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Election Results: 2026 Primary

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CA Primary 2026 preview
California Primary 2026 — Results
Statewide, Westside and Los Angeles County races.
✓ advances to the November runoff · ★ wins outright.
Statewide
California's top-two primary. The two highest finishers — regardless of party — advance to the November runoff (✓).

Governor

Steve Hilton Rep
27.2%1,535,566
Xavier Becerra Dem
26.0%1,470,970
Tom Steyer Dem
20.2%1,140,475
Chad Bianco Rep
11.2%630,142
Katie Porter Dem
4.5%255,874
Matt Mahan Dem
4.0%224,166
55 other candidates
7.0%392,771

Lieutenant Governor

Gloria Romero Rep
19.6%1,029,411
Fiona Ma Dem
19.2%1,008,803
Josh Fryday Dem
13.9%731,847
Michael Tubbs Dem
11.4%599,055
David Collenberg Rep
7.5%396,385
David Fennell Rep
6.9%363,519
10 other candidates
21.4%1,129,440

Secretary of State

Shirley N. Weber Dem Incumbent
55.1%2,951,026
Donald P. (Don) Wagner Rep
40.6%2,170,493
Michael Feinstein Grn
2.3%124,388
Gary N. Blenner Grn
2.0%106,491

Attorney General

Rob Bonta Dem Incumbent
53.4%2,897,259
Michael E. Gates Rep
41.8%2,269,378
Marjorie Mikels Grn
4.9%263,720

Controller

Malia M. Cohen Dem Incumbent
53.9%2,877,672
Herb W Morgan Rep
41.3%2,205,885
Meghann Adams P&F
4.8%253,538

Treasurer

Eleni Kounalakis Dem
34.9%1,860,109
Jennifer Hawks Rep
26.5%1,411,488
Anna M. Caballero Dem
15.2%807,154
David Serpa Rep
14.1%749,162
Tony Vazquez Dem
7.0%370,801
Glenn Turner Grn
2.4%125,310

Insurance Commissioner

Jane Kim Dem
24.3%1,278,408
Ben Allen Dem
19.4%1,018,667
Stacy A. Korsgaden Rep
17.2%904,047
Robert P Howell Rep
8.5%447,411
Merritt Farren Rep
7.2%379,235
Patrick Wolff Dem
7.1%371,777
5 other candidates
16.4%861,708

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Sonja Shaw
24.5%1,164,813
Richard Barrera
19.3%915,128
Wendy Castaneda Leal
9.6%453,519
Nichelle M. Henderson
8.5%402,142
Anthony Rendon
8.2%389,399
Al Muratsuchi
7.9%376,646
4 other candidates
22.2%1,046,327
Westside & Local
Congressional and state legislative races covering Santa Monica and the Westside. Top two advance (✓).

U.S. House — District 36

Ted W. Lieu Dem
59.1%93,338
Houston Brignano Rep
17.2%27,177
Melissa Toomim Rep
14.5%22,970
Marianne Shamma Dem
5.9%9,338
Frederick Reardon Dem
1.2%1,830
Rustin Knudtson Dem
1.1%1,770
1 other candidates
1.0%1,554

U.S. House — District 32

Brad Sherman Dem
36.7%52,536
Larry Thompson Rep
36.1%51,724
Jake Levine Dem
13.5%19,376
Marena Lin Dem
5.4%7,753
Chris Ahuja Dem
3.3%4,739
Anna Wilding Dem
2.1%3,033
3 other candidates
2.7%4,001

State Senate — District 24

G. Rick Marshall Rep
19.6%40,786
Brian Goldsmith Dem
18.8%38,984
John M. Erickson Dem
17.2%35,751
Kristina Irwin Rep
15.6%32,481
Sion Roy Dem
13.3%27,552
Mike Newhouse Dem
4.6%9,533
4 other candidates
11.0%22,804

State Assembly — District 51

Rick Chavez Zbur Dem Incumbent
53.8%46,583
Colin D. Hernandez Dem
18.9%16,340
Jake Head Rep
13.7%11,899
Michael Geraghty Rep
10.8%9,328
Dick Lucas No Party Pref
2.8%2,429
Los Angeles
City and county races also run top-two (✓), but a candidate who clears 50% wins outright (★). Measure Er is decided in the primary.

Mayor

Karen Ruth Bass
35.1%195,449
Spencer Pratt
29.4%163,549
Nithya Raman
23.4%130,473
Adam Miller
3.9%21,607
Rae Chen Huang
2.8%15,461
Juanita Lopez
1.8%9,797
8 other candidates
3.7%20,829

City Council — 11th District

Traci Irene Park
64.4%36,862
Faizah Malik
35.6%20,393

County Measure ER

No
52.3%699,614
Yes
47.7%638,101

Supervisor 1st District

Maria Elena Durazo
57.1%114,261
Elaine Alaniz
15.2%30,429
David E. Argudo
10.8%21,584
Noel Almario
9.5%18,912
Annabella Figueroa Mazariegos
7.4%14,764

Supervisor 3rd District

Lindsey P. Horvath
63.6%181,663
Tonia Arey
18.3%52,246
Carmenlina Minasyan
9.5%27,030
Tomás Sidenfaden
8.7%24,862

Sheriff

Robert G. Luna
44.5%580,431
Alex Villanueva
23.7%309,119
Eric Strong
11.9%154,711
Karla Carranza
5.8%75,850
Oscar Antonio Martinez
4.5%58,789
Mike Bornman
4.3%56,587
2 other candidates
5.2%67,633

Assessor

Jeffrey Prang
57.4%685,537
Sandy Sun
15.5%184,801
Rob Newland
12.4%147,791
Stephen A. Adamus
8.2%97,925
Steven B. Palty
6.5%77,729
Superior Court Judges — 15 contested seats

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 2

Tal K. Valbuena
52.1%602,101
Robert S. Draper
47.9%553,077

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 14

Irene Lee
58.7%665,329
Angie Christides
41.3%467,180

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 39

Binh Q. Dang
100.0%931,705

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 60

Ann M. Maurer
100.0%913,055

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 64

Maria Ghobadi
45.3%515,355
Rhonda A. Haymon
39.6%450,747
Francisco Amador
15.1%171,689

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 65

Justin Allen Clayton
35.8%399,630
Anna Slotky Reitano
28.4%316,930
Samuel Wolloch Krause
22.8%254,861
Chellei G. Jimenez
13.1%145,876

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 66

Ben Forer
69.6%771,626
Cheryl C. Turner
30.4%336,847

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 81

David Walgren
79.5%877,578
Dan Kapelovitz
20.5%225,627

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 87

Anthony (A.J.) Bayne
39.6%437,848
David Dejute
33.1%365,785
Sharee Sanders Gordon
27.4%302,720

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 116

Pat Connolly
54.0%600,062
Paul A. Thompson
46.0%510,253

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 131

Donna Tryfman
38.4%421,580
David Ross
30.0%329,374
Carlos Dammeier
16.1%176,639
Troy W. Slaten
15.4%169,451

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 141

Mariela Torres
100.0%948,374

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 176

Gloria Marin
60.1%663,485
Zachary Smith
39.9%440,625

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 181

Ryan Dibble
60.1%637,471
Thanayi Lindsey
39.9%423,655

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 196

Candice J. Henry
100.0%938,253

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