2018 California gubernatorial election explained

See also: 2018 United States gubernatorial elections.

Election Name:	2018 California gubernatorial election
Country:	California
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2014 California gubernatorial election
Previous Year:	2014
Next Election:	2021 California gubernatorial recall election
Next Year:	2021 (recall)
Election Date:	November 6, 2018
Turnout:	63.28% (32.34 pp)
Image1:	File:Gavin Newsom by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Candidate1:	Gavin Newsom
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	7,721,410
Percentage1:	61.95%
Candidate2:	John H. Cox
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	4,742,825
Percentage2:	38.05%
Governor
Before Election:	Jerry Brown
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	Gavin Newsom
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
Map Size:	301px

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 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] [4]}
• Klement Tinaj, actor, martial artist, stuntman, and producer^[10]
• Antonio Villaraigosa, former mayor of Los Angeles^{[11] [12] [13]}

Declined

• Xavier Becerra, Attorney General of California (ran for re-election)^{[14] [15]}
• Scooter Braun, music manager^{[16] [17]}
• George Clooney, actor and activist^{[18] [19]}
• Kevin de León, President pro tempore of the California State Senate (ran for the U.S. Senate)^{[20] [21]}
• Eric Garcetti, Mayor of Los Angeles^[22]
• Bob Iger, CEO of The Walt Disney Company^{[23] [24]}
• Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO^[25]
• Libby Schaaf, Mayor of Oakland (ran for re-election)^{[26] [27]}
• Jackie Speier, U.S. Representative (ran for re-election)^[28]
• Tom Steyer, hedge fund manager, philanthropist, and environmentalist^{[29] [30] [31]}

Republican Party

Declared

• Travis Allen, State Assemblyman^[32]
• John H. Cox, businessman^{[33] [34]}
• Yvonne Girard, US Military Veteran^[4]
• Peter Y. Liu, entrepreneur, real estate agent, US Army veteran^[4]
• Robert C. Newman II, businessman, psychologist, farmer^[4]
• K. Pearce (write-in)

Withdrawn

• Rosey Grier, minister and retired NFL player^{[35] [36] [37]}
• David Hadley, former state assemblyman^{[38] [39]}
• Allen Ishida, former Tulare County Supervisor^{[40] [41] [42] [43]}
• Doug Ose, former U.S. Representative^[44]

Declined

• Tim Donnelly, former state assemblyman, candidate for governor in 2014, and candidate for CA-08 in 2016^[45] (running for CA-08)
• Kevin Faulconer, Mayor of San Diego^[46]
• Ashley Swearengin, former mayor of Fresno^{[47] [7]}
• Peter Thiel, venture capitalist^{[48] [49] [50] [51]}

Libertarian Party

Declared

• Zoltan Istvan, Transhumanist Party nominee for President of the United States in 2016^{[52] [53]}
• Nickolas Wildstar, political activist, rapper, and write-in candidate for governor in 2014^{[54] [55]}

Green Party

Declared

• Christopher Carlson, puppeteer^[4]
• Veronika Fimbres (write-in)
• Josh Jones, author, geologist, solar electric designer^[4]

Peace and Freedom Party

Declared

• Gloria La Riva, activist and nominee for President of the United States in 2016^[56]

Independent (No Party)

Declared

• Armando M. Arreola (write-in)
• Shubham Goel (Later a contestant on Netflix's The Circle)^[57]
• Hakan "Hawk" Mikado^[4]
• Desmond Silveira, engineer and former national committee member of the American Solidarity Party^[4]
• Arman Soltani (write-in)
• Jeffrey Edward Taylor^[4]
• Peter Crawford Valentino (write-in)^[58]
• Johnny Wattenburg^[4]

Notes

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.

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	May 29–30, 2018	504	± 4.4%	10%	4%	align=center	23%	5%	align=center	31%	13%	15%
UC Berkeley	May 22−28, 2018	2,106	± 3.5%	12%	7%	align=center	20%	4%	align=center	33%	13%	11%
Emerson College	May 21–24, 2018	600	± 4.2%	11%	10%	align=center	16%	4%	align=center	24%	12%	align=center	23%
YouGov	May 12–24, 2018	1,113	± 4.0%	10%	8%	align=center	17%	4%	align=center	33%	9%	16%
Competitive Edge Research & Communication	May 20–22, 2018	501	± 4.4%	9%	7%	align=center	22%	8%	align=center	26%	12%	17%
SurveyUSA	May 21, 2018	678	± 6.1%	12%	10%	align=center	17%	2%	align=center	33%	8%	16%
Public Policy Institute of California	May 11–20, 2018	901	± 4.1%	11%	9%	align=center	19%	6%	align=center	25%	15%	16%
USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times	April 18 – May 18, 2018	517	± 4.0%	5%	6%	10%	3%	align=center	21%	align=center	11%	align=center	43%
Gravis Marketing	May 4–5, 2018	525	± 4.3%	8%	9%	align=center	23%	4%	align=center	22%	19%	15%
SmithJohnson Research (R-Cox)	April 26–27, 2018	533	± 4.2%	13%	4%	align=center	20%	4%	align=center	36%	8%	16%
SurveyUSA	April 19–23, 2018	520	± 5.5%	10%	9%	15%	1%	align=center	21%	align=center	18%	25%
UC Berkeley	April 16−22, 2018	1,738	± 3.5%	16%	7%	align=center	18%	4%	align=center	30%	9%	16%
J. Wallin Opinion Research/Tulchin Research	March 30 – April 4, 2018	800	± 3.7%	9%	9%	align=center	16%	5%	align=center	26%	7%	align=center	28%
Public Policy Institute of California	March 25 – April 3, 2018	867	± 4.4%	10%	7%	align=center	15%	6%	align=center	26%	13%	align=center	23%
SurveyUSA	March 22–25, 2018	517	± 5.0%	7%	9%	11%	3%	align=center	22%	align=center	14%	align=center	34%
David Binder Research (D-Newsom)	March 16–21, 2018	1,750	–	13%	9%	align=center	16%	2%	align=center	29%	7%	align=center	24%
Public Policy Institute of California	March 7–13, 2018	1,706	± 3.4%	10%	6%	align=center	14%	5%	align=center	28%	12%	align=center	25%
David Binder Research (D-Newsom)	March 1–5, 2018	1,000	–	10%	13%	align=center	16%	7%	align=center	26%	12%	16%
David Binder Research (D-Newsom)	January 31 – February 4, 2018	800	± 3.5%	4%	align=center	11%	7%	4%	align=center	30%	align=center	11%	align=center	33%
Global Strategy Group (D-Chiang)	January 27 – February 1, 2018	500	–	7%	10%	10%	5%	align=center	28%	align=center	14%	3%
Public Policy Institute of California	January 21–30, 2018	1,705	± 3.2%	8%	9%	7%	4%	align=center	23%	align=center	21%	align=center	28%
Tulchin Research/Moore Information	January 21–28, 2018	2,500	± 2.0%	8%	9%	10%	6%	align=center	29%	align=center	11%	align=center	26%
SurveyUSA	January 7–9, 2018	506	± 4.4%	9%	5%	4%	1%	align=center	19%	align=center	10%	align=center	53%
UC Berkeley	December 7–16, 2017	672	± 3.8%	9%	5%	9%	5%	align=center	26%	align=center	17%	align=center	29%
Public Policy Institute of California	November 10–19, 2017	1,070	± 4.3%	6%	9%	9%	3%	align=center	23%	align=center	18%	align=center	31%
USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times	October 27 – November 6, 2017	1,070	± 4.0%	15%	12%	11%	4%	align=center	31%	align=center	21%	6%
UC Berkeley	August 27 – September 5, 2017	1,000	± 4.0%	9%	7%	align=center	11%	4%	align=center	26%	10%	align=center	33%
SmithJohnson Research (R-Cox)	July 27–30, 2017	500	± 4.4%	10%	7%	align=center	14%	3%	align=center	25%	12%	align=center	28%
GSSR (D-Chiang)	May 30 – June 5, 2017	602	–	–	10%	11%	–	align=center	26%	align=center	12%	–
UC Berkeley	May 4–29, 2017	1,628	± 3.3%	–	5%	9%	3%	align=center	22%	align=center	17%	align=center	44%
The Feldman Group (D-Villaraigosa)	March 2017	–	–	–	–	align=center	22%	–	align=center	26%	20%	–

with Kevin Faulconer and Eric Garcetti

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	John Chiang (D)	John Cox (R)	Kevin Faulconer (R)	Eric Garcetti (D)	Gavin Newsom (D)	Tom Steyer (D)	Ashley Swearengin (R)	Antonio Villaraigosa (D)	Other / Undecided
UC Berkeley/YouGov	March 13–20, 2017	1,000	± 3.6%	6%	align=center	11%	align=center	11%	9%	align=center	24%	4%	–	7%	align=center	25%
Public Policy Polling	January 17–18, 2017	882	± 3.3%	2%	–	align=center	20%	13%	align=center	25%	4%	12%	9%	16%
Field Research Corporation	October 25–31, 2016	600	–	2%	–	align=center	16%	7%	align=center	23%	5%	11%	6%	align=center	30%
Public Policy Polling	February 6–8, 2015	824	–	10%	–	align=center	30%	11%	align=center	22%	–	–	13%	align=center	26%

Results by county

Red represents counties won by Cox. Blue represents counties won by Newsom. Green represents counties won by Villaraigosa.^[59]

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^[60]		October 26, 2018
The Washington Post^[61]		November 5, 2018
FiveThirtyEight^[62]		November 5, 2018
Rothenberg Political Report^[63]		November 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[64]		November 5, 2018
RealClearPolitics^[65]		November 4, 2018
Daily Kos^[66]		November 5, 2018
Fox News^[67]		November 5, 2018
Politico^[68]		November 5, 2018
Governing^[69]		November 5, 2018

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Gavin Newsom (D)	John Cox (R)	None	Other	Undecided
Change Research	November 2–4, 2018	1,108	–	align=center	53%	41%	–	–	–
Research Co.	November 1–3, 2018	450	± 4.6%	align=center	58%	38%	–	–	4%
SurveyUSA	November 1–2, 2018	924	± 4.6%	align=center	53%	38%	–	–	9%
Probolsky Research	October 25–30, 2018	900	± 3.3%	align=center	47%	37%	–	–	16%
Thomas Partners Strategies	October 25–27, 2018	1,068	± 3.5%	align=center	55%	42%	–	–	3%
Gravis Marketing	October 25–26, 2018	743	± 3.6%	align=center	55%	35%	–	–	9%
UC Berkeley	October 19–25, 2018	1,339	± 4.0%	align=center	58%	40%	–	–	2%
YouGov	October 10–24, 2018	2,178	± 3.1%	align=center	53%	34%	3%	–	10%
Public Policy Institute of California	October 12–21, 2018	989	± 4.2%	align=center	49%	38%	2%	–	10%
Thomas Partners Strategies	October 18–20, 2018	1,068	± 3.5%	align=center	54%	41%	–	–	5%
Emerson College	October 17–19, 2018	671	± 4.1%	align=center	52%	32%	–	–	16%
SurveyUSA	October 12–14, 2018	762	± 4.9%	align=center	52%	35%	–	–	14%
Thomas Partners Strategies	October 12–14, 2018	1,068	± 3.5%	align=center	51%	43%	–	–	6%
USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times	September 17 – October 14, 2018	794 LV	± 4.0%	align=center	54%	31%	–	–	15%
	980 RV	± 4.0%	align=center	51%	30%	–	–	19%
Thomas Partners Strategies	October 5–7, 2018	1,068	± 3.5%	align=center	54%	42%	–	–	4%
Thomas Partners Strategies	September 28–30, 2018	1,068	± 3.5%	align=center	50%	45%	–	–	5%
Thomas Partners Strategies	September 21–23, 2018	1,068	± 3.5%	align=center	53%	42%	–	–	5%
Vox Populi Polling	September 16–18, 2018	500	± 4.4%	align=center	60%	40%	–	–	–
Public Policy Institute of California	September 9–18, 2018	964	± 4.8%	align=center	51%	39%	3%	–	7%
Thomas Partners Strategies	September 14–16, 2018	1,040	± 3.5%	align=center	45%	41%	–	–	14%
Ipsos	September 5–14, 2018	1,021	± 4.0%	align=center	52%	40%	–	3%	6%
Thomas Partners Strategies	September 7–9, 2018	1,227	± 3.3%	align=center	48%	40%	–	–	12%
Probolsky Research	August 29 – September 2, 2018	900	± 5.8%	align=center	44%	39%	–	–	17%
Public Policy Institute of California	July 8–17, 2018	1,020	± 4.3%	align=center	55%	31%	5%	–	9%
SurveyUSA	June 26–27, 2018	559	± 5.9%	align=center	58%	29%	–	–	13%
USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times	June 6–17, 2018	767	± 4.0%	align=center	45%	28%	–	–	27%
J. Wallin Opinion Research/Tulchin Research	March 30 – April 4, 2018	800	± 3.7%	align=center	42%	32%	–	–	26%

with Newsom and Chiang

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	John Chiang (D)	Gavin Newsom (D)	Undecided
Global Strategy Group (D-Chiang)	January 27 – February 1, 2018	500	align=center	44%	30%	–
Public Policy Polling	February 6–8, 2015	824	30%	align=center	37%	33%

with Newsom and Villaraigosa

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Gavin Newsom (D)	Antonio Villaraigosa (D)	Undecided
J. Wallin Opinion Research/Tulchin Research	March 30 – April 4, 2018	800	± 3.7%	align=center	38%	21%	align=center	41%
Public Policy Polling	February 6–8, 2015	824	–	align=center	42%	22%	36%

with Villaraigosa and Garcetti

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.

Results by county

Here are the results of the election by county.

Blue represents counties won by Newsom. Red represents counties won by Cox.^[70]

County	Gavin NewsomDemocratic		John CoxRepublican		Total Votes
		%		%
bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	Alameda	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	462,558	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	80.6%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	111,677	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	19.4%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	574,235
bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	Alpine	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	386	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	62.8%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	229	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	37.2%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	615
bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	Amador	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	6,237	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	35.5%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	11,356	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	64.5%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	17,593
bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	Butte	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	41,500	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	46.8%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	47,226	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	53.2%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	88,726
bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	Calaveras	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	7,765	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	35.9%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	13,845	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	64.1%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	21,610
bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	Colusa	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	1,999	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	34.7%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	3,764	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	65.3%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	5,763
bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	Contra Costa	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	283,805	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	68.2%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	132,345	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	31.8%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	416,150
bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	Del Norte	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	3,441	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	41.3%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	4,887	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	58.7%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	8,328
bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	El Dorado	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	36,297	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	40.6%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	53,140	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	59.4%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	89,437
bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	Fresno	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	124,332	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	49.1%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	128,974	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	50.9%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	253,306
bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	Glenn	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	2,424	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	29.1%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	5,908	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	70.9%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	8,332
bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	Humboldt	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	33,455	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	64.5%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	18,418	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	35.5%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	51,873
bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	Imperial	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	20,573	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	61.7%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	12,785	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	38.3%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	33,358
bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	Inyo	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	3,244	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	44.7%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	4,018	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	55.3%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	7,262
bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	Kern	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	83,507	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	41.1%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	119,870	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	58.9%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	203,377
bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	Kings	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	12,275	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	40.6%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	17,976	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	59.4%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	30,251
bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	Lake	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	10,869	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	51.4%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	10,280	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	48.6%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	21,149
bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	Lassen	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	2,043	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	22.7%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	6,973	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	77.3%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	9,016
bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	Los Angeles	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	2,114,699	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	71.9%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	826,402	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	28.1%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	2,941,101
bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	Madera	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	15,037	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	39.0%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	23,488	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	61.0%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	38,525
bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	Marin	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	103,671	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	79.5%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	26,750	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	20.5%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	130,421
bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	Mariposa	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	3,183	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	38.7%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	5,043	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	61.3%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	8,226
bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	Mendocino	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	22,152	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	66.3%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	11,255	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	33.7%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	33,407
bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	Merced	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	30,783	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	52.0%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	28,424	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	48.0%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	59,207
bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	Modoc	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	820	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	23.8%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	2,628	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	76.2%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	3,448
bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	Mono	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	2,706	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	55.8%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	2,147	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	44.2%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	4,853
bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	Monterey	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	76,648	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	66.0%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	39,516	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	34.0%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	116,164
bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	Napa	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	36,513	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	64.8%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	19,834	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	35.2%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	56,347
bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	Nevada	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	27,985	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	52.9%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	24,882	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	47.1%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	52,867
bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	Orange	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	543,047	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	50.1%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	539,951	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	49.9%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	1,082,998
bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	Placer	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	72,270	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	41.2%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	103,157	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	58.8%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	175,427
bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	Plumas	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	3,433	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	37.2%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	5,807	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	62.8%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	9,240
bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	Riverside	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	319,845	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	49.8%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	322,243	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	50.2%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	642,088
bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	Sacramento	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	302,696	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	58.8%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	212,010	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	41.2%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	514,706
bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	San Benito	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	11,274	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	56.1%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	8,815	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	43.9%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	20,089
bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	San Bernardino	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	276,874	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	51.5%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	260,379	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	48.5%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	537,253
bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	San Diego	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	658,346	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	56.9%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	499,532	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	43.1%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	1,157,878
bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	San Francisco	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	312,181	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	86.4%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	49,181	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	13.6%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	361,362
bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	San Joaquin	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	101,474	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	52.2%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	92,966	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	47.8%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	194,440
bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	San Luis Obispo	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	65,117	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	51.6%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	61,137	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	48.4%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	126,254
bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	San Mateo	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	213,282	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	75.2%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	70,242	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	24.8%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	283,524
bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	Santa Barbara	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	93,841	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	60.5%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	61,300	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	39.5%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	155,141
bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	Santa Clara	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	438,758	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	71.4%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	175,791	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	28.6%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	614,549
bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	Santa Cruz	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	91,523	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	76.8%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	27,665	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	23.2%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	119,188
bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	Shasta	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	20,256	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	28.9%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	49,825	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	71.1%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	70,081
bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	Sierra	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	599	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	35.9%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	1,068	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	64.1%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	1,667
bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	Siskiyou	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	7,218	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	39.7%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	10,946	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	60.3%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	18,164
bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	Solano	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	89,694	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	61.3%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	56,627	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	38.7%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	146,321
bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	Sonoma	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	152,040	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	72.3%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	58,338	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	27.7%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	210,378
bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	Stanislaus	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	77,220	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	49.2%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	79,751	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	50.8%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	156,971
bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	Sutter	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	11,122	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	37.0%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	18,953	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	63.0%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	30,075
bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	Tehama	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	5,756	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	27.5%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	15,137	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	72.5%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	20,893
bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	Trinity	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	2,250	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	42.3%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	3,075	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	57.7%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	5,325
bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	Tulare	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	42,702	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	42.8%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	57,012	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	57.2%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	99,714
bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	Tuolumne	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	9,294	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	38.9%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	14,580	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	61.1%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	23,874
bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	Ventura	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	171,729	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	55.6%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	137,393	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	44.4%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	309,122
bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	Yolo	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	49,759	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	67.8%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	23,611	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	32.2%	bgcolor=#B0CEFF align="center"	73,370
bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	Yuba	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	6,903	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	36.0%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	12,293	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	64.0%	bgcolor=#FFB6B6 align="center"	19,196
Totals	7,721,410	61.9%	4,742,825	38.1%	12,464,235

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Orange (largest municipality: Anaheim)
• San Bernardino (largest municipality: San Bernardino)

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Stanislaus (largest municipality: Modesto)

By congressional district

Newsom won 42 of the 53 congressional districts. Cox won 11, including four won by Democrats.^[71]

District	Cox	Newsom	Representative
		61.21%	38.79%		Doug LaMalfa
		27.88%	72.12%		Jared Huffman
		47.59%	52.41%		John Garamendi
		59.49%	40.51%		Tom McClintock
		30.0%	70.0%		Mike Thompson
		30.63%	69.37%		Doris Matsui
		48.04%	51.96%		Ami Bera
		59.77%	40.23%		Paul Cook
		46.05%	53.95%		Jerry McNerney
		50.49%	49.51%		Josh Harder
		29.45%	70.55%		Mark DeSaulnier
		12.86%	87.14%		Nancy Pelosi
		9.82%	90.18%		Barbara Lee
		24.04%	75.96%		Jackie Speier
		30.95%	69.05%		Eric Swalwell
		43.91%	56.09%		Jim Costa
		28.47%	71.53%		Ro Khanna
		27.46%	72.54%		Anna Eshoo
		29.68%	70.32%		Zoe Lofgren
		29.77%	70.23%		Jimmy Panetta
		47.88%	52.12%		TJ Cox
		56.81%	43.19%		Devin Nunes
		62.62%	37.38%		Kevin McCarthy
		43.41%	56.59%		Salud Carbajal
		48.94%	51.06%		Katie Hill
		42.69%	57.31%		Julia Brownley
		34.87%	65.13%		Judy Chu
		24.68%	75.32%		Adam Schiff
		22.17%	77.83%		Tony Cárdenas
		30.09%	69.91%		Brad Sherman
		43.4%	56.6%		Pete Aguilar
		34.83%	65.17%		Grace Napolitano
		32.3%	67.7%		Ted Lieu
		15.5%	84.5%		Jimmy Gomez
		34.35%	65.65%		Norma Torres
		46.83%	53.17%		Raul Ruiz
		13.7%	86.3%		Karen Bass
		34.66%	65.34%		Linda Sánchez
		50.39%	49.61%		Gil Cisneros
		19.52%	80.48%		Lucille Roybal-Allard
		40.62%	59.38%		Mark Takano
		58.8%	41.2%		Ken Calvert
		22.04%	77.96%		Maxine Waters
		18.63%	81.37%		Nanette Barragán
		50.58%	49.42%		Katie Porter
		36.19%	63.81%		Lou Correa
		38.3%	61.7%		Alan Lowenthal
		52.12%	47.88%		Harley Rouda
		48.51%	51.49%		Mike Levin
		59.05%	40.95%		Duncan Hunter
		32.08%	67.92%		Juan Vargas
		41.71%	58.29%		Scott Peters
		35.08%	64.92%		Susan Davis

Voter demographics

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

See also

• 2018 California lieutenant gubernatorial election
• 2018 California State Treasurer election
• 2021 California gubernatorial recall election

External links

• Candidates at Vote Smart
• Candidates at Ballotpedia

Official campaign websites

• John H. Cox (R) for Governor
• Gavin Newsom (D) for Governor

Notes and References

1. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/06/07/its_newsoms_race_to_win_whether_california_likes_it_or_not_137215.html It's Newsom's Race to Win, Whether California Likes It or Not
2. Web site: California's very weird governor's race. 3 May 2014. 4 September 2018.
3. Web site: Injusticia, el mayor problema de California, considera Precandidato a Gobernador, en entrevista con El Latino San Diego . 13 October 2017 . Ellatinoonline.com . 2018-04-04.
4. Web site: Certified List of Candidates for the June 5, 2018, Statewide Direct Primary Election . California Secretary of State . March 29, 2018 . February 22, 2019.
5. News: John Chiang jumps into California's 2018 governor's race. May 31, 2016. Los Angeles Times. May 31, 2016.
6. News: John Myers . Former state schools chief Delaine Eastin says she's running for governor in 2018 . Los Angeles Times . November 1, 2016. November 1, 2016.
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12. Web site: Former L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa Will Be Identified as 'Public Policy Advisor' on Official Ballot for Governor. 10 March 2018. 22 May 2018.
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17. Web site: Scooter Braun on Why He Was Happy to Have 'Despacito' Top Charts in 'Trump's America'. Shirley. Halperin. November 21, 2017.
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42. Web site: Allen Ishida moves on to higher goals. Porterville Recorder. Elkins. Rick. December 29, 2016. January 17, 2017.
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