Voters in California and across the United States went to the polls on Tuesday to determine the next president and the balance of power in Congress.
Early Wednesday morning, The Associated Press called the U.S. presidential election for Republican Donald Trump, who won a resounding electoral college victory and will become the second president in U.S. history to win a non-consecutive term.
As expected, Democrat Congressman Adam Schiff easily defeated Republican former Major League Baseball star Steve Garvey in the race for U.S. Senate in California.
Also, California voters overwhelmingly passed a proposition to strengthen criminal penalties for those arrested for certain theft and drug crimes. This was a reaction to a surge in smash-and-grab and flash mob-style robberies in recent years. The passage of Proposition 36 essentially unwinds Prop 47, which passed a decade ago and raised the threshold for a felony theft charge to $950.
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon was defeated by challenger Nathan Hochman in a landslide.
In other contests, California voters overwhelmingly defeated a measure to allow local municipalities to enact rent control ordinances, upheld the right of same-sex couples to marry, and a proposition to increase the statewide minimum wage to $18 an hour was trailing as of Wednesday afternoon.
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As of 2024, California has around 22 million registered voters, which is roughly 82% of its eligible population. The majority of California’s registered voters identify as Democrats, followed by Republicans, and a significant portion choose no party preference.
California has not elected a Republican to the U.S. Senate since Pete Wilson, who served from 1983 until 1991.
