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United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2018

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2018 U.S. House Elections in California

Primary Date
June 5, 2018
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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.


Partisan breakdown

Heading into the November 6 election, the Democratic Party held 39 of the 53 congressional seats from California.

Members of the U.S. House from California -- Partisan Breakdown
Party As of November 2018 After the 2018 Election
     Democratic Party 38 46
     Republican Party 14 7
     Vacancies 1 0
Total 53 53

Incumbents

Heading into the 2018 election, the incumbents for the 53 congressional districts were:

Name Party District
Doug La Malfa Ends.png Republican 1
Jared Huffman Electiondot.png Democratic 2
John Garamendi Electiondot.png Democratic 3
Tom McClintock Ends.png Republican 4
Mike Thompson Electiondot.png Democratic 5
Doris Matsui Electiondot.png Democratic 6
Ami Bera Electiondot.png Democratic 7
Paul Cook Ends.png Republican 8
Jerry McNerney Electiondot.png Democratic 9
Jeff Denham Ends.png Republican 10
Mark DeSaulnier Electiondot.png Democratic 11
Nancy Pelosi Electiondot.png Democratic 12
Barbara Lee Electiondot.png Democratic 13
Jackie Speier Electiondot.png Democratic 14
Eric Swalwell Electiondot.png Democratic 15
Jim Costa Electiondot.png Democratic 16
Ro Khanna Electiondot.png Democratic 17
Anna Eshoo Electiondot.png Democratic 18
Zoe Lofgren Electiondot.png Democratic 19
Jimmy Panetta Electiondot.png Democratic 20
David Valadao Ends.png Republican 21
Devin Nunes Ends.png Republican 22
Kevin McCarthy Ends.png Republican 23
Salud Carbajal Electiondot.png Democratic 24
Stephen Knight Ends.png Republican 25
Julia Brownley Electiondot.png Democratic 26
Judy Chu Electiondot.png Democratic 27
Adam Schiff Electiondot.png Democratic 28
Tony Cardenas Electiondot.png Democratic 29
Brad Sherman Electiondot.png Democratic 30
Pete Aguilar Electiondot.png Democratic 31
Grace Napolitano Electiondot.png Democratic 32
Ted Lieu Electiondot.png Democratic 33
Jimmy Gomez Electiondot.png Democratic 34
Norma Torres Electiondot.png Democratic 35
Raul Ruiz Electiondot.png Democratic 36
Karen Bass Electiondot.png Democratic 37
Linda Sanchez Electiondot.png Democratic 38
Edward Royce Ends.png Republican 39
Lucille Roybal-Allard Electiondot.png Democratic 40
Mark Takano Electiondot.png Democratic 41
Ken Calvert Ends.png Republican 42
Maxine Waters Electiondot.png Democratic 43
Nanette Barragan Electiondot.png Democratic 44
Mimi Walters Ends.png Republican 45
Lou Correa Electiondot.png Democratic 46
Alan Lowenthal Electiondot.png Democratic 47
Dana Rohrabacher Ends.png Republican 48
Darrell Issa Ends.png Republican 49
Duncan Hunter Ends.png Republican 50
Juan Vargas Electiondot.png Democratic 51
Scott Peters Electiondot.png Democratic 52
Susan Davis Electiondot.png Democratic 53


Candidates

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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:

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Primary candidates:

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

District 4

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Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:

District 5

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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

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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

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Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:


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District 10

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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:

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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:


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District 21

General election candidates

Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:

District 22

General election candidates

Primary candidates


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District 23

General election candidates

Primary candidates


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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

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District 27

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District 28

General election candidates

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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

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Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:

District 33

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Did not make the ballot:

District 34

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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


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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


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District 40

General election candidates:

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Primary candidates:

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

District 41

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Did not make the ballot:

District 42

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District 43

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Did not make the ballot:

District 44

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Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:

District 45

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District 46

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District 47

General election candidates:

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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:


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District 49

General election candidates

Primary candidates


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District 50

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Primary candidates


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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:


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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]


Analysis

In California's 2018 primary election, Sacramento, Nevada, San Mateo, Madera, and Napa counties mailed ballots to every registered voter within their jurisdictions and experienced increased electoral participation. All five counties saw turnout that exceeded their voter participation rates in 2014 by at least eight percent, and four of the counties also beat their 2010 midterm turnouts. These increases approximated those seen across California in 2018.[45]

Wave election analysis

See also: Wave elections (1918-2016)

The term wave election is frequently used to describe an election cycle in which one party makes significant electoral gains. How many seats would Republicans have had to lose for the 2018 midterm election to be considered a wave election?

Ballotpedia examined the results of the 50 election cycles that occurred between 1918 and 2016—spanning from President Woodrow Wilson's (D) second midterm in 1918 to Donald Trump's (R) first presidential election in 2016. We define wave elections as the 20 percent of elections in that period resulting in the greatest seat swings against the president's party.

Applying this definition to U.S. House elections, we found that Republicans needed to lose 48 seats for 2018 to qualify as a wave election.

The chart below shows the number of seats the president's party lost in the 11 U.S. House waves from 1918 to 2016. Click here to read the full report.

U.S. House wave elections
Year President Party Election type House seats change House majority[46]
1932 Hoover R Presidential -97 D
1922 Harding R First midterm -76 R
1938 Roosevelt D Second midterm -70 D
2010 Obama D First midterm -63 R (flipped)
1920 Wilson D Presidential -59 R
1946 Truman D First midterm -54 R (flipped)
1994 Clinton D First midterm -54 R (flipped)
1930 Hoover R First midterm -53 D (flipped)
1942 Roosevelt D Third midterm -50 D
1966 Johnson D First midterm[47] -48 D
1974 Ford R Second midterm[48] -48 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
  4. 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22 4.23 4.24 4.25 4.26 4.27 4.28 4.29 4.30 4.31 4.32 4.33 4.34 4.35 4.36 4.37 4.38 4.39 4.40 California Secretary of State, "Statewide Direct Primary Election - June 5, 2018: Official Certified List of Candidates," accessed April 2, 2018 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "officiallist" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "officiallist" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "officiallist" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "officiallist" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "officiallist" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "officiallist" defined multiple times with different content
  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. Associated Press, "California 2018 midterm primary turnout highest in 2 decades," accessed May 24, 2019
  46. Denotes the party that had more seats in the U.S. House following the election.
  47. Lyndon Johnson's (D) first term began in November 1963 after the death of President John F. Kennedy (D), who was first elected in 1960. Before Johnson had his first midterm in 1966, he was re-elected president in 1964.
  48. Gerald Ford's (R) first term began in August 1974 following the resignation of President Richard Nixon (R), who was first elected in 1968 and was re-elected in 1972. Because Ford only served for two full months before facing the electorate, this election is classified as Nixon's second midterm.



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)