2024 California elections
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November 5, 2024
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| Registered | 22,595,659[1] |
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| Turnout | 69.07% ( 18.27 pp)[1] |
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Elections were held in California on November 5, 2024, with the statewide direct primary election being held on March 5, 2024.[2]
California voters elected all of California's seats to the United States House of Representatives, one seat to the United States Senate, all of the seats of the California State Assembly, and all odd-numbered seats of the California State Senate. Additionally, they voted indirectly in the nationwide 2024 presidential election.
Pursuant to Proposition 14 passed in 2010, California uses a nonpartisan blanket primary for almost all races, with the presidential primary races being the notable exception. Under the nonpartisan blanket primary system, 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.[3]
President of the United States
[edit]California has 54 votes in the Electoral College following the results of the 2020 census in which the state lost one vote due to redistricting. California is considered a strong blue state, voting for each Democratic Party candidate since 1992; in 2020, Joe Biden carried the state with 63.5% of the vote, the highest vote share of any candidate since 1936.[4]
Presidential primaries were held in California on Super Tuesday, March 5, 2024. All six of the state's registered political parties held primary elections. California is a semi-closed primary state, in which independent voters may choose which party primary to vote in.[5]
Primary results
[edit]| Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Biden (incumbent) | 3,207,687 | 89.15 | 424 |
| Marianne Williamson | 146,356 | 4.07 | 0 |
| Dean Phillips | 100,284 | 2.79 | 0 |
| Armando Perez-Serrato | 43,105 | 1.20 | 0 |
| Gabriel Cornejo | 41,390 | 1.15 | 0 |
| "President" R. Boddie | 25,455 | 0.71 | 0 |
| Stephen P. Lyons | 21,062 | 0.59 | 0 |
| Eban Cambridge | 12,758 | 0.35 | 0 |
| Write-in votes | 29 | <0.01 | — |
| Total | 3,598,126 | 100% | 424 |
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
| Donald Trump | 1,962,905 | 79.25% | 169 | 0 | 169 |
| Nikki Haley | 431,876 | 17.44% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron DeSantis (withdrawn) | 35,717 | 1.44% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Christie (withdrawn) | 20,210 | 0.82% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrawn) | 11,113 | 0.45% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rachel Swift | 4,253 | 0.17% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Stuckenberg | 3,909 | 0.16% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Binkley (withdrawn) | 3,577 | 0.14% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Asa Hutchinson (withdrawn) | 3,336 | 0.13% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total: | 2,476,896 | 100.00% | 169 | 0 | 169 |
General election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 9,276,179 | 58.47% | −5.01 | ||
| Republican | 6,081,697 | 38.33% | +4.01 | ||
| American Independent |
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197,645 | 1.25% | +0.91 | |
| Green | 167,814 | 1.06% | +0.60 | ||
| Peace and Freedom |
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72,539 | 0.46% | +0.17 | |
| Libertarian | 66,662 | 0.42% | −0.65 | ||
| Write-In |
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2,939 | 0.02% | +0.01 | |
| Total votes | 15,865,475 | 100.0% | |||
| Democratic win | |||||
United States Congress
[edit]Senate
[edit]Following the death of Dianne Feinstein on September 29, 2023, incumbent Democratic senator Laphonza Butler was appointed to the seat by Governor Gavin Newsom.[11] She has chosen not to run for a full term.[12]
There were two elections on the ballot for the same Class 1 seat: a special election for the remainder of Feinstein's term expiring on January 3, 2025, and a regular election for the full term ending on January 3, 2031.[13] Democratic U.S. representative Adam Schiff and Republican former baseball player Steve Garvey advanced to the general election in both the regular and special elections.[14]
Special election
[edit]| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Steve Garvey | 2,455,115 | 33.25 | |
| Democratic | Adam Schiff | 2,160,171 | 29.25 | |
| Democratic | Katie Porter | 1,272,684 | 17.24 | |
| Democratic | Barbara Lee | 866,551 | 11.74 | |
| Republican | Eric Early | 451,274 | 6.11 | |
| Democratic | Christina Pascucci | 109,867 | 1.49 | |
| Democratic | Sepi Gilani | 68,497 | 0.93 | |
| Write-in | 27 | 0.00 | ||
| Total votes | 7,384,186 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Adam Schiff | 8,837,051 | 58.75 | |
| Republican | Steve Garvey | 6,204,637 | 41.25 | |
| Total votes | 15,041,688 | 100.00 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
Regular election
[edit]| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Adam Schiff | 2,304,829 | 31.57 | |
| Republican | Steve Garvey | 2,301,351 | 31.52 | |
| Democratic | Katie Porter | 1,118,429 | 15.32 | |
| Democratic | Barbara Lee | 717,129 | 9.82 | |
| Republican | Eric Early | 242,055 | 3.32 | |
| Republican | James Bradley | 98,778 | 1.35 | |
| Democratic | Christina Pascucci | 61,998 | 0.85 | |
| Republican | Sharleta Bassett | 54,884 | 0.75 | |
| Republican | Sarah Sun Liew | 38,718 | 0.53 | |
| No party preference | Laura Garza | 34,529 | 0.47 | |
| Republican | Jonathan Reiss | 34,400 | 0.47 | |
| Democratic | Sepi Gilani | 34,316 | 0.47 | |
| Libertarian | Gail Lightfoot | 33,295 | 0.46 | |
| Republican | Denice Gary-Pandol | 25,649 | 0.35 | |
| Republican | James Macauley | 23,296 | 0.32 | |
| Democratic | Harmesh Kumar | 21,624 | 0.30 | |
| Democratic | David Peterson | 21,170 | 0.29 | |
| Democratic | Douglas Pierce | 19,458 | 0.27 | |
| No party preference | Major Singh | 17,092 | 0.23 | |
| Democratic | John Rose | 14,627 | 0.20 | |
| Democratic | Perry Pound | 14,195 | 0.19 | |
| Democratic | Raji Rab | 13,640 | 0.19 | |
| No party preference | Mark Ruzon | 13,488 | 0.18 | |
| American Independent | Forrest Jones | 13,140 | 0.18 | |
| Republican | Stefan Simchowitz | 12,773 | 0.17 | |
| Republican | Martin Veprauskas | 9,795 | 0.13 | |
| No party preference | Don Grundmann | 6,641 | 0.09 | |
| Write-in | 18 | 0.00 | ||
| Total votes | 7,301,317 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Adam Schiff | 9,036,252 | 58.87 | |
| Republican | Steve Garvey | 6,312,594 | 41.13 | |
| Total votes | 15,348,846 | 100.00 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
House of Representatives
[edit]All of California's 52 seats to the United States House of Representatives will be up for election to two-year terms. Six members of Congress have chosen not to run for re-election, three of whom (Barbara Lee, Katie Porter, and Adam Schiff) chose instead to run in the aforementioned U.S. Senate election.
A special election was held for California's 20th congressional district on March 19, 2024, following the resignation of Kevin McCarthy. State legislator Vince Fong won the May 21 runoff, defeating Tulare County sheriff Mike Boudreaux.
State legislature
[edit]State Senate
[edit]All odd-numbered seats of the California State Senate are up for election to four-year terms. 10 senators are term-limited in 2024, while Democrat Dave Min retired early to run for Congress.
State Assembly
[edit]All 80 seats of the California State Assembly are up for election to two-year terms. Eight assemblymembers are term-limited in 2024, and 14 are retiring early to run for another office.
State propositions
[edit]Primary election
[edit]Since the enactment of a November 2011 law, only state propositions placed on the ballot by the state legislature may appear on the primary ballot, and all qualifying measures placed via petition are automatically moved to the general election ballot.[15] Only one of these have been put on the 2024 primary ballot:
- Proposition 1, the Behavioral Health Services Program and Bond Measure, will provide additional behavioral health services and issue up to about $6.4 billion in bonds to fund housing for homeless individuals and veterans. The measure would also, among others, shift roughly $140 million annually of existing tax revenue for existing mental health, drug, and alcohol treatment care from the counties to the state so the counties could focus more on housing and personalized support services. Supporters of Proposition 1 favor this proposed expansion of behavioral health and addiction services, along with the additional housing for the homeless. Opponents of the measure object to the shift in spending that could cut existing county mental health programs, along with the resulting additional bond debt.[16][17]
| Choice | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| For | 3,636,734 | 50.18 | |
| Against | 3,610,511 | 49.82 | |
| Total | 7,247,245 | 100.00 | |
| Source: California Secretary of State[18] | |||
General election
[edit]The state legislature put five propositions on the general election ballot, while five others were put on via petition.[19]
| Name | Description | Votes | Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | % | No | % | |||
| Proposition 2 | Issues $10 billion in bonds to fund construction and modernization of public education facilities.[20] | 8,820,842 | 58.70 | 6,207,390 | 41.30 | Bond issue |
| Proposition 3 | Repeals Proposition 8, effectively allowing same-sex couples to once again marry.[21] | 9,477,435 | 62.62 | 5,658,187 | 37.38 | Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
| Proposition 4 | Issues $10 billion in bonds to fund various water infrastructure, energy, and environmental protection projects.[22] | 9,055,116 | 59.80 | 6,086.414 | 40.20 | Bond issue |
| Proposition 5 | Lowers the vote threshold from two-thirds to 55% for local bond measures to fund affordable housing projects and public infrastructure.[23] | 6,738,890 | 44.99 | 8,239,337 | 55.01 | Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
| Proposition 6 | Removes involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime from the state constitution.[24] | 6,895,604 | 46.66 | 7,882,137 | 53.34 | |
| Proposition 32 | Raises the state minimum wage to $18 per hour by 2026.[25] | 7,469,803 | 49.29 | 7,686,126 | 50.71 | Citizen-initiated state statute |
| Proposition 33 | Repeals the Costa–Hawkins Rental Housing Act of 1995, allowing cities to once again establish their own rent controls.[26] | 5,979,880 | 39.98 | 8,975,542 | 60.02 | |
| Proposition 34 | Requires health care providers to spend 98% of revenues from federal discount prescription drug programs on direct patient care.[27] | 7,378,686 | 50.89 | 7,121,317 | 49.11 | |
| Proposition 35 | Permanently authorizes a tax on managed care organizations to fund Medi-Cal programs.[28] | 10,124,174 | 67.91 | 4,783,434 | 32.09 | |
| Proposition 36 | Increases penalties for certain drug crimes and theft convictions and allows a new class of crime to be called treatment-mandated felony.[29] | 10,307,296 | 68.42 | 4,756,612 | 31.58 | |
| Source: California Secretary of State[1] | ||||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Statement of Vote | November 5, 2024 General Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. December 15, 2024. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
- ↑ "California 2024 Elections". Ballotpedia. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
- ↑ "Primary Elections in California". California Secretary of State. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
- ↑ "California Presidential Election Results". The New York Times. January 12, 2021. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
- ↑ "Primary Elections in California". Secretary of State of California. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
- ↑ "STATEMENT OF VOTE, March 5, 2024, Presidential primary election" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. December 28, 2023. Retrieved March 23, 2026.
- ↑ "Certified List of Presidential Candidates for voter-nominated offices for the March 5, 2024, presidential primary election" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. December 28, 2023. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
- ↑ "California Presidential Primary - Republican". California Secretary of State. March 13, 2024. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
- ↑ "California Presidential Primary". The AP. May 9, 2024. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
- ↑ "Official Voter Information Guide". California Secretary of State. Archived from the original on September 21, 2024. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
- ↑ Cadelago, Christopher (October 1, 2023). "Newsom picks Laphonza Butler as Feinstein replacement". Politico. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
- ↑ Hubler, Shawn (October 19, 2023). "Laphonza Butler Will Not Run for Senate in 2024". The New York Times. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
- ↑ White, Jeremy; Mason, Melanie; Cadelago, Christopher (September 29, 2023). "Pressure is on Newsom to quickly appoint Feinstein's temporary replacement". Politico. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
- ↑ Kapur, Sahil (March 5, 2024). "Democrat Adam Schiff and Republican Steve Garvey advance to the general election in California's Senate race".
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "California Proposition 1, Behavioral Health Services Program and Bond Measure (March 2024)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
- ↑ "California Proposition 1". Secretary of State of California. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
- ↑ "Statement of Vote | March 5, 2024 Primary Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. April 12, 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 13, 2024. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
- ↑ "Qualified Statewide Ballot Measures". California Secretary of State. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
- ↑ "California Proposition 2 (2024)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ↑ "California Proposition 3 (2024)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ↑ "California Proposition 4 (2024)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ↑ "California Proposition 5 (2024)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ↑ "California Proposition 6 (2024)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ↑ "California Proposition 32 (2024)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ↑ "California Proposition 33 (2024)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ↑ "California Proposition 34 (2024)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ↑ "California Proposition 35 (2024)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ↑ "California Proposition 36 (2024)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Statewide election results from the California Secretary of State's Elections Division
