United States Senate election in California (June 5, 2018 top-two primary)

Elections in California, 2018

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U.S. Senate, California

Top-two primary
General election
Election details
Filing deadline: March 9, 2018
Primary: June 5, 2018
General: November 6, 2018

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Pre-election incumbent:
Dianne Feinstein (Democrat)
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Incumbent Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), seeking her sixth term in office, advanced to the general election for U.S. Senate in California, along with second-place finisher state Sen. Kevin de León (D).[1]

California Democratic Party leaders did not endorse Feinstein at their annual convention in February, making her one of the few incumbent senators in recent years to run without party support. De León won a majority of the convention delegates' votes—about 54 percent to Feinstein's 37 percent—but neither received the 60 percent necessary for an endorsement.[2]

De León received major endorsements from the Service Employees International Union of California, California Nurses Association, and California Labor Federation AFL-CIO but struggled to match Feinstein’s $10.3 million in cash on hand.[3] He raised $1 million in the first quarter of 2018 with $672,000 in cash on hand.[4]

Feinstein, who won her 2012 re-election bid by 25 points, had support from national and state party figures, including former President Barack Obama (D), former Vice President Joe Biden (D), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and Gov. Jerry Brown (D).

Although the showdown between Feinstein and de León was made more likely when no high-profile Republican filed to run in the race by the March 9 filing deadline, the large field of candidates could have split the vote in unexpected ways.[5]

White nationalist Patrick Little (R), who was expelled from the state Republican convention, polled in second place in an April 2018 poll, but two late polls showed his support drop to one percent or less when other Republican candidates were polled. James Bradley (R) was the top-performing Republican in two polls at the end of May and came in third on election day.[6][7]

What is California's top-two primary?

A top-two primary is a type of primary election in which all candidates are listed on the same primary ballot. The top two vote-getters, regardless of their partisan affiliations, advance to the general election.

California adopted the top-two primary when California Proposition 14, Top-Two Primaries Amendment, passed on June 8, 2010. The system took effect on January 1, 2011.

Washington was the first state to adopt the top-two primary for congressional and state-level elections in 2004. Nebraska also uses a top-two primary for state legislative elections, which are nonpartisan.

California voter? Here's what you need to know.

Primary election| June 5, 2018
Candidate filing deadline| March 9, 2018
Registration deadline| May 21, 2018[8]
Absentee application deadline| May 29, 2018[8]
General election| November 6, 2018
Voting information
Primary type| Top-two
Early voting deadline| Available from May 7, 2018, to June 5, 2018[9]
Polling locations: Go to this page to find early voting locations and your assigned precinct for election day.

For more on related elections, please see:

* United States Senate election in California, 2018
* United States Senate Democratic Party primaries, 2018
* United States Senate Republican Party primaries, 2018
* Primary elections in California, 2018
* United States Senate top-two primaries, 2018

## Contents

* 1 Candidates and election results
* 2 Top candidates
* 2.1 Dianne Feinstein
* 2.2 Kevin de León
* 2.3 James Bradley
* 3 Polls
* 3.1 General election
* 3.2 Top-two primary
* 4 Endorsements
* 5 Campaign strategies and tactics
* 5.1 Campaign ads
* 5.1.1 Dianne Feinstein
* 5.1.1.1 Support
* 5.1.2 Kevin de León
* 5.1.2.1 Support
* 6 Campaign themes
* 6.1 Dianne Feinstein
* 6.2 Kevin de León
* 7 Campaign finance
* 8 Timeline
* 8.1 Race ratings
* 9 State overview
* 9.1 Partisan control
* 9.1.1 Congressional delegation
* 9.1.2 State executives
* 9.1.3 State legislature
* 9.1.4 Trifecta status
* 9.2 2018 elections
* 9.3 Demographics
* 10 State election history
* 10.1 Historical elections
* 10.1.1 Presidential elections, 2000-2016
* 10.1.2 U.S. Senate elections, 2000-2016
* 10.1.3 Gubernatorial elections, 2000-2016
* 10.1.4 Congressional delegation, 2000-2016
* 10.1.5 Trifectas, 1992-2017
* 11 See also
* 12 Footnotes

## Candidates and election results[edit]

See also: Statistics on U.S. Congress candidates, 2018

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. Senate California on June 5, 2018.

Nonpartisan primary election

##### Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate California

Candidate

Votes

|
|
|

✔ |

| Dianne Feinstein (D) |

44.2

| 2,947,035
✔ |

| Kevin de León (D)  |

12.1

| 805,446

| James P. Bradley (R)  |

8.3

| 556,252

| Arun Bhumitra (R)  |

5.3

| 350,815

| Paul Taylor (R)  |

4.9

| 323,533

| Erin Cruz (R)  |

4.0

| 267,494

| Tom Palzer (R) |

3.1

| 205,183

| Alison Hartson (D)  |

2.2

| 147,061

| Roque De La Fuente (R)  |

2.0

| 135,278

| Pat Harris (D)  |

1.9

| 126,947

| John Crew (R)  |

1.4

| 93,806

| Patrick Little (R)  |

1.3

| 89,867

| Kevin Mottus (R)  |

1.3

| 87,646

| Jerry Laws (R)  |

1.0

| 67,140

| Derrick Michael Reid (L)  |

0.9

| 59,999

| Adrienne Nicole Edwards (D)  |

0.8

| 56,172

| Douglas Howard Pierce (D)  |

0.6

| 42,671

| Mario Nabliba (R)  |

0.6

| 39,209

| David Hildebrand (D)  |

0.5

| 30,305

| Donnie Turner (D)  |

0.5

| 30,101

| Herbert Peters (D)  |

0.4

| 27,468

| David Moore (Independent)  |

0.4

| 24,614

| Ling Shi (Independent)  |

0.4

| 23,506

| John Thompson Parker (Peace and Freedom Party)  |

0.3

| 22,825

| Lee Olson (Independent)  |

0.3

| 20,393

| Gerald Plummer (D)  |

0.3

| 18,234

| Jason Hanania (Independent)  |

0.3

| 18,171

| Don Grundmann (Independent) |

0.2

| 15,125

| Colleen Shea Fernald (Independent)  |

0.2

| 13,536

| Rash Bihari Ghosh (Independent)  |

0.2

| 12,557

| Tim Gildersleeve (Independent)  |

0.1

| 8,482

| Michael Fahmy Girgis (Independent)  |

0.0

| 2,986

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Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.

| Total votes: 6,669,857

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#### Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

* John Estrada (R)
* Steve Stokes (D)
* Michael Eisen (Independent)
* Topher Brennan (D)
* Timothy Charles Kalemkarian (R)
* Jerry Leon Carroll (Independent)
* Charles Junior Hodge (Independent)
* John Melendez (D)
* Caren Lancona (R)
* Stephen Schrader (R)
* Donald Adams (Independent)
* Richard Mead (Independent)
* Clifton Roberts (Independent)
* Michael Ziesing (G)
* Jazmina Saavedra (R)
* Leigh Scott (R)

## Top candidates[edit]

###  Dianne Feinstein[edit]

Feinstein began her political career in 1970, serving on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors until 1978. She then served as mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988. She was first elected to the Senate in 1992 in a special election.

"I’m immensely proud of my service in the Senate and all I’ve done to help the people of California and the nation. But there’s still so much work left to do, from ending gun violence, to combating climate change, to ensuring proper and affordable access to healthcare, and to giving DREAMers the chance to stay in the United States," she said when announcing her re-election bid.[10]

Feinstein was endorsed by several members of the California delegation in Congress, including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.).

###  Kevin de León[edit]

De León's political experience includes serving as the president pro tempore of the California State Senate, representing District 24. He was first elected to the chamber in 2010. Before holding elected office, de León was a community organizer, English language teacher, and public school advocate. He worked for the National Education Association and the California Teachers Association.[11]

"We have a President who has working families in his crosshairs and now is not a time to be complacent or accommodating. There are millions of people with no voice. My career has been dedicated to working for them," de León said in an interview.

He was endorsed by U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and labor organizations like the California Nurses Association and California Service Employees International Union.

###  James Bradley[edit]

Bradley served in the United States Coast Guard for six years before earning his MBA and working as the chief executive officer of an entrepreneurial company.[12]

"I’m running because I see so clearly the difference between the America we have today and the America our children deserve. I’m running because, not trying to improve the very essence of our currently poisoned political discourse, not caring enough to need to make a difference—well, to me, not running would be un-American," Bradley said of his decision to enter the race.[12]

Bradley identified illegal immigration, taxation, and corruption in Sacramento and Washington, D.C., as some of his top policy concerns.[12]

## Polls[edit]

See also: Ballotpedia's approach to covering polls

### General election[edit]

U.S. Senate election in California, General election

Poll | Feinstein (D) | De León (D)| Undecided/Other| Margin of Error| Sample Size
SurveyUSA
November 1-2, 2018 | 50%| 36%| 14%| +/-4.7| 1,200
Berkeley IGS
October 19-26, 2018 | 45%| 36%| 19%| +/-4.0| 1,339
Probolsky Research
October 25-30, 2018 | 41%| 35%| 24%| +/-3.3| 900
Public Policy Institute of California
October 12-21, 2018 | 43%| 27%| 31%| +/-3.3| 1,704
Probolsky Research
August 29-September 2, 2018 | 37%| 29%| 34%| +/-3.3| 900
The Public Policy Institute of California
July 8-17, 2018 | 46%| 24%| 9%| +/-3.4| 1,711
LA Times
June 6-17, 2018 | 36%| 18%| 46%| +/-4.0| 893
Probolsky Research
April 16-18, 2018 | 38%| 27%| 35%| +/-3.3| 900
Note: A "0%" finding means the candidate was not a part of the poll. The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org

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### Top-two primary

| U.S. Senate election in California, Feinstein, de León, and Bradley

Poll | Feinstein (D) | De León (D)| Bradley (R)| Others| Undecided| Margin of Error| Sample Size
Berkeley-IGS
May 22-28, 2018 | 36%| 11%| 7%| 23%| 25%| +/-4.0| 2,106
YouGov
May 12-24, 2018 | 36%| 11%| 6%| 24%| 23%| +/-4.0| 1,113
Berkeley-IGS
April 16-22, 2018 | 28%| 11%| 10%| 14%| 37%| +/-3.5| 1,738
Note: A "0%" finding means the candidate was not a part of the poll. The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org
U.S. Senate election in California, Top-two primary

Poll | Feinstein (D) | Schrader (R)| Kalemkarian (D)| Little (R)| De León (D)| Melendez (D)| Others| Undecided| Margin of Error| Sample Size
SurveyUSA
March 22-25, 2018 | 31%| 7%| 5%| 5%| 5%| 5%| 13%| 29%| +/-5.0| 517
Note: A "0%" finding means the candidate was not a part of the poll. The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org
U.S. Senate election in California, Top-two primary, Feinstein v. de León

Poll | Feinstein (D) | de León (D)| Others| Undecided or Would not vote| Margin of Error| Sample Size
Public Policy Institute of California
March 4-13, 2018 | 42%| 16%| 2%| 39%| +/-3.4| 1,706
Public Policy Institute of California
January 21-30, 2018 | 46%| 17%| 3%| 33%| +/-3.2| 1,705
Berkeley IGS Poll
December 7-16, 2017 | 41%| 27%| 0%| 32%| +/-3.8| 1,000
Public Policy Institute of California
November 10-19, 2017 | 45%| 21%| 1%| 33%| +/-4.3| 1,070
USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times
October 27-Novmber 6, 2017 | 58%| 31%| 10%| 31%| +/-4.0| 949
Sextant Strategies
September 2017 | 34%| 18%| 33%| 15%| +/-3.4| 1,197
Note: A "0%" finding means the candidate was not a part of the poll. The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org
U.S. Senate election in California, Feinstein, Little, De León, Hartson, Melendez, De La Fuente

Poll | Feinstein (D) | Little (R)| De León (D)| Hartson (D)| Melendez (D)| De La Fuente (R)| Other/Undecided| Margin of Error| Sample Size
SurveyUSA
April 19-22, 2018 | 39%| 18%| 8%| 4%| 4%| 8%| 19%| +/-N/A| 520
Note: A "0%" finding means the candidate was not a part of the poll. The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org

## Endorsements[edit]

California Senate endorsements

Endorsement  | Feinstein | De León
National figures
Former President Barack Obama (D)[13] |  ✔  |
Former Vice President Joe Biden[14] |  ✔  |
Former Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)[15] |  ✔  |
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.)[15] |  ✔  |
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.)[16] |  ✔  |
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)[17] |  ✔  |
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)[18] |  ✔  |
U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.)[19] |  |  ✔
Tom Steyer, billionaire Democratic activist[20] |  |  ✔
State figures
California Gov. Jerry Brown (D)[21] |  ✔  |
California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D)[15] |  ✔  |
California Secretary of State Alex Padilla (D)[18] |  ✔  |
Local figures
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg (D)[22] |  ✔  |
Organizations
EMILY's List[23] |  ✔  |
Equality California[24] |  ✔  |
Human Rights Campaign[25] |  ✔  |
Western Growers Association[26] |  ✔  |
California Nurses Assocation[27] |  |  ✔
California Service Employees International Union SEIU[28] |  |  ✔
Climate Hawks Vote[29] |  |  ✔
Democracy for America (DFA)[30] |  |  ✔

## Campaign strategies and tactics[edit]

### Campaign ads[edit]

####  Dianne Feinstein[edit]

##### Support[edit]

"Accomplished" - Feinstein campaign ad, released October 23, 2018

"Assault Weapons Ban" - Feinstein campaign ad, released May 8, 2018

"Universal Health Care" - Feinstein campaign ad, released May 8, 2018

####  Kevin de León[edit]

##### Support[edit]

"Leading" - Change California Now ad, released May 18, 2018

"Act Like Democrats" - A Progressive California ad, released April 12, 2018

## Campaign themes[edit]

The campaign themes below were taken from the candidates' campaign websites.

###  Dianne Feinstein[edit]

“  |

Environment

From California’s snow-capped mountains to its pristine coastline, from majestic forests to the painted landscapes of its deserts, California is home to some of the most unique ecosystems in the world. Senator Feinstein has dedicated her career to preserving our natural spaces, combatting climate change, and fighting for environmental justice.

Senator Feinstein led a successful bipartisan effort to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles. Her bipartisan legislation, signed into law in 2007, the Ten-in-Ten Fuel Economy Act, raised fuel economy standards for America’s vehicles by at least 10 miles per gallon over 10 years, the largest increase in fuel efficiency in more than two decades, cutting greenhouse gas emissions from cars and light trucks in half.

A champion of preserving open space, she authored the historic California Desert Protection Act, which preserved more than seven million acres of California desert - the largest designation in the history of the continental United States. At her urging, President Obama used his authority under the Antiquities Act in 2016 to designate three new national monuments in the California desert, which protected almost 2 million additional acres.

She also helped secure over $250 million in federal funds to purchase and preserve the nearly 8,000 acre Headwaters Forest in order to save the last unprotected, intact, ancient redwood forest ecosystem on earth. She also authored successful legislation that saved nearly 300,000 acres of wilderness across Northern California, added 25,500 acres of land to the Redwood National Park in Del Norte County, and preserved over 21 miles of the Black Butte River in Mendocino County.

Senator Feinstein has also been a leader in preserving our waterways. By the 1990s, the San Francisco Bay had lost an estimated 85 percent of its historic wetlands to development, destruction, or alteration. She took action and personally negotiated the purchase of more than 16,000 acres of endangered wetlands from industrial developers along the San Francisco Bay and Napa River—the largest restoration of wetlands in California history.

And she also authored the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act, which launched a nearly $2 billion public-private partnership to restore Lake Tahoe and has protected over 17,000 acres of wildlife habit and restored more than 1,700 acres of Stream Environment Zones.

Gun Reform

Dianne Feinstein became Mayor of San Francisco as the product of assassination, when San Francisco supervisor Dan White murdered Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk at City Hall in 1978. When she found Milk’s body she could smell the gunpowder. She tried to find his pulse and instead put her finger in a bullet hole. So she knows from first-hand experience about the violence that only guns can inflict on our fellow Californians.

An issue of personal importance to her, Senator Feinstein authored the landmark assault weapons ban, which banned military-style firearms from 1994 to 2004. Over that decade, the number of gun massacres fell by 37 percent and the number of people dying from gun massacres fell by 43 percent.

Now, since the assault weapons ban expired and after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012 that killed 20 first graders and six adults in Newtown, Connecticut, more than 400 people have been shot in more than 200 school shootings.

Tragedies in Parkland, Las Vegas, Newtown, Aurora, San Bernardino, and so many more have shocked the nation and demonstrated the need to act. Senator Feinstein has introduced a new Assault Weapons Ban to halt the sale, manufacture, transfer and importation of the most commonly-owned military-style assault weapons and ban large-capacity magazines that are specifically designed to inflict maximum casualties.

She will also continue to author and support additional legislation to enact sensible gun laws, including: closing the gun-show loophole, holding arms manufacturers accountable, raising the minimum age to purchase firearms, and preventing those on the terrorist watch list from buying a gun.

Health Care

Senator Feinstein strongly supports universal health care for all Americans, and with her colleagues in the Senate, stopped Republicans attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

In 2009, when the Senate was considering the Affordable Care Act, she sponsored legislation to create a public option to compete with private health insurance, which she continues to support. She also supports lowering the age for Medicare eligibility to 55, mandating that Medicare negotiates for drug prices (which it currently does not), allowing HHS to reject unreasonable premium increases and requiring 85 percent of all premium dollars to go to patients, instead of 80 percent.

Senator Feinstein has committed to protecting a woman’s right to choose and has earned a 100 percent rating from Planned Parenthood for standing up for women’s reproductive health choices.

As co-chair of the Senate Cancer Coalition, Senator Feinstein has also been a leader in increasing funding for disease research. She helped stop Donald Trump's plan to cut funding from the National Institutes of Health and introduced bipartisan legislation to improve breast cancer detection.

She also sponsored the Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act, which led to an improved emphasis and strategy for research of top deadly cancers.

Immigration

We are a state and a nation of immigrants, and Senator Feinstein strongly opposes Donald Trump’s attacks on our immigrant communities and believes we must have comprehensive immigration reform.

She supports the DREAM Act and DACA, which is why she opposed the recent omnibus spending package that did not include protections for Dreamers. She also strongly opposes President Trump’s unjust and unconstitutional travel ban and has authored legislation to rescind the President's executive orders that created those bans.

Senator Feinstein was proud to work closely with Dolores Huerta and the United Farm Workers to author the Agricultural Worker Program Act to put farmworkers on a path to earned legal status and citizenship.

Senator Feinstein believes we must come together to pass comprehensive immigration reform legislation that includes a pathway to citizenship for immigrants, backlog reduction, assistance for immigrant members of the armed services and their families, visa reform, and humanitarian relief for families.

Jobs and Economy

Senator Feinstein is committed to creating an economy that works for all Americans, not just those at the very top. She is a staunch supporter of a living wage and is a cosponsor of the RAISE the Wage Act, which would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.

She opposed Donald Trump’s tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations that will add more than $1 trillion to our debt and force cuts in Medicare and Social Security. This legislation further harms Californians by eliminating the deduction for state and local taxes claimed by more than six million California households.

Instead, Senator Feinstein has championed expanding economic access for working and middle class Californians. That’s why she supported the Working Families Tax Relief Act to expand access to and the value of the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit.

She joined Senator Elizabeth Warren to coauthor legislation that would allow individuals with existing student loan debt to refinance at much lower interest rates. And she authored the Small Business Lending and Inequality Reduction Act, which would increase resources available for small businesses in traditionally underserved communities.

Senator Feinstein is also a proud cosponsor of the Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act, which would at long last institute paid family leave, including maternity leave. She is also a cosponsor of the Healthy Families Act which would allow employees to take paid sick days.

Finally, Senator Feinstein knows that creating an economy for all also means reducing the influence of special interests in Washington. She is a staunch opponent of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision which has opened the flood gates to unregulated dark money in our politics. She is a proud cosponsor of the DISCLOSE Act, which would help end secret campaign spending by strengthening disclosure and disclaimer requirements. And she also coauthored a proposed constitutional amendment that would overturn Citizens United once and for all.

LGBTQ Equality

From her two decades as a supervisor and then mayor of San Francisco, when the city was at the forefront of bringing LGBTQ people out of the shadows, to her work in Washington, Senator Dianne Feinstein has always been a champion for the LGBTQ community.

She was one of just 14 senators to vote against the original discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and she proudly authored legislation to repeal DOMA and led the filing of amicus briefs in Supreme Court cases that eventually overturned DOMA and established marriage equality nationwide.

She proudly voted to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell and supports legislation that would expand the definition of hate crimes to include sexual orientation, gender, and disability. She’s also cosponsored the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would ban employers from discriminating against employees based on their sexual orientation or gender identity.

And she was a strong opponent of Proposition 8 in 2008.

Today, she’s standing up against Donald Trump’s attacks on LGBTQ equality and has introduced legislation nullify his “Free Speech and Religious Liberty” executive order to prevent discrimination against LGBTQ individuals, women and religious minorities.[31]

|  ”

|
|

—Dianne for California[32]

###  Kevin de León[edit]

“  |

Leader on the Environment and Clean Energy

With his leadership and landmark legislation, Senator de León has established California’s reputation as a recognized global leader in the battle against climate change and a pioneer in creating a clean energy economy.

He played a central role in crafting a bipartisan deal this year to extend California’s cap-and-trade program with $1 billion of the generated revenue to tackle diesel pollution and bolster electrification of our transportation and vehicles.

Continuing steady progress in energy efficiency, Kevin has put California on a path to 50 percent renewable energy by 2030 – the largest state in the nation to do so – with an eye toward becoming 100 percent renewable by 2045.

California is by far the nation’s clean-energy leader and it is paying workforce dividends with the creation of well over 500,000 clean energy jobs in the Golden State – 10 times more than there are coal jobs in the entire nation.

With SB 1275 (2014), he created a rebate initiative to make electric cars more accessible to working families with the goal of placing one million low-emission vehicles on the road.

Recognizing the disproportionate suffering from pollution and climate change in disadvantaged communities, Senator de León successfully passed SB 535 (2012) which requires California to spend at least 25 percent of cap-and-trade revenue to benefit low-income communities. This law is resulting in new transit, energy efficiency, renewable energy and affordable housing projects across the state.

Also in 2012, Senator de León co-chaired the successful Proposition 39 campaign closing a corporate-tax loophole and creating a $2.5 billion revenue fund for energy-efficiency upgrades in schools.

Exemplifying his longtime commitment to increasing access to the environment, Kevin’s first legislative measure when he arrived in Sacramento allocated park funds for communities lacking parks and green space, resulting in 126 park projects across the state - the largest initiative of its kind in the nation.

Tackling pollution in his district, Senator de León was instrumental in bringing attention and accountability to the hazardous pollution caused by the Exide battery recycling plant in Vernon, which for years had operated illegally while contaminating nearby communities with lead, arsenic, and other toxins. Senator de León has since secured millions of dollars for cleanup, while implementing oversight and reform measures at the Department of Toxic Substance Control to prevent similar future occurrences.

Kevin’s record on the environment and energy has been studied by international leaders as they lay out their own steps to confront climate change and build clean-energy economies. He led the California delegation to the U.N. Climate Talks in Peru and Morocco and accompanied Governor Brown to Paris in 2015 to showcase California’s landmark accomplishments.

Transportation, Housing and Infrastructure

The road to California’s future infrastructure has long been in disrepair. This year, Senator de León led the Legislature in creating solutions that will benefit future generations of Californians.

He was instrumental in shepherding SB 1 (Beall) into law this year, making an additional $5.4 billion a year investment in road, freeway, bridge and transit projects over the next decade. The result will be lower commute times, safer roads and job creation.

Senator de León also this year successfully passed SB 5, giving Californians the opportunity to make long-overdue investments in our parks and flood-control infrastructure with a $4 billion general obligation bond measure on the June 2018 ballot.

At a time when homeownership in California is at its lowest point since the 1940’s, Senator de León led the Senate in moving legislation to fund new development, streamline approval processes, strengthen existing laws, and create more local accountability to build new housing and increase homeownership across the Golden State.

Focusing on the most vulnerable, like returning veterans and the homeless, the Senate passed landmark measures to help those with the fewest options when it comes to housing.

In 2016, Senator de León championed the “No Place Like Home” initiative, an innovative and ambitious proposal to address homelessness in California by securing $2 billion in bond financing for construction and rehabilitation of permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless Californians suffering from mental illness.

Immigrant Protection

With a firm understanding in the contributions of the undocumented community to California’s culture and economy, Kevin has led the fight against local law enforcement being commandeered to enforce federal immigration laws. This year, he passed SB 54, the California Values Act, which prohibits state and local law enforcement agencies, including school police and security departments, from using resources to investigate, interrogate, detain, detect, or arrest people for immigration enforcement purposes.

The bill also directs the state Attorney General to develop model policies to be implemented by public schools, libraries, hospitals, courthouses and other public facilities that would limit “to the fullest extent possible” assistance to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

With President Trump's decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program, Senator de León was instrumental in negotiating $30 million to assist the nearly 250,000 Dreamers in California with legal services as well as “safety net” funding to help DACA students stay in school should they become unable to work to support their education.

In 2015, Senator de León led a bicameral coalition to sponsor legislation that addresses lapses in our justice and labor systems creating serious challenges for the California’s immigrant community, including stronger wage theft laws, securing u-visas from law enforcement, and providing healthcare for undocumented children. In 2013, he brokered a compromise with Governor Jerry Brown to ensure signage of a law which allowed undocumented immigrants to obtain drivers licenses, gain access to insurance, and step out of the shadow economy.

Before joining the Legislature, Senator de León taught citizenship courses to immigrants and led opposition to 1994’s Proposition 187, a voter-approved statewide initiative that denied government services to undocumented immigrants.

Voice for the Working Class

Senator de León was a lead negotiator with Governor Jerry Brown and the state’s unions to secure a $15 minimum wage in California, and then shepherded the legislation through both houses to the Governor’s desk.

He overcame powerful opposition from Wall Street to pass SB 1234, which created Secure Choice retirement-savings program for California’s private-sector low-income workers. Secure Choice was the first automatic IRA program of its kind in the nation and will help millions of Californians achieve retirement security when fully implemented.

Senator de León has also authored workers’ compensation reform that lowered insurance costs for businesses, while increasing workers’ benefits. He also authored legislation that strengthens the Labor Commissioner’s authority in tackling the scourge of wage theft in cities across California - especially Los Angeles which has been dubbed the “Wage Theft Capital of the U.S.”

Senator de León also negotiated the expansion of California’s Film and Television Tax Credit Program, replacing the program’s lottery system with a process that quantifies job creation and economic benefits to the state’s economy.

Women's Advocate

When Planned Parenthood advocated this year for an increase in higher Medi-Cal reimbursement rates for reproductive health care, Senator de León carried their fight into budget negotiations and secured $50 million from Proposition 56 tobacco tax revenue.

Guided by a strong belief in a woman’s right to control her own health care, Senator de León has been stalwart defender for preserving federal funding for family planning as a Republican-led Congress continues to target Planned Parenthood for defunding.

Senator de León’s strong and unwavering advocacy for access and choice has been recognized by Planned Parenthood with a consistent 100 percent voting record and numerous awards, with special recognition in 2014 for legislative leadership.

Alarmed by the serious problem posed nationwide by sexual violence on college campuses, Senator de León set out to find solutions for California.

In 2014, his bill to prevent sexual assault on college campuses was first law in the nation to require affirmative consent, earning him the recognition from Marie Claire last year as one of the “ten biggest supporters of women’s right in U.S. government.” Ms. Magazine selected his “yes means yes” measure as the most significant legislative victory on behalf of women for 2014. He followed up with legislation in 2015 that requires public high schools teaching health education classes to include sexual assault prevention in their curricula.

Also in 2015, he empowered women in the workforce with state budget funding for thousands of more slots for subsidized child cares.

Public Safety and Negotiating the Budget

Throughout his decade in the legislature, Senator de León has fought for sensible gun control. In 2016, he led the charge to enact the most stringent gun control policies in a generation, including his groundbreaking SB 1235 requiring background checks for anyone who buys or sells ammunition.

In three years serving as the Senate’s lead in negotiating the budget, Senator de León has secured critical investments that strengthen the bookends of a student’s educational career, pushing for new investments in childcare and higher education. Under his leadership, California has added over 20,000 additional slots for California students in the University of California and the California State University. Both budgets during his tenure as Senate leader have been delivered on time, provided protective reserves, paid down debt, provided relief funding for the drought, and wisely invested in children and working families.[31]

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## Campaign finance[edit]

## Timeline[edit]

* May 23, 2018: Feinstein announced that she no longer supported the death penalty. "It became crystal clear to me that the risk of unequal application is high and its effect on deterrence is low," she said in a statement.[34]

* May 17, 2018: Change California NOW spent $352,000 on a television ad buy for de León that highlights his opposition to Trump and support for Dreamers, environmental laws to combat climate change, and universal Medicare.[35]

* May 8, 2018: Feinstein released her first two campaign ads of the election cycle, highlighting her support for a public healthcare option and what she referred to as "a new assault weapons ban."

* May 4, 2018: Former President Barack Obama (D) endorsed Feinstein, saying, "She’s always been an indispensable leader for California, and we became dear friends and partners in the fight to guarantee affordable healthcare and economic opportunity for everybody; to protect our planet from climate change, and our kids from gun violence."[13]

* April 18, 2018: Billionaire Democratic donor Tom Steyer endorsed de León, saying, "I think he’s the kind of young progressive that reflects California and would be a very strong advocate for our state nationally."[20]

* April 12, 2018
* A Progressive California released an ad highlighting comments Feinstein made about Trump having the potential to be a good president and calling for patience. The ad features a clip of de León saying, "In your state Senate, Democrats act like Democrats, and we've never been fooled into believing that Donald Trump can be a good president."
* The California Labor Federation, which has 2.1 million members, endorsed de León. The union's executive secretary-treasurer, Art Pulaski, highlighted de León's position “on good jobs, climate change, $15 minimum wage, protecting immigrant workers and supporting the right to stand together in a union.”[36]

* April 10, 2018: California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) endorsed Feinstein. He said in a statement, "More than ever, we need Dianne Feinstein’s steady leadership in the U.S. Senate; she’s exactly the right person to ensure that [President] Trump is held accountable."[37]

* March 29, 2018: Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) endorsed Feinstein, saying in a statement, "I had the pleasure of serving alongside Dianne Feinstein in the Senate, and right away came to admire her hard work, preparation and effective advocacy for California and the progressive values we share."[14]

* March 27, 2018: Equality California endorsed Feinstein. Rick Zbur, the executive director of Equality California, said, “Senator Feinstein stood with our community back when few others did; she fought for funding to combat the AIDS crisis when many elected officials looked away; and there’s no doubt that she will continue to serve as the fighter California’s LGBTQ community needs in Washington during these trying times."[24]

* March 25, 2018: Feinstein led the candidate field with 31 percent support in a SurveyUSA poll. Twenty-nine percent of voters were undecided, while Schrader received 7 percent support and de León, Kalemkarian, Little, and Melendez each received 5 percent support.

* March 21, 2018: Public Policy Polling released a poll finding Feinstein leading de León, 42 percent to 16 percent. Thirty-nine percent of voters were undecided.

* February 24, 2018: At the California Democratic Party annual convention on February 24, 2018, no Senate candidate earned an official party endorsement as no candidate received at least 60 percent of delegates' votes. State Sen. Kevin de León received a majority of delegates' votes—about 54 percent to incumbent Sen. Dianne Feinstein's 37 percent. The vote result made Feinstein "the first incumbent senator in recent memory who will run in June’s primary without official backing," according to The Washington Post.[2]

* February 13, 2018: The California Service Employees International Union (SEIU) endorsed de León on February 13, 2018. "Kevin de León is a leader who speaks up for California values. His leadership on the most pressing challenges facing California stands in stark contrast with the dysfunctional political establishment in Washington, D.C.," said executive board member David Huerta.[38]

### Race ratings[edit]

See also: Race rating definitions and methods
Race ratings: U.S. Senate election in California, 2018

Race tracker | Race ratings
| October 30, 2018 | October 23, 2018| October 16, 2018| October 9, 2018
The Cook Political Report | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic| Solid Democratic| Solid Democratic
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic| Solid Democratic| Solid Democratic
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic| Safe Democratic| Safe Democratic
Note: Ballotpedia updates external race ratings every two weeks throughout the election season.

## 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]

* Following the 2016 elections, Democrats held both U.S. Senate seats in California.
* Democrats held 39 of 53 U.S. House seats in California.

#### State executives[edit]

* As of May 2018, Democrats held seven of 10 state executive positions and the remaining three positions were officially nonpartisan.
* The governor of California was Democrat Jerry Brown.

#### State legislature[edit]

* Democrats controlled both chambers of the California State Legislature. They had a 55-25 majority in the state Assembly and a 27-13 majority in the state Senate.

#### Trifecta status[edit]

* California was a state government trifecta, meaning that Democrats hold the governorship and majorities in the state house and state senate.

### 2018 elections[edit]

See also: California elections, 2018

California held elections for the following positions in 2018:

* 1 Senate seat
* 53 U.S. House seats
* Governor
* Seven other state executive positions
* 20 of 40 state Senate seats
* 80 state Assembly seats
* Two state Supreme Court justices
* 35 state Court of Appeals judges
* Local trial court judges
* School board members

### Demographics[edit]

| Demographic data for California

| California| U.S.
Total population:| 38,993,940| 316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):| 155,779| 3,531,905
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.

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**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 |  Hillary Clinton | 61.7% |  Donald Trump | 31.6% | 30.1%
2012 |  Barack Obama | 60.2% |  Mitt Romney | 37.1% | 23.1%
2008 |  Barack Obama | 61.1% |  John McCain | 37% | 24.1%
2004 |  John Kerry | 54.4% |  George W. Bush | 44.4% | 10%
2000 |  Al Gore | 53.5% |  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 |  Kamala Harris | 61.6% |  Loretta Sanchez | 38.4% | 23.2%
2012 |  Dianne Feinstein | 62.5% |  Elizabeth Emken | 37.5% | 25%
2010 |  Barbara Boxer | 52.2% |  Carly Fiorina | 42.2% | 10%
2006 |  Dianne Feinstein | 59.5% |  Richard Mountjoy | 35.1% | 24.4%
2004 |  Barbara Boxer | 57.8% |  Bill Jones | 37.8% | 20%
2000 |  Dianne Feinstein | 55.9% |  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 |  Jerry Brown | 60% |  Neel Kashkari | 40% | 20%
2010 |  Jerry Brown | 53.8% |  Meg Whitman | 40.9% | 12.9%
2006 |  Arnold Schwarzenegger | 55.9% |  Phil Angelides | 39.0% | 16.9%
2002 |  Gray Davis | 47.3% |  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 |  39 | 73.5% |  14 | 26.4% | D+25
2014 |  39 | 73.5% |  14 | 26.4% | D+25
2012 |  38 | 71.7% |  15 | 28.3% | D+23
2010 |  34 | 64.1% |  19 | 35.8% | D+15
2008 |  34 | 64.1% |  19 | 35.8% | D+15
2006 |  34 | 64.1% |  19 | 35.8% | D+15
2004 |  33 | 62.3% |  20 | 37.7% | D+13
2002 |  33 | 62.3% |  20 | 37.7% | D+13
2000 |  32 | 61.5% |  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
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## See also[edit]

* United States Senate election in California, 2018
* United States Senate elections, 2018
* United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2018

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Politico, "California Primary Results 2018," June 6, 2018
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Washington Post, "Feinstein loses California Democratic Party’s endorsement," February 25, 2018
3. ↑ National Nurses United, "Nurses Endorse Kevin de León for U.S. Senate," February 12, 2018
4. ↑ San Francisco Chronicle, "Feinstein has huge lead on de León in money race for California’s Senate seat," April 17, 2018
5. ↑ The Los Angeles Times, "Republicans who could run a competitive race are taking a pass on ousting Feinstein," March 11, 2018
6. ↑ San Francisco Chronicle, "Neo-Nazi running second to Feinstein in Senate poll in California," May 5, 2018
7. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 6/1," June 1, 2018
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 California Secretary of State, "Election dates and resources," accessed January 31, 2018
9. ↑ Ballotpedia staff, "Phone conversation with the California Secretary of State's Office," January 31, 2018
10. ↑ Facebook, "Dianne Feinstein," October 9, 2017
11. ↑ Kevin de León for Senate, "About Kevin," accessed March 15, 2018
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 James Bradley 2018, "Who Am I Speech," accessed June 5, 2018
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Politico, "Obama endorses Feinstein reelection campaign," May 4, 2018
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Business Insider, "Joe Biden just made a big endorsement in one of the most heated Senate races of the year," March 29, 2018
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Politico, "California’s old guard Democrats under siege," October 10, 2017
16. ↑ Twitter, "Ted Lieu," October 12, 2017
17. ↑ The Hill, "Pelosi endorses Feinstein amid liberal primary challenge," October 30, 2017
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Los Angeles Daily News, "Dianne Feinstein, 84, is seeking another Senate term. Who might challenge her?" October 9, 2017
19. ↑ The Mercury News, "Kevin de León announces run against Dianne Feinstein, setting up Democratic clash in Senate race," October 15, 2017
20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 The Los Angeles Times, "Billionaire Democratic activist Tom Steyer endorses Kevin de León in his insurgent bid against Sen. Dianne Feinstein," April 18, 2018
21. ↑ The Hill, "California Gov. Jerry Brown endorses Feinstein," April 10, 2018
22. ↑ Sacramento Bee, "Steinberg chooses Feinstein in ‘difficult’ decision," October 20, 2017
23. ↑ EMILY's List, "EMILY’s List Endorses Nine Democratic Women Senators for Re-Election in 2018," February 10, 2017
24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Metro Weekly, "Equality California backs Sen. Dianne Feinstein in re-election bid," March 27, 2018
25. ↑ HRC, "HRC Endorses California Senator Dianne Feinstein for Re-Election," April 18, 2018
26. ↑ Western Growers Association, "Western Growers Board of Directors Endorses Senator Feinstein," March 23, 2018
27. ↑ National Nurses United, "Nurses Endorse Kevin de León for U.S. Senate," February 12, 2018
28. ↑ The Los Angeles Times, "SEIU endorsement of Kevin de León is a big boost in his bid to unseat Sen. Dianne Feinstein," February 13, 2018
29. ↑ Climate Hawks Vote, "Kevin de León" October 19, 2017
30. ↑ ABC News, "California Senate leader announces bid to challenge Feinstein in 2018 primary," October 15, 2017
31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
32. ↑ Feinstein for California, "Issues," accessed May 10, 2018
33. ↑ Kevin de León for U.S. Senate, "About Kevin," accessed May 10, 2018
34. ↑ Fox News, "California Sen. Feinstein drops death penalty support amid primary challenge," May 23, 2018
35. ↑ FEC, "Independent Expenditures, Committee: Change California Now," accessed May 22, 2018
36. ↑ San Francisco Chronicle, "Gavin Newsom, Kevin de Léon win backing of major California labor group," April 12, 2018
37. ↑ The Hill, "California Gov. Jerry Brown endorses Feinstein," April 10, 2018
38. ↑ The Los Angeles Times, "SEIU endorsement of Kevin de León is a big boost in his bid to unseat Sen. Dianne Feinstein," February 13, 2018
39. ↑ California Demographics, "California Cities by Population," accessed April 2, 2018
40. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "Quickfacts California," accessed April 2, 2018

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