2018 California Secretary of State election
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The 2018 California Secretary of State election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the California Secretary of State. Incumbent Democratic Secretary Alex Padilla won re-election to a second term.
Primary election
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Democratic Party
[edit]Declared
[edit]- Alex Padilla, incumbent California Secretary of State[1]
- Ruben Major, paramedic[2]
Republican Party
[edit]Declared
[edit]- Mark P. Meuser, election law attorney[3]
- Raul Rodriguez Jr., warehousing employee
Green Party
[edit]Declared
[edit]- Michael Feinstein, former mayor of Santa Monica, Electoral Reform Consultant[4]
- Erik Rydberg, electoral reform advocate, Community Organizer
Libertarian Party
[edit]- Gail Lightfoot, retired nurse
Peace and Freedom Party
[edit]Declared
[edit]- C.T. Weber, retired government analyst
Endorsements
[edit]Mike Feinstein (G)
- Local-level officials
- Nathaniel Trives, former mayor of Santa Monica
- Organizations
- Our Revolution East Bay
- Our Revolution Contra Costa
- SF Berniecrats
- Individuals
- Joe Mathews, syndicated columnist
- Terry O'Day, Vice President of EVgo
- Lewis Perkins, CEO at Comprehensive Financial Solutions, Inc
- Grace Aaron, Vice President of Social Uplift Foundation
- Sam Hall Kaplan, writer
- Jason Islas, public affairs at Bird
- Wendy Girard, actress
- Rosemary Regalbuto, President -- Meals on Wheels West
- Paul Kawika Martin, senior policy and political director of Helping NGOs and Congress Strategically Change Foreign Policy
- Mark Stout, vice president Project Development at Amber Kinetics Inc.
- Marlene Wells, Green Party of Canada organizer
Ruben Major (D)
- State-level officials
- Doug La Follette, Wisconsin Secretary of State
- Local-level officials
- Gayle McLaughlin, former mayor of Richmond
- Mary Navarro, Orange County Board of Education, District 5
- Organizations
- Progressive Democrats of America
- Resistance SF
- Justice Party of California
- Mira Costa College Democrats
- Revolution LA
- Pasadena Foothills Democratic Club
- San Francisco 4 Democracy PAC
- Our Revolution Humboldt (formerly Courageous Resistance of Humboldt)
- North County San Diego Progressive Democrats
- Our Revolution Long Beach
- Our Revolution West Marin
- Indian Rock Our Revolution
- Indivisible El Cerrito, El Cerrito, CA
- San Diego Progressive Democratic Club
- Democratic Socialists of America San Diego
- Justice Party of California
- Yolo County Progressives
- Media
- San Leandro Talk
- OB (Ocean Beach) Rag
- San Diego Free Press
- Individuals
- Ahmad Fayız Nawabi, Assembly Delegate, District 71
- Alec Bash, Democracy for America
- Aleita Huguenin, Former DNC Chair Western States Caucus, Assembly Delegate, District 8
- Alexis Edelstein, Assembly Delegate, District 62
- Allison Groves, DSCC Supervisorial District Delegate, Assembly District 35
- Amarnath Ravva, Assembly Delegate, District 51
- Andrea Smith, Previous Secretary of External Affairs, Cal Poly Pomona Associated Students Inc.
- Anthony Alexander, Assembly Delegate, District 25
- Antonio Robles, Assembly Delegate, District 76
- Atem Koul, Assembly Delegate, District 59
- Barbara Mead, Assembly District 76 Delegate
- Brian Fox, Original Author of GNU Shell
- Carolyn Fowler, Assembly Delegate, District 62
- Chinyere Nnodim Jack, Assembly Delegate, District 21
- Chris Barrosso, Electrical Engineer, Evolved Wireless, Inc., Assembly Delegate District 76
- Dan Mulherin, Assembly Delegate, District 70
- Dan Wood, Assembly Delegate, District 18
- David DeBus, PhD, Clinical Psychologist, Assembly Delegate, District 77
- Dr. Bill Honigman, Assembly Delegate, District 73, California State Coordinator, Progressive Democrats of America
- Hene Kelly, disability rights advocate
- Jeff Hayden, char of The California State Bar, Board of Legal Specialization
Mark P. Meuser (R)
- State-level officials
- Bill Jones, former Secretary of State
- Mike Morrell, Senator
- Matthew Harper, Assemblyman
- Melissa Melendez, Assemblywoman
- James Gallagher, Assemblyman
- Heath Flora, Assemblyman
- Catharine Baker, Assemblywoman
- Steven Choi, Assemblyman
- Phillip Chen, Assemblyman
- Devon Mathis, Assemblyman
- Tim Donnelly, former Assemblyman
- Individuals
- Pete Peterson, 2014 Candidate for Secretary of State
- Organizations
- California Republican Party
- California Impact Republicans
- Silicon Valley Association of Republican Women
- California Republican Veterans Association
- Calaveras County GOP
- Contra Costa County GOP
- Del Norte County GOP
- Fresno County GOP
- Humboldt County GOP
- Lake County GOP
- Madera County GOP
- Nevada County GOP
- Sacramento County GOP
- San Benito County GOP
- San Bernardino County GOP
- Santa Barbara County GOP
- Santa Cruz County GOP
- Solano County GOP
- Sonoma County GOP
- Siskiyou County GOP
- Yolo County GOP
- Newspapers
Results
[edit]
| Padilla 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | Meuser 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Alex Padilla (incumbent) | 3,475,633 | 52.6 | |
| Republican | Mark P. Meuser | 2,047,903 | 31.0 | |
| Democratic | Ruben Major | 355,036 | 5.4 | |
| Republican | Raul Rodriguez Jr. | 330,460 | 5.0 | |
| Libertarian | Gail Lightfoot | 155,879 | 2.4 | |
| Green | Michael Feinstein | 136,725 | 2.1 | |
| Peace and Freedom | C.T. Weber | 61,375 | 0.9 | |
| Green | Erik Rydberg | 48,705 | 0.7 | |
| Total votes | 6,611,716 | 100.0 | ||
General election
[edit]Predictions
[edit]| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Governing magazine[8] | Safe D | June 4, 2018 |
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Alex Padilla (incumbent) | 7,909,521 | 64.45% | +10.82% | |
| Republican | Mark P. Meuser | 4,362,545 | 35.55% | −10.82% | |
| Total votes | 12,272,066 | 100% | N/A | ||
| Democratic hold | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Alex Padilla for U.S. Senate". Alex Padilla for U.S. Senate. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
- ^ Ruben Major website
- ^ "Mark Meuser: Secretary of State for Honest Elections". April 9, 2018.
- ^ "Issues – Michael Feinstein". feinstein4sos.org. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
- ^ "Endorsements". Meuser for Secretary of State 2018. Archived from the original on September 30, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
- ^ "OUR ENDORSEMENTS". Santa Barbara News-Press. October 30, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Statement of Vote" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- ^ Jacobson, Louis (June 4, 2018). "Secretary of State Races Are More Competitive and Important Than Ever". Governing. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
- ^ "Secretary of State - Statewide Results". California Secretary of State. Archived from the original on November 29, 2018. Retrieved November 30, 2018.