Jeff Bleich

Jeff Bleich (Democratic Party) ran for election for Lieutenant Governor of California. He lost in the primary on June 5, 2018.

Elections

2018

See also: California lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of California

Eleni Kounalakis defeated Edward Hernandez in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of California on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Eleni Kounalakis (D)	56.6	5,914,068
	Edward Hernandez (D)	43.4	4,543,863

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,457,931 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Lieutenant Governor of California

The following candidates ran in the primary for Lieutenant Governor of California on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Eleni Kounalakis (D)	24.2	1,587,940
✔		Edward Hernandez (D)	20.6	1,347,442
		Cole Harris (R)	17.5	1,144,003
		Jeff Bleich (D)	9.9	648,045
		David Fennell (R)	7.9	515,956
	Submit photo	Lydia Ortega (R)	6.4	419,512
		David Hernandez (R)	6.2	404,982
		Gayle McLaughlin (Independent)	4.0	263,364
		Timothy Ferreira (L)	1.5	99,949
		Cameron Gharabiklou (D)	1.2	78,267
	Submit photo	Danny Thomas (Independent)	0.7	44,121

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 6,553,581
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Marjan Fariba (Independent)
Matthew Rizzie (D)

Endorsements

San Francisco Chronicle
Sacramento Bee
Mercury News
East Bay Times
The Sierra Club
U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.)
U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)
U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.)
U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.)
Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean (D)
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper^[1]

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Footnotes

↑ Bleich Lt. Governor, "Endorsements," accessed May 22, 2018

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Jeff Bleich

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2018

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of California

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Nonpartisan primary for Lieutenant Governor of California

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