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
Majority party Minority party   Leader Kevin de León Jean Fuller Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat 24th–Los Angeles 16th–Bakersfield Seats before 26 14 Seats after 27 13 Seat change 1 1
President pro tempore before election Kevin de León Democratic President pro tempore-designate TBD

The 2016 California State Senate election were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, with the primary election on June 7, 2016. Voters in the 20 odd-numbered districts of the California State Senate elected their representatives. The elections coincided 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	2,724,063	66.59%	42	25	20
	Republican	1,353,572	33.09%	25	14	14
	Libertarian	13,065	0.32%	2	1	1
Totals		4,090,700	100.00%	69	40	—

California State Senate elections, 2016 General election — November 8, 2016
Party		Votes	Percentage	Not up	Contested	Before	After	+/–
	Democratic	4,584,366	67.51%	11	15	27	27	1
	Republican	2,160,857	31.82%	9	5	14	13	1
	Libertarian	45,650	0.67%	0	0	0	0
Totals		6,790,873	100.00%	20	20	40	40	—

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27	13
Democratic	Republican

Results

District 1

California's 1st State Senate district election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ted Gaines (incumbent)	140,739	49.4
	Democratic	Rob Rowen	104,262	36.6
	Republican	Steven Baird	39,958	14.1
Total votes			284,959	100.0
General election
	Republican	Ted Gaines (incumbent)	276,288	64.0
	Democratic	Rob Rowen	155,607	36.0
Total votes			431,895	100.0
	Republican hold

District 3

California's 3rd State Senate district election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Dodd	90,396	37.4
	Democratic	Mariko Yamada	72,243	29.9
	Republican	Greg "Coach" Coppes	54,525	22.6
	Democratic	Gabe Griess	24,540	10.2
Total votes			241,704	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Bill Dodd	194,943	58.1
	Democratic	Mariko Yamada	140,387	41.9
Total votes			335,330	100.0
	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)	158,715	56.1
	Republican	Alan Nakanishi	124,381	43.9
Total votes			283,096	100.0
	Democratic hold

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)	254,700	66.6
	Republican	Joseph Rubay	127,838	33.4
Total votes			382,538	100.0
	Democratic hold

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	231,171	62.2
	Democratic	Sandré Swanson	140,456	37.8
Total votes			371,627	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 11

California's 11th State Senate district election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jane Kim	118,582	45.3
	Democratic	Scott Wiener	117,913	45.1
	Republican	Ken Loo	25,189	9.6
	Democratic	Michael A. Petrelis (write-in)	4	0.0
Total votes			261,688	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Scott Wiener	209,147	51.0
	Democratic	Jane Kim	200,890	49.0
Total votes			410,037	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 13

California's 13th State Senate district election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerry Hill (incumbent)	171,411	75.6
	Republican	Rick Ciardella	42,185	18.6
	Libertarian	John H. Webster	13,018	5.7
Total votes			226,614	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Jerry Hill (incumbent)	295,445	75.9
	Republican	Rick Ciardella	93,945	24.1
Total votes			389,390	100.0
	Democratic hold

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)	195,950	62.5
	Democratic	Nora Campos	117,395	37.5
Total votes			313,345	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 17

California's 17th State Senate district election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Monning (incumbent)	185,586	68.8
	Republican	Palmer Kain	84,142	31.2
Total votes			269,728	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Bill Monning (incumbent)	258,407	65.5
	Republican	Palmer Kain	135,885	34.5
Total votes			394,292	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 19

California's 19th State Senate district election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hannah-Beth Jackson (incumbent)	144,422	64.1
	Republican	Colin Patrick Walch	80,765	35.9
Total votes			225,187	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Hannah-Beth Jackson (incumbent)	209,639	62.7
	Republican	Colin Patrick Walch	124,922	37.3
Total votes			334,561	100.0
	Democratic hold

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
	Republican	Scott Wilk	154,133	53.2
	Democratic	Johnathon Levar Ervin	135,399	46.8
Total votes			289,532	100.0
	Republican hold

District 23

California's 23rd State Senate district election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Morrell (incumbent)	93,484	54.8
	Democratic	Ronald J. O'Donnell	50,850	29.8
	Democratic	Mark Westwood	26,300	15.4
Total votes			170,634	100.0
General election
	Republican	Mike Morrell (incumbent)	179,580	56.9
	Democratic	Ronald J. O'Donnell	136,084	43.1
Total votes			315,664	100.0
	Republican hold

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
	Democratic	Anthony Portantino	211,507	57.8
	Republican	Michael D. Antonovich	154,206	42.2
Total votes			365,713	100.0
	Democratic hold

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
	Democratic	Henry Stern	207,554	55.7
	Republican	Steve Fazio	164,933	44.3
Total votes			372,487	100.0
	Democratic hold

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
	Democratic	Josh Newman	158,162	50.3
	Republican	Ling Ling Chang	156,277	49.7
Total votes			314,439	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 31

California's 31st State Senate district election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Roth (incumbent)	81,504	61.2
	Republican	Richard Reed	51,755	38.8
Total votes			133,259	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Richard Roth (incumbent)	153,117	60.1
	Republican	Richard Reed	101,470	39.9
Total votes			254,587	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 33

California's 33rd State Senate district election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ricardo Lara (incumbent)	104,027	99.95
	Libertarian	Honor Mimi Robson (write-in)	47	0.05
Total votes			104,074	100.00
General election
	Democratic	Ricardo Lara (incumbent)	168,382	78.7
	Libertarian	Honor Mimi Robson	45,650	21.3
Total votes			214,032	100.0
	Democratic hold

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	128,633	53.6
	Democratic	Warren Furutani	111,423	46.4
Total votes			240,056	100.0
	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
	Republican	John Moorlach (incumbent)	215,500	57.4
	Democratic	Ari Grayson	159,828	42.6
Total votes			375,328	100.0
	Republican hold

District 39

California's 39th State Senate district election, 2016

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Toni Atkins	159,970	66.3
	Republican	John Renison	43,760	18.1
	Republican	J. Bribiesca	26,565	11.0
	Republican	Richard M. Fago	10,895	4.5
Total votes			241,190	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Toni Atkins	251,425	62.4
	Republican	John Renison	151,499	37.6
Total votes			402,924	100.0
	Democratic hold