California results for every midterm election race
California had many of Democrats’ best pickup opportunities in the country — and there may be still more to come.
Republicans in California took a beating on Election Day: of the 14 seats they controlled — Democrats have already flipped five of them. Reps. Jeff Denham (CA-10), Steve Knight (CA-25), Mimi Walters (CA-45), and Dana Rohrabacher (CA-48) have all lost their seats. Democrats also picked up retiring Republican Rep. Darrell Issa’s old seat in the 49th Congressional District.
The race for California’s 39th Congressional District, between Republican Young Kim and Democrat Gil Cisneros, has yet to be called. If Kim wins, she’d be the first Korean American woman in Congress.
Democrats regained their supermajority in the state legislature.
Unsurprisingly, President Trump is very unpopular in California, with Morning Consult showing nearly twice as many people disapprove of him as approve of him in the state.
California US Senate
DEM | Dianne Feinstein | 5,195,708 | 54% | |
DEM | Kevin De Leon | 4,345,617 | 46% |
California US House 1
GOP | Doug La Malfa | 146,209 | 56% | |
DEM | Audrey Denney | 116,583 | 44% |
California US House 2
DEM | Jared Huffman | 181,621 | 76% | |
GOP | Dale Mensing | 56,028 | 24% |
California US House 3
DEM | John Garamendi | 116,407 | 57% | |
GOP | Charlie Schaupp | 87,070 | 43% |
California US House 4
GOP | Tom McClintock | 159,110 | 55% | |
DEM | Jessica Morse | 130,829 | 45% |
California US House 5
DEM | Mike Thompson | 155,425 | 78% | |
IND | Anthony Mills | 42,970 | 22% |
California US House 6
DEM | Doris Matsui | 129,285 | 81% | |
DEM | Jrmar Jefferson | 30,416 | 19% |
California US House 7
DEM | Ami Bera | 126,509 | 55% | |
GOP | Andrew Grant | 103,675 | 45% |
California US House 8
GOP | Paul Cook | 92,972 | 60% | |
GOP | Tim Donnelly | 61,363 | 40% |
California US House 9
DEM | Jerry McNerney | 102,115 | 56% | |
GOP | Marla Livengood | 80,610 | 44% |
California US House 10
DEM | Josh Harder | 103,442 | 51% | |
GOP | Jeff Denham | 97,748 | 49% |
California US House 11
DEM | Mark DeSaulnier | 186,414 | 74% | |
GOP | John Fitzgerald | 65,520 | 26% |
California US House 12
DEM | Nancy Pelosi | 256,247 | 87% | |
GOP | Lisa Remmer | 39,199 | 13% |
California US House 13
DEM | Barbara Lee | 246,647 | 88% | |
GRN | Laura Wells | 32,439 | 12% |
California US House 14
DEM | Jackie Speier | 140,835 | 78% | |
GOP | Cristina Osmeña | 39,908 | 22% |
California US House 15
DEM | Eric Swalwell | 168,660 | 73% | |
GOP | Rudy Peters Jr. | 63,310 | 27% |
California US House 16
DEM | Jim Costa | 73,352 | 56% | |
GOP | Elizabeth Heng | 56,543 | 44% |
California US House 17
DEM | Ro Khanna | 151,023 | 75% | |
GOP | Ron Cohen | 49,902 | 25% |
California US House 18
DEM | Anna Eshoo | 192,618 | 74% | |
GOP | Christine Russell | 68,111 | 26% |
California US House 19
DEM | Zoe Lofgren | 151,249 | 73% | |
GOP | Justin Aguilera | 54,786 | 27% |
California US House 20
DEM | Jimmy Panetta | 156,489 | 81% | |
IND | Ronald Kabat | 37,459 | 19% |
California US House 21
GOP | David Valadao | 51,175 | 51% | |
DEM | TJ Cox | 48,997 | 49% |
California US House 22
GOP | Devin Nunes | 106,240 | 53% | |
DEM | Andrew Janz | 92,462 | 47% |
California US House 23
GOP | Kevin McCarthy | 120,687 | 65% | |
DEM | Tatiana Matta | 65,717 | 35% |
California US House 24
DEM | Salud Carbajal | 154,575 | 58% | |
GOP | Justin Fareed | 111,870 | 42% |
California US House 25
DEM | Katie Hill | 113,613 | 53% | |
GOP | Steve Knight | 99,893 | 47% |
California US House 26
DEM | Julia Brownley | 127,621 | 61% | |
GOP | Antonio Sabato, Jr. | 81,920 | 39% |
California US House 27
DEM | Judy Chu | 144,287 | 79% | |
DEM | Bryan Witt | 37,608 | 21% |
California US House 28
DEM | Adam Schiff | 174,769 | 78% | |
GOP | Johnny Nalbandian | 49,325 | 22% |
California US House 29
DEM | Tony Cardenas | 108,150 | 80% | |
GOP | Benito Bernal | 26,735 | 20% |
California US House 30
DEM | Brad Sherman | 170,399 | 73% | |
GOP | Mark Reed | 63,033 | 27% |
California US House 31
DEM | Pete Aguilar | 96,589 | 58% | |
GOP | Sean Flynn | 70,536 | 42% |
California US House 32
DEM | Grace Napolitano | 105,225 | 68% | |
GOP | Joshua Scott | 49,343 | 32% |
California US House 33
DEM | Ted Lieu | 197,655 | 70% | |
GOP | Kenneth Wright | 85,789 | 30% |
California US House 34
DEM | Jimmy Gomez | 94,992 | 73% | |
GRN | Kenneth Mejia | 35,266 | 27% |
California US House 35
DEM | Norma Torres | 90,054 | 69% | |
GOP | Christian Valiente | 41,199 | 31% |
California US House 36
DEM | Raul Ruiz | 87,090 | 58% | |
GOP | Kimberlin Pelzer | 64,170 | 42% |
California US House 37
DEM | Karen Bass | 185,926 | 89% | |
GOP | Ron Bassilian | 23,011 | 11% |
California US House 38
DEM | Linda Sanchez | 119,789 | 68% | |
GOP | Ryan Downing | 56,422 | 32% |
California US House 39
DEM | Gil Cisneros | 113,075 | 51% | |
GOP | Young Kim | 109,580 | 49% |
California US House 40
DEM | Lucille Roybal-Allard | 78,312 | 77% | |
GRN | Rodolfo Barragan | 22,804 | 23% |
California US House 41
DEM | Mark Takano | 69,211 | 62% | |
GOP | Aja Smith | 42,780 | 38% |
California US House 42
GOP | Ken Calvert | 93,190 | 58% | |
DEM | Julia Peacock | 67,337 | 42% |
California US House 43
DEM | Maxine Waters | 130,911 | 77% | |
GOP | Omar Navarro | 39,351 | 23% |
California US House 44
DEM | Nanette Barragán | 84,177 | 69% | |
DEM | Aja Brown | 37,097 | 31% |
California US House 45
DEM | Katie Porter | 145,895 | 52% | |
GOP | Mimi Walters | 136,902 | 48% |
California US House 46
DEM | Lou Correa | 88,732 | 68% | |
GOP | Russell Lambert | 41,645 | 32% |
California US House 47
DEM | Alan Lowenthal | 125,775 | 64% | |
GOP | John Briscoe | 70,991 | 36% |
California US House 48
DEM | Harley Rouda | 141,903 | 53% | |
GOP | Dana Rohrabacher | 124,816 | 47% |
California US House 49
DEM | Mike Levin | 139,763 | 56% | |
GOP | Diane Harkey | 111,967 | 44% |
California US House 50
GOP | Duncan Hunter | 113,590 | 53% | |
DEM | Ammar Campa-Najjar | 102,688 | 47% |
California US House 51
DEM | Juan Vargas | 83,059 | 70% | |
GOP | Juan M Hidalgo Jr | 36,051 | 30% |
California US House 52
DEM | Scott Peters | 159,482 | 63% | |
GOP | Omar Qudrat | 92,083 | 37% |
California US House 53
DEM | Susan Davis | 147,894 | 68% | |
GOP | Morgan Murtaugh | 68,384 | 32% |
California Governor
DEM | Gavin Newsom | 6,572,313 | 61% | |
GOP | John Cox | 4,153,301 | 39% |
California State Ballot Measure CA Prop 10
No | 6,321,044 | 60% | |
Affirmative | 4,222,966 | 40% |
California State Referendum CA Prop 8
No | 6,292,652 | 60% | |
Affirmative | 4,113,382 | 40% |
California State Constitution CA Prop 6
No | 5,960,489 | 57% | |
Affirmative | 4,555,806 | 43% |