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US Senate 2016 | US Senate Elections | California Races

2016 California U.S. Senate Election Results

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Kamala Harris 
Percent: 61.60%
Votes: 7,542,753

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Loretta L. Sanchez 
Percent: 38.40%    
Votes: 4,701,417

Race Summary

Democrat Kamala Harris won the open U.S. Senate seat on November 8, 2016, with 61.60% of the vote, defeating Democrat Loretta Sanchez, who received 38.40%. Two Democrats were on the ballot due to the California’s nonpartisan blanket primary system, and no Republican made the general election ballot.

Full Results

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 61.60%
Votes: 7,542,753

 

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 38.40%    
Votes: 4,701,417

 

Total votes: 12,244,170

State Map

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Results by County

Alameda County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 75.47%
Votes: 443,536

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 24.53%
Votes: 144,134

Total votes: 587,670

Calaveras County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 64.11%
Votes: 11,259

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 35.89%
Votes: 6,302

Total votes: 17,561

El Dorado County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 63.36%
Votes: 45,671

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 36.64%
Votes: 26,408

Total votes: 72,079

Imperial County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 32.62%
Votes: 13,975

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 67.38%
Votes: 28,872

Total votes: 42,847

Lake County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 65.32%
Votes: 13,188

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 34.68%
Votes: 7,003

Total votes: 20,191

Marin County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 78.37%
Votes: 98,196

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 21.63%
Votes: 27,101

Total votes: 125,297

Modoc County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 59.46%
Votes: 1,531

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 40.54%
Votes: 1,044

Total votes: 2,575

Nevada County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 68.98%
Votes: 29,639

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 31.02%
Votes: 13,329

Total votes: 42,968

Riverside County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 54.68%
Votes: 339,497

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 45.32%
Votes: 281,437

Total votes: 620,934

San Diego County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 58.39%
Votes: 625,843

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 41.61%
Votes: 446,063

Total votes: 1,071,906

San Mateo County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 71.15%
Votes: 199,956

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 28.85%
Votes: 81,090

Total votes: 281,046

Shasta County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 56.67%
Votes: 31,877

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 43.33%
Votes: 24,369

Total votes: 56,246

Sonoma County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 72.99%
Votes: 147,532

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 27.01%
Votes: 54,600

Total votes: 202,132

Trinity County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 60.03%
Votes: 2,696

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 39.97%
Votes: 1,795

Total votes: 4,491

Yolo County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 67.61%
Votes: 48,901

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 32.39%
Votes: 23,429

Total votes: 72,330

Alpine County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 72.00%
Votes: 342

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 28.00%
Votes: 133

Total votes: 475

Colusa County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 51.33%
Votes: 2,639

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 48.67%
Votes: 2,502

Total votes: 5,141

Fresno County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 49.96%
Votes: 117,956

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 50.04%
Votes: 118,148

Total votes: 236,104

Inyo County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 63.11%
Votes: 3,863

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 36.89%
Votes: 2,258

Total votes: 6,121

Lassen County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 56.27%
Votes: 4,151

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 43.73%
Votes: 3,226

Total votes: 7,377

Mariposa County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 62.14%
Votes: 4,134

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 37.86%
Votes: 2,519

Total votes: 6,653

Mono County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 62.14%
Votes: 2,611

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 37.86%
Votes: 1,591

Total votes: 4,202

Orange County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 53.29%
Votes: 555,459

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 46.71%
Votes: 486,783

Total votes: 1,042,242

Sacramento County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 65.87%
Votes: 312,038

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 34.13%
Votes: 161,673

Total votes: 473,711

San Francisco County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 77.98%
Votes: 286,723

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 22.02%
Votes: 80,985

Total votes: 367,708

Santa Barbara County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 59.30%
Votes: 88,861

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 40.70%
Votes: 60,995

Total votes: 149,856

Sierra County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 65.14%
Votes: 826

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 34.86%
Votes: 442

Total votes: 1,268

Stanislaus County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 56.80%
Votes: 80,502

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 43.20%
Votes: 61,219

Total votes: 141,721

Tulare County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 51.70%
Votes: 47,145

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 48.30%
Votes: 44,044

Total votes: 91,189

Yuba County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 56.21%
Votes: 9,999

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 43.79%
Votes: 7,789

Total votes: 17,788

Amador County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 64.08%
Votes: 8,690

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 35.92%
Votes: 4,872

Total votes: 13,562

Contra Costa County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 69.38%
Votes: 282,587

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 30.62%
Votes: 124,731

Total votes: 407,318

Glenn County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 47.44%
Votes: 3,423

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 52.56%
Votes: 3,793

Total votes: 7,216

Kern County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 50.21%
Votes: 98,526

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 49.79%
Votes: 97,689

Total votes: 196,215

Los Angeles County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 60.88%
Votes: 1,895,675

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 39.12%
Votes: 1,218,236

Total votes: 3,113,911

Mendocino County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 70.02%
Votes: 22,335

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 29.98%
Votes: 9,564

Total votes: 31,899

Monterey County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 64.33%
Votes: 77,659

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 35.67%
Votes: 43,060

Total votes: 120,719

Placer County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 63.21%
Votes: 89,687

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 36.79%
Votes: 52,192

Total votes: 141,879

San Benito County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 59.57%
Votes: 11,151

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 40.43%
Votes: 7,568

Total votes: 18,719

San Joaquin County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 57.85%
Votes: 111,563

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 42.15%
Votes: 81,295

Total votes: 192,858

Santa Clara County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 66.51%
Votes: 411,765

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 33.49%
Votes: 207,380

Total votes: 619,145

Siskiyou County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 57.52%
Votes: 8,744

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 42.48%
Votes: 6,457

Total votes: 15,201

Sutter County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 56.49%
Votes: 15,191

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 43.51%
Votes: 11,700

Total votes: 26,891

Tuolumne County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 65.86%
Votes: 12,239

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 34.14%
Votes: 6,345

Total votes: 18,584

Butte County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 58.64%
Votes: 43,491

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 41.36%
Votes: 30,680

Total votes: 74,171

Del Norte County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 61.03%
Votes: 4,603

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 38.97%
Votes: 2,939

Total votes: 7,542

Humboldt County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 66.79%
Votes: 32,729

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 33.21%
Votes: 16,277

Total votes: 49,006

Kings County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 52.69%
Votes: 14,655

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 47.31%
Votes: 13,158

Total votes: 27,813

Madera County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 48.85%
Votes: 16,769

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 51.15%
Votes: 17,562

Total votes: 34,331

Merced County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 50.28%
Votes: 30,172

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 49.72%
Votes: 29,835

Total votes: 60,007

Napa County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 66.90%
Votes: 35,925

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 33.10%
Votes: 17,778

Total votes: 53,703

Plumas County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 65.58%
Votes: 4,606

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 34.42%
Votes: 2,418

Total votes: 7,024

San Bernardino County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 54.48%
Votes: 300,738

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 45.52%
Votes: 251,246

Total votes: 551,984

San Luis Obispo County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 64.88%
Votes: 69,190

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 35.12%
Votes: 37,455

Total votes: 106,645

Santa Cruz County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 71.34%
Votes: 81,443

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 28.66%
Votes: 32,720

Total votes: 114,163

Solano County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 66.43%
Votes: 97,410

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 33.57%
Votes: 49,229

Total votes: 146,639

Tehama County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 54.20%
Votes: 9,456

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 45.80%
Votes: 7,991

Total votes: 17,447

Ventura County

Kamala Harris (DEM)
Percent: 61.05%
Votes: 181,785

Loretta L. Sanchez (DEM)
Percent: 38.95%
Votes: 115,964

Total votes: 297,749

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