2016 California State Senate election

California State Senate election, 2016

November 8, 2016 (2016-11-08)
20 seats from odd-numbered districts in the California State Senate
Leader Kevin de León Jean Fuller Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat 24th–Los Angeles 16th–Bakersfield Current seats 26 14
Incumbent President pro tempore Kevin de León Democratic

The 2016 California State Senate election will be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, with the primary election being held on June 7, 2016. Voters in the 20 odd-numbered districts of the California State Senate will elect their representatives. The elections will coincide with the elections for other offices, including for U.S. President and the state assembly.

Overview

California State Senate elections, 2016 Primary election — June 7, 2016
Party		Votes	Percentage	Candidates	Advancing to general	Seats contesting
	Democratic	2,728,123	69.44%	42	25	20
	Republican	1,188,005	30.24%	25	14	14
	Libertarian	12,480	0.32%	2	1	1
Totals		3,928,608	100.00%	69	40	—

California State Senate elections, 2016 General election — November 8, 2012
Party		Votes	Percentage	Not up	Contested	Before	After	+/–
	Democratic			11	15	26
	Libertarian			0	0	0
	Republican			9	5	14
Totals			100.00%	20	20	40	40	—

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11	20	9
Democratic	Contested	Republican

Results

District 1

California's 1st State Senate district election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ted Gaines (incumbent)	124,194	49.2
	Democratic	Rob Rowen	92,455	36.7
	Republican	Steven Baird	35,586	14.1
Total votes			252,235	100.0
General election
	Republican	Ted Gaines (incumbent)
	Democratic	Rob Rowen
Total votes

District 3

California's 3rd State Senate district election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Dodd	86,466	37.4
	Democratic	Mariko Yamada	68,664	29.7
	Republican	Greg "Coach" Coppes	52,645	22.7
	Democratic	Gabe Griess	23,664	10.2
Total votes			231,439	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Bill Dodd
	Democratic	Mariko Yamada
Total votes
	Democratic hold

District 5

California's 5th State Senate district election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cathleen Galgiani (incumbent)	96,710	56.8
	Republican	Alan Nakanishi	47,355	27.8
	Republican	Samuel Anderson	26,343	15.5
Total votes			170,408	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Cathleen Galgiani (incumbent)
	Republican	Alan Nakanishi
Total votes

District 7

California's 7th State Senate district election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steve Glazer (incumbent)	122,186	54.3
	Republican	Joseph Alexander Rubay	61,169	27.2
	Democratic	Guy Moore	41,497	18.5
Total votes			224,852	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Steve Glazer (incumbent)
	Republican	Joseph Rubay
Total votes

District 9

California's 9th State Senate district election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nancy Skinner	116,710	47.8
	Democratic	Sandré Swanson	74,365	30.5
	Democratic	Katherine Grace Welch	32,698	13.4
	Republican	Rich Kinney	20,287	8.3
Total votes			244,060	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Nancy Skinner
	Democratic	Sandré Swanson
Total votes
	Democratic hold

District 11

California's 11th State Senate district election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jane Kim	118,389	45.3
	Democratic	Scott Wiener	117,748	45.1
	Republican	Ken Loo	25,140	9.6
	Democratic	Michael A. Petrelis (write-in)
Total votes			261,277	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Jane Kim
	Democratic	Scott Wiener
Total votes
	Democratic hold

District 13

California's 13th State Senate district election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerry Hill (incumbent)	170,645	75.6
	Republican	Rick Ciardella	42,105	18.7
	Libertarian	John H. Webster	12,893	5.7
Total votes			225,643	100.0
General election
	Republican	Rick Ciardella
	Democratic	Jerry Hill (incumbent)
Total votes

District 15

California's 15th State Senate district election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Beall (incumbent)	97,948	49.4
	Democratic	Nora Campos	53,250	26.9
	Republican	Chuck Page	40,783	20.6
	Republican	Anthony Macias	6,147	3.1
Total votes			198,128	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Jim Beall (incumbent)
	Democratic	Nora Campos
Total votes
	Democratic hold

District 17

California's 17th State Senate district election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Monning (incumbent)	179,813	68.4
	Republican	Palmer Kain	83,042	31.6
Total votes			262,855	100.0
General election
	Republican	Palmer Kain
	Democratic	Bill Monning (incumbent)
Total votes

District 19

California's 19th State Senate district election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hannah-Beth Jackson (incumbent)	139,388	63.8
	Republican	Colin Patrick Walch	79,214	36.2
Total votes			218,602	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Hannah-Beth Jackson (incumbent)
	Republican	Colin Patrick Walch
Total votes

District 21

California's 21st State Senate district election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Wilk	69,403	46.7
	Democratic	Johnathon Levar Ervin	50,078	33.7
	Democratic	Steve Hill	17,735	11.9
	Republican	Star Moffatt	11,439	7.7
Total votes			148,655	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Johnathon Levar Ervin
	Republican	Scott Wilk
Total votes

District 23

California's 23rd State Senate district election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Morrell (incumbent)	93,027	54.9
	Democratic	Ronald J. O'Donnell	50,396	29.7
	Democratic	Mark Westwood	26,031	15.4
Total votes			169,454	100.0
General election
	Republican	Mike Morrell (incumbent)
	Democratic	Ronald J. O'Donnell
Total votes

District 25

California's 25th State Senate district election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael D. Antonovich	85,663	39.5
	Democratic	Anthony Portantino	58,154	26.8
	Democratic	Katherine Perez-Estolano	31,166	14.4
	Democratic	Chris Chahinian	14,849	6.8
	Democratic	Phlunte' Riddle	14,563	6.7
	Democratic	Teddy Choi	12,430	5.7
Total votes			216,825	100.0
General election
	Republican	Michael D. Antonovich
	Democratic	Anthony Portantino
Total votes

District 27

California's 27th State Senate district election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Fazio	77,770	37.1
	Democratic	Henry Stern	57,189	27.3
	Democratic	Janice Kamenir-Reznik	40,250	19.2
	Democratic	David Pollock	15,359	7.3
	Democratic	Shawn Bayliss	12,757	6.1
	Democratic	George Christopher Thomas	6,143	2.9
Total votes			209,468	100.0
General election
	Republican	Steve Fazio
	Democratic	Henry Stern
Total votes

District 29

California's 29th State Senate district election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ling Ling Chang	73,514	44.0
	Democratic	Josh Newman	48,754	29.2
	Democratic	Sukhee Kang	44,766	26.8
Total votes			167,034	100.0
General election
	Republican	Ling Ling Chang
	Democratic	Josh Newman
Total votes

District 31

California's 31st State Senate district election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Roth (incumbent)	79,455	60.9
	Republican	Richard Reed	51,049	39.1
Total votes			130,504	100.0
General election
	Republican	Richard Reed
	Democratic	Richard Roth (incumbent)
Total votes

District 33

California's 33rd State Senate district election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ricardo Lara (incumbent)	104,027	100.0
	Libertarian	Honor Mimi Robson (write-in)
Total votes			104,027	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Ricardo Lara (incumbent)
	Libertarian	Honor Mimi Robson
Total votes

District 35

California's 35th State Senate district election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steven Bradford	50,998	35.6
	Democratic	Warren Furutani	35,024	24.4
	Democratic	Isaac Galvan	32,105	22.4
	Republican	Charlotte Ann Svolos	25,197	17.6
Total votes			143,324	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Steven Bradford
	Democratic	Warren Furutani
Total votes
	Democratic hold

District 37

California's 37th State Senate district election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Moorlach (incumbent)	114,540	54.8
	Democratic	Ari Grayson	94,369	45.2
Total votes			208,909	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Ari Grayson
	Republican	John Moorlach (incumbent)
Total votes

District 39

California's 39th State Senate district election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Toni Atkins	159,802	66.3
	Republican	John Renison	43,723	18.1
	Republican	J. Bribiesca	26,539	11.0
	Republican	Richard M. Fago	10,885	4.5
Total votes			240,949	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Toni Atkins
	Republican	John Renison
Total votes