2016 California State Senate election

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2016 California State Senate election
20 seats from odd-numbered districts in the California State Senate; 21 seats needed for a majority
	Results:; Democratic gain ; Democratic hold Republican hold; No election held
President pro tempore before election; Kevin de León; Democratic	President pro tempore-designate ; Kevin de León; Democratic

The 2016 California State Senate election were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, with the primary election on June 7, 2016. Voters in the 20 odd-numbered districts of the California State Senate elected their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices, including for U.S. President and the state assembly.

Only one seat changed hands: the 29th district, which belonged to outgoing former Republican Minority Leader Bob Huff. As a result of the pickup by Democrat Josh Newman, the California Democratic Party regained a two-thirds supermajority in the chamber that it had previously lost in 2014.

Overview

California State Senate elections, 2016 Primary election — June 7, 2016
Party		Votes	Percentage	Candidates	Advancing to general	Seats contesting
	Democratic	2,724,063	66.59%	42	25	20
	Republican	1,353,572	33.09%	25	14	14
	Libertarian	13,065	0.32%	2	1	1
Totals		4,090,700	100.00%	69	40	—

California State Senate elections, 2016 General election — November 8, 2016
Party		Votes	Percentage	Not up	Contested	Before	After	+/–
	Democratic	4,769,557	67.48%	11	15	26	27	1
	Republican	2,250,103	31.84%	9	5	14	13	1
	Libertarian	48,316	0.68%	0	0	0	0
Totals		7,067,976	100.00%	20	20	40	40	—

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27	13
Democratic	Republican

Results

District 1 • District 3 • District 5 • District 7 • District 9 • District 11 • District 13 • District 15 • District 17 • District 19 • District 21 • District 23 • District 25 • District 27 • District 29 • District 31 • District 33 • District 35 • District 37 • District 39

District 1

California's 1st State Senate district election, 2016
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ted Gaines (incumbent)	140,739	49.4
	Democratic	Rob Rowen	104,262	36.6
	Republican	Steven Baird	39,958	14.1
Total votes			284,959	100.0
General election
	Republican	Ted Gaines (incumbent)	287,314	64.0
	Democratic	Rob Rowen	161,502	36.0
Total votes			448,816	100.0
	Republican hold

District 3

California's 3rd State Senate district election, 2016
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Dodd	90,396	37.4
	Democratic	Mariko Yamada	72,243	29.9
	Republican	Greg "Coach" Coppes	54,525	22.6
	Democratic	Gabe Griess	24,540	10.2
Total votes			241,704	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Bill Dodd	207,927	58.1
	Democratic	Mariko Yamada	149,701	41.9
Total votes			357,628	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 5

California's 5th State Senate district election, 2016
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cathleen Galgiani (incumbent)	96,710	56.8
	Republican	Alan Nakanishi	47,355	27.8
	Republican	Samuel Anderson	26,343	15.5
Total votes			170,408	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Cathleen Galgiani (incumbent)	174,847	56.7
	Republican	Alan Nakanishi	133,604	43.3
Total votes			308,451	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 7

California's 7th State Senate district election, 2016
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steve Glazer (incumbent)	122,186	54.3
	Republican	Joseph Alexander Rubay	61,169	27.2
	Democratic	Guy Moore	41,497	18.5
Total votes			224,852	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Steve Glazer (incumbent)	270,485	66.7
	Republican	Joseph Rubay	135,122	33.3
Total votes			405,607	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 9

California's 9th State Senate district election, 2016
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nancy Skinner	116,710	47.8
	Democratic	Sandré Swanson	74,365	30.5
	Democratic	Katherine Grace Welch	32,698	13.4
	Republican	Rich Kinney	20,287	8.3
Total votes			244,060	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Nancy Skinner	236,133	62.2
	Democratic	Sandré Swanson	143,573	37.8
Total votes			379,706	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 11

California's 11th State Senate district election, 2016
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jane Kim	118,582	45.3
	Democratic	Scott Wiener	117,913	45.1
	Republican	Ken Loo	25,189	9.6
	Democratic	Michael A. Petrelis (write-in)	4	0.0
Total votes			261,688	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Scott Wiener	209,462	51.0
	Democratic	Jane Kim	201,316	49.0
Total votes			410,778	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 13

California's 13th State Senate district election, 2016
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerry Hill (incumbent)	171,411	75.6
	Republican	Rick Ciardella	42,185	18.6
	Libertarian	John H. Webster	13,018	5.7
Total votes			226,614	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Jerry Hill (incumbent)	296,400	75.9
	Republican	Rick Ciardella	94,269	24.1
Total votes			390,669	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 15

California's 15th State Senate district election, 2016
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Beall (incumbent)	97,948	49.4
	Democratic	Nora Campos	53,250	26.9
	Republican	Chuck Page	40,783	20.6
	Republican	Anthony Macias	6,147	3.1
Total votes			198,128	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Jim Beall (incumbent)	196,089	62.5
	Democratic	Nora Campos	117,442	37.5
Total votes			313,531	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 17

California's 17th State Senate district election, 2016
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Monning (incumbent)	185,586	68.8
	Republican	Palmer Kain	84,142	31.2
Total votes			269,728	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Bill Monning (incumbent)	268,806	65.5
	Republican	Palmer Kain	141,339	34.5
Total votes			410,145	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 19

California's 19th State Senate district election, 2016
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hannah-Beth Jackson (incumbent)	144,422	64.1
	Republican	Colin Patrick Walch	80,765	35.9
Total votes			225,187	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Hannah-Beth Jackson (incumbent)	224,834	63.1
	Republican	Colin Patrick Walch	131,598	37.3
Total votes			356,432	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 21

California's 21st State Senate district election, 2016
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Wilk	69,403	46.7
	Democratic	Johnathon Levar Ervin	50,078	33.7
	Democratic	Steve Hill	17,735	11.9
	Republican	Star Moffatt	11,439	7.7
Total votes			148,655	100.0
General election
	Republican	Scott Wilk	160,043	52.8
	Democratic	Johnathon Levar Ervin	142,886	47.2
Total votes			302,929	100.0
	Republican hold

District 23

California's 23rd State Senate district election, 2016
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Morrell (incumbent)	93,484	54.8
	Democratic	Ronald J. O'Donnell	50,850	29.8
	Democratic	Mark Westwood	26,300	15.4
Total votes			170,634	100.0
General election
	Republican	Mike Morrell (incumbent)	184,470	56.6
	Democratic	Ronald J. O'Donnell	141,533	43.4
Total votes			326,003	100.0
	Republican hold

District 25

California's 25th State Senate district election, 2016
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael D. Antonovich	85,663	39.5
	Democratic	Anthony Portantino	58,154	26.8
	Democratic	Katherine Perez-Estolano	31,166	14.4
	Democratic	Chris Chahinian	14,849	6.8
	Democratic	Phlunte' Riddle	14,563	6.7
	Democratic	Teddy Choi	12,430	5.7
Total votes			216,825	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Anthony Portantino	218,655	57.8
	Republican	Michael D. Antonovich	159,014	42.2
Total votes			377,256	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 27

California's 27th State Senate district election, 2016
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Fazio	77,770	37.1
	Democratic	Henry Stern	57,189	27.3
	Democratic	Janice Kamenir-Reznik	40,250	19.2
	Democratic	David Pollock	15,359	7.3
	Democratic	Shawn Bayliss	12,757	6.1
	Democratic	George Christopher Thomas	6,143	2.9
Total votes			209,468	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Henry Stern	218,655	55.9
	Republican	Steve Fazio	172,827	44.1
Total votes			377,256	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 29

California's 29th State Senate district election, 2016
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ling Ling Chang	73,514	44.0
	Democratic	Josh Newman	48,754	29.2
	Democratic	Sukhee Kang	44,766	26.8
Total votes			167,034	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Josh Newman	160,230	50.4
	Republican	Ling Ling Chang	157,732	49.6
Total votes			317,962	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 31

California's 31st State Senate district election, 2016
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Roth (incumbent)	81,504	61.2
	Republican	Richard Reed	51,755	38.8
Total votes			133,259	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Richard Roth (incumbent)	167,574	60.5
	Republican	Richard Reed	109,238	39.5
Total votes			276,812	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 33

California's 33rd State Senate district election, 2016
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ricardo Lara (incumbent)	104,027	99.95
	Libertarian	Honor Mimi Robson (write-in)	47	0.05
Total votes			104,074	100.00
General election
	Democratic	Ricardo Lara (incumbent)	177,971	78.6
	Libertarian	Honor Mimi Robson	48,316	21.4
Total votes			226,287	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 35

California's 35th State Senate district election, 2016
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steven Bradford	50,998	35.6
	Democratic	Warren Furutani	35,024	24.4
	Democratic	Isaac Galvan	32,105	22.4
	Republican	Charlotte Ann Svolos	25,197	17.6
Total votes			143,324	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Steven Bradford	135,353	53.5
	Democratic	Warren Furutani	117,455	46.5
Total votes			252,808	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 37

California's 37th State Senate district election, 2016
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Moorlach (incumbent)	114,540	54.8
	Democratic	Ari Grayson	94,369	45.2
Total votes			208,909	100.0
General election
	Republican	John Moorlach (incumbent)	228,480	57.0
	Democratic	Ari Grayson	172,455	43.0
Total votes			400,935	100.0
	Republican hold

District 39

California's 39th State Senate district election, 2016
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Toni Atkins	159,970	66.3
	Republican	John Renison	43,760	18.1
	Republican	J. Bribiesca	26,565	11.0
	Republican	Richard M. Fago	10,895	4.5
Total votes			241,190	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Toni Atkins	258,686	62.5
	Republican	John Renison	155,053	37.5
Total votes			413,739	100.0
	Democratic hold