2018 California lieutenant gubernatorial election

The 2018 California lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the lieutenant governor of California. Incumbent Democratic lieutenant governor Gavin Newsom was ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits and ran for governor of California instead. Democrats Eleni Kounalakis and Ed Hernandez faced each other in the general election, as no Republican finished in the top two positions of the nonpartisan blanket primary that was held on June 5, 2018.

Declared

 * Jeff Bleich, former United States Ambassador to Australia
 * Cameron Gharabiklou, attorney and businessman
 * Ed Hernandez, state senator
 * Eleni Kounalakis, former United States Ambassador to Hungary

Declined

 * Kevin de León, President pro tempore of the California State Senate (running for U.S. Senate)
 * Mike Gatto, State Assemblyman (running for State Treasurer)
 * Mark Leno, former state senator (running for Mayor of San Francisco)
 * John Pérez, former Speaker of the California State Assembly
 * Darrell Steinberg, Mayor of Sacramento and former state senator

Declared

 * David Fennell, venture capitalist
 * Cole Harris, businessman
 * David Hernandez, retired business owner
 * Lydia Ortega, San Jose State University economics professor
 * Matthew Salzer, micronationlist (write-in)

Declined

 * Tom Berryhill, state senator
 * Anthony Cannella, state senator

Declared

 * Tim Ferreira

Declared

 * Gayle McLaughlin, former mayor of Richmond
 * Danny Thomas

Results
[[File:2018 California lieutenant gubernatorial primary election results map by county.svg|thumb|250px|Results by county {{legend|#7996e2|Kounalakis}}

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{{legend|#ebf2ff|10–20%}} '''{{legend|#51c2c2|E. Hernandez}}'''

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{{legend|#acf2f2|30–40%}} {{legend|#e27f7f|Harris}}

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{{legend|#ffc8cd|30–40%}} {{legend|#ff9a50|Fennell}}

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By county
Results by county. Blue represents counties won by Kounalakis and counties with Democratic vote majorities. Red represents counties won by Harris and counties with Republican vote majorities. Cyan represents counties won by Ed Hernandez. Orange represents counties won by Fennell. Light blue represents counties with Democratic vote pluralities. Light red represents counties with Republican vote pluralities.

Results by county
Blue represents counties won by Kounalakis. Cyan represents counties won by Hernandez.