Josh Jones (California)
Josh Jones (Green Party) ran for election for Governor of California. He lost in the primary on June 5, 2018.
Elections
2018
- See also: California gubernatorial election, 2018
 
General election
General election for Governor of California
Gavin Newsom defeated John Cox in the general election for Governor of California on November 6, 2018.
| Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Gavin Newsom (D) | 61.9 | 7,721,410 | 
|  | John Cox (R) | 38.1 | 4,742,825 | |
| Total votes: 12,464,235 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Governor of California
The following candidates ran in the primary for Governor of California on June 5, 2018.
| Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Gavin Newsom (D) | 33.7 | 2,343,792 | 
| ✔ |  | John Cox (R) | 25.4 | 1,766,488 | 
|  | Antonio Villaraigosa (D) | 13.3 | 926,394 | |
|  | Travis Allen (R) | 9.5 | 658,798 | |
|  | John Chiang (D) | 9.4 | 655,920 | |
|  | Delaine Eastin (D)  | 3.4 | 234,869 | |
|  | Amanda Renteria (D) | 1.3 | 93,446 | |
|  | Robert Newman (R) | 0.6 | 44,674 | |
|  | Michael Shellenberger (D) | 0.5 | 31,692 | |
|  | Peter Liu (R) | 0.4 | 27,336 | |
|  | Yvonne Girard (R) | 0.3 | 21,840 | |
|  | Gloria La Riva (Peace and Freedom Party) | 0.3 | 19,075 | |
| Juan Bribiesca (D) | 0.3 | 17,586 | ||
|  | Josh Jones (G) | 0.2 | 16,131 | |
|  | Zoltan Gyurko Istvan (L) | 0.2 | 14,462 | |
| Albert Caesar Mezzetti (D) | 0.2 | 12,026 | ||
|  | Nickolas Wildstar (L) | 0.2 | 11,566 | |
| Robert Davidson Griffis (D) | 0.2 | 11,103 | ||
|  | Akinyemi Agbede (D) | 0.1 | 9,380 | |
| Thomas Jefferson Cares (D) | 0.1 | 8,937 | ||
|  | Christopher Carlson (G)  | 0.1 | 7,302 | |
| Klement Tinaj (D) | 0.1 | 5,368 | ||
|  | Hakan Mikado (Independent) | 0.1 | 5,346 | |
| Johnny Wattenburg (Independent) | 0.1 | 4,973 | ||
|  | Desmond Silveira (Independent) | 0.1 | 4,633 | |
|  | Shubham Goel (Independent) | 0.1 | 4,020 | |
| Jeffrey Edward Taylor (Independent) | 0.1 | 3,973 | ||
| Total votes: 6,961,130 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Boris Romanowsky (Independent)
- Robert Kleinberger (R)
- Lindsey Neil Shortland (Independent)
- George Konik (R)
- Scot Sturtevant (Independent)
- Ted Crisell (D)
- James Tran (Independent)
- Jacob Morris (R)
- Michael Bilger (Independent)
- Andy Blanch (Independent)
- Daniel Amare (R)
- David Bush (Independent)
- David Hadley (R)
- Grant Handzlik (Independent)
- David Asem (D)
- Stasyi Barth (R)
- Michael Bracamontes (D)
- Analila Joya (Independent)
- Harmesh Kumar (D)
- Joshua Laine (Independent)
- John Leslie-Brown (R)
- Frederic Prinz von Anhalt (Independent)
- Timothy Richardson (Independent)
- Brian Domingo (R)
- Doug Ose (R)
See also
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