2018 California gubernatorial election

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 a third consecutive term due to term limits. 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.

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2018 California gubernatorial 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 (/wiki/1950Californiagubernatorialelection), and the biggest victory for a non-incumbent since (/wiki/1930Californiagubernatorialelection). The election also marked the first time in 40 years since Orange County had voted for the Democratic candidate since Jerry Brown won it in (/wiki/1978Californiagubernatorialelection), and the first time Democrats won three consecutive gubernatorial elections in the state's history. Newsom was sworn in on January 7, 2019.

Candidates

2018 California gubernatorial election

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.

Declared

• Akinyemi Agbede, mathematician • Juan M. Bribiesca, retired physician • Thomas Jefferson Cares, blockchain start-up CEO • John Chiang, California State Treasurer • Delaine Eastin, former California State Superintendent of Public Instruction • Robert Davidson Griffis, 2016 Libertarian candidate for president • Albert Caesar Mezzetti, former Manteca city councilman • Gavin Newsom, lieutenant governor of California • Amanda Renteria, national political director for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign and candidate for CA-21 in (/wiki/UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia,2014#District21) • Michael Shellenberger, founder of the Breakthrough Institute • Klement Tinaj, actor, martial artist, stuntman, and producer • Antonio Villaraigosa, former mayor of Los Angeles

Declined

• Xavier Becerra, Attorney General of California (ran for re-election) • Scooter Braun, music manager • George Clooney, actor and activist • Kevin de León, president pro tempore of the California State Senate (ran for the U.S. Senate) • Eric Garcetti, mayor of Los Angeles • Bob Iger, CEO of The Walt Disney Company • Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO • Libby Schaaf, mayor of Oakland (ran for re-election) • Jackie Speier, U.S. representative (ran for re-election) • Tom Steyer, hedge fund manager, philanthropist, and environmentalist

Declared

• Travis Allen, state assemblyman • John H. Cox, businessman • Yvonne Girard, US military veteran • Peter Y. Liu, entrepreneur, real estate agent, US Army veteran • Robert C. Newman II, businessman, psychologist, farmer • K. Pearce (write-in)

Withdrawn

• Rosey Grier, minister and retired NFL player • David Hadley, former state assemblyman • Allen Ishida, former Tulare County Supervisor • Doug Ose, former U.S. representative

Declined

• Tim Donnelly, former state assemblyman, candidate for governor in (/wiki/Californiagubernatorialelection,2014), and candidate for CA-08 in (/wiki/UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia,2016#District8) (running for CA-08) • Kevin Faulconer, mayor of San Diego • Ashley Swearengin, former mayor of Fresno • Peter Thiel, venture capitalist

Declared

• Zoltan Istvan, Transhumanist Party nominee for President of the United States in 2016 • Nickolas Wildstar, political activist, rapper, and write-in candidate for governor in (/wiki/Californiagubernatorialelection,2014)

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

• Gloria La Riva, activist and nominee for president of the United States in (/wiki/2016UnitedStatespresidentialelection)

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

Primary election

2018 California gubernatorial election

From the latter 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, in late 2017, as more prominent Democrats entered the race, Villaraigosa saw his polling numbers slip out of competition with Cox. This mainly left the race between Newsom and Cox, with a third place free-for-all between Allen and Villaraigosa.

Polling

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

Results

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Democratic</td><td>Gavin Newsom</td><td>2,343,792</td><td>33.7%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Republican</td><td>John H. Cox</td><td>1,766,488</td><td>25.4%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Democratic</td><td>Antonio Villaraigosa</td><td>926,394</td><td>13.3%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Republican</td><td>Travis Allen</td><td>658,798</td><td>9.5%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Democratic</td><td>John Chiang</td><td>655,920</td><td>9.4%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Democratic</td><td>Delaine Eastin</td><td>234,869</td><td>3.4%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Democratic</td><td>Amanda Renteria</td><td>93,446</td><td>1.3%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Republican</td><td>Robert C. Newman II</td><td>44,674</td><td>0.6%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Democratic</td><td>Michael Shellenberger</td><td>31,692</td><td>0.5%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Republican</td><td>Peter Y. Liu</td><td>27,336</td><td>0.4%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Republican</td><td>Yvonne Girard</td><td>21,840</td><td>0.3%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Peace and Freedom</td><td>Gloria La Riva</td><td>19,075</td><td>0.3%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Democratic</td><td>J. Bribiesca</td><td>18,586</td><td>0.3%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Josh Jones</td><td>16,131</td><td>0.2%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Libertarian</td><td>Zoltan Istvan</td><td>14,462</td><td>0.2%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Democratic</td><td>Albert Caesar Mezzetti</td><td>12,026</td><td>0.2%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Libertarian</td><td>Nickolas Wildstar</td><td>11,566</td><td>0.2%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Democratic</td><td>Robert Davidson Griffis</td><td>11,103</td><td>0.2%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Democratic</td><td>Akinyemi Agbede</td><td>9,380</td><td>0.1%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Democratic</td><td>Thomas Jefferson Cares</td><td>8,937</td><td>0.1%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Christopher N. Carlson</td><td>7,302</td><td>0.1%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Democratic</td><td>Klement Tinaj</td><td>5,368</td><td>0.1%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No party preference</td><td>Hakan "Hawk" Mikado</td><td>5,346</td><td>0.1%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No party preference</td><td>Johnny Wattenburg</td><td>4,973</td><td>0.1%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No party preference</td><td>Desmond Silveira</td><td>4,633</td><td>0.1%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No party preference</td><td>Shubham Goel</td><td>4,020</td><td>0.1%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No party preference</td><td>Jeffrey Edward Taylor</td><td>3,973</td><td>0.1%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Veronika Fimbres (write-in)</td><td>62</td><td>0.0%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No party preference</td><td>Arman Soltani (write-in)</td><td>32</td><td>0.0%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No party preference</td><td>Peter Crawford Valentino (write-in)</td><td>21</td><td>0.0%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Republican</td><td>K. Pearce (write-in)</td><td>8</td><td>0.0%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No party preference</td><td>Armando M. Arreola (write-in)</td><td>1</td><td>0.0%</td></tr><tr><td>Total votes</td><td>6,862,254</td><td>100%</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results by county

Red represents counties won by Cox. Blue represents counties won by Newsom. Green represents counties won by Villaraigosa.

<table><thead><tr><th>County</th><th>Newsom %</th><th>Cox %</th><th>Villaraigosa %</th><th>Allen %</th><th>Chiang %</th><th>Others %</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Alameda</td><td>53.5%</td><td>10.6%</td><td>10.0%</td><td>4.4%</td><td>9.6%</td><td>11.9%</td></tr><tr><td>Alpine</td><td>38.5%</td><td>24.1%</td><td>6.7%</td><td>8.7%</td><td>10.4%</td><td>11.6%</td></tr><tr><td>Amador</td><td>21.5%</td><td>41.8%</td><td>5.8%</td><td>15.1%</td><td>8.0%</td><td>7.8%</td></tr><tr><td>Butte</td><td>25.6%</td><td>34.4%</td><td>5.5%</td><td>14.5%</td><td>6.1%</td><td>13.9%</td></tr><tr><td>Calaveras</td><td>23.3%</td><td>38.2%</td><td>5.3%</td><td>18.1%</td><td>6.6%</td><td>8.5%</td></tr><tr><td>Colusa</td><td>13.0%</td><td>43.3%</td><td>16.0%</td><td>16.3%</td><td>3.6%</td><td>7.8%</td></tr><tr><td>Contra Costa</td><td>49.9%</td><td>19.7%</td><td>8.7%</td><td>7.4%</td><td>6.9%</td><td>7.4%</td></tr><tr><td>Del Norte</td><td>23.4%</td><td>27.0%</td><td>3.5%</td><td>24.8%</td><td>7.7%</td><td>13.6%</td></tr><tr><td>El Dorado</td><td>24.5%</td><td>40.7%</td><td>5.8%</td><td>13.9%</td><td>8.1%</td><td>7.0%</td></tr><tr><td>Fresno</td><td>16.8%</td><td>33.7%</td><td>20.2%</td><td>14.3%</td><td>7.6%</td><td>7.4%</td></tr><tr><td>Glenn</td><td>12.4%</td><td>48.1%</td><td>7.9%</td><td>18.2%</td><td>3.3%</td><td>10.1%</td></tr><tr><td>Humboldt</td><td>37.9%</td><td>22.3%</td><td>5.0%</td><td>9.6%</td><td>6.4%</td><td>18.8%</td></tr><tr><td>Imperial</td><td>11.8%</td><td>22.7%</td><td>31.2%</td><td>9.8%</td><td>7.9%</td><td>16.6%</td></tr><tr><td>Inyo</td><td>22.6%</td><td>30.7%</td><td>8.6%</td><td>15.9%</td><td>8.7%</td><td>13.5%</td></tr><tr><td>Kern</td><td>12.1%</td><td>40.6%</td><td>13.9%</td><td>19.9%</td><td>5.4%</td><td>8.1%</td></tr><tr><td>Kings</td><td>9.4%</td><td>36.7%</td><td>17.0%</td><td>23.8%</td><td>6.7%</td><td>6.4%</td></tr><tr><td>Lake</td><td>37.5%</td><td>28.4%</td><td>6.6%</td><td>12.0%</td><td>5.0%</td><td>10.5%</td></tr><tr><td>Lassen</td><td>13.1%</td><td>41.7%</td><td>2.1%</td><td>26.8%</td><td>6.6%</td><td>9.7%</td></tr><tr><td>Los Angeles</td><td>32.7%</td><td>19.6%</td><td>21.7%</td><td>5.8%</td><td>13.2%</td><td>7.0%</td></tr><tr><td>Madera</td><td>12.8%</td><td>40.2%</td><td>15.7%</td><td>18.9%</td><td>5.2%</td><td>7.2%</td></tr><tr><td>Marin</td><td>64.1%</td><td>12.5%</td><td>8.2%</td><td>3.8%</td><td>5.3%</td><td>6.1%</td></tr><tr><td>Mariposa</td><td>19.1%</td><td>34.9%</td><td>8.2%</td><td>23.4%</td><td>6.3%</td><td>8.1%</td></tr><tr><td>Mendocino</td><td>45.2%</td><td>17.9%</td><td>7.8%</td><td>9.1%</td><td>5.1%</td><td>14.9%</td></tr><tr><td>Merced</td><td>18.2%</td><td>29.7%</td><td>17.9%</td><td>16.0%</td><td>7.3%</td><td>10.8%</td></tr><tr><td>Modoc</td><td>11.4%</td><td>49.9%</td><td>3.0%</td><td>18.0%</td><td>3.1%</td><td>14.6%</td></tr><tr><td>Mono</td><td>31.6%</td><td>26.1%</td><td>12.2%</td><td>12.0%</td><td>5.0%</td><td>13.1%</td></tr><tr><td>Monterey</td><td>37.8%</td><td>19.8%</td><td>16.8%</td><td>9.4%</td><td>6.6%</td><td>9.6%</td></tr><tr><td>Napa</td><td>46.1%</td><td>19.4%</td><td>10.0%</td><td>9.7%</td><td>5.5%</td><td>9.3%</td></tr><tr><td>Nevada</td><td>34.1%</td><td>25.7%</td><td>5.9%</td><td>17.4%</td><td>7.0%</td><td>9.9%</td></tr><tr><td>Orange</td><td>24.3%</td><td>36.3%</td><td>11.4%</td><td>11.5%</td><td>9.0%</td><td>7.5%</td></tr><tr><td>Placer</td><td>25.7%</td><td>40.2%</td><td>5.8%</td><td>13.1%</td><td>9.0%</td><td>6.2%</td></tr><tr><td>Plumas</td><td>26.9%</td><td>38.5%</td><td>3.8%</td><td>15.5%</td><td>5.7%</td><td>9.6%</td></tr><tr><td>Riverside</td><td>22.3%</td><td>34.4%</td><td>13.7%</td><td>15.3%</td><td>7.5%</td><td>6.8%</td></tr><tr><td>Sacramento</td><td>29.7%</td><td>26.2%</td><td>10.7%</td><td>10.2%</td><td>14.5%</td><td>8.7%</td></tr><tr><td>San Benito</td><td>33.6%</td><td>23.4%</td><td>13.3%</td><td>16.0%</td><td>4.8%</td><td>8.9%</td></tr><tr><td>San Bernardino</td><td>19.7%</td><td>33.9%</td><td>15.2%</td><td>14.7%</td><td>9.2%</td><td>7.3%</td></tr><tr><td>San Diego</td><td>30.5%</td><td>32.6%</td><td>10.4%</td><td>7.5%</td><td>9.8%</td><td>9.2%</td></tr><tr><td>San Francisco</td><td>57.5%</td><td>6.6%</td><td>9.1%</td><td>2.2%</td><td>8.9%</td><td>15.7%</td></tr><tr><td>San Joaquin</td><td>26.3%</td><td>31.4%</td><td>11.1%</td><td>13.6%</td><td>9.3%</td><td>8.3%</td></tr><tr><td>San Luis Obispo</td><td>33.2%</td><td>29.4%</td><td>6.8%</td><td>14.6%</td><td>7.3%</td><td>8.7%</td></tr><tr><td>San Mateo</td><td>55.0%</td><td>13.9%</td><td>10.4%</td><td>5.1%</td><td>7.1%</td><td>8.5%</td></tr><tr><td>Santa Barbara</td><td>33.8%</td><td>26.2%</td><td>12.3%</td><td>11.5%</td><td>6.8%</td><td>9.4%</td></tr><tr><td>Santa Clara</td><td>48.5%</td><td>13.9%</td><td>10.9%</td><td>8.3%</td><td>7.7%</td><td>10.7%</td></tr><tr><td>Santa Cruz</td><td>52.4%</td><td>11.8%</td><td>11.5%</td><td>7.0%</td><td>4.5%</td><td>12.8%</td></tr><tr><td>Shasta</td><td>16.9%</td><td>44.3%</td><td>3.9%</td><td>19.9%</td><td>4.5%</td><td>10.5%</td></tr><tr><td>Sierra</td><td>22.9%</td><td>35.1%</td><td>3.7%</td><td>17.6%</td><td>7.1%</td><td>13.6%</td></tr><tr><td>Siskiyou</td><td>23.3%</td><td>34.5%</td><td>3.4%</td><td>18.5%</td><td>5.0%</td><td>15.3%</td></tr><tr><td>Solano</td><td>41.6%</td><td>23.3%</td><td>8.9%</td><td>11.3%</td><td>6.9%</td><td>8.0%</td></tr><tr><td>Sonoma</td><td>54.6%</td><td>16.4%</td><td>8.9%</td><td>5.5%</td><td>4.9%</td><td>9.7%</td></tr><tr><td>Stanislaus</td><td>23.2%</td><td>31.6%</td><td>12.3%</td><td>16.3%</td><td>7.3%</td><td>9.3%</td></tr><tr><td>Sutter</td><td>16.4%</td><td>40.0%</td><td>8.3%</td><td>17.4%</td><td>8.2%</td><td>9.7%</td></tr><tr><td>Tehama</td><td>13.2%</td><td>45.4%</td><td>4.5%</td><td>21.6%</td><td>4.7%</td><td>10.6%</td></tr><tr><td>Trinity</td><td>23.6%</td><td>31.4%</td><td>4.7%</td><td>17.9%</td><td>5.4%</td><td>17.0%</td></tr><tr><td>Tulare</td><td>13.9%</td><td>36.5%</td><td>16.4%</td><td>20.4%</td><td>5.2%</td><td>7.6%</td></tr><tr><td>Tuolumne</td><td>26.8%</td><td>37.6%</td><td>5.7%</td><td>15.8%</td><td>5.6%</td><td>8.5%</td></tr><tr><td>Ventura</td><td>26.7%</td><td>32.6%</td><td>13.4%</td><td>9.1%</td><td>11.0%</td><td>7.2%</td></tr><tr><td>Yolo</td><td>31.6%</td><td>19.9%</td><td>13.7%</td><td>7.0%</td><td>14.6%</td><td>13.2%</td></tr><tr><td>Yuba</td><td>16.3%</td><td>39.6%</td><td>7.6%</td><td>21.1%</td><td>6.6%</td><td>8.8%</td></tr><tr><td>Totals</td><td>33.6%</td><td>25.5%</td><td>13.3%</td><td>9.5%</td><td>9.5%</td><td>8.6%</td></tr></tbody></table>

General election

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Safe D</td><td>October 26, 2018</td></tr><tr><td>The Washington Post</td><td>Likely D</td><td>November 5, 2018</td></tr><tr><td>FiveThirtyEight</td><td>Safe D</td><td>November 5, 2018</td></tr><tr><td>Rothenberg Political Report</td><td>Safe D</td><td>November 1, 2018</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>November 5, 2018</td></tr><tr><td>RealClearPolitics</td><td>Likely D</td><td>November 4, 2018</td></tr><tr><td>Daily Kos</td><td>Safe D</td><td>November 5, 2018</td></tr><tr><td>Fox News</td><td>Likely D</td><td>November 5, 2018</td></tr><tr><td>Politico</td><td>Safe D</td><td>November 5, 2018</td></tr><tr><td>Governing</td><td>Safe D</td><td>November 5, 2018</td></tr></tbody></table>

Polling

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

Results

Newsom won the general election by the largest margin of any California gubernatorial candidate since Earl Warren's re-election in (/wiki/1950Californiagubernatorialelection). 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 (/wiki/Californiagubernatorialelection,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.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Democratic</td><td>Gavin Newsom</td><td>7,721,410</td><td>61.95%</td><td>+1.98%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Republican</td><td>John H. Cox</td><td>4,742,825</td><td>38.05%</td><td>−1.98%</td></tr><tr><td>Total votes</td><td>12,464,235</td><td>100.00%</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>12,712,542</td><td>64.54%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>19,696,371</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Democratic hold</td></tr></tbody></table>

By county

Blue represents counties won by Newsom. Red represents counties won by Cox.

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

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 53 congressional districts, with the remaining 11 going to Cox, including four that elected Democrats.

<table><thead><tr><th>District</th><th>Newsom</th><th>Cox</th><th>Representative</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1st</td><td>39%</td><td>61%</td><td>Doug LaMalfa</td></tr><tr><td>2nd</td><td>72%</td><td>28%</td><td>Jared Huffman</td></tr><tr><td>3rd</td><td>52%</td><td>48%</td><td>John Garamendi</td></tr><tr><td>4th</td><td>41%</td><td>59%</td><td>Tom McClintock</td></tr><tr><td>5th</td><td>70%</td><td>30%</td><td>Mike Thompson</td></tr><tr><td>6th</td><td>69%</td><td>31%</td><td>Doris Matsui</td></tr><tr><td>7th</td><td>52%</td><td>48%</td><td>Ami Bera</td></tr><tr><td>8th</td><td>40%</td><td>60%</td><td>Paul Cook</td></tr><tr><td>9th</td><td>54%</td><td>46%</td><td>Jerry McNerney</td></tr><tr><td>10th</td><td>49.5%</td><td>50.5%</td><td>Josh Harder</td></tr><tr><td>11th</td><td>71%</td><td>29%</td><td>Mark DeSaulnier</td></tr><tr><td>12th</td><td>87%</td><td>13%</td><td>Nancy Pelosi</td></tr><tr><td>13th</td><td>90%</td><td>10%</td><td>Barbara Lee</td></tr><tr><td>14th</td><td>76%</td><td>24%</td><td>Jackie Speier</td></tr><tr><td>15th</td><td>69%</td><td>31%</td><td>Eric Swalwell</td></tr><tr><td>16th</td><td>56%</td><td>44%</td><td>Jim Costa</td></tr><tr><td>17th</td><td>72%</td><td>28%</td><td>Ro Khanna</td></tr><tr><td>18th</td><td>73%</td><td>27%</td><td>Anna Eshoo</td></tr><tr><td>19th</td><td>70%</td><td>30%</td><td>Zoe Lofgren</td></tr><tr><td>20th</td><td>70%</td><td>30%</td><td>Jimmy Panetta</td></tr><tr><td>21st</td><td>52%</td><td>48%</td><td>TJ Cox</td></tr><tr><td>22nd</td><td>43%</td><td>57%</td><td>Devin Nunes</td></tr><tr><td>23rd</td><td>37%</td><td>63%</td><td>Kevin McCarthy</td></tr><tr><td>24th</td><td>57%</td><td>43%</td><td>Salud Carbajal</td></tr><tr><td>25th</td><td>51%</td><td>49%</td><td>Katie Hill</td></tr><tr><td>26th</td><td>57%</td><td>43%</td><td>Julia Brownley</td></tr><tr><td>27th</td><td>65%</td><td>35%</td><td>Judy Chu</td></tr><tr><td>28th</td><td>75%</td><td>25%</td><td>Adam Schiff</td></tr><tr><td>29th</td><td>78%</td><td>22%</td><td>Tony Cárdenas</td></tr><tr><td>30th</td><td>70%</td><td>30%</td><td>Brad Sherman</td></tr><tr><td>31st</td><td>57%</td><td>43%</td><td>Pete Aguilar</td></tr><tr><td>32nd</td><td>65%</td><td>35%</td><td>Grace Napolitano</td></tr><tr><td>33rd</td><td>68%</td><td>32%</td><td>Ted Lieu</td></tr><tr><td>34th</td><td>85%</td><td>15%</td><td>Jimmy Gomez</td></tr><tr><td>35th</td><td>66%</td><td>34%</td><td>Norma Torres</td></tr><tr><td>36th</td><td>53%</td><td>47%</td><td>Raul Ruiz</td></tr><tr><td>37th</td><td>86%</td><td>14%</td><td>Karen Bass</td></tr><tr><td>38th</td><td>65%</td><td>35%</td><td>Linda Sánchez</td></tr><tr><td>39th</td><td>49.6%</td><td>50.4%</td><td>Gil Cisneros</td></tr><tr><td>40th</td><td>80%</td><td>20%</td><td>Lucille Roybal-Allard</td></tr><tr><td>41st</td><td>59%</td><td>41%</td><td>Mark Takano</td></tr><tr><td>42nd</td><td>41%</td><td>59%</td><td>Ken Calvert</td></tr><tr><td>43rd</td><td>78%</td><td>22%</td><td>Maxine Waters</td></tr><tr><td>44th</td><td>81%</td><td>19%</td><td>Nanette Barragán</td></tr><tr><td>45th</td><td>49%</td><td>51%</td><td>Katie Porter</td></tr><tr><td>46th</td><td>64%</td><td>36%</td><td>Lou Correa</td></tr><tr><td>47th</td><td>62%</td><td>38%</td><td>Alan Lowenthal</td></tr><tr><td>48th</td><td>48%</td><td>52%</td><td>Harley Rouda</td></tr><tr><td>49th</td><td>51%</td><td>49%</td><td>Mike Levin</td></tr><tr><td>50th</td><td>41%</td><td>59%</td><td>Duncan Hunter</td></tr><tr><td>51st</td><td>68%</td><td>32%</td><td>Juan Vargas</td></tr><tr><td>52nd</td><td>58%</td><td>42%</td><td>Scott Peters</td></tr><tr><td>53rd</td><td>65%</td><td>35%</td><td>Susan Davis</td></tr></tbody></table>

By city

Cities & Unincorporated Areas that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• El Segundo (Los Angeles) • Hidden Hills (Los Angeles) • Industry (Los Angeles) • La Canada Flintridge (Los Angeles) • La Mirada (Los Angeles) • Lancaster (Los Angeles) • Rancho Palos Verdes (Los Angeles) • Torrance (Los Angeles) • Westlake Village (Los Angeles) • Aliso Viejo (Orange) • Anaheim (Orange) • Costa Mesa (Orange) • Fullerton (Orange) • La Habra (Orange) • La Palma (Orange) • Tustin (Orange) • Eastvale (Riverside) • Jurupa Valley (Riverside) • San Jacinto (Riverside) • Chino (San Bernardino) • Highland (San Bernardino) • Loma Linda (San Bernardino) • Victorville (San Bernardino) • Carlsbad (San Diego) • Escondido (San Diego) • Oceanside (San Diego) • San Marcos (San Diego) • Vista (San Diego) • Atherton (San Mateo) • Moorpark (Ventura) • Thousand Oaks (Ventura) • Unincorporated Area of Yolo

Cities & Unincorporated Areas that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Placerville (El Dorado) • Shafter (Kern) • Gustine (Merced) • Unincorporated Area of Nevada • Westminster (Orange) • Auburn (Placer) • Blythe (Riverside) • Citrus Heights (Sacramento) • Folsom (Sacramento) • Unincorporated Area of San Benito • Arroyo Grande (San Luis Obispo) • Pismo Beach (San Luis Obispo) • Unincorporated Area of San Luis Obispo • Lompoc (Santa Barbara) • Dixon (Solano) • Vacaville (Solano) • Turlock (Stanislaus) • Sonora (Tuolumne)

Voter demographics

2018 California gubernatorial election

<table><thead><tr><th>Demographic subgroup</th><th>Newsom</th><th>Cox</th><th>% of total vote</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Ideology</td></tr><tr><td>Liberals</td><td>90</td><td>10</td><td>34</td></tr><tr><td>Moderates</td><td>59</td><td>41</td><td>37</td></tr><tr><td>Conservatives</td><td>16</td><td>84</td><td>29</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td></tr><tr><td>Democrats</td><td>93</td><td>7</td><td>46</td></tr><tr><td>Republicans</td><td>7</td><td>93</td><td>23</td></tr><tr><td>Independents</td><td>53</td><td>47</td><td>31</td></tr><tr><td>Party by gender</td></tr><tr><td>Democratic men</td><td>92</td><td>8</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>Democratic women</td><td>93</td><td>7</td><td>28</td></tr><tr><td>Republican men</td><td>6</td><td>94</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Republican women</td><td>9</td><td>91</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Independent men</td><td>53</td><td>47</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>Independent women</td><td>54</td><td>46</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>Gender</td></tr><tr><td>Men</td><td>56</td><td>44</td><td>48</td></tr><tr><td>Women</td><td>65</td><td>35</td><td>52</td></tr><tr><td>Marital status</td></tr><tr><td>Married</td><td>57</td><td>43</td><td>57</td></tr><tr><td>Unmarried</td><td>65</td><td>35</td><td>43</td></tr><tr><td>Gender by marital status</td></tr><tr><td>Married men</td><td>53</td><td>47</td><td>35</td></tr><tr><td>Married women</td><td>64</td><td>36</td><td>22</td></tr><tr><td>Unmarried men</td><td>58</td><td>42</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td>Unmarried women</td><td>68</td><td>32</td><td>24</td></tr><tr><td>Race and ethnicity</td></tr><tr><td>White</td><td>57</td><td>43</td><td>63</td></tr><tr><td>Black</td><td>84</td><td>16</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Latino</td><td>64</td><td>36</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td>Asian</td><td>65</td><td>35</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Other</td><td>71</td><td>29</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Gender by race and ethnicity</td></tr><tr><td>White men</td><td>54</td><td>46</td><td>31</td></tr><tr><td>White women</td><td>59</td><td>41</td><td>32</td></tr><tr><td>Black men</td><td>78</td><td>22</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Black women</td><td>87</td><td>13</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Latino men</td><td>61</td><td>39</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>Latino women</td><td>67</td><td>33</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Others</td><td>67</td><td>33</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Religion</td></tr><tr><td>Protestant, Other Christian</td><td>46</td><td>54</td><td>34</td></tr><tr><td>Catholic</td><td>56</td><td>44</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><td>Jewish</td><td>72</td><td>28</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Other religion</td><td>76</td><td>24</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>No religion</td><td>79</td><td>21</td><td>31</td></tr><tr><td>Religious service attendance</td></tr><tr><td>Weekly or more</td><td>46</td><td>54</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><td>A few times a month</td><td>56</td><td>44</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>A few times a year</td><td>71</td><td>29</td><td>23</td></tr><tr><td>Never</td><td>69</td><td>31</td><td>43</td></tr><tr><td>White evangelical or born-again Christian</td></tr><tr><td>Yes</td><td>18</td><td>82</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>No</td><td>65</td><td>35</td><td>89</td></tr><tr><td>Age</td></tr><tr><td>18–24 years old</td><td>72</td><td>28</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>25–29 years old</td><td>66</td><td>34</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>30–39 years old</td><td>65</td><td>35</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>40–49 years old</td><td>58</td><td>42</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>50–64 years old</td><td>56</td><td>44</td><td>29</td></tr><tr><td>65 and older</td><td>57</td><td>43</td><td>27</td></tr><tr><td>Sexual orientation</td></tr><tr><td>LGBT</td><td>83</td><td>17</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Heterosexual</td><td>58</td><td>42</td><td>95</td></tr><tr><td>First time voter</td></tr><tr><td>First time voter</td><td>69</td><td>31</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>Everyone else</td><td>58</td><td>42</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><td>Education</td></tr><tr><td>High school or less</td><td>58</td><td>42</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td>Some college education</td><td>56</td><td>44</td><td>29</td></tr><tr><td>Associate degree</td><td>60</td><td>40</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>Bachelor's degree</td><td>65</td><td>35</td><td>24</td></tr><tr><td>Advanced degree</td><td>63</td><td>37</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>Education by race and ethnicity</td></tr><tr><td>White college graduates</td><td>59</td><td>41</td><td>28</td></tr><tr><td>White no college degree</td><td>55</td><td>45</td><td>35</td></tr><tr><td>Non-white college graduates</td><td>78</td><td>22</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Non-white no college degree</td><td>64</td><td>36</td><td>25</td></tr><tr><td>Education by race, ethnicity, and sex</td></tr><tr><td>White women with college degrees</td><td>62</td><td>38</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>White women without college degrees</td><td>56</td><td>44</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td>White men with college degrees</td><td>56</td><td>44</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>White men without college degrees</td><td>52</td><td>48</td><td>17</td></tr><tr><td>Non-whites</td><td>68</td><td>32</td><td>36</td></tr><tr><td>Family income</td></tr><tr><td>Under $30,000</td><td>57</td><td>43</td><td>17</td></tr><tr><td>$30,000–49,999</td><td>66</td><td>34</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><td>$50,000–99,999</td><td>55</td><td>45</td><td>22</td></tr><tr><td>$100,000–199,999</td><td>45</td><td>55</td><td>27</td></tr><tr><td>Over $200,000</td><td>41</td><td>59</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>Military service</td></tr><tr><td>Veterans</td><td>32</td><td>68</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>Non-veterans</td><td>64</td><td>36</td><td>86</td></tr><tr><td>Issue regarded as most important</td></tr><tr><td>Health care</td><td>85</td><td>15</td><td>43</td></tr><tr><td>Immigration</td><td>36</td><td>64</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>Economy</td><td>35</td><td>65</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><td>Gun policy</td><td>66</td><td>34</td><td>15</td></tr></tbody></table>