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2018 U.S. House Elections in California

Primary Date
June 5, 2018
Top-two primaries

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2018 U.S. Senate Elections

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The 2018 U.S. House of Representatives elections in California took place on November 6, 2018. Voters elected 53 candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's 53 congressional districts.



Candidates

See also: Statistics on U.S. Congress candidates, 2018

District 1

General election candidates:

General election candidates

Primary candidates:

Democratic Party Audrey Denney[1] Approveda
Democratic Party Jessica Holcombe[2]
Democratic Party David Peterson[3][4]
Democratic Party Marty Walters[5]
Republican Party Doug LaMalfa - Incumbent Approveda
Republican Party Gregory Cheadle
Green Party Lewis Elbinger[6]

Withdrew:
Democratic Party Dennis Duncan[7]
Democratic Party Larry Jordan[4][8]
Democratic Party Brandon Storment[9]

District 2

General election candidates:

General election candidates

Primary candidates:

Democratic Party Jared Huffman - Incumbent[4] Approveda
Democratic Party Andy Caffrey[4]
Republican Party Dale Mensing[4] Approveda

District 3

General election candidates:

General election candidates

Primary candidates:

Democratic Party John Garamendi - Incumbent[4] Approveda
Democratic Party Kevin Puett[4]
Republican Party Charlie Schaupp[4] Approveda

District 4

General election candidates

Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:

District 5

General election candidates


Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Primary candidates


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Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

District 6

General election candidates:

General election candidates

Primary candidates:

Democratic Party Doris Matsui - Incumbent[4] Approveda
Democratic Party Jrmar Jefferson[4] Approveda

District 7

General election candidates

Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:

District 8

General election candidates:

General election candidates

Primary candidates:

Democratic Party Marge Doyle[10]
Democratic Party Ronald O'Donnell[11]
Democratic Party Rita Ramirez[12]
Republican Party Paul Cook - Incumbent[13] Approveda
Republican Party Tim Donnelly[14] Approveda

District 9

General election candidates

Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:


Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

District 10

General election candidates

Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:

District 11

General election candidates:

General election candidates

Primary candidates:

Democratic Party Mark DeSaulnier - Incumbent[4] Approveda
Democratic Party Dennis Lytton[4]
Republican Party John Fitzgerald[4] Approveda
Independent Chris Wood (No Party Preference)[4]

District 12

General election candidates

Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:

District 13

General election candidates:

General election candidates

Primary candidates:

Democratic Party Barbara Lee - Incumbent[15] Approveda

District 14

General election candidates:

General election candidates

Primary candidates:

Democratic Party Jackie Speier - Incumbent[4] Approveda
Republican Party Cristina Osmeña[4] Approveda

District 15

General election candidates:

General election candidates

Primary candidates:

Democratic Party Eric Swalwell - Incumbent[16] Approveda
Republican Party Rudy Peters[17] Approveda
Grey.png Brendan St. John (No party preference)[18]

District 16

General election candidates:

General election candidates

Primary candidates:

Democratic Party Jim Costa - Incumbent[4] Approveda
Republican Party Elizabeth Heng[4] Approveda

District 17

General election candidates:

General election candidates

Primary candidates:

Democratic Party Ro Khanna - Incumbent[4] Approveda
Democratic Party Stephen Forbes[4]
Democratic Party Khanh Tran[19]
Republican Party Ron Cohen[20] Approveda
Libertarian Party Kennita Watson[4]

District 18

General election candidates:

General election candidates

Primary candidates:

Democratic Party Anna Eshoo - Incumbent[4] Approveda
Republican Party Christine Russell[4] Approveda
Independent John Karl Fredrich (No Party Preference)[4]

District 19

General election candidates


Primary candidates:

Democratic Party Zoe Lofgren - Incumbent Approveda

District 20

General election candidates

Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:


Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

District 21

General election candidates

Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:

District 22

General election candidates

Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:


Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

District 23

General election candidates

Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:


Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

District 24

General election candidates:

General election candidates

Primary candidates:

Democratic Party Salud Carbajal - Incumbent[21] Approveda
Republican Party Justin Fareed[22] Approveda
Republican Party Michael Erin Woody[23]

District 25

General election candidates

Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:

District 26

General election candidates


Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:


Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

District 27

General election candidates


Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:


Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

District 28

General election candidates

Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:

District 29

General election candidates:

General election candidates

Primary candidates:

Democratic Party Tony Cardenas - Incumbent[4] Approveda
Democratic Party Joseph Shammas[24]
Republican Party Benito Bernal[4] Approveda
Green Party Angelica Dueñas[25]
Grey.png Juan Rey (No Party Preference)[26]

District 30

General election candidates

Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:

District 31

General election candidates:

General election candidates

Primary candidates:

Democratic Party Pete Aguilar - Incumbent[27] Approveda
Democratic Party Kaisar Ahmed[28]
Republican Party Sean Flynn[29] Approveda

District 32

General election candidates

Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:

District 33

General election candidates

Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:

District 34

General election candidates

Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:


Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

District 35

General election candidates:

General election candidates

Primary candidates:

Democratic Party Norma Torres - Incumbent[30] Approveda
Democratic Party Joe Baca[31]
Republican Party Christian Valiente[31] Approveda

District 36

General election candidates:

General election candidates

Primary candidates:

Democratic Party Raul Ruiz - Incumbent[4] Approveda
Republican Party Dan Ball[32]
Republican Party Robert Bentley[4]
Republican Party Kimberlin Brown Pelzer[4][33] Approveda
Republican Party Doug Hassett[34]
Republican Party Stephan Wolkowicz[35]

District 37

General election candidates:

General election candidates


Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

Primary candidates:

Democratic Party Karen Bass - Incumbent[36] Approveda
Republican Party Ron Bassilian[37] Approveda

District 38

General election candidates:

General election candidates

Primary candidates:

Democratic Party Linda Sánchez - Incumbent[4] Approveda
Republican Party Ryan Downing[4] Approveda

District 39

General election candidates

Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:


Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

District 40

General election candidates:

General election candidates


Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

Primary candidates:

Democratic Party Lucille Roybal-Allard - Incumbent[38] Approveda
Green Party Rodolfo Cortes Barragan[39] Approveda

District 41

General election candidates

Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:

District 42

General election candidates


Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:


Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

District 43

General election candidates

Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:

District 44

General election candidates

Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:

District 45

General election candidates


Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:


Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

District 46

General election candidates

Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:

District 47

General election candidates:

General election candidates


Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

Primary candidates:

Democratic Party Alan Lowenthal - Incumbent[4] Approveda
Republican Party John Briscoe[4] Approveda
Republican Party David Clifford[40]

District 48

General election candidates

Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:


Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

District 49

General election candidates

Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:


Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

District 50

General election candidates

Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:


Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

District 51

General election candidates:

General election candidates

Primary candidates:

Democratic Party Juan Vargas - Incumbent[4] Approveda
Republican Party Louis Fuentes[4]
Republican Party Juan Hidalgo Jr.[41] Approveda
Republican Party John Renison Jr.[4]
Grey.png Juan Carlos Mercado (No Party Preference)[42]
Grey.png Kevin Mitchell (No Party Preference)[4]

District 52

General election candidates

Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:


Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

District 53

General election candidates:

General election candidates


Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

Primary candidates:

Democratic Party Susan Davis - Incumbent[4] Approveda
Republican Party Brett Goda[4]
Republican Party Shawn Gino Kane[4]
Republican Party Matt Mendoza[4]
Republican Party Morgan Murtaugh[43] Approveda
Grey.png Bryan Kim (No Party Preference)[44]


State overview

Partisan control

This section details the partisan control of federal and state positions in California heading into the 2018 elections.

Congressional delegation

State executives

  • As of May 2018, Democrats held seven of 10 state executive positions and the remaining three positions were officially nonpartisan.
  • The governor of California was Democrat Jerry Brown.

State legislature

  • Democrats controlled both chambers of the California State Legislature. They had a 55-25 majority in the state Assembly and a 27-13 majority in the state Senate.

Trifecta status

  • California was a state government trifecta, meaning that Democrats held the governorship and majorities in the state house and state senate.

2018 elections

See also: California elections, 2018

California held elections for the following positions in 2018:

Demographics

Demographic data for California
 CaliforniaU.S.
Total population:38,993,940316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):155,7793,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:61.8%73.6%
Black/African American:5.9%12.6%
Asian:13.7%5.1%
Native American:0.7%0.8%
Pacific Islander:0.4%0.2%
Two or more:4.5%3%
Hispanic/Latino:38.4%17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:81.8%86.7%
College graduation rate:31.4%29.8%
Income
Median household income:$61,818$53,889
Persons below poverty level:18.2%11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)
Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in California.
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

As of July 2016, California had a population of approximately 39,000,000 people, with its three largest cities being Los Angeles (pop. est. 4.0 million), San Diego (pop. est. 1.4 million), and San Jose (pop. est. 1 million).[45][46]

State election history

This section provides an overview of federal and state elections in California from 2000 to 2016. All data comes from the California Secretary of State.

Historical elections

Presidential elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results of the presidential election in California every year from 2000 to 2016.

Election results (President of the United States), California 2000-2016
Year First-place candidate First-place candidate votes (%) Second-place candidate Second-place candidate votes (%) Margin of victory (%)
2016 Democratic Party Hillary Clinton 61.7% Republican Party Donald Trump 31.6% 30.1%
2012 Democratic Party Barack Obama 60.2% Republican Party Mitt Romney 37.1% 23.1%
2008 Democratic Party Barack Obama 61.1% Republican Party John McCain 37% 24.1%
2004 Democratic Party John Kerry 54.4% Republican Party George W. Bush 44.4% 10%
2000 Democratic Party Al Gore 53.5% Republican Party George W. Bush 41.7% 11.8%

U.S. Senate elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results of U.S. Senate races in California from 2000 to 2016. Every state has two Senate seats, and each seat goes up for election every six years. The terms of the seats are staggered so that roughly one-third of the seats are up every two years.

Election results (U.S. Senator), California 2000-2016
Year First-place candidate First-place candidate votes (%) Second-place candidate Second-place candidate votes (%) Margin of victory (%)
2016 Democratic Party Kamala Harris 61.6% Democratic Party Loretta Sanchez 38.4% 23.2%
2012 Democratic Party Dianne Feinstein 62.5% Republican Party Elizabeth Emken 37.5% 25%
2010 Democratic Party Barbara Boxer 52.2% Republican Party Carly Fiorina 42.2% 10%
2006 Democratic Party Dianne Feinstein 59.5% Republican Party Richard Mountjoy 35.1% 24.4%
2004 Democratic Party Barbara Boxer 57.8% Republican Party Bill Jones 37.8% 20%
2000 Democratic Party Dianne Feinstein 55.9% Republican Party Tom Campbell 36.6% 19.3%

Gubernatorial elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results of the four gubernatorial elections held between 2000 and 2016. Gubernatorial elections are held every four years in California.

Election results (Governor), California 2000-2016
Year First-place candidate First-place candidate votes (%) Second-place candidate Second-place candidate votes (%) Margin of victory (%)
2014 Democratic Party Jerry Brown 60% Republican Party Neel Kashkari 40% 20%
2010 Democratic Party Jerry Brown 53.8% Republican Party Meg Whitman 40.9% 12.9%
2006 Republican Party Arnold Schwarzenegger 55.9% Democratic Party Phil Angelides 39.0% 16.9%
2002 Democratic Party Gray Davis 47.3% Republican Party Bill Simon 42.4% 4.9%

Congressional delegation, 2000-2016

This chart shows the number of Democrats and Republicans who were elected to represent California in the U.S. House from 2000 to 2016. Elections for U.S. House seats are held every two years.

Congressional delegation, California 2000-2016
Year Democrats Democrats (%) Republicans Republicans (%) Balance of power
2016 Democratic Party 39 73.5% Republican Party 14 26.4% D+25
2014 Democratic Party 39 73.5% Republican Party 14 26.4% D+25
2012 Democratic Party 38 71.7% Republican Party 15 28.3% D+23
2010 Democratic Party 34 64.1% Republican Party 19 35.8% D+15
2008 Democratic Party 34 64.1% Republican Party 19 35.8% D+15
2006 Democratic Party 34 64.1% Republican Party 19 35.8% D+15
2004 Democratic Party 33 62.3% Republican Party 20 37.7% D+13
2002 Democratic Party 33 62.3% Republican Party 20 37.7% D+13
2000 Democratic Party 32 61.5% Republican Party 20 38.5% D+12

Trifectas, 1992-2017

A state government trifecta occurs when one party controls both chambers of the state legislature and the governor's office.

California Party Control: 1992-2025
Twenty years with Democratic trifectas  •  No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

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
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

See also

Footnotes

  1. Audrey Denney for Congress, "Home," accessed January 3, 2018
  2. Facebook, "Jessica Holcombe for Congress", accessed August 7, 2017
  3. FEC, "Peterson for Congress," accessed March 26, 2018
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  5. Marty Walters for Congress, "Home," accessed July 25, 2017
  6. Email submission to Ballotpedia
  7. Dennis Duncan for Congress, "Home," accessed June 27, 2017
  8. Larry Jordan for Congress, "Home," accessed January 15, 2018
  9. Brandon Storment for Congress, "Home," accessed September 22, 2017
  10. Federal Election Commission, "DOYLE, MARGE," accessed October 22, 2017
  11. Federal Election Commission, "O'DONNELL, RONALD J," accessed September 22, 2017
  12. Dr. Rita Ramirez for Congress, "Home," accessed January 15, 2018
  13. California Secretary of State, "Statewide Direct Primary Election - June 5, 2018: Official Certified List of Candidates," accessed April 2, 2018
  14. Federal Election Commission, "DONNELLY, TIMOTHY M," accessed October 22, 2017
  15. California Secretary of State, "Statewide Direct Primary Election - June 5, 2018: Official Certified List of Candidates," accessed April 2, 2018
  16. California Secretary of State, "Statewide Direct Primary Election - June 5, 2018: Official Certified List of Candidates," accessed April 2, 2018
  17. Rudy Peters For Congress, "Home," accessed March 14, 2018
  18. Federal Election Commission, "Brendan St. John," accessed August 2, 2017
  19. Federal Election Commission, "TRAN, KHANH," accessed October 16, 2017
  20. Ron Cohen for Congress, "Home," accessed June 27, 2017
  21. California Secretary of State, "Statewide Direct Primary Election - June 5, 2018: Official Certified List of Candidates," accessed April 2, 2018
  22. Federal Election Commission, "FAREED, JUSTIN," accessed September 22, 2017
  23. Michael Erin Woody for Congress, "Home," accessed September 22, 2017
  24. Joe Shammas for Congress, "Home," accessed September 11, 2017
  25. Vox Publica, "Green Berniecrat Angelica Duenas runs for CA 29," July 4, 2017
  26. Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "STATEWIDE DIRECT PRIMARY ELECTION 6/5/2018," accessed March 19, 2018
  27. California Secretary of State, "Statewide Direct Primary Election - June 5, 2018: Official Certified List of Candidates," accessed April 3, 2018
  28. Kaisar Ahmed for Congress, "Home," accessed September 22, 2017
  29. Sean Flynn for Congress, "Home," accessed September 22, 2017
  30. California Secretary of State, "Statewide Direct Primary Election - June 5, 2018: Official Certified List of Candidates," accessed April 3, 2018
  31. 31.0 31.1 Daily Bulletin, "Switching parties again, Joe Baca wants back in Congress," February 27, 2018
  32. Dan Ball for Congress, "Home," accessed October 22, 2017
  33. The Washington Times, "Soap-opera actress, Trump backer to run for Congress as Republican," October 12, 2017
  34. Doug Hassett for Congress 2018, "About," accessed March 5, 2018
  35. Federal Election Commission, "WOLKOWICZ, STEPHAN," accessed October 22, 2017
  36. California Secretary of State, "Statewide Direct Primary Election - June 5, 2018: Official Certified List of Candidates," accessed April 3, 2018
  37. Email submission to Ballotpedia
  38. California Secretary of State, "Statewide Direct Primary Election - June 5, 2018: Official Certified List of Candidates," accessed April 3, 2018
  39. Federal Election Commission, "California - House District 4," accessed January 2, 2018
  40. David Clifford for Congress, "Home," accessed February 7, 2018
  41. Email submission to Ballotpedia, received on March 12, 2018
  42. Information submitted on Ballotpedia's biographical information submission form on December 30, 2017
  43. Future Female Leaders, "Meet The Republican Woman Who Just Became The Youngest Candidate For Congress," accessed March 26, 2018
  44. Bryan Kim for Congress, "Home," accessed September 22, 2017
  45. California Demographics, "California Cities by Population," accessed April 2, 2018
  46. U.S. Census Bureau, "Quickfacts California," accessed April 2, 2018



Senators
Representatives
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
Ami Bera (D)
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
Adam Gray (D)
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
Ro Khanna (D)
District 18
District 19
District 20
District 21
Jim Costa (D)
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
Raul Ruiz (D)
District 26
District 27
District 28
Judy Chu (D)
District 29
Luz Rivas (D)
District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35
District 36
Ted Lieu (D)
District 37
District 38
District 39
District 40
Young Kim (R)
District 41
District 42
District 43
District 44
District 45
District 46
District 47
Dave Min (D)
District 48
District 49
District 50
District 51
District 52
Democratic Party (45)
Republican Party (9)