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Additionally, California's top-two primary system may allow two Democrats to advance to the general election, a scenario that played out in the 2016 and 2018 Senate races, though the three-way division in the 2024 Democratic field could help a Republican reach the general election.
Her departure set in motion California's first Senate election without an incumbent since 2016, and several high-profile Democratic members of Congress quickly jumped into the fray.
The Senate is divided into three classes to stagger the terms of its members such that one-third of the Senate would be up for re-election every two years. Upon California's admission to the Union in 1850, the state was assigned a Class 1 seat and a Class 3 seat, first elected in 1849.
This is California's first U.S. Senate race without an incumbent running since 2016, when Vice President Kamala Harris won the seat of retiring Sen. Barbara Boxer, who had served four terms ...
This is his first run for public office. California hasn’t elected a Republican in a statewide race since 2006. ... capacity to hold more than 7,000 people. In 2020, California banned the use of ...
Six members of Congress have chosen not to run for re-election, three of whom (Barbara Lee, Katie Porter, and Adam Schiff) chose instead to run in the aforementioned U.S. Senate election. A special election was held for California's 20th congressional district on March 19, 2024, following the resignation of Kevin McCarthy.
Due to California's election rules, similar to the previous election for the other seat, there were two ballot items for the same seat: a general election, to elect a Class 1 senator to a full term beginning with the 119th United States Congress, to be sworn in on January 3, 2025; and a special election, to fill that seat for the final weeks of ...
The four leading candidates running for a California U.S. Senate seat fought over taxes, crime, homelessness and more as the three Democrats and one Republican compete for two spots in the fast ...