2018 California gubernatorial election
The 2018 California gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the governor of California, concurrently with elections for the rest of California's executive branch, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic governor Jerry Brown was ineligible to run for re-election for a third consecutive (and fifth non-consecutive) term due to term limits from the Constitution of California . The race was between the incumbent Democratic lieutenant governor Gavin Newsom and businessman John H. Cox , a Republican , who qualified for the general election after placing first and second in the June 5, 2018, primary election.
Newsom won in a landslide , with 62% of the vote, the biggest victory in a gubernatorial race in California since Earl Warren won re-election in 1950 , and the biggest victory for a non-incumbent since 1930 ; Newsom received almost eight million votes.[ 1] The election also marked the first time in 40 years since Orange County had voted for the Democratic candidate since Jerry Brown won it in 1978 , and the first time Democrats won three consecutive gubernatorial elections in the state's history. Newsom was sworn in on January 7, 2019.
Candidates
A primary election was held on June 5, 2018. Under California's non-partisan blanket primary law, all candidates appeared on the same ballot, regardless of party. Voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation. The top two finishers – regardless of party – advance to the general election in November, regardless of whether a candidate manages to receive a majority of the votes cast in the primary election.
Democratic Party
Declared
Akinyemi Agbede, mathematician[ 2]
Juan M. Bribiesca, retired physician[ 3]
Thomas Jefferson Cares, blockchain start-up CEO[ 4]
John Chiang , California State Treasurer [ 5]
Delaine Eastin , former California State Superintendent of Public Instruction [ 6]
Robert Davidson Griffis, 2016 Libertarian candidate for president[ 4]
Albert Caesar Mezzetti, former Manteca City Councilman[ 4]
Gavin Newsom , Lieutenant Governor of California [ 7]
Amanda Renteria , national political director for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign and candidate for CA-21 in 2014 [ 8]
Michael Shellenberger , founder of the Breakthrough Institute [ 9] [ 10] [ 4]
Klement Tinaj, actor, martial artist, stuntman, and producer[ 11]
Antonio Villaraigosa , former mayor of Los Angeles [ 12] [ 13] [ 14]
Declined
Xavier Becerra , Attorney General of California (ran for re-election )[ 15] [ 16]
Scooter Braun , music manager[ 17] [ 18]
George Clooney , actor and activist[ 19] [ 20]
Kevin de León , President pro tempore of the California State Senate (ran for the U.S. Senate )[ 21] [ 22] [ 23]
Eric Garcetti , Mayor of Los Angeles [ 24]
Bob Iger , CEO of The Walt Disney Company [ 25] [ 26]
Sheryl Sandberg , Facebook COO[ 27]
Libby Schaaf , Mayor of Oakland (ran for re-election)[ 21] [ 28]
Jackie Speier , U.S. representative (ran for re-election)[ 29]
Tom Steyer , hedge fund manager, philanthropist, and environmentalist[ 30] [ 31] [ 32]
Republican Party
Declared
Withdrawn
Declined
Libertarian Party
Declared
Green Party
Declared
Christopher Carlson, puppeteer[ 4]
Veronika Fimbres (write-in)[ 36]
Josh Jones, author, geologist, solar electric designer[ 4]
Peace and Freedom Party
Declared
Independent (No Party)
Declared
Notes
^ American Solidarity Party does not have ballot access. Desmond Silveira (ASP) appears on ballot as "No party preference".[ 60]
Primary election
From the later half of 2017, Lieutenant governor Gavin Newsom was widely seen as the favored front runner for the top two primary. Businessman John Cox and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa had both been running closely behind Newsom to obtain the second place spot. However soon in late 2017, as more prominent Democrats entered the race, Villaraigosa saw his polling numbers slip out of competition with Cox by the start of 2018. This had mainly left the race between Newsom and Cox, with a third place free for all between Allen and Villaraigosa.
Endorsements
Travis Allen (R)
U.S. representatives
State-level officials
Patricia Bates , California Senate minority leader (R-36)[ 64]
Bill Brough , California state assemblyman (R-73)[ 62]
Phillip Chen , California state assemblyman (R-55)[ 62]
Steven Choi , California state assemblyman (R-68)[ 62]
James Gallagher , California state assemblyman (R-3)[ 62]
Diane Harkey , Member of the California State Board of Equalization [ 65]
Matthew Harper , California state assemblyman (R-74)[ 62]
Tom Lackey , California state assemblyman (R-36)[ 62]
Melissa Melendez , California state assemblywoman (R-67)[ 62]
Mike Morrell , California state senator (R-23)[ 62]
Jay Obernolte , California state assemblyman (R-33)[ 62]
Jim Patterson , California state assemblyman (R-23)[ 62]
Jeff Stone , California state senator (R-28)[ 62]
Randy Voepel , California state assemblyman (R-71)[ 62]
Notable individuals
Newspapers and other media
Organizations
California Republican Assembly[ 68]
John Chiang (D)
Federal elected officials
State-level officials
Local-level officials
Bob Blumenfield , member of the Los Angeles City Council , District 3
Rick Bonilla, San Mateo Mayor[ 79]
Ron Galperin , City Controller of Los Angeles [ 80]
Georgette Gomez , member of San Diego City Council [ 81]
José Huizar , member of the Los Angeles City Council , District 14 [ 82]
Paul Koretz , member of the Los Angeles City Council , District 5 [ 83]
Das Williams , member of Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors[ 84]
Norman Yee , member of San Francisco Board of Supervisors [ 85]
Organizations
Individuals
Delaine Eastin (D)
State-level officials
Cecilia Aguiar-Curry , California state assemblywoman (D-04)[ 92]
Dede Alpert , former California state senator (D-39)[ 92]
Tom Ammiano , former California state assemblymember (D-17)[ 92]
Joan Buchanan , former California state assemblywoman (D-16)[ 92]
Laura Chick , former California inspector general, Los Angeles controller, Los Angeles city councilmember[ 92]
Loni Hancock , former California state senator (D-09)[ 92]
Leona Egeland Rice , former California state assemblywoman (Santa Clara)[ 92]
Lori Saldana , former California state assemblywoman (D-76)[ 92]
Virginia Strom-Martin , former California state assemblywoman (D-01)[ 92]
Sally Tanner , former California state assemblywoman (D-60)[ 92]
Tom Torlakson , State Superintendent of Public Instruction[ 92]
Local-level officials
Organizations
Desmond Silveira (ASP)
Notable individuals
Organizations
Antonio Villaraigosa (D)
U.S. representatives
State-level officials
Steven Bradford , California state senator (D-35)[ 107]
Ian Calderon , California state assemblymember (D-57), majority leader of the California Assembly[ 108]
Eduardo Garcia , California state assemblymember (D-56)[ 109]
Ben Hueso , California state senator (D-40)[ 110]
Kevin Murray , former California state senator[ 111]
Fabian Núñez , former speaker of the California State Assembly[ 112]
John Pérez , former speaker of the California State Assembly [ 113]
Cruz Reynoso , former California Supreme Court Justice[ 114]
Freddie Rodriguez , California state assemblymember (D-52)[ 105]
Blanca Rubio , California state assemblymember (D-48)[ 115]
Shirley Weber , California state assemblymember (D-79)[ 116]
Local-level officials
Art Agnos , former mayor of San Francisco[ 117]
Luis Alejo , member of the Monterey County Board of Supervisors[ 118]
Aja Brown , Mayor of Compton [ 119]
David Campos , former Supervisor, City of San Francisco[ 117]
Marqueece Harris-Dawson , member of the Los Angeles City Council[ 120]
Sheila Kuehl , member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors[ 105]
Sam Liccardo , Mayor of San Jose [ 121]
Manuel Lozano, Mayor of Baldwin Park [ 115]
Gloria Molina , former member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors[ 105]
V. Manuel Perez , member of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors[ 109]
Aaron Peskin , Supervisor, City of San Francisco[ 117]
Curren Price , member of the Los Angeles City Council[ 120]
Simon Salinas , member of the Monterey County Board of Supervisors[ 122]
Herb Wesson , President of the Los Angeles City Council [ 123]
Organizations
Individuals
Nickolas Wildstar (L)
Individuals
Organizations
Zoltan Istvan (L)
Notable individuals and organizations
Polling
Graphical summary
Poll source
Date(s) administered
Sample size
Margin of error
Travis Allen (R)
John Chiang (D)
John Cox (R)
Delaine Eastin (D)
Gavin Newsom (D)
Antonio Villaraigosa (D)
Other / Undecided
Competitive Edge Research & Communication [ 130]
May 29–30, 2018
504
± 4.4%
10%
4%
23%
5%
31%
13%
15%[ a]
UC Berkeley [ 131]
May 22−28, 2018
2,106
± 3.5%
12%
7%
20%
4%
33%
13%
11%[ b]
Emerson College [ 132]
May 21–24, 2018
600
± 4.2%
11%
10%
16%
4%
24%
12%
23% [ c]
YouGov [ 133]
May 12–24, 2018
1,113
± 4.0%
10%
8%
17%
4%
33%
9%
16%[ d]
Competitive Edge Research & Communication [ 134]
May 20–22, 2018
501
± 4.4%
9%
7%
22%
8%
26%
12%
17%[ e]
SurveyUSA [ 135]
May 21, 2018
678
± 6.1%
12%
10%
17%
2%
33%
8%
16%[ f]
Public Policy Institute of California [ 136]
May 11–20, 2018
901
± 4.1%
11%
9%
19%
6%
25%
15%
16%[ g]
USC Dornsife /Los Angeles Times [ 137]
April 18 – May 18, 2018
517
± 4.0%
5%
6%
10%
3%
21%
11%
43% [ h]
Gravis Marketing [ 138]
May 4–5, 2018
525
± 4.3%
8%
9%
23%
4%
22%
19%
15%[ i]
SmithJohnson Research (R-Cox)[ 139]
April 26–27, 2018
533
± 4.2%
13%
4%
20%
4%
36%
8%
16%[ j]
SurveyUSA [ 140]
April 19–23, 2018
520
± 5.5%
10%
9%
15%
1%
21%
18%
25%[ k]
UC Berkeley [ 141]
April 16−22, 2018
1,738
± 3.5%
16%
7%
18%
4%
30%
9%
16%[ l]
J. Wallin Opinion Research /Tulchin Research [ 142]
March 30 – April 4, 2018
800
± 3.7%
9%
9%
16%
5%
26%
7%
28% [ m]
Public Policy Institute of California [ 143]
March 25 – April 3, 2018
867
± 4.4%
10%
7%
15%
6%
26%
13%
23% [ n]
SurveyUSA [ 144]
March 22–25, 2018
517
± 5.0%
7%
9%
11%
3%
22%
14%
34% [ o]
David Binder Research (D-Newsom)[ 145]
March 16–21, 2018
1,750
–
13%
9%
16%
2%
29%
7%
24% [ p]
Public Policy Institute of California [ 146]
March 7–13, 2018
1,706
± 3.4%
10%
6%
14%
5%
28%
12%
25% [ q]
David Binder Research (D-Newsom)[ 147]
March 1–5, 2018
1,000
–
10%
13%
16%
7%
26%
12%
16%[ r]
David Binder Research (D-Newsom)[ 148]
January 31 – February 4, 2018
800
± 3.5%
4%
11%
7%
4%
30%
11%
33% [ s]
Global Strategy Group (D-Chiang)[ 149]
January 27 – February 1, 2018
500
–
7%
10%
10%
5%
28%
14%
3%[ t]
Public Policy Institute of California [ 150]
January 21–30, 2018
1,705
± 3.2%
8%
9%
7%
4%
23%
21%
28% [ u]
Tulchin Research /Moore Information [ 151]
January 21–28, 2018
2,500
± 2.0%
8%
9%
10%
6%
29%
11%
26% [ v]
SurveyUSA [ 152]
January 7–9, 2018
506
± 4.4%
9%
5%
4%
1%
19%
10%
53% [ w]
UC Berkeley [ 153]
December 7–16, 2017
672
± 3.8%
9%
5%
9%
5%
26%
17%
29% [ x]
Public Policy Institute of California [ 154]
November 10–19, 2017
1,070
± 4.3%
6%
9%
9%
3%
23%
18%
31% [ y]
USC Dornsife /Los Angeles Times [ 155]
October 27 – November 6, 2017
1,070[ z]
± 4.0%
15%
12%
11%
4%
31%
21%
6%[ aa]
UC Berkeley [ 156]
August 27 – September 5, 2017
1,000
± 4.0%
9%
7%
11%
4%
26%
10%
33% [ ab]
SmithJohnson Research (R-Cox)[ 157]
July 27–30, 2017
500
± 4.4%
10%
7%
14%
3%
25%
12%
28% [ m]
GSSR (D-Chiang)[ 158]
May 30 – June 5, 2017
602
–
–
10%
11%
–
26%
12%
–
UC Berkeley [ 159]
May 4–29, 2017
1,628
± 3.3%
–
5%
9%
3%
22%
17%
44% [ ac]
The Feldman Group (D-Villaraigosa)[ 160]
March 2017
–
–
–
–
22%
–
26%
20%
–
Notes
^ Other 5%, Undecided 10%
^ Other 4%, Undecided 7%
^ Other 4%, Undecided 19%
^ Amanda Renteria (D), Robert C. Newman (R), Shubham Goel (NPP) with 1%, all other candidates 0%, Undecided 13%
^ Other 4%, Undecided 13%
^ Thomas Jefferson Cares (D), Robert C. Newman (R), Klement Tinaj (D) with 1%; Akinyemi Agbede (D), Juan Bribiesca (D), Christopher Carlson (G), Yvonne Girard (R), Shubham Goel (NPP), Robert Davidson Griffis (D), Zoltan Istvan (L), Josh Jones (G), Gloria La Riva (PFP), Peter Yuan Liu (R), Albert Caesar Mezzetti (D), Hakan "Hawk" Mikado (NPP), Amanda Renteria (D), Michael Shellenberger (D), Desmond Silveira (ASP), Jeffrey Edward Taylor (NPP), Johnny Wattenburg (NPP), and Nickolas Wildstar (L) with 0%; Undecided with 13%
^ Other 1%, Undecided 16%
^ Akinyemi Agbede (D), Robert Davidson Griffis (D), Amanda Renteria (D), and Gloria La Riva (PFP) with 1%; Juan Bribiesca (D), Thomas Jefferson Cares (D), Albert Caesar Mezzetti (D), Michael Shellenberger (D), Klement Tinaj (D), Christopher Carlson (G), Josh Jones (G), Zoltan Istvan (L), Nickolas Wildstar (L), Yvonne Girard (R), Robert C. Newman (R), Shubham Goel (NPP), Hakan "Hawk" Mikado (NPP), Desmond Silveira (ASP), Jeffrey Edward Taylor (NPP), Johnny Wattenburg (NPP) with 0%; Other 0%; Not voting 0%; Undecided 39%
^ Albert Mezzetti (D) 2%, Undecided 13%
^ Amanda Renteria (D) 0%, Undecided 16%
^ Robert Newman (R) 4%, Amanda Renteria (D) 3%, Other 1%, Undecided 17%
^ Other 3%, Undecided 13%
^ a b Undecided 28%
^ Other 1%, Undecided 22%
^ Robert Newman (R) 3%; Yvonne Girard (R) and Robert Kleinberger* (NPP) with 2%; Daniel Amare* (R), Brian Domingo* (R), Peter Yuan Liu (R), Michael Bracamontes* (D), Juan Bribiesca (D), and Nickolas Wildstar (L) with 1%; Akinyemi Agbede (D), Zoltan Istvan (L), Josh Jones (G), Harmesh Kumar* (D), and James Tran* (NPP) with 0%; Other 0%l; Undecided 21%. *Withdrawn.
^ Amanda Renteria (D) 2%, Other 6%, Undecided 16%
^ Other 1%, Undecided 24%
^ Amanda Renteria (D) 4%, Undecided 12%
^ Doug Ose* (R) 4%, Other 29%. *Withdrawn.
^ Doug Ose* (R) 3%. *Withdrawn.
^ Doug Ose* (R) 3%, Someone else 1%, Undecided 24%. *Withdrawn.
^ Doug Ose* (R) 4%, Someone else 4%, Undecided 18%. *Withdrawn.
^ Robert Newman (R), Doug Ose* (R), Tom Steyer† (D), Peter Thiel† (R), and Steve Westly† (D) with 2%; Akinyemi Agbede (D), Daniel Amare* (R), Stasyi Barth* (R), Michael Bracamontes* (D), Juan Bribiesca (D), Brian Domingo* (R), Yvonne Girard (R), Zoltan Istvan (L), Josh Jones (G), Robert Kleinberger* (NPP), Harmesh Kumar* (D), Peter Yuan Liu (R), James Tran* (NPP), and Nickolas Wildstar (L) with 1%; Michael Bilger* (NPP), Andy Blanch* (NPP), Scooter Braun† (D), John-Leslie Brown* (R), David Bush* (NPP), Christopher Carlson (G), Peter Crawford-Valentino* (NPP), Ted Crisell* (D), Grant Handzlik* (NPP), Analila Joya* (NPP), Joshua Laine* (AIP), Chad Mayes† (R), Jacob Morris* (R), Timothy Richardson* (NPP), Boris Romanowsky* (NPP), Michael Shellenberger (D), H. Fuji Shioura* (NPP), Laura Smith* (R), Scot Sturtevant* (NPP), Ashley Swearengin† (R), Klement Tinaj (D), and Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt* (NPP) with 0%; Other with 29%. *Withdrawn. †Hypothetical candidate.
^ Other 1%, Undecided 28%
^ Other 1%, Undecided 30%
^ 1,070 likely primary voters out of 1,504. MoE out of 1,504: ± 3.0. 22% out of 1,504 not voting.
^ Other 6%
^ Undecided 33%
^ David Hadley* (R) 7%, Undecided 37%. *Withdrawn.
Hypothetical polling
with Kevin Faulconer and Eric Garcetti
Results
Results by county:
Newsom—60–70%
Newsom—50–60%
Newsom—40–50%
Newsom—30–40%
Newsom—20–30%
Cox—20–30%
Cox—30–40%
Cox—40–50%
Villaraigosa—30–40%
Results by congressional district:
Newsom—50–60%
Newsom—40–50%
Newsom—30–40%
Newsom—20–30%
Cox—20–30%
Cox—30–40%
Cox—40–50%
Villaraigosa—20–30%
Villaraigosa—30–40%
Villaraigosa—40–50%
Results by county
Red represents counties won by Cox. Blue represents counties won by Newsom. Green represents counties won by Villaraigosa.[ 166]
County
Newsom %
Cox %
Villaraigosa %
Allen %
Chiang %
Others %
Alameda
53.5%
10.6%
10.0%
4.4%
9.6%
11.9%
Alpine
38.5%
24.1%
6.7%
8.7%
10.4%
11.6%
Amador
21.5%
41.8%
5.8%
15.1%
8.0%
7.8%
Butte
25.6%
34.4%
5.5%
14.5%
6.1%
13.9%
Calaveras
23.3%
38.2%
5.3%
18.1%
6.6%
8.5%
Colusa
13.0%
43.3%
16.0%
16.3%
3.6%
7.8%
Contra Costa
49.9%
19.7%
8.7%
7.4%
6.9%
7.4%
Del Norte
23.4%
27.0%
3.5%
24.8%
7.7%
13.6%
El Dorado
24.5%
40.7%
5.8%
13.9%
8.1%
7.0%
Fresno
16.8%
33.7%
20.2%
14.3%
7.6%
7.4%
Glenn
12.4%
48.1%
7.9%
18.2%
3.3%
10.1%
Humboldt
37.9%
22.3%
5.0%
9.6%
6.4%
18.8%
Imperial
11.8%
22.7%
31.2%
9.8%
7.9%
16.6%
Inyo
22.6%
30.7%
8.6%
15.9%
8.7%
13.5%
Kern
12.1%
40.6%
13.9%
19.9%
5.4%
8.1%
Kings
9.4%
36.7%
17.0%
23.8%
6.7%
6.4%
Lake
37.5%
28.4%
6.6%
12.0%
5.0%
10.5%
Lassen
13.1%
41.7%
2.1%
26.8%
6.6%
9.7%
Los Angeles
32.7%
19.6%
21.7%
5.8%
13.2%
7.0%
Madera
12.8%
40.2%
15.7%
18.9%
5.2%
7.2%
Marin
64.1%
12.5%
8.2%
3.8%
5.3%
6.1%
Mariposa
19.1%
34.9%
8.2%
23.4%
6.3%
8.1%
Mendocino
45.2%
17.9%
7.8%
9.1%
5.1%
14.9%
Merced
18.2%
29.7%
17.9%
16.0%
7.3%
10.8%
Modoc
11.4%
49.9%
3.0%
18.0%
3.1%
14.6%
Mono
31.6%
26.1%
12.2%
12.0%
5.0%
13.1%
Monterey
37.8%
19.8%
16.8%
9.4%
6.6%
9.6%
Napa
46.1%
19.4%
10.0%
9.7%
5.5%
9.3%
Nevada
34.1%
25.7%
5.9%
17.4%
7.0%
9.9%
Orange
24.3%
36.3%
11.4%
11.5%
9.0%
7.5%
Placer
25.7%
40.2%
5.8%
13.1%
9.0%
6.2%
Plumas
26.9%
38.5%
3.8%
15.5%
5.7%
9.6%
Riverside
22.3%
34.4%
13.7%
15.3%
7.5%
6.8%
Sacramento
29.7%
26.2%
10.7%
10.2%
14.5%
8.7%
San Benito
33.6%
23.4%
13.3%
16.0%
4.8%
8.9%
San Bernardino
19.7%
33.9%
15.2%
14.7%
9.2%
7.3%
San Diego
30.5%
32.6%
10.4%
7.5%
9.8%
9.2%
San Francisco
57.5%
6.6%
9.1%
2.2%
8.9%
15.7%
San Joaquin
26.3%
31.4%
11.1%
13.6%
9.3%
8.3%
San Luis Obispo
33.2%
29.4%
6.8%
14.6%
7.3%
8.7%
San Mateo
55.0%
13.9%
10.4%
5.1%
7.1%
8.5%
Santa Barbara
33.8%
26.2%
12.3%
11.5%
6.8%
9.4%
Santa Clara
48.5%
13.9%
10.9%
8.3%
7.7%
10.7%
Santa Cruz
52.4%
11.8%
11.5%
7.0%
4.5%
12.8%
Shasta
16.9%
44.3%
3.9%
19.9%
4.5%
10.5%
Sierra
22.9%
35.1%
3.7%
17.6%
7.1%
13.6%
Siskiyou
23.3%
34.5%
3.4%
18.5%
5.0%
15.3%
Solano
41.6%
23.3%
8.9%
11.3%
6.9%
8.0%
Sonoma
54.6%
16.4%
8.9%
5.5%
4.9%
9.7%
Stanislaus
23.2%
31.6%
12.3%
16.3%
7.3%
9.3%
Sutter
16.4%
40.0%
8.3%
17.4%
8.2%
9.7%
Tehama
13.2%
45.4%
4.5%
21.6%
4.7%
10.6%
Trinity
23.6%
31.4%
4.7%
17.9%
5.4%
17.0%
Tulare
13.9%
36.5%
16.4%
20.4%
5.2%
7.6%
Tuolumne
26.8%
37.6%
5.7%
15.8%
5.6%
8.5%
Ventura
26.7%
32.6%
13.4%
9.1%
11.0%
7.2%
Yolo
31.6%
19.9%
13.7%
7.0%
14.6%
13.2%
Yuba
16.3%
39.6%
7.6%
21.1%
6.6%
8.8%
Totals
33.6%
25.5%
13.3%
9.5%
9.5%
8.6%
General election
Predictions
Source
Ranking
As of
The Cook Political Report [ 167]
Safe D
October 26, 2018
The Washington Post [ 168]
Likely D
November 5, 2018
FiveThirtyEight [ 169]
Safe D
November 5, 2018
Rothenberg Political Report [ 170]
Safe D
November 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball [ 171]
Safe D
November 5, 2018
RealClearPolitics [ 172]
Likely D
November 4, 2018
Daily Kos [ 173]
Safe D
November 5, 2018
Fox News [ 174] [ e]
Likely D
November 5, 2018
Politico [ 175]
Safe D
November 5, 2018
Governing [ 176]
Safe D
November 5, 2018
Notes
^ Delaine Eastin (D) and Steve Westly with 2%, Undecided with 21%
^ Alex Padilla (D) 3%, Undecided 13%
^ Alex Padilla (D) 4%, Steve Westly (D) 1%, Undecided 25%
^ Alex Padilla (D) 4%, Undecided 22%
^ The Fox News Midterm Power Rankings uniquely does not contain a category for Safe/Solid races
Endorsements
John H. Cox (R)
Federal officials
U.S. representatives
State-level officials
Local-level officials
Individuals
Organizations
Newspapers
Gavin Newsom (D)
Federal officials
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
State-level officials
Toni Atkins , California state senator (D-36), incoming President pro tempore of the California State Senate and former Speaker of the California Assembly [ 197]
Jim Beall , California state senator (D-15)[ 195]
Jerry Brown , Governor of California[ 198]
Jerry Hill , California state senator (D-13)
Ash Kalra , California state assemblymember (D-27)[ 195]
Connie Leyva , California state senator (D-20)[ 199]
Alex Padilla , California Secretary of State[ 200]
Bill Quirk , California state assemblymember (D-20)
Richard Roth , California state senator (D-31)[ 201]
Tony Thurmond , California state assemblymember (D-15)[ 202]
Scott Wiener , California state senator (D-11)
Local-level officials
Jesse Arreguin , Mayor of Berkeley [ 202]
Tom Butt , Mayor of Richmond [ 202]
Jose Cisneros , San Francisco Treasurer[ 202]
Mark Farrell , former mayor of San Francisco [ 202]
Robert Garcia , Mayor of Long Beach [ 203]
Vicki Hennessy , San Francisco Sheriff[ 202]
Ed Lee (deceased), former mayor of San Francisco [ 204]
Alex Randolph , San Francisco City College Trustee[ 202]
Ahsha Safaí , member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors[ 202]
Libby Schaaf , Mayor of Oakland [ 202]
Jeff Sheehy , member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors[ 202]
Lateefah Simon , BART board member[ 202]
Hilda Solis , member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and former US Secretary of Labor[ 205]
Darrell Steinberg , Mayor of Sacramento [ 206]
Antonio Villaraigosa , former mayor of Los Angeles [ 207]
Organizations
Individuals
Newspapers
Polling
Poll source
Date(s) administered
Sample size
Margin of error
Gavin Newsom (D)
John Cox (R)
None
Other
Undecided
Change Research [ 223] [better source needed ]
November 2–4, 2018
1,108
–
53%
41%
–
–
–
Research Co. [ 224]
November 1–3, 2018
450
± 4.6%
58%
38%
–
–
4%
SurveyUSA [ 225]
November 1–2, 2018
924
± 4.6%
53%
38%
–
–
9%
Probolsky Research [ 226]
October 25–30, 2018
900
± 3.3%
47%
37%
–
–
16%
Thomas Partners Strategies [ 227]
October 25–27, 2018
1,068
± 3.5%
55%
42%
–
–
3%
Gravis Marketing [ 228]
October 25–26, 2018
743
± 3.6%
55%
35%
–
–
9%
UC Berkeley [ 229]
October 19–25, 2018
1,339
± 4.0%
58%
40%
–
–
2%
YouGov [ 230]
October 10–24, 2018
2,178
± 3.1%
53%
34%
3%
–
10%
Public Policy Institute of California [ 231]
October 12–21, 2018
989
± 4.2%
49%
38%
2%
–
10%
Thomas Partners Strategies [ 232]
October 18–20, 2018
1,068
± 3.5%
54%
41%
–
–
5%
Emerson College [ 233]
October 17–19, 2018
671
± 4.1%
52%
32%
–
–
16%
SurveyUSA [ 234]
October 12–14, 2018
762
± 4.9%
52%
35%
–
–
14%
Thomas Partners Strategies [ 235]
October 12–14, 2018
1,068
± 3.5%
51%
43%
–
–
6%
USC Dornsife /Los Angeles Times [ 236]
September 17 – October 14, 2018
794 LV
± 4.0%
54%
31%
–
–
15%
980 RV
± 4.0%
51%
30%
–
–
19%
Thomas Partners Strategies [ 237]
October 5–7, 2018
1,068
± 3.5%
54%
42%
–
–
4%
Thomas Partners Strategies [ 238]
September 28–30, 2018
1,068
± 3.5%
50%
45%
–
–
5%
Thomas Partners Strategies [ 239]
September 21–23, 2018
1,068
± 3.5%
53%
42%
–
–
5%
Vox Populi Polling [ 240]
September 16–18, 2018
500
± 4.4%
60%
40%
–
–
–
Public Policy Institute of California [ 241]
September 9–18, 2018
964
± 4.8%
51%
39%
3%
–
7%
Thomas Partners Strategies [ 242]
September 14–16, 2018
1,040
± 3.5%
45%
41%
–
–
14%
Ipsos [ 243]
September 5–14, 2018
1,021
± 4.0%
52%
40%
–
3%
6%
Thomas Partners Strategies [ 244]
September 7–9, 2018
1,227
± 3.3%
48%
40%
–
–
12%
Probolsky Research [ 245]
August 29 – September 2, 2018
900
± 5.8%
44%
39%
–
–
17%
Public Policy Institute of California [ 246]
July 8–17, 2018
1,020
± 4.3%
55%
31%
5%
–
9%
SurveyUSA [ 247]
June 26–27, 2018
559
± 5.9%
58%
29%
–
–
13%
USC Dornsife /Los Angeles Times [ 248]
June 6–17, 2018
767
± 4.0%
45%
28%
–
–
27%
J. Wallin Opinion Research /Tulchin Research [ 142]
March 30 – April 4, 2018
800
± 3.7%
42%
32%
–
–
26%
Hypothetical polling
with Newsom and Chiang
with Newsom and Villaraigosa
with Villaraigosa and Garcetti
Poll source
Date(s) administered
Sample size
Eric Garcetti (D)
Antonio Villaraigosa (D)
Undecided
Public Policy Polling [ 164]
February 6–8, 2015
824
28%
30%
42%
Results
Newsom won the general election by the largest margin of any California gubernatorial candidate since Earl Warren 's re-election in 1950 . In addition to winning the traditional Democratic strongholds of the San Francisco Bay Area , Los Angeles County , Sacramento , and North Coast , Newsom performed well in the traditionally swing Central Coast , San Bernardino County , and San Diego County , as well as narrowly winning traditionally Republican Orange County – the latter voting for a Democrat for the first time in a gubernatorial election since Jerry Brown 's first re-election in 1978 . Cox did well in the state's more rural areas, even flipping Stanislaus County ; Stanislaus is the only county that voted for Brown in 2014 but flipped to Cox in 2018. Cox also narrowly won Fresno County and Riverside County in the Inland Empire in addition to handily winning traditionally Republican Kern County in the Central Valley .
By county
Blue represents counties won by Newsom. Red represents counties won by Cox.[ 250]
County
Gavin Newsom
Democratic
John Cox
Republican
Total Votes
#
%
#
%
#
Alameda
462,558
80.6%
111,677
19.4%
574,235
Alpine
386
62.8%
229
37.2%
615
Amador
6,237
35.5%
11,356
64.5%
17,593
Butte
41,500
46.8%
47,226
53.2%
88,726
Calaveras
7,765
35.9%
13,845
64.1%
21,610
Colusa
1,999
34.7%
3,764
65.3%
5,763
Contra Costa
283,805
68.2%
132,345
31.8%
416,150
Del Norte
3,441
41.3%
4,887
58.7%
8,328
El Dorado
36,297
40.6%
53,140
59.4%
89,437
Fresno
124,332
49.1%
128,974
50.9%
253,306
Glenn
2,424
29.1%
5,908
70.9%
8,332
Humboldt
33,455
64.5%
18,418
35.5%
51,873
Imperial
20,573
61.7%
12,785
38.3%
33,358
Inyo
3,244
44.7%
4,018
55.3%
7,262
Kern
83,507
41.1%
119,870
58.9%
203,377
Kings
12,275
40.6%
17,976
59.4%
30,251
Lake
10,869
51.4%
10,280
48.6%
21,149
Lassen
2,043
22.7%
6,973
77.3%
9,016
Los Angeles
2,114,699
71.9%
826,402
28.1%
2,941,101
Madera
15,037
39.0%
23,488
61.0%
38,525
Marin
103,671
79.5%
26,750
20.5%
130,421
Mariposa
3,183
38.7%
5,043
61.3%
8,226
Mendocino
22,152
66.3%
11,255
33.7%
33,407
Merced
30,783
52.0%
28,424
48.0%
59,207
Modoc
820
23.8%
2,628
76.2%
3,448
Mono
2,706
55.8%
2,147
44.2%
4,853
Monterey
76,648
66.0%
39,516
34.0%
116,164
Napa
36,513
64.8%
19,834
35.2%
56,347
Nevada
27,985
52.9%
24,882
47.1%
52,867
Orange
543,047
50.1%
539,951
49.9%
1,082,998
Placer
72,270
41.2%
103,157
58.8%
175,427
Plumas
3,433
37.2%
5,807
62.8%
9,240
Riverside
319,845
49.8%
322,243
50.2%
642,088
Sacramento
302,696
58.8%
212,010
41.2%
514,706
San Benito
11,274
56.1%
8,815
43.9%
20,089
San Bernardino
276,874
51.5%
260,379
48.5%
537,253
San Diego
658,346
56.9%
499,532
43.1%
1,157,878
San Francisco
312,181
86.4%
49,181
13.6%
361,362
San Joaquin
101,474
52.2%
92,966
47.8%
194,440
San Luis Obispo
65,117
51.6%
61,137
48.4%
126,254
San Mateo
213,282
75.2%
70,242
24.8%
283,524
Santa Barbara
93,841
60.5%
61,300
39.5%
155,141
Santa Clara
438,758
71.4%
175,791
28.6%
614,549
Santa Cruz
91,523
76.8%
27,665
23.2%
119,188
Shasta
20,256
28.9%
49,825
71.1%
70,081
Sierra
599
35.9%
1,068
64.1%
1,667
Siskiyou
7,218
39.7%
10,946
60.3%
18,164
Solano
89,694
61.3%
56,627
38.7%
146,321
Sonoma
152,040
72.3%
58,338
27.7%
210,378
Stanislaus
77,220
49.2%
79,751
50.8%
156,971
Sutter
11,122
37.0%
18,953
63.0%
30,075
Tehama
5,756
27.5%
15,137
72.5%
20,893
Trinity
2,250
42.3%
3,075
57.7%
5,325
Tulare
42,702
42.8%
57,012
57.2%
99,714
Tuolumne
9,294
38.9%
14,580
61.1%
23,874
Ventura
171,729
55.6%
137,393
44.4%
309,122
Yolo
49,759
67.8%
23,611
32.2%
73,370
Yuba
6,903
36.0%
12,293
64.0%
19,196
Totals
7,721,410
61.9%
4,742,825
38.1%
12,464,235
Shift by county Trend by county
Republican — >15%
Republican — +12.5−15%
Republican — +10−12.5%
Republican — +7.5−10%
Republican — +5−7.5%
Republican — +2.5−5%
Republican — +0−2.5%
Democratic — +0−2.5%
Democratic — +2.5−5%
Democratic — +5−7.5%
Democratic — +7.5-10%
Democratic — +10−12.5%
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
By congressional district
Newsom won 42 of the 53 congressional districts. Cox won 11, including four won by Democrats.[ 251]
Voter demographics
CNN exit poll by demographic subgroups[ 252]
Demographic subgroup
Newsom
Cox
% of total vote
Ideology
Liberals
90
10
34
Moderates
59
41
37
Conservatives
16
84
29
Party
Democrats
93
7
46
Republicans
7
93
23
Independents
53
47
31
Party by gender
Democratic men
92
8
18
Democratic women
93
7
28
Republican men
6
94
12
Republican women
9
91
10
Independent men
53
47
18
Independent women
54
46
13
Gender
Men
56
44
48
Women
65
35
52
Marital status
Married
57
43
57
Unmarried
65
35
43
Gender by marital status
Married men
53
47
35
Married women
64
36
22
Unmarried men
58
42
19
Unmarried women
68
32
24
Race and ethnicity
White
57
43
63
Black
84
16
6
Latino
64
36
19
Asian
65
35
8
Other
71
29
3
Gender by race and ethnicity
White men
54
46
31
White women
59
41
32
Black men
78
22
2
Black women
87
13
4
Latino men
61
39
9
Latino women
67
33
10
Others
67
33
11
Religion
Protestant , Other Christian
46
54
34
Catholic
56
44
21
Jewish
72
28
4
Other religion
76
24
10
No religion
79
21
31
Religious service attendance
Weekly or more
46
54
21
A few times a month
56
44
13
A few times a year
71
29
23
Never
69
31
43
White evangelical or born-again Christian
Yes
18
82
11
No
65
35
89
Age
18–24 years old
72
28
8
25–29 years old
66
34
7
30–39 years old
65
35
15
40–49 years old
58
42
14
50–64 years old
56
44
29
65 and older
57
43
27
Sexual orientation
LGBT
83
17
5
Heterosexual
58
42
95
First time voter
First time voter
69
31
18
Everyone else
58
42
82
Education
High school or less
58
42
19
Some college education
56
44
29
Associate degree
60
40
13
Bachelor's degree
65
35
24
Advanced degree
63
37
16
Education by race and ethnicity
White college graduates
59
41
28
White no college degree
55
45
35
Non-white college graduates
78
22
11
Non-white no college degree
64
36
25
Education by race, ethnicity, and sex
White women with college degrees
62
38
13
White women without college degrees
56
44
19
White men with college degrees
56
44
15
White men without college degrees
52
48
17
Non-whites
68
32
36
Family income
Under $30,000
57
43
17
$30,000–49,999
66
34
21
$50,000–99,999
55
45
22
$100,000–199,999
45
55
27
Over $200,000
41
59
13
Military service
Veterans
32
68
14
Non-veterans
64
36
86
Issue regarded as most important
Health care
85
15
43
Immigration
36
64
18
Economy
35
65
21
Gun policy
66
34
15
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