2018 California General Election Results
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All 80 California state Assembly seats and half the Senate seats were up for grabs in the general election on November 6. Democrats won supermajorities in both chambers of the Legislature. Two-third majorities allow Democrats to raise taxes, suspend legislative rules and override vetoes without Republican votes.
Vote totals updated since Election Day gave Democrats two Republican-held state Senate seats in the Central Valley. Anna Caballero won the open 12th District seat, while Melissa Hurtado defeated Republican Senator Andy Vidak in the neighboring 14th District. Both are in the Fresno area. Vidak, of Hanford, has held the seat since a special election in 2013.
The Democratic party also holds every statewide office, led by Governor-elect Gavin Newsom, who will soon make appointments to agencies and boards that have significant impacts on the food processing industry, such as the California Environmental Quality Agency, the State Water Resource Control Board, the California Air Resources Board and the California Resources Agency.
