2018 California Secretary of State Election County results Padilla: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Meuser: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
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 [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Democratic Party [ edit ] Declared [ edit ] Republican Party [ edit ] Declared [ edit ] Mark P. Meuser, election law attorney[3] Raul Rodriguez Jr., warehousing employee Green Party [ edit ] Declared [ edit ] Michael Feinstein , former mayor of Santa Monica, Electoral Reform Consultant[4] Erik Rydberg, electoral reform advocate, Community Organizer Libertarian Party [ edit ] Gail Lightfoot, retired nurse Peace and Freedom Party [ edit ] Declared [ edit ] C.T. Weber, retired government analyst Endorsements [ edit ] Mike Feinstein (G)
Local-level officials Organizations Our Revolution East Bay Our Revolution Contra Costa SF Berniecrats Individuals Joe Mathews, syndicated columnist Terry O'Day, Vice President of EVgo Lewis Perkins, CEO at Comprehensive Financial Solutions, Inc Grace Aaron, Vice President of Social Uplift Foundation Sam Hall Kaplan, writer Jason Islas, public affairs at Bird Wendy Girard, actress Rosemary Regalbuto, President -- Meals on Wheels West Paul Kawika Martin, senior policy and political director of Helping NGOs and Congress Strategically Change Foreign Policy Mark Stout, vice president Project Development at Amber Kinetics Inc. Marlene Wells, Green Party of Canada organizer Ruben Major (D)
State-level officials Local-level officials Organizations Progressive Democrats of America Resistance SF Justice Party of California Mira Costa College Democrats Revolution LA Pasadena Foothills Democratic Club San Francisco 4 Democracy PAC Our Revolution Humboldt (formerly Courageous Resistance of Humboldt) North County San Diego Progressive Democrats Our Revolution Long Beach Our Revolution West Marin Indian Rock Our Revolution Indivisible El Cerrito, El Cerrito, CA San Diego Progressive Democratic Club Democratic Socialists of America San Diego Justice Party of California Yolo County Progressives Media San Leandro Talk OB (Ocean Beach) Rag San Diego Free Press Individuals Ahmad Fayız Nawabi, Assembly Delegate, District 71 Alec Bash, Democracy for America Aleita Huguenin, Former DNC Chair Western States Caucus, Assembly Delegate, District 8 Alexis Edelstein, Assembly Delegate, District 62 Allison Groves, DSCC Supervisorial District Delegate, Assembly District 35 Amarnath Ravva, Assembly Delegate, District 51 Andrea Smith, Previous Secretary of External Affairs, Cal Poly Pomona Associated Students Inc. Anthony Alexander, Assembly Delegate, District 25 Antonio Robles, Assembly Delegate, District 76 Atem Koul, Assembly Delegate, District 59 Barbara Mead, Assembly District 76 Delegate Brian Fox, Original Author of GNU Shell Carolyn Fowler, Assembly Delegate, District 62 Chinyere Nnodim Jack, Assembly Delegate, District 21 Chris Barrosso, Electrical Engineer, Evolved Wireless, Inc., Assembly Delegate District 76 Dan Mulherin, Assembly Delegate, District 70 Dan Wood, Assembly Delegate, District 18 David DeBus, PhD, Clinical Psychologist, Assembly Delegate, District 77 Dr. Bill Honigman, Assembly Delegate, District 73, California State Coordinator, Progressive Democrats of America Hene Kelly, disability rights advocate Jeff Hayden, char of The California State Bar, Board of Legal Specialization Mark P. Meuser (R)
State-level officials Bill Jones , former Secretary of State Mike Morrell , Senator Matthew Harper , Assemblyman Melissa Melendez , Assemblywoman James Gallagher , Assemblyman Heath Flora , Assemblyman Catharine Baker , Assemblywoman Steven Choi , Assemblyman Phillip Chen , Assemblyman Devon Mathis , Assemblyman Tim Donnelly , former Assemblyman Individuals Pete Peterson, 2014 Candidate for Secretary of State Organizations [5]
Newspapers Results [ edit ] County results Padilla 30–40%
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
Meuser 30–40%
40–50%
50–60%
General election [ edit ] Predictions [ edit ] Results [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ "Alex Padilla for U.S. Senate" . Alex Padilla for U.S. Senate . Retrieved February 28, 2023 . ^ Ruben Major website ^ "Mark Meuser: Secretary of State for Honest Elections" . April 9, 2018. ^ "Issues – Michael Feinstein" . feinstein4sos.org . Retrieved February 28, 2023 . ^ "Endorsements" . Meuser for Secretary of State 2018 . Archived from the original on September 30, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018 . ^ "OUR ENDORSEMENTS" . Santa Barbara News-Press . October 30, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2018 .[permanent dead link ] ^ "Statement of Vote" (PDF) . California Secretary of State. Retrieved July 20, 2018 . ^ Jacobson, Louis (June 4, 2018). "Secretary of State Races Are More Competitive and Important Than Ever" . Governing. Retrieved September 22, 2019 . ^ "Secretary of State - Statewide Results" . California Secretary of State. Archived from the original on November 29, 2018. Retrieved November 30, 2018 . External links [ edit ]
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