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2024 Senate elections · California history

California U.S. Senate election 2024

Adam B. Schiff DEM +17.8 · Class I seat · held 11/5/24

Votes counted
15,348,846
Margin
17.8 pts
Seat held by
Democraticheld
President in CA
D+20.1same year

General election 11/5/24

CandidatePartyVotesShareBar
Adam B. Schiff WonDEM9,036,25258.87%
Steve GarveyREP6,312,59441.13%
Total15,348,846

By county

Amador: Steve Garvey +32.2Glenn: Steve Garvey +39.0Lake: Steve Garvey +2.3Mariposa: Steve Garvey +23.2Napa: Adam B. Schiff +31.5Shasta: Steve Garvey +40.5Stanislaus: Steve Garvey +10.6Yuba: Steve Garvey +28.1Alpine: Adam B. Schiff +27.7Butte: Steve Garvey +7.4Mendocino: Adam B. Schiff +25.9Modoc: Steve Garvey +50.2Mono: Adam B. Schiff +15.0Nevada: Adam B. Schiff +8.8Orange: Steve Garvey +1.0Riverside: Steve Garvey +3.4San Benito: Adam B. Schiff +11.0San Diego: Adam B. Schiff +13.4San Francisco: Adam B. Schiff +64.8Yolo: Adam B. Schiff +34.5San Mateo: Adam B. Schiff +47.5Santa Barbara: Adam B. Schiff +22.4Santa Cruz: Adam B. Schiff +52.5Solano: Adam B. Schiff +22.0Sutter: Steve Garvey +31.9Tehama: Steve Garvey +44.8Tuolumne: Steve Garvey +24.7Calaveras: Steve Garvey +31.3Contra Costa: Adam B. Schiff +35.0Del Norte: Steve Garvey +18.1Imperial: Steve Garvey +0.3Kern: Steve Garvey +22.1Kings: Steve Garvey +25.0Madera: Steve Garvey +22.5Colusa: Steve Garvey +29.5Inyo: Steve Garvey +6.1Merced: Steve Garvey +3.5Plumas: Steve Garvey +21.2San Joaquin: Steve Garvey +0.7Sierra: Steve Garvey +28.5Tulare: Steve Garvey +23.2Marin: Adam B. Schiff +59.7Monterey: Adam B. Schiff +28.0Placer: Steve Garvey +13.9Fresno: Steve Garvey +5.8Humboldt: Adam B. Schiff +27.7Lassen: Steve Garvey +56.2Los Angeles: Adam B. Schiff +31.3Sacramento: Adam B. Schiff +17.4San Bernardino: Steve Garvey +3.8Ventura: Adam B. Schiff +10.9Alameda: Adam B. Schiff +53.6San Luis Obispo: Adam B. Schiff +6.1Siskiyou: Steve Garvey +23.1Sonoma: Adam B. Schiff +44.0Trinity: Steve Garvey +13.2El Dorado: Steve Garvey +17.1Santa Clara: Adam B. Schiff +37.9
Counties coloured by the leading candidate, shaded by margin. County returns: MIT Election Data and Science Lab.

Counties carried: Steve Garvey 34, Adam B. Schiff 24.

Official source: statement-vote

Other California Senate races

YearSeatWinnerMargin
2024Class IAdam B. Schiff17.8
2024 specialClass IAdam B. Schiff17.5
2022Class IIIAlex Padilla22.1
2022 specialClass IIIAlex Padilla21.8
2018Class IDianne Feinstein8.3
2016Class IIIKamala Harris23.2
2012Class IDianne Feinstein25.1
2010Class IIIBarbara Boxer10.0
2006Class IDianne Feinstein24.4
2004Class IIIBarbara Boxer19.9
2000Class IDianne Feinstein19.3
1998Class IIIBarbara Boxer10.1

Full California Senate history →

Questions and answers

Who won the 2024 California Senate race?

Adam B. Schiff (DEM) won with 58.9% of the vote, ahead of Steve Garvey (41.1%), a margin of 17.8 points.

Did the California Senate seat change party in 2024?

No. The Democratic Party held it.

How many votes were cast in the 2024 California Senate race?

15,348,846 votes were counted for the candidates in the general election.

Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from the official source linked above.