2018 United States Senate election in California facts for kids
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County Results
Feinstein: 50–60% 60–70% de León: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% |
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The 2018 United States Senate election in California took place on November 6, 2018. Incumbent Democrat Dianne Feinstein and Democrat Kevin de León won the primary election, so they were both featured in the general election.
Dianne Feinstein won the election.
Primary election
| Primary results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Dianne Feinstein | 2,947,035 | 44.2 | |
| Democratic | Kevin de León | 805,446 | 12.1 | |
| Republican | James P. Bradley | 556,252 | 8.3 | |
| Republican | Arun K. Bhumitra | 350,815 | 5.3 | |
| Republican | Paul A. Taylor | 323,533 | 4.9 | |
| Republican | Erin Cruz | 267,494 | 4.0 | |
| Republican | Tom Palzer | 205,183 | 3.1 | |
| Democratic | Alison Hartson | 147,061 | 2.2 | |
| Republican | Rocky De La Fuente | 135,278 | 2.0 | |
| Democratic | Pat Harris | 126,947 | 1.9 | |
| Republican | John "Jack" Crew | 93,806 | 1.4 | |
| Republican | Patrick Little | 89,867 | 1.3 | |
| Republican | Kevin Mottus | 87,646 | 1.3 | |
| Republican | Jerry Joseph Laws | 67,140 | 1.0 | |
| Others | 467,217 | 7.0 | ||
| Total | 6,670,720 | 100.0% | ||
General election
| General election results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Dianne Feinstein | 6,019,422 | 54.2 | |
| Democratic | Kevin de León | 5,093,942 | 45.8 | |
| Total | 11,113,364 | 100.0% | ||
Results by county
Blue represents counties won by Feinstein. Green represents counties won by de León.
| County | Feinstein# | Feinstein% | de León# | de León% | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alameda | 318,377 | 58.4 | 226,950 | 41.6 | 545,327 |
| Alpine | 267 | 48.8 | 280 | 51.2 | 547 |
| Amador | 5,835 | 41.4 | 8,244 | 58.6 | 14,079 |
| Butte | 32,418 | 42.9 | 43,108 | 57.1 | 75,526 |
| Calaveras | 7,031 | 40.4 | 10,357 | 59.6 | 17,388 |
| Colusa | 1,643 | 35.1 | 3,039 | 64.9 | 4,682 |
| Contra Costa | 222,349 | 58.3 | 158,748 | 41.7 | 381,097 |
| Del Norte | 2,590 | 37.8 | 4,254 | 62.2 | 6,844 |
| El Dorado | 33,772 | 46.5 | 38,791 | 53.5 | 72,563 |
| Fresno | 103,491 | 47.7 | 113,557 | 52.3 | 217,048 |
| Glenn | 2,341 | 34.8 | 4,388 | 65.2 | 6,729 |
| Humboldt | 21,336 | 44.8 | 26,319 | 55.2 | 47,655 |
| Imperial | 13,121 | 43.3 | 17,150 | 56.7 | 30,271 |
| Inyo | 2,344 | 39.9 | 3,532 | 60.1 | 5,876 |
| Kern | 66,628 | 40.0 | 99,981 | 60.0 | 166,609 |
| Kings | 9,599 | 37.9 | 15,748 | 62.1 | 25,347 |
| Lake | 8,142 | 44.1 | 10,317 | 55.9 | 18,459 |
| Lassen | 2,030 | 29.8 | 4,788 | 70.2 | 6,818 |
| Los Angeles | 1,565,167 | 57.7 | 1,146,044 | 42.3 | 2,711,211 |
| Madera | 13,284 | 41.1 | 19,032 | 58.9 | 32,316 |
| Marin | 80,319 | 65.3 | 42,638 | 34.7 | 122,957 |
| Mariposa | 2,749 | 41.1 | 3,939 | 58.9 | 6,688 |
| Mendocino | 15,113 | 49.3 | 15,529 | 50.7 | 30,642 |
| Merced | 23,659 | 45.8 | 27,985 | 54.2 | 51,644 |
| Modoc | 751 | 28.7 | 1,867 | 71.3 | 2,618 |
| Mono | 2,001 | 47.7 | 2,197 | 52.3 | 4,198 |
| Monterey | 56,320 | 52.7 | 50,562 | 47.3 | 106,882 |
| Napa | 27,904 | 54.5 | 23,290 | 45.5 | 51,194 |
| Nevada | 22,198 | 48.1 | 23,911 | 51.9 | 46,109 |
| Orange | 501,678 | 54.4 | 420,814 | 45.6 | 922,492 |
| Placer | 66,578 | 46.5 | 76,733 | 53.5 | 143,311 |
| Plumas | 2,815 | 38.9 | 4,428 | 61.1 | 7,243 |
| Riverside | 269,567 | 49.2 | 278,409 | 50.8 | 547,976 |
| Sacramento | 241,571 | 53.0 | 213,949 | 47.0 | 455,520 |
| San Benito | 8,607 | 47.9 | 9,371 | 52.1 | 17,978 |
| San Bernardino | 233,103 | 50.0 | 233,360 | 50.0 | 466,463 |
| San Diego | 526,628 | 52.9 | 468,564 | 47.1 | 995,192 |
| San Francisco | 226,167 | 64.2 | 125,954 | 35.8 | 352,121 |
| San Joaquin | 79,088 | 46.1 | 92,351 | 53.9 | 171,439 |
| San Luis Obispo | 53,242 | 49.6 | 54,027 | 50.4 | 107,269 |
| San Mateo | 168,679 | 63.0 | 99,136 | 37.0 | 267,815 |
| Santa Barbara | 75,274 | 55.1 | 61,217 | 44.9 | 136,491 |
| Santa Clara | 339,866 | 59.8 | 228,642 | 40.2 | 568,508 |
| Santa Cruz | 64,178 | 57.5 | 47,416 | 42.5 | 111,594 |
| Shasta | 19,397 | 34.9 | 36,227 | 65.1 | 55,624 |
| Sierra | 506 | 38.5 | 808 | 61.5 | 1,314 |
| Siskiyou | 5,772 | 39.3 | 8,930 | 60.7 | 14,702 |
| Solano | 70,174 | 52.9 | 62,506 | 47.1 | 132,680 |
| Sonoma | 108,472 | 56.0 | 85,220 | 44.0 | 193,692 |
| Stanislaus | 58,375 | 42.9 | 77,724 | 57.1 | 136,099 |
| Sutter | 10,501 | 42.6 | 14,166 | 57.4 | 24,667 |
| Tehama | 5,435 | 32.6 | 11,253 | 67.4 | 16,688 |
| Trinity | 1,746 | 38.1 | 2,838 | 61.9 | 4,584 |
| Tulare | 33,005 | 39.9 | 49,765 | 60.1 | 82,770 |
| Tuolumne | 7,783 | 40.8 | 11,271 | 59.2 | 19,054 |
| Ventura | 137,141 | 51.3 | 130,101 | 48.7 | 267,242 |
| Yolo | 35,071 | 51.9 | 32,551 | 48.1 | 67,622 |
| Yuba | 6,224 | 39.2 | 9,666 | 60.8 | 15,890 |
| Totals | 6,019,422 | 54.2 | 5,093,942 | 45.8 | 11,113,364 |
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