2018 California lieutenant gubernatorial election

2018 California lieutenant gubernatorial election
	County results; Kounalakis: 50–60% 60–70% ; Hernandez: 50–60% 60–70%
Lieutenant Governor before election; Gavin Newsom; Democratic	Elected Lieutenant Governor ; Eleni Kounalakis; Democratic

The 2018 California lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the lieutenant governor of California. Incumbent Democratic lieutenant governor Gavin Newsom was ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits and ran for governor of California instead. Democrats Eleni Kounalakis and Ed Hernandez faced each other in the general election, as no Republican finished in the top two positions of the nonpartisan blanket primary that was held on June 5, 2018.

Quick Facts Candidate, Party ...

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eleni Kounalakis	1,587,940	24.2%
	Democratic	Ed Hernandez	1,347,442	20.6%
	Republican	Cole Harris	1,144,003	17.5%
	Democratic	Jeff Bleich	648,045	9.9%
	Republican	David Fennell	515,956	7.9%
	Republican	Lydia Ortega	419,512	6.4%
	Republican	David R. Hernandez	404,982	6.2%
	No party preference	Gayle McLaughlin	263,364	4.0%
	Libertarian	Tim Ferreira	99,949	1.5%
	Democratic	Cameron Gharabiklou	78,267	1.2%
	No party preference	Danny Thomas	44,121	0.7%
	No party preference	Marjan S. Fariba (write-in)	18	0.0%
Total votes			6,553,599	100.0%

County	McLaughlin (NPP)	Kounalakis (D)	Ed Hernandez (D)	Bleich (D)	Democratic total	Fennell (R)	Harris (R)	Ortega (R)	David Hernandez (R)	Republican total	Other
Alameda	8.7	31.4	19.0	20.3	71.9%	4.7	6.3	3.2	3.4	17.6%	1.8
Alpine	1.9	25.4	18.4	12.8	58.2%	13.1	10.4	9.1	4.0	36.6%	3.2
Amador	2.2	21.6	10.2	4.4	36.6%	16.1	23.2	9.3	9.5	58.1%	3.0
Butte	4.4	18.8	15.6	6.4	42.7%	12.1	21.5	9.5	6.9	50.0%	2.9
Calaveras	2.4	20.2	12.0	4.5	37.3%	17.8	21.7	9.3	8.2	57.0%	3.3
Colusa	2.0	14.4	13.8	3.7	33.1%	20.3	24.2	9.5	7.4	61.4%	3.3
Contra Costa	6.2	26.7	17.4	17.3	62.4%	8.0	11.2	5.6	4.3	29.1%	2.3
Del Norte	4.3	14.8	16.9	5.6	38.4%	16.5	22.3	7.2	8.3	54.3%	3.1
El Dorado	2.5	23.5	11.2	4.9	40.1%	15.2	20.9	11.5	7.4	55.0%	2.5
Fresno	2.6	12.3	19.1	9.2	41.9%	9.6	23.6	12.1	7.7	53.0%	2.6
Glenn	2.2	8.4	10.0	5.0	25.8%	24.2	25.7	8.9	9.3	68.1%	3.8
Humboldt	8.2	25.4	19.5	8.8	55.1%	10.6	13.4	5.6	4.7	34.3%	2.4
Imperial	1.9	9.1	33.5	8.8	53.1%	11.9	12.2	8.1	10.0	42.2%	2.8
Inyo	3.5	16.5	15.1	6.6	39.2%	15.8	22.2	8.3	7.5	53.8%	3.5
Kern	1.9	9.7	15.3	6.3	34.4%	13.5	35.2	8.0	6.4	63.1%	2.6
Kings	2.1	7.6	19.2	6.0	33.2%	12.6	26.2	14.2	8.8	61.8%	2.5
Lake	4.3	25.6	10.7	13.1	50.5%	11.6	18.0	7.4	5.8	42.8%	2.6
Lassen	1.7	9.2	10.7	3.9	24.5%	18.3	30.7	10.9	11.7	70.6%	2.4
Los Angeles	4.1	27.4	28.9	7.1	64.7%	4.9	12.9	5.4	6.1	29.3%	1.9
Madera	2.1	9.0	18.4	5.1	33.3%	17.0	29.6	7.7	7.6	59.9%	2.8
Marin	5.2	32.2	16.3	25.5	74.6%	3.8	6.4	6.3	2.0	18.5	1.6
Mariposa	3.4	14.1	15.8	5.6	36.2%	18.0	24.0	7.2	8.3	57.5%	2.9
Mendocino	7.4	30.4	16.5	14.1	62.3%	7.4	10.7	5.2	4.7	28.0%	2.4
Merced	2.8	12.0	22.0	7.6	42.9%	9.9	23.1	10.6	7.3	50.9%	3.5
Modoc	2.6	8.2	9.0	4.3	22.3%	22.7	27.2	10.4	12.3	72.6%	2.4
Mono	3.9	18.9	18.7	11.6	50.0%	14.5	16.2	6.9	5.9	43.5%	2.7
Monterey	2.8	26.7	24.8	9.5	61.8%	5.4	18.2	5.3	4.6	34.5%	1.9
Napa	3.0	30.0	17.3	13.9	61.7%	11.1	10.6	5.3	4.9	31.9%	3.2
Nevada	4.4	30.7	10.6	8.3	50.1%	12.0	17.9	7.7	5.8	43.4%	2.2
Orange	2.3	18.5	19.8	5.7	45.2%	8.3	25.4	7.5	9.1	50.3%	2.2
Placer	2.2	24.0	11.4	5.1	41.1%	9.0	28.7	9.4	6.9	54.0%	2.7
Plumas	3.0	23.3	9.2	5.4	38.5%	17.8	16.9	10.9	10.2	55.8%	2.7
Riverside	2.0	16.6	20.8	5.8	44.1%	10.8	26.0	6.7	8.5	52.0%	1.9
Sacramento	3.0	31.4	17.2	7.2	56.6%	8.5	14.9	7.1	7.5	38.0%	2.4
San Benito	2.9	23.3	21.8	6.2	52.0%	9.2	15.0	8.6	9.6	42.5%	2.6
San Bernardino	2.4	16.6	22.3	4.3	44.5%	9.2	24.2	7.2	10.4	51.0%	2.1
San Diego	3.0	20.8	18.9	10.1	51.4%	7.3	24.5	6.7	5.2	43.7%	1.9
San Francisco	18.0	29.0	17.5	20.8	68.2%	2.5	4.9	3.2	2.3	12.9%	0.9
San Luis Obispo	3.5	27.6	15.1	5.8	49.7%	11.0	22.1	6.7	5.4	44.2%	2.6
San Joaquin	2.2	24.9	17.6	5.2	49.2%	9.6	21.3	8.1	7.0	46.0%	2.6
San Mateo	4.1	34.2	16.5	19.8	71.5%	6.4	8.5	5.0	2.4	22.3%	2.1
Santa Barbara	2.9	25.9	21.5	6.7	55.0%	9.2	18.5	6.7	5.4	39.8%	2.3
Santa Clara	3.1	28.3	18.3	19.8	68.0%	7.3	9.9	4.9	4.5	26.6%	2.3
Santa Cruz	5.9	34.7	22.8	12.2	70.6%	4.6	9.0	5.3	2.8	21.7%	1.8
Shasta	2.7	10.9	12.3	6.0	30.1%	19.0	25.4	9.4	10.5	64.3%	2.9
Sierra	5.8	21.4	7.7	5.4	35.0%	16.5	21.2	11.0	7.4	55.1%	4.1
Siskiyou	4.5	15.3	13.3	8.1	37.1%	19.4	18.4	8.9	8.2	54.9%	3.5
Solano	3.4	28.7	16.8	10.0	57.5%	10.9	11.9	7.5	5.4	38.7%	3.3
Sonoma	5.5	34.4	17.2	15.1	67.7%	5.8	9.6	5.8	3.6	24.8%	2.0
Stanislaus	2.0	22.2	16.7	6.3	46.1%	12.5	23.2	7.2	6.4	49.3%	2.6
Sutter	1.6	14.8	12.9	4.3	35.6%	12.0	31.1	8.6	7.6	59.3%	3.5
Tehama	2.4	8.5	13.3	3.7	27.4%	20.2	26.7	9.0	11.3	67.2%	3.1
Trinity	4.2	16.1	16.1	6.5	40.1%	17.7	14.6	10.4	9.2	51.9%	3.8
Tulare	1.6	7.7	21.1	4.7	34.0%	11.9	33.9	7.5	8.0	61.0%	3.1
Tuolumne	2.8	22.1	11.2	5.1	39.2%	20.2	19.0	8.2	8.0	55.4%	2.7
Ventura	3.0	22.1	21.6	6.7	51.2%	11.2	18.9	6.2	7.1	43.4%	2.4
Yolo	4.1	33.0	21.1	8.9	64.0%	6.8	12.4	6.0	4.0	29.2%	2.6
Yuba	2.6	15.8	12.0	3.5	33.1%	17.3	27.9	7.4	8.1	60.7%	3.6
Total	4.0	24.2	20.6	9.9	55.8%	7.9	17.5	6.4	6.2	38.0%	2.2

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Ed Hernandez (D)	Eleni Kounalakis (D)	None	Undecided
Thomas Partners Strategies^[69]	October 25–27, 2018	1,068	± 3.5%	34%	34%	–	32%
UC Berkeley^[70]	October 19–26, 2018	1,339	± 4.0%	31%	45%	–	24%
YouGov^[71]	October 10–24, 2018	2,178	± 3.1%	19%	32%	22%	28%
Thomas Partners Strategies^[72]	October 18–20, 2018	1,068	± 3.5%	29%	34%	–	37%
Thomas Partners Strategies^[73]	October 12–14, 2018	1,068	± 3.5%	26%	26%	–	48%
Thomas Partners Strategies^[74]	October 5–7, 2018	1,068	± 3.5%	24%	30%	–	46%
Thomas Partners Strategies^[75]	September 28–30, 2018	1,068	± 3.5%	22%	24%	–	54%
Thomas Partners Strategies^[76]	September 21–23, 2018	1,068	± 3.5%	27%	27%	–	46%
Thomas Partners Strategies^[77]	September 14–16, 2018	1,040	± 3.5%	18%	15%	–	67%
Thomas Partners Strategies^[78]	September 7–9, 2018	1,227	± 3.3%	18%	16%	–	66%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eleni Kounalakis	5,914,068	56.55%
	Democratic	Ed Hernandez	4,543,863	43.45%
Total votes			10,457,931	100.00%
	Democratic hold

County	Ed Hernandez (D)		Eleni Kounalakis (D)		Total
County	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes
Alameda	196,722	38.3	316,658	61.7	513,380
Alpine	160	33.8	314	66.2	474
Amador	4,901	38.5	7,834	61.5	12,735
Butte	27,196	39.6	41,533	60.4	68,729
Calaveras	5,775	37.2	9,734	62.8	15,509
Colusa	2,050	49.1	2,123	50.9	4,173
Contra Costa	143,152	39.1	222,978	60.9	366,130
Del Norte	2,629	42.3	3,586	57.7	6,215
El Dorado	22,576	35.1	41,662	64.9	64,238
Fresno	98,361	48.4	105,036	51.6	203,397
Glenn	3,030	51.0	2,910	49.0	5,940
Humboldt	17,568	40.0	26,301	60.0	43,869
Imperial	18,177	62.7	10,826	37.3	29,003
Inyo	2,307	43.9	2,953	56.1	5,260
Kern	70,734	46.0	83,012	54.0	153,746
Kings	12,210	52.3	11,128	47.7	23,338
Lake	6,610	38.4	10,608	61.6	17,218
Lassen	2,918	49.2	3,013	50.8	5,931
Los Angeles	1,276,564	48.8	1,338,599	51.2	2,615,163
Madera	15,349	52.6	13,853	47.4	29,202
Marin	42,290	37.8	69,699	62.2	111,989
Mariposa	2,533	42.7	3,405	57.3	5,938
Mendocino	10,687	37.7	17,679	62.3	28,366
Merced	25,579	53.8	21,986	46.2	47,565
Modoc	1,066	47.7	1,167	52.3	2,233
Mono	1,666	43.6	2,155	56.4	3,821
Monterey	37,871	37.4	63,265	62.6	101,136
Napa	18,575	38.8	29,330	61.2	47,905
Nevada	13,495	32.3	28,283	67.7	41,778
Orange	402,773	46.5	463,979	53.5	866,752
Placer	42,381	32.6	87,514	67.4	129,895
Plumas	2,349	37.6	3,901	62.4	6,250
Riverside	250,409	48.5	265,991	51.5	516,400
Sacramento	156,250	36.4	273,273	63.6	429,523
San Benito	7,127	42.3	9,733	57.7	16,860
San Bernardino	219,347	49.4	224,804	50.6	444,151
San Diego	341,799	37.5	570,795	62.5	912,594
San Francisco	153,733	47.1	172,741	52.9	326,474
San Joaquin	66,294	40.9	95,660	59.1	161,954
San Luis Obispo	37,952	38.9	59,731	61.1	97,683
San Mateo	94,218	37.2	158,978	62.8	253,196
Santa Barbara	49,443	39.4	75,995	60.6	125,438
Santa Clara	203,178	38.0	331,520	62.0	534,698
Santa Cruz	36,561	35.0	67,812	65.0	104,373
Shasta	23,256	47.9	25,245	52.1	48,501
Sierra	422	36.5	733	63.5	1,155
Siskiyou	6,062	46.2	7,057	53.8	13,119
Solano	48,042	38.6	76,558	61.4	124,600
Sonoma	64,774	35.5	117,583	64.5	182,357
Stanislaus	53,577	42.5	72,406	57.5	125,983
Sutter	9,675	43.2	12,712	56.8	22,387
Tehama	7,100	48.4	7,581	51.6	14,681
Trinity	1,754	43.2	2,305	56.8	4,059
Tulare	37,646	48.9	39,334	51.1	76,980
Tuolumne	6,375	38.2	10,297	61.8	16,672
Ventura	110,435	44.5	137,545	55.5	247,980
Yolo	22,040	34.2	42,349	65.8	64,389
Yuba	6,140	42.5	8,306	57.5	14,446
Totals	4,543,863	43.4%	5,914,068	56.6%	10,457,931

2018 California lieutenant gubernatorial election

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