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California state legislative election results, 2024
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The sections below contain analysis of election results in the state legislative elections for California in 2024.
General election results
Senate
- See also: California State Senate elections, 2024
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Retiring incumbents
Senate
Eleven incumbents did not file for re-election in 2024.[1] This was the largest number of retirements since 2010, and a 22% increase from the average of nine retirements per cycle between 2010 and 2022. Those incumbents were:
State Assembly
Twenty-three incumbents did not file for re-election in 2024.[2] This was above the average of 19 retirements between 2010 and 2022. Those incumbents were:
Primary election competitiveness
This section contains data on state legislative primary election competitiveness in California. These totals include data from all regularly-scheduled House and Senate elections. For more information about Ballotpedia's competitiveness analysis of state legislative elections, please click here.
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all state legislative districts up for election in California in 2024. Information below was calculated on Feb. 28, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
California had 58 contested state legislative primaries in 2024. This was the second-highest number and percentage of contested primaries since 2014.
All 58 contested primaries were top-two primaries where the top-two vote getters, regardless of party, advanced to the general election. This number was down from 60 in 2022.
Twenty-seven incumbents faced primary challenges, representing 41% of all incumbents running for re-election. This was lower than in 2022, 2020, and 2018 but higher than the 2016 and 2014 election cycles.
Of the 27 incumbents in contested primaries, 22 were Democrats and five were Republicans.
Overall, 328 candidates — 191 Democrats, 123 Republicans, and 14 from minor parties — filed to run. All 80 House and 20 of 40 Senate seats were up for election.
Thirty-four of those seats were open, meaning no incumbents filed. This guaranteed that at least 34% of seats up for election would be represented by newcomers in 2025.
Senate
The table below shows the number and percentage of open seats in the California State Senate from 2010 to 2024.[3]
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| Year | Total seats | Open seats | Seats with incumbents running for re-election |
| 2024 | 20 | 11 (55 percent) | 9 (45 percent) |
| 2022 | 20 | 10 (50 percent) | 10 (50 percent) |
| 2020 | 20 | 6 (30 percent) | 14 (70 percent) |
| 2018 | 20 | 6 (30 percent) | 14 (70 percent) |
| 2016 | 20 | 9 (45 percent) | 11 (55 percent) |
| 2014 | 20 | 10 (50 percent) | 10 (50 percent) |
| 2012 | 20 | 9 (45 percent) | 11 (55 percent) |
| 2010 | 20 | 10 (50 percent) | 10 (50 percent) |
State Assembly
The table below shows the number and percentage of open seats in the California State Assembly from 2010 to 2024.[4]
| Open Seats in California State Assembly elections: 2010 - 2024 | |||
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| Year | Total seats | Open seats | Seats with incumbents running for re-election |
| 2024 | 80 | 23 (29 percent) | 57 (71 percent) |
| 2022 | 80 | 24 (30 percent) | 56 (70 percent) |
| 2020 | 80 | 8 (10 percent) | 72 (90 percent) |
| 2018 | 80 | 5 (6 percent) | 75 (94 percent) |
| 2016 | 80 | 17 (21 percent) | 63 (79 percent) |
| 2014 | 80 | 23 (29 percent) | 57 (71 percent) |
| 2012 | 80 | 35 (44 percent) | 45 (56 percent) |
| 2010 | 80 | 28 (35 percent) | 52 (65 percent) |
See also
- Elections
- Elections calendar
- Elections by state and year
- State Poll Opening and Closing Times
- State legislative elections, 2024
Footnotes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines a seat as open if the incumbent did not file to run for re-election or filed but withdrew and did not appear on any ballot for his or her seat. If the incumbent withdrew from or did not participate in the primary but later chose to seek re-election to his or her seat as a third party or independent candidate, the seat would not be counted as open. If the incumbent retired or ran for a different seat in the same chamber, his or her original seat would be counted as open unless another incumbent from the same chamber filed to run for that seat, in which case it would not be counted as open due to the presence of an incumbent.
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines a seat as open if the incumbent did not file to run for re-election or filed but withdrew and did not appear on any ballot for his or her seat. If the incumbent withdrew from or did not participate in the primary but later chose to seek re-election to his or her seat as a third party or independent candidate, the seat would not be counted as open. If the incumbent retired or ran for a different seat in the same chamber, his or her original seat would be counted as open unless another incumbent from the same chamber filed to run for that seat, in which case it would not be counted as open due to the presence of an incumbent.
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