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2018 California elections
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Registered19,696,371[1]
Turnout64.54% (Decrease 10.73 pp)[1]

Elections were held in California on November 6, 2018, with primary elections being held on June 5, 2018. Voters elected one member to the United States Senate, 53 members to the United States House of Representatives, all eight state constitutional offices, all four members to the Board of Equalization, 20 members to the California State Senate, and all 80 members to the California State Assembly, among other elected offices.

Pursuant to Proposition 14 passed in 2010, California uses a nonpartisan blanket primary. All the candidates for the same elected office, regardless of respective political party, run against each other at once during the primary. The candidates receiving the most and second-most votes in the primary election then become the contestants in the general election.

United States Congress

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Vote by mail ballots being counted in Santa Clara County

Senate

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Incumbent Democrat Dianne Feinstein won re-election.

United States Senate election in California, 2018
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) 2,947,035 44.2
Democratic Kevin de León 805,446 12.1
Republican James P. Bradley 556,252 8.3
Republican Arun K. Bhumitra 350,815 5.3
Republican Paul A. Taylor 323,533 4.9
Republican Erin Cruz 267,494 4.0
Republican Tom Palzer 205,183 3.1
Democratic Alison Hartson 147,061 2.2
Republican Rocky De La Fuente 135,278 2.0
Democratic Pat Harris 126,947 1.9
Republican John "Jack" Crew 93,806 1.4
Republican Patrick Little 89,867 1.3
Republican Kevin Mottus 87,646 1.3
Republican Jerry Joseph Laws 67,140 1.0
Libertarian Derrick Michael Reid 59,999 0.9
Democratic Adrienne Nicole Edwards 56,172 0.8
Democratic Douglas Howard Pierce 42,671 0.6
Republican Mario Nabliba 39,209 0.6
Democratic David Hildebrand 30,305 0.5
Democratic Donnie O. Turner 30,101 0.5
Democratic Herbert G. Peters 27,468 0.4
No party preference David Moore 24,614 0.4
No party preference Ling Ling Shi 23,506 0.4
Peace and Freedom John Thompson Parker 22,825 0.3
No party preference Lee Olson 20,393 0.3
Democratic Gerald Plummer 18,234 0.3
No party preference Jason M. Hanania 18,171 0.3
No party preference Don J. Grundmann 15,125 0.2
No party preference Colleen Shea Fernald 13,536 0.2
No party preference Rash Bihari Ghosh 12,557 0.2
No party preference Tim Gildersleeve 8,482 0.1
No party preference Michael Fahmy Girgis 2,986 0.0
Green Michael V. Ziesing (write-in) 842 0.0
No party preference Ursula M. Schilling (write-in) 17 0.0
Democratic Seelam Prabhakar Reddy (write-in) 4 0.0
Total votes 6,697,720 100.00
General election
Democratic Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) 6,019,422 54.2
Democratic Kevin de León 5,093,942 45.8
Total votes 11,113,364 100.0
Democratic hold

House of Representatives

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Statewide constitutional offices

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Governor

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Results by county:
Newsom
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
Cox
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%

Incumbent Democrat Jerry Brown was term-limited and was succeeded by Democratic lieutenant governor Gavin Newsom.

2018 California gubernatorial election
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gavin Newsom 2,343,792 33.7
Republican John H. Cox 1,766,488 25.4
Democratic Antonio Villaraigosa 926,394 13.3
Republican Travis Allen 658,798 9.5
Democratic John Chiang 655,920 9.4
Democratic Delaine Eastin 234,869 3.4
Democratic Amanda Renteria 93,446 1.3
Republican Robert C. Newman II 44,674 0.6
Democratic Michael Shellenberger 31,692 0.6
Republican Peter Y. Liu 27,336 0.4
Republican Yvonne Girard 21,840 0.3
Peace and Freedom Gloria Estela La Riva 19,075 0.3
Democratic J. Bribiesca 17,586 0.3
Green Josh Jones 16,131 0.2
Libertarian Zoltan Istvan 14,462 0.2
Democratic Albert Caesar Mezzetti 12,026 0.2
Libertarian Nickolas Wildstar 11,566 0.2
Democratic Robert Davidson Griffis 11,103 0.2
Democratic Akinyemi Agbede 9,380 0.1
Democratic Thomas Jefferson Cares 8,937 0.1
Green Christopher N. Carlson 7,302 0.1
Democratic Klement Tinaj 5,368 0.1
No party preference Hakan "Hawk" Mikado 5,346 0.1
No party preference Johnny Wattenburg 4,973 0.1
No party preference Desmond Silveira 4,633 0.1
No party preference Shubham Goel 4,020 0.1
No party preference Jeffrey Edward Taylor 3,973 0.1
Green Veronika Fimbres (write-in) 62 0.0
No party preference Arman Soltani (write-in) 32 0.0
No party preference Peter Crawford Valentino (write-in) 21 0.0
Republican K. Pearce (write-in) 8 0.0
No party preference Armando M. Arreola (write-in) 1 0.0
Total votes 6,961,254 100.0
General election
Democratic Gavin Newsom 7,721,410 61.9
Republican John H. Cox 4,742,825 38.1
Total votes 12,464,235 100.0
Democratic hold

Lieutenant governor

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Results by county:
Kounalakis
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Hernandez
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%

Incumbent Democrat Gavin Newsom was term-limited and was succeeded by the Democratic former United States Ambassador to Hungary Eleni Kounalakis.

2018 California lieutenant gubernatorial election
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Eleni Kounalakis 1,587,940 24.2
Democratic Ed Hernandez 1,347,442 20.6
Republican Cole Harris 1,144,003 17.5
Democratic Jeff Bleich 648,045 9.9
Republican David Fennell 515,956 7.9
Republican Lydia Ortega 419,512 6.4
Republican David R. Hernandez 404,982 6.2
No party preference Gayle McLaughlin 263,364 4.0
Libertarian Tim Ferreira 99,949 1.5
Democratic Cameron Gharabiklou 78,267 1.2
No party preference Danny Thomas 44,121 0.7
No party preference Marjan S. Fariba (write-in) 18 0.0
Total votes 6,553,599 100.0
General election
Democratic Eleni Kounalakis 5,914,068 56.6
Democratic Ed Hernandez 4,543,863 43.4
Total votes 10,457,931 100.0
Democratic hold

Attorney general

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Results by county:
Becerra
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
Bailey
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%

Incumbent Democrat Xavier Becerra won his first election after his appointment and confirmation to the office on January 24, 2017.

2018 California Attorney General election
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Xavier Becerra (incumbent) 3,024,611 45.8
Republican Steven C. Bailey 1,615,859 24.5
Democratic Dave Jones 1,017,427 15.4
Republican Eric Early 943,071 14.3
Total votes 6,600,968 100.0
General election
Democratic Xavier Becerra (incumbent) 7,790,743 63.6
Republican Steven K. Bailey 4,465,587 36.4
Total votes 12,256,330 100.0
Democratic hold

Secretary of state

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Results by county:
Padilla
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
Meuser
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%

Incumbent Democrat Alex Padilla won re-election.

2018 California Secretary of State election
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alex Padilla (incumbent) 3,475,633 52.6
Republican Mark P. Meuser 2,047,903 31.0
Democratic Ruben Major 355,036 5.4
Republican Raul Rodriguez Jr. 330,460 5.0
Libertarian Gail Lightfoot 155,879 2.4
Green Michael Feinstein 136,725 2.1
Peace and Freedom C.T. Weber 61,375 0.9
Green Erik Rydberg 48,705 0.7
Total votes 6,611,716 100.0
General election
Democratic Alex Padilla (incumbent) 7,909,521 64.5
Republican Mark P. Meuser 4,362,545 35.5
Total votes 12,272,066 100.0
Democratic hold

Treasurer

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Results by county:
Ma
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
Conlon
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%

Incumbent Democrat John Chiang left office to run for governor and was succeeded by Democratic State Board of Equalization member Fiona Ma.

2018 California State Treasurer election
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Fiona Ma 2,900,606 44.5
Republican Greg Conlon 1,357,635 20.8
Republican Jack M. Guerrero 1,257,315 19.3
Democratic Vivek Viswanathan 848,026 13.0
Peace and Freedom Kevin Akin 148,282 2.3
Total votes 6,511,864 100.0
General election
Democratic Fiona Ma 7,825,587 64.1
Republican Greg Conlon 4,367,816 35.9
Total votes 12,202,403 100.0
Democratic hold

Controller

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Results by county:
Yee
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
Roditis
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%

Incumbent Democrat Betty Yee won re-election.

2018 California State Controller election
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Betty Yee (incumbent) 4,033,197 62.1
Republican Konstantinos Roditis 2,200,926 33.9
Peace and Freedom Mary Lou Finley 261,876 4.0
Total votes 6,495,999 100.0
General election
Democratic Betty Yee (incumbent) 8,013,067 65.5
Republican Konstantinos Roditis 4,229,480 34.5
Total votes 12,242,547 100.0
Democratic hold

Insurance Commissioner

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Results by county:
Lara
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Poizner
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%

Incumbent Democrat Dave Jones was term-limited and was succeeded by Democratic state senator Ricardo Lara.

2018 California Insurance Commissioner election
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
No party preference Steve Poizner 2,569,254 41.0
Democratic Ricardo Lara 2,538,478 40.5
Democratic Asif Mahmood 846,023 13.5
Peace and Freedom Nathalie Hrizi 316,149 5.0
Total votes 6,269,904 100.0
General election
Democratic Ricardo Lara 6,186,039 52.9
No party preference Steve Poizner 5,515,293 47.1
Total votes 11,701,332 100.0
Democratic hold

Superintendent of Public Instruction

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Results by county:
Thurmond
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Tuck
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%

Incumbent Tom Torlakson was term-limited and was succeeded by Democratic state assemblymember Tony Thurmond.

2018 California Superintendent of Public Instruction primary
Candidate Votes %
Marshall Tuck 2,223,784 37.0
Tony Thurmond 2,136,919 35.6
Lily Ploski 984,932 16.4
Steven Ireland 658,786 11.0
Douglas I. Vigil (write-in) 83 0.0
Thomas L. Williams (write-in) 66 0.0
Total votes 6,004,570 100.0
2018 California Superintendent of Public Instruction general election
Candidate Votes %
Tony Thurmond 5,385,912 50.9
Marshall Tuck 5,198,738 49.1
Total votes 10,584,650 100.0

Board of Equalization

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District 1

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Incumbent Republican George Runner was term-limited and was succeeded by Republican state senator Ted Gaines.

California's 1st Board of Equalization district election, 2018
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tom Hallinan 606,159 39.4
Republican Ted Gaines 500,879 32.6
Republican Connie Conway 283,477 18.4
Republican David Evans 147,473 9.6
Total votes 1,537,988 100.0
General election
Republican Ted Gaines 1,436,547 51.4
Democratic Tom Hallinan 1,355,782 48.6
Total votes 2,792,329 100.0
Republican hold

District 2

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Incumbent Democrat Fiona Ma left office to run for state treasurer and was succeeded by Democratic San Francisco supervisor Malia Cohen.

California's 2nd Board of Equalization district election, 2018
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Malia Cohen 723,355 38.7
Republican Mark Burns 502,143 26.9
Democratic Cathleen Galgiani 480,887 25.7
Democratic Barry Chang 163,102 8.7
Total votes 1,869,487 100.0
General election
Democratic Malia Cohen 2,482,171 72.8
Republican Mark Burns 927,949 27.2
Total votes 3,410,120 100.0
Democratic hold

District 3

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Incumbent Democrat Jerome Horton was term-limited and was succeeded by Democratic Santa Monica city councilmember Tony Vazquez.

California's 3rd Board of Equalization district election, 2018
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican G. Rick Marshall 335,570 26.4
Democratic Tony Vazquez 255,988 20.2
Democratic Cheryl C. Turner 214,916 16.9
Democratic Scott Svonkin 170,254 13.4
Democratic Nancy Pearlman 160,105 12.6
Democratic Doug Kriegel 44,962 3.5
Democratic Ben Pak 44,588 3.5
No party preference Micheál "Me-Haul" O'Leary 43,084 3.4
Total votes 1,269,467 100.0
General election
Democratic Tony Vazquez 1,895,972 69.2
Republican G. Rick Marshall 815,829 30.1
Total votes 2,711,801 100.0
Democratic hold

District 4

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Incumbent Republican Diane Harkey left office to run for the United States House of Representatives and was succeeded by Democratic former San Diego city councilmember and perennial candidate Mike Schaefer.

California's 4th Board of Equalization district election, 2018
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Joel Anderson 492,122 31.2
Democratic Mike Schaefer 269,044 17.0
Republican John F. Kelly 263,294 16.7
Democratic David Dodson 234,534 14.9
Democratic Ken Lopez-Maddox 228,811 14.5
Republican Jim Stieringer 58,642 3.7
Republican Nader F. Shahatit 32,105 2.0
Total votes 1,578,552 100.0
General election
Democratic Mike Schaefer 1,559,373 52.2
Republican Joel Anderson 1,427,566 47.8
Total votes 2,986,939 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

State legislature

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State Senate

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State Assembly

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State Supreme Court

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Two justices on the Supreme Court of California were facing retention in 2018.[2]

Justice Corrigan retention

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Results by county
For:
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%

Carol Corrigan was first appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in December 2005 to relace Justice Janice Rogers Brown.[3]

California Supreme Court Associate Justice Corrigan retention election
ChoiceVotes%
For6,539,08569.77
Against2,833,20530.23
Total9,372,290100.00
Source: California Secretary of State[4]

Justice Kruger retention

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Results by county
For:
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
Against:
  •   50–60%

Leondra Kruger was appointed by Governor Jerry Brown in November 2014 to replace Justice Joyce Kennard.[5]

California Supreme Court Associate Justice Kruger retention election
ChoiceVotes%
For6,698,64372.77
Against2,506,41827.23
Total9,205,061100.00
Source: California Secretary of State[4]

Statewide ballot propositions

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Primary election

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Since the passage of a law in November 2011, state primary elections may only feature propositions placed on the ballot by the state legislature.[6]

2018 California propositions (June)
Name Description Votes Type
Yes % No %
Proposition 68 Issues $4 billion in bonds for parks, environmental protection, and water infrastructure.[7] 3,808,000 57.35 2,831,899 42.65 Bond proposition
Proposition 69 Mandates that revenues generated by the Road Repair and Accountability Act (2017) can only be used for transportation purposes.[8] 5,386,972 81.01 1,262,455 18.99 Legislatively referred constitutional amendment
Proposition 70 Requires a one-time two-thirds majority vote to use revenue from the cap-and-trade program.[9] 2,251,740 35.30 4,126,406 64.70
Proposition 71 Moves the effective date of passed ballot measures from the day after the election to the fifth day after the certification of the results.[10] 4,995,361 77.63 1,439,686 22.37
Proposition 72 Excludes rainwater capture systems completed on or after January 1, 2019, from property tax assessments.[11] 5,537,110 84.58 1,009,853 15.42
Source: California Secretary of State[12]

General election

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Twelve state propositions were originally approved for the November ballot, but Proposition 9 was removed from the ballot by order of the California Supreme Court.[13]

2018 California propositions (November)
Name Description Votes Type
Yes % No %
Proposition 1 Issues $4 billion in bonds for affordable housing programs and veterans' home loans.[14] 6,751,018 56.22 5,258,157 43.78 Bond proposition
Proposition 2 Authorizes state to use revenue from millionaire's tax for $2 billion in bonds for homelessness prevention housing.[15] 7,662,528 63.43 4,417,327 36.57 Legislatively referred state statute
Proposition 3 Issues $8.877 billion in bonds for water-related infrastructure and environmental projects.[16] 5,879,836 49.35 6,034,991 50.65 Citizen-initiated state statute
Proposition 4 Authorizes $1.5 billion in bonds to funding construction at various hospitals providing children's health care.[17] 7,551,298 62.69 4,494,143 37.31
Proposition 5 Revises process for homebuyers who are age 55 or older or severely disabled to transfer their tax assessments.[18] 4,813,251 40.22 7,152,993 59.78 Citizen-initiated constitutional amendment
Proposition 6 Repeals 2017's gas tax and vehicle fee increases and requires public vote on future increases.[19] 5,283,222 43.18 6,952,081 56.82
Proposition 7 Authorizes legislature to provide for permanent daylight saving time, subject to approval by the U.S. Congress.[20] 7,167,315 59.75 4,828,564 40.25 Legislatively referred state statute
Proposition 8 Requires dialysis clinics to issue refunds to their patients if their revenue exceeds 115% of their costs of direct patient care and health care quality improvements.[21] 4,845,264 40.07 7,247,917 59.93 Citizen-initiated state statute
Proposition 10 Allows local governments to regulate rent on any type of housing by repealing the Costa–Hawkins Rental Housing Act.[22] 4,949,543 40.57 7,251,443 59.43
Proposition 11 Requires private-sector emergency ambulance employees to remain on call during breaks, be trained in certain emergency situations, and receive paid mental health services from their employers.[23] 7,181,116 59.63 4,861,831 40.37
Proposition 12 Requires meats and eggs to be produced only from farm animals that are confined in areas greater than a specific amount of space.[24] 7,516,095 62.65 4,481,267 37.35
Source: California Secretary of State[4]

Removed from the ballot

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  • Proposition 9: Division of California into Three States
    Also known as the Cal 3 measure, this would have divided California into three U.S. states, subject to approval by the U.S. Congress.[25] It was removed from the ballot by the California Supreme Court on July 18, 2018, for further legal review.[26] On September 12, the court affirmed their removal of the measure along with banning any such measure to be on the ballot in the future.[27]

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 "Historical Voter Registration and Participation" (PDF). California Secretary of State.
  2. ↑ "California Supreme Court elections, 2018". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 17, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Governor Schwarzenegger Appoints Justice Carol Corrigan to the Supreme Court of the State of California". Office of the Governor. December 5, 2005. Archived from the original on October 26, 2008. Retrieved August 17, 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 "Complete Statement of Vote" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved August 17, 2026.
  5. ↑ Siders, David (November 24, 2014). "Gov. Jerry Brown names Obama administration lawyer to California Supreme Court". The Sacramento Bee. Retrieved August 17, 2026.
  6. ↑ Siders, David (October 8, 2011). "Gov. Jerry Brown signs bill restricting ballot initiative to November elections". Sacramento Bee. Archived from the original on February 12, 2013. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  7. ↑ "California Proposition 68 (June 2018)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  8. ↑ "California Proposition 69 (June 2018)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  9. ↑ "California Proposition 70, Vote Requirement to Use Cap-and-Trade Revenue Amendment (June 2018)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  10. ↑ "California Proposition 71 (June 2018)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  11. ↑ "California Proposition 72 (June 2018)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  12. ↑ "State Ballot Measures (Propositions 68-72) by County" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  13. ↑ "California 2018 ballot propositions". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  14. ↑ "California Proposition 1 (2018)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  15. ↑ "California Proposition 2 (2018)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  16. ↑ "California Proposition 3 (2018)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  17. ↑ "California Proposition 4 (2018)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  18. ↑ "California Proposition 5 (2018)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  19. ↑ "California Proposition 6 (2018)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  20. ↑ "California Proposition 7 (2018)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  21. ↑ "California Proposition 8 (2018)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  22. ↑ "California Proposition 10 (2018)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  23. ↑ "California Proposition 11 (2018)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  24. ↑ "California Proposition 12 (2018)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  25. ↑ "Qualified Statewide Ballot Measures". Secretary of State of California. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
  26. ↑ Egelko, Bob (July 18, 2018). "Splitting up California: State Supreme Court takes initiative off ballot". San Francisco Chronicle.
  27. ↑ "PLANNING AND CONSERVATION LEAGUE v. PADILLA (DRAPER) - Case Number S249859". California Supreme Court. July 9, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
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Statewide election results from the California Secretary of State's Elections Division

Official Board of Equalization District 1 campaign websites

Official Board of Equalization District 2 campaign websites

Official Board of Equalization District 3 campaign websites

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