See main article: 2012 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 2012 United States presidential election in California |
| Country: | California |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2008 United States presidential election in California |
| Previous Year: | 2008 |
| Election Date: | November 6, 2012 |
| Next Election: | 2016 United States presidential election in California |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
| Turnout: | 72.36% (of registered voters) 7.06 pp 55.47% (of eligible voters) 3.75 pp[1] |
| Image1: | President Barack Obama, 2012 portrait crop.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Barack Obama |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Illinois |
| Running Mate1: | Joe Biden |
| Electoral Vote1: | 55 |
| Popular Vote1: | 7,854,285 |
| Percentage1: | 60.24% |
| Nominee2: | Mitt Romney |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Massachusetts |
| Running Mate2: | Paul Ryan |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 4,839,958 |
| Percentage2: | 37.12% |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Barack Obama |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Barack Obama |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 2012 United States presidential election in California took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. California voters chose 55 electors, the most out of any state, to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan.
Prior to the election, every major news network considered California to be a state Obama would win or as a safe blue state. According to Secretary of State Debra Bowen's website, the President won the popular vote with 60.24% percent, with Mitt Romney in second place at 37.12%, and Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson in third place at 1.10%.[2] The Democrats have won the state in every presidential election after Republican George H. W. Bush won the state in 1988.
As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last presidential election in which the nominee from the Republican Party won Orange County—a longtime, traditional bastion for the national GOP—and Nevada County. With its 55 electoral votes, California was Obama's largest electoral prize in 2012.
| Election Name: | 2012 California Democratic presidential primary |
| Country: | California |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Votes For Election: | 609 Democratic National Convention delegates (547 pledged, 62 unpledged) The number of pledged delegates won was determined by the popular vote |
| Previous Election: | 2008 California Democratic presidential primary |
| Previous Year: | 2008 |
| Next Election: | 2016 California Democratic presidential primary |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
| Candidate1: | Barack Obama |
| Home State1: | Illinois |
| Delegate Count1: | 547 |
| Popular Vote1: | 2,075,905 |
| Percentage1: | 100% |
| Map Size: | 200px |
The 2012 California Democratic presidential primary took place on June 5, 2012, as part of the 2012 Democratic Party presidential primaries.
|-! Candidate! Popular vote! %! Delegates|- | style="text-align:left;" | Barack Obama (incumbent)| 2,075,905| 100%| 547.0|-| style="text-align:left;" | Darcy Richardson (write-in)| 221| 0.00%| 0.0|-| style="text-align:left;" | Michael W.R. Meyer, Jr. (write-in)| 129| 0.00%| 0.0|-| style="text-align:left;" | Louis Alberto Ramos, Jr. (write-in)| 54| 0.00%| 0.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| Uncommitted| colspan="2" | 62.0|-! Total! 2,076,309! 100%! 609|}
| Election Name: | 2012 California Republican presidential primary |
| Country: | California |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2008 California Republican primary |
| Previous Year: | 2008 |
| Next Election: | 2016 California Republican primary |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
| Image1: | Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_6_cropped.jpg |
| Candidate1: | Mitt Romney |
| Home State1: | Massachusetts |
| Delegate Count1: | 171 |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,530,513 |
| Percentage1: | 79.51% |
| Home State2: | Texas |
| Delegate Count2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 199,246 |
| Percentage2: | 10.35% |
| Map Size: | 200px |
| Candidate3: | Rick Santorum |
| Home State3: | Pennsylvania |
| Popular Vote3: | 102,258 |
| Delegate Count3: | 0 |
| Percentage3: | 5.31% |
| Color1: | ff6600 |
| Color2: | ffcc00 |
| Color3: | 008000 |
The 2012 California Republican Party presidential primary took place on June 5, 2012, as part of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries.[3] [4] 169 delegates were chosen, for a total of 172 delegates at the 2012 Republican National Convention.
As noted in the Green Papers for California, "159 district delegates are to be bound to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the 53 congressional districts: each congressional district is assigned 3 National Convention delegates and the presidential contender receiving the greatest number of votes in that district will receive all 3 of that district's National Convention delegates. 10 at-large delegates (10 base at-large delegates plus 0 bonus delegate) are to be bound to the presidential contender receiving the greatest number of votes in the primary statewide. In addition, 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the California's Republican Party, will attend the convention as unpledged delegates by virtue of their position."
|-! Candidate! Popular vote! %! Delegates|- | style="text-align:left;" | Mitt Romney| 1,530,513| 79.51%| 169|-| style="text-align:left;" | Ron Paul| 199,246 | 10.35%| 0|-| style="text-align:left;" | Rick Santorum (withdrawn)| 102,258 | 5.31%| 0|-| style="text-align:left;" | Newt Gingrich (withdrawn)| 72,022 | 3.74%| 0|-| style="text-align:left;" | Charles E. "Buddy" Roemer, III (withdrawn)| 12,520 | 0.65%| 0|-| style="text-align:left;" | Fred Karger| 8,393| 0.44%| 0|-| style="text-align:left;" | Jeremy Hannon (write-in)| 11| 0.00%| 0|-| style="text-align:left;" | Donald James Gonzales (write-in)| 5| 0.00%| 0|-| style="text-align:left;" | Sheldon Yeu Howard (write-in)| 2| 0.00%| 0|-| style="text-align:left;"| Uncommitted| colspan="2" | 3|-! Total! 1,924,970! 100%! 172|}
| Election Name: | 2012 California Green Party presidential primary |
| Country: | California |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2008 California Green Party presidential primary |
| Previous Year: | 2008 |
| Next Election: | 2016 California Green Party presidential |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
| Votes For Election: | 68 Green National Convention delegates The number of delegates won was determined by the popular vote |
| Candidate1: | Jill Stein |
| Color1: | 008000 |
| Home State1: | Massachusetts |
| Popular Vote1: | 9,165 |
| Percentage1: | 49.36% |
| Delegate Count1: | 35 |
| Candidate2: | Roseanne Barr |
| Color2: | E0E000 |
| Home State2: | Hawaii |
| Popular Vote2: | 7,399 |
| Percentage2: | 39.85 |
| Delegate Count2: | 26 |
| Candidate3: | Kent Mesplay |
| Color3: | 500080 |
| Home State3: | California |
| Popular Vote3: | 2,005 |
| Percentage3: | 10.80% |
| Delegate Count3: | 7 |
The 2012 California Green Party presidential primary took place on June 5, 2012, as part of the 2012 Green Party presidential primaries.
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | National delegates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jill Stein | 9,165 | 49.36% | 35 | |
| Roseanne Barr | 7,399 | 39.85% | 26 | |
| Kent Meslplay | 2,005 | 10.80% | 7 | |
| Total | 18,569 | 100% | 68 |
| Election Name: | 2012 California Libertarian Party presidential primary |
| Country: | California |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2008 California Libertarian Party presidential primary |
| Previous Year: | 2008 |
| Next Election: | 2012 California Libertarian Party presidential |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
| Candidate1: | Gary Johnson |
| Home State1: | New Mexico |
| Popular Vote1: | 6,780 |
| Percentage1: | 49.98% |
| Candidate2: | Barbara Joy Waymire |
| Popular Vote2: | 2,118 |
| Percentage2: | 15.61 |
| Candidate3: | Scott Keller |
| Popular Vote3: | 1,208 |
| Percentage3: | 8.91% |
The 2012 California Libertarian Party presidential primary took place on June 5, 2012, as part of the 2012 Libertarian Party presidential primaries.
The primary was non-binding, and took place after Gary Johnson had already won the Libertarian nomination at the Party's 2012 convention.
| Gary Johnson | 6,780 | 50.0% | |
| Barbara Joy Waymire | 2,118 | 15.6% | |
| Scott Keller | 1,208 | 8.9% | |
| R. J. Harris | 670 | 4.9% | |
| Bill Still | 670 | 4.9% | |
| Roger Gary | 559 | 4.1% | |
| James Ogle | 558 | 4.1% | |
| Carl Person | 523 | 3.9% | |
| Lee Wrights | 479 | 3.5% | |
| Total | 13,565 | 100% |
The American Independent Party, a far-right and paleoconservative political party that formed when endorsing the candidacy of George Wallace in 1968 held a small presidential primary on June 5. It was won by Edward C. Noonan. However, the party would instead opt to nominate Tom Hoefling for president.
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward C. Noonan | 16,926 | 38.7% | |
| Laurie Roth | 16,326 | 37.4% | |
| Mad Max Riekse | 10,430 | 23.9% | |
| Raymond Delmond Smith (write-in) | 6 | 0.0% | |
| Andrew Abe Diaz (write-in) | 4 | 0.0% | |
| Total | 43,692 | 100% |
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson | 1,589 | 43.4% | |
| Stewart Alexander | 1,094 | 29.9% | |
| Stephen Durham | 971 | 26.5% | |
| Shelley Upchurch (write-in) | 4 | 0.1% | |
| Ronald Clinton Forbes (write-in) | 2 | 0.1% | |
| Leon Leo Ray (write-in) | 2 | 0.1% | |
| Total | 3,662 | 100% |
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| 2012 United States presidential election in California[7] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Democratic | Barack Hussein Obama (incumbent) | Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (incumbent) | 7,854,285 | 60.24% | 55 | ||
| Republican | Willard Mitt Romney | Paul Davis Ryan | 4,839,958 | 37.12% | 0 | ||
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson | Jim Gray | 143,221 | 1.10% | 0 | ||
| Green | Jill Stein | Cheri Honkala | 85,638 | 0.66% | 0 | ||
| Peace and Freedom | Roseanne Barr | Cindy Sheehan | 53,824 | 0.41% | 0 | ||
| American Independent | Thomas Hoefling | Robert Ornelas | 38,372 | 0.29% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Ron Paul (write-in) | Andrew Napolitano | 21,461 | 0.16% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Rocky Anderson (write-in) | Luis Rodriguez | 992 | 0.01% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Virgil Goode (write-in) | Jim Clymer | 503 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Stewart Alexander (write-in) | Alejandro Mendoza | 82 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Jerry White (write-in) | Phyllis Scherrer | 79 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
| Independent | James Harris (write-in) | Maura DeLuca | 72 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Stephen Durham (write-in) | Christina López | 54 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Sheila Tittle (write-in) | Matthew Turner | 6 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
| Valid votes | 13,038,547 | 98.76% | — | ||||
| Invalid or blank votes | 163,611 | 1.24% | — | ||||
| Totals | 13,202,158 | 100.00% | 55 | ||||
| Voter turnout | 72.35% | — | |||||
| County | Barack Obama Democratic | Mitt Romney Republican | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Alameda | 469,684 | 78.69% | 108,182 | 18.12% | 19,027 | 3.19% | 361,502 | 60.57% | 596,893 | ||||||||||
| Alpine | 389 | 59.48% | 236 | 36.09% | 29 | 4.43% | 153 | 23.39% | 654 | ||||||||||
| Amador | 6,830 | 38.60% | 10,281 | 58.11% | 582 | 3.29% | -3,451 | -19.51% | 17,693 | ||||||||||
| Butte | 42,669 | 46.88% | 44,479 | 48.87% | 3,873 | 4.25% | -1,810 | -1.99% | 91,021 | ||||||||||
| Calaveras | 8,670 | 39.66% | 12,365 | 56.56% | 827 | 3.78% | -3,695 | -16.90% | 21,862 | ||||||||||
| Colusa | 2,314 | 38.28% | 3,601 | 59.57% | 130 | 2.15% | -1,287 | -21.29% | 6,045 | ||||||||||
| Contra Costa | 290,824 | 66.23% | 136,517 | 31.09% | 11,804 | 2.68% | 154,307 | 35.14% | 439,145 | ||||||||||
| Del Norte | 3,791 | 43.23% | 4,614 | 52.61% | 365 | 4.16% | -823 | -9.38% | 8,770 | ||||||||||
| El Dorado | 35,166 | 39.51% | 50,973 | 57.27% | 2,859 | 3.22% | -15,807 | -17.76% | 88,998 | ||||||||||
| Fresno | 129,129 | 49.72% | 124,490 | 47.94% | 6,078 | 2.34% | 4,639 | 1.78% | 259,697 | ||||||||||
| Glenn | 3,301 | 35.73% | 5,632 | 60.97% | 305 | 3.30% | -2,331 | -25.24% | 9,238 | ||||||||||
| Humboldt | 34,457 | 59.73% | 18,825 | 32.63% | 4,404 | 7.64% | 15,632 | 27.10% | 57,686 | ||||||||||
| Imperial | 25,136 | 65.18% | 12,777 | 33.13% | 652 | 1.69% | 12,359 | 32.05% | 38,565 | ||||||||||
| Inyo | 3,422 | 42.58% | 4,340 | 54.01% | 274 | 3.41% | -918 | -11.43% | 8,036 | ||||||||||
| Kern | 89,495 | 40.28% | 126,618 | 56.99% | 6,076 | 2.73% | -37,123 | -16.71% | 222,189 | ||||||||||
| Kings | 12,979 | 41.31% | 17,671 | 56.24% | 768 | 2.45% | -4,692 | -14.93% | 31,418 | ||||||||||
| Lake | 13,163 | 56.27% | 9,200 | 39.33% | 1,028 | 4.40% | 3,963 | 16.94% | 23,391 | ||||||||||
| Lassen | 3,053 | 28.47% | 7,296 | 68.03% | 376 | 3.50% | -4,243 | -39.56% | 10,725 | ||||||||||
| Los Angeles | 2,216,903 | 69.69% | 885,333 | 27.83% | 78,831 | 2.48% | 1,331,570 | 41.86% | 3,181,067 | ||||||||||
| Madera | 16,018 | 40.11% | 22,852 | 57.23% | 1,063 | 2.66% | -6,834 | -17.12% | 39,933 | ||||||||||
| Marin | 99,896 | 74.14% | 30,880 | 22.92% | 3,955 | 2.94% | 69,016 | 51.22% | 134,731 | ||||||||||
| Mariposa | 3,498 | 38.70% | 5,140 | 56.87% | 400 | 4.43% | -1,642 | -18.17% | 9,038 | ||||||||||
| Mendocino | 23,193 | 66.01% | 9,658 | 27.49% | 2,286 | 6.50% | 13,535 | 38.52% | 35,137 | ||||||||||
| Merced | 33,005 | 53.04% | 27,581 | 44.33% | 1,636 | 2.63% | 5,424 | 8.71% | 62,222 | ||||||||||
| Modoc | 1,111 | 27.64% | 2,777 | 69.10% | 131 | 3.26% | -1,666 | -41.46% | 4,019 | ||||||||||
| Mono | 2,733 | 52.75% | 2,285 | 44.10% | 163 | 3.15% | 448 | 8.65% | 5,181 | ||||||||||
| Monterey | 82,920 | 67.13% | 37,390 | 30.27% | 3,208 | 2.60% | 45,530 | 36.86% | 123,518 | ||||||||||
| Napa | 35,870 | 62.97% | 19,526 | 34.28% | 1,572 | 2.75% | 16,344 | 28.69% | 56,968 | ||||||||||
| Nevada | 24,663 | 47.73% | 24,986 | 48.35% | 2,027 | 3.92% | -323 | -0.62% | 51,676 | ||||||||||
| Orange | 512,440 | 45.65% | 582,332 | 51.87% | 27,892 | 2.48% | -69,892 | -6.22% | 1,122,664 | ||||||||||
| Placer | 66,818 | 38.91% | 99,921 | 58.19% | 4,972 | 2.90% | -33,103 | -19.28% | 171,711 | ||||||||||
| Plumas | 4,026 | 39.94% | 5,721 | 56.76% | 333 | 3.30% | -1,695 | -16.82% | 10,080 | ||||||||||
| Riverside | 329,063 | 49.62% | 318,127 | 47.97% | 15,926 | 2.41% | 10,936 | 1.65% | 663,116 | ||||||||||
| Sacramento | 300,503 | 58.06% | 202,514 | 39.13% | 14,565 | 2.81% | 97,989 | 18.93% | 517,582 | ||||||||||
| San Benito | 11,276 | 59.10% | 7,343 | 38.48% | 462 | 2.42% | 3,933 | 20.62% | 19,081 | ||||||||||
| San Bernardino | 305,109 | 52.34% | 262,358 | 45.01% | 15,463 | 2.65% | 42,751 | 7.33% | 582,930 | ||||||||||
| San Diego | 626,957 | 52.51% | 536,726 | 44.95% | 30,266 | 2.54% | 90,231 | 7.56% | 1,193,949 | ||||||||||
| San Francisco | 301,723 | 83.40% | 47,076 | 13.01% | 12,996 | 3.59% | 254,647 | 70.39% | 361,795 | ||||||||||
| San Joaquin | 114,121 | 55.57% | 86,071 | 41.91% | 5,172 | 2.52% | 28,050 | 13.66% | 205,364 | ||||||||||
| San Luis Obispo | 61,258 | 48.63% | 59,967 | 47.61% | 4,741 | 3.76% | 1,291 | 1.02% | 125,966 | ||||||||||
| San Mateo | 206,085 | 72.13% | 72,756 | 25.46% | 6,879 | 2.41% | 133,329 | 46.67% | 285,720 | ||||||||||
| Santa Barbara | 94,129 | 57.44% | 64,606 | 39.42% | 5,150 | 3.14% | 29,523 | 18.02% | 163,885 | ||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 450,818 | 69.97% | 174,843 | 27.14% | 18,616 | 2.89% | 275,975 | 42.83% | 644,277 | ||||||||||
| Santa Cruz | 90,805 | 75.43% | 24,047 | 19.98% | 5,533 | 4.59% | 66,758 | 55.45% | 120,385 | ||||||||||
| Shasta | 25,819 | 33.75% | 48,067 | 62.83% | 2,615 | 3.42% | -22,248 | -29.08% | 76,501 | ||||||||||
| Sierra | 653 | 36.30% | 1,056 | 58.70% | 90 | 5.00% | -403 | -22.40% | 1,799 | ||||||||||
| Siskiyou | 8,046 | 40.24% | 11,077 | 55.40% | 870 | 4.36% | -3,031 | -15.16% | 19,993 | ||||||||||
| Solano | 96,783 | 63.32% | 52,092 | 34.08% | 3,965 | 2.60% | 44,691 | 29.24% | 152,840 | ||||||||||
| Sonoma | 153,942 | 70.99% | 54,784 | 25.26% | 8,139 | 3.75% | 99,158 | 45.73% | 216,865 | ||||||||||
| Stanislaus | 77,724 | 49.88% | 73,459 | 47.14% | 4,633 | 2.98% | 4,265 | 2.74% | 155,816 | ||||||||||
| Sutter | 12,192 | 39.22% | 18,122 | 58.30% | 769 | 2.48% | -5,930 | -19.08% | 31,083 | ||||||||||
| Tehama | 7,934 | 34.53% | 14,235 | 61.95% | 808 | 3.52% | -6,301 | -27.42% | 22,977 | ||||||||||
| Trinity | 2,674 | 46.59% | 2,716 | 47.33% | 349 | 6.08% | -42 | -0.74% | 5,739 | ||||||||||
| Tulare | 41,752 | 41.22% | 56,956 | 56.24% | 2,571 | 2.54% | -15,204 | -15.02% | 101,279 | ||||||||||
| Tuolumne | 9,998 | 40.38% | 13,880 | 56.06% | 880 | 3.56% | -3,882 | -15.68% | 24,758 | ||||||||||
| Ventura | 170,929 | 52.16% | 147,958 | 45.15% | 8,825 | 2.69% | 22,971 | 7.01% | 327,712 | ||||||||||
| Yolo | 48,715 | 65.24% | 23,368 | 31.29% | 2,588 | 3.47% | 25,347 | 33.95% | 74,671 | ||||||||||
| Yuba | 7,711 | 39.02% | 11,275 | 57.06% | 775 | 3.92% | -3,564 | -18.04% | 19,761 | ||||||||||
| Total | 7,854,285 | 60.16% | 4,839,958 | 37.07% | 361,572 | 2.77% | 3,014,327 | 23.09% | 13,055,815 | ||||||||||
Official outcomes by city.[8]
Obama won 41 of the 53 congressional districts, including 3 held by Republicans.[9]
| District | Romney | Obama | Representative | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56.56% | 40.27% | Doug LaMalfa | |||
| 26.96% | 69% | Jared Huffman | |||
| 43.1% | 54.3% | John Garamendi | |||
| 57.87% | 39.53% | Tom McClintock | |||
| 27.46% | 69.7% | Mike Thompson | |||
| 28.28% | 69.14% | Doris Matsui | |||
| 46.8% | 50.75% | Ami Bera | |||
| 55.63% | 41.66% | Paul Cook | |||
| 40.13% | 57.84% | Jerry McNerney | |||
| 47% | 50.64% | Jeff Denham | |||
| 29.96% | 67.64% | George Miller | |||
| 12.5% | 84.1% | Nancy Pelosi | |||
| 8.97% | 87.5% | Barbara Lee | |||
| 23.56% | 74.23% | Jackie Speier | |||
| 29.8% | 68% | Eric Swalwell | |||
| 39.36% | 58.55% | Jim Costa | |||
| 25.54% | 71.93% | Mike Honda | |||
| 28.93% | 68.23% | Anna Eshoo | |||
| 26.5% | 71.21% | Zoe Lofgren | |||
| 26.19% | 70.89% | Sam Farr | |||
| 43.54% | 54.6% | David Valadao | |||
| 56.59% | 41.58% | Devin Nunes | |||
| 61.51% | 36.13% | Kevin McCarthy | |||
| 43.11% | 54.1% | Lois Capps | |||
| 49.66% | 47.85% | Buck McKeon | |||
| 43.73% | 54% | Julia Brownley | |||
| 35% | 62.62% | Judy Chu | |||
| 26.54% | 70.3% | Adam Schiff | |||
| 20.52% | 77% | Tony Cárdenas | |||
| 32.1% | 65.3% | Brad Sherman | |||
| 40.6% | 57.2% | Gary Miller | |||
| 32.46% | 65.17% | Grace Napolitano | |||
| 36.77% | 60.6% | Henry Waxman | |||
| 14.14% | 83% | Xavier Becerra | |||
| 30.56% | 67.38% | Gloria Negrete McLeod | |||
| 47.5% | 50.7% | Raul Ruiz | |||
| 12.7% | 84.9% | Karen Bass | |||
| 32.97% | 64.9% | Linda Sánchez | |||
| 50.75% | 47.1% | Ed Royce | |||
| 16.5% | 81.5% | Lucille Roybal-Allard | |||
| 36.3% | 61.5% | Mark Takano | |||
| 56.53% | 41.4% | Ken Calvert | |||
| 20% | 78% | Maxine Waters | |||
| 13.6% | 84.7% | Janice Hahn | |||
| 54.78% | 43% | John B. T. Campbell III | |||
| 36.18% | 61.4% | Loretta Sánchez | |||
| 37.5% | 60% | Alan Lowenthal | |||
| 54.7% | 43% | Dana Rohrabacher | |||
| 52.25% | 45.66% | Darrell Issa | |||
| 60.4% | 37.56% | Duncan Hunter | |||
| 28.86% | 69.36% | Juan Vargas | |||
| 45.66% | 52.1% | Scott Peters | |||
| 36.4% | 61.4% | Susan Davis | |||
for California
Major state elections in chronological order