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 Candidates Democratic Party Declared Alex Padilla, incumbent California Secretary of State Ruben Major, paramedicRuben Major website
Republican Party
Declared Mark P. Meuser, election law attorney Raul Rodriguez Jr., warehousing employee
Green Party Declared Michael Feinstein, former mayor of Santa Monica, Electoral Reform Consultant Erik Rydberg, electoral reform advocate, Community Organizer
Libertarian Party Gail Lightfoot, retired nurse
Peace and Freedom Party Declared C.T. Weber, retired government analyst
Endorsements
Results
General election Predictions SourceRankingAs ofGoverningOctober 11, 2018
Results
By county County Alex PadillaDemocratic Mark P. MeuserRepublican Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % Alameda461,21681.74%103,03418.26%358,18263.48%564,250 Alpine39465.34%20934.66%18530.68%603 Amador6,82339.31%10,53660.69%-3,713-21.39%17,359 Butte43,95950.42%43,22049.58%7390.85%87,179 Calaveras8,37439.41%12,87460.59%-4,500-21.18%21,248 Colusa2,31540.81%3,35759.19%-1,042-18.37%5,672 Contra Costa285,66570.47%119,68229.53%165,98340.95%405,347 Del Norte3,64644.08%4,62555.92%-979-11.84%8,271 El Dorado38,50043.74%49,51856.26%-11,018-12.52%88,018 Fresno133,21953.31%116,66946.69%16,5506.62%249,888 Glenn2,82634.61%5,34065.39%-2,514-30.79%8,166 Humboldt34,91267.06%17,15132.94%17,76134.11%52,063 Imperial22,50167.81%10,68232.19%11,81935.62%33,183 Inyo3,37046.86%3,82153.14%-451-6.27%7,191 Kern87,31743.23%114,66756.77%-27,350-13.54%201,984 Kings12,89743.09%17,03056.91%-4,133-13.81%29,927 Lake11,41654.87%9,39145.13%2,0259.73%20,807 Lassen2,35526.36%6,58073.64%-4,225-47.29%8,935 Los Angeles2,161,42174.55%737,68425.45%1,423,73749.11%2,899,105 Madera16,20442.45%21,96657.55%-5,762-15.10%38,170 Marin102,12480.55%24,66619.45%77,45861.09%126,790 Mariposa3,35141.02%4,81858.98%-1,467-17.96%8,169 Mendocino22,78969.11%10,18430.89%12,60538.23%32,973 Merced32,36655.40%26,05644.60%6,31010.80%58,422 Modoc94827.84%2,45772.16%-1,509-44.32%3,405 Mono2,77757.71%2,03542.29%74215.42%4,812 Monterey78,99968.65%36,07631.35%42,92337.30%115,075 Napa37,28767.15%18,23932.85%19,04834.30%55,526 Nevada29,50155.29%23,85344.71%5,64810.59%53,354 Orange556,61152.29%507,86147.71%48,7504.58%1,064,472 Placer76,82544.44%96,05755.56%-19,232-11.12%172,882 Plumas3,70240.65%5,40659.35%-1,704-18.71%9,108 Riverside333,31952.39%302,96547.61%30,3544.77%636,284 Sacramento313,76161.98%192,46038.02%121,30123.96%506,221 San Benito11,97460.52%7,81039.48%4,16421.05%19,784 San Bernardino289,84854.50%241,94045.50%47,9089.01%531,788 San Diego676,27359.45%461,31340.55%214,96018.90%1,137,586 San Francisco309,36787.66%43,53812.34%265,82975.33%352,905 San Joaquin108,18956.58%83,01143.42%25,17813.17%191,200 San Luis Obispo67,66754.46%56,57745.54%11,0908.93%124,244 San Mateo214,39976.99%64,08823.01%150,31153.97%278,487 Santa Barbara97,18363.61%55,58636.39%41,59727.23%152,769 Santa Clara439,25872.94%162,96227.06%276,29645.88%602,220 Santa Cruz92,72178.88%24,82321.12%67,89857.76%117,544 Shasta22,75932.84%46,54267.16%-23,783-34.32%69,301 Sierra65840.05%98559.95%-327-19.90%1,643 Siskiyou7,78143.18%10,23956.82%-2,458-13.64%18,020 Solano92,56764.20%51,60835.80%40,95928.41%144,175 Sonoma154,10174.45%52,88425.55%101,21748.90%206,985 Stanislaus80,74252.34%73,52547.66%7,2174.68%154,267 Sutter11,95440.97%17,22559.03%-5,271-18.06%29,179 Tehama6,66732.24%14,01267.76%-7,345-35.52%20,679 Trinity2,45246.74%2,79453.26%-342-6.52%5,246 Tulare44,75845.26%54,13454.74%-9,376-9.48%98,892 Tuolumne9,70841.53%13,67058.47%-3,962-16.95%23,378 Ventura176,14957.72%129,01142.28%47,13815.45%305,160 Yolo51,16870.32%21,60129.68%29,56740.63%72,769 Yuba7,48839.44%11,49860.56%-4,010-21.12%18,986Totals7,909,52164.45%4,362,54535.55%3,546,97628.90%12,272,066
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Butte (largest city: Chico) Fresno (largest city: Fresno) Merced (largest city: Merced) Mono (largest city: Mammoth Lakes) Nevada (largest city: Truckee) Orange (largest city: Anaheim) Riverside (largest city: Riverside) San Bernardino (largest city: San Bernardino) San Diego (largest city: San Diego) San Joaquin (largest city: Stockton) San Luis Obispo (largest city: San Luis Obispo) Stanislaus (largest city: Modesto) Ventura (largest city: Oxnard)
References
External links Mark Meuser (R) for Secretary of State Alex Padilla (D) for Secretary of State