California general election, 2018

← 2017 June 25th, 2018

160 seats up for vote
81 seats needed for a majority
Turnout58.93%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Gavin Newsom Kevin McCarthy John Chiang
Party California Democrats National Progressive
Leader since July 1st, 2017 August 3rd, 2014 April 4th, 2017
Leader's seat Not contesting (running for President) List (lost seat) California's 53rd district
Seats before 44 42 New party
Seats won 42 24 22
Seat change -2 -18 +22
Percentage 24.56% 14.03% 13.75%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Antonio Villaraigosa Travis Allen Ro Khanna
Party Liberal California First Socialist
Leader since January 30th, 2016 April 3rd, 2018 March 3rd, 2018
Leader's seat Not contesting (running for President) Not contesting (running for President) California's 27th district
Seats before 21 13 7
Seats won 18 17 17
Seat change -3 +4 +10
Percentage 10.52% 9.94% 9.83%

Results

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Party Party Leader Political position Ideology Percentage Seats Electorate List Seats Change
California Democrats Gavin Newsom Centre-left Social democracy, progressivism, Third Way 24.56% 42 33 9 -2
National Kevin McCarthy Centre-right Conservatism, market liberalism, nationalism 14.03% 24 15 9 -18
Progressive John Chiang Centre-left to left-wing Social democracy, green politics, Nordic model 13.75% 22 8 14 New
Liberal Antonio Villaraigosa Centre to centre-left Social liberalism, progressivism, Third Way 10.52% 18 11 7 -3
California First Travis Allen Right-wing to far-right Nationalism, right-wing populism, anti-immigration 9.94% 17 6 11 +4
Socialist Ro Khanna Left-wing Democratic socialism, social democracy, eco-socialism 9.83% 17 5 8 +10
Green Matt Gonzalez Left-wing Green politics, eco-socialism, intersectionality 4.97% 8 1 7 -2
Libertarian Mimi Robson Centre to right-wing Libertarianism, minarchism, laissez-faire 4.58% 8 0 8 -5
People's Charles Simmons Centre-right Christian democracy, conservatism, agrarianism 2.34% 4 1 3 +4
Technology Collective leadership Centre Technocracy, liberalism, direct democracy 2.31% 0 0 0 -10
Workers Gloria La Riva Left-wing to far-left Socialism, communism, trotskyism 1.37% 0 0 0 0
Parties below 1% 2.09% 0 0 0 0