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| Registered | 22,047,448[1] | |
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| Turnout | 80.67% ( 16.13 pp)[1] | |
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The California state elections in 2020 were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Unlike previous election cycles, the primary elections were held on Super Tuesday, March 3, 2020.[2]
In addition to the U.S. presidential race, California voters elected 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. Neither of the state's two U.S. Senate seats were up for election in 2020.
Pursuant to Proposition 14 passed in 2010, California uses a nonpartisan blanket primary for almost all races, with the presidential primary races being the notable exception. Under the nonpartisan blanket primary system, all the candidates for the same elected office, regardless of respective political party, run against each other at once during the primary. The candidates receiving the most and second-most votes in the primary election then become the contestants in the general election.
- ^ a b "Historical Voter Registration and Participation" (PDF). California Secretary of State.
- ^ Dezenski, Lauren (December 19, 2018). "Why California leapfrogged the 2020 primary schedule".