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Election Results: 2026 Primary

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Final results — certified
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

Xavier Becerra Dem
28.1%2,590,958
Steve Hilton Rep
24.7%2,276,271
Tom Steyer Dem
22.9%2,109,984
Chad Bianco Rep
10.2%941,323
Katie Porter Dem
4.4%403,822
Matt Mahan Dem
3.5%327,477
55 other candidates
6.3%584,123

Lieutenant Governor

Fiona Ma Dem
19.1%1,631,671
Gloria Romero Rep
17.8%1,520,778
Josh Fryday Dem
14.7%1,256,581
Michael Tubbs Dem
13.3%1,131,926
Oliver Ma Dem
7.3%620,952
David Collenberg Rep
7.0%594,226
10 other candidates
20.8%1,775,417

Secretary of State

Shirley N. Weber Dem Incumbent
58.7%5,091,492
Donald P. (Don) Wagner Rep
36.7%3,186,506
Michael Feinstein Grn
2.4%207,533
Gary N. Blenner Grn
2.2%187,846

Attorney General

Rob Bonta Dem Incumbent
56.6%4,979,033
Michael E. Gates Rep
37.9%3,336,711
Marjorie Mikels Grn
5.4%478,256

Controller

Malia M. Cohen Dem Incumbent
56.8%4,908,653
Herb W Morgan Rep
37.5%3,243,566
Meghann Adams P&F
5.7%489,527

Treasurer

Eleni Kounalakis Dem
36.7%3,153,827
Jennifer Hawks Rep
24.0%2,062,753
Anna M. Caballero Dem
16.4%1,409,620
David Serpa Rep
12.9%1,106,359
Tony Vazquez Dem
7.1%609,329
Glenn Turner Grn
3.0%254,011

Insurance Commissioner

Jane Kim Dem
27.4%2,328,335
Ben Allen Dem
19.4%1,649,222
Stacy A. Korsgaden Rep
15.5%1,320,578
Robert P Howell Rep
7.6%648,971
Patrick Wolff Dem
7.2%614,958
Merritt Farren Rep
6.7%570,576
5 other candidates
16.1%1,365,311

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Sonja Shaw
22.6%1,737,360
Richard Barrera
20.3%1,557,923
Nichelle M. Henderson
9.6%738,066
Wendy Castaneda Leal
8.8%675,816
Al Muratsuchi
8.4%646,186
Anthony Rendon
8.1%624,151
4 other candidates
22.1%1,694,389
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
60.9%142,982
Houston Brignano Rep
15.3%35,851
Melissa Toomim Rep
13.1%30,653
Marianne Shamma Dem
7.2%17,000
Rustin Knudtson Dem
1.3%3,001
Frederick Reardon Dem
1.1%2,688
1 other candidates
1.1%2,470

U.S. House — District 32

Brad Sherman Dem
36.8%76,755
Larry Thompson Rep
32.7%68,295
Jake Levine Dem
15.2%31,688
Marena Lin Dem
6.3%13,215
Chris Ahuja Dem
4.2%8,718
Anna Wilding Dem
2.1%4,288
3 other candidates
2.8%5,758

State Senate — District 24

John M. Erickson Dem
20.5%62,397
Brian Goldsmith Dem
18.3%55,627
G. Rick Marshall Rep
17.5%53,350
Kristina Irwin Rep
14.1%42,939
Sion Roy Dem
13.8%41,956
Mike Newhouse Dem
4.5%13,824
4 other candidates
11.3%34,285

State Assembly — District 51

Rick Chavez Zbur Dem Incumbent
54.1%71,047
Colin D. Hernandez Dem
22.1%29,026
Jake Head Rep
11.7%15,372
Michael Geraghty Rep
9.4%12,412
Dick Lucas No Party Pref
2.7%3,552
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
34.3%292,593
Nithya Raman
29.0%247,781
Spencer Pratt
25.5%217,977
Adam Miller
3.5%30,008
Rae Chen Huang
3.0%25,220
Juanita Lopez
1.5%13,033
8 other candidates
3.2%27,282

City Council — 11th District

Traci Irene Park
60.2%51,966
Faizah Malik
39.8%34,318

County Measure ER

Yes
50.6%1,013,747
No
49.4%987,977

Supervisor 1st District

Maria Elena Durazo
60.6%184,974
Elaine Alaniz
13.5%41,306
David E. Argudo
9.5%29,095
Noel Almario
9.5%29,058
Annabella Figueroa Mazariegos
6.8%20,887

Supervisor 3rd District

Lindsey P. Horvath
66.3%276,973
Tonia Arey
16.3%67,966
Carmenlina Minasyan
9.2%38,482
Tomás Sidenfaden
8.2%34,046

Sheriff

Robert G. Luna
44.2%859,070
Alex Villanueva
21.7%422,272
Eric Strong
15.0%291,045
Karla Carranza
5.9%114,615
Oscar Antonio Martinez
4.2%80,885
Mike Bornman
4.0%76,919
2 other candidates
5.2%100,780

Assessor

Jeffrey Prang
57.7%1,028,580
Sandy Sun
15.3%272,494
Rob Newland
12.6%223,986
Stephen A. Adamus
8.5%151,715
Steven B. Palty
5.9%104,919
Superior Court Judges — 15 contested seats

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 2

Tal K. Valbuena
56.8%981,043
Robert S. Draper
43.2%744,824

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 14

Irene Lee
56.9%964,365
Angie Christides
43.1%730,247

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 39

Binh Q. Dang
100.0%1,393,411

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 60

Ann M. Maurer
100.0%1,349,858

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 64

Maria Ghobadi
44.0%750,184
Rhonda A. Haymon
42.2%717,844
Francisco Amador
13.8%235,003

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 65

Justin Allen Clayton
36.7%614,230
Anna Slotky Reitano
29.9%500,183
Samuel Wolloch Krause
20.4%341,861
Chellei G. Jimenez
13.0%217,865

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 66

Ben Forer
70.0%1,161,181
Cheryl C. Turner
30.0%497,241

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 81

David Walgren
76.9%1,267,154
Dan Kapelovitz
23.1%380,765

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 87

Anthony (A.J.) Bayne
42.0%694,004
David Dejute
31.3%516,631
Sharee Sanders Gordon
26.7%440,136

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 116

Pat Connolly
50.5%836,922
Paul A. Thompson
49.5%821,581

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 131

Donna Tryfman
37.3%612,858
David Ross
33.2%546,032
Carlos Dammeier
15.0%245,969
Troy W. Slaten
14.5%237,894

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 141

Mariela Torres
100.0%1,393,278

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 176

Gloria Marin
57.5%947,807
Zachary Smith
42.5%699,461

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 181

Ryan Dibble
58.2%919,050
Thanayi Lindsey
41.8%660,620

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 196

Candice J. Henry
100.0%1,376,202

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