June 2012 California elections
The California state elections, June 2012 were held on June 5, 2012 and included two propositions, primary elections for each party's nominee for President, and primary elections to determine the top-two candidates for California's Class I seat to the United States Senate, all of California's seats to the House of Representatives, all of the seats of the State Assembly, and all odd-numbered seats of the State Senate, who will compete against each other in a run-off on November 6, 2012.
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This was the first election with California's newly implemented nonpartisan blanket primary in effect, pursuant to Proposition 14, which passed with 53% voter approval in June 2010. Additionally, in November 2010, voters approved Proposition 20, which authorized a California Citizens Redistricting Commission to re-draw congressional district lines, in addition to its current job of drawing state senate district lines and state assembly district lines, taking away that job from the California state legislature. This was the first election which used the Citizens Redistricting Commission's maps.
Primary elections
President of the United States
Incumbent President Barack Obama ran unopposed on the Democratic primary ballot. Governor Mitt Romney and Rep. Ron Paul competed in the Republican primary.
Republican primary
| California Republican primary, 2012[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Delegates |
 Mitt Romney |
1,151,197 | 79.6% | 169 |
| Ron Paul | 147,893 | 10.2% | 0 |
| Rick Santorum | 75,802 | 5.2% | 0 |
| Newt Gingrich | 55,458 | 3.8% | 0 |
| Buddy Roemer | 9,714 | 0.7% | 0 |
| Fred Karger | 6,481 | 0.4% | 0 |
| Unpledged delegates: | 3 | ||
| Total: | 1,446,545 | 100% | 172 |
| Key: | Withdrew prior to contest |
United States Senate
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Dianne Feinstein (Incumbent) | 1,801,422 | 49.3 | |
| Republican | Elizabeth Emken | 454,937 | 12.5 | |
| Republican | Dan Hughes | 243,934 | 6.7 | |
| Republican | Rick Williams | 120,931 | 3.3 | |
| Republican | Orly Taitz | 113,563 | 3.1 | |
| Republican | Dennis Jackson | 107,097 | 2.9 | |
| Republican | Greg Conlon | 100,432 | 2.8 | |
| Republican | Al Ramirez | 82,663 | 2.3 | |
| Libertarian | Gail Lightfoot | 76,130 | 2.1 | |
| Democratic | Diane Stewart | 74,358 | 2.0 | |
| Other | Others | 475,150 | 13.0 | |
| Total votes | 3,650,617 | 100 | ||
State Senate
State Assembly
Propositions
100% ( 21,993 of 21,993 ) precincts partially or fully reporting as of June 22, 2012, 4:49 p.m
Proposition 28
Proposition 28 is an initiative constitutional amendment that would change California state legislature term limits from a limit of 8 years for the Senate and 6 years for the Assembly, to a limit of 12 years on combined service.
| Choice | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
 Yes |
3,001,137 | 61.0 |
| No | 1,915,154 | 39.0 |
| Total votes | 4,916,291 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters and turnout | 23,713,027 | 20.7 |
Proposition 29
Proposition 29 is an initiative statute that would add a $1 tax on cigarettes to fund cancer research.
| Choice | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
 No |
2,553,137 | 50.3 |
| Yes | 2,523,572 | 49.7 |
| Total votes | 5,025,120 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters and turnout | 23,713,027 | 21.2 |
References
- "President Republican - Statewide Results". California Secretary of State. Archived from the original on 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
- "U.S. Senate - Statewide Results". California Secretary of State. Archived from the original on 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
- "Proposition 28". California Secretary of State. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
- "Proposition 29". California Secretary of State. Retrieved 2012-06-22.