2018 United States Senate election in California

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2018 United States Senate election in California
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Turnout56.42% Increase
 
Candidate Dianne Feinstein Kevin de León
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 6,019,422 5,093,942
Percentage 54.16% 45.84%
Feinstein:      50–60%      60–70%
de León:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
U.S. senator before election

Dianne Feinstein
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Dianne Feinstein
Democratic

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The 2018 United States Senate election in California took place on November 6, 2018, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent California, concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections.

Under California's non-partisan blanket primary law, all candidates appear on the same ballot, regardless of party. In the primary, voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation. In the California system, the top two finishers — regardless of party — advance to the general election in November, even if a candidate receives a majority of the votes cast in the primary election. Washington and Louisiana have similar "jungle primary" style processes for U.S. Senate elections, as does Mississippi for U.S. Senate special elections.

The candidate filing deadline was March 8, 2018, and the primary election was held on June 5, 2018.[1]

Democratic incumbent Dianne Feinstein won re-election in 2012 with 63% of the vote, taking the record for the most popular votes in any U.S. Senate election in history, with 7.86 million votes.[2] Feinstein, at the time, was the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. She turned 85 years old in 2018, leading some to speculate that she would retire in January 2019,[3][4] as her long-time colleague Barbara Boxer did in January 2017. However, Feinstein ran for reelection to her fifth full term, winning 44.2% of the vote in the top-two primary; she faced Democratic challenger Kevin de León in the general election, who won 12.1% of the primary vote.[5] For the second time since direct elections to the Senate began after the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, no Republican appeared on the general election ballot for the U.S. Senate in California. The highest Republican finisher in the primary won only 8.3 percent of the vote, and the 10 Republicans only won 31.2 percent of the vote among them.

In the general election, Feinstein defeated de León by an eight-point margin, 54% to 46%. This was Feinstein's closest election since 1994, as well as her last run for elected office, as she died in office in September 2023.[6]

Candidates

Democratic Party

Advanced to general

Eliminated in primary

  • Adrienne Nicole Edwards, Vice Chairwoman on the HDT Community Development Foundation board[11]
  • Pat Harris, attorney[12][13]
  • Alison Hartson, national director of Wolf PAC[14][15]
  • David Hildebrand, legislative analyst[16][17]
  • Herbert G. Peters, retired aerospace engineer and candidate for U.S. Senate in California in 2016[11]
  • Douglas Howard Pierce[11]
  • Gerald Plummer[11]
  • Donnie O. Turner, Air Force veteran[11]

Withdrawn

Declined

Republican Party

Declared

  • Arun K. Bhumitra, businessman[11]
  • James P. Bradley, businessman[26]
  • Jack Crew, bus driver[26]
  • Erin Cruz, published author[27]
  • Rocky De La Fuente, entrepreneur and perennial candidate[28]
  • Jerry Joseph Laws, candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2016[26]
  • Patrick Little, neo-Nazi and Holocaust denier[29] (denounced by California Republican Party)
  • Kevin Mottus, candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2016[11]
  • Mario Nabliba, scientist[11]
  • Tom Palzer, activist, retired city planner and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2016[26]
  • Paul Allen Taylor, businessman[30]

Withdrawn

Declined

Libertarian Party

Declared

  • Derrick Michael Reid, retired attorney and engineer and candidate for president in 2016[44]

Green Party

Declared

  • Michael V. Ziesing (write-in)[45]

Peace and Freedom Party

Declared

  • John Thompson Parker[26]

No party preference

Declared

Withdrawn

Notes

  1. ^ a b No ballot access: Constitution Party and Socialist Equality Party. Don J. Grundmann (C) and David Moore (SEP) appear on ballot as "No party preference".[26]

Primary election

Endorsements

Dianne Feinstein (D)

U.S. presidents

U.S. vice presidents

U.S. Senators

U.S. Representatives

State officials

Local officials

Organizations

Newspapers

Kevin de León (D)

Individuals

  • Tom Steyer, billionaire, hedge fund manager, philanthropist, environmentalist, liberal activist, and fundraiser[80]

U.S. Representatives

State officials

Local officials

Organizations

Pat Harris (D)

Organizations

  • F.U.N. Progressives
  • Tri-Valley Democratic Club

Individuals

Alison Hartson (D)

Individuals

Organizations

  • California for Bernie 2020
  • Demand Universal Healthcare
  • Justice Democrats[98]
  • Our Revolution Lake County
  • Our Revolution San Joaquin County
  • Our Revolution West Marin
  • ProgressivesUnite
  • The Young Turks[99]
David Hildebrand (D)

Local officials

Individuals

  • Michael Bracamontes, civil rights attorney, former candidate for California governor[100]
  • Stephen Jaffe, employment attorney, candidate for U.S. Congress[100]
  • Kevin Murray, professor of politics, Humboldt State University[100]
  • Stephen Seager, mental health expert, author, documentary filmmaker[100]

Organizations

  • Bernie Sanders Megagroup 2020[100]
  • Candidates with a Contract[102]
  • Courageous Resistance of Humboldt - Our Revolution[100]
  • Feel the Bern Democratic Club of Los Angeles[100]
  • Labor Campaign for Single Payer[100]
  • Not Me Us - We are the Revolution[100]
  • Our Revolution West Marin[100]
  • The People's News[100]
  • Stanislaus County for Bernie 2020[100]
  • Ventura County Activists for Bernie Sanders 2020 #OurRevolution[100]
  • Wellstone Progressive Democrats of Sacramento - Our Revolution[100]
  • Yolo County Progressives - Our Revolution[100]
James Bradley (R)

Individuals

Erin Cruz (R)

Individuals

Organizations

Patrick Little (R)

Politicians

  • David Duke, white nationalist and former Louisiana State Representative[110]
Derrick Michael Reid (L)

Organizations

John Thompson Parker (PFP)

Organizations

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of May 16, 2018
Candidate Total receipts Total disbursements Cash on hand
Dianne Feinstein (D) $9,953,612 $5,342,658 $7,035,307
Kevin de León (D) $1,135,538 $441,847 $693,689
Pat Harris (D) $703,982 $650,225 $51,017
Alison Hartson (D) $298,296 $189,652 $108,643
Arun K. Bhumitra (R) $53,668 $40,835 $12,832
David Hildebrand (D) $27,111 $25,816 $1,294
Erin Cruz (R) $26,442 $23,190 $3,251
Douglas Howard Pierce (D) $9,000 $62,392 $11,200
Paul Allen Taylor (R) $9,128 $8,803 $324
Tom Palzer (R) $0 $45 $45
David Moore (SEP) $3,480 $3,480 $0
Source: Federal Election Commission[114]

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		James P.
Bradley
(R) 		Erin
Cruz
(R) 		Pat
Harris
(D) 		Rocky De
La Fuente
(R) 		Kevin
de León
(D) 		Dianne
Feinstein
(D) 		Alison
Hartson
(D) 		Patrick
Little
(R) 		Other /
Undecided
UC Berkeley[115] May 22−28, 2018 2,106 ± 3.5% 7% – – – 11% 36% – – 46%[116]
Emerson College[117] May 21–24, 2018 600 ± 4.2% – 5% 6% 4% 6% 38% 4% – 38%[118]
YouGov[119] May 12–24, 2018 1,113 ± 4.0% 6% 2% 2% 4% 11% 36% 1% 1% 37%[120]
SurveyUSA[121] May 21, 2018 678 ± 6.1% 9% 2% 2% 3% 11% 36% 1% 0% 35%[122]
Public Policy Institute of California[123] May 11–20, 2018 901 ± 4.1% – – – – 17% 41% – – 41%[124]
USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times[125] April 18 – May 18, 2018 517 ± 4.0% 3% 1% 2% 0% 7% 31% 1% 2% 51%[126]
Gravis Marketing[127] May 4–5, 2018 525 ± 4.3% 19% 13% – – 8% 32% 6% – 21%[128]
SurveyUSA[129] April 19–23, 2018 520 ± 5.5% – – – 8% 8% 38% 4% 18% 23%[130]
UC Berkeley[131] April 16–22, 2018 1,738 ± 3.5% 10% – – – 11% 28% – – 49%[132]
Public Policy Institute of California[133] March 4–13, 2018 1,706 ± 3.4% – – – – 16% 42% – – 41%[134]
Public Policy Institute of California[135] January 21–30, 2018 1,705 ± 3.2% – – – – 17% 46% – – 36%[136]
UC Berkeley[137] December 7–16, 2017 672 ± 3.8% – – – – 27% 41% – – 32%[138]
Public Policy Institute of California[139] November 10–19, 2017 1,070 ± 4.3% – – – – 21% 45% – – 34%[140]
Sextant Strategies & Research[141] September 2017 1,197 ± 3.4% – – – – 15% 38% – – 46%[142]
Hypothetical polling

with Timothy Charles Kalemkarian, Caren Lancona, John Melendez, and Stephen Schrader

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Kevin
de León
(D) 		Dianne
Feinstein
(D) 		Timothy
Charles
Kalemkarian
(R) 		Caren
Lancona
(R) 		Patrick
Little
(R) 		John
Melendez
(D) 		Stephen
Schrader
(R) 		Other /
Undecided
SurveyUSA[143] March 22–25, 2018 517 ± 5.0% 5% 31% 5% 2% 5% 5% 7% 42%[144]
SurveyUSA[145] January 7–9, 2018 506 ± 4.4% 4% 34% 6% 5% 5% 2% 5% 38%[146]

with Tom Steyer

Poll
source 		Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Kevin
de León
(D) 		Dianne
Feinstein
(D) 		Timothy
Charles
Kalemkarian
(R) 		Caren
Lancona
(R) 		Patrick
Little
(R) 		Tom
Steyer
(D) 		Other /
Undecided
SurveyUSA[145] January–9, 2018 506 ± 4.4% 3% 29% 5% 5% 5% 5% 46%[147]

with John Cox

Poll
source 		Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		John
Cox (R) 		Kevin
de León (D) 		Dianne
Feinstein (D) 		Undecided
Sextant Strategies & Research[148] September 2017 1,197 ± 3.4% 32% 14% 40% 14%

with Xavier Becerra, Kevin Faulconer, Brad Sherman, Eric Swalwell, and Ashley Swearingin

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Xavier
Becerra (D) 		Kevin
de León (D) 		Kevin
Faulconer (R) 		Brad
Sherman (D) 		Eric
Swalwell (D) 		Ashley
Swearingin (R) 		Undecided
Public Policy Polling[149] January 17–18, 2017 882 ± 3.3% 21% 4% 18% 11% 5% 13% 28%

Results

Primary results by county
  Feinstein
  •   10–20%
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  Feinstein/Bradley tie
  •   10–20%
Nonpartisan blanket primary results[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) 2,947,035 44.12%
Democratic Kevin de León 805,446 12.07%
Republican James P. Bradley 556,252 8.34%
Republican Arun K. Bhumitra 350,815 5.26%
Republican Paul A. Taylor 323,533 4.85%
Republican Erin Cruz 267,494 4.01%
Republican Tom Palzer 205,183 3.08%
Democratic Alison Hartson 147,061 2.21%
Republican Rocky De La Fuente 135,278 2.03%
Democratic Pat Harris 126,947 1.90%
Republican John "Jack" Crew 93,806 1.41%
Republican Patrick Little 89,867 1.35%
Republican Kevin Mottus 87,646 1.31%
Republican Jerry Joseph Laws 67,140 1.01%
Libertarian Derrick Michael Reid 59,999 0.90%
Democratic Adrienne Nicole Edwards 56,172 0.84%
Democratic Douglas Howard Pierce 42,671 0.64%
Republican Mario Nabliba 39,209 0.59%
Democratic David Hildebrand 30,305 0.45%
Democratic Donnie O. Turner 30,101 0.45%
Democratic Herbert G. Peters 27,468 0.41%
No party preference David Moore 24,614 0.37%
No party preference Ling Ling Shi 23,506 0.35%
Peace and Freedom John Thompson Parker 22,825 0.34%
No party preference Lee Olson 20,393 0.31%
Democratic Gerald Plummer 18,234 0.27%
No party preference Jason M. Hanania 18,171 0.27%
No party preference Don J. Grundmann 15,125 0.23%
No party preference Colleen Shea Fernald 13,536 0.20%
No party preference Rash Bihari Ghosh 12,557 0.19%
No party preference Tim Gildersleeve 8,482 0.13%
No party preference Michael Fahmy Girgis 2,986 0.05%
Green Michael V. Ziesing (write-in) 842 0.01%
No party preference Ursula M. Schilling (write-in) 17 0.00%
Democratic Seelam Prabhakar Reddy (write-in) 4 0.00%
Total votes 6,670,720 100.00%

Democratic candidates won a combined total of 4,231,444 votes, Republican candidates 2,216,223 votes, and other candidates 223,053 votes.

General election

Debates

Endorsements

Dianne Feinstein (D)

Former Executive Branch officials

U.S. Senators

U.S. Representatives

State officials

Local officials

Organizations

Newspapers

Kevin de León (D)

Individuals

  • Tom Steyer, billionaire, hedge fund manager, philanthropist, environmentalist, liberal activist, and fundraiser[80]

U.S. Representatives

State officials

Local officials

Organizations

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of October 19, 2018
Candidate Total receipts Total disbursements Cash on hand
Dianne Feinstein (D) $21,100,086.64 $17,896,407.61 $4,069,222.18
Kevin de León (D) $1,572,160.70 $1,263,113.97 $309,045.58
Source: Federal Election Commission[114]

Predictions

Because of California's top-two runoff system, the seat was guaranteed to be won/held by a Democrat since the initial primary produced two Democratic candidates.

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[154] Solid D (Feinstein) September 28, 2018
Inside Elections[155] Solid D (Feinstein) November 14, 2017
Sabato's Crystal Ball[156] Safe D (Feinstein) November 15, 2017
Daily Kos[157] Safe D (Feinstein) April 9, 2018
Fox News[158] Likely D (Feinstein)[a] July 9, 2018
CNN[159] Solid D (Feinstein) July 12, 2018
RealClearPolitics[160] Safe D (Feinstein) June 27, 2018
FiveThirtyEight[161] Solid D (Feinstein) October 20, 2018
  1. ^ Highest rating given

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Dianne
Feinstein (D) 		Kevin
de León (D) 		None Other Undecided
Change Research[162] November 2–4, 2018 1,108 – 42% 32% – – –
Research Co.[163] November 1–3, 2018 450 ± 4.6% 47% 28% – – 25%
SurveyUSA[164] November 1–2, 2018 806 ± 4.7% 50% 36% – – 14%
Probolsky Research[165] October 25–30, 2018 900 ± 3.3% 41% 35% – – 24%
UC Berkeley[166] October 19–25, 2018 1,339 ± 4.0% 45% 36% – – 19%
YouGov[167] October 10–24, 2018 2,178 ± 3.1% 36% 29% 19% – 16%
Public Policy Institute of California[168] October 12–21, 2018 989 ± 4.2% 43% 27% 23% – 8%
Emerson College[169] October 17–19, 2018 671 ± 4.1% 41% 23% – – 37%
SurveyUSA[170] October 12–14, 2018 762 ± 4.9% 40% 26% – – 35%
USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times[171] September 17 – October 14, 2018 794 LV ± 4.0% 44% 31% – – 25%
980 RV ± 4.0% 41% 30% – – 29%
1st Tuesday Campaigns[172] October 1–3, 2018 1,038 ± 3.0% 43% 30% – – 27%
Vox Populi Polling[173] September 16–18, 2018 500 ± 4.4% 55% 45% – – –
Public Policy Institute of California[174] September 9–18, 2018 964 ± 4.8% 40% 29% 23% – 8%
Ipsos[175] September 5–14, 2018 1,021 ± 4.0% 44% 24% – 17% 15%
Probolsky Research (R)[176] August 29 – September 2, 2018 900 ± 5.8% 37% 29% – – 34%
Public Policy Institute of California[177] July 8–17, 2018 1,020 ± 4.3% 46% 24% 20% – 9%
SurveyUSA[178] June 26–27, 2018 559 ± 5.9% 46% 24% – – 31%
USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times[179] June 6–17, 2018 767 ± 4.0% 36% 18% – – 46%
Probolsky Research (R)[180] April 16–18, 2018 900 ± 3.3% 38% 27% – – 35%
USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times[181] October 27 – November 6, 2017 1,296 ± 4.0% 58% 31% 31% 10% –
Sextant Strategies & Research[182] September 2017 1,554 – 36% 17% 28% – 19%
Hypothetical polling

with Feinstein, de León, and Tom Steyer

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Kevin
de León (D) 		Dianne
Feinstein (D) 		Tom
Steyer (D) 		Not
voting 		Other
USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times[181] October 27 – November 6, 2017 949 ± 4.0% 24% 50% 17% 31% 9%

with Feinstein, de León, and John Cox

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		John
Cox (R) 		Kevin
de León (D) 		Dianne
Feinstein (D) 		Undecided
Sextant Strategies & Research[183] September 2017 1,197 ± 3.4% 30% 15% 38% 17%

Results

United States Senate election in California, 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) 6,019,422 54.16% −8.36%
Democratic Kevin de León 5,093,942 45.84% N/A
Total votes 11,113,364 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

The race had an undervote of around 1.3 million votes compared to the gubernatorial election, likely by Republican voters choosing neither candidate. De León won many of the same counties and congressional districts won by Republican gubernatorial nominee John Cox, as many voters may have expressed opposition to the incumbent senator. No county voted for both Feinstein and Cox. Congressional districts 39, 45, and 48 were the only congressional districts that voted for both Feinstein and Cox.[184][185]

By county

Results by county. Blue represents counties won by Feinstein. Cyan represents counties won by de León.[186]

County Feinstein # Feinstein % de León # de León % Total
Alameda 318,377 58.4 226,950 41.6 545,327
Alpine 267 48.8 280 51.2 547
Amador 5,835 41.4 8,244 58.6 14,079
Butte 32,418 42.9 43,108 57.1 75,526
Calaveras 7,031 40.4 10,357 59.6 17,388
Colusa 1,643 35.1 3,039 64.9 4,682
Contra Costa 222,349 58.3 158,748 41.7 381,097
Del Norte 2,590 37.8 4,254 62.2 6,844
El Dorado 33,772 46.5 38,791 53.5 72,563
Fresno 103,491 47.7 113,557 52.3 217,048
Glenn 2,341 34.8 4,388 65.2 6,729
Humboldt 21,336 44.8 26,319 55.2 47,655
Imperial 13,121 43.3 17,150 56.7 30,271
Inyo 2,344 39.9 3,532 60.1 5,876
Kern 66,628 40.0 99,981 60.0 166,609
Kings 9,599 37.9 15,748 62.1 25,347
Lake 8,142 44.1 10,317 55.9 18,459
Lassen 2,030 29.8 4,788 70.2 6,818
Los Angeles 1,565,167 57.7 1,146,044 42.3 2,711,211
Madera 13,284 41.1 19,032 58.9 32,316
Marin 80,319 65.3 42,638 34.7 122,957
Mariposa 2,749 41.1 3,939 58.9 6,688
Mendocino 15,113 49.3 15,529 50.7 30,642
Merced 23,659 45.8 27,985 54.2 51,644
Modoc 751 28.7 1,867 71.3 2,618
Mono 2,001 47.7 2,197 52.3 4,198
Monterey 56,320 52.7 50,562 47.3 106,882
Napa 27,904 54.5 23,290 45.5 51,194
Nevada 22,198 48.1 23,911 51.9 46,109
Orange 501,678 54.4 420,814 45.6 922,492
Placer 66,578 46.5 76,733 53.5 143,311
Plumas 2,815 38.9 4,428 61.1 7,243
Riverside 269,567 49.2 278,409 50.8 547,976
Sacramento 241,571 53.0 213,949 47.0 455,520
San Benito 8,607 47.9 9,371 52.1 17,978
San Bernardino 233,103 50.0 233,360 50.0 466,463
San Diego 526,628 52.9 468,564 47.1 995,192
San Francisco 226,167 64.2 125,954 35.8 352,121
San Joaquin 79,088 46.1 92,351 53.9 171,439
San Luis Obispo 53,242 49.6 54,027 50.4 107,269
San Mateo 168,679 63.0 99,136 37.0 267,815
Santa Barbara 75,274 55.1 61,217 44.9 136,491
Santa Clara 339,866 59.8 228,642 40.2 568,508
Santa Cruz 64,178 57.5 47,416 42.5 111,594
Shasta 19,397 34.9 36,227 65.1 55,624
Sierra 506 38.5 808 61.5 1,314
Siskiyou 5,772 39.3 8,930 60.7 14,702
Solano 70,174 52.9 62,506 47.1 132,680
Sonoma 108,472 56.0 85,220 44.0 193,692
Stanislaus 58,375 42.9 77,724 57.1 136,099
Sutter 10,501 42.6 14,166 57.4 24,667
Tehama 5,435 32.6 11,253 67.4 16,688
Trinity 1,746 38.1 2,838 61.9 4,584
Tulare 33,005 39.9 49,765 60.1 82,770
Tuolumne 7,783 40.8 11,271 59.2 19,054
Ventura 137,141 51.3 130,101 48.7 267,242
Yolo 35,071 51.9 32,551 48.1 67,622
Yuba 6,224 39.2 9,666 60.8 15,890
Totals 6,019,422 54.2 5,093,942 45.8 11,113,364

By congressional district

Feinstein won 39 of the 53 congressional districts. De Leon won 14, including seven held by Republicans and seven held by Democrats.[187]

District De Leon Feinstein Representative
1st 59.86% 40.14% Doug LaMalfa
2nd 43.41% 56.59% Jared Huffman
3rd 52.8% 47.2% John Garamendi
4th 54.69% 45.31% Tom McClintock
5th 43.66% 56.34% Mike Thompson
6th 43.43% 56.57% Doris Matsui
7th 49.26% 50.74% Ami Bera
8th 54.29% 45.71% Paul Cook
9th 51.19% 48.81% Jerry McNerney
10th 56.92% 43.08% Josh Harder
11th 40.42% 59.58% Mark DeSaulnier
12th 36.03% 63.97% Nancy Pelosi
13th 41.1% 58.9% Barbara Lee
14th 36.5% 63.5% Jackie Speier
15th 42.69% 57.31% Eric Swalwell
16th 51.9% 48.1% Jim Costa
17th 39.71% 60.29% Ro Khanna
18th 39.09% 60.91% Anna Eshoo
19th 41.63% 58.37% Zoe Lofgren
20th 45.79% 54.21% Jimmy Panetta
21st 56.99% 43.01% TJ Cox
22nd 55.71% 44.29% Devin Nunes
23rd 60.29% 39.71% Kevin McCarthy
24th 52.73% 47.27% Salud Carbajal
25th 50.33% 49.67% Katie Hill
26th 47.93% 52.07% Julia Brownley
27th 39.85% 60.15% Judy Chu
28th 41.56% 58.44% Adam Schiff
29th 44.98% 55.02% Tony Cárdenas
30th 37.92% 62.08% Brad Sherman
31st 48.83% 51.17% Pete Aguilar
32nd 46.78% 53.22% Grace Napolitano
33rd 37.59% 62.41% Ted Lieu
34th 48.02% 51.98% Jimmy Gomez
35th 47.85% 52.15% Norma Torres
36th 51.66% 48.34% Raul Ruiz
37th 35.83% 64.17% Karen Bass
38th 46.28% 53.72% Linda Sánchez
39th 44.47% 55.53% Gil Cisneros
40th 48.89% 51.11% Lucille Roybal-Allard
41st 48.06% 51.94% Mark Takano
42nd 52.14% 47.86% Ken Calvert
43rd 37.57% 62.43% Maxine Waters
44th 42.84% 57.16% Nanette Barragán
45th 45.71% 54.29% Katie Porter
46th 47.19% 52.81% Lou Correa
47th 44.69% 55.31% Alan Lowenthal
48th 44.87% 55.13% Harley Rouda
49th 46.81% 53.19% Mike Levin
50th 52.07% 47.93% Duncan Hunter
51st 51.56% 48.44% Juan Vargas
52nd 43.69% 56.31% Scott Peters
53rd 45.09% 54.91% Susan Davis

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