# 2018 California Attorney General election

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The 2018 California Attorney General election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the attorney general of California. The 2014 election winner, Kamala Harris, was elected to the United States Senate during the 2016 Senate election; incumbent Democratic Attorney General, Xavier Becerra, won election to a full term.

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

* Xavier Becerra, incumbent attorney general of California and former U.S. representative
* Dave Jones, California Insurance Commissioner

### Republican Party
#### Declared

* Steven Bailey, retired El Dorado County Superior Court judge
* Eric Early, managing partner of Early Sullivan Wright Gizer & McRae LLP

#### Withdrawn

* Michael A. Ramos, district attorney for San Bernardino County, California

### Peace and Freedom Party
#### Declared

* Adriane Bracciale, criminal defense attorney in the Inland Empire

### Endorsements

Cabinet-level officials
* Edwin Meese, 75th United States Attorney General
U.S. representatives
* Tom Campbell, former U.S. representative (R-CA)
* John Doolittle, former U.S. representative (R-CA)
* Ernie Konnyu, former U.S. representative (R-CA)
* Doug LaMalfa, U.S. representative (R-CA)
* Tom McClintock, U.S. representative (R-CA)
State-level officials
* Joel Anderson, California state senator (R-38)
* Frank Bigelow, California state assemblyman (R-5)
* Phillip Chen, California state assemblyman (R-55)
* Steven Choi, California state assemblyman (R-68)
* Beth Gaines, former California state assemblywoman (R-6)
* Ted Gaines, California state senator (R-1)
* James Gallagher, California state assemblyman (R-3)
* Diane Harkey, chair of the California State Board of Equalization
* Matthew Harper, California state assemblyman (R-74), 59th mayor of Huntington Beach
* Bob Huff, former California Senate Minority Leader
* Bill Jones, former California Secretary of State
* Melissa Melendez, California state assemblywoman (R-67), former mayor of Lake Elsinore
* John Moorlach, California state senator (R-37)
* Mike Morrell, California state senator (R-23)
* Jim Nielsen, California state senator (R-4)
* Jay Obernolte, California state assemblyman (R-33)
* Jim Patterson, California state assemblyman (R-23)
* Leslie Rutledge, attorney general of Arkansas
* M. David Stirling, former California chief deputy attorney general
* Randy Voepel, California state assemblyman (R-71)
Local-level officials
* John Allard, Roseville city councilman
* Michael D. Antonovich, former Los Angeles County supervisor
* Richard Bailey, mayor of Coronado
* Jim Beard, Sierra County supervisor
* Lee Brand, mayor of Fresno
* Gregg Cohen, Tehama County district attorney
* Keith Curry, former mayor of Newport Beach
* Tom Davis, South Lake Tahoe city councilman
* Rick DiBasilio, Calaveras County sheriff
* Dan Dow, San Luis Obispo County district attorney
* Fernando Dutra, Whittier city councilman
* Suzanne Fuentes, mayor of El Segundo
* Greg Hagwood, Plumas County sheriff
* Scott Jones, Sacramento County sheriff
* Ted Long, former South Lake Tahoe city councilman
* Margaret Mims, Fresno County sheriff
* Scott Owens, Placer County district attorney
* Harry T. Price, mayor of Fairfield
* Trent Saxton, former Placerville city councilman
* Richard Silverman, Manteca city councilman
* Michael Spence, vice mayor of West Covina
* Dwayne Stewart, Glenn County district attorney
* Jack Sweeney, former El Dorado County supervisor
* Chuck Timm, vice mayor of Fairfield
* John Valdivia, San Bernardino city councilman
* Joe Vinatieri, mayor of Whittier
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* John C. Eastman, constitutional scholar
* Ron Nehring, former California Republican Party chairman
* Michael Reagan, conservative commentator, adopted son of former governor of California and president of the United States Ronald Reagan
Organizations
* Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs
* Calaveras County GOP
* California Impact Republicans
* California Peace Officers' Association
* California Pro-Life Council
* California Republican Party
* California Republican Veterans Association
* Deputy Sheriffs' Association of El Dorado County
* El Dorado County GOP
* Fresno County GOP
* Glenn County GOP
* Gun Owners of California
* Humboldt County GOP
* Lincoln Club of Orange County
* Los Angeles Police Protective League
* Mariposa County GOP
* National Association of Police Organizations
* NRA Political Victory Fund
* Placer County GOP
* Rocklin Police Officers' Association
* Roseville Police Officers' Association
* Sacramento County GOP
* San Benito County GOP
* San Joaquin County GOP
* San Mateo County GOP
* Solano County GOP
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* Pete Aguilar, U.S. representative (D-CA-31)
* Ami Bera, U.S. representative (D-CA-7)
* Salud Carbajal, U.S. representative (D-CA-24)
* Tony Cárdenas, U.S. representative (D-CA-29)
* Judy Chu, U.S. representative (D-CA-27)
* Lou Correa, U.S. representative (D-CA-46)
* Jim Costa, U.S. representative (D-CA-16)
* Anna Eshoo, U.S. representative (D-CA-18)
* John Garamendi, U.S. representative (D-CA-3)
* Jimmy Gomez, U.S. representative (D-CA-34)
* Jared Huffman, U.S. representative (D-CA-2)
* Barbara Lee, U.S. representative (D-CA-13)
* Zoe Lofgren, U.S. representative (D-CA-19)
* Alan Lowenthal, U.S. representative (D-CA-47)
* Grace Napolitano, U.S. representative (D-CA-32)
* Jimmy Panetta, U.S. representative (D-CA-20)
* Nancy Pelosi, U.S. representative (D-CA-12) and House Minority Leader
* Scott Peters, U.S. representative (D-CA-52)
* Lucille Roybal-Allard, U.S. representative (D-CA-40)
* Raul Ruiz, U.S. representative (D-CA-36)
* Eric Swalwell, U.S. representative (D-CA-15)
* Mark Takano, U.S. representative (D-CA-41)
* Mike Thompson, U.S. representative (D-CA-5)
* Norma Torres, U.S. representative (D-CA-35)
* Juan Vargas, U.S. representative (D-CA-51)
* Maxine Waters, U.S. representative (D-CA-43)
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* Jerry Brown, governor of California
* Alex Padilla, California secretary of state
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* Toni Atkins (D-39)
* John Burton, former state senator
* Bill Dodd (D-3)
* Steve Glazer (D-7)
* Ed Hernandez (D-22), candidate for lieutenant governor of California in 2018
* Jerry Hill (D-13)
* Ben Hueso (D-40)
* Ricardo Lara (D-33)
* Connie Leyva (D-20)
* Holly Mitchell (D-30)
* Richard Pan (D-6)
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* Joaquin Arambula (D-31)
* Rob Bonta (D-18)
* Anna Caballero (D-30)
* Ian Calderon (D-57)
* Wendy Carrillo (D-51)
* Anthony Rendon (D-63), Speaker of the Assembly
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* Eric Garcetti, mayor of Los Angeles
* Dennis Herrera, San Francisco city attorney
* Libby Schaaf, mayor of Oakland
Organizations
* California Teachers Association
Individuals
* Joel Anderson, California state senator (R-38)
* Patricia Bates, California Senate Minority Leader
* Phillip Chen, California state assemblyman (R-55)
* Steve Cooley, former Los Angeles County District Attorney
* Carl DeMaio, former member of the San Diego City Council
* David Hadley, former assemblyman
* Sandra Hutchens, Orange County sheriff
* Darrell Issa, U.S. representative (R-CA)
* John and Ken, talk radio hosts
* Don Knabe, former Los Angeles County Supervisor
* Stacey Montgomery, Lassen County District Attorney
* Robert Philibosian, former Los Angeles County District Attorney
* George P. Shultz, former U.S. Secretary of State
* Jeff Stone, California state senator (R-28)
* Scott Wilk, California state senator (R-21)
U.S. representatives
* Karen Bass, U.S. representative (D-CA-37)
* Judy Chu, U.S. representative (D-CA-27)
* Ted Lieu, U.S. representative (D-CA-33)
* Alan Lowenthal, U.S. representative (D-CA-47)
State-level officials
* Luis Alejo, former California state assemblymember
* Jim Beall, California state senator (D-15)
* Patty Berg, former California state assemblymember
* Marty Block, former California state senator
* Richard Bloom, California state assemblymember (D-50)
* Cheryl Brown, former California state assemblymember
* Nora Campos, former California state assemblymember
* Ed Chau, California state assemblymember (D-49)
* John Chiang, treasurer of the State of California
* Kansen Chu, California state assemblymember (D-25)
* Ken Cooley, California state assemblymember (D-8)
* Matt Dababneh, California state assemblymember (D-45)
* Roger Dickinson, former California state assemblymember
* Paul Fong, former California state assemblymember
* Cathleen Galgiani, California state senator (D-5)
* Mike Gatto, former California state assemblymember
* Mike Gipson, California state assemblymember (D-64)
* Richard Gordon, former California state assemblymember
* Isadore Hall, former California state senator
* Jerry Hill, California state senator (D-13)
* Chris Holden, California state assemblymember (D-41)
* Reggie Jones-Sawyer, California state assemblymember (D-59)
* Ash Kalra, California state assemblymember (D-27)
* Betty Karnette, former California state senator
* Ricardo Lara, California state senator (D-33)
* Mark Leno, former California state senator
* Connie Leyva, California state senator (D-20)
* Patty Lopez, former California state assemblymember
* Kevin McCarty, California state assemblymember (D-7)
* Mike McGuire, California state senator (D-2)
* Jose Medina, California state assemblymember (D-61)
* Tony Mendoza, former California state senator
* Holly Mitchell, California state senator (D-30)
* Adrin Nazarian, California state assemblymember (D-46)
* Fran Pavley, former California state senator
* John Pérez, former Speaker of the California State Assembly
* Richard Roth, California state senator (D-31)
* Miguel Santiago, California state assemblymember (D-53)
* Nancy Skinner, California state senator (D-9)
* Tom Torlakson, California Superintendent of Public Instruction
* Bob Wieckowski, California state senator (D-10)
* Das Williams, former California state assemblymember
* Mariko Yamada, former California state assemblymember
Local-level officials
* Jay Chen, Hacienda La Puente Unified School District Board member and candidate for U.S. House in 2018
* Paul Koretz, member of the Los Angeles City Council
* Rishi Kumar, member of the Saratoga City Council
* Otto Lee, member of the Sunnyvale City Council
* Polly Low, mayor of Rosemead
* Stephanie Nguyen, member of the Elk Grove City Council
* Jim Prola, member of the San Leandro City Council
* David Ryu, member of the Los Angeles City Council
* Don Saylor, member of the Yolo County Board of Supervisors
* Darrell Steinberg, mayor of Sacramento
* Lamar Thorpe, vice mayor of Antioch
* Gilbert Wong, member of the Cupertino City Council
* Roz Wyman, former member of the Los Angeles City Council
* Steve Young, vice mayor of Benicia
California Democratic Party leaders
* Eric Bauman, chairman of the California Democratic Party
Organizations
* Black Young Democrats of Sacramento
* Cal Berkeley Democrats
* East Bay Young Democrats
* Organize Win Legislate Sacramento
* Our Revolution San Joaquin County
* Stonewall Young Democrats
* United Teachers Los Angeles
* Cal Berkeley Democrats
* Ventura County Young Democrats
Newspapers
* East Bay Times
* San Francisco Bay Guardian
* San Jose Mercury News

### Polling

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Xavier Becerra (D) | Steven Bailey (R) | Eric Early (R) | Dave Jones (D) | Undecided |
| Gravis Marketing | May 4–5, 2018 | 525 | 28% | 21% | 10% | 10% | 31% |

### Results

Nonpartisan blanket primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Xavier Becerra (incumbent) | 3,024,611 | 45.8% |
| | Republican | Steven Bailey | 1,615,859 | 24.5% |
| | Democratic | Dave Jones | 1,017,427 | 15.4% |
| | Republican | Eric Early | 943,071 | 14.3% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 6,600,968 | 100% |

## General election
### Polling

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Xavier Becerra (D) | Steven Bailey (R) | Undecided |
| Gravis Marketing | October 25–26, 2018 | 743 | ± 3.6% | 52% | 34% | 14% |

### Results

Becerra won the election in a landslide, even outperforming Gavin Newsom during the simultaneous gubernatorial election.
California Attorney General election, 2018 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Xavier Becerra (incumbent) | 7,754,469 | 63.6% | +6.1% |
| | Republican | Steven Bailey | 4,447,143 | 36.4% | −6.1% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 12,201,612 | 100.0% | N/A |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

#### By congressional district

Becerra won 46 of 53 congressional districts.
| District | Becerra | Bailey | Representative |
| 1st | 41% | 59% | Doug LaMalfa |
| 2nd | 73% | 27% | Jared Huffman |
| 3rd | 55% | 45% | John Garamendi |
| 4th | 42% | 58% | Tom McClintock |
| 5th | 71% | 29% | Mike Thompson |
| 6th | 72% | 28% | Doris Matsui |
| 7th | 54% | 46% | Ami Bera |
| 8th | 42% | 58% | Paul Cook |
| 9th | 56% | 44% | Jerry McNerney |
| 10th | 52% | 48% | Josh Harder |
| 11th | 71% | 29% | Mark DeSaulnier |
| 12th | 87% | 13% | Nancy Pelosi |
| 13th | 91% | 9% | Barbara Lee |
| 14th | 77% | 23% | Jackie Speier |
| 15th | 70% | 30% | Eric Swalwell |
| 16th | 59% | 41% | Jim Costa |
| 17th | 72% | 28% | Ro Khanna |
| 18th | 73% | 27% | Anna Eshoo |
| 19th | 71% | 29% | Zoe Lofgren |
| 20th | 72% | 28% | Jimmy Panetta |
| 21st | 55% | 45% | TJ Cox |
| 22nd | 44% | 56% | Devin Nunes |
| 23rd | 38% | 62% | Kevin McCarthy |
| 24th | 59% | 41% | Salud Carbajal |
| 25th | 53% | 47% | Katie Hill |
| 26th | 59% | 41% | Julia Brownley |
| 27th | 67% | 33% | Judy Chu |
| 28th | 77% | 23% | Adam Schiff |
| 29th | 81% | 19% | Tony Cárdenas |
| 30th | 72% | 28% | Brad Sherman |
| 31st | 59% | 41% | Pete Aguilar |
| 32nd | 68% | 32% | Grace Napolitano |
| 33rd | 69% | 31% | Ted Lieu |
| 34th | 87% | 13% | Jimmy Gomez |
| 35th | 68% | 32% | Norma Torres |
| 36th | 54% | 46% | Raul Ruiz |
| 37th | 88% | 12% | Karen Bass |
| 38th | 68% | 32% | Linda Sánchez |
| 39th | 52% | 48% | Gil Cisneros |
| 40th | 84% | 16% | Lucille Roybal-Allard |
| 41st | 62% | 38% | Mark Takano |
| 42nd | 43% | 57% | Ken Calvert |
| 43rd | 80% | 20% | Maxine Waters |
| 44th | 84% | 16% | Nanette Barragán |
| 45th | 51% | 49% | Katie Porter |
| 46th | 66% | 34% | Lou Correa |
| 47th | 63% | 37% | Alan Lowenthal |
| 48th | 51% | 49% | Harley Rouda |
| 49th | 53% | 47% | Mike Levin |
| 50th | 43% | 57% | Duncan Hunter |
| 51st | 72% | 28% | Juan Vargas |
| 52nd | 60% | 40% | Scott Peters |
| 53rd | 67% | 33% | Susan Davis |