2012 California State Senate election
The 2012 California State Senate election was held on November 6, 2012, with the primary election on June 5, 2012. Voters in the 20 odd-numbered districts of the California State Senate voted for their representatives. Other elections were also held on November 6. The same year, voters also passed Proposition 28 that relaxed term limits on legislators in both chambers.[1]
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20 seats from odd-numbered districts in the California State Senate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results: Democratic hold Democratic gain Republican hold | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Overview edit
California State Senate elections, 2012 Primary election — June 5, 2012 | ||||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Candidates | Advancing to general | Seats contesting | |
Democratic | 1,534,788 | 59.34% | 28 | 22 | 20 | |
Republican | 1,015,668 | 39.27% | 20 | 16 | 16 | |
Libertarian | 23,098 | 0.89% | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
No party preference | 11,923 | 0.46% | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Peace and Freedom | 788 | 0.03% | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
Totals | 2,586,265 | 100.00% | 53 | 40 | — |
California State Senate elections, 2012 General election — November 6, 2012 | ||||||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Not up | Contested | Before | After | +/– | |
Democratic | 4,035,256 | 62.61% | 14 | 11 | 25 | 29 | 4 | |
Republican | 2,321,286 | 36.02% | 6 | 9 | 14† | 10† | 4 | |
Peace and Freedom | 88,658 | 1.38% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 6,445,200 | 100.00% | 20 | 20 | 39† | 39† | — |
† The 4th district, which was not up for election in this cycle, was vacant due to the resignation of Republican Doug LaMalfa.
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29 | 1 | 10 | |
Democratic | Vacant | Republican |
Results edit
District 1 • District 3 • District 5 • District 7 • District 9 • District 11 • District 13 • District 15 • District 17 • District 19 • District 21 • District 23 • District 25 • District 27 • District 29 • District 31 • District 33 • District 35 • District 37 • District 39 |
District 1 edit
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Ted Gaines (incumbent) | 110,168 | 48.2 | |
Democratic | Julie Griffith-Flatter | 68,947 | 30.2 | |
Republican | Les Baugh | 37,442 | 16.4 | |
No party preference | "Bo" Bogdan I. Ambrozewicz | 11,923 | 5.2 | |
Total votes | 228,480 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Ted Gaines (incumbent) | 263,256 | 63.7 | |
Democratic | Julie Griffith-Flatter | 150,111 | 36.3 | |
Total votes | 413,367 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 3 edit
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Lois Wolk (incumbent) | 116,403 | 96.9 | |
Republican | Frank Miranda (write-in) | 2,402 | 2.0 | |
Republican | Gary Clift (write-in) | 1,341 | 1.1 | |
Total votes | 120,146 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Lois Wolk (incumbent) | 233,406 | 66.2 | |
Republican | Frank Miranda | 119,033 | 33.8 | |
Total votes | 352,439 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 5 edit
Primary election | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
Democratic | Cathleen Galgiani | 52,148 | 40.7 | ||
Republican | Bill Berryhill | 45,819 | 35.8 | ||
Republican | Leroy Ornellas | 30,109 | 23.5 | ||
Total votes | 128,076 | 100.0 | |||
General election | |||||
Democratic | Cathleen Galgiani | 142,145 | 50.5 | ||
Republican | Bill Berryhill | 139,502 | 49.5 | ||
Total votes | 281,647 | 100.0 | |||
Democratic win (new seat) |
District 7 edit
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Mark DeSaulnier (incumbent) | 91,224 | 57.0 | |
Republican | Mark P. Meuser | 68,730 | 43.0 | |
Total votes | 159,954 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Mark DeSaulnier (incumbent) | 229,105 | 61.5 | |
Republican | Mark P. Meuser | 143,707 | 38.5 | |
Total votes | 372,812 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 9 edit
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Loni Hancock (incumbent) | 123,624 | 99.3 | |
Peace and Freedom | Mary Catherine McIlroy (write-in) | 785 | 0.6 | |
Libertarian | Lisa D. Ringer (write-in) | 95 | 0.1 | |
Total votes | 124,504 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Loni Hancock (incumbent) | 300,994 | 85.8 | |
Peace and Freedom | Mary Catherine McIlroy | 49,987 | 14.2 | |
Total votes | 350,981 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 11 edit
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Mark Leno (incumbent) | 118,023 | 82.0 | |
Republican | Harmeet Dhillon | 25,828 | 18.0 | |
Total votes | 143,851 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Mark Leno (incumbent) | 303,241 | 84.7 | |
Republican | Harmeet Dhillon | 54,887 | 15.3 | |
Total votes | 358,128 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 13 edit
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Jerry Hill | 76,033 | 51.1 | |
Democratic | Sally J. Lieber | 33,566 | 22.5 | |
Libertarian | John H. Webster | 23,003 | 15.4 | |
Democratic | Christopher Kent Chiang | 16,317 | 11.0 | |
Total votes | 148,919 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Jerry Hill | 218,775 | 66.1 | |
Democratic | Sally J. Lieber | 112,321 | 33.9 | |
Total votes | 331,096 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 15 edit
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Jim Beall | 69,179 | 55.5 | |
Democratic | Joe Coto | 55,387 | 44.5 | |
Total votes | 124,566 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Jim Beall | 160,451 | 56.7 | |
Democratic | Joe Coto | 122,345 | 43.3 | |
Total votes | 282,796 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 17 edit
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Bill Monning | 110,890 | 59.4 | |
Republican | Larry Beaman | 75,713 | 40.6 | |
Total votes | 186,603 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Bill Monning | 236,213 | 63.3 | |
Republican | Larry Beaman | 136,836 | 36.7 | |
Total votes | 373,049 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 19 edit
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Mike Stoker | 69,252 | 44.9 | |
Democratic | Hannah-Beth Jackson | 64,219 | 41.6 | |
Democratic | Jason Hodge | 20,828 | 13.5 | |
Total votes | 154,299 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Hannah-Beth Jackson | 180,780 | 55.7 | |
Republican | Mike Stoker | 143,819 | 44.3 | |
Total votes | 324,599 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 21 edit
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Steve Knight | 61,245 | 69.0 | |
Democratic | Star Moffatt | 27,545 | 31.0 | |
Total votes | 88,790 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Steve Knight | 153,412 | 57.6 | |
Democratic | Star Moffatt | 112,780 | 42.4 | |
Total votes | 266,192 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 23 edit
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Bill Emmerson (incumbent) | 70,465 | 65.0 | |
Democratic | Melissa Ruth O'Donnell | 37,939 | 35.0 | |
Total votes | 108,404 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Bill Emmerson (incumbent) | 159,045 | 56.3 | |
Democratic | Melissa Ruth O'Donnell | 123,518 | 43.7 | |
Total votes | 282,563 | 100.0 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 25 edit
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Carol Liu (incumbent) | 62,930 | 51.3 | |
Republican | Gilbert V. Gonzales | 53,093 | 43.3 | |
Democratic | Ameenah Fuller | 6,592 | 5.4 | |
Total votes | 122,615 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Carol Liu (incumbent) | 213,127 | 60.8 | |
Republican | Gilbert V. Gonzales | 137,651 | 39.2 | |
Total votes | 350,778 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 27 edit
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Todd Zink | 68,384 | 51.1 | |
Democratic | Fran Pavley (incumbent) | 65,552 | 48.9 | |
Total votes | 133,936 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Fran Pavley (incumbent) | 197,757 | 53.6 | |
Republican | Todd Zink | 171,438 | 46.4 | |
Total votes | 369,195 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 29 edit
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Bob Huff (incumbent) | 68,708 | 64.3 | |
Democratic | Greg Diamond | 38,169 | 35.7 | |
Total votes | 106,877 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Bob Huff (incumbent) | 160,912 | 55.1 | |
Democratic | Greg Diamond | 131,228 | 44.9 | |
Total votes | 292,140 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 31 edit
Primary election | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
Republican | Jeff Miller | 38,641 | 51.1 | ||
Democratic | Richard Roth | 21,812 | 28.8 | ||
Democratic | Steve Clute | 15,191 | 20.1 | ||
Total votes | 75,644 | 100.0 | |||
General election | |||||
Democratic | Richard Roth | 133,882 | 55.3 | ||
Republican | Jeff Miller | 108,320 | 44.7 | ||
Total votes | 242,202 | 100.0 | |||
Democratic win (new seat) |
District 33 edit
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Ricardo Lara | 35,865 | 100.0 | |
Peace and Freedom | Lee H. Chauser (write-in) | 3 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 35,868 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Ricardo Lara | 158,707 | 80.4 | |
Peace and Freedom | Lee H. Chauser | 38,671 | 19.6 | |
Total votes | 197,378 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 35 edit
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Roderick Wright (incumbent) | 40,312 | 57.4 | |
Republican | Charlotte A. Svolos | 18,793 | 26.8 | |
Democratic | Paul Butterfield | 11,091 | 15.8 | |
Total votes | 70,196 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Roderick Wright (incumbent) | 192,483 | 76.5 | |
Republican | Charlotte A. Svolos | 59,077 | 23.5 | |
Total votes | 251,560 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 37 edit
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Mimi Walters (incumbent) | 88,321 | 63.6 | |
Democratic | Steve Young | 50,562 | 36.4 | |
Total votes | 138,883 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Mimi Walters (incumbent) | 213,086 | 57.0 | |
Democratic | Steve Young | 160,595 | 43.0 | |
Total votes | 373,681 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 39 edit
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Marty Block | 85,930 | 46.3 | |
Republican | George Plescia | 81,214 | 43.7 | |
Democratic | Patrick L. Marsh | 18,510 | 10.0 | |
Total votes | 185,654 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Marty Block | 221,012 | 58.4 | |
Republican | George Plescia | 157,305 | 41.6 | |
Total votes | 378,317 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
References edit
- ^ "New Term Limits Add Stability to the State Legislature". Public Policy Institute of California. Retrieved January 11, 2024.