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2016 California State Senate election
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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.
Only one seat changed hands: the 29th district, which belonged to outgoing former Republican Minority Leader Bob Huff. As a result of the pickup by Democrat Josh Newman, the California Democratic Party regained a two-thirds supermajority in the chamber that it had previously lost in 2014.
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Overview
California State Senate elections, 2016Primary 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, 2016General election — November 8, 2016 Party Votes Percentage Not up Contested Before After +/– Democratic 4,769,557 67.48% 11 15 26 27 1 Republican 2,250,103 31.84% 9 5 14 13 1 Libertarian 48,316 0.68% 0 0 0 0 Totals 7,067,976 100.00% 20 20 40 40 —
Midpoint2713 Democratic Republican
Predictions
SourceRankingAs of GoverningCournoyer Caroline 2016-10-12 November Likely to Lessen GOP's Advantage in Legislatures https://www.governing.com/archive/gov-2016-legislative-handicapping-october.html 2024-06-24 Governing en
| Safe D October 12, 2016
Results
District 1 • District 3 • District 5 • District 7 • District 9 • District 11 • District 13 • District 15 • District 17 • District 19 • District 21 • District 23 • District 25 • District 27 • District 29 • District 31 • District 33 • District 35 • District 37 • District 39 __NOTOC__
District 1
California's 1st State Senate district election, 2016
California Republican Party Ted Gaines (incumbent) 140,739 49.4
California Democratic Party Rob Rowen 104,262 36.6
California Republican Party Steven Baird 39,958 14.1
284,959 100.0
California Republican Party Ted Gaines (incumbent) 287,314 64.0
California Democratic Party Rob Rowen 161,502 36.0
448,816 100.0
California Republican Party
District 3
California's 3rd State Senate district election, 2016
California Democratic Party Bill Dodd 90,396 37.4
California Democratic Party Mariko Yamada 72,243 29.9
California Republican Party Greg "Coach" Coppes 54,525 22.6
California Democratic Party Gabe Griess 24,540 10.2
241,704 100.0
California Democratic Party Bill Dodd 207,927 58.1
California Democratic Party Mariko Yamada 149,701 41.9
357,628 100.0
California Democratic Party
District 5
California's 5th State Senate district election, 2016
California Democratic Party Cathleen Galgiani (incumbent) 96,710 56.8
California Republican Party Alan Nakanishi 47,355 27.8
California Republican Party Samuel Anderson 26,343 15.5
170,408 100.0
California Democratic Party Cathleen Galgiani (incumbent) 174,847 56.7
California Republican Party Alan Nakanishi 133,604 43.3
308,451 100.0
California Democratic Party
District 7
California's 7th State Senate district election, 2016
California Democratic Party Steve Glazer (incumbent) 122,186 54.3
California Republican Party Joseph Alexander Rubay 61,169 27.2
California Democratic Party Guy Moore 41,497 18.5
224,852 100.0
California Democratic Party Steve Glazer (incumbent) 270,485 66.7
California Republican Party Joseph Rubay 135,122 33.3
405,607 100.0
California Democratic Party
District 9
California's 9th State Senate district election, 2016
California Democratic Party Nancy Skinner 116,710 47.8
California Democratic Party Sandré Swanson 74,365 30.5
California Democratic Party Katherine Grace Welch 32,698 13.4
California Republican Party Rich Kinney 20,287 8.3
244,060 100.0
California Democratic Party Nancy Skinner 236,133 62.2
California Democratic Party Sandré Swanson 143,573 37.8
379,706 100.0
California Democratic Party
District 11
California's 11th State Senate district election, 2016
California Democratic Party Jane Kim 118,582 45.3
California Democratic Party Scott Wiener 117,913 45.1
California Republican Party Ken Loo 25,189 9.6
California Democratic Party Michael A. Petrelis (write-in) 4 0.0
261,688 100.0
California Democratic Party Scott Wiener 209,462 51.0
California Democratic Party Jane Kim 201,316 49.0
410,778 100.0
California Democratic Party
District 13
California's 13th State Senate district election, 2016
California Democratic Party Jerry Hill (incumbent) 171,411 75.6
California Republican Party Rick Ciardella 42,185 18.6
Libertarian Party of California John H. Webster 13,018 5.7
226,614 100.0
California Democratic Party Jerry Hill (incumbent) 296,400 75.9
California Republican Party Rick Ciardella 94,269 24.1
390,669 100.0
California Democratic Party
District 15
California's 15th State Senate district election, 2016
California Democratic Party Jim Beall (incumbent) 97,948 49.4
California Democratic Party Nora Campos 53,250 26.9
California Republican Party Chuck Page 40,783 20.6
California Republican Party Anthony Macias 6,147 3.1
198,128 100.0
California Democratic Party Jim Beall (incumbent) 196,089 62.5
California Democratic Party Nora Campos 117,442 37.5
313,531 100.0
California Democratic Party
District 17
California's 17th State Senate district election, 2016
California Democratic Party Bill Monning (incumbent) 185,586 68.8
California Republican Party Palmer Kain 84,142 31.2
269,728 100.0
California Democratic Party Bill Monning (incumbent) 268,806 65.5
California Republican Party Palmer Kain 141,339 34.5
410,145 100.0
California Democratic Party
District 19
California's 19th State Senate district election, 2016
California Democratic Party Hannah-Beth Jackson (incumbent) 144,422 64.1
California Republican Party Colin Patrick Walch 80,765 35.9
225,187 100.0
California Democratic Party Hannah-Beth Jackson (incumbent) 224,834 63.1
California Republican Party Colin Patrick Walch 131,598 37.3
356,432 100.0
California Democratic Party
District 21
California's 21st State Senate district election, 2016
California Republican Party Scott Wilk 69,403 46.7
California Democratic Party Johnathon Levar Ervin 50,078 33.7
California Democratic Party Steve Hill 17,735 11.9
California Republican Party Star Moffatt 11,439 7.7
148,655 100.0
California Republican Party Scott Wilk 160,043 52.8
California Democratic Party Johnathon Levar Ervin 142,886 47.2
302,929 100.0
California Republican Party
District 23
California's 23rd State Senate district election, 2016
California Republican Party Mike Morrell (incumbent) 93,484 54.8
California Democratic Party Ronald J. O'Donnell 50,850 29.8
California Democratic Party Mark Westwood 26,300 15.4
170,634 100.0
California Republican Party Mike Morrell (incumbent) 184,470 56.6
California Democratic Party Ronald J. O'Donnell 141,533 43.4
326,003 100.0
California Republican Party
District 25
California's 25th State Senate district election, 2016
California Republican Party Michael D. Antonovich 85,663 39.5
California Democratic Party Anthony Portantino 58,154 26.8
California Democratic Party Katherine Perez-Estolano 31,166 14.4
California Democratic Party Chris Chahinian 14,849 6.8
California Democratic Party Phlunte' Riddle 14,563 6.7
California Democratic Party Teddy Choi 12,430 5.7
216,825 100.0
California Democratic Party Anthony Portantino 218,655 57.8
California Republican Party Michael D. Antonovich 159,014 42.2
377,256 100.0
California Democratic Party
District 27
California's 27th State Senate district election, 2016
California Republican Party Steve Fazio 77,770 37.1
California Democratic Party Henry Stern 57,189 27.3
California Democratic Party Janice Kamenir-Reznik 40,250 19.2
California Democratic Party David Pollock 15,359 7.3
California Democratic Party Shawn Bayliss 12,757 6.1
California Democratic Party George Christopher Thomas 6,143 2.9
209,468 100.0
California Democratic Party Henry Stern 218,655 55.9
California Republican Party Steve Fazio 172,827 44.1
377,256 100.0
California Democratic Party
District 29
California's 29th State Senate district election, 2016
California Republican Party Ling Ling Chang 73,514 44.0
California Democratic Party Josh Newman 48,754 29.2
California Democratic Party Sukhee Kang 44,766 26.8
167,034 100.0
California Democratic Party Josh Newman 160,230 50.4
California Republican Party Ling Ling Chang 157,732 49.6
317,962 100.0
California Democratic Party California Republican Party
District 31
California's 31st State Senate district election, 2016
California Democratic Party Richard Roth (incumbent) 81,504 61.2
California Republican Party Richard Reed 51,755 38.8
133,259 100.0
California Democratic Party Richard Roth (incumbent) 167,574 60.5
California Republican Party Richard Reed 109,238 39.5
276,812 100.0
California Democratic Party
District 33
California's 33rd State Senate district election, 2016
California Democratic Party Ricardo Lara (incumbent) 104,027 99.95
Libertarian Party of California Honor Mimi Robson (write-in) 47 0.05
104,074 100.00
California Democratic Party Ricardo Lara (incumbent) 177,971 78.6
Libertarian Party of California Honor Mimi Robson 48,316 21.4
226,287 100.0
California Democratic Party
District 35
California's 35th State Senate district election, 2016
California Democratic Party Steven Bradford 50,998 35.6
California Democratic Party Warren Furutani 35,024 24.4
California Democratic Party Isaac Galvan 32,105 22.4
California Republican Party Charlotte Ann Svolos 25,197 17.6
143,324 100.0
California Democratic Party Steven Bradford 135,353 53.5
California Democratic Party Warren Furutani 117,455 46.5
252,808 100.0
California Democratic Party
District 37
California's 37th State Senate district election, 2016
California Republican Party John Moorlach (incumbent) 114,540 54.8
California Democratic Party Ari Grayson 94,369 45.2
208,909 100.0
California Republican Party John Moorlach (incumbent) 228,480 57.0
California Democratic Party Ari Grayson 172,455 43.0
400,935 100.0
California Republican Party
District 39
California's 39th State Senate district election, 2016
California Democratic Party Toni Atkins 159,970 66.3
California Republican Party John Renison 43,760 18.1
California Republican Party J. Bribiesca 26,565 11.0
California Republican Party Richard M. Fago 10,895 4.5
241,190 100.0
California Democratic Party Toni Atkins 258,686 62.5
California Republican Party John Renison 155,053 37.5
413,739 100.0
California Democratic Party
References
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