Municipal Elections In San Francisco, California (2018)

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Election dates
Filing deadline: January 9, 2018, June 12, 2018, and August 10, 2018
General election: November 6, 2018
Special election: June 5, 2018
Election stats
Offices up: Mayor, Board of supervisor, Assessor-recorder, Public defender, County board of education, Community college board, Superior court judge, BART Board District 8
Total seats up: 16 (click here for the mayoral election)
Election type: Nonpartisan
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U.S. municipal elections, 2018

San Francisco held elections for five seats on the board of supervisors on November 6, 2018. The winners maintained a progressive majority on the board that was first established in a special election on June 5, 2018, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.[1] Elections for city assessor-recorder, public defender, county board of education members, superior court judge, and seats on the community college board and the BART board were also on the ballot on November 6, 2018. The deadline for candidates to file to run for the board of supervisors seats was June 12, 2018, and the deadline for the other offices was August 10, 2018.

San Francisco also held special elections for mayor and the District 8 seat on the Board of Supervisors on June 5, 2018. The special mayoral election was to fill the term of late Mayor Ed Lee, who died in December 2017. Supervisor Mark Farrell served as interim mayor. Click here for more information about that race.

In the special election for District 8 of the Board of Supervisors, progressive Rafael Mandelman defeated moderate incumbent Jeff Sheehy in a special election for San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 8. Mandelman's win gave progressives a 6-5 majority on the Board of Supervisors.[2][3]

Contents

  • 1 Elections
  • 2 Nov. 6 regular elections
    • 2.1 Board of supervisors, District 2[4]
    • 2.2 Board of supervisors, District 4[4]
    • 2.3 Board of supervisors, District 6[4]
    • 2.4 Board of supervisors, District 8[4]
    • 2.5 Board of supervisors, District 10[4]
    • 2.6 Assessor-recorder[6]
    • 2.7 Community college board[6]
    • 2.8 Public Defender[6]
    • 2.9 BART Board District 8[6]
  • 3 June 5 primary and special elections
    • 3.1 Board of supervisors, District 8[7]
    • 3.2 Superior Court of San Francisco
      • 3.2.1 Seat 1
      • 3.2.2 Seat 2
      • 3.2.3 Seat 3
      • 3.2.4 Seat 4
      • 3.2.5 Seat 5
      • 3.2.6 Seat 6
      • 3.2.7 Seat 7
      • 3.2.8 Seat 8
      • 3.2.9 Seat 9
      • 3.2.10 Seat 10
      • 3.2.11 Seat 11
      • 3.2.12 Seat 12
      • 3.2.13 Seat 13
  • 4 Additional elections on the ballot
    • 4.1 Election updates
    • 4.2 Candidates in special election
      • 4.2.1 Jeff Sheehy
      • 4.2.2 Rafael Mandelman
      • 4.2.3 Lawrence Dagesse
    • 4.3 Timeline
    • 4.4 Campaign themes and policy stances
    • 4.5 How did the candidates differ?
      • 4.5.1 Appointment of Mark Farrell as mayor
      • 4.5.2 Policing
      • 4.5.3 Resign-to-run ballot measure
      • 4.5.4 Housing policy
      • 4.5.5 Transit-based development
    • 4.6 Campaign finance
    • 4.7 Endorsements
      • 4.7.1 Jeff Sheehy[27]
      • 4.7.2 Rafael Mandelman[28]
    • 4.8 Progressive vs. moderate conflict
      • 4.8.1 Governing majority
      • 4.8.2 Sheehy vs. Mandelman
    • 4.9 Media coverage
    • 4.10 Municipal partisanship
    • 4.11 About the city
      • 4.11.1 City government
      • 4.11.2 Demographics
    • 4.12 State overview
      • 4.12.1 Partisan control
        • 4.12.1.1 Congressional delegation
        • 4.12.1.2 State executives
        • 4.12.1.3 State legislature
        • 4.12.1.4 Trifecta status
      • 4.12.2 2018 elections
      • 4.12.3 Demographics
    • 4.13 State election history
      • 4.13.1 Historical elections
        • 4.13.1.1 Presidential elections, 2000-2016
        • 4.13.1.2 U.S. Senate elections, 2000-2016
        • 4.13.1.3 Gubernatorial elections, 2000-2016
        • 4.13.1.4 Congressional delegation, 2000-2016
        • 4.13.1.5 Trifectas, 1992-2017
    • 4.14 Pivot Counties
      • 4.14.1 Presidential results by legislative district
    • 4.15 See also
    • 4.16 External links
    • 4.17 Footnotes

Elections[edit]

Nov. 6 regular elections[edit]

Board of supervisors, District 2[4][edit]

Incumbent Mark Farrell, who was term-limited, was selected as interim mayor on January 23, 2017.

General election candidates


Board of supervisors, District 4[4][edit]

Incumbent Katy Tang did not file to run for re-election.[5]

General election candidates


Board of supervisors, District 6[4][edit]

Incumbent Jane Kim was term-limited.

General election candidates


Board of supervisors, District 8[4][edit]

General election candidates


Board of supervisors, District 10[4][edit]

Incumbent Malia Cohen was term-limited.

General election candidates


Assessor-recorder[6][edit]

General election candidates

Community college board[6][edit]

General election candidates

Public Defender[6][edit]

General election candidates

BART Board District 8[6][edit]

General election candidates

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June 5 primary and special elections[edit]

Board of supervisors, District 8[7][edit]

Progressive Rafael Mandelman defeated moderate incumbent Jeff Sheehy in a special election for San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 8. Mandelman's win gave progressives a 6-5 majority on the Board of Supervisors.[8][9]

Moderates held a six-vote majority on the 11-member board heading into the special election. According to Beyond Chron, the more progressive candidate had not won in District 8 since 2000.[10]

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, "the distinction [between the two blocs] rests on three issues: land use, taxation and regulation. Progressives push for more affordable housing, tighter restrictions on tech companies and higher taxes for corporations. Moderates tend to be pro-development, pro-tech and pro-business."[11]

Although both candidates emphasized their independence from the factions and their ideological similarities, they differed on how to address issues related to housing, policing, and elections policy. Media outlets also wrote that their roles began to change in recent years, with Sheehy breaking away from the moderates and Mandelman moving closer to them.

Mandelman only temporarily filled the seat. He ran again in the regular election for the full term on November 6, 2018.

Sheehy was appointed in January 2017 to fill the vacancy created by the election of Supervisor Scott Wiener to the state Senate. Click here to read more about the governing majority on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.[12]

San Francisco Board of Supervisors, District 8 Special Election, 2018
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Rafael Mandelman 60.46% 12,547
Jeff Sheehy Incumbent 37.61% 7,804
Lawrence Dagesse 1.93% 401
Total Votes 20,752
Source: San Francisco Department of ElectionsThese election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available.

Superior Court of San Francisco[edit]

Seat 1[edit]

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Seat 2[edit]

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Seat 3[edit]

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Seat 4[edit]

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Seat 6[edit]

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Seat 7[edit]

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Seat 8[edit]

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Seat 9[edit]

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Seat 10[edit]

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Seat 11[edit]

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Seat 12[edit]

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Seat 13[edit]

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Additional elections on the ballot[edit]

See also: California elections, 2018


Election updates[edit]

Candidates in special election[edit]

Jeff Sheehy[edit]

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Jeff Sheehy was appointed to the District 8 seat in January 2017 to fill the vacancy created by the election of Supervisor Scott Wiener to the California State Senate. He became a member of the moderate faction on the board.

Sheehy's experience includes service as the president of the Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club and work as the communications director for the University of California San Francisco's AIDS Research Institute, an HIV/AIDS advisor to then-Mayor Gavin Newsom, and a victims' advocate in the San Francisco District Attorney's Office.[15][16] As an activist, he helped draw up the city's Equal Benefits Ordinance that prohibited the city from contracting with vendors that did not provide full benefits to LGBTQ couples.[10]

Sheehy received endorsements from his predecessor, state Sen. Wiener, and interim Mayor Farrell.[14][17]

Rafael Mandelman[edit]

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Mandelman ran for the District 8 position as a member of the progressive faction. He ran for the Board of Supervisors in 2010, losing to Scott Wiener, and then was elected to the community college board in 2012 and 2016.[10]

Mandelman's experience includes work as an urban development attorney and service as a commissioner on the San Francisco Board of Appeals, the chair of the San Francisco LGBT Center, and the president of the Noe Valley Democratic Club and the District 8 Democratic Club.[18]

Mandelman received endorsements from the California Nurses Association, the Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club, the National Union of Healthcare Workers, the San Francisco Tenants Union, the Sierra Club, former state Sen. Mark Leno, former state Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) board member Bevan Dufty, BART board member Lateefah Simon, former San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos, and San Francisco Supervisors Sandra Lee Fewer, Jane Kim, Aaron Peskin, Hillary Ronen, and Norman Yee.[19]

Lawrence Dagesse[edit]

As of January 27, 2018, Ballotpedia was not able to locate information about Lawrence Dagesse. To notify us of information about this candidate, please email us.

Timeline[edit]

Campaign themes and policy stances[edit]

The San Francisco Bay Times asked Sheehy and Mandelman for their positions on multiple issues facing the district. Click "show" on the boxes below to view the candidates' responses to select questions from the Bay Times' questionnaire. To view their responses to all of the questions, click here.

Question: Several San Francisco neighborhoods comprise District 8, such as The Castro and Noe Valley. What do you believe are the most pressing issues facing some of these neighborhoods, and how might the issues overlap or, conversely, be unique to each location?


Question: Cleve Jones told us that he believes housing is the LGBTQ community’s most pressing need now in San Francisco. What do you specifically plan to do to address that need, while also maintaining quality of life, giving attention to environmental concerns and keeping reasonable levels of density?


Question: There is concern that San Francisco is losing its diversity in all respects: racial, economic, age-related, LGBT and more. What specifically can be done to help improve overall diversity within District 8 and the city as a whole?


Question: The Castro feels less safe to us lately. Members of our team have experienced multiple instances of theft, expensive-to-repair car window breakages and intimidating encounters with mentally ill people. Discussions with store owners reveal that many share our concerns. In fact, while we were having one such discussion, a store owner had to stop a gang of shoplifters. To what do you attribute the perceived increase in crime, and what steps do you plant to take to make The Castro and other neighborhoods within District 8 safer for residents and visitors?


How did the candidates differ?[edit]

In interviews with the San Francisco Examiner, Jeff Sheehy and Rafael Mandelman both indicated that they were similar ideologically. Sheehy said, "my opponent’s moved in my [political] direction,” and Mandelman said, “I don’t know that there are huge ideological differences between us.” The interviews revealed differences on the following issues.[23]

Appointment of Mark Farrell as mayor[edit]

The candidates disagreed about whether the Board of Supervisors should have replaced Board of Supervisors President London Breed as interim mayor. Breed became the interim mayor following the death of Mayor Ed Lee in December 2017, and the Board voted to replace her with Supervisor Mark Farrell in January 2018.

Policing[edit]

Resign-to-run ballot measure[edit]

The candidates disagreed on a ballot measure offered by Supervisor Aaron Peskin that would prevent appointees to boards and commissions from running for office without first resigning their positions. It would not apply to elected officials.[24]

Housing policy[edit]

Although the candidates agreed that housing policy was a top priority, they endorsed different policies for how to approach the Housing for All ballot measure, which was up in June 2018. The measure would tax commercial rents at a higher rate in order to pay for 10,000 low- and middle-income housing accommodations and homeless shelters over 10 years.[25]

Transit-based development[edit]

The candidates disagreed on a state Senate bill from Scott Wiener that would change city zoning codes to allow for denser development near transit.

Campaign finance[edit]

The figures in the tables below were from reports submitted by the candidates for 2017. They are reproduced below as presented by the candidates in their report summaries.[26]

San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 8, Special Election
Candidate Total contributions received Total expenditures made Ending cash balance
Jeff Sheehy (i) $182,435.91 $116,942.62 $71,238.19
Rafael Mandelman $165,482.39 $135,625.41 $32,683.53
Lawrence Dagesse $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

Endorsements[edit]

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Jeff Sheehy[27][edit]

Rafael Mandelman[28][edit]


Progressive vs. moderate conflict[edit]

Governing majority[edit]

Moderates held a six-vote majority on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors until January 23, 2018, when then-District 2 Supervisor Mark Farrell was selected by his colleagues as interim mayor.[21] Farrell succeeded Mayor Ed Lee, who died of a heart attack on December 12, 2017, and he served as interim mayor until a new mayor was chosen in the June mayoral special election.[22]

Moderates reclaimed their sixth vote on January 30, 2018, when Farrell-appointee Catherine Stefani was sworn in to replace Farrell on the board.[31][32]

Sheehy vs. Mandelman[edit]

Sheehy was appointed by moderate Ed Lee, but, after Lee's death, he became more independent from the faction, most notably by voting with progressives to instill Mark Farrell as interim mayor over moderate London Breed. Mandelman, in contrast, was historically a progressive and supported policies such as a city income tax and local control of development projects. However, he voted in favor of budget cuts in 2015 and 2016 while sitting on the City College board (which angered the teachers union), began to call for increases in police hiring, and received the endorsements of moderate influencers like the San Francisco Chronicle.[33][34]

San Francisco Board of Supervisors, March 2018
District Officeholder Affiliation Seat up for election in 2018
1 Sandra Lee Fewer Progressive No
2 Catherine Stefani Moderate Yes
3 Aaron Peskin Progressive No
4 Katy Tang Moderate Yes
5 London Breed Moderate No
6 Jane Kim Progressive Yes
7 Norman Yee Progressive No
8 Jeff Sheehy Moderate Yes
9 Hillary Ronen Progressive No
10 Malia Cohen Moderate Yes
11 Ahsha Safai Moderate No

Media coverage[edit]

To Mandelman, being a supervisor is not just showing up in the board chambers on Tuesdays and voting. "I think the job is all the work you can do in the community and be available to constituents," he told us in our editorial board meeting. "Secondly, the supervisor has the ability to advance solutions. I want a mayor who will do a good job and I want a District 8 supervisor to provide leadership. We're failing on homelessness, housing, and transit."
Both Mandelman and current District 8 Supervisor Jeff Sheehy are gay men. Sheehy is also the first known person living with HIV to serve on the board. He has made fully funding the city's Getting to Zero initiative a top priority. Mandelman said that HIV/AIDS issues, including funding, and cannabis are also top priorities for him. Even though Mandelman is generally pegged as the progressive and Sheehy the moderate in the race, judging from their stances on the issues, the labels are irrelevant. Both have similar priorities addressing homelessness, HIV, affordable housing, clean streets, and vacant storefronts. Mandelman told us his politics are liberal, and that serving on the City College board has taught him the value of pragmatic governance.
Sheehy was an inspired choice when the late mayor Ed Lee appointed him in January 2017 to finish the term of now-state Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco). But in this, his first campaign for the seat, Sheehy has mostly acted like he's indifferent to winning, and his lackluster campaign strategy reinforces that perception. In his editorial board meeting, he kept telling us that he's an activist, not a politician. But serving on the Board of Supervisors is political, and Sheehy has struggled with that aspect of the job, and attempting to stake out a position as an independent on the board has not helped him. We're also dismayed that he was the crucial sixth vote to remove acting mayor London Breed and that he did not vote against the replacement for lesbian Leslie Katz on the Port Commission, despite saying at the committee hearing that LGBT representation on city commissions is important. "For us, as a community, there is always this assumption we've made it," he said at the hearing. "Anyone who knows the history of the LGBT community knows that whenever we make gains we lose those gains."
In contrast, Mandelman has been everywhere in District 8, campaigning hard, knocking on doors, and meeting with potential voters. He wants the job. As supervisor, constituents can expect to hear back from his office when contacted, and we are confident that he will continue to be accessible. Mandelman has gained experience in his years serving on the City College board, on which he worked very hard to save the community college even when the board's power was taken away and the school's accreditation was in question. Thanks to wide community and political support and favorable court rulings, City College's accreditation remains in place and increasing enrollment is returning to levels it was before the crisis hit.
"I feel really, really ready to step into this role," Mandelman told us. We think so too."[30]
I ran into Sheehy the day after I wrote that story and he joked that he was glad he could prove he was “not dead.” And he was right. My prediction of his demise, made as some of his backers were angry over the Farrell vote, was premature.
My original September 2017 analysis framed the D8 race around the candidates’ connection to Mayor Lee. That is now gone. While I still see some Mandelman backers claiming that voters need to reject Sheehy for being appointed by Lee, that’s likely because Sheehy’s pro-tenant, pro-labor voting record gives them nothing specific to attack (Sheehy has been among labor’s top supporters for a revised Minimum Compensation Ordinance).
Mandelman never took victory for granted. His grassroots machine is working harder than ever and he remains the favorite. Yet the combined impact of the district’s two most popular politicians —Newsom and Wiener—backing Sheehy could still deliver victory to the incumbent. I see D8 residents as having to choose between two very strong representatives. Voters in all districts should be so fortunate."[35]

Municipal partisanship[edit]

At the end of 2018, Democrats held mayorships in 61 of the 100 largest cities in the country. Out of the twenty-five mayoral elections that were held in 2018 in the 100 largest cities, two party changes occurred by year's end. In the election in Lexington, Kentucky, Republican Linda Gorton won the seat, replacing former Democratic Mayor Jim Gray. In Virginia Beach, Virginia, Republican Bob Dyer won the seat, replacing former independent Mayor Louis Jones. Click here to learn more.

About the city[edit]

See also: San Francisco, California

San Francisco is a city in California. It is consolidated with the County of San Francisco, which means that the city and county share a government and their boundaries are coterminous. As of 2013, San Francisco's population was 837,442.[36]

City government[edit]

See also: Mayor-council government

The city of San Francisco uses a strong mayor and city council system. In this form of municipal government, the city council serves as the city's primary legislative body and the mayor serves as the city's chief executive.[37]

Demographics[edit]

The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.

Demographic data for San Francisco, California (2015)
 San FranciscoCalifornia
Total population:840,76338,993,940
Land area (square miles):47155,779
Race and ethnicity[38]
White:48.7%61.8%
Black/African American:5.6%5.9%
Asian:33.8%13.7%
Native American:0.3%0.7%
Pacific Islander:0.4%0.4%
Two or more:4.6%4.5%
Hispanic/Latino:15.3%38.4%
Education
High school graduation rate:87%81.8%
College graduation rate:53.8%31.4%
Income
Median household income:$81,294$61,818
Persons below poverty level:13.2%18.2%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)

State overview[edit]

Partisan control[edit]

This section details the partisan control of federal and state positions in California heading into the 2018 elections.

Congressional delegation[edit]

State executives[edit]

State legislature[edit]

Trifecta status[edit]

2018 elections[edit]

See also: California elections, 2018

California held elections for the following positions in 2018:

Demographics[edit]

Demographic data for California
 CaliforniaU.S.
Total population:38,993,940316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):155,7793,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:61.8%73.6%
Black/African American:5.9%12.6%
Asian:13.7%5.1%
Native American:0.7%0.8%
Pacific Islander:0.4%0.2%
Two or more:4.5%3%
Hispanic/Latino:38.4%17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:81.8%86.7%
College graduation rate:31.4%29.8%
Income
Median household income:$61,818$53,889
Persons below poverty level:18.2%11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)
Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in California.
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

As of July 2016, California had a population of approximately 39,000,000 people, with its three largest cities being Los Angeles (pop. est. 4.0 million), San Diego (pop. est. 1.4 million), and San Jose (pop. est. 1 million).[39][40]

State election history[edit]

This section provides an overview of federal and state elections in California from 2000 to 2016. All data comes from the California Secretary of State.

Historical elections[edit]

Presidential elections, 2000-2016[edit]

This chart shows the results of the presidential election in California every year from 2000 to 2016.

Election results (President of the United States), California 2000-2016
Year First-place candidate First-place candidate votes (%) Second-place candidate Second-place candidate votes (%) Margin of victory (%)
2016 Democratic Party Hillary Clinton 61.7% Republican Party Donald Trump 31.6% 30.1%
2012 Democratic Party Barack Obama 60.2% Republican Party Mitt Romney 37.1% 23.1%
2008 Democratic Party Barack Obama 61.1% Republican Party John McCain 37% 24.1%
2004 Democratic Party John Kerry 54.4% Republican Party George W. Bush 44.4% 10%
2000 Democratic Party Al Gore 53.5% Republican Party George W. Bush 41.7% 11.8%

U.S. Senate elections, 2000-2016[edit]

This chart shows the results of U.S. Senate races in California from 2000 to 2016. Every state has two Senate seats, and each seat goes up for election every six years. The terms of the seats are staggered so that roughly one-third of the seats are up every two years.

Election results (U.S. Senator), California 2000-2016
Year First-place candidate First-place candidate votes (%) Second-place candidate Second-place candidate votes (%) Margin of victory (%)
2016 Democratic Party Kamala Harris 61.6% Democratic Party Loretta Sanchez 38.4% 23.2%
2012 Democratic Party Dianne Feinstein 62.5% Republican Party Elizabeth Emken 37.5% 25%
2010 Democratic Party Barbara Boxer 52.2% Republican Party Carly Fiorina 42.2% 10%
2006 Democratic Party Dianne Feinstein 59.5% Republican Party Richard Mountjoy 35.1% 24.4%
2004 Democratic Party Barbara Boxer 57.8% Republican Party Bill Jones 37.8% 20%
2000 Democratic Party Dianne Feinstein 55.9% Republican Party Tom Campbell 36.6% 19.3%

Gubernatorial elections, 2000-2016[edit]

This chart shows the results of the four gubernatorial elections held between 2000 and 2016. Gubernatorial elections are held every four years in California.

Election results (Governor), California 2000-2016
Year First-place candidate First-place candidate votes (%) Second-place candidate Second-place candidate votes (%) Margin of victory (%)
2014 Democratic Party Jerry Brown 60% Republican Party Neel Kashkari 40% 20%
2010 Democratic Party Jerry Brown 53.8% Republican Party Meg Whitman 40.9% 12.9%
2006 Republican Party Arnold Schwarzenegger 55.9% Democratic Party Phil Angelides 39.0% 16.9%
2002 Democratic Party Gray Davis 47.3% Republican Party Bill Simon 42.4% 4.9%

Congressional delegation, 2000-2016[edit]

This chart shows the number of Democrats and Republicans who were elected to represent California in the U.S. House from 2000 to 2016. Elections for U.S. House seats are held every two years.

Congressional delegation, California 2000-2016
Year Democrats Democrats (%) Republicans Republicans (%) Balance of power
2016 Democratic Party 39 73.5% Republican Party 14 26.4% D+25
2014 Democratic Party 39 73.5% Republican Party 14 26.4% D+25
2012 Democratic Party 38 71.7% Republican Party 15 28.3% D+23
2010 Democratic Party 34 64.1% Republican Party 19 35.8% D+15
2008 Democratic Party 34 64.1% Republican Party 19 35.8% D+15
2006 Democratic Party 34 64.1% Republican Party 19 35.8% D+15
2004 Democratic Party 33 62.3% Republican Party 20 37.7% D+13
2002 Democratic Party 33 62.3% Republican Party 20 37.7% D+13
2000 Democratic Party 32 61.5% Republican Party 20 38.5% D+12

Trifectas, 1992-2017[edit]

A state government trifecta occurs when one party controls both chambers of the state legislature and the governor's office.

California Party Control: 1992-2021
Sixteen years of Democratic trifectas  •  No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Governor R R R R R R R D D D D D R R R R R R R D D D D D D D D D D D
Senate D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
Assembly D D D S R D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D


Pivot Counties[edit]

See also: Pivot Counties by state

There are no Pivot Counties in California. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton (D) won California with 61.7 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 31.6 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, California voted Republican 53.33 percent of the time and Democratic 43.33 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, California voted Democratic all five times. In 2016, California had 55 electoral votes, which was the most of any state. The 55 electoral votes were 10.2 percent of all 538 available electoral votes and were 20.4 percent of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the election.

Presidential results by legislative district[edit]

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state Assembly districts in California. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[41][42]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 58 out of 80 state Assembly districts in California with an average margin of victory of 38.4 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 66 out of 80 state Assembly districts in California with an average margin of victory of 40.3 points. Clinton won 11 districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 22 out of 80 state Assembly districts in California with an average margin of victory of 12.2 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 14 out of 80 state Assembly districts in California with an average margin of victory of 13 points.


See also[edit]

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Footnotes[edit]

  1. ↑ San Francisco Chronicle, "SF Board of Supervisors’ new mash-up of members could mean more swing votes," November 11, 2018
  2. ↑ SFGate, "SF moderates win control of board of supervisors," November 23, 2016
  3. ↑ SFist, "Rafael Mandelman once again throws his hat in the District 8 supervisor ring," April 20, 2017
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 San Francisco Department of Elections, "Candidates," accessed June 13, 2018
  5. ↑ San Francisco Chronicle, "SF Supervisor Katy Tang says she’s not running for re-election in November," June 12, 2018
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 San Francisco Department of Elections, "Candidates: November 6, 2018 Consolidated General Election," accessed September 10, 2018
  7. ↑ San Francisco Department of Elections, "Candidates," accessed February 14, 2018
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  9. ↑ SFist, "Rafael Mandelman once again throws his hat in the District 8 supervisor ring," April 20, 2017
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  11. ↑ San Francisco Chronicle, "Progressive mayoral candidates push to end moderates' hold on office," January 7, 2018
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 University of California San Francisco, "Jeff Sheehy, of UCSF AIDS Research Institute, appointed as San Francisco supervisor," January 6, 2017
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  17. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named farrellendorsement
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  20. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named stefaniappoint
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  24. ↑ San Francisco Examiner, "Proposition B would require city commissioners to give up their seats if they run for office," April 19, 2018
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  38. ↑ Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.
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