro Elize (D) | 0.9 | 1,414 | |
 | David Rudnick (D) | 0.7 | 1,085 | |
| Total votes: 161,860 | |||
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State ballot measures
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State legislature
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- California State Senate elections, 2020
- California State Assembly elections, 2020
- California state legislative special elections, 2020 (Senate 28 primary)
Local government
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- March 3, 2020 ballot measures in California
- Alameda County, California
- Fresno County, California
- Kern County, California
- Los Angeles County, California
- Orange County, California
- Riverside County, California
- Sacramento County, California
- San Bernardino County, California
- San Diego County, California
- San Joaquin County, California
- Santa Clara County, California
- Bakersfield, California (Mayor)
- Chula Vista, California
- Fresno, California - Mayor
- Long Beach, California
- Los Angeles, California
- Riverside, California - Mayor
- Sacramento, California - Mayor
- San Bernardino, California
- San Diego, California - Mayor
- San Francisco, California
- San Jose, California
- Stockton, California - Mayor
- Compton Unified School District
- Long Beach Unified School District
- Los Angeles Unified School District
- San Diego Unified School District
- Twin Rivers Unified School District
- Herb Perez recall, Foster City, California (2020)
- City council recall, Santa Cruz, California (2020)
