2018 California lieutenant gubernatorial election

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2018 California lieutenant gubernatorial election

| country = California

| type = presidential

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 2014 California lieutenant gubernatorial election

| previous_year = 2014

| next_election = 2022 California lieutenant gubernatorial election

| next_year = 2022

| election_date = November 6, 2018

| turnout =

| image1 = File:Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis (cropped).jpg

| image_size = 150x150px

| candidate1 = Eleni Kounalakis

| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)

| popular_vote1 = 5,914,068

| percentage1 = 56.55%

| image2 = File:Official Headshot Senator Hernandez (cropped).jpg

| candidate2 = Ed Hernandez

| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)

| popular_vote2 = 4,543,863

| percentage2 = 43.45%

| map_image = 2018 California lieutenant gubernatorial election results map by county.svg

| map_size = 300px

| map_caption = County results
Kounalakis: {{legend0|#7996E2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#6674DE|60–70%}}
Hernandez: {{legend0|#51C2C2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#2AACAC|60–70%}}

| title = Lieutenant Governor

| before_election = Gavin Newsom

| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)

| after_election = Eleni Kounalakis

| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{ElectionsCA}}

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.

Primary

=Candidates=

==Democratic Party==

===Declared===

  • Jeff Bleich, former United States Ambassador to Australia{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-former-australian-ambassador-and-obama-1493773651-htmlstory.html|title=Former U.S. ambassador to Australia and Obama counsel plans to run for California lieutenant governor|work=Los Angeles Times|last=Willon|first=Phil|date=May 3, 2017|access-date=May 3, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/05/31/piedmont-resident-bleich-former-ambassador-to-australia-announces-bid-for-state-lieutenant-governor/|title=Piedmont resident Bleich, former ambassador to Australia, announces bid for state lieutenant governor|work=East Bay Times|last=Tan|first=Sarah|date=May 31, 2017|access-date=June 1, 2017}}
  • Cameron Gharabiklou, attorney and businessman{{cite web|url=https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2017/09/20/san-diego-attorney-announces-bid-lieutenant-governor-fiery-video/|title=San Diego Attorney Announces Bid for Lieutenant Governor in Fiery Video|work=Times of San Diego|last=Nguyen|first=Alexander|date=September 20, 2017|access-date=September 21, 2017}}
  • Ed Hernandez, state senator{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-seven-lawmakers-have-committees-for-2018-lt-gov-contest-20150327-story.html|title=Seven lawmakers have committees for 2018 lieutenant governor's race|work=Los Angeles Times|last=McGreevy|first=Patrick|date=March 27, 2015|access-date=August 29, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/DrEdHernandez/posts/10157230688525492|title=Being a public servant has allowed me the extraordinary opportunity|work=Facebook|last=Hernandez|first=Ed|date=July 10, 2016|access-date=August 29, 2016}}
  • Eleni Kounalakis, former United States Ambassador to Hungary{{cite web|url=http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article146464289.html|title=Former Sacramento developer wants to be California's next lieutenant governor|work=The Sacramento Bee|last=Hart|first=Angela|date=April 24, 2017|access-date=April 24, 2017}}

===Declined===

  • Kevin de León, President pro tempore of the California State Senate (running for U.S. Senate){{cite news|last1=Reston|first1=Maeve|title=Kevin de León announces he'll run against Feinstein for California Senate|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/15/politics/kevin-de-len-california-senate/index.html|access-date=15 October 2017|publisher=CNN|date=15 October 2017}}
  • Mike Gatto, State Assemblyman (running for State Treasurer)
  • Mark Leno, former state senator (running for Mayor of San Francisco){{cite web|url=http://ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=72086|title=Leno unsure of future|work=Bay Area Reporter|last=Bajko|first=Matthew S.|date=November 17, 2016|access-date=November 18, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/01/08/former-legislator-mark-leno-enters-san-francisco-mayoral-race/|title=Former Legislator Mark Leno Enters San Francisco Mayoral Race|date=January 8, 2018|access-date=February 25, 2018}}
  • John Pérez, former Speaker of the California State Assembly{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Politicians-use-ghost-campaigns-to-fight-5979153.php|title=Politicians use 'ghost' campaigns to fight specter of lost funds|work=SFGate|last=Wildermuth|first=John|date=December 25, 2014|access-date=August 29, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.highlandnews.net/news/political/in-lt-gov-race-hernandez-pulls-in-key-endorsement-from/article_a1eb40ec-aa99-11e6-ab55-63364376b3c5.html|title=In Lt. Gov. Race, Hernandez Pulls in Key Endorsement from Speaker Emeritus Pérez|work=Highland Community News|date=November 14, 2016|access-date=November 29, 2016}}
  • Darrell Steinberg, Mayor of Sacramento and former state senator{{cite web|url=http://www.highlandnews.net/news/political/th-california-speaker-endorses-ed-hernandez-for-lt-governor/article_a3bcdcd0-ab63-11e6-89fe-5fb22ee4d370.html|title=4th California Speaker Endorses Ed Hernandez for Lt. Governor|work=Highland Community News|date=November 15, 2016|access-date=November 18, 2016}}

==Republican Party==

===Declared===

  • David Fennell, venture capitalist
  • Cole Harris, businessman{{Cite web |url=http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/pdf/complete-vig.pdf# |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918201713/http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/pdf/complete-vig.pdf# |archive-date=2016-09-18 |url-status=dead }}
  • David Hernandez, retired business owner{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-statewide-races-2018-htmlstory.html|title=You may not have heard of these California jobs, but you'll be voting on them|work=Los Angeles Times|last=Willon|first=Phil|date=July 9, 2017|access-date=July 18, 2017}}
  • Lydia Ortega, San Jose State University economics professor{{Cite news|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/02/21/lydia-ortega-sjsu-san-jose-professor-lieutenant-governor/|title=San Jose State University economics professor running for lieutenant governor|date=2018-02-22|work=The Mercury News|access-date=2018-03-15|language=en-US}}{{cite web|url=http://lydiaortega.com/|title=Lydia Ortega – for Lt. Governor|website=lydiaortega.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-15|archive-date=2018-03-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315195848/http://lydiaortega.com/|url-status=dead}}
  • Matthew Salzer, micronationlist (write-in)

===Declined===

  • Tom Berryhill, state senator{{cite web|url=http://www.fresnobee.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/political-notebook/article24825814.html#!|title=New campaign account doesn't always mean new run for office|work=The Fresno Bee|last=Ellis|first=John|date=June 17, 2015|access-date=August 29, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.modbee.com/news/article164399417.html|title=Will State Sen. Tom Berryhill run for county supervisor, state tax board? Or what?|work=The Modesto Bee|last=Carlson|first=Ken|date=July 29, 2017|access-date=August 2, 2017}}
  • Anthony Cannella, state senator{{cite web|url=http://www.mercedsunstar.com/news/local/article7102955.html|title=State Sen. Cannella considers 2018 lieutenant governor's race|work=Merced Sun-Star|last=Ibarra|first=Ana B.|date=January 16, 2015|access-date=August 29, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article143450064.html|title='Buying' the votes for a gas-tax hike: Is it illegal or just good politics?|work=The Sacramento Bee|last=Miller|first=Jim|date=April 8, 2017|access-date=August 2, 2017}}

==Libertarian Party==

===Declared===

  • Tim Ferreira

==No party preference==

===Declared===

  • Gayle McLaughlin, former mayor of Richmond{{cite web|url=http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/06/07/richmonds-bernie-sanders-of-the-east-bay-to-run-for-lieutenant-governor/|title=Richmond's 'Bernie Sanders of the East Bay' to run for lieutenant governor|work=East Bay Times|last=Lochner|first=Tom|date=June 7, 2017|access-date=June 26, 2017}}
  • Danny Thomas

=Endorsements=

{{Endorsements box

| title = Jeff Bleich

| list =

Organizations

  • Brady Campaign{{cite web |url=http://www.jeffbleich.com/brady_endorses |title=Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence Endorses Jeff Bleich for Lt. Governor |publisher=Jeff Bleich |access-date=2018-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180528052017/http://www.jeffbleich.com/brady_endorses |archive-date=2018-05-28 |url-status=dead }}
  • Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate
  • Sierra Club California{{cite web |url=http://www.jeffbleich.com/sierra_club_california_endorses_jeff_bleich |title=Sierra Club California Endorses Jeff Bleich |publisher=Jeff Bleich / Sierra Club |access-date=2018-04-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405024622/http://www.jeffbleich.com/sierra_club_california_endorses_jeff_bleich |archive-date=2018-04-05 |url-status=dead }}

Newspaper editorial boards

  • The Daily Californian{{cite web|url=http://www.dailycal.org/2018/05/30/the-berkeley-voter-guide-who-to-vote-for-in-the-june-5-primaries/ |title= The Berkeley Voter Guide: Who to vote for in the June 5 primaries |publisher=The Daily Californian |access-date=2018-06-04}}
  • East Bay Times
  • Marin Independent Journal{{cite web|url=http://www.marinij.com/article/NO/20180523/LOCAL1/180529920 |title= Editorial: Marin IJ's picks for U.S. Senate, governor's office and attorney general |publisher=Marin Independent Journal |access-date=2018-05-27}}
  • Sacramento Bee{{cite web|url=http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorials/article210371639.html |title=With Bleich or Kounalakis, California's next 'lite gov' would be a heavyweight |publisher=The Sacramento Bee |access-date=2018-05-27}}
  • San Francisco Chronicle{{cite web|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Editorial-Jeff-Bleich-for-California-lieutenant-12815579.php |title=Editorial: Jeff Bleich for California lieutenant governor |publisher=San Francisco Chronicle |access-date=2018-04-07}}
  • San Jose Mercury News{{cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/05/15/editorial-bleich-has-passion-to-be-excellent-lieutenant-governor/ |title=Editorial: Bleich has passion to be excellent lieutenant governor |publisher=The Mercury News |access-date=2018-05-27}}

Federal officials

State legislators

  • Marc Berman, California Assemblymember (D-24){{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4wAvsP16XM |title=Marc Berman Endorses Jeff Bleich |publisher=YouTube.com |date=2017-10-30 |access-date=2018-04-04}}
  • Henry Stern, California State Senator (D-27){{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5sevWJJTzw |title=Sen Henry Stern Endorses Jeff Bleich |publisher=YouTube.com |date=2017-10-25 |access-date=2018-04-04}}

Local officials

Community leaders and activists

Tech leaders

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{{Endorsements box

| title = Cole Harris

| list =

Individuals

  • Dante Acosta, member of the California State Assembly{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/ColeHarrisCA/photos/a.1654695084650903.1073741828.1592685827518496/1693443494109395/?type=1&theater|title=Cole Harris for Lt. Gov.|website=www.facebook.com|access-date=22 May 2018}}
  • Joel Anderson, California State Senator{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ColeHarrisCA/status/992120917072297984|title=Twitter|website=twitter.com|access-date=22 May 2018}}
  • Kathryn Barger, Los Angeles County Supervisor{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/ColeHarrisCA/photos/a.1656019791185099.1073741829.1592685827518496/1713743098746101/?type=3&theater|title=Proud to have earned the endorsement of Los Angeles County Supervisor of the 5th district Kathryn Barger. Thank you. The event was great. I appreciate you.|work=Facebook|author=Cole Harris for Lt. Gov.}}
  • Patricia Bates, California Senate Minority Leader{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ColeHarrisCA/status/992120915247775744|title=I am proud to be endorsed by @SenatorPatBates My campaign to make California #UniteandShineGolden is picking up momentum and headed to the @CAGOP convention this weekend in San Diego!|author=Cole Harris}}
  • Frank Bigelow, member of the California State Assembly
  • Rocky Chávez, member of the California State Assembly
  • Phillip Chen, member of the California State Assembly{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ColeHarrisCA/status/982700928389140481|title=I am honored to have the endorsement of Phillip Chen, member of the California State Assembly. Thanks to everyone that's supporting me on this incredible journey to become the next Lt. Governor of California.|author=Cole Harris}}
  • Steven Choi, member of the California State Assembly
  • Jordan Cunningham, member of the California State Assembly
  • Brian Dahle, California Assembly Minority Leader
  • Carl DeMaio, former San Diego city councilman{{cite web|url=https://kogo.iheart.com/content/cole-harris-is-endorsed-by-carl-demaio-for-lt-governor-of-california/|title=Cole Harris Is Endorsed By Carl DeMaio For Lt. Governor of California|work=KOGO (AM)|access-date=2018-06-01|archive-date=2020-09-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200910151722/https://kogo.iheart.com/content/cole-harris-is-endorsed-by-carl-demaio-for-lt-governor-of-california/|url-status=dead}}
  • Heath Flora, member of the California State Assembly
  • Jean Fuller, California State Senator{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ColeHarrisCA/status/992120918750056448|title=Twitter|website=twitter.com|access-date=22 May 2018}}
  • James Gallagher, member of the California State Assembly
  • Matthew Harper, member of the California State Assembly
  • Kevin Kiley, member of the California State Assembly
  • Tom Lackey, member of the California State Assembly
  • Devon Mathis, member of the California State Assembly
  • Chad Mayes, member of the California State Assembly
  • Melissa Melendez, member of the California State Assembly
  • Mike Morrell, California State Senator{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ColeHarrisCA/status/992120920486567936|title=Twitter|website=twitter.com|access-date=22 May 2018}}
  • Jim Nielsen, California State Senator{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ColeHarrisCA/status/992120922202030080|title=Twitter|website=twitter.com|access-date=22 May 2018}}
  • Michelle Park Steel, Orange County Supervisor{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ColeHarrisCA/status/982042121539436544|title=I'm proud to announce my endorsement from Orange County's Supervisor @TaxFighterSteel (Michelle Steel)|author=Cole Harris}}
  • Marc Steinorth, member of the California State Assembly
  • Jeff Stone, California State Senator{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ColeHarrisCA/status/992120923934244864|title=Twitter|website=twitter.com|access-date=22 May 2018}}
  • Andy Vidak, California State Senator{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ColeHarrisCA/status/992120925347725312|title=Twitter|website=twitter.com|access-date=22 May 2018}}
  • Marie Waldron, member of the California State Assembly

Organizations

  • California Republican Party{{cite web|url=http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2018/05/07/cagop-convention-winner-lt-governor-candidate-cole-harris/|title=CAGOP Convention Winner: Lt. Governor Candidate Cole Harris|work=FlashReport|last=Fleischman|first=Jon|date=May 7, 2018}}

Newspapers

  • Santa Barbara News-Press{{cite web|url=http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/article.jsp?Section=OPINIONS-LETTERS&ID=568121176455512082|title=OUR ENDORSEMENTS|work=Santa Barbara News-Press|date=May 30, 2018|access-date=June 1, 2018}}{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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{{Endorsements box

| title = David Hernandez

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Individuals

  • Dan Faller, president and CEO of Apartment Owners Association of California, Inc.{{cite web|url=http://www.davidhernandezforltgovernor.com/endorsements.html |title=Endorsements |publisher=Davidhernandezforltgovernor.com |access-date=2018-04-04}}
  • Charlotte Laws, activist and actress
  • Henry Lozano, former advisor to George W. Bush

Organizations

  • Apartment Owners Association of California
  • Business Environmental Coalition
  • Southern California Republican Women and Men

Local officials

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{{Endorsements box

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Federal officials

State officials

State legislators

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{{Endorsements box

| title = Eleni Kounalakis

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Executive branch officials

  • Kamala Harris, U.S. Senator (D-CA){{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-sen-kamala-harris-makes-her-pick-in-1498497134-htmlstory.html|title=Sen. Kamala Harris makes her pick in California's lieutenant governor's race|work=Los Angeles Times|last=Willon|first=Phil|date=June 26, 2017|access-date=June 26, 2017}}
  • Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States{{cite tweet |author=Barack Obama |user=BarackObama |number=1024691241093607425 |date=August 1, 2018 |title=Today I'm proud to endorse such a wide and impressive array of Democratic candidates – leaders as diverse, patriotic, and big-hearted as the America they're running to represent: |access-date=August 1, 2018}}

U.S. representatives

Federal officials

  • Colleen Bell, former U.S. Ambassador
  • Shelly Berkley, former U.S. Congresswoman
  • Nicholas Burns, former U.S. Ambassador to NATO
  • Mike McFaul, former U.S. Ambassador
  • Ellen Tauscher, former Undersecretary of State and U.S. Congresswoman

State officials

  • Phil Angelides, former California State Treasurer
  • John Burton, former State Senator and California Democratic Party Chair
  • Chuck Carpenter, former Contra Costa County Democratic Party Chair
  • Michael Dukakis, former Massachusetts Governor
  • Jennifer Granholm, former Michigan Governor
  • Mark Leno, former State Senator
  • Lloyd Levine, former California State Assembly Member
  • Sally Lieber, former Assembly Speaker Pro Tem
  • Blanca Rubio, California State Assembly Member

Local officials

  • Art Agnos, former San Francisco Mayor
  • Michela Alioto-Pier, former San Francisco Supervisor
  • Scott Alvord, Roseville City Council Member
  • Emily Beach, Burlingame City Council Member
  • Lou Blanas, former Sacramento County Sheriff
  • David Campos, former San Francisco Supervisor
  • Catherine Carlton, Menlo Park City Council Member
  • Marie Chuang, Hillsborough Mayor
  • Mark Farrell, San Francisco Supervisor
  • Christina Fugazi, Stockton City Council Member
  • Jim Gonzalez, former San Francisco Supervisor
  • James Gore, Sonoma Supervisor
  • Mary Jane Griego, Olivehurst Public Utility District Chair
  • Heidi Hall, Nevada County Supervisor
  • Cecily Harris, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Board Member
  • Vicki Hennessey, San Francisco Sheriff
  • Dennis Herrera, San Francisco City Attorney
  • Sam Hindi, Foster City Mayor
  • Kerri Howell, Folsom City Vice Mayor
  • Ardashes "Ardy" Kassakhian, Glendale City Clerk
  • Leslie Katz, former San Francisco Supervisor
  • Teddy Gray King, Piedmont City Council Member
  • Ed Lee, former mayor of San Francisco (deceased)
  • Wayne J. Lee, Millbrae City Council Member
  • Joey Luiz, former City of Clearlake Mayor
  • Steve Ly, Elk Grove Mayor
  • Fiona Ma, Board of Equalization Member
  • John Marquez, Contra Costa Community College District Board Trustee
  • Shelly Masur, Redwood City Council Member
  • Julia Mates, Belmont Planning Commission Chair
  • Anu Natarajan, former Fremont City Council Member
  • David Onek, former San Francisco Police Commissioner
  • Karl Ory, Chico City Council Member
  • Diane Papan, San Mateo City Council Member
  • Gina Papan, Millbrae Mayor
  • Tom Pratt, Vallecito Union School Board Vice Chair
  • Don Saylor, Yolo County Supervisor
  • Libby Schaaf, mayor of Oakland
  • Thea Selby, President of the San Francisco Community College Board
  • Phil Serna, Sacramento County Supervisor
  • Esmeralda Soria, Fresno City Council President
  • Darrell Steinberg, mayor of Sacramento
  • Charles Stone, Belmont Mayor
  • Caroline Torosis, City of Santa Monica Rent Control Board Commissioner
  • Larry S. Tract, Florin County Water District Chair & Director
  • Michael Tubbs, Stockton Mayor

Organizations

  • California Federation of Teachers
  • California League of Conservation Voters
  • California National Organization for Women (NOW)
  • California Women's List
  • California Young Democrats Black Caucus
  • California's Legislative Women's Caucus
  • EMILY's List
  • Equality California
  • Fresno County Young Democrats
  • Marin County Young Democrats
  • NARAL Pro-Choice California{{Cite web |last=Communications |date=2018-02-22 |title=NARAL Pro-Choice California Announces Endorsements for Lt. Governor, Superintendent of Schools |url=https://www.prochoiceamerica.org/2018/02/22/naral-pro-choice-america-endorses-ca-lt-governor-superintendent-of-schools/ |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=NARAL Pro-Choice America |language=en-US}}
  • National Women's Political Caucus
  • Northern California Carpenters Regional Council
  • Porterville Democratic Club
  • Riverside County Young Democrats
  • Sacramento County Young Democrats
  • San Fernando Valley Young Democrats
  • SEIU Local 2579 - Employees Union
  • Stonewall Young Democrats
  • Tulare County Stonewall Democrats
  • Ventura County Young Democrats

Community leaders and activists

  • Willie Adams, International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Secretary-Treasurer
  • Norma Alcala, trustee of the Washington Unified School District
  • Maria Alegria, chair, The Democratic Party of Contra Costa County
  • Panorea Avdis, director of the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development
  • Prameela Bartholomeusz, Finance Director, Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee
  • Sascha Bittner, activist
  • Nancy Bui-Thompson, Board of Directors, SMUD
  • Teri Burns, Member, Natomas Unified School District
  • Robert Camacho
  • Amy Champ, Regional Director, Region 4 and Gold Country Vice Chair, Rural Caucus of the California Democratic Party*
  • Norman Chramoff, co-chair, CA Democratic Party Platform Committee*
  • Judy Y. Chu, Ed.D., Stanford University early childhood development expert
  • Deborah Cunningham-Skurnik, Region 18 Chair, California Democratic Party
  • Kath Delaney
  • Andrea Dew Steele, President of Emerge*
  • Baljinder Dhillon, Sutter County Board of Education Superintendent
  • Robert W. Duggleby, MA, MS, colonel, United States Army (Ret.)
  • Kara Dukakis, Director, Too Small to Fail*
  • Andrew Ertl
  • Grace Espindola, North Valley Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
  • Linda Fadeke-Richardson, Commissioner, San Francisco Treasure Island Development Authority
  • Marla Fields, president, Sustainable Novato
  • Orlando Fuentes, board member, Cosumnes CSD
  • Susan Gutowsky, president, Placer Women Democrats
  • Kevin Hendrick, former Delegate Chair of Del Norte
  • Luke Heslip, president, Marin County Young Democrats
  • Brodie Hilp, member, San Ramon Valley Democratic Club & Democratic Party of Contra Costa County
  • Alice A. Huffman, DNC Member
  • Jenita Johnson Rodriguez, Northern Central Vice Chair, Rural Caucus
  • Carol Keavney, President, Democratic Women's Council of the Conejo Valley
  • Hene Kelly, Chair, California Democratic Party Disabilities Caucus
  • Susan Kennedy, founder and CEO of Advanced MicroGrid Solutions
  • Laura Lowell, Chair, Calaveras County Democratic Central Committee
  • Dennis Mangers, Sacramento LGBT Community Leader
  • Debbie Mesloh, Co-Chair, Bay Area Women's Summit*
  • William Monroe, California Democratic Party Region 12 Director
  • Bob Mulholland, Democratic advisor
  • Jocelyn Navarro, District Representative, Sacramento City Council
  • Michael Pappas, Executive Director of the San Francisco Interfaith Council
  • Christine Pelosi, chair, California Democratic Party Women's Caucus
  • Neil Pople, president, Natomas Democratic Club
  • Tom Pratt, president, Fine Arts Coverage Enterprises
  • Susan Rowe, Chief Vice Chair, Rural Caucus
  • Michael Sestak, Sestak Lighting Design
  • Deepa Sharma, Northern California Outreach Chair, Asian Pacific Islander Caucus, California Democratic Party
  • Genevieve Shiroma, Board of Directors, SMUD
  • Tiffany Shlain, filmmaker and founder of 50/50
  • Andrea Shorter, Commissioner, Commission on the Status of Women
  • Silissa Vriarte Smith, AD70 California Democratic Party Delegate
  • Julie D. Soo, co-chair, CA Democratic Party Platform Committee*, Commissioner, San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women*
  • Lynne Standard-Nightengale, Chair, Amador County Democrats
  • Admiral James Stavridis, Dean of Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
  • Kerry Stoebner, DCCM member
  • Dave Tamayo, Board of Directors, SMUD
  • Susie Tompkins Buell, activist and philanthropist
  • Jim Wunderman, president and CEO, Bay Area Council*

*Titles for identification purposes only

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{{Endorsements box

| title = Gayle McLaughlin

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State officials

Local officials

Individuals

Organizations

  • Bernie Sanders' Our Revolution National{{cite web |url=https://ourrevolution.com/candidates/gayle-mclaughlin/ |title=Gayle McLaughlin |publisher=Our Revolution |access-date=2018-04-04 |archive-date=2018-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203065523/https://ourrevolution.com/candidates/gayle-mclaughlin/ |url-status=dead }}
  • California for Bernie Sanders 2020
  • Delegates and Friends for Bernie 2016
  • Democratic Socialists of America{{cite tweet |last=Emerson |first=Anthony |user=AnthonyEmerso14 |number=989897570666405888 |date=April 27, 2018 |title=@DemSocialists has endorsed @RepKanielaIng for #HI01 and @GayleforCA for Calif. Lt. Gov, in addition to a host of local candidates. #hawaiipolitics #DSA2018}}
  • East Bay Democratic Socialists of America{{cite web |url=https://gayleforcalifornia.org/endorsements/ |title=Endorse Gayle McLaughlin for California Lieutenant Governor 2018 |publisher=Gayleforcalifornia.org |access-date=2018-04-04 |archive-date=2018-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106173752/https://gayleforcalifornia.org/endorsements/ |url-status=dead }}
  • Green Party of Contra Costa
  • Green Party of Humboldt County
  • Green Party of Riverside County
  • Green Party of San Diego
  • Green Party of Santa Clara County
  • Green Party of Solano County
  • Green Party of Ventura County
  • Green Party of Yolo County
  • Humboldt State University Greens
  • Los Angeles Democratic Socialists of America{{cite web |url=http://www.dsa-la.org/gayle_mclaughlin_endorsement |title=Gayle McLaughlin Endorsement |publisher=DSA-LA |date=2017-12-18 |access-date=2018-04-04 |archive-date=2018-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407123755/http://www.dsa-la.org/gayle_mclaughlin_endorsement |url-status=dead }}
  • Movement for a People's Party
  • The New Progressives of Del Norte
  • Orange County Democratic Socialists of America
  • Our Revolution Alameda Progressives
  • Our Revolution Contra Costa
  • Our Revolution Cupertino De Anza Political Revolution
  • Our Revolution Democracy Project LA
  • Our Revolution East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)
  • Our Revolution F.U.N. Progressives (Fremont, Union City, Newark)
  • Our Revolution Humboldt (Courageous Resistance of Humboldt)
  • Our Revolution Indian Rock
  • Our Revolution Inland Empire
  • Our Revolution Lake County
  • Our Revolution Long Beach
  • Our Revolution Los Angeles Greens
  • Our Revolution Monterey County
  • Our Revolution Mountain View (NorCal4OurRevolution)
  • Our Revolution North Bay (Petaluma-Sonoma)
  • Our Revolution North County San Diego
  • Our Revolution Richmond (Richmond Progressive Alliance)
  • Our Revolution Riverside
  • Our Revolution San Clemente
  • Our Revolution San Francisco (SF Berniecrats)
  • Our Revolution San Joaquin County
  • Our Revolution San Jose (Democratic Socialists of America chapter)
  • Our Revolution San Leandro
  • Our Revolution Santa Clarita Valley
  • Our Revolution Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz for Bernie)
  • Our Revolution Santa Maria Progressives
  • Our Revolution Silicon Valley (Democratic Socialists of America chapter)
  • Our Revolution South Bay Los Angeles
  • Our Revolution UC Berkeley (Progressive Student Association for Bernie)
  • Our Revolution Ventura County
  • Our Revolution Watsonville
  • Our Revolution West Marin
  • Our Revolution West San Fernando Valley
  • Our Revolution Yolo County Progressives
  • Peace and Freedom Party{{cite web|author=Gayle McLaughlin for California Lt. Governor |url=https://twitter.com/GayleforCA/status/946839757484675072 |title="I am excited to announce a recent endorsement from @peaceandfreedom. It as an honor to work with such a powerful organization that has been fighting for justice and progress for last 50 years! 2018 is going to be a powerful year for our #CorporateFree movement!" |publisher=Twitter.com |access-date=2018-04-04}}
  • Pinole Progressive Alliance
  • Pomona Valley Democratic Socialists of America
  • Public Bank LA
  • Revolution Funding
  • San Diego Democratic Socialists of America
  • San Diego Progressive Alliance{{cite web|url=https://mailchi.mp/77c7365d7346/moving-toward-a-big-public-launch-127343 |title=Progressive Champion Gayle McLaughlin in San Diego and Vista this weekend |publisher=Mailchi.mp |access-date=2018-04-04}}
  • San Francisco Democratic Socialists of America{{cite web|url=https://dsasf.org/dsa-sf-makes-early-endorsements-june-2018-elections/ |title=DSA SF makes early endorsements for June 2018 elections - San Francisco Democratic Socialists of America |publisher=Dsasf.org |date=2017-11-21 |access-date=2018-04-04}}
  • San Francisco Peninsula Democratic Socialists of America
  • San Jose Democratic Socialists of America
  • Silicon Valley Democratic Socialists of America
  • Socialist Alternative
  • South Bay Progressive Alliance
  • Southern District of California Community Coalition
  • UE United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America Western Region
  • Ventura County Activists for Bernie Sanders 2020 #OurRevolution
  • Women For Justice

}}

=Polling=

class="wikitable"
valign=bottom

! Poll source

! Date(s)
administered

! Sample
size

! Margin
of error

! style="width:75px;"| Jeff
Bleich
(D)

! style="width:75px;"| Cole
Harris
(R)

! style="width:75px;"| David R.
Hernandez
(R)

! style="width:75px;"| Ed
Hernandez
(D)

! style="width:75px;"| Eleni
Kounalakis
(D)

! style="width:75px;"| Gayle McLaughlin (NPP)

! Undecided

YouGov[https://files-west-stanford-edu.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/billlanecenter-yougov-ca_primary_toplines_20180524.pdf?F4UX1BzKNyy1c4Muez5kNJusxqKliqWJ YouGov] {{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

| align=center| May 12–24, 2018

| align=center| 1,113

| align=center| ± 4.0%

| align=center| 6%

| {{Party shading/Republican}} align=center| 16%

| align=center| 6%

| align=center| 9%

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} align=center| 14%

| align=center| 4%

| {{party shading/Undecided}} align=center| 41%

=Results=

[[File:2018 California lieutenant gubernatorial primary election results map by county.svg|thumb|250px|Results by county

{{collapsible list

|title={{legend|#7996e2|Kounalakis}}

|{{legend|#bdd3ff|30–40%}}

|{{legend|#dfeeff|20–30%}}

|{{legend|#ebf2ff|10–20%}}

}}

{{collapsible list

|title={{legend|#51c2c2|E. Hernandez}}

|{{legend|#d0f9f9|20–30%}}

|{{legend|#acf2f2|30–40%}}

}}

{{collapsible list

|title={{legend|#e27f7f|Harris}}

|{{legend|#ffe0ea|20–30%}}

|{{legend|#ffc8cd|30–40%}}

}}

{{collapsible list

|title={{legend|#ff9a50|Fennell}}

|{{legend|#ffefdf|10–20%}}

}}

]]

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Nonpartisan blanket primary results{{cite web|title=Statement of Vote|url=http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-primary/sov/2018-complete-sov.pdf|publisher=California Secretary of State|access-date=July 20, 2018}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Eleni Kounalakis

| votes = 1,587,940

| percentage = 24.2%

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Ed Hernandez

| votes = 1,347,442

| percentage = 20.6%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Cole Harris

| votes = 1,144,003

| percentage = 17.5%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Jeff Bleich

| votes = 648,045

| percentage = 9.9%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = David Fennell

| votes = 515,956

| percentage = 7.9%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Lydia Ortega

| votes = 419,512

| percentage = 6.4%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = David R. Hernandez

| votes = 404,982

| percentage = 6.2%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = No party preference

| candidate = Gayle McLaughlin

| votes = 263,364

| percentage = 4.0%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Libertarian Party (United States)

| candidate = Tim Ferreira

| votes = 99,949

| percentage = 1.5%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Cameron Gharabiklou

| votes = 78,267

| percentage = 1.2%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = No party preference

| candidate = Danny Thomas

| votes = 44,121

| percentage = 0.7%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = No party preference

| candidate = Marjan S. Fariba (write-in)

| votes = 18

| percentage = 0.0%

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 6,553,599

| percentage = 100.0%

}}

{{Election box end}}

==By county==

Results by county. Red represents counties won by Harris and counties with Republican vote majorities. Orange represents counties won by Fennell. Light red represents counties with Republican vote pluralities.

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bgcolor=lightgrey

! width="11%" | County

! width="10%" | McLaughlin (NPP)

! width="10%" | Kounalakis (D)

! width="10%" | Ed Hernandez (D)

! width="10%" | Bleich (D)

! width="10%" | Democratic total

! width="10%" | Fennell (R)

! width="10%" | Harris (R)

! width="10%" | Ortega (R)

! width="10%" | David Hernandez (R)

! width="10%" | Republican total

! width="10%" | Other

align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Alameda

|align="center"|8.7

|align="center"|31.4

|align="center"|19.0

|align="center"|20.3

|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|71.9%

|align="center"|4.7

|align="center"|6.3

|align="center"|3.2

|align="center"|3.4

|align="center"|17.6%

|align="center"|1.8

align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Alpine

|align="center"|1.9

|align="center"|25.4

|align="center"|18.4

|align="center"|12.8

|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|58.2%

|align="center"|13.1

|align="center"|10.4

|align="center"|9.1

|align="center"|4.0

|align="center"|36.6%

|align="center"|3.2

align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Amador

|align="center"|2.2

|align="center"|21.6

|align="center"|10.2

|align="center"|4.4

|align="center"|36.6%

|align="center"|16.1

|align="center"|23.2

|align="center"|9.3

|align="center"|9.5

|align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|58.1%

|align="center"|3.0

align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Butte

|align="center"|4.4

|align="center"|18.8

|align="center"|15.6

|align="center"|6.4

|align="center"|42.7%

|align="center"|12.1

|align="center"|21.5

|align="center"|9.5

|align="center"|6.9

|align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|50.0%

|align="center"|2.9

align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Calaveras

|align="center"|2.4

|align="center"|20.2

|align="center"|12.0

|align="center"|4.5

|align="center"|37.3%

|align="center"|17.8

|align="center"|21.7

|align="center"|9.3

|align="center"|8.2

|align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|57.0%

|align="center"|3.3

align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Colusa

|align="center"|2.0

|align="center"|14.4

|align="center"|13.8

|align="center"|3.7

|align="center"|33.1%

|align="center"|20.3

|align="center"|24.2

|align="center"|9.5

|align="center"|7.4

|align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|61.4%

|align="center"|3.3

align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Contra Costa

|align="center"|6.2

|align="center"|26.7

|align="center"|17.4

|align="center"|17.3

|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|62.4%

|align="center"|8.0

|align="center"|11.2

|align="center"|5.6

|align="center"|4.3

|align="center"|29.1%

|align="center"|2.3

align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Del Norte

|align="center"|4.3

|align="center"|14.8

|align="center"|16.9

|align="center"|5.6

|align="center"|38.4%

|align="center"|16.5

|align="center"|22.3

|align="center"|7.2

|align="center"|8.3

|align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|54.3%

|align="center"|3.1

align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|El Dorado

|align="center"|2.5

|align="center"|23.5

|align="center"|11.2

|align="center"|4.9

|align="center"|40.1%

|align="center"|15.2

|align="center"|20.9

|align="center"|11.5

|align="center"|7.4

|align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|55.0%

|align="center"|2.5

align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Fresno

|align="center"|2.6

|align="center"|12.3

|align="center"|19.1

|align="center"|9.2

|align="center"|41.9%

|align="center"|9.6

|align="center"|23.6

|align="center"|12.1

|align="center"|7.7

|align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|53.0%

|align="center"|2.6

align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Glenn

|align="center"|2.2

|align="center"|8.4

|align="center"|10.0

|align="center"|5.0

|align="center"|25.8%

|align="center"|24.2

|align="center"|25.7

|align="center"|8.9

|align="center"|9.3

|align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|68.1%

|align="center"|3.8

align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Humboldt

|align="center"|8.2

|align="center"|25.4

|align="center"|19.5

|align="center"|8.8

|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|55.1%

|align="center"|10.6

|align="center"|13.4

|align="center"|5.6

|align="center"|4.7

|align="center"|34.3%

|align="center"|2.4

align="center" bgcolor=#88f2f2|Imperial

|align="center"|1.9

|align="center"|9.1

|align="center"|33.5

|align="center"|8.8

|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|53.1%

|align="center"|11.9

|align="center"|12.2

|align="center"|8.1

|align="center"|10.0

|align="center"|42.2%

|align="center"|2.8

align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Inyo

|align="center"|3.5

|align="center"|16.5

|align="center"|15.1

|align="center"|6.6

|align="center"|39.2%

|align="center"|15.8

|align="center"|22.2

|align="center"|8.3

|align="center"|7.5

|align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|53.8%

|align="center"|3.5

align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Kern

|align="center"|1.9

|align="center"|9.7

|align="center"|15.3

|align="center"|6.3

|align="center"|34.4%

|align="center"|13.5

|align="center"|35.2

|align="center"|8.0

|align="center"|6.4

|align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|63.1%

|align="center"|2.6

align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Kings

|align="center"|2.1

|align="center"|7.6

|align="center"|19.2

|align="center"|6.0

|align="center"|33.2%

|align="center"|12.6

|align="center"|26.2

|align="center"|14.2

|align="center"|8.8

|align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|61.8%

|align="center"|2.5

align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Lake

|align="center"|4.3

|align="center"|25.6

|align="center"|10.7

|align="center"|13.1

|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|50.5%

|align="center"|11.6

|align="center"|18.0

|align="center"|7.4

|align="center"|5.8

|align="center"|42.8%

|align="center"|2.6

align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Lassen

|align="center"|1.7

|align="center"|9.2

|align="center"|10.7

|align="center"|3.9

|align="center"|24.5%

|align="center"|18.3

|align="center"|30.7

|align="center"|10.9

|align="center"|11.7

|align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|70.6%

|align="center"|2.4

align="center" bgcolor=#88f2f2|Los Angeles

|align="center"|4.1

|align="center"|27.4

|align="center"|28.9

|align="center"|7.1

|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|64.7%

|align="center"|4.9

|align="center"|12.9

|align="center"|5.4

|align="center"|6.1

|align="center"|29.3%

|align="center"|1.9

align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Madera

|align="center"|2.1

|align="center"|9.0

|align="center"|18.4

|align="center"|5.1

|align="center"|33.3%

|align="center"|17.0

|align="center"|29.6

|align="center"|7.7

|align="center"|7.6

|align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|59.9%

|align="center"|2.8

align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Marin

|align="center"|5.2

|align="center"|32.2

|align="center"|16.3

|align="center"|25.5

|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|74.6%

|align="center"|3.8

|align="center"|6.4

|align="center"|6.3

|align="center"|2.0

|align="center"|18.5

|align="center"|1.6

align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Mariposa

|align="center"|3.4

|align="center"|14.1

|align="center"|15.8

|align="center"|5.6

|align="center"|36.2%

|align="center"|18.0

|align="center"|24.0

|align="center"|7.2

|align="center"|8.3

|align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|57.5%

|align="center"|2.9

align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Mendocino

|align="center"|7.4

|align="center"|30.4

|align="center"|16.5

|align="center"|14.1

|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|62.3%

|align="center"|7.4

|align="center"|10.7

|align="center"|5.2

|align="center"|4.7

|align="center"|28.0%

|align="center"|2.4

align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Merced

|align="center"|2.8

|align="center"|12.0

|align="center"|22.0

|align="center"|7.6

|align="center"|42.9%

|align="center"|9.9

|align="center"|23.1

|align="center"|10.6

|align="center"|7.3

|align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|50.9%

|align="center"|3.5

align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Modoc

|align="center"|2.6

|align="center"|8.2

|align="center"|9.0

|align="center"|4.3

|align="center"|22.3%

|align="center"|22.7

|align="center"|27.2

|align="center"|10.4

|align="center"|12.3

|align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|72.6%

|align="center"|2.4

align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Mono

|align="center"|3.9

|align="center"|18.9

|align="center"|18.7

|align="center"|11.6

|align="center" {{party shading/blue}}|50.0%

|align="center"|14.5

|align="center"|16.2

|align="center"|6.9

|align="center"|5.9

|align="center"|43.5%

|align="center"|2.7

align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Monterey

|align="center"|2.8

|align="center"|26.7

|align="center"|24.8

|align="center"|9.5

|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|61.8%

|align="center"|5.4

|align="center"|18.2

|align="center"|5.3

|align="center"|4.6

|align="center"|34.5%

|align="center"|1.9

align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Napa

|align="center"|3.0

|align="center"|30.0

|align="center"|17.3

|align="center"|13.9

|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|61.7%

|align="center"|11.1

|align="center"|10.6

|align="center"|5.3

|align="center"|4.9

|align="center"|31.9%

|align="center"|3.2

align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Nevada

|align="center"|4.4

|align="center"|30.7

|align="center"|10.6

|align="center"|8.3

|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|50.1%

|align="center"|12.0

|align="center"|17.9

|align="center"|7.7

|align="center"|5.8

|align="center"|43.4%

|align="center"|2.2

align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Orange

|align="center"|2.3

|align="center"|18.5

|align="center"|19.8

|align="center"|5.7

|align="center"|45.2%

|align="center"|8.3

|align="center"|25.4

|align="center"|7.5

|align="center"|9.1

|align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|50.3%

|align="center"|2.2

align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Placer

|align="center"|2.2

|align="center"|24.0

|align="center"|11.4

|align="center"|5.1

|align="center"|41.1%

|align="center"|9.0

|align="center"|28.7

|align="center"|9.4

|align="center"|6.9

|align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|54.0%

|align="center"|2.7

align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Plumas

|align="center"|3.0

|align="center"|23.3

|align="center"|9.2

|align="center"|5.4

|align="center"|38.5%

|align="center"|17.8

|align="center"|16.9

|align="center"|10.9

|align="center"|10.2

|align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|55.8%

|align="center"|2.7

align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Riverside

|align="center"|2.0

|align="center"|16.6

|align="center"|20.8

|align="center"|5.8

|align="center"|44.1%

|align="center"|10.8

|align="center"|26.0

|align="center"|6.7

|align="center"|8.5

|align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|52.0%

|align="center"|1.9

align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Sacramento

|align="center"|3.0

|align="center"|31.4

|align="center"|17.2

|align="center"|7.2

|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|56.6%

|align="center"|8.5

|align="center"|14.9

|align="center"|7.1

|align="center"|7.5

|align="center"|38.0%

|align="center"|2.4

align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|San Benito

|align="center"|2.9

|align="center"|23.3

|align="center"|21.8

|align="center"|6.2

|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|52.0%

|align="center"|9.2

|align="center"|15.0

|align="center"|8.6

|align="center"|9.6

|align="center"|42.5%

|align="center"|2.6

align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|San Bernardino

|align="center"|2.4

|align="center"|16.6

|align="center"|22.3

|align="center"|4.3

|align="center"|44.5%

|align="center"|9.2

|align="center"|24.2

|align="center"|7.2

|align="center"|10.4

|align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|51.0%

|align="center"|2.1

align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|San Diego

|align="center"|3.0

|align="center"|20.8

|align="center"|18.9

|align="center"|10.1

|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|51.4%

|align="center"|7.3

|align="center"|24.5

|align="center"|6.7

|align="center"|5.2

|align="center"|43.7%

|align="center"|1.9

align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|San Francisco

|align="center"|18.0

|align="center"|29.0

|align="center"|17.5

|align="center"|20.8

|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|68.2%

|align="center"|2.5

|align="center"|4.9

|align="center"|3.2

|align="center"|2.3

|align="center"|12.9%

|align="center"|0.9

align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|San Luis Obispo

|align="center"|3.5

|align="center"|27.6

|align="center"|15.1

|align="center"|5.8

|align="center" {{party shading/blue}}|49.7%

|align="center"|11.0

|align="center"|22.1

|align="center"|6.7

|align="center"|5.4

|align="center"|44.2%

|align="center"|2.6

align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|San Joaquin

|align="center"|2.2

|align="center"|24.9

|align="center"|17.6

|align="center"|5.2

|align="center" {{party shading/blue}}|49.2%

|align="center"|9.6

|align="center"|21.3

|align="center"|8.1

|align="center"|7.0

|align="center"|46.0%

|align="center"|2.6

align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|San Mateo

|align="center"|4.1

|align="center"|34.2

|align="center"|16.5

|align="center"|19.8

|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|71.5%

|align="center"|6.4

|align="center"|8.5

|align="center"|5.0

|align="center"|2.4

|align="center"|22.3%

|align="center"|2.1

align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Santa Barbara

|align="center"|2.9

|align="center"|25.9

|align="center"|21.5

|align="center"|6.7

|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|55.0%

|align="center"|9.2

|align="center"|18.5

|align="center"|6.7

|align="center"|5.4

|align="center"|39.8%

|align="center"|2.3

align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Santa Clara

|align="center"|3.1

|align="center"|28.3

|align="center"|18.3

|align="center"|19.8

|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|68.0%

|align="center"|7.3

|align="center"|9.9

|align="center"|4.9

|align="center"|4.5

|align="center"|26.6%

|align="center"|2.3

align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Santa Cruz

|align="center"|5.9

|align="center"|34.7

|align="center"|22.8

|align="center"|12.2

|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|70.6%

|align="center"|4.6

|align="center"|9.0

|align="center"|5.3

|align="center"|2.8

|align="center"|21.7%

|align="center"|1.8

align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Shasta

|align="center"|2.7

|align="center"|10.9

|align="center"|12.3

|align="center"|6.0

|align="center"|30.1%

|align="center"|19.0

|align="center"|25.4

|align="center"|9.4

|align="center"|10.5

|align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|64.3%

|align="center"|2.9

align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Sierra

|align="center"|5.8

|align="center"|21.4

|align="center"|7.7

|align="center"|5.4

|align="center"|35.0%

|align="center"|16.5

|align="center"|21.2

|align="center"|11.0

|align="center"|7.4

|align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|55.1%

|align="center"|4.1

align="center" bgcolor=#fc6|Siskiyou

|align="center"|4.5

|align="center"|15.3

|align="center"|13.3

|align="center"|8.1

|align="center"|37.1%

|align="center"|19.4

|align="center"|18.4

|align="center"|8.9

|align="center"|8.2

|align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|54.9%

|align="center"|3.5

align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Solano

|align="center"|3.4

|align="center"|28.7

|align="center"|16.8

|align="center"|10.0

|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|57.5%

|align="center"|10.9

|align="center"|11.9

|align="center"|7.5

|align="center"|5.4

|align="center"|38.7%

|align="center"|3.3

align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Sonoma

|align="center"|5.5

|align="center"|34.4

|align="center"|17.2

|align="center"|15.1

|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|67.7%

|align="center"|5.8

|align="center"|9.6

|align="center"|5.8

|align="center"|3.6

|align="center"|24.8%

|align="center"|2.0

align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Stanislaus

|align="center"|2.0

|align="center"|22.2

|align="center"|16.7

|align="center"|6.3

|align="center"|46.1%

|align="center"|12.5

|align="center"|23.2

|align="center"|7.2

|align="center"|6.4

|align="center" {{party shading/red}}|49.3%

|align="center"|2.6

align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Sutter

|align="center"|1.6

|align="center"|14.8

|align="center"|12.9

|align="center"|4.3

|align="center"|35.6%

|align="center"|12.0

|align="center"|31.1

|align="center"|8.6

|align="center"|7.6

|align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|59.3%

|align="center"|3.5

align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Tehama

|align="center"|2.4

|align="center"|8.5

|align="center"|13.3

|align="center"|3.7

|align="center"|27.4%

|align="center"|20.2

|align="center"|26.7

|align="center"|9.0

|align="center"|11.3

|align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|67.2%

|align="center"|3.1

align="center" bgcolor=#fc6|Trinity

|align="center"|4.2

|align="center"|16.1

|align="center"|16.1

|align="center"|6.5

|align="center"|40.1%

|align="center"|17.7

|align="center"|14.6

|align="center"|10.4

|align="center"|9.2

|align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|51.9%

|align="center"|3.8

align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Tulare

|align="center"|1.6

|align="center"|7.7

|align="center"|21.1

|align="center"|4.7

|align="center"|34.0%

|align="center"|11.9

|align="center"|33.9

|align="center"|7.5

|align="center"|8.0

|align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|61.0%

|align="center"|3.1

align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Tuolumne

|align="center"|2.8

|align="center"|22.1

|align="center"|11.2

|align="center"|5.1

|align="center"|39.2%

|align="center"|20.2

|align="center"|19.0

|align="center"|8.2

|align="center"|8.0

|align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|55.4%

|align="center"|2.7

align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Ventura

|align="center"|3.0

|align="center"|22.1

|align="center"|21.6

|align="center"|6.7

|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|51.2%

|align="center"|11.2

|align="center"|18.9

|align="center"|6.2

|align="center"|7.1

|align="center"|43.4%

|align="center"|2.4

align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Yolo

|align="center"|4.1

|align="center"|33.0

|align="center"|21.1

|align="center"|8.9

|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|64.0%

|align="center"|6.8

|align="center"|12.4

|align="center"|6.0

|align="center"|4.0

|align="center"|29.2%

|align="center"|2.6

align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Yuba

|align="center"|2.6

|align="center"|15.8

|align="center"|12.0

|align="center"|3.5

|align="center"|33.1%

|align="center"|17.3

|align="center"|27.9

|align="center"|7.4

|align="center"|8.1

|align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|60.7%

|align="center"|3.6

align="center"|Total

|align="center"|4.0

|align="center"|24.2

|align="center"|20.6

|align="center"|9.9

|align="center"|55.8%

|align="center"|7.9

|align="center"|17.5

|align="center"|6.4

|align="center"|6.2

|align="center"|38.0%

|align="center"|2.2

General election

=Endorsements=

{{Endorsements box

| title = Ed Hernandez (D)

| list =

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Federal officials

State officials

State legislators

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{{Endorsements box

| title = Eleni Kounalakis (D)

| list =

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Elected officials

  • Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States{{cite tweet |author=Barack Obama |user=BarackObama |number=1024691241093607425 |date=August 1, 2018 |title=Today I'm proud to endorse such a wide and impressive array of Democratic candidates – leaders as diverse, patriotic, and big-hearted as the America they're running to represent: |access-date=August 1, 2018}}
  • Kamala Harris, U.S. Senator (D-CA){{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-sen-kamala-harris-makes-her-pick-in-1498497134-htmlstory.html|title=Sen. Kamala Harris makes her pick in California's lieutenant governor's race|work=Los Angeles Times|last=Willon|first=Phil|date=June 26, 2017|access-date=June 26, 2017}}
  • Anna Eshoo, U.S. Representative (D-CA-18)
  • Mike Thompson, U.S. Representative (D-CA-5)
  • Doris Matsui, U.S. Representative (D-CA-6){{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfS9jJebmow |title=Congresswoman Doris Matsui Endorses Eleni Kounalakis for Lt. Governor |publisher=YouTube.com |date=2017-09-27 |access-date=2018-04-04}}
  • Jimmy Panetta, U.S. Representative (D-CA-20)
  • Eric Swalwell, U.S. Representative (D-CA-15)
  • Zoe Lofgren, U.S. Representative (D-CA-19)
  • Nanette Barragán, U.S. Representative (D-CA-44)
  • Jerry McNerney, U.S. Representative (D-CA-9)
  • Carolyn Maloney, U.S. Representative (D-NY-12)
  • John Sarbanes, U.S. Representative (D-MD-3)
  • Kevin McCarty, California Assemblymember (D-7)
  • Ed Lee, former Mayor of San Francisco (deceased)
  • Libby Schaaf, Mayor of Oakland
  • Darrell Steinberg Mayor of Sacramento
  • Board of Equalization Member Fiona Ma
  • California State Assembly Member Blanca Rubio
  • Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs
  • Millbrae Mayor Gina Papan
  • Belmont Mayor Charles Stone
  • Hillsborough Mayor Marie Chuang
  • Elk Grove Mayor Steve Ly
  • Folsom City Vice Mayor Kerri Howell
  • Foster City Mayor Sam Hindi
  • San Francisco Supervisor Mark Farrell
  • Sonoma Supervisor James Gore
  • Nevada County Supervisor Heidi Hall
  • Sacramento County Supervisor Phil Serna
  • Yolo County Supervisor Don Saylor
  • San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera
  • San Francisco Sheriff Vicki Hennessey
  • Glendale City Clerk Ardashes "Ardy" Kassakhian
  • Fresno City Council President Esmeralda Soria
  • San Mateo City Council Member Diane Papan
  • Chico City Council Member Karl Ory
  • Piedmont City Council Member Teddy Gray King
  • Stockton City Council Member Christina Fugazi
  • Roseville City Council Member Scott Alvord
  • Redwood City Council Member Shelly Masur
  • Millbrae City Council Member Wayne J. Lee
  • Menlo Park City Council Member Catherine Carlton
  • Burlingame City Council Member Emily Beach
  • President of the San Francisco Community College Board Thea Selby
  • Contra Costa Community College District Board Trustee John Marquez
  • Vallecito Union School Board Vice Chair Tom Pratt
  • Belmont Planning Commission Chair Julia Mates
  • Olivehurst Public Utility District Chair Mary Jane Griego
  • City of Santa Monica Rent Control Board Commissioner Caroline Torosis
  • Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Board Member Cecily Harris
  • Florin County Water District Chair & Director Larry S. Tract
  • Former U.S. Congresswoman Shelly Berkley
  • Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Nicholas Burns
  • Former U.S. Ambassador Colleen Bell
  • Former U.S. Ambassador Mike McFaul
  • Former Undersecretary of State and U.S. Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher
  • Former California State Treasurer Phil Angelides
  • Former State Senator Mark Leno
  • Former State Senator and California Democratic Party Chair John Burton
  • Former Contra Costa County Democratic Party Chair Chuck Carpenter
  • Former Assembly Speaker Pro Tem Sally Lieber
  • Former California State Assembly Member Lloyd Levine
  • Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm
  • Former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis
  • Former San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos
  • Former San Francisco Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier
  • Former San Francisco Supervisor David Campos
  • Former San Francisco Supervisor Jim Gonzalez
  • Former San Francisco Supervisor Leslie Katz
  • Former City of Clearlake Mayor Joey Luiz
  • Former San Francisco Police Commissioner David Onek
  • Former Sacramento County Sheriff Lou Blanas
  • Former Fremont City Council Member Anu Natarajan

Organizations

  • California Federation of Teachers
  • EMILY's List
  • Equality California
  • NARAL Pro-Choice California
  • California Women's List
  • California National Organization for Women (NOW)
  • National Women's Political Caucus
  • California's Legislative Women's Caucus
  • California Young Democrats Black Caucus
  • California League of Conservation Voters
  • Fresno County Young Democrats
  • Marin County Young Democrats
  • Riverside County Young Democrats
  • Sacramento County Young Democrats
  • San Fernando Valley Young Democrats
  • Stonewall Young Democrats
  • Ventura County Young Democrats
  • SEIU Local 2579 - Employees Union
  • Northern California Carpenters Regional Council
  • Tulare County Stonewall Democrats
  • Porterville Democratic Club

Community Leaders and Activists

  • Willie Adams, International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Secretary-Treasurer
  • Norma Alcala, Trustee of the Washington Unified School District
  • Maria Alegria, Chair, The Democratic Party of Contra Costa County
  • Panorea Avdis, Director of the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development
  • Prameela Bartholomeusz, Finance Director, Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee
  • Sascha Bittner, Activist
  • Nancy Bui-Thompson, Board of Directors, SMUD
  • Teri Burns, Member, Natomas Unified School District
  • Robert Camacho
  • Amy Champ, Regional Director, Region 4 and Gold Country Vice-Chair, Rural Caucus of the California Democratic Party*
  • Norman Chramoff, Co-Chair CA Democratic Party Platform Committee*
  • Judy Y. Chu, Ed.D., Stanford University/Early Childhood Development Expert
  • Deborah Cunningham-Skurnik, Region 18 Chair, California Democratic Party
  • Andrea Dew Steele, President of Emerge*
  • Kath Delaney
  • Baljinder Dhillon, Sutter County Board of Education Superintendent
  • Kara Dukakis, Director, Too Small to Fail*
  • Robert W. Duggleby, MA, MS, Colonel United States Army (Ret.)
  • Andrew Ertl
  • Grace Espindola, North Valley Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
  • Linda Fadeke-Richardson, Commissioner, San Francisco Treasure Island Development Authority
  • Marla Fields, President, Sustainable Novato
  • Orlando Fuentes, Board Member, Cosumnes CSD
  • Susan Gutowsky, President, Placer Women Democrats
  • Luke Heslip, President, Marin County Young Democrats
  • Kevin Hendrick, Former Delegate Chair of Del Norte
  • Brodie Hilp, Member, San Ramon Valley Democratic Club & Democratic Party of Contra Costa County
  • Alice A. Huffman, DNC Member
  • Jenita Johnson Rodriguez, Northern Central Vice Chair, Rural Caucus
  • Carol Keavney, President, Democratic Women's Council of the Conejo Valley
  • Hene Kelly, Chair, California Democratic Party Disabilities Caucus
  • Susan Kennedy, Founder & CEO of Advanced MicroGrid Solutions
  • Laura Lowell, Chair, Calaveras County Democratic Central Committee
  • Dennis Mangers, Sacramento LGBT Community Leader
  • Debbie Mesloh, Co-Chair, Bay Area Women's Summit*
  • William Monroe, California Democratic Party Region 12 Director
  • Bob Mulholland, Democratic Advisor
  • Jocelyn Navarro, District Representative, Sacramento City Council
  • Michael Pappas, Executive Director of the San Francisco Interfaith Council
  • Christine Pelosi, Chair, California Democratic Party Women's Caucus
  • Neil Pople, President, Natomas Democratic Club
  • Tom Pratt, President, Fine Arts Coverage Enterprises
  • Susan Rowe, Chief Vice Chair, Rural Caucus
  • Genevieve Shiroma, Board of Directors, SMUD
  • Michael Sestak, Sestak Lighting Design
  • Deepa Sharma, Northern California Outreach Chair, Asian Pacific Islander Caucus, California Democratic Party
  • Tiffany Shlain, filmmaker & founder of 50/50
  • Andrea Shorter, Commissioner, Commission on the Status of Women
  • Silissa Vriarte Smith, AD70 California Democratic Party Delegate
  • Julie D. Soo, Co-Chair, CA Democratic Party Platform Committee*, Commissioner, San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women*
  • Lynne Standard-Nightengale, Chair, Amador County Democrats
  • Admiral James Stavridis, Dean of Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
  • Kerry Stoebner, DCCM Member
  • Dave Tamayo, Board of Directors, SMUD
  • Susie Tompkins Buell, Activist and Philanthropist
  • Jim Wunderman, President and CEO, Bay Area Council*

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Titles for identification purposes only*

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=Polling=

{{Graph:Chart

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| height=400

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| xAxisAngle = -40

| legend=Candidate

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| y1Title=Hernandez

| y2Title=Kounalakis

| y3Title=Undecided

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| x= 2018/09/07, 2018/09/14, 2018/09/21, 2018/09/28, 2018/10/05, 2018/10/14, 2018/10/20, 2018/10/24, 2018/10/26, 2018/10/27

| y1= 18, 18, 27, 22, 24, 26, 29, 19, 31, 34

| y2= 16, 15, 27, 24, 30, 26, 34, 32, 45, 34

| y3= 66, 67, 46, 54, 46, 48, 37, 49, 24, 32

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class="wikitable"
valign=bottom

! Poll source

! Date(s)
administered

! Sample
size

! Margin
of error

! style="width:100px;"| Ed
Hernandez (D)

! style="width:100px;"| Eleni
Kounalakis (D)

! None

! Undecided

Thomas Partners Strategies[https://us19.campaign-archive.com/?u=fd19d69505045f7e019bb4a7a&id=64b6c033aa Thomas Partners Strategies]

| align=center| October 25–27, 2018

| align=center| 1,068

| align=center| ± 3.5%

| align=center| 34%

| align=center| 34%

| align=center| –

| align=center| 32%

UC Berkeley[https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3949w8v3 UC Berkeley]

| align=center| October 19–26, 2018

| align=center| 1,339

| align=center| ± 4.0%

| align=center| 31%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} align=center| 45%

| align=center| –

| align=center| 24%

YouGov[https://files-west-stanford-edu.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/billlanecenter-stanford-yougov-ca_general_toplines_20181024.pdf YouGov] {{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

| align=center| October 10–24, 2018

| align=center| 2,178

| align=center| ± 3.1%

| align=center| 19%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} align=center| 32%

| align=center| 22%

| align=center| 28%

Thomas Partners Strategies[https://us19.campaign-archive.com/?u=fd19d69505045f7e019bb4a7a&id=9f50874d72 Thomas Partners Strategies]

| align=center| October 18–20, 2018

| align=center| 1,068

| align=center| ± 3.5%

| align=center| 29%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} align=center| 34%

| align=center| –

| {{party shading/Undecided}} align=center| 37%

Thomas Partners Strategies[https://us19.campaign-archive.com/?u=fd19d69505045f7e019bb4a7a&id=a5fa95a604 Thomas Partners Strategies]

| align=center| October 12–14, 2018

| align=center| 1,068

| align=center| ± 3.5%

| align=center| 26%

| align=center| 26%

| align=center| –

| {{party shading/Undecided}} align=center| 48%

Thomas Partners Strategies[https://us19.campaign-archive.com/?u=fd19d69505045f7e019bb4a7a&id=ab58bcdf7b Thomas Partners Strategies]

| align=center| October 5–7, 2018

| align=center| 1,068

| align=center| ± 3.5%

| align=center| 24%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} align=center| 30%

| align=center| –

| {{party shading/Undecided}} align=center| 46%

Thomas Partners Strategies[https://us19.campaign-archive.com/?u=fd19d69505045f7e019bb4a7a&id=2d6fa782b1 Thomas Partners Strategies]

| align=center| September 28–30, 2018

| align=center| 1,068

| align=center| ± 3.5%

| align=center| 22%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} align=center| 24%

| align=center| –

| {{party shading/Undecided}} align=center| 54%

Thomas Partners Strategies[https://us19.campaign-archive.com/?u=fd19d69505045f7e019bb4a7a&id=b59cb1a87e Thomas Partners Strategies]

| align=center| September 21–23, 2018

| align=center| 1,068

| align=center| ± 3.5%

| align=center| 27%

| align=center| 27%

| align=center| –

| {{party shading/Undecided}} align=center| 46%

Thomas Partners Strategies[https://mailchi.mp/3ff27fee9e91/week-two-calif-statewide-poll-results Thomas Partners Strategies]

| align=center| September 14–16, 2018

| align=center| 1,040

| align=center| ± 3.5%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} align=center| 18%

| align=center| 15%

| align=center| –

| {{party shading/Undecided}} align=center| 67%

Thomas Partners Strategies[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WtlsOXl4PgsATLspsS012XGuCzFoRSvt/view Thomas Partners Strategies]

| align=center| September 7–9, 2018

| align=center| 1,227

| align=center| ± 3.3%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} align=center| 18%

| align=center| 16%

| align=center| –

| {{party shading/Undecided}} align=center| 66%

=Results=

{{Election box begin no change

| title = California lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018[https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-general/sov/24-lieutenant-governor.pdf SOV LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR] - PDF}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Eleni Kounalakis

| votes = 5,914,068

| percentage = 56.55%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Ed Hernandez

| votes = 4,543,863

| percentage = 43.45%

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 10,457,931

| percentage = 100.00%

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

| winner = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

==By county==

Cyan represents counties won by Hernandez.

class="wikitable sortable"

! rowspan="2" |County

! colspan="2" |Ed Hernandez (D)

! colspan="2" |Eleni Kounalakis (D)

!Total

Votes

!%

!Votes

!%

!Votes

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Alameda

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 196,722

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 38.3

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 316,658

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 61.7

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 513,380

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Alpine

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 160

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 33.8

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 314

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 66.2

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 474

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Amador

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 4,901

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 38.5

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 7,834

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 61.5

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 12,735

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Butte

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 27,196

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 39.6

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 41,533

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 60.4

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 68,729

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Calaveras

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 5,775

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 37.2

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 9,734

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 62.8

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 15,509

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Colusa

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 2,050

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 49.1

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 2,123

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 50.9

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 4,173

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Contra Costa

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 143,152

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 39.1

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 222,978

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 60.9

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 366,130

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Del Norte

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 2,629

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 42.3

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 3,586

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 57.7

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 6,215

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | El Dorado

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 22,576

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 35.1

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 41,662

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 64.9

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 64,238

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Fresno

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 98,361

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 48.4

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 105,036

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 51.6

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 203,397

bgcolor=#88F2F2

| align="center" | Glenn

| align="center" | 3,030

| align="center" | 51.0

| align="center" | 2,910

| align="center" | 49.0

| align="center" | 5,940

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Humboldt

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 17,568

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 40.0

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 26,301

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 60.0

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 43,869

bgcolor=#88F2F2

| align="center" | Imperial

| align="center" | 18,177

| align="center" | 62.7

| align="center" | 10,826

| align="center" | 37.3

| align="center" | 29,003

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Inyo

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 2,307

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 43.9

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 2,953

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 56.1

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 5,260

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Kern

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 70,734

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 46.0

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 83,012

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 54.0

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 153,746

bgcolor=#88F2F2

| align="center" | Kings

| align="center" | 12,210

| align="center" | 52.3

| align="center" | 11,128

| align="center" | 47.7

| align="center" | 23,338

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Lake

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 6,610

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 38.4

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 10,608

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 61.6

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 17,218

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Lassen

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 2,918

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 49.2

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 3,013

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 50.8

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 5,931

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Los Angeles

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 1,276,564

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 48.8

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 1,338,599

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 51.2

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 2,615,163

bgcolor=#88F2F2

| align="center" | Madera

| align="center" | 15,349

| align="center" | 52.6

| align="center" | 13,853

| align="center" | 47.4

| align="center" | 29,202

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Marin

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 42,290

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 37.8

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 69,699

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 62.2

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 111,989

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Mariposa

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 2,533

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 42.7

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 3,405

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 57.3

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 5,938

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Mendocino

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 10,687

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 37.7

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 17,679

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 62.3

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 28,366

bgcolor=#88F2F2

| align="center" | Merced

| align="center" | 25,579

| align="center" | 53.8

| align="center" | 21,986

| align="center" | 46.2

| align="center" | 47,565

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Modoc

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 1,066

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 47.7

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 1,167

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 52.3

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 2,233

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Mono

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 1,666

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 43.6

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 2,155

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 56.4

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 3,821

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Monterey

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 37,871

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 37.4

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 63,265

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 62.6

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 101,136

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Napa

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 18,575

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 38.8

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 29,330

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 61.2

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 47,905

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Nevada

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 13,495

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 32.3

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 28,283

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 67.7

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 41,778

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Orange

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 402,773

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 46.5

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 463,979

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 53.5

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 866,752

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Placer

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 42,381

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 32.6

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 87,514

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 67.4

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 129,895

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Plumas

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 2,349

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 37.6

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 3,901

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 62.4

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 6,250

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Riverside

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 250,409

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 48.5

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 265,991

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 51.5

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 516,400

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Sacramento

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 156,250

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 36.4

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 273,273

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 63.6

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 429,523

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | San Benito

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 7,127

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 42.3

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 9,733

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 57.7

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 16,860

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | San Bernardino

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 219,347

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 49.4

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 224,804

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 50.6

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 444,151

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | San Diego

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 341,799

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 37.5

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 570,795

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 62.5

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 912,594

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | San Francisco

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 153,733

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 47.1

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 172,741

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 52.9

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 326,474

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | San Joaquin

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 66,294

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 40.9

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 95,660

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 59.1

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 161,954

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | San Luis Obispo

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 37,952

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 38.9

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 59,731

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 61.1

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 97,683

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | San Mateo

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 94,218

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 37.2

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 158,978

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 62.8

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 253,196

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Santa Barbara

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 49,443

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 39.4

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 75,995

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 60.6

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 125,438

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Santa Clara

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 203,178

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 38.0

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 331,520

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 62.0

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 534,698

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Santa Cruz

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 36,561

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 35.0

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 67,812

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 65.0

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 104,373

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Shasta

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 23,256

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 47.9

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 25,245

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 52.1

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 48,501

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Sierra

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 422

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 36.5

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 733

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 63.5

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 1,155

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Siskiyou

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 6,062

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 46.2

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 7,057

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 53.8

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 13,119

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Solano

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 48,042

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 38.6

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 76,558

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 61.4

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 124,600

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Sonoma

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 64,774

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 35.5

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 117,583

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 64.5

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 182,357

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Stanislaus

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 53,577

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 42.5

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 72,406

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 57.5

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 125,983

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Sutter

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 9,675

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 43.2

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 12,712

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 56.8

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 22,387

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Tehama

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 7,100

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 48.4

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 7,581

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 51.6

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 14,681

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Trinity

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 1,754

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 43.2

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 2,305

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 56.8

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 4,059

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Tulare

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 37,646

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 48.9

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 39,334

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 51.1

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 76,980

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Tuolumne

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 6,375

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 38.2

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 10,297

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 61.8

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 16,672

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Ventura

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 110,435

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 44.5

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 137,545

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 55.5

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 247,980

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Yolo

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 22,040

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 34.2

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 42,349

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" |

65.8

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 64,389

bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | Yuba

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 6,140

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 42.5

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 8,306

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 57.5

| bgcolor=#B3D3FF align="center" | 14,446

Totals

!4,543,863

!43.4%

!5,914,068

!56.6%

!10,457,931

See also

References

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