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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
27.8%1,387,459
Xavier Becerra Dem
25.4%1,267,375
Tom Steyer Dem
19.6%979,265
Chad Bianco Rep
11.3%567,033
Katie Porter Dem
4.6%231,549
Matt Mahan Dem
4.1%205,590
55 other candidates
7.0%359,449

Lieutenant Governor

Gloria Romero Rep
19.9%925,559
Fiona Ma Dem
19.1%888,585
Josh Fryday Dem
13.5%630,489
Michael Tubbs Dem
11.1%514,951
David Collenberg Rep
7.7%359,750
David Fennell Rep
7.1%330,850
10 other candidates
21.6%1,006,426

Secretary of State

Shirley N. Weber Dem Incumbent
54.2%2,568,097
Donald P. (Don) Wagner Rep
41.4%1,963,201
Michael Feinstein Grn
2.4%111,518
Gary N. Blenner Grn
2.0%95,083

Attorney General

Rob Bonta Dem Incumbent
52.4%2,521,234
Michael E. Gates Rep
42.7%2,053,032
Marjorie Mikels Grn
4.8%232,900

Controller

Malia M. Cohen Dem Incumbent
53.1%2,507,860
Herb W Morgan Rep
42.2%1,995,193
Meghann Adams P&F
4.7%221,490

Treasurer

Eleni Kounalakis Dem
34.3%1,617,125
Jennifer Hawks Rep
27.0%1,273,360
Anna M. Caballero Dem
15.0%708,042
David Serpa Rep
14.5%682,030
Tony Vazquez Dem
6.9%327,731
Glenn Turner Grn
2.3%107,414

Insurance Commissioner

Jane Kim Dem
23.7%1,102,073
Ben Allen Dem
19.2%894,416
Stacy A. Korsgaden Rep
17.5%816,708
Robert P Howell Rep
8.7%407,070
Merritt Farren Rep
7.3%339,511
Patrick Wolff Dem
7.0%325,495
5 other candidates
16.5%774,425

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Sonja Shaw
24.9%1,044,549
Richard Barrera
18.9%795,728
Wendy Castaneda Leal
9.7%409,505
Nichelle M. Henderson
8.2%345,230
Anthony Rendon
8.2%344,592
Al Muratsuchi
7.8%326,587
4 other candidates
22.3%935,485
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
57.9%81,231
Houston Brignano Rep
17.9%25,157
Melissa Toomim Rep
15.1%21,222
Marianne Shamma Dem
5.7%7,998
Frederick Reardon Dem
1.2%1,652
Rustin Knudtson Dem
1.1%1,546
1 other candidates
1.0%1,390

U.S. House — District 32

Larry Thompson Rep
37.2%48,317
Brad Sherman Dem
36.2%47,037
Jake Levine Dem
13.2%17,158
Marena Lin Dem
5.3%6,920
Chris Ahuja Dem
3.1%4,085
Anna Wilding Dem
2.2%2,816
3 other candidates
2.9%3,685

State Senate — District 24

G. Rick Marshall Rep
20.5%37,902
Brian Goldsmith Dem
18.5%34,242
John M. Erickson Dem
16.4%30,340
Kristina Irwin Rep
16.2%29,918
Sion Roy Dem
12.9%23,901
Mike Newhouse Dem
4.6%8,525
4 other candidates
11.0%20,419

State Assembly — District 51

Rick Chavez Zbur Dem Incumbent
53.1%40,426
Colin D. Hernandez Dem
18.2%13,855
Jake Head Rep
14.5%11,020
Michael Geraghty Rep
11.2%8,556
Dick Lucas No Party Pref
2.9%2,219
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
34.8%172,720
Spencer Pratt
30.4%151,149
Nithya Raman
22.3%110,848
Adam Miller
3.9%19,556
Rae Chen Huang
2.8%13,816
Juanita Lopez
1.8%9,102
8 other candidates
3.9%19,417

City Council — 11th District

Traci Irene Park
65.3%33,205
Faizah Malik
34.7%17,619

County Measure ER

No
53.1%634,410
Yes
46.9%560,180

Supervisor 1st District

Maria Elena Durazo
56.1%100,599
Elaine Alaniz
15.6%27,925
David E. Argudo
11.2%20,041
Noel Almario
9.6%17,238
Annabella Figueroa Mazariegos
7.5%13,537

Supervisor 3rd District

Lindsey P. Horvath
62.5%159,450
Tonia Arey
18.9%48,223
Carmenlina Minasyan
9.7%24,807
Tomás Sidenfaden
8.9%22,727

Sheriff

Robert G. Luna
44.0%512,114
Alex Villanueva
24.4%284,028
Eric Strong
11.3%130,879
Karla Carranza
5.9%68,640
Oscar Antonio Martinez
4.6%53,920
Mike Bornman
4.5%51,819
2 other candidates
5.3%61,324

Assessor

Jeffrey Prang
56.8%603,887
Sandy Sun
15.7%166,843
Rob Newland
12.5%133,252
Stephen A. Adamus
8.3%88,067
Steven B. Palty
6.7%71,751
Superior Court Judges — 15 contested seats

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 2

Tal K. Valbuena
50.9%524,524
Robert S. Draper
49.1%505,736

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 14

Irene Lee
59.0%595,603
Angie Christides
41.0%413,809

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 39

Binh Q. Dang
100.0%830,518

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 60

Ann M. Maurer
100.0%815,929

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 64

Maria Ghobadi
45.4%459,933
Rhonda A. Haymon
39.1%396,083
Francisco Amador
15.6%157,962

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 65

Justin Allen Clayton
35.5%353,154
Anna Slotky Reitano
28.0%278,249
Samuel Wolloch Krause
23.4%232,424
Chellei G. Jimenez
13.2%131,476

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 66

Ben Forer
69.3%684,522
Cheryl C. Turner
30.7%303,392

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 81

David Walgren
79.9%785,245
Dan Kapelovitz
20.1%198,032

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 87

Anthony (A.J.) Bayne
38.9%383,565
David Dejute
33.5%329,904
Sharee Sanders Gordon
27.6%272,599

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 116

Pat Connolly
54.8%541,993
Paul A. Thompson
45.2%447,361

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 131

Donna Tryfman
38.6%376,823
David Ross
29.3%286,693
Carlos Dammeier
16.3%159,391
Troy W. Slaten
15.8%154,148

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 141

Mariela Torres
100.0%849,150

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 176

Gloria Marin
60.8%598,008
Zachary Smith
39.2%386,272

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 181

Ryan Dibble
60.3%570,234
Thanayi Lindsey
39.7%375,783

Judge Of The Superior Court Office No. 196

Candice J. Henry
100.0%840,170

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