2016 general · November 8, 2016
2016 California State Senate election results, district by district
Every California State Senate district in the 2016 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 40 seats
After the electionD 27 · R 13
Races20
Changed party1
Unopposed0%0 races
Incumbents defeated0
Every district
D 16 · R 4
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | Ted Gaines (R) | 28.0 | |
| SD-3 | Bill Dodd (D) | 16.3 | |
| SD-5 | Cathleen Galgiani (D) | 13.4 | |
| SD-7 | Steve Glazer (D) | 33.4 | |
| SD-9 | Nancy Skinner (D) | 24.4 | |
| SD-11 | Scott Wiener (D) | 2.0 | |
| SD-13 | Jerry Hill (D) | 51.7 | |
| SD-15 | Jim Beall Jr. (D) | 25.1 | |
| SD-17 | Bill Monning (D) | 31.1 | |
| SD-19 | Hannahbeth Jackson (D) | 26.2 | |
| SD-21 | Scott Wilk (R) | 5.7 | |
| SD-23 | Mike Morrell (R) | 13.2 | |
| SD-25 | Anthony J. Portantino (D) | 15.7 | |
| SD-27 | Henry Stern (D) | 11.7 | |
| SD-29 | Josh Newman (D) | 0.8 | Flipped |
| SD-31 | Richard Roth (D) | 21.1 | |
| SD-33 | Ricardo Lara (D) | 57.3 | |
| SD-35 | Steven Bradford (D) | 7.1 | |
| SD-37 | John M. W. Moorlach (R) | 14.0 | |
| SD-39 | Toni Atkins (D) | 25.0 |
California State Senate
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab