2024 California State Senate Primary Results

20 of the 40 seats in the state's upper legislative chamber are up this year.

The nonpartisan primary occurred on March 5, 2024 in California to select candidates for the November general election. That included half the races to the State Senate for regular four-year terms - 20 seats overall.

California operates under a top-two primary system. Every candidate competes together on a nonpartisan primary ballot. The top two finishers regardless of political party will then advance to the November general election. That’s the process for both state and federal elections in California.

Democrats currently control the California State Senate with a 32-8 supermajority against Republicans. 9 incumbents ran for re-nomination - with open seat contests in Districts 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 21, 25, 31, 35, 37 and 39.

Here are the full election results:

• In District 1, Republican Megan Dahle and Republican David Fennell will advance with 77.2% and 22.8%. 199,734 votes counted.

• In District 3, Republican Thom Bogue and Democrat Christopher Cabaldon will advance with 27.8% and 26.6% against Democrat Rozzana Verder-Aliga with 20.5%, Democrat Jackie Elward with 18.5%, and Republican Jimih Jones with 6.6%. 222,479 votes counted.

• In District 5, Republican Jim Shoemaker and Democrat Jerry McNerney will advance with 43.4% and 33.4% against Democrat Carlos Villapudua with 23.2%. 171,623 votes counted.

• In District 7, Democrat Jesse Arreguín and Democrat Jovanka Beckles will advance with 32.1% and 17.7% against Democrat Dan Kalb with 15.0%, Democrat Kathryn Lybarger with 14.6%, Democrat Sandré R. Swanson with 11.9%, and Republican Jeanne Solnordal with 8.7%. 192,480 votes counted.

• In District 9, Democrat Tim Grayson and Democrat Marisol Rubio will advance with 59.6% and 40.4%. 173,136 votes counted.

• In District 11, Democratic incumbent Scott Wiener and Republican Yvette Corkrean will advance with 73.0% and 15.1% against Democrat Cynthia Cravens with 8.1% and Independent Jing Chao Xiong with 3.8%. 228,285 votes counted.

• In District 13, Democratic incumbent Josh Becker and Republican Alexander Glew will advance with 73.6% and 18.8% against Republican Christina Laskowski with 7.6%. 227,347 votes counted.

• In District 15, Democratic incumbent Dave Cortese and Republican Robert Paul Howell will advance with 69.0% and 19.0% against Republican Tony Loaiza with 12.0%. 180,328 votes counted.

• In District 17, Democratic incumbent John Laird and Republican Tony Virrueta will advance with 64.5% and 21.9% against Republican Eric Tao with 11.6% and Libertarian Michael Oxford with 2.0%. 222,999 votes counted.

• In District 19, Republican incumbent Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh and Democrat Lisa Middleton will advance with 53.8% and 46.2%. 187,998 votes counted.

• In District 21, Democratic incumbent S. Monique Limón and Republican Elijah Mack will advance with 61.9% and 38.1%. 206,609 votes counted.

• In District 23, Republican Suzette Martinez Valladares and Democrat Kipp Mueller will advance with 32.8% and 29.4% against Republican James “DJ” Hamburger with 23.8%, Democrat Blanca Azucena Gomez with 9.2%, and Democrat Ollie M. McCauley with 4.8%. 155,413 votes counted.

• In District 25, Republican Elizabeth Wong Ahlers and Democrat Sasha Renée Pérez will advance with 35.7% and 32.9% against Democrat Yvonne Yiu with 17.5%, Democrat Sandra Armenta with 9.5%, and Democrat Teddy Choi with 4.3%. 204,246 votes counted.

• In District 27, Democratic incumbent Henry Stern and Republican Lucie Volotzky will advance with 44.1% and 38.1% against Democrat Susan A. Collins with 17.8%. 222,325 votes counted.

• In District 29, Democrat Eloise Gomez Reyes and Republican Carlos A. Garcia will advance with 45.0% and 32.0% against Republican Kathleen Torres Hazelton with 13.0% and Democrat Jason O’Brien with 10.0%. 99,943 votes counted.

• In District 31, Republican Cynthia Navarro and Democrat Sabrina Cervantes will advance with 45.9% and 39.4% against Democrat Angelo Farooq with 14.8%. 101,572 votes counted.

• In District 33, Democratic incumbent Lena A. Gonzalez and Republican Mario Paz will advance with 68.6% and 17.1% against Republican Sharifah A. Hardie with 14.4%. 125,682 votes counted.

• In District 35, Democrat Laura Richardson and Democrat Michelle Chambers will advance with 27.8% and 24.5% against Republican James Arlandus Spencer with 18.8%, Democrat Albert Robles with 8.5%, Democrat Alex Monteiro with 6.0%, Democrat Jennifer Trichelle-Marie Williams with 5.4%, Democrat Nilo Vega Michelin with 4.8%, and Democrat Lamar Lyons with 4.1%. 96,664 votes counted.

• In District 37, Democratic incumbent Josh Newman and Republican Steven Choi will advance with 30.1% and 21.7% against Republican Crystal Miles with 14.0%, Republican Guy Selleck with 10.1%, Democrat Alex Mohajer with 8.3%, Republican Anthony C. Kuo with 7.1%, Democrat Leticia Correa with 2.7%, Democrat Stephanie Le with 2.0%, Democrat Gabrielle Ashbaugh with 2.0%, Democrat Jenny Suarez with 1.4%, and Democrat Jacob Niles Creer with 0.7%. 223,165 votes counted.

• In District 39, Democrat Akilah Weber and Republican Bob Divine will advance with 60.7% and 39.3%. 200,042 votes counted.

The general election for these 20 seats in the California State Senate will occur on Tuesday, November 5.