2014 California State Senate election
The 2014 California State Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, with the primary election on June 3, 2014. Voters in the 20 even-numbered districts of the California State Senate elected their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices, including the State Assembly election and the gubernatorial election.
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The California Republican Party won the newly drawn 28th district and the open 34th district, gaining two seats from the California Democratic Party and ending the Democrats' supermajority in the chamber.
Overview
California State Senate elections, 2014 Primary election — June 3, 2014 | ||||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Candidates | Advancing to general | Seats contesting | |
Democratic | 923,557 | 51.63% | 40 | 24 | 19 | |
Republican | 828,207 | 46.30% | 23 | 16 | 15 | |
No party preference | 32,763 | 1.83% | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Green | 4,392 | 0.25% | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1,788,919 | 100.00% | 67 | 40 | — |
California State Senate elections, 2014 General election — November 4, 2014 | ||||||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Not up | Contested | Before | After | +/– | |
Democratic | 1,760,892 | 56.22% | 14† | 13 | 27† | 25† | ||
Republican | 1,371,020 | 43.78% | 5 | 7 | 12 | 14 | ||
Totals | 3,131,912 | 100.00% | 19† | 20 | 39† | 39† | — |
† The 35th district, which was not up for election in this cycle, was vacant due to the resignation of Democrat Rod Wright.
25 | 1 | 14 | |
Democratic | V | Republican |
Results
District 2 • District 4 • District 6 • District 8 • District 10 • District 12 • District 14 • District 16 • District 18 • District 20 • District 22 • District 24 • District 26 • District 28 • District 30 • District 32 • District 34 • District 36 • District 38 • District 40 |
District 2
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Mike McGuire | 104,670 | 57.9 | |
Republican | Lawrence R. Wiesner | 48,401 | 26.8 | |
Democratic | Derek Knell | 19,733 | 10.9 | |
No party preference | Harry V. Lehmann | 8,060 | 4.5 | |
Total votes | 180,864 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Mike McGuire | 188,142 | 70.0 | |
Republican | Lawrence R. Wiesner | 80,778 | 30.0 | |
Total votes | 268,920 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 4
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Jim Nielsen (incumbent) | 92,191 | 64.0 | |
Democratic | CJ Jawahar[1] | 51,781 | 36.0 | |
Total votes | 143,972 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Jim Nielsen (incumbent) | 139,199 | 63.7 | |
Democratic | CJ Jawahar | 79,457 | 36.3 | |
Total votes | 218,656 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 6
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Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Roger Dickinson | 48,668 | 40.3 | |
Democratic | Richard Pan | 37,552 | 31.1 | |
Republican | James Axelgard | 19,258 | 15.9 | |
Republican | Jonathan Zachariou | 15,355 | 12.7 | |
Total votes | 120,833 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Richard Pan | 96,688 | 53.8 | |
Democratic | Roger Dickinson | 82,938 | 46.2 | |
Total votes | 179,626 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 8
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Tom Berryhill (incumbent) | 97,056 | 65.4 | |
Democratic | Paulina Miranda | 51,415 | 34.6 | |
Total votes | 148,471 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Tom Berryhill (incumbent) | 145,587 | 66.5 | |
Democratic | Paulina Miranda | 73,417 | 33.5 | |
Total votes | 219,004 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 10
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Bob Wieckowski | 36,773 | 35.4 | |
Republican | Peter Kuo | 27,332 | 26.3 | |
Democratic | Mary Hayashi | 21,448 | 20.6 | |
Democratic | Roman Reed | 14,098 | 13.6 | |
No party preference | Audie Bock | 4,284 | 4.1 | |
Total votes | 103,935 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Bob Wieckowski | 111,162 | 68.0 | |
Republican | Peter Kuo | 52,302 | 32.0 | |
Total votes | 163,464 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 12
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Anthony Cannella (incumbent) | 47,551 | 63.8 | |
Democratic | Shawn K. Bagley | 27,017 | 36.2 | |
Total votes | 74,568 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Anthony Cannella (incumbent) | 74,988 | 60.5 | |
Democratic | Shawn K. Bagley | 49,039 | 39.5 | |
Total votes | 124,027 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 14
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Andy Vidak (incumbent) | 35,953 | 61.2 | |
Democratic | Luis Chavez[2] | 22,771 | 38.8 | |
Total votes | 58,724 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Andy Vidak (incumbent) | 54,251 | 54.1 | |
Democratic | Luis Chavez | 46,035 | 45.9 | |
Total votes | 100,286 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 16
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Jean Fuller (incumbent) | 79,843 | 99.8 | |
Democratic | Ruth Musser-Lopez (write-in) | 189 | 0.2 | |
Total votes | 80,032 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Jean Fuller (incumbent) | 122,700 | 72.8 | |
Democratic | Ruth Musser-Lopez | 45,812 | 27.2 | |
Total votes | 168,512 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 18
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Robert Hertzberg | 35,338 | 63.1 | |
Republican | Ricardo Antonio Benitez | 16,289 | 29.1 | |
Green | John P. "Jack" Lindblad | 4,392 | 7.8 | |
Total votes | 56,019 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Robert Hertzberg | 79,495 | 70.2 | |
Republican | Ricardo Antonio Benitez | 33,794 | 29.8 | |
Total votes | 113,289 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 20
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Matthew Munson | 14,124 | 33.0 | |
Democratic | Connie Leyva | 9,096 | 21.2 | |
Democratic | Alfonso "Al" Sanchez | 7,958 | 18.6 | |
Democratic | Shannon O'Brien | 6,769 | 15.9 | |
Democratic | Sylvia Robles | 4,843 | 11.3 | |
Total votes | 42,790 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Connie Leyva | 56,943 | 62.4 | |
Republican | Matthew Munson | 34,256 | 37.6 | |
Total votes | 91,199 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 22
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Ed Hernandez (incumbent) | 34,375 | 99.6 | |
Republican | Marc Rodriguez (write-in) | 154 | 0.4 | |
Total votes | 34,529 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Ed Hernandez (incumbent) | 63,570 | 64.8 | |
Republican | Marc Rodriguez | 34,468 | 35.2 | |
Total votes | 98,038 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 24
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Kevin de León (incumbent) | 28,975 | 64.1 | |
Democratic | Peter Choi | 9,422 | 20.8 | |
Republican | William "Rodriguez" Morrison | 6,805 | 15.1 | |
Total votes | 45,202 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Kevin de León (incumbent) | 57,412 | 65.8 | |
Democratic | Peter Choi | 29,848 | 34.2 | |
Total votes | 87,260 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 26
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Ben Allen | 25,987 | 22.2 | |
Democratic | Sandra Fluke | 22,759 | 19.4 | |
No party preference | Seth Stodder | 20,419 | 17.4 | |
Democratic | Betsy Butler | 19,301 | 16.5 | |
Democratic | Amy Howorth | 18,411 | 15.7 | |
Democratic | Vito Imbasciani | 5,189 | 4.4 | |
Democratic | Patric Verrone | 3,446 | 2.9 | |
Democratic | Barbi S. Appelquist | 1,630 | 1.4 | |
Total votes | 117,142 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Ben Allen | 122,901 | 60.3 | |
Democratic | Sandra Fluke | 80,781 | 39.7 | |
Total votes | 203,682 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 28
Primary election | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
Republican | Jeff Stone | 20,807 | 21.9 | ||
Republican | Bonnie Garcia | 18,884 | 19.9 | ||
Republican | Glenn A. Miller | 18,435 | 19.4 | ||
Democratic | Phillip Drucker | 17,635 | 18.6 | ||
Democratic | Anna Nevenic | 14,444 | 15.2 | ||
Republican | William "Bill" Carns | 4,834 | 5.1 | ||
Total votes | 95,039 | 100.0 | |||
General election | |||||
Republican | Jeff Stone | 81,698 | 53.0 | ||
Republican | Bonnie Garcia | 72,353 | 47.0 | ||
Total votes | 154,051 | 100.0 | |||
Republican win (new seat) |
District 30
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Holly Mitchell (incumbent) | 48,280 | 85.3 | |
Democratic | Isidro Armenta | 8,301 | 14.7 | |
Total votes | 56,581 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Holly Mitchell (incumbent) | 78,115 | 68.8 | |
Democratic | Isidro Armenta | 35,442 | 31.2 | |
Total votes | 113,557 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 32
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Mario Guerra | 29,096 | 44.5 | |
Democratic | Tony Mendoza | 20,804 | 31.8 | |
Democratic | Sally Havice | 7,325 | 11.2 | |
Democratic | Irella Perez | 6,873 | 10.5 | |
Democratic | Carlos Arvizu | 1,280 | 2.0 | |
Total votes | 65,378 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Tony Mendoza | 67,593 | 52.3 | |
Republican | Mario Guerra | 61,718 | 47.7 | |
Total votes | 129,311 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 34
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Janet Nguyen | 46,445 | 52.0 | |
Democratic | Jose Solorio | 29,793 | 33.3 | |
Republican | Long Pham | 13,102 | 14.7 | |
Total votes | 89,340 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Janet Nguyen | 95,792 | 58.1 | |
Democratic | Jose Solorio | 69,220 | 41.9 | |
Total votes | 165,012 | 100.0 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||
District 36
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Patricia Bates | 88,171 | 99.1 | |
Democratic | Gary Kephart (write-in) | 756 | 0.9 | |
Total votes | 88,927 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Patricia Bates | 140,610 | 65.7 | |
Democratic | Gary Kephart | 73,539 | 34.3 | |
Total votes | 214,149 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 38
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Joel Anderson (incumbent) | 87,933 | 71.1 | |
Democratic | Fotios "Frank" Tsimboukakis | 35,656 | 28.9 | |
Total votes | 123,589 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Joel Anderson (incumbent) | 146,510 | 68.9 | |
Democratic | Fotios "Frank" Tsimboukakis | 66,066 | 30.8 | |
Total votes | 212,576 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 40
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Ben Hueso (incumbent) | 45,249 | 71.9 | |
Democratic | Rafael Estrada | 17,547 | 27.9 | |
Republican | Michael Diaz (write-in) | 188 | 0.3 | |
Total votes | 62,984 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Ben Hueso (incumbent) | 58,880 | 54.9 | |
Democratic | Rafael Estrada | 48,397 | 45.1 | |
Total votes | 107,277 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
References
- Chitnis, Deepak (March 20, 2014), "Software engineer C J Jawahar enters fray in California's Senate primaries for 4th District", The American Bazaar, retrieved March 17, 2017
- "Why Luis Chavez is the man to beat in 2016", CVO Observer, May 26, 2015