2018 California gubernatorial election
Gavin Newsom won the election.
The 2018 California gubernatorial election took place on 6 November 2018, and elected the next Governor of California. The incumbent governor, Jerry Brown, could not run in the election due to term limits.
Gavin Newsom easily won the election.[1][2] Newsom's victory was the largest victory in a gubernatorial election in California since 1950.
Primary election
The top-two candidates moved on to the general election. The primary election occurred on 5 June 2018.[3][4]
| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Choice | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Gavin Newsom | 2,266,406 | 33.57% | |
| Republican | John H. Cox | 1,722,899 | 25.52% | |
| Democratic | Antonio Villaraigosa | 896,556 | 13.28% | |
| Republican | Travis Allen | 640,594 | 9.49% | |
| Democratic | John Chiang | 640,128 | 9.48% | |
| Democratic | Delaine Eastin | 225,165 | 3.34% | |
| Democratic | Amanda Renteria | 89,960 | 1.33% | |
| Republican | Robert C. Newman II | 43,261 | 0.64% | |
| Democratic | Michael Shellenberger | 30,156 | 0.45% | |
| Republican | Peter Y. Liu | 26,243 | 0.39% | |
| Republican | Yvonne Girard | 21,081 | 0.31% | |
| Others | 147,859 | 2.19% | ||
| Total votes | 6,750,308 | 100% | ||
Results by county
Red represents counties won by Cox. Blue represents counties won by Newsom. Yellow represents counties won by Villaraigosa.[5]
| County | Newsom% | Cox% | Villaraigosa% | Allen% | Chiang% | Others % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alameda | 53.5% | 10.6% | 10.0% | 4.4% | 9.6% | 11.9% |
| Alpine | 38.5% | 24.1% | 6.7% | 8.7% | 10.4% | 11.6% |
| Amador | 21.5% | 41.8% | 5.8% | 15.1% | 8.0% | 7.8% |
| Butte | 25.6% | 34.4% | 5.5% | 14.5% | 6.1% | 13.9% |
| Calaveras | 23.3% | 38.2% | 5.3% | 18.1% | 6.6% | 8.5% |
| Colusa | 13.0% | 43.3% | 16.0% | 16.3% | 3.6% | 7.8% |
| Contra Costa | 49.9% | 19.7% | 8.7% | 7.4% | 6.9% | 7.4% |
| Del Norte | 23.4% | 27.0% | 3.5% | 24.8% | 7.7% | 13.6% |
| El Dorado | 24.5% | 40.7% | 5.8% | 13.9% | 8.1% | 7.0% |
| Fresno | 16.8% | 33.7% | 20.2% | 14.3% | 7.6% | 7.4% |
| Glenn | 12.4% | 48.1% | 7.9% | 18.2% | 3.3% | 10.1% |
| Humboldt | 37.9% | 22.3% | 5.0% | 9.6% | 6.4% | 18.8% |
| Imperial | 11.8% | 22.7% | 31.2% | 9.8% | 7.9% | 16.6% |
| Inyo | 22.6% | 30.7% | 8.6% | 15.9% | 8.7% | 13.5% |
| Kern | 12.1% | 40.6% | 13.9% | 19.9% | 5.4% | 8.1% |
| Kings | 9.4% | 36.7% | 17.0% | 23.8% | 6.7% | 6.4% |
| Lake | 37.5% | 28.4% | 6.6% | 12.0% | 5.0% | 10.5% |
| Lassen | 13.1% | 41.7% | 2.1% | 26.8% | 6.6% | 9.7% |
| Los Angeles | 32.7% | 19.6% | 21.7% | 5.8% | 13.2% | 7.0% |
| Madera | 12.8% | 40.2% | 15.7% | 18.9% | 5.2% | 7.2% |
| Marin | 64.1% | 12.5% | 8.2% | 3.8% | 5.3% | 6.1% |
| Mariposa | 19.1% | 34.9% | 8.2% | 23.4% | 6.3% | 8.1% |
| Mendocino | 45.2% | 17.9% | 7.8% | 9.1% | 5.1% | 14.9% |
| Merced | 18.3% | 30.0% | 17.6% | 16.0% | 7.3% | 10.8% |
| Modoc | 11.5% | 51.2% | 2.8% | 17.3% | 3.1% | 14.1% |
| Mono | 31.6% | 26.1% | 12.2% | 12.0% | 5.0% | 13.1% |
| Monterey | 37.8% | 19.8% | 16.8% | 9.4% | 6.6% | 9.6% |
| Napa | 46.1% | 19.4% | 10.0% | 9.7% | 5.5% | 9.3% |
| Nevada | 34.1% | 25.7% | 5.9% | 17.4% | 7.0% | 9.9% |
| Orange | 24.3% | 36.3% | 11.4% | 11.5% | 9.0% | 7.5% |
| Placer | 25.7% | 40.2% | 5.8% | 13.1% | 9.0% | 6.2% |
| Plumas | 26.9% | 38.5% | 3.8% | 15.5% | 5.7% | 9.6% |
| Riverside | 22.3% | 34.4% | 13.7% | 15.3% | 7.5% | 6.8% |
| Sacramento | 29.7% | 26.2% | 10.7% | 10.2% | 14.5% | 8.7% |
| San Benito | 33.6% | 23.4% | 13.3% | 16.0% | 4.8% | 8.9% |
| San Bernardino | 19.7% | 33.9% | 15.2% | 14.7% | 9.2% | 7.3% |
| San Diego | 30.5% | 32.6% | 10.4% | 7.5% | 9.8% | 9.2% |
| San Francisco | 57.5% | 6.6% | 9.1% | 2.2% | 8.9% | 15.7% |
| San Joaquin | 26.3% | 31.4% | 11.1% | 13.6% | 9.3% | 8.3% |
| San Luis Obispo | 33.2% | 29.4% | 6.8% | 14.6% | 7.3% | 8.7% |
| San Mateo | 55.0% | 13.9% | 10.4% | 5.1% | 7.1% | 8.5% |
| Santa Barbara | 33.8% | 26.2% | 12.3% | 11.5% | 6.8% | 9.4% |
| Santa Clara | 48.5% | 13.9% | 10.9% | 8.3% | 7.7% | 10.7% |
| Santa Cruz | 52.4% | 11.8% | 11.5% | 7.0% | 4.5% | 12.8% |
| Shasta | 16.9% | 44.3% | 3.9% | 19.9% | 4.5% | 10.5% |
| Sierra | 22.9% | 35.1% | 3.7% | 17.6% | 7.1% | 13.6% |
| Siskiyou | 23.3% | 34.5% | 3.4% | 18.5% | 5.0% | 15.3% |
| Solano | 41.6% | 23.3% | 8.9% | 11.3% | 6.9% | 8.0% |
| Sonoma | 54.6% | 16.4% | 8.9% | 5.5% | 4.9% | 9.7% |
| Stanislaus | 23.2% | 31.6% | 12.3% | 16.3% | 7.3% | 9.3% |
| Sutter | 16.4% | 40.0% | 8.3% | 17.4% | 8.2% | 9.7% |
| Tehama | 13.2% | 45.4% | 4.5% | 21.6% | 4.7% | 10.6% |
| Trinity | 23.6% | 31.4% | 4.7% | 17.9% | 5.4% | 17.0% |
| Tulare | 13.9% | 36.5% | 16.4% | 20.4% | 5.2% | 7.6% |
| Tuolumne | 26.8% | 37.6% | 5.7% | 15.8% | 5.6% | 8.5% |
| Ventura | 26.7% | 32.6% | 13.4% | 9.1% | 11.0% | 7.2% |
| Yolo | 31.6% | 19.9% | 13.7% | 7.0% | 14.6% | 13.2% |
| Yuba | 16.3% | 39.6% | 7.6% | 21.1% | 6.6% | 8.8% |
| Totals | 33.6% | 25.5% | 13.3% | 9.5% | 9.5% | 8.6% |
Polling
General election
| Poll source | Date(s) given | Sample size |
Margin of error |
Gavin Newsom (D) |
John Cox (R) |
Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Probolsky Research (R) | August 29 – September 2, 2018 | 900 | ± 5.8% | 44% | 39% | 17% |
| Public Policy Institute of California | July 8–17, 2018 | 1,020 | ± 4.3% | 55% | 31% | 9% |
| SurveyUSA | June 26–27, 2018 | 559 | ± 5.9% | 58% | 29% | 13% |
| USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times | June 6–17, 2018 | 767 | ± 4.0% | 45% | 28% | 27% |
| J. Wallin Opinion Research/Tulchin Research | March 30 – April 4, 2018 | 800 | ± 3.7% | 42% | 32% | 26% |
| SmithJohnson Research (R-Cox) | March 2018 | 496 | – | 45% | 45% | – |
General election
The general election took place on 6 November 2018.[6]
| General election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Choice | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Gavin Newsom | 7,721,410 | 61.9% | |
| Republican | John H. Cox | 4,742,825 | 38.1% | |
| Total votes | 12,464,235 | 100.0% | ||
Results by county
Here are the results of the election by county.[6]
| Gavin Newsom
Democratic |
John Cox
Republican |
Total Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | # | % | # | % | # |
| Alameda | 462,558 | 80.6% | 111,677 | 19.4% | 574,235 |
| Alpine | 386 | 62.8% | 229 | 37.2% | 615 |
| Amador | 6,237 | 35.5% | 11,356 | 64.5% | 17,593 |
| Butte | 41,500 | 46.8% | 47,226 | 53.2% | 88,726 |
| Calaveras | 7,765 | 35.9% | 13,845 | 64.1% | 21,610 |
| Colusa | 1,999 | 34.7% | 3,764 | 65.3% | 5,763 |
| Contra Costa | 283,805 | 68.2% | 132,345 | 31.8% | 416,150 |
| Del Norte | 3,441 | 41.3% | 4,887 | 58.7% | 8,328 |
| El Dorado | 36,297 | 40.6% | 53,140 | 59.4% | 89,437 |
| Fresno | 124,332 | 49.1% | 128,974 | 50.9% | 253,306 |
| Glenn | 2,424 | 29.1% | 5,908 | 70.9% | 8,332 |
| Humboldt | 33,455 | 64.5% | 18,418 | 35.5% | 51,873 |
| Imperial | 20,573 | 61.7% | 12,785 | 38.3% | 33,358 |
| Inyo | 3,244 | 44.7% | 4,018 | 55.3% | 7,262 |
| Kern | 83,507 | 41.1% | 119,870 | 58.9% | 203,377 |
| Kings | 12,275 | 40.6% | 17,976 | 59.4% | 30,251 |
| Lake | 10,869 | 51.4% | 10,280 | 48.6% | 21,149 |
| Lassen | 2,043 | 22.7% | 6,973 | 77.3% | 9,016 |
| Los Angeles | 2,114,699 | 71.9% | 826,402 | 28.1% | 2,941,101 |
| Madera | 15,037 | 39.0% | 23,488 | 61.0% | 38,525 |
| Marin | 103,671 | 79.5% | 26,750 | 20.5% | 130,421 |
| Mariposa | 3,183 | 38.7% | 5,043 | 61.3% | 8,226 |
| Mendocino | 22,152 | 66.3% | 11,255 | 33.7% | 33,407 |
| Merced | 30,783 | 52.0% | 28,424 | 48.0% | 59,207 |
| Modoc | 820 | 23.8% | 2,628 | 76.2% | 3,448 |
| Mono | 2,706 | 55.8% | 2,147 | 44.2% | 4,853 |
| Monterey | 76,648 | 66.0% | 39,516 | 34.0% | 116,164 |
| Napa | 36,513 | 64.8% | 19,834 | 35.2% | 56,347 |
| Nevada | 27,985 | 52.9% | 24,882 | 47.1% | 52,867 |
| Orange | 543,047 | 50.1% | 539,951 | 49.9% | 1,082,998 |
| Placer | 72,270 | 41.2% | 103,157 | 58.8% | 175,427 |
| Plumas | 3,433 | 37.2% | 5,807 | 62.8% | 9,240 |
| Riverside | 319,845 | 49.8% | 322,243 | 50.2% | 642,088 |
| Sacramento | 302,696 | 58.8% | 212,010 | 41.2% | 514,706 |
| San Benito | 11,274 | 56.1% | 8,815 | 43.9% | 20,089 |
| San Bernardino | 276,874 | 51.5% | 260,379 | 48.5% | 537,253 |
| San Diego | 658,346 | 56.9% | 499,532 | 43.1% | 1,157,878 |
| San Francisco | 312,181 | 86.4% | 49,181 | 13.6% | 361,362 |
| San Joaquin | 101,474 | 52.2% | 92,966 | 47.8% | 194,440 |
| San Luis Obispo | 65,117 | 51.6% | 61,137 | 48.4% | 126,254 |
| San Mateo | 213,282 | 75.2% | 70,242 | 24.8% | 283,524 |
| Santa Barbara | 93,841 | 60.5% | 61,300 | 39.5% | 155,141 |
| Santa Clara | 438,758 | 71.4% | 175,791 | 28.6% | 614,549 |
| Santa Cruz | 91,523 | 76.8% | 27,665 | 23.2% | 119,188 |
| Shasta | 20,256 | 28.9% | 49,825 | 71.1% | 70,081 |
| Sierra | 599 | 35.9% | 1,068 | 64.1% | 1,667 |
| Siskiyou | 7,218 | 39.7% | 10,946 | 60.3% | 18,164 |
| Solano | 89,694 | 61.3% | 56,627 | 38.7% | 146,321 |
| Sonoma | 152,040 | 72.3% | 58,338 | 27.7% | 210,378 |
| Stanislaus | 77,220 | 49.2% | 79,751 | 50.8% | 156,971 |
| Sutter | 11,122 | 37.0% | 18,935 | 63.0% | 30,057 |
| Tehama | 5,756 | 27.5% | 15,137 | 72.5% | 20,893 |
| Trinity | 2,250 | 42.3% | 3,075 | 57.7% | 5,325 |
| Tulare | 42,702 | 42.8% | 57,012 | 57.2% | 99,714 |
| Tuolumne | 9,294 | 38.9% | 14,580 | 61.1% | 23,874 |
| Ventura | 171,729 | 55.6% | 137,393 | 44.4% | 309,122 |
| Yolo | 49,759 | 67.8% | 23,611 | 32.2% | 73,370 |
| Yuba | 6,903 | 36.0% | 12,293 | 64.0% | 19,196 |
| Totals | 7,721,410 | 61.9% | 4,742,825 | 38.1% | 12,464,235 |
References
- ↑ "California governor race: Gavin Newsom cruises to victory, faces big challenges". San Francisco Chronicle. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ↑ "Democrat Gavin Newsom wins CA governor's race over Republican John Cox". ABC7 News. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ↑ "2018 California primary election: Newsom, Cox secure spots in general election for governor". 89.3 KPCC. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ↑ "Governor - Statewide Results". California Secretary of State. Archived from the original on 10 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ↑ "Governor - Statewide Results". California Secretary of State. Archived from the original on 10 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Governor - Statewide Results PDF" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved 7 January 2019.