The 2018 California Secretary of State election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the

California Secretary of State The secretary of state of California is the chief clerk of the U.S. state of California, overseeing a department of 500 people. The secretary of state is elected for four year terms, like the state's other constitutional officers; the officeho ...

. Incumbent Democratic Secretary

Alex Padilla Alejandro Padilla ( ; born March 22, 1973) is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from California since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Padilla served as the 30th secretary of state of California from 2015 ...

won re-election to a second term.

Primary election

Candidates

Democratic Party

=Declared

= *

, California Secretary of state * Ruben Major, paramedic

Republican Party

=Declared

= * Mark P. Meuser, election law attorney * Raul Rodriguez Jr., warehousing employee

Green Party

=Declared

= *

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, former mayor of Santa Monica, Electoral Reform Consultant * Erik Rydberg, electoral reform advocate, Community Organizer

Libertarian Party

* Gail Lightfoot, retired nurse

Peace and Freedom Party

=Declared

= * C.T. Weber, retired government analyst

Endorsements

Results

General election

Predictions

Results

References

External links

Mark Meuser (R) for Secretary of StateAlex Padilla (D) for Secretary of State
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