# 2018 California lieutenant gubernatorial election

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The 2018 California lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the lieutenant governor of California. Incumbent Democratic lieutenant governor Gavin Newsom was ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits and ran for governor of California instead. Democrats Eleni Kounalakis and Ed Hernandez faced each other in the general election, as no Republican finished in the top two positions of the nonpartisan blanket primary that was held on June 5, 2018.

## Primary
### Candidates
#### Democratic Party
##### Declared

* Jeff Bleich, former United States Ambassador to Australia
* Cameron Gharabiklou, attorney and businessman
* Ed Hernandez, state senator
* Eleni Kounalakis, former United States Ambassador to Hungary

##### Declined

* Kevin de León, President pro tempore of the California State Senate (running for U.S. Senate)
* Mike Gatto, State Assemblyman (running for State Treasurer)
* Mark Leno, former state senator (running for Mayor of San Francisco)
* John Pérez, former Speaker of the California State Assembly
* Darrell Steinberg, Mayor of Sacramento and former state senator

#### Republican Party
##### Declared

* David Fennell, venture capitalist
* Cole Harris, businessman
* David Hernandez, retired business owner
* Lydia Ortega, San Jose State University economics professor
* Matthew Salzer, micronationlist (write-in)

##### Declined

* Tom Berryhill, state senator
* Anthony Cannella, state senator

#### Libertarian Party
##### Declared

* Tim Ferreira

#### No party preference
##### Declared

* Gayle McLaughlin, former mayor of Richmond
* Danny Thomas

### Endorsements

Organizations
* Brady Campaign
* Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate
* Sierra Club California
Newspaper editorial boards
* The Daily Californian
* East Bay Times
* Marin Independent Journal
* Sacramento Bee
* San Francisco Chronicle
* San Jose Mercury News
Federal officials
* Denise Bauer, former United States Ambassador to Belgium
* John Berry, former Director of Office of Personnel Management and Former United States Ambassador to Australia
* Don Beyer, U.S. Representative (D-VA-8), former United States Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and former lieutenant governor of Virginia
* James Clapper, former Director of National Intelligence
* Chris Coons, U.S. Senator (D-DE)
* Howard Dean, former chair of Democratic National Committee, former governor of Vermont, and former lieutenant governor of Vermont
* Eileen Donahoe, former United States Ambassador to United Nations Human Rights Council
* Karl Eikenberry, former United States Ambassador to Afghanistan
* Doug Hickey, Commissioner General of USA Pavilion at Expo 2015
* Ro Khanna, U.S. Representative (D-CA-17)
* Ted Lieu, U.S. Representative (D-CA-33)
* John Roos, former United States Ambassador to Japan
* Adam Schiff, U.S. Representative (D-CA-28)
* Jackie Speier, U.S. Representative (D-CA-14)
State legislators
* Marc Berman, California Assemblymember (D-24)
* Henry Stern, California State Senator (D-27)
Local officials
* Roberta Achtenberg, former member of San Francisco Board of Supervisors
* Jeff Adachi, San Francisco Public Defender
* Tom Butt, mayor of Richmond, California
* Bevan Dufty, former member of San Francisco Board of Supervisors
* Tim Farley, Contra Costa Community College District vice president
* Bob Foster, former mayor of Long Beach, California
* Abe Friedman, former mayor of Piedmont, California
* Josh Fryday, mayor of Novato, California
* Matt Haney, member of San Francisco Board of Education
* Tom McCormick, former mayor of Orinda, California
* Sarah Pearson, pediatrician and president of Piedmont Board of Education
* Gabriel Quinto, mayor pro tem of El Cerrito
* Susan Wengraf, Berkeley councilmember
Community leaders and activists
* Sergio C. Garcia, California Attorney and first undocumented immigrant admitted to the State Bar of California
* Debi Hemmeter, co-founder of LeanIn.Org
* Thelton Henderson, first African-American lawyer in the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division and Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
* Drucilla Ramey, chair of Equal Rights Advocates Board of Directors
* Amy Rao, vice chair of Human Rights Watch
* Lateefah Simon, President of Akonadi Foundation and Member of Bay Area Rapid Transit District Board of Directors
* Esta Soler, founder of Futures Without Violence
* Evan Wolfson, founder and president of Freedom to Marry
Tech leaders
* Sean Parker, co-founder of Napster and first president of Facebook
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* Dante Acosta, member of the California State Assembly
* Joel Anderson, California State Senator
* Kathryn Barger, Los Angeles County Supervisor
* Patricia Bates, California Senate Minority Leader
* Frank Bigelow, member of the California State Assembly
* Rocky Chávez, member of the California State Assembly
* Phillip Chen, member of the California State Assembly
* Steven Choi, member of the California State Assembly
* Jordan Cunningham, member of the California State Assembly
* Brian Dahle, California Assembly Minority Leader
* Carl DeMaio, former San Diego city councilman
* Heath Flora, member of the California State Assembly
* Jean Fuller, California State Senator
* James Gallagher, member of the California State Assembly
* Matthew Harper, member of the California State Assembly
* Kevin Kiley, member of the California State Assembly
* Tom Lackey, member of the California State Assembly
* Devon Mathis, member of the California State Assembly
* Chad Mayes, member of the California State Assembly
* Melissa Melendez, member of the California State Assembly
* Mike Morrell, California State Senator
* Jim Nielsen, California State Senator
* Michelle Park Steel, Orange County Supervisor
* Marc Steinorth, member of the California State Assembly
* Jeff Stone, California State Senator
* Andy Vidak, California State Senator
* Marie Waldron, member of the California State Assembly
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* California Republican Party
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* Dan Faller, president and CEO of Apartment Owners Association of California, Inc.
* Charlotte Laws, activist and actress
* Henry Lozano, former advisor to George W. Bush
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* Apartment Owners Association of California
* Business Environmental Coalition
* Southern California Republican Women and Men
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* David Berger, Deputy District Attorney for Los Angeles County
* Jim Desmond, mayor of San Marcos
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* Karen Bass, U.S. Representative (D-CA-37)
* Salud Carbajal, U.S. Representative (D-CA-24)
* Judy Chu, U.S. Representative (D-CA-27)
* Lou Correa, U.S. Representative (D-CA-46)
* Mark DeSaulnier, U.S. Representative (D-CA-11)
* Jimmy Gomez, U.S. Representative (D-CA-34)
* Ted Lieu, U.S. Representative (D-CA-33)
* Alan Lowenthal, U.S. Representative (D-CA-47)
* George Miller, former U.S. Representative
* Grace Napolitano, U.S. Representative (D-CA-32)
* Norma Torres, U.S. Representative (D-CA-35)
* Juan Vargas, U.S. Representative (D-CA-51)
State officials
* Toni Atkins, California State Senator (D-39) and former Speaker of the California State Assembly
* Xavier Becerra, Attorney General of California
* Cruz Bustamante, former Lieutenant Governor of California and former Assembly Speaker
* Kevin de León, President pro tempore of the California State Senate
* Fabian Nunez, former Speaker of the California State Assembly
* Don Perata, former president of the California State Senate
* John Pérez, former Speaker of the California State Assembly
* Anthony Rendon, Speaker of the California State Assembly
* Tom Torlakson, California State Superintendent of Public Instruction
* Betty Yee, California State Controller
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* Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, California State Assemblymember (D-4)
* Ben Allen, California State Senator (D-26)
* Jim Beall, California State Senator (D-15)
* Rob Bonta, California State Assemblymember (D-18)
* Steven Bradford, California State Senator (D-35)
* Anna Caballero, California State Assemblymember (D-30)
* Ian Calderon, California State Assemblymember (D-57)
* Ed Chau, California State Assemblymember (D-49)
* David Chiu, California State Assemblymember (D-17)
* Ken Cooley, California State Assemblymember (D-8)
* Jim Cooper, California State Assemblymember (D-9)
* Bill Dodd, California State Senator (D-3)
* Laura Friedman, California State Assemblymember (D-43)
* Cathleen Galgiani, California State Senator (D-5)
* Eduardo Garcia, California State Assemblymember (D-56)
* Mike Gipson, California State Assemblymember (D-64)
* Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, California State Assemblymember (D-80)
* Jerry Hill, California State Senator (D-13)
* Ben Hueso, California State Senator (D-40)
* Reggie Jones-Sawyer, California State Assemblymember (D-59)
* Ricardo Lara, California State Senator (D-33)
* Connie Leyva, California State Senator (D-20)
* Evan Low, California State Assemblymember (D-28)
* Mike McGuire, California State Senator (D-2)
* Jose Medina, California State Assemblymember (D-61)
* Tony Mendoza, California State Senator (D-32)
* Holly Mitchell, California State Senator (D-30)
* Bill Monning, California State Senator (D-17)
* Al Muratsuchi, California State Assemblymember (D-66)
* Josh Newman, California State Senator (D-29)
* Patrick O'Donnell, California State Assemblymember (D-70)
* Fran Pavley, former California State Senator
* Anthony Portantino, California State Senator (D-25)
* Bill Quirk, California State Assemblymember (D-20)
* Sharon Quirk-Silva, California State Assemblymember (D-65)
* Eloise Reyes, California State Assemblymember (D-47)
* Freddie Rodriguez, California State Assemblymember (D-52)
* Richard Roth, California State Senator (D-31)
* Rudy Salas, California State Assemblymember (D-32)
* Miguel Santiago, California State Assemblymember (D-53)
* Henry Stern, California State Senator (D-27)
* Tony Thurmond, California State Assemblymember (D-15)
* Phil Ting, California State Assemblymember (D-19)
* Scott Wiener, California State Senator (D-11)
* Lois Wolk, former California State Senator
* Jim Wood, California State Assemblymember (D-2)
Executive branch officials
* Kamala Harris, U.S. Senator (D-CA)
* Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States
U.S. representatives
* Nanette Barragán, U.S. Representative (D-CA-44)
* Anna Eshoo, U.S. Representative (D-CA-18)
* Zoe Lofgren, U.S. Representative (D-CA-19)
* Carolyn Maloney, U.S. Representative (D-NY-12)
* Doris Matsui, U.S. Representative (D-CA-6)
* Kevin McCarty, California Assemblymember (D-7)
* Jerry McNerney, U.S. Representative (D-CA-9)
* Jimmy Panetta, U.S. Representative (D-CA-20)
* John Sarbanes, U.S. Representative (D-MD-3)
* Eric Swalwell, U.S. Representative (D-CA-15)
* Mike Thompson, U.S. Representative (D-CA-5)
Federal officials
* Colleen Bell, former U.S. Ambassador
* Shelly Berkley, former U.S. Congresswoman
* Nicholas Burns, former U.S. Ambassador to NATO
* Mike McFaul, former U.S. Ambassador
* Ellen Tauscher, former Undersecretary of State and U.S. Congresswoman
State officials
* Phil Angelides, former California State Treasurer
* John Burton, former State Senator and California Democratic Party Chair
* Chuck Carpenter, former Contra Costa County Democratic Party Chair
* Michael Dukakis, former Massachusetts Governor
* Jennifer Granholm, former Michigan Governor
* Mark Leno, former State Senator
* Lloyd Levine, former California State Assembly Member
* Sally Lieber, former Assembly Speaker Pro Tem
* Blanca Rubio, California State Assembly Member
Local officials
* Art Agnos, former San Francisco Mayor
* Michela Alioto-Pier, former San Francisco Supervisor
* Scott Alvord, Roseville City Council Member
* Emily Beach, Burlingame City Council Member
* Lou Blanas, former Sacramento County Sheriff
* David Campos, former San Francisco Supervisor
* Catherine Carlton, Menlo Park City Council Member
* Marie Chuang, Hillsborough Mayor
* Mark Farrell, San Francisco Supervisor
* Christina Fugazi, Stockton City Council Member
* Jim Gonzalez, former San Francisco Supervisor
* James Gore, Sonoma Supervisor
* Mary Jane Griego, Olivehurst Public Utility District Chair
* Heidi Hall, Nevada County Supervisor
* Cecily Harris, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Board Member
* Vicki Hennessey, San Francisco Sheriff
* Dennis Herrera, San Francisco City Attorney
* Sam Hindi, Foster City Mayor
* Kerri Howell, Folsom City Vice Mayor
* Ardashes "Ardy" Kassakhian, Glendale City Clerk
* Leslie Katz, former San Francisco Supervisor
* Teddy Gray King, Piedmont City Council Member
* Ed Lee, former mayor of San Francisco (deceased)
* Wayne J. Lee, Millbrae City Council Member
* Joey Luiz, former City of Clearlake Mayor
* Steve Ly, Elk Grove Mayor
* Fiona Ma, Board of Equalization Member
* John Marquez, Contra Costa Community College District Board Trustee
* Shelly Masur, Redwood City Council Member
* Julia Mates, Belmont Planning Commission Chair
* Anu Natarajan, former Fremont City Council Member
* David Onek, former San Francisco Police Commissioner
* Karl Ory, Chico City Council Member
* Diane Papan, San Mateo City Council Member
* Gina Papan, Millbrae Mayor
* Tom Pratt, Vallecito Union School Board Vice Chair
* Don Saylor, Yolo County Supervisor
* Libby Schaaf, mayor of Oakland
* Thea Selby, President of the San Francisco Community College Board
* Phil Serna, Sacramento County Supervisor
* Esmeralda Soria, Fresno City Council President
* Darrell Steinberg, mayor of Sacramento
* Charles Stone, Belmont Mayor
* Caroline Torosis, City of Santa Monica Rent Control Board Commissioner
* Larry S. Tract, Florin County Water District Chair & Director
* Michael Tubbs, Stockton Mayor
Organizations
* California Federation of Teachers
* California League of Conservation Voters
* California National Organization for Women (NOW)
* California Women's List
* California Young Democrats Black Caucus
* California's Legislative Women's Caucus
* EMILY's List
* Equality California
* Fresno County Young Democrats
* Marin County Young Democrats
* NARAL Pro-Choice California
* National Women's Political Caucus
* Northern California Carpenters Regional Council
* Porterville Democratic Club
* Riverside County Young Democrats
* Sacramento County Young Democrats
* San Fernando Valley Young Democrats
* SEIU Local 2579 - Employees Union
* Stonewall Young Democrats
* Tulare County Stonewall Democrats
* Ventura County Young Democrats
Community leaders and activists
* Willie Adams, International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Secretary-Treasurer
* Norma Alcala, trustee of the Washington Unified School District
* Maria Alegria, chair, The Democratic Party of Contra Costa County
* Panorea Avdis, director of the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development
* Prameela Bartholomeusz, Finance Director, Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee
* Sascha Bittner, activist
* Nancy Bui-Thompson, Board of Directors, SMUD
* Teri Burns, Member, Natomas Unified School District
* Robert Camacho
* Amy Champ, Regional Director, Region 4 and Gold Country Vice Chair, Rural Caucus of the California Democratic Party*
* Norman Chramoff, co-chair, CA Democratic Party Platform Committee*
* Judy Y. Chu, Ed.D., Stanford University early childhood development expert
* Deborah Cunningham-Skurnik, Region 18 Chair, California Democratic Party
* Kath Delaney
* Andrea Dew Steele, President of Emerge*
* Baljinder Dhillon, Sutter County Board of Education Superintendent
* Robert W. Duggleby, MA, MS, colonel, United States Army (Ret.)
* Kara Dukakis, Director, Too Small to Fail*
* Andrew Ertl
* Grace Espindola, North Valley Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
* Linda Fadeke-Richardson, Commissioner, San Francisco Treasure Island Development Authority
* Marla Fields, president, Sustainable Novato
* Orlando Fuentes, board member, Cosumnes CSD
* Susan Gutowsky, president, Placer Women Democrats
* Kevin Hendrick, former Delegate Chair of Del Norte
* Luke Heslip, president, Marin County Young Democrats
* Brodie Hilp, member, San Ramon Valley Democratic Club & Democratic Party of Contra Costa County
* Alice A. Huffman, DNC Member
* Jenita Johnson Rodriguez, Northern Central Vice Chair, Rural Caucus
* Carol Keavney, President, Democratic Women's Council of the Conejo Valley
* Hene Kelly, Chair, California Democratic Party Disabilities Caucus
* Susan Kennedy, founder and CEO of Advanced MicroGrid Solutions
* Laura Lowell, Chair, Calaveras County Democratic Central Committee
* Dennis Mangers, Sacramento LGBT Community Leader
* Debbie Mesloh, Co-Chair, Bay Area Women's Summit*
* William Monroe, California Democratic Party Region 12 Director
* Bob Mulholland, Democratic advisor
* Jocelyn Navarro, District Representative, Sacramento City Council
* Michael Pappas, Executive Director of the San Francisco Interfaith Council
* Christine Pelosi, chair, California Democratic Party Women's Caucus
* Neil Pople, president, Natomas Democratic Club
* Tom Pratt, president, Fine Arts Coverage Enterprises
* Susan Rowe, Chief Vice Chair, Rural Caucus
* Michael Sestak, Sestak Lighting Design
* Deepa Sharma, Northern California Outreach Chair, Asian Pacific Islander Caucus, California Democratic Party
* Genevieve Shiroma, Board of Directors, SMUD
* Tiffany Shlain, filmmaker and founder of 50/50
* Andrea Shorter, Commissioner, Commission on the Status of Women
* Silissa Vriarte Smith, AD70 California Democratic Party Delegate
* Julie D. Soo, co-chair, CA Democratic Party Platform Committee*, Commissioner, San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women*
* Lynne Standard-Nightengale, Chair, Amador County Democrats
* Admiral James Stavridis, Dean of Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
* Kerry Stoebner, DCCM member
* Dave Tamayo, Board of Directors, SMUD
* Susie Tompkins Buell, activist and philanthropist
* Jim Wunderman, president and CEO, Bay Area Council*
*Titles for identification purposes only
State officials
* Tom Ammiano, former member of the California State Assembly
* David Zuckerman, Lt. Governor of Vermont
Local officials
* Jesse Arreguin, Mayor of Berkeley
* Matt Gonzalez, former president of San Francisco Board of Supervisors
* Heidi Harmon, Mayor San Luis Obispo
* Gus Newport, former Mayor of Berkeley
Individuals
* Jimmy Dore, The Jimmy Dore Show
* Ralph Nader, consumer advocate, environmentalist
* Norman Solomon, co-founder and national coordinator, RootsAction.org
* Winnie Wong, co-founder, The People for Bernie Sanders
Organizations
* Bernie Sanders' Our Revolution National
* California for Bernie Sanders 2020
* Delegates and Friends for Bernie 2016
* Democratic Socialists of America
* East Bay Democratic Socialists of America
* Green Party of Contra Costa
* Green Party of Humboldt County
* Green Party of Riverside County
* Green Party of San Diego
* Green Party of Santa Clara County
* Green Party of Solano County
* Green Party of Ventura County
* Green Party of Yolo County
* Humboldt State University Greens
* Los Angeles Democratic Socialists of America
* Movement for a People's Party
* The New Progressives of Del Norte
* Orange County Democratic Socialists of America
* Our Revolution Alameda Progressives
* Our Revolution Contra Costa
* Our Revolution Cupertino De Anza Political Revolution
* Our Revolution Democracy Project LA
* Our Revolution East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)
* Our Revolution F.U.N. Progressives (Fremont, Union City, Newark)
* Our Revolution Humboldt (Courageous Resistance of Humboldt)
* Our Revolution Indian Rock
* Our Revolution Inland Empire
* Our Revolution Lake County
* Our Revolution Long Beach
* Our Revolution Los Angeles Greens
* Our Revolution Monterey County
* Our Revolution Mountain View (NorCal4OurRevolution)
* Our Revolution North Bay (Petaluma-Sonoma)
* Our Revolution North County San Diego
* Our Revolution Richmond (Richmond Progressive Alliance)
* Our Revolution Riverside
* Our Revolution San Clemente
* Our Revolution San Francisco (SF Berniecrats)
* Our Revolution San Joaquin County
* Our Revolution San Jose (Democratic Socialists of America chapter)
* Our Revolution San Leandro
* Our Revolution Santa Clarita Valley
* Our Revolution Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz for Bernie)
* Our Revolution Santa Maria Progressives
* Our Revolution Silicon Valley (Democratic Socialists of America chapter)
* Our Revolution South Bay Los Angeles
* Our Revolution UC Berkeley (Progressive Student Association for Bernie)
* Our Revolution Ventura County
* Our Revolution Watsonville
* Our Revolution West Marin
* Our Revolution West San Fernando Valley
* Our Revolution Yolo County Progressives
* Peace and Freedom Party
* Pinole Progressive Alliance
* Pomona Valley Democratic Socialists of America
* Public Bank LA
* Revolution Funding
* San Diego Democratic Socialists of America
* San Diego Progressive Alliance
* San Francisco Democratic Socialists of America
* San Francisco Peninsula Democratic Socialists of America
* San Jose Democratic Socialists of America
* Silicon Valley Democratic Socialists of America
* Socialist Alternative
* South Bay Progressive Alliance
* Southern District of California Community Coalition
* UE United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America Western Region
* Ventura County Activists for Bernie Sanders 2020 #OurRevolution
* Women For Justice

### Polling

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Jeff Bleich (D) | Cole Harris (R) | David R. Hernandez (R) | Ed Hernandez (D) | Eleni Kounalakis (D) | Gayle McLaughlin (NPP) | Undecided |
| YouGov | May 12–24, 2018 | 1,113 | ± 4.0% | 6% | 16% | 6% | 9% | 14% | 4% | 41% |

### Results

Nonpartisan blanket primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Eleni Kounalakis | 1,587,940 | 24.2% |
| | Democratic | Ed Hernandez | 1,347,442 | 20.6% |
| | Republican | Cole Harris | 1,144,003 | 17.5% |
| | Democratic | Jeff Bleich | 648,045 | 9.9% |
| | Republican | David Fennell | 515,956 | 7.9% |
| | Republican | Lydia Ortega | 419,512 | 6.4% |
| | Republican | David R. Hernandez | 404,982 | 6.2% |
| | No party preference | Gayle McLaughlin | 263,364 | 4.0% |
| | Libertarian | Tim Ferreira | 99,949 | 1.5% |
| | Democratic | Cameron Gharabiklou | 78,267 | 1.2% |
| | No party preference | Danny Thomas | 44,121 | 0.7% |
| | No party preference | Marjan S. Fariba (write-in) | 18 | 0.0% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 6,553,599 | 100.0% |

#### By county

Results by county. Blue represents counties won by Kounalakis and counties with Democratic vote majorities. Red represents counties won by Harris and counties with Republican vote majorities. Cyan represents counties won by Ed Hernandez. Orange represents counties won by Fennell. Light blue represents counties with Democratic vote pluralities. Light red represents counties with Republican vote pluralities.
| County | McLaughlin (NPP) | Kounalakis (D) | Ed Hernandez (D) | Bleich (D) | Democratic total | Fennell (R) | Harris (R) | Ortega (R) | David Hernandez (R) | Republican total | Other |
| Alameda | 8.7 | 31.4 | 19.0 | 20.3 | 71.9% | 4.7 | 6.3 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 17.6% | 1.8 |
| Alpine | 1.9 | 25.4 | 18.4 | 12.8 | 58.2% | 13.1 | 10.4 | 9.1 | 4.0 | 36.6% | 3.2 |
| Amador | 2.2 | 21.6 | 10.2 | 4.4 | 36.6% | 16.1 | 23.2 | 9.3 | 9.5 | 58.1% | 3.0 |
| Butte | 4.4 | 18.8 | 15.6 | 6.4 | 42.7% | 12.1 | 21.5 | 9.5 | 6.9 | 50.0% | 2.9 |
| Calaveras | 2.4 | 20.2 | 12.0 | 4.5 | 37.3% | 17.8 | 21.7 | 9.3 | 8.2 | 57.0% | 3.3 |
| Colusa | 2.0 | 14.4 | 13.8 | 3.7 | 33.1% | 20.3 | 24.2 | 9.5 | 7.4 | 61.4% | 3.3 |
| Contra Costa | 6.2 | 26.7 | 17.4 | 17.3 | 62.4% | 8.0 | 11.2 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 29.1% | 2.3 |
| Del Norte | 4.3 | 14.8 | 16.9 | 5.6 | 38.4% | 16.5 | 22.3 | 7.2 | 8.3 | 54.3% | 3.1 |
| El Dorado | 2.5 | 23.5 | 11.2 | 4.9 | 40.1% | 15.2 | 20.9 | 11.5 | 7.4 | 55.0% | 2.5 |
| Fresno | 2.6 | 12.3 | 19.1 | 9.2 | 41.9% | 9.6 | 23.6 | 12.1 | 7.7 | 53.0% | 2.6 |
| Glenn | 2.2 | 8.4 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 25.8% | 24.2 | 25.7 | 8.9 | 9.3 | 68.1% | 3.8 |
| Humboldt | 8.2 | 25.4 | 19.5 | 8.8 | 55.1% | 10.6 | 13.4 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 34.3% | 2.4 |
| Imperial | 1.9 | 9.1 | 33.5 | 8.8 | 53.1% | 11.9 | 12.2 | 8.1 | 10.0 | 42.2% | 2.8 |
| Inyo | 3.5 | 16.5 | 15.1 | 6.6 | 39.2% | 15.8 | 22.2 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 53.8% | 3.5 |
| Kern | 1.9 | 9.7 | 15.3 | 6.3 | 34.4% | 13.5 | 35.2 | 8.0 | 6.4 | 63.1% | 2.6 |
| Kings | 2.1 | 7.6 | 19.2 | 6.0 | 33.2% | 12.6 | 26.2 | 14.2 | 8.8 | 61.8% | 2.5 |
| Lake | 4.3 | 25.6 | 10.7 | 13.1 | 50.5% | 11.6 | 18.0 | 7.4 | 5.8 | 42.8% | 2.6 |
| Lassen | 1.7 | 9.2 | 10.7 | 3.9 | 24.5% | 18.3 | 30.7 | 10.9 | 11.7 | 70.6% | 2.4 |
| Los Angeles | 4.1 | 27.4 | 28.9 | 7.1 | 64.7% | 4.9 | 12.9 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 29.3% | 1.9 |
| Madera | 2.1 | 9.0 | 18.4 | 5.1 | 33.3% | 17.0 | 29.6 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 59.9% | 2.8 |
| Marin | 5.2 | 32.2 | 16.3 | 25.5 | 74.6% | 3.8 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 2.0 | 18.5 | 1.6 |
| Mariposa | 3.4 | 14.1 | 15.8 | 5.6 | 36.2% | 18.0 | 24.0 | 7.2 | 8.3 | 57.5% | 2.9 |
| Mendocino | 7.4 | 30.4 | 16.5 | 14.1 | 62.3% | 7.4 | 10.7 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 28.0% | 2.4 |
| Merced | 2.8 | 12.0 | 22.0 | 7.6 | 42.9% | 9.9 | 23.1 | 10.6 | 7.3 | 50.9% | 3.5 |
| Modoc | 2.6 | 8.2 | 9.0 | 4.3 | 22.3% | 22.7 | 27.2 | 10.4 | 12.3 | 72.6% | 2.4 |
| Mono | 3.9 | 18.9 | 18.7 | 11.6 | 50.0% | 14.5 | 16.2 | 6.9 | 5.9 | 43.5% | 2.7 |
| Monterey | 2.8 | 26.7 | 24.8 | 9.5 | 61.8% | 5.4 | 18.2 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 34.5% | 1.9 |
| Napa | 3.0 | 30.0 | 17.3 | 13.9 | 61.7% | 11.1 | 10.6 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 31.9% | 3.2 |
| Nevada | 4.4 | 30.7 | 10.6 | 8.3 | 50.1% | 12.0 | 17.9 | 7.7 | 5.8 | 43.4% | 2.2 |
| Orange | 2.3 | 18.5 | 19.8 | 5.7 | 45.2% | 8.3 | 25.4 | 7.5 | 9.1 | 50.3% | 2.2 |
| Placer | 2.2 | 24.0 | 11.4 | 5.1 | 41.1% | 9.0 | 28.7 | 9.4 | 6.9 | 54.0% | 2.7 |
| Plumas | 3.0 | 23.3 | 9.2 | 5.4 | 38.5% | 17.8 | 16.9 | 10.9 | 10.2 | 55.8% | 2.7 |
| Riverside | 2.0 | 16.6 | 20.8 | 5.8 | 44.1% | 10.8 | 26.0 | 6.7 | 8.5 | 52.0% | 1.9 |
| Sacramento | 3.0 | 31.4 | 17.2 | 7.2 | 56.6% | 8.5 | 14.9 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 38.0% | 2.4 |
| San Benito | 2.9 | 23.3 | 21.8 | 6.2 | 52.0% | 9.2 | 15.0 | 8.6 | 9.6 | 42.5% | 2.6 |
| San Bernardino | 2.4 | 16.6 | 22.3 | 4.3 | 44.5% | 9.2 | 24.2 | 7.2 | 10.4 | 51.0% | 2.1 |
| San Diego | 3.0 | 20.8 | 18.9 | 10.1 | 51.4% | 7.3 | 24.5 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 43.7% | 1.9 |
| San Francisco | 18.0 | 29.0 | 17.5 | 20.8 | 68.2% | 2.5 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 12.9% | 0.9 |
| San Luis Obispo | 3.5 | 27.6 | 15.1 | 5.8 | 49.7% | 11.0 | 22.1 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 44.2% | 2.6 |
| San Joaquin | 2.2 | 24.9 | 17.6 | 5.2 | 49.2% | 9.6 | 21.3 | 8.1 | 7.0 | 46.0% | 2.6 |
| San Mateo | 4.1 | 34.2 | 16.5 | 19.8 | 71.5% | 6.4 | 8.5 | 5.0 | 2.4 | 22.3% | 2.1 |
| Santa Barbara | 2.9 | 25.9 | 21.5 | 6.7 | 55.0% | 9.2 | 18.5 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 39.8% | 2.3 |
| Santa Clara | 3.1 | 28.3 | 18.3 | 19.8 | 68.0% | 7.3 | 9.9 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 26.6% | 2.3 |
| Santa Cruz | 5.9 | 34.7 | 22.8 | 12.2 | 70.6% | 4.6 | 9.0 | 5.3 | 2.8 | 21.7% | 1.8 |
| Shasta | 2.7 | 10.9 | 12.3 | 6.0 | 30.1% | 19.0 | 25.4 | 9.4 | 10.5 | 64.3% | 2.9 |
| Sierra | 5.8 | 21.4 | 7.7 | 5.4 | 35.0% | 16.5 | 21.2 | 11.0 | 7.4 | 55.1% | 4.1 |
| Siskiyou | 4.5 | 15.3 | 13.3 | 8.1 | 37.1% | 19.4 | 18.4 | 8.9 | 8.2 | 54.9% | 3.5 |
| Solano | 3.4 | 28.7 | 16.8 | 10.0 | 57.5% | 10.9 | 11.9 | 7.5 | 5.4 | 38.7% | 3.3 |
| Sonoma | 5.5 | 34.4 | 17.2 | 15.1 | 67.7% | 5.8 | 9.6 | 5.8 | 3.6 | 24.8% | 2.0 |
| Stanislaus | 2.0 | 22.2 | 16.7 | 6.3 | 46.1% | 12.5 | 23.2 | 7.2 | 6.4 | 49.3% | 2.6 |
| Sutter | 1.6 | 14.8 | 12.9 | 4.3 | 35.6% | 12.0 | 31.1 | 8.6 | 7.6 | 59.3% | 3.5 |
| Tehama | 2.4 | 8.5 | 13.3 | 3.7 | 27.4% | 20.2 | 26.7 | 9.0 | 11.3 | 67.2% | 3.1 |
| Trinity | 4.2 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 6.5 | 40.1% | 17.7 | 14.6 | 10.4 | 9.2 | 51.9% | 3.8 |
| Tulare | 1.6 | 7.7 | 21.1 | 4.7 | 34.0% | 11.9 | 33.9 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 61.0% | 3.1 |
| Tuolumne | 2.8 | 22.1 | 11.2 | 5.1 | 39.2% | 20.2 | 19.0 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 55.4% | 2.7 |
| Ventura | 3.0 | 22.1 | 21.6 | 6.7 | 51.2% | 11.2 | 18.9 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 43.4% | 2.4 |
| Yolo | 4.1 | 33.0 | 21.1 | 8.9 | 64.0% | 6.8 | 12.4 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 29.2% | 2.6 |
| Yuba | 2.6 | 15.8 | 12.0 | 3.5 | 33.1% | 17.3 | 27.9 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 60.7% | 3.6 |
| Total | 4.0 | 24.2 | 20.6 | 9.9 | 55.8% | 7.9 | 17.5 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 38.0% | 2.2 |

## General election
### Endorsements

Federal officials
* Karen Bass, U.S. Representative (D-CA-37)
* Salud Carbajal, U.S. Representative (D-CA-24)
* Judy Chu, U.S. Representative (D-CA-27)
* Lou Correa, U.S. Representative (D-CA-46)
* Mark DeSaulnier, U.S. Representative (D-CA-11)
* Jimmy Gomez, U.S. Representative (D-CA-34)
* Ted Lieu, U.S. Representative (D-CA-33)
* Alan Lowenthal, U.S. Representative (D-CA-47)
* George Miller, former U.S. Representative
* Grace Napolitano, U.S. Representative (D-CA-32)
* Norma Torres, U.S. Representative (D-CA-35)
* Juan Vargas, U.S. Representative (D-CA-51)
State officials
* Toni Atkins, California State Senator (D-39) and former Speaker of the California State Assembly
* Xavier Becerra, Attorney General of California
* Cruz Bustamante, former Lieutenant Governor of California and former Assembly Speaker
* Kevin de León, President pro tempore of the California State Senate
* Fabian Nunez, former Speaker of the California State Assembly
* Don Perata, former president of the California State Senate
* John Pérez, former Speaker of the California State Assembly
* Anthony Rendon, Speaker of the California State Assembly
* Tom Torlakson, California State Superintendent of Public Instruction
* Betty Yee, California State Controller
State legislators
* Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, California State Assemblymember (D-4)
* Ben Allen, California State Senator (D-26)
* Jim Beall, California State Senator (D-15)
* Rob Bonta, California State Assemblymember (D-18)
* Steven Bradford, California State Senator (D-35)
* Anna Caballero, California State Assemblymember (D-30)
* Ian Calderon, California State Assemblymember (D-57)
* Ed Chau, California State Assemblymember (D-49)
* David Chiu, California State Assemblymember (D-17)
* Ken Cooley, California State Assemblymember (D-8)
* Jim Cooper, California State Assemblymember (D-9)
* Bill Dodd, California State Senator (D-3)
* Laura Friedman, California State Assemblymember (D-43)
* Cathleen Galgiani, California State Senator (D-5)
* Eduardo Garcia, California State Assemblymember (D-56)
* Mike Gipson, California State Assemblymember (D-64)
* Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, California State Assemblymember (D-80)
* Jerry Hill, California State Senator (D-13)
* Ben Hueso, California State Senator (D-40)
* Reggie Jones-Sawyer, California State Assemblymember (D-59)
* Ricardo Lara, California State Senator (D-33)
* Connie Leyva, California State Senator (D-20)
* Evan Low, California State Assemblymember (D-28)
* Mike McGuire, California State Senator (D-2)
* Jose Medina, California State Assemblymember (D-61)
* Tony Mendoza, California State Senator (D-32)
* Holly Mitchell, California State Senator (D-30)
* Bill Monning, California State Senator (D-17)
* Al Muratsuchi, California State Assemblymember (D-66)
* Josh Newman, California State Senator (D-29)
* Patrick O'Donnell, California State Assemblymember (D-70)
* Fran Pavley, former California State Senator
* Anthony Portantino, California State Senator (D-25)
* Bill Quirk, California State Assemblymember (D-20)
* Sharon Quirk-Silva, California State Assemblymember (D-65)
* Eloise Reyes, California State Assemblymember (D-47)
* Freddie Rodriguez, California State Assemblymember (D-52)
* Richard Roth, California State Senator (D-31)
* Rudy Salas, California State Assemblymember (D-32)
* Miguel Santiago, California State Assemblymember (D-53)
* Henry Stern, California State Senator (D-27)
* Tony Thurmond, California State Assemblymember (D-15)
* Phil Ting, California State Assemblymember (D-19)
* Scott Wiener, California State Senator (D-11)
* Lois Wolk, former California State Senator
* Jim Wood, California State Assemblymember (D-2)
Elected officials
* Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States
* Kamala Harris, U.S. Senator (D-CA)
* Anna Eshoo, U.S. Representative (D-CA-18)
* Mike Thompson, U.S. Representative (D-CA-5)
* Doris Matsui, U.S. Representative (D-CA-6)
* Jimmy Panetta, U.S. Representative (D-CA-20)
* Eric Swalwell, U.S. Representative (D-CA-15)
* Zoe Lofgren, U.S. Representative (D-CA-19)
* Nanette Barragán, U.S. Representative (D-CA-44)
* Jerry McNerney, U.S. Representative (D-CA-9)
* Carolyn Maloney, U.S. Representative (D-NY-12)
* John Sarbanes, U.S. Representative (D-MD-3)
* Kevin McCarty, California Assemblymember (D-7)
* Ed Lee, former Mayor of San Francisco (deceased)
* Libby Schaaf, Mayor of Oakland
* Darrell Steinberg Mayor of Sacramento
* Board of Equalization Member Fiona Ma
* California State Assembly Member Blanca Rubio
* Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs
* Millbrae Mayor Gina Papan
* Belmont Mayor Charles Stone
* Hillsborough Mayor Marie Chuang
* Elk Grove Mayor Steve Ly
* Folsom City Vice Mayor Kerri Howell
* Foster City Mayor Sam Hindi
* San Francisco Supervisor Mark Farrell
* Sonoma Supervisor James Gore
* Nevada County Supervisor Heidi Hall
* Sacramento County Supervisor Phil Serna
* Yolo County Supervisor Don Saylor
* San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera
* San Francisco Sheriff Vicki Hennessey
* Glendale City Clerk Ardashes "Ardy" Kassakhian
* Fresno City Council President Esmeralda Soria
* San Mateo City Council Member Diane Papan
* Chico City Council Member Karl Ory
* Piedmont City Council Member Teddy Gray King
* Stockton City Council Member Christina Fugazi
* Roseville City Council Member Scott Alvord
* Redwood City Council Member Shelly Masur
* Millbrae City Council Member Wayne J. Lee
* Menlo Park City Council Member Catherine Carlton
* Burlingame City Council Member Emily Beach
* President of the San Francisco Community College Board Thea Selby
* Contra Costa Community College District Board Trustee John Marquez
* Vallecito Union School Board Vice Chair Tom Pratt
* Belmont Planning Commission Chair Julia Mates
* Olivehurst Public Utility District Chair Mary Jane Griego
* City of Santa Monica Rent Control Board Commissioner Caroline Torosis
* Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Board Member Cecily Harris
* Florin County Water District Chair & Director Larry S. Tract
* Former U.S. Congresswoman Shelly Berkley
* Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Nicholas Burns
* Former U.S. Ambassador Colleen Bell
* Former U.S. Ambassador Mike McFaul
* Former Undersecretary of State and U.S. Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher
* Former California State Treasurer Phil Angelides
* Former State Senator Mark Leno
* Former State Senator and California Democratic Party Chair John Burton
* Former Contra Costa County Democratic Party Chair Chuck Carpenter
* Former Assembly Speaker Pro Tem Sally Lieber
* Former California State Assembly Member Lloyd Levine
* Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm
* Former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis
* Former San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos
* Former San Francisco Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier
* Former San Francisco Supervisor David Campos
* Former San Francisco Supervisor Jim Gonzalez
* Former San Francisco Supervisor Leslie Katz
* Former City of Clearlake Mayor Joey Luiz
* Former San Francisco Police Commissioner David Onek
* Former Sacramento County Sheriff Lou Blanas
* Former Fremont City Council Member Anu Natarajan
Organizations
* California Federation of Teachers
* EMILY's List
* Equality California
* NARAL Pro-Choice California
* California Women's List
* California National Organization for Women (NOW)
* National Women's Political Caucus
* California's Legislative Women's Caucus
* California Young Democrats Black Caucus
* California League of Conservation Voters
* Fresno County Young Democrats
* Marin County Young Democrats
* Riverside County Young Democrats
* Sacramento County Young Democrats
* San Fernando Valley Young Democrats
* Stonewall Young Democrats
* Ventura County Young Democrats
* SEIU Local 2579 - Employees Union
* Northern California Carpenters Regional Council
* Tulare County Stonewall Democrats
* Porterville Democratic Club
Community Leaders and Activists
* Willie Adams, International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Secretary-Treasurer
* Norma Alcala, Trustee of the Washington Unified School District
* Maria Alegria, Chair, The Democratic Party of Contra Costa County
* Panorea Avdis, Director of the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development
* Prameela Bartholomeusz, Finance Director, Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee
* Sascha Bittner, Activist
* Nancy Bui-Thompson, Board of Directors, SMUD
* Teri Burns, Member, Natomas Unified School District
* Robert Camacho
* Amy Champ, Regional Director, Region 4 and Gold Country Vice-Chair, Rural Caucus of the California Democratic Party*
* Norman Chramoff, Co-Chair CA Democratic Party Platform Committee*
* Judy Y. Chu, Ed.D., Stanford University/Early Childhood Development Expert
* Deborah Cunningham-Skurnik, Region 18 Chair, California Democratic Party
* Andrea Dew Steele, President of Emerge*
* Kath Delaney
* Baljinder Dhillon, Sutter County Board of Education Superintendent
* Kara Dukakis, Director, Too Small to Fail*
* Robert W. Duggleby, MA, MS, Colonel United States Army (Ret.)
* Andrew Ertl
* Grace Espindola, North Valley Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
* Linda Fadeke-Richardson, Commissioner, San Francisco Treasure Island Development Authority
* Marla Fields, President, Sustainable Novato
* Orlando Fuentes, Board Member, Cosumnes CSD
* Susan Gutowsky, President, Placer Women Democrats
* Luke Heslip, President, Marin County Young Democrats
* Kevin Hendrick, Former Delegate Chair of Del Norte
* Brodie Hilp, Member, San Ramon Valley Democratic Club & Democratic Party of Contra Costa County
* Alice A. Huffman, DNC Member
* Jenita Johnson Rodriguez, Northern Central Vice Chair, Rural Caucus
* Carol Keavney, President, Democratic Women's Council of the Conejo Valley
* Hene Kelly, Chair, California Democratic Party Disabilities Caucus
* Susan Kennedy, Founder & CEO of Advanced MicroGrid Solutions
* Laura Lowell, Chair, Calaveras County Democratic Central Committee
* Dennis Mangers, Sacramento LGBT Community Leader
* Debbie Mesloh, Co-Chair, Bay Area Women's Summit*
* William Monroe, California Democratic Party Region 12 Director
* Bob Mulholland, Democratic Advisor
* Jocelyn Navarro, District Representative, Sacramento City Council
* Michael Pappas, Executive Director of the San Francisco Interfaith Council
* Christine Pelosi, Chair, California Democratic Party Women's Caucus
* Neil Pople, President, Natomas Democratic Club
* Tom Pratt, President, Fine Arts Coverage Enterprises
* Susan Rowe, Chief Vice Chair, Rural Caucus
* Genevieve Shiroma, Board of Directors, SMUD
* Michael Sestak, Sestak Lighting Design
* Deepa Sharma, Northern California Outreach Chair, Asian Pacific Islander Caucus, California Democratic Party
* Tiffany Shlain, filmmaker & founder of 50/50
* Andrea Shorter, Commissioner, Commission on the Status of Women
* Silissa Vriarte Smith, AD70 California Democratic Party Delegate
* Julie D. Soo, Co-Chair, CA Democratic Party Platform Committee*, Commissioner, San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women*
* Lynne Standard-Nightengale, Chair, Amador County Democrats
* Admiral James Stavridis, Dean of Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
* Kerry Stoebner, DCCM Member
* Dave Tamayo, Board of Directors, SMUD
* Susie Tompkins Buell, Activist and Philanthropist
* Jim Wunderman, President and CEO, Bay Area Council*
Titles for identification purposes only*

### Polling

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Ed Hernandez (D) | Eleni Kounalakis (D) | None | Undecided |
| Thomas Partners Strategies | October 25–27, 2018 | 1,068 | ± 3.5% | 34% | 34% | – | 32% |
| UC Berkeley | October 19–26, 2018 | 1,339 | ± 4.0% | 31% | 45% | – | 24% |
| YouGov | October 10–24, 2018 | 2,178 | ± 3.1% | 19% | 32% | 22% | 28% |
| Thomas Partners Strategies | October 18–20, 2018 | 1,068 | ± 3.5% | 29% | 34% | – | 37% |
| Thomas Partners Strategies | October 12–14, 2018 | 1,068 | ± 3.5% | 26% | 26% | – | 48% |
| Thomas Partners Strategies | October 5–7, 2018 | 1,068 | ± 3.5% | 24% | 30% | – | 46% |
| Thomas Partners Strategies | September 28–30, 2018 | 1,068 | ± 3.5% | 22% | 24% | – | 54% |
| Thomas Partners Strategies | September 21–23, 2018 | 1,068 | ± 3.5% | 27% | 27% | – | 46% |
| Thomas Partners Strategies | September 14–16, 2018 | 1,040 | ± 3.5% | 18% | 15% | – | 67% |
| Thomas Partners Strategies | September 7–9, 2018 | 1,227 | ± 3.3% | 18% | 16% | – | 66% |

### Results

California lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Eleni Kounalakis | 5,914,068 | 56.55% |
| | Democratic | Ed Hernandez | 4,543,863 | 43.45% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 10,457,931 | 100.00% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

#### By county

Blue represents counties won by Kounalakis. Cyan represents counties won by Hernandez.
| County | Ed Hernandez (D) | Ed Hernandez (D) | Eleni Kounalakis (D) | Eleni Kounalakis (D) | Total |
| County | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes |
| Alameda | 196,722 | 38.3 | 316,658 | 61.7 | 513,380 |
| Alpine | 160 | 33.8 | 314 | 66.2 | 474 |
| Amador | 4,901 | 38.5 | 7,834 | 61.5 | 12,735 |
| Butte | 27,196 | 39.6 | 41,533 | 60.4 | 68,729 |
| Calaveras | 5,775 | 37.2 | 9,734 | 62.8 | 15,509 |
| Colusa | 2,050 | 49.1 | 2,123 | 50.9 | 4,173 |
| Contra Costa | 143,152 | 39.1 | 222,978 | 60.9 | 366,130 |
| Del Norte | 2,629 | 42.3 | 3,586 | 57.7 | 6,215 |
| El Dorado | 22,576 | 35.1 | 41,662 | 64.9 | 64,238 |
| Fresno | 98,361 | 48.4 | 105,036 | 51.6 | 203,397 |
| Glenn | 3,030 | 51.0 | 2,910 | 49.0 | 5,940 |
| Humboldt | 17,568 | 40.0 | 26,301 | 60.0 | 43,869 |
| Imperial | 18,177 | 62.7 | 10,826 | 37.3 | 29,003 |
| Inyo | 2,307 | 43.9 | 2,953 | 56.1 | 5,260 |
| Kern | 70,734 | 46.0 | 83,012 | 54.0 | 153,746 |
| Kings | 12,210 | 52.3 | 11,128 | 47.7 | 23,338 |
| Lake | 6,610 | 38.4 | 10,608 | 61.6 | 17,218 |
| Lassen | 2,918 | 49.2 | 3,013 | 50.8 | 5,931 |
| Los Angeles | 1,276,564 | 48.8 | 1,338,599 | 51.2 | 2,615,163 |
| Madera | 15,349 | 52.6 | 13,853 | 47.4 | 29,202 |
| Marin | 42,290 | 37.8 | 69,699 | 62.2 | 111,989 |
| Mariposa | 2,533 | 42.7 | 3,405 | 57.3 | 5,938 |
| Mendocino | 10,687 | 37.7 | 17,679 | 62.3 | 28,366 |
| Merced | 25,579 | 53.8 | 21,986 | 46.2 | 47,565 |
| Modoc | 1,066 | 47.7 | 1,167 | 52.3 | 2,233 |
| Mono | 1,666 | 43.6 | 2,155 | 56.4 | 3,821 |
| Monterey | 37,871 | 37.4 | 63,265 | 62.6 | 101,136 |
| Napa | 18,575 | 38.8 | 29,330 | 61.2 | 47,905 |
| Nevada | 13,495 | 32.3 | 28,283 | 67.7 | 41,778 |
| Orange | 402,773 | 46.5 | 463,979 | 53.5 | 866,752 |
| Placer | 42,381 | 32.6 | 87,514 | 67.4 | 129,895 |
| Plumas | 2,349 | 37.6 | 3,901 | 62.4 | 6,250 |
| Riverside | 250,409 | 48.5 | 265,991 | 51.5 | 516,400 |
| Sacramento | 156,250 | 36.4 | 273,273 | 63.6 | 429,523 |
| San Benito | 7,127 | 42.3 | 9,733 | 57.7 | 16,860 |
| San Bernardino | 219,347 | 49.4 | 224,804 | 50.6 | 444,151 |
| San Diego | 341,799 | 37.5 | 570,795 | 62.5 | 912,594 |
| San Francisco | 153,733 | 47.1 | 172,741 | 52.9 | 326,474 |
| San Joaquin | 66,294 | 40.9 | 95,660 | 59.1 | 161,954 |
| San Luis Obispo | 37,952 | 38.9 | 59,731 | 61.1 | 97,683 |
| San Mateo | 94,218 | 37.2 | 158,978 | 62.8 | 253,196 |
| Santa Barbara | 49,443 | 39.4 | 75,995 | 60.6 | 125,438 |
| Santa Clara | 203,178 | 38.0 | 331,520 | 62.0 | 534,698 |
| Santa Cruz | 36,561 | 35.0 | 67,812 | 65.0 | 104,373 |
| Shasta | 23,256 | 47.9 | 25,245 | 52.1 | 48,501 |
| Sierra | 422 | 36.5 | 733 | 63.5 | 1,155 |
| Siskiyou | 6,062 | 46.2 | 7,057 | 53.8 | 13,119 |
| Solano | 48,042 | 38.6 | 76,558 | 61.4 | 124,600 |
| Sonoma | 64,774 | 35.5 | 117,583 | 64.5 | 182,357 |
| Stanislaus | 53,577 | 42.5 | 72,406 | 57.5 | 125,983 |
| Sutter | 9,675 | 43.2 | 12,712 | 56.8 | 22,387 |
| Tehama | 7,100 | 48.4 | 7,581 | 51.6 | 14,681 |
| Trinity | 1,754 | 43.2 | 2,305 | 56.8 | 4,059 |
| Tulare | 37,646 | 48.9 | 39,334 | 51.1 | 76,980 |
| Tuolumne | 6,375 | 38.2 | 10,297 | 61.8 | 16,672 |
| Ventura | 110,435 | 44.5 | 137,545 | 55.5 | 247,980 |
| Yolo | 22,040 | 34.2 | 42,349 | 65.8 | 64,389 |
| Yuba | 6,140 | 42.5 | 8,306 | 57.5 | 14,446 |
| Totals | 4,543,863 | 43.4% | 5,914,068 | 56.6% | 10,457,931 |