California State Assembly elections, 2018

Elections in California, 2018

* General election: Nov. 6
* Voter registration deadline: Oct. 22
* Early voting: Oct. 8 - Nov. 5
* Absentee voting deadline: Postmark Nov. 6

* Online registration: Yes
* Same-day registration: Yes
* Voter ID: No
* Poll times: 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

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2018 California
Assembly elections

General| November 6, 2018
Primary| June 5, 2018
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Democrats maintained their supermajority in the California State Assembly in the 2018 elections, winning 60 seats to Republicans' 20. A party needed 54 seats in the Assembly to hold a two-thirds supermajority.

All 80 Assembly seats were up for election in 2018. Heading into the election, Democrats controlled 55 seats and Republicans controlled 25 seats.

Democrats maintained their trifecta in California by holding the state Assembly, the state Senate, and the governor's office.

California state assembly members serve two-year terms, with all seats up for election every two years.

The California State Assembly was one of 87 state legislative chambers holding elections in 2018. There are 99 chambers throughout the country. In 2017, three chambers in Virginia and New Jersey were up for election. In 2016, 86 out of 99 legislative chambers held elections. Prior to 2018, the California State Assembly last held elections in 2016.

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## Contents

* 1 Post-election analysis
* 1.1 National background
* 2 Candidates
* 3 General election candidates
* 4 Primary election candidates
* 4.1 Margins of victory
* 4.2 Seats flipped
* 4.3 Incumbents retiring
* 4.4 Process to become a candidate
* 4.4.1 Qualifying by payment of fee
* 4.4.2 Qualifying by petition in lieu of filing fee
* 4.4.3 Qualifications
* 4.4.4 Salaries and per diem
* 4.4.5 When sworn in
* 4.5 California political history
* 4.5.1 Party control
* 4.5.1.1 2018
* 4.5.1.2 2016
* 4.5.2 Trifectas
* 4.6 Impact of term limits
* 4.7 Wave election analysis
* 4.8 Competitiveness
* 4.8.1 Results from 2016
* 4.8.2 Historical context
* 4.9 Pivot Counties
* 4.9.1 Presidential results by legislative district
* 4.10 See also
* 4.11 External links
* 4.12 Footnotes

## Post-election analysis[edit]

See also: State legislative elections, 2018

The Democratic Party attained supermajority status in both chambers of the California State Legislature in the 2018 election. Democrats in the California State Assembly already held a supermajority, but Democrats in the California State Senate did not previously hold the minimum 27 seats needed for a supermajority. In the state Senate, 20 out of 40 seats were up for election. Democrats increased their majority in the California State Senate from 26-14 to 29-11. Two Republican incumbents were defeated in the general election.

The California State Assembly held elections for all 80 seats. The Democratic supermajority in the State Assembly increased from 55-25 to 60-20. Three Republican incumbents were defeated in the general election.

### National background[edit]

On November 6, 2018, 87 of the nation's 99 state legislative chambers held regularly scheduled elections for 6,073 of 7,383 total seats, meaning that nearly 82 percent of all state legislative seats were up for election.

* Entering the 2018 election, Democrats held 42.6 percent, Republicans held 56.8 percent, and independents and other parties held 0.6 percent of the seats up for regular election.
* Following the 2018 election, Democrats held 47.3 percent, Republicans held 52.3 percent, and independents and other parties held 0.4 percent of the seats up for regular election.
* A total of 469 incumbents were defeated over the course of the election cycle, with roughly one-third of them defeated in the primary.

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* Incumbents defeated in 2018's state legislative elections
* 2018 election analysis: Partisan balance of state legislative chambers
* 2018 election analysis: Number of state legislators by party
* 2018 election analysis: State legislative supermajorities

## Candidates[edit]

See also: Statistics on state legislative candidates, 2018

# General election candidates[edit]

#### California State Assembly General Election 2018

* Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.

Office |  Democratic |  Republican | Other
District 1 |

Caleen Sisk

Brian Dahle (i)

District 2 |

Jim Wood (i)

Matt Heath

District 3 |

Sonia Aery

James Gallagher (i)

District 4 |

Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (i)

|  |

Brandon Nelson (Libertarian Party)

District 5 |

Carla Neal

Frank Bigelow (i)

District 6 |

Jackie Smith

Kevin Kiley (i)

District 7 |

Kevin McCarty (i)

Scott Schmidt

District 8 |

Ken Cooley (i)

Melinda Avey

District 9 |

Jim Cooper (i)
Harry He

|  |

District 10 |

Marc Levine (i)
Dan Monte

|  |

District 11 |

Jim Frazier (i)

Lisa Romero

District 12 |

Robert Chase

Heath Flora (i)

District 13 |

Susan Talamantes Eggman (i)

Antonio Garcia

District 14 |

Tim Grayson (i)
Aasim Yahya

|  |

District 15 |

Jovanka Beckles
Buffy Wicks

|  |

District 16 |

Rebecca Bauer-Kahan

Catharine Baker (i)

District 17 |

David Chiu (i)
Alejandro Fernandez

|  |

District 18 |

Rob Bonta (i)

Stephen Slauson

District 19 |

Phil Ting (i)

Keith Bogdon

District 20 |

Bill Quirk (i)

Joseph Grcar

District 21 |

Adam Gray (i)

|  |

Justin Quigley (Libertarian Party)

District 22 |

Kevin Mullin (i)

Christina Laskowski

District 23 |

Aileen Rizo

Jim Patterson (i)

District 24 |

Marc Berman (i)

Alex Glew

District 25 |

Kansen Chu (i)

Bob Brunton

District 26 |

Jose Sigala

Devon Mathis (i)

District 27 |

Ash Kalra (i)

G. Burt Lancaster

District 28 |

Evan Low (i)

Michael Snyder

District 29 |

Mark Stone (i)

Vicki Nohrden

District 30 |

Robert Rivas

Neil Kitchens

District 31 |

Joaquin Arambula (i)

Lupe Espinoza

District 32 |

Rudy Salas (i)

Justin Mendes

District 33 |

Socorro Cisneros

Jay Obernolte (i)

District 34 |

Nick Nicita

Vince Fong (i)

District 35 |

William Ostrander

Jordan Cunningham (i)

District 36 |

Steve Fox

Tom Lackey (i)

District 37 |

S. Monique Limón (i)
David Norrdin

|  |

District 38 |

Christy Smith

Dante Acosta (i)

District 39 |

Luz Maria Rivas (i)

Ricardo Benitez

District 40 |

James Ramos

Henry Nickel

District 41 |

Chris Holden (i)

|  |

Alan Reynolds (Independent)

District 42 |

DeniAntionette Mazingo

Chad Mayes (i)

District 43 |

Laura Friedman (i)

|  |

District 44 |

Jacqui Irwin (i)

Ronda Baldwin-Kennedy

District 45 |

Jesse Gabriel (i)

Justin Clark

District 46 |

Adrin Nazarian (i)

Roxanne Beckford Hoge

District 47 |

Eloise Gomez Reyes (i)

|  |

District 48 |

Blanca Rubio (i)

|  |

District 49 |

Edwin Chau (i)

Burton Brink

District 50 |

Richard Bloom (i)

|  |

District 51 |

Wendy Carrillo (i)

|  |

Christopher Stare (Libertarian Party)

District 52 |

Freddie Rodriguez (i)

Toni Holle

District 53 |

Miguel Santiago (i)
Kevin Hee Young Jang

|  |

District 54 |

Sydney Kamlager (i)
Tepring Michelle Piquado

|  |

District 55 |

Gregg Fritchle

Phillip Chen (i)

District 56 |

Eduardo Garcia (i)

Jeff Gonzalez

District 57 |

Ian Charles Calderon (i)

Jessica Martinez

District 58 |

Cristina Garcia (i)

Michael Simpfenderfer

District 59 |

Reginald Jones-Sawyer (i)
Leslie Hagan-Morgan

|  |

District 60 |

Sabrina Cervantes (i)

Bill Essayli

District 61 |

Jose Medina (i)

Ali Mazarei

District 62 |

Autumn Burke (i)

Al Hernandez

District 63 |

Anthony Rendon (i)
Maria Estrada

|  |

District 64 |

Mike Gipson (i)

Theresa Sanford

District 65 |

Sharon Quirk-Silva (i)

Alexandria Coronado

District 66 |

Al Muratsuchi (i)

Frank Scotto

District 67 |

Michelle Singleton

Melissa Melendez (i)

District 68 |

Michelle Duman

Steven S. Choi (i)

District 69 |

Tom Daly (i)

|  |

Autumn Browne (Libertarian Party)

District 70 |

Patrick O'Donnell (i)

|  |

Honor Robson (Libertarian Party)

District 71 |

James Elia

Randy Voepel (i)

District 72 |

Josh Lowenthal

Tyler Diep

District 73 |

Scott Rhinehart

William Brough (i)

District 74 |

Cottie Petrie-Norris

Matthew Harper (i)

District 75 |

Alan Geraci

Marie Waldron (i)

District 76 |

Tasha Boerner Horvath
Elizabeth Warren

|  |

District 77 |

Sunday Gover

Brian Maienschein (i)

District 78 |

Todd Gloria (i)

Maggie Campbell

District 79 |

Shirley Weber (i)

John Moore

District 80 |

Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher (i)

Lincoln Pickard

# Primary election candidates[edit]

The candidate list below is based on a list provided by the California Secretary of State website on March 29, 2018. The filing deadline for the June primary was on March 9, 2018. (I) denotes an incumbent.[1]

2018 California State Assembly primary candidates

District |

Democrat

Republican

| Other
1  |  Caleen Sisk: 15,117 a
Peter Van Peborgh: 6,156  |  Brian Dahle: 42,981 (I) a |  Jenny O'Connell-Nowain: 2,008 (Ind.)
2  |  Jim Wood: 42,877 (I) a |  Matt Heath: 20,748 a |
3  |  Sonia Aery: 22,401 a |  James Gallagher: 40,810 (I) a |
4  |  Cecilia Aguiar-Curry: 77,882 (I) a |  No candidate |  Brandon Nelson (Libertarian write-in): 132 a
5  |  Carla Neal: 27,111 a |  Frank Bigelow: 44,553 (I) a |
6  |  Jackie Smith: 26,607 a |  Kevin Kiley: 42,168 (I) a |
7  |  Kevin McCarty: 23,381 (I) a |  Scott Schmidt (write-in candidate) |
8  |  Ken Cooley: 21,176 (I) a |  Melinda Avey: 16,045 a |  Lawrence Ray Murray: 823 (Ind.)
Janice Marlae Bonser: 1,139 (L)
9  |  Jim Cooper: 19,824 (I) a
Mario Garcia: 4,571
Harry He: 4,810 a |  No candidate |
10  |  Marc Levine: 47,008 (I) a
Dan Monte: 11,942 a |  No candidate |
11  |  Jim Frazier: 26,407 (I) a
Diane Stewart: 7,448  |  Lisa Romero: 21,309 a |
12  |  Robert Chase: 17,517 a |  Heath Flora: 30,048 (I) a |
13  |  Susan Talamantes Eggman: 16,028 (I) a
Carlos Villapudua: 5,226  |  Antonio Garcia: 9,616 a |
14  |  Tim Grayson: 40,899 (I) a
Aasim Yahya: 7,608 a |  No candidate |
15  |  Judith Appel: 13,387
Ben Bartlett: 3,873
Jovanka Beckles: 18,132 a
Dan Kalb: 17,837
Andy Katz: 6,024
Rochelle Pardue-Okimoto: 9,488
Sergey Vikramsingh Piterman: 655
Owen Poindexter: 777
Cheryl Sudduth: 1,382
Raquella Thaman: 956
Buffy Wicks: 36,551 a |  Pranav Jandhyala: 6,750  |
16  |  Rebecca Bauer-Kahan: 27,317 a |  Catharine Baker: 37,988 (I) a |
17  |  David Chiu: 57,614 (I) a
Alejandro Fernandez: 13,097 a |  No candidate |
18  |  Rob Bonta: 40,982 (I) a |  Stephen Slauson: 5,792 a |
19  |  Phil Ting: 50,919 (I) a |  Keith Bogdon: 10,723 a |  David Ernst: 2,490 (Ind.)
20  |  Bill Quirk: 30,162 (I) a |  Joseph Grcar (write-in candidate) a |
21  |  Adam Gray: 23,558 (I) a |  No candidate |  Justin Quigley (Libertarian write-in candidate) a
22  |  Kevin Mullin: 34,192 (I) a |  Christina Laskowski: 11,733 a |  Bridget Duffy: 1,881 (G)
23  |  Aileen Rizo: 19,676 a |  Jim Patterson: 37,427 (I) a |
24  |  Marc Berman: 35,197 (I) a |  Alex Glew: 11,165 a |  Bob Goodwyn: 1,807 (L)
25  |  Kansen Chu: 18,593 (I) a
Carmen Montano: 8,332  |  Bob Brunton: 9,319 a |  Robert Imhoff: 1,157 (L)
26  |  Jose Sigala: 10,457 a |  Devon Mathis: 10,659 (I) a
Warren Gubler: 10,143
Jack Lavers: 4,084  |
27  |  Ash Kalra: 29,129 (I) a |  G. Burt Lancaster (write-in candidate) a |
28  |  Evan Low: 39,869 (I) a |  Michael Snyder: 18,183 a |
29  |  Mark Stone: 44,243 (I) a |  Vicki Nohrden: 17,343 a |
30  |  Trina Coffman-Gomez: 2,583
Peter Leroe-Muñoz: 3,555
Bill Lipe: 2,026
Robert Rivas: 14,738 a |  Neil Kitchens: 10,498 a |
31  |  Joaquin Arambula: 14,457 (I) a |  Lupe Espinoza: 9,951 a |
32  |  Rudy Salas: 11,124 (I) a |  Justin Mendes: 11,439 a |
33  |  Socorro Cisneros: 8,421 a
Scott Markovich: 6,721  |  Jay Obernolte: 29,233 (I) a |
34  |  Nick Nicita: 13,491 a |  Vince Fong: 45,657 (I) a |
35  |  William Ostrander: 31,871 a |  Jordan Cunningham: 40,782 (I) a |
36  |  Steve Fox: 15,220 a |  Tom Lackey: 24,491 (I) a |
37  |  S. Monique Limón: 42,295 (I) a
Sofia Collin: 3,465
David Norrdin: 5,111 a |  No candidate |
38  |  Christy Smith: 27,950 a |  Dante Acosta: 33,041 (I) a |
39  |  Bonnie Corwin: 853
Patty Lopez: 4,664
Patrea Patrick: 1,217
Luz Maria Rivas: 12,908 a
Antonio Sanchez: 3,125  |  Ricardo Benitez: 7,860 a |
40  |  Libbern Cook: 5,638
James Ramos: 17,188 a |  Henry Gomez Nickel: 19,900 a |
41  |  Chris Holden: 35,235 (I) a
Kenny Rotter: 7,157  |  No candidate |  Alan Reynolds: 16,829 a (Ind.)
42  |  Deniantionette Mazingo: 21,108 a |  Chad Mayes: 19,541 (I) a
Gary Jeandron: 9,318
Andrew Kotyuk: 7,276  |  Carol Bouldin: 1,929 (G)
43  |  Laura Friedman: 36,380 (I) a |  No candidate |
44  |  Jacqui Irwin: 28,422 (I) a
Robert Zelinsky: 2,202  |  Ronda Baldwin-Kennedy: 25,252 a |
45  |  Raymond Bishop: 740
Jeff Bornstein: 2,793
Daniel Brin: 1,622
Jesse Gabriel: 19,090 a
Ankur Patel: 2,729
Tricia Robbins Kasson: 3,312  |  Justin Clark: 15,291 a |
46  |  Adrin Nazarian: 32,735 (I) a |  Roxanne Beckford Hoge: 9,050 a |
47  |  Eloise Gómez Reyes: 20,072 (I) a |  No candidate |
48  |  Blanca Rubio: 22,188 (I) a |  No candidate |
49  |  Edwin Chau: 22,545 (I) a |  Burton Brink: 10,467 a |
50  |  Richard Bloom: 49,421 (I) a |  No candidate |
51  |  Wendy Carrillo: 26,790 (I) a |  No candidate |  Christopher Stare (Libertarian write-in candidate) a
52  |  Freddie Rodriguez: 13,578 (I) a
Frank Carlos Guzman: 3,969  |  Toni Holle: 10,045 a |  Ben Gibbins: 737 (L)
53  |  Miguel Santiago: 15,513 (I) a
Rae Elisabeth Henry: 1,431
Kevin Hee Young Jang: 3,551 a |  No candidate |  Michael Lewis: 1,737 (L)
54  |  Sydney Kamlager: 25,781 (I) a
Steve Dunwoody: 4,007
Breon Dupree Hollie: 809
Lamar Lyons: 3,311
Tepring Michelle Piquado: 7,214 a |  Glen Ratcliff: 6,191  |
55  |  Melissa Fazli: 8,639
Gregg D. Fritchle: 12,279 a |  Phillip Chen: 25,726 (I) a
James Gerbus: 6,151
Scott Lebda: 2,250  |
56  |  Eduardo Garcia: 18,482 (I) a |  Jeff Gonzalez: 8,127 a
Jonathan Reiss: 4,743  |
57  |  Ian Charles Calderon: 18,921 (I) a
Blake Sullivan Carter: 992
Justin Joshua Valero: 4,740  |  Oscar Llamas: 6,503
Jessica Martinez: 9,662 a |
58  |  Cristina Garcia: 9,854 (I) a
Pedro Aceituno: 4,501
Ivan Altamirano: 2,667
Miguel Angel Alvarado: 1,128
John Paul Drayer: 1,160
Friné Medrano: 2,812
Karla Salazar: 3,047  |  Michael Simpfenderfer: 9,159 a |
59  |  Reginald Jones-Sawyer: 12,408 (I) a
Leslie Hagan-Morgan: 3,788 a |  No candidate |
60  |  Sabrina Cervantes: 13,276 (I) a |  Bill Essayli: 15,224 a |
61  |  Jose Medina: 19,486 (I) a |  Mohammad-Ali Mazarei (write-in candidate) a |
62  |  Autumn Burke: 34,831 (I) a |  Al Hernandez: 8,605 a |
63  |  Anthony Rendon: 12,614 (I) a
Maria Estrada: 7,590 a |  Adam J. Miller: 6,736  |
64  |  Mike Gipson: 19,421 (I) a |  Theresa Sanford (write-in candidate) a |
65  |  Sharon Quirk-Silva: 20,974 (I) a |  Alexandria Coronado: 20,208 a |
66  |  Al Muratsuchi: 29,934 (I) a
Caney Arnold: 3,456  |  Frank Scotto: 27,566 a |
67  |  Michelle Singleton: 14,062 a |  Melissa Melendez: 29,668 (I) a |
68  |  Michelle Duman: 22,786 a |  Steven S. Choi: 34,400 (I) a |
69  |  Tom Daly: 16,153 (I) a |  No candidate |  Autumn Browne (Libertarian write-in candidate) a
70  |  Patrick O'Donnell: 24,539 (I) a
Elliot Ruben Gonzales: 5,672  |  No candidate |  Rachel Alexandra Bruhnke: 4,197 (G)
Honor "Mimi" Robson: 7,253 a (L)
71  |  James Elia: 18,465 a |  Randy Voepel: 26,262 (I) a
Larry Wilske: 14,241  |
72  |  Josh Lowenthal: 20,761 a |  Tyler Diep: 16,683 a
Greg Haskin: 11,512
Richard Laird: 2,945
Long Pham: 4,491  |
73  |  Scott Rhinehart: 28,116 a |  William Brough: 33,318 (I) a
Ed Sachs: 9,718  |
74  |  Karina Onofre: 8,117
Cottie Petrie-Norris: 18,634 a
Ryan Ta: 4,546  |  Matthew Harper: 27,448 (I) a
Katherine Daigle: 7,606  |
75  |  Alan Geraci: 19,788 a |  Marie Waldron: 33,452 (I) a |
76  |  Tasha Boerner Horvath: 17,017 a
Elizabeth Warren: 17,347 a |  Philip Graham: 14,271
Thomas Krouse: 5,404
Maureen "Mo" Muir: 5,895
Amanda Rigby: 3,776
Jerome Stocks: 3,330
Brian Wimmer: 551  |
77  |  Sunday Gover: 28,908 a |  Brian Maienschein: 40,682 (I) a |
78  |  Todd Gloria: 46,626 (I) a |  Maggie Campbell: 20,231 a |
79  |  Shirley Weber: 29,986 (I) a |  John Moore: 18,703 a |
80  |  Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher: 22,660 (I) a |  Lincoln Pickard: 10,489 a |
Notes |  • An (I) denotes an incumbent.
|  • Candidate lists can change frequently throughout an election season. Ballotpedia staff update this list monthly. To suggest changes, click here to email our Elections Project.

## Margins of victory[edit]

See also: Margin of victory analysis for the 2018 state legislative elections

A margin of victory (MOV) analysis for the 2018 California State Assembly races is presented in this section. MOV represents the percentage of total votes that separated the winner and the second-place finisher. For example, if the winner of a race received 47 percent of the vote and the second-place finisher received 45 percent of the vote, the MOV is 2 percent.

The table below presents the following figures for each party:

* Elections won
* Elections won by less than 10 percentage points
* Elections won without opposition
* Average margin of victory[2]

California State Assembly: 2018 Margin of Victory Analysis

Party |  Elections won |  Elections won by less than 10% |  Unopposed elections |  Average margin of victory[2]
Democratic | 60 | 7 | 4 | 37.4%
Republican | 20 | 5 | 0 | 15.7%
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A
Total | 80 | 12 | 4 | 26.5%

The margin of victory in each race is presented below. The list is sorted from the closest MOV to the largest (including unopposed races).

California State Assembly: 2018 Margin of Victory by District

District |  Winning Party |  Losing Party |  Margin of Victory
California State Assembly District 77 |  Republican |  Democratic | 0.3%
California State Assembly District 16 |  Democratic |  Republican | 2.1%
California State Assembly District 38 |  Democratic |  Republican | 2.9%
California State Assembly District 72 |  Republican |  Democratic | 3.2%
California State Assembly District 36 |  Republican |  Democratic | 4.1%
California State Assembly District 74 |  Democratic |  Republican | 5.4%
California State Assembly District 68 |  Republican |  Democratic | 6.3%
California State Assembly District 15 |  Democratic |  Democratic | 7.3%
California State Assembly District 60 |  Democratic |  Republican | 8.1%
California State Assembly District 63 |  Democratic |  Democratic | 8.5%
California State Assembly District 76 |  Democratic |  Democratic | 9.1%
California State Assembly District 55 |  Republican |  Democratic | 9.8%
California State Assembly District 42 |  Republican |  Democratic | 10.6%
California State Assembly District 8 |  Democratic |  Republican | 11.5%
California State Assembly District 35 |  Republican |  Democratic | 11.9%
California State Assembly District 73 |  Republican |  Democratic | 12.5%
California State Assembly District 75 |  Republican |  Democratic | 12.7%
California State Assembly District 32 |  Democratic |  Republican | 13.3%
California State Assembly District 65 |  Democratic |  Republican | 14.3%
California State Assembly District 26 |  Republican |  Democratic | 15.8%
California State Assembly District 6 |  Republican |  Democratic | 16.0%
California State Assembly District 44 |  Democratic |  Republican | 17.8%
California State Assembly District 23 |  Republican |  Democratic | 18.9%
California State Assembly District 40 |  Democratic |  Republican | 19.1%
California State Assembly District 5 |  Republican |  Democratic | 19.8%
California State Assembly District 12 |  Republican |  Democratic | 20.1%
California State Assembly District 3 |  Republican |  Democratic | 20.3%
California State Assembly District 33 |  Republican |  Democratic | 20.5%
California State Assembly District 66 |  Democratic |  Republican | 20.9%
California State Assembly District 71 |  Republican |  Democratic | 21.3%
California State Assembly District 67 |  Republican |  Democratic | 21.8%
California State Assembly District 11 |  Democratic |  Republican | 22.9%
California State Assembly District 54 |  Democratic |  Democratic | 24.7%
California State Assembly District 1 |  Republican |  Democratic | 26.1%
California State Assembly District 41 |  Democratic |  Independent | 28.4%
California State Assembly District 56 |  Democratic |  Republican | 29.5%
California State Assembly District 31 |  Democratic |  Republican | 29.7%
California State Assembly District 57 |  Democratic |  Republican | 29.8%
California State Assembly District 13 |  Democratic |  Republican | 30.9%
California State Assembly District 79 |  Democratic |  Republican | 33.5%
California State Assembly District 59 |  Democratic |  Democratic | 33.8%
California State Assembly District 61 |  Democratic |  Republican | 35.5%
California State Assembly District 30 |  Democratic |  Republican | 36.5%
California State Assembly District 9 |  Democratic |  Democratic | 36.5%
California State Assembly District 52 |  Democratic |  Republican | 37.2%
California State Assembly District 2 |  Democratic |  Republican | 38.9%
California State Assembly District 45 |  Democratic |  Republican | 40.5%
California State Assembly District 58 |  Democratic |  Republican | 40.8%
California State Assembly District 34 |  Republican |  Democratic | 41.2%
California State Assembly District 78 |  Democratic |  Republican | 42.2%
California State Assembly District 28 |  Democratic |  Republican | 42.2%
California State Assembly District 49 |  Democratic |  Republican | 42.4%
California State Assembly District 7 |  Democratic |  Republican | 42.6%
California State Assembly District 21 |  Democratic |  Libertarian | 42.7%
California State Assembly District 53 |  Democratic |  Democratic | 42.8%
California State Assembly District 14 |  Democratic |  Democratic | 43.2%
California State Assembly District 10 |  Democratic |  Democratic | 43.5%
California State Assembly District 29 |  Democratic |  Republican | 43.7%
California State Assembly District 70 |  Democratic |  Libertarian | 45.7%
California State Assembly District 25 |  Democratic |  Republican | 48.5%
California State Assembly District 80 |  Democratic |  Republican | 50.0%
California State Assembly District 69 |  Democratic |  Libertarian | 50.4%
California State Assembly District 4 |  Democratic |  Libertarian | 50.4%
California State Assembly District 17 |  Democratic |  Democratic | 51.1%
California State Assembly District 27 |  Democratic |  Republican | 52.6%
California State Assembly District 24 |  Democratic |  Republican | 53.2%
California State Assembly District 22 |  Democratic |  Republican | 53.5%
California State Assembly District 20 |  Democratic |  Republican | 54.8%
California State Assembly District 39 |  Democratic |  Republican | 55.3%
California State Assembly District 46 |  Democratic |  Republican | 58.5%
California State Assembly District 37 |  Democratic |  Democratic | 60.9%
California State Assembly District 62 |  Democratic |  Republican | 65.8%
California State Assembly District 19 |  Democratic |  Republican | 67.5%
California State Assembly District 64 |  Democratic |  Republican | 69.4%
California State Assembly District 51 |  Democratic |  Libertarian | 73.3%
California State Assembly District 18 |  Democratic |  Republican | 77.7%
California State Assembly District 43 |  Democratic | None | Unopposed
California State Assembly District 47 |  Democratic | None | Unopposed
California State Assembly District 48 |  Democratic | None | Unopposed
California State Assembly District 50 |  Democratic | None | Unopposed

## Seats flipped[edit]

See also: State legislative seats that changed party control, 2018

The below map displays each seat in the California State Assembly which changed partisan hands as a result of the 2018 elections, shaded according to the partisan affiliation of the winner in 2018. Hover over a shaded district for more information.

State legislative seats flipped in 2018, California State Assembly

District  |  Incumbent  |  2018 winner  |  Direction of flip
California State Assembly District 16 |  Catharine Baker |  Rebecca Bauer-Kahan | R to D
California State Assembly District 38 |  Dante Acosta |  Christy Smith | R to D
California State Assembly District 40 |  Marc Steinorth |  James Ramos | R to D
California State Assembly District 74 |  Matthew Harper |  Cottie Petrie-Norris | R to D
California State Assembly District 76 |  Rocky Chávez |  Tasha Boerner Horvath | R to D

## Incumbents retiring[edit]

Five incumbents did not run for re-election in 2018.[3] Those incumbents were:

Name  |  Party  |  Current Office

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Anna Caballero |  Democratic |  Assembly District 30
Marc Steinorth |  Republican |  Assembly District 40
Travis Allen |  Republican |  Assembly District 72
Rocky Chavez |  Republican |  Assembly District 76

## Process to become a candidate[edit]

See also: Ballot access requirements for political candidates in California

See statutes: Section 8020-8028 and Section 8100-8107 of the California Elections Code

Before accepting or spending money related to campaigning for office, a candidate for state office must file a candidate intention statement with the California Secretary of State. Note that this requirement does not apply to candidates for congressional office; federal campaign finance requirements apply to candidates for federal office. Candidates may qualify to run for office either by paying a filing fee or by submitting a petition in lieu of the filing fee.[4][5][4]

In addition to the candidate intention statement, a candidate is required to file nomination forms with his or her home county. These forms become available as early as the 113th day prior to the primary election and must be filed no later than the 88th day prior to the primary election.[6][7]

Nomination forms include a statement of economic interests, a declaration of candidacy, and nomination papers. Nomination papers require a certain number of signatures from registered voters. If a candidate qualifies by submitting an in-lieu-of-filing-fee petition, the signatures on that petition will be counted towards the requirement for the nomination paper. Registered voters may sign both the in-lieu-of-filing-fee petition and the nomination paper, unless the candidate is using the signatures on the in-lieu-of-filing-fee petition to count toward the nomination paper requirement. If that is the case, a registered voter can sign only one of the documents.[4][8][9]

The number of signatures required for nomination papers are as follows:[10]

* 65-100 for candidates seeking the office of United States Senator or a state executive office
* 40-60 for candidates seeking the office of United States Representative, state senator, or state assembly member

If an individual is running as a write-in candidate, the only nomination forms required are the nomination papers and a statement of write-in candidacy. These forms should be filed in the candidate's home county.[4]

### Qualifying by payment of fee[edit]

The filing fee for a candidate seeking a seat in the United States Senate or a state executive office (e.g., governor or treasurer) is 2 percent of the first year's salary for that office. The filing fee for a candidate seeking the office of United States Representative, state senator, or state assembly member is 1 percent of the first year's salary for that office. The fee is paid to the California Secretary of State through the candidate's home county election office.[8]

### Qualifying by petition in lieu of filing fee[edit]

Instead of paying a filing fee, a candidate may submit a petition. Signatures may be collected to cover all or any prorated portion of the filing fee.[4]

A candidate seeking the office of state assembly member must file signatures from 1,000 registered voters. Those seeking the office of state senator or United States Representative must file 2,000 signatures, and those seeking statewide office must file 7,000 signatures.[8][11][12]

If the number of registered voters in the district in which the candidate seeks nomination is less than 2,000, a candidate may submit a petition containing four signatures for each dollar of the filing fee, or 20 percent of the total number of registered voters in the district in which he or she seeks nomination, whichever is less.[8]

Completed petitions must be submitted 15 days before the end of the qualifying period to the counties in which the signers reside.[8]

### Qualifications[edit]

See also: State legislature candidate requirements by state

According to Article IV of the California Constitution, the candidate must be a United States Citizen, a resident of California for three years, a resident of the legislative district for one year and a registered voter in that district by the time nomination papers are filed.[13]

### Salaries and per diem[edit]

See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
State legislators

Salary| Per diem
$114,877/year| $211/day

### When sworn in[edit]

See also: When state legislators assume office after a general election

California legislators assume office the first Monday in the December following their election.

## California political history[edit]

See also: Partisan composition of state houses and State government trifectas

### Party control[edit]

#### 2018[edit]

In the 2018 elections, Democrats increased their majority in the California State Assembly from 55-25 to 60-20.

California State Assembly

Party  |  As of November 6, 2018  |  After November 7, 2018
|  Democratic Party |  55 |  60
|  Republican Party |  25  |  20
Total |  80 |  80

#### 2016[edit]

In 2016, Democrats increased their majority in the California State Assembly from 52-28 to 55-25, gaining a two-thirds supermajority in the chamber. In California, a two-thirds vote in each legislative chamber is required to increase taxes, certify proposed constitutional amendments for the ballot, enact laws immediately through an urgency clause, and override a gubernatorial veto.[14]

Democrats also gained a 27-13 majority in the California State Senate in 2016, giving Democrats a two-thirds supermajority in both chambers.

California State Assembly

Party  |  As of November 7, 2016  |  After November 8, 2016
|  Democratic Party |  52 |  55
|  Republican Party |  28  |  25
Total |  80 |  80

### Trifectas[edit]

A state government trifecta is a term that describes single-party government, when one political party holds the governor's office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government. Democrats gained a trifecta in California as a result of the 2010 election when they recaptured the governor's mansion. Democrats had trifectas from 1999 to 2003 and from 2011 to 2017.

California Party Control: 1992-2021
Sixteen years of Democratic trifectas • No Republican trifectas
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## Impact of term limits[edit]

See also: Impact of term limits on state representative elections in 2018 and Impact of term limits on state legislative elections in 2018

The California State Assembly has been a term-limited state house since California voters approved Proposition 140 in 1990. Under the terms of Proposition 140, the members of the state Assembly can serve no more than three two-year terms in the state Assembly. It permits a politician to serve in either or both chambers of the legislature for a maximum of 12 years.

All 80 seats in the California State Assembly were up for election in 2018. In the 2018 elections, one representative was ineligible to run because of term limits. The following state representative was term limited in 2018:

Democratic: (1)

* Anna Caballero

Republicans (0):

* No Republican representatives were term limited in 2018.

Of the 87 state legislative chambers that held elections in 2018, 24 of them—12 senate chambers and 12 house chambers—included incumbents who were unable to run for re-election due to term limits.[15] In the 24 chambers affected by term limits in 2018, 1,463 seats were up for election.[16] The Nevada Senate, Arkansas House, and Arkansas Senate are impacted by term limits, but no incumbents were term-limited in 2018. There are 99 chambers throughout the country.

A total of 271 state legislators—96 state senators and 175 state representatives—were ineligible to run in the 2018 elections because of term limits. This represented 4 percent of the 6,066 total seats up for election in November 2018.[17][18] Republicans had twice as many state legislators term-limited in 2018 than Democrats. A total of 86 Democrats were term-limited, while 177 Republicans were term-limited.

## Wave election analysis[edit]

See also: Wave elections (1918-2016)

The term wave election is frequently used to describe an election cycle in which one party makes significant electoral gains. How many seats would Republicans have had to lose for the 2018 midterm election to be considered a wave election?

Ballotpedia examined the results of the 50 election cycles that occurred between 1918 and 2016—spanning from President Woodrow Wilson's (D) second midterm in 1918 to Donald Trump's (R) first presidential election in 2016. We define wave elections as the 20 percent of elections in that period resulting in the greatest seat swings against the president's party.

Applying this definition to state legislative elections, we found that Republicans needed to lose 494 seats for 2018 to qualify as a wave election.

The chart below shows the number of seats the president's party lost in the 10 state legislative waves from 1918 to 2016. Click here to read the full report.

State legislative wave elections

Year | President | Party | Election type | State legislative seats change | Elections analyzed[19]
1932 | Hoover | R | Presidential | -1,022 | 7,365
1922 | Harding | R | First midterm | -907 | 6,907
1966 | Johnson | D | First midterm[20] | -782 | 7,561
1938 | Roosevelt | D | Second midterm | -769 | 7,179
1958 | Eisenhower | R | Second midterm | -702 | 7,627
2010 | Obama | D | First midterm | -702 | 7,306
1974 | Ford | R | Second midterm[21] | -695 | 7,481
1920 | Wilson | D | Presidential | -654 | 6,835
1930 | Hoover | R | Presidential | -640 | 7,361
1954 | Eisenhower | R | First midterm | -494 | 7,513

## Competitiveness[edit]

Every year, Ballotpedia uses official candidate lists from each state to examine the competitiveness of every state legislative race in the country. Nationally, there has been a steady decline in electoral competitiveness since 2010. Most notable is that the number of districts with general election competition has dropped by more than 10 percent.

### Results from 2016[edit]

Below is Ballotpedia's 2016 competitiveness analysis. Click here to read the full study »

### Historical context[edit]

See also: Competitiveness in State Legislative Elections: 1972-2014

Uncontested elections: In 2014, 32.8 percent of Americans lived in states with an uncontested state senate election. Similarly, 40.4 percent of Americans lived in states with uncontested house elections. Primary elections were uncontested even more frequently, with 61 percent of people living in states with no contested primaries. Uncontested elections often occur in locations that are so politically one-sided that the result of an election would be a foregone conclusion regardless of whether it was contested or not.

Open seats: In most cases, an incumbent will run for re-election, which decreases the number of open seats available. In 2014, 83 percent of the 6,057 seats up for election saw the incumbent running for re-election. The states that impose term limits on their legislatures typically see a higher percentage of open seats in a given year because a portion of incumbents in each election are forced to leave office. Overall, the number of open seats decreased from 2012 to 2014, dropping from 21.2 percent in 2012 to 17.0 percent in 2014.

Incumbent win rates: Ballotpedia's competitiveness analysis of elections between 1972 and 2014 documented the high propensity for incumbents to win re-election in state legislative elections. In fact, since 1972, the win rate for incumbents had not dropped below 90 percent—with the exception of 1974, when 88 percent of incumbents were re-elected to their seats. Perhaps most importantly, the win rate for incumbents generally increased over time. In 2014, 96.5 percent of incumbents were able to retain their seats. Common convention holds that incumbents are able to leverage their office to maintain their seat. However, the high incumbent win rate may actually be a result of incumbents being more likely to hold seats in districts that are considered safe for their party.

Marginal primaries: Often, competitiveness is measured by examining the rate of elections that have been won by amounts that are considered marginal (5 percent or less). During the 2014 election, 90.1 percent of primary and general election races were won by margins higher than 5 percent. Interestingly, it is usually the case that only one of the two races—primary or general—will be competitive at a time. This means that if a district's general election is competitive, typically one or more of the district's primaries were won by more than 5 percent. The reverse is also true: If a district sees a competitive primary, it is unlikely that the general election for that district will be won by less than 5 percent. Primaries often see very low voter turnout in comparison to general elections. In 2014, there were only 27 million voters for state legislative primaries, but approximately 107 million voters for the state legislative general elections.

## 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.[22][23]

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.

2016 Presidential Results by State Assembly District

District |  Obama |  Romney |  2012 Margin |  Clinton |  Trump |  2016 Margin |  Party Control
1 | 39.63% | 57.31% | R+17.7 | 36.09% | 56.75% | R+20.7 | R
2 | 64.68% | 30.51% | D+34.2 | 62.20% | 28.98% | D+33.2 | D
3 | 42.41% | 54.46% | R+12.1 | 39.47% | 53.31% | R+13.8 | R
4 | 63.16% | 33.86% | D+29.3 | 63.03% | 29.95% | D+33.1 | D
5 | 41.27% | 55.92% | R+14.7 | 38.51% | 54.85% | R+16.3 | R
6 | 38.59% | 59.09% | R+20.5 | 41.17% | 52.02% | R+10.9 | R
7 | 67.59% | 29.61% | D+38 | 67.63% | 25.69% | D+41.9 | D
8 | 51.72% | 45.62% | D+6.1 | 51.77% | 41.03% | D+10.7 | D
9 | 60.56% | 37.52% | D+23 | 61.47% | 32.89% | D+28.6 | D
10 | 73.76% | 23.28% | D+50.5 | 75.65% | 17.96% | D+57.7 | D
11 | 60.96% | 36.87% | D+24.1 | 58.86% | 35.17% | D+23.7 | D
12 | 45.19% | 52.50% | R+7.3 | 43.11% | 51.05% | R+7.9 | R
13 | 64.23% | 33.88% | D+30.4 | 62.97% | 31.79% | D+31.2 | D
14 | 68.80% | 28.72% | D+40.1 | 69.55% | 24.47% | D+45.1 | D
15 | 86.82% | 9.56% | D+77.3 | 87.39% | 7.04% | D+80.4 | D
16 | 57.74% | 40.10% | D+17.6 | 64.47% | 29.23% | D+35.2 | R
17 | 87.07% | 9.36% | D+77.7 | 88.12% | 6.95% | D+81.2 | D
18 | 86.89% | 10.23% | D+76.7 | 85.89% | 8.44% | D+77.5 | D
19 | 78.94% | 18.38% | D+60.6 | 81.63% | 13.34% | D+68.3 | D
20 | 75.74% | 22.15% | D+53.6 | 75.52% | 19.12% | D+56.4 | D
21 | 55.61% | 42.03% | D+13.6 | 54.63% | 39.46% | D+15.2 | D
22 | 71.43% | 26.31% | D+45.1 | 75.16% | 19.75% | D+55.4 | D
23 | 43.46% | 54.71% | R+11.2 | 43.95% | 50.78% | R+6.8 | R
24 | 72.16% | 24.96% | D+47.2 | 78.19% | 15.93% | D+62.3 | D
25 | 72.40% | 25.26% | D+47.1 | 73.61% | 20.90% | D+52.7 | D
26 | 41.15% | 56.68% | R+15.5 | 41.54% | 52.93% | R+11.4 | R
27 | 76.36% | 21.54% | D+54.8 | 77.76% | 17.29% | D+60.5 | D
28 | 66.64% | 30.77% | D+35.9 | 70.63% | 23.08% | D+47.6 | D
29 | 69.95% | 26.66% | D+43.3 | 70.00% | 22.96% | D+47 | D
30 | 66.99% | 30.86% | D+36.1 | 66.70% | 27.32% | D+39.4 | D
31 | 61.98% | 36.21% | D+25.8 | 62.13% | 32.93% | D+29.2 | D
32 | 56.20% | 41.81% | D+14.4 | 56.50% | 37.98% | D+18.5 | D
33 | 41.80% | 55.51% | R+13.7 | 40.02% | 54.61% | R+14.6 | R
34 | 33.96% | 63.85% | R+29.9 | 34.07% | 60.21% | R+26.1 | R
35 | 47.82% | 49.42% | R+1.6 | 49.57% | 43.43% | D+6.1 | R
36 | 48.79% | 48.48% | D+0.3 | 49.94% | 43.86% | D+6.1 | R
37 | 60.97% | 36.28% | D+24.7 | 64.27% | 29.21% | D+35.1 | D
38 | 46.73% | 50.84% | R+4.1 | 49.64% | 44.39% | D+5.2 | R
39 | 73.75% | 23.67% | D+50.1 | 74.64% | 19.80% | D+54.8 | D
40 | 53.14% | 44.72% | D+8.4 | 54.08% | 40.01% | D+14.1 | R
41 | 59.74% | 37.72% | D+22 | 62.82% | 31.27% | D+31.5 | D
42 | 44.98% | 52.93% | R+7.9 | 45.61% | 49.70% | R+4.1 | R
43 | 67.35% | 29.62% | D+37.7 | 68.94% | 25.45% | D+43.5 | D
44 | 52.37% | 45.51% | D+6.9 | 57.12% | 36.99% | D+20.1 | D
45 | 63.46% | 34.12% | D+29.3 | 67.36% | 27.39% | D+40 | D
46 | 73.73% | 23.65% | D+50.1 | 76.20% | 18.48% | D+57.7 | D
47 | 71.49% | 26.54% | D+44.9 | 70.10% | 24.80% | D+45.3 | D
48 | 64.08% | 33.44% | D+30.6 | 65.60% | 28.50% | D+37.1 | D
49 | 64.69% | 33.26% | D+31.4 | 67.57% | 27.17% | D+40.4 | D
50 | 70.79% | 26.51% | D+44.3 | 76.72% | 18.33% | D+58.4 | D
51 | 83.48% | 13.50% | D+70 | 84.05% | 10.19% | D+73.9 | D
52 | 65.01% | 32.92% | D+32.1 | 65.78% | 28.71% | D+37.1 | D
53 | 84.64% | 12.59% | D+72 | 84.83% | 9.63% | D+75.2 | D
54 | 83.62% | 13.88% | D+69.7 | 85.15% | 10.12% | D+75 | D
55 | 45.77% | 52.23% | R+6.5 | 49.92% | 44.61% | D+5.3 | R
56 | 62.14% | 36.26% | D+25.9 | 64.21% | 31.24% | D+33 | D
57 | 63.71% | 34.01% | D+29.7 | 65.92% | 28.39% | D+37.5 | D
58 | 70.24% | 27.80% | D+42.4 | 72.54% | 22.26% | D+50.3 | D
59 | 93.24% | 5.19% | D+88 | 90.70% | 5.09% | D+85.6 | D
60 | 51.32% | 46.31% | D+5 | 52.48% | 41.97% | D+10.5 | D
61 | 63.43% | 34.55% | D+28.9 | 62.47% | 31.62% | D+30.9 | D
62 | 80.81% | 17.00% | D+63.8 | 82.05% | 13.06% | D+69 | D
63 | 76.06% | 21.73% | D+54.3 | 77.35% | 17.38% | D+60 | D
64 | 88.74% | 9.98% | D+78.8 | 86.21% | 9.61% | D+76.6 | D
65 | 51.90% | 45.68% | D+6.2 | 56.73% | 37.28% | D+19.4 | D
66 | 54.18% | 43.24% | D+10.9 | 59.97% | 33.60% | D+26.4 | D
67 | 39.61% | 58.33% | R+18.7 | 38.89% | 55.94% | R+17.1 | R
68 | 42.55% | 55.12% | R+12.6 | 49.42% | 44.58% | D+4.8 | R
69 | 67.37% | 30.30% | D+37.1 | 71.94% | 22.33% | D+49.6 | D
70 | 67.38% | 29.93% | D+37.5 | 68.13% | 25.09% | D+43 | D
71 | 38.47% | 59.51% | R+21 | 38.19% | 56.26% | R+18.1 | R
72 | 46.71% | 51.06% | R+4.4 | 51.40% | 43.13% | D+8.3 | R
73 | 38.68% | 59.36% | R+20.7 | 43.89% | 50.38% | R+6.5 | R
74 | 45.14% | 52.42% | R+7.3 | 50.71% | 43.29% | D+7.4 | R
75 | 39.42% | 58.50% | R+19.1 | 43.22% | 50.68% | R+7.5 | R
76 | 48.76% | 49.04% | R+0.3 | 53.11% | 40.38% | D+12.7 | R
77 | 48.25% | 49.83% | R+1.6 | 55.16% | 38.94% | D+16.2 | R
78 | 63.15% | 34.08% | D+29.1 | 67.48% | 25.85% | D+41.6 | D
79 | 61.21% | 36.91% | D+24.3 | 64.24% | 30.04% | D+34.2 | D
80 | 69.47% | 28.67% | D+40.8 | 73.15% | 21.34% | D+51.8 | D
Total | 60.35% | 37.19% | D+23.2 | 62.25% | 31.89% | D+30.4 | \-
Source: Daily Kos

## See also[edit]

* California State Assembly
* California State Legislature
* State legislative elections, 2018
* California state legislative Top 2 primaries, 2018

## External links[edit]

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## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Statewide Direct Primary Election - June 5, 2018: Official Certified List of Candidates," March 29, 2018
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Excludes unopposed elections
3. ↑ Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Summary of Qualifications and Requirements for the Office of State Senator, Member of the Assembly, "June 3, 2014, Primary Election," accessed October 21, 2013
5. ↑ California Government Code, "Section 85200-85201," accessed October 28, 2013
6. ↑ Ballotpedia, "Phone call with Office of the California Secretary of State," October 9, 2013
7. ↑ California Elections Code, "Section 8020-8028," accessed October 28, 2013
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 California Elections Code, "Sections 8100-8107," accessed March 3, 2016
9. ↑ California Elections Code, "Section 8061," accessed December 23, 2013
10. ↑ California Elections Code, "Section 8060-8070," accessed December 23, 2013
11. ↑ California Legislative Information, "AB 469," accessed October 17, 2017
12. ↑ Ballot Access News, "California Reduces Number of Signatures Needed on Petitions in Lieu of Filing Fee," October 16, 2017
13. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Qualifications for State Legislature," accessed December 16, 2013
14. ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Democrats clinch a supermajority in both houses of the California Legislature after Josh Newman wins state Senate seat," November 28, 2016
15. ↑ The Nevada Senate, Arkansas House, and Arkansas Senate were up for election in 2018 and have term limits, but no incumbents were term-limited in 2018.
16. ↑ The Nevada Senate, Arkansas House, and Arkansas Senate are impacted by term limits, but no incumbents were term-limited in 2018. In the three chambers, a total of 129 seats were up for election in 2018. No legislators were unable to run in 2018 in those three chamber because of term limits.
17. ↑ Ballotpedia confirmed through phone calls that at least seven California legislators were term-limited in 2018. The number of California legislators term-limited and the overall number of term-limited state legislators had a chance to change if Ballotpedia could confirm that more members were term-limited in 2018.
18. ↑ Some of the 271 term-limited state legislators in 2018 may resign before their term ends. These legislators were still counted in the total number of term-limited legislators in 2018.
19. ↑ The number of state legislative seats available for analysis varied, with as many as 7,795 and as few as 6,835.
20. ↑ Lyndon Johnson's (D) first term began in November 1963 after the death of President John F. Kennedy (D), who was first elected in 1960. Before Johnson had his first midterm in 1966, he was re-elected president in 1964.
21. ↑ Gerald Ford's (R) first term began in August 1974 following the resignation of President Richard Nixon (R), who was first elected in 1968 and was re-elected in 1972. Because Ford only served for two full months before facing the electorate, this election is classified as Nixon's second midterm.
22. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013
23. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017

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Current members of the California State Assembly

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Anthony Rendon

Majority Leader:Eloise Reyes

Minority Leader:Marie Waldron

Representatives

District 1

Megan Dahle (R)

District 2

Jim Wood (D)

District 3

James Gallagher (R)

District 4

Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D)

District 5

Frank Bigelow (R)

District 6

Kevin Kiley (R)

District 7

Kevin McCarty (D)

District 8

Ken Cooley (D)

District 9

Jim Cooper (D)

District 10

Marc Levine (D)

District 11

Jim Frazier (D)

District 12

Heath Flora (R)

District 13

Carlos Villapudua (D)

District 14

Tim Grayson (D)

District 15

Buffy Wicks (D)

District 16

Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D)

District 17

David Chiu (D)

District 18

Mia Bonta (D)

District 19

Phil Ting (D)

District 20

Bill Quirk (D)

District 21

Adam Gray (D)

District 22

Kevin Mullin (D)

District 23

Jim Patterson (R)

District 24

Marc Berman (D)

District 25

Alex Lee (D)

District 26

Devon Mathis (R)

District 27

Ash Kalra (D)

District 28

Evan Low (D)

District 29

Mark Stone (D)

District 30

Robert Rivas (D)

District 31

Joaquin Arambula (D)

District 32

Rudy Salas (D)

District 33

Thurston Smith (R)

District 34

Vince Fong (R)

District 35

Jordan Cunningham (R)

District 36

Tom Lackey (R)

District 37

Steve Bennett (D)

District 38

Suzette Valladares (R)

District 39

Luz Rivas (D)

District 40

James Ramos (D)

District 41

Chris Holden (D)

District 42

Chad Mayes (I)

District 43

Laura Friedman (D)

District 44

Jacqui Irwin (D)

District 45

Jesse Gabriel (D)

District 46

Adrin Nazarian (D)

District 47

Eloise Reyes (D)

District 48

Blanca Rubio (D)

District 49

Edwin Chau (D)

District 50

Richard Bloom (D)

District 51

Wendy Carrillo (D)

District 52

Freddie Rodriguez (D)

District 53

Miguel Santiago (D)

District 54

Isaac Bryan (D)

District 55

Phillip Chen (R)

District 56

Eduardo Garcia (D)

District 57

Lisa Calderon (D)

District 58

Cristina Garcia (D)

District 59

Reginald Jones-Sawyer (D)

District 60

Sabrina Cervantes (D)

District 61

Jose Medina (D)

District 62

Autumn Burke (D)

District 63

Anthony Rendon (D)

District 64

Mike Gipson (D)

District 65

Sharon Quirk-Silva (D)

District 66

Al Muratsuchi (D)

District 67

Kelly Seyarto (R)

District 68

Steven Choi (R)

District 69

Tom Daly (D)

District 70

Patrick O'Donnell (D)

District 71

Randy Voepel (R)

District 72

Janet Nguyen (R)

District 73

Laurie Davies (R)

District 74

Cottie Petrie-Norris (D)

District 75

Marie Waldron (R)

District 76

Tasha Horvath (D)

District 77

Brian Maienschein (D)

District 78

Christopher Ward (D)

District 79

Akilah Weber (D)

District 80

Lorena Fletcher (D)

Democratic Party (60)

Republican Party (19)

Independent (1)

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