*THESE ARE THE FINAL RESULTS RELEASED AT 3:51 P.M. ON DEC. 3. *

*Final results showed that 69.89% of eligible voters submitted a mail-in or in-person ballot.

*Correction: Viewpoints incorrectly mentioned that Assemblywoman Sabrina Cervantes is in her first term. She is actually in her fourth term in office.

* = Incumbent

Bolded = Winner

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
This race saw the election of Donald J. Trump and JD Vance as the 47th President and 50th Vice President of the United States, who will succeed Joe Biden, the first President since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968, to decline a re-election bid.

Trump’s win made him the first President since Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) in 1892 to win two non-consecutive terms as President and would be the oldest President to be sworn into office at age 78. He is also the first Republican candidate since George W. Bush in 2004 to win both the electoral and popular vote.

Vance’s win as vice president also makes history as he will be the third youngest Vice-President in US History, grabbing the spot currently held by former VP Dan Quayle (1989-1993) and being preceded in age by John C. Breckinridge, 36, and Richard Nixon, 40. Vance is also the first VP elected from the state of Ohio.

Trump’s victory also stretched across Riverside County, as he secured victory in the county with a 11,895 vote lead, making him the first Republican to win the county since George W. Bush in 2004.

US SENATE ELECTION (REGULAR)
This race saw the election of Adam Schiff as the next person to represent California in the United States Senate. He will hold the seat for a full six-year term, holding the office from 2025-2031. However, Garvey was able to secure Riverside county, making him the first Republican US Senate nominee to win the county since Congressman Michael Huffington in 1994.

*Update: Steve Garvey (R) would acknowledge his loss in the Senate election a few hours after the Associated Press (AP) had called the race for Rep. Schiff on Nov. 5 at 8 p.m. PST

US SENATE ELECTION (SPECIAL)
Adam Schiff also defeated Steve Garvey in the special election for who will represent California in the United States Senate for the rest of the Senate term left vacant by the death of longtime California Senator Dianne Feinstein (1933-2023). Schiff will hold the office until the start of his first full term on Jan. 3, 2025.

This was the first special election for U.S Senate that the state of California had held since the election of Dianne Feinstein in 1992, as well as the 12th special election in the state’s history, the eighth special election for the Class I Senate seat and the fourth since the ratification of the 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution in April 1913.

*Update: Steve Garvey (R) would acknowledge his loss in the special Senate election a few hours after the Associated Press (AP) had called the race for Rep. Schiff on Nov. 5 at 8 p.m. PST

US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (39th District)
This race saw the re-election of Mark Takano to a 7th term as the congressman for California’s 39th District. He won via a margin of 56.6% to 43.3% against his Republican opponent, David Serpa, a former Marine Corps combat veteran and realtor.

*Update: David Serpa (R) would acknowledge his loss in the congressional election and made an post on Instagram at 6:45 p.m. PST on Nov. 11, 45 minutes after the Associated Press (AP) had called the race for Rep. Takano.

US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (41st District)
This race saw the re-election of Ken Calvert to a 17th term as the congressman for California’s 41st District. He won via a margin of 51.7% to 48.3% against his Democratic opponent, Will Rollins, a former federal prosecutor and the DEM nominee for the district. This was a rematch of the 2022 house race, where Rollins lost by a 52.3% to 43.7% margin.

*Update: Will Rollins (D) would acknowledge his loss in the congressional election and made an post on Instagram at 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 13, congratulating Calvert on his victory. This came a few hours after the Associated Press (AP) had called the race for Rep. Calvert.

California State Senate (31st District)

This race saw the election of Sabrina Cervantes as the state senator for California’s 31st senatorial District. The seat was formerly held by Senator Richard Roth (2012-) who was in his third and final term in office. Roth was running in the runoff election for District 1 of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors against former Assemblyman Jose Medina.

This was a historic election as Cervantes is the first female to represent the district in the state senate. She ran against Educator, Parent and Businesswoman Cynthia Navarro (R). Sabrina is the sister of assembly candidate Clarissa Cervantes, who lost her campaign to succeed her former seat in the State Assembly. Cervantes won her race by a margin of 24,292 votes or 8.5%.

*Update: Sabrina Cervantes (D) was sworn in as the State Senator on Dec. 2, officially succeeding Sen. Roth.

 California State Assembly (58th District)
This race saw the election of Leticia Castillo (R) as the Assemblywoman for California’s 58th State Assembly District. The seat was formerly held by Assemblywoman Sabrina Cervantes (2019-) who is in her fourth and final term in office, as she declined to run for a fifth term, instead seeking to run for the senate seat held by outgoing Senator Richard Roth.

This was a historic election as Castillo is the first Hispanic Republican to represent the district in the state assembly, as well as being the first republican to represent the district in the state assembly since Tom Mays in 1990. Castillo ran against Riverside City Councilwoman Clarissa Cervantes (D). Clarissa is the sister of Incumbent state Senator Sabrina Cervantes.

Castillo’s victory was a very narrow one, as she won by a margin of less than 600 votes or 0.4%. Within Riverside County, Castillo’s win was much narrower, securing victory by only 210 votes or 0.14%.

*Update: Leticia Castillo (R) was sworn in as the State Assemblywoman on Dec. 2, officially succeeding Sen. Cervantes.

Non-Partisan Races:

Judge of the Superior Court (Office #4)
This race saw the election of Riverside County Commissioner Elizabeth Tucker to her first term as the judge for office 4 of the Superior court. She ran against county prosecutor Gerald Pfohl, who was endorsed by Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin and County sheriff Chad Bianco.

Tucker won her race in a massive landslide, winning the race by a margin of 134,177 votes or 16.1%

Riverside County Board of Supervisors (District 1)
This race saw the election of former state assemblyman Jose Medina to his first term in the Riverside County Board of Supervisors for district 1. Initial results showed that Roth would defeat Medina and win the seat currently held by outgoing Supervisor Kevin Jeffries, who has held the seat since Jan. 2013, but results showed that Medina would win the seat with a very narrow lead of 3,187 votes or 2.26%.

Director, Western Municipal Water District (District 4)

This race saw the re-election of incumbent Director Laura Roughton to her first full term in the Western Municipal Water District for district 4. She defeated her two opponents, Chaplain Donald Brock and small business owner Rod Taylor, in a massive landslide, winning the race by a margin of 56.5% to 33.7% and 9.78% respectively.

Propositions:

Proposition 2 (School Bond)

This proposition, which passed by a margin of 58.7% to 41.3%, will immediately “authorize $10 billion in general obligation bonds for public school and community college facilities, increasing state costs of about $500 million annually for 35 years to repay the bond.”

Proposition 3 (Same Sex Marriage)

The proposition, which passed by a margin of 62.6% to 37.4%, will immediately “amend [wording in] the California Constitution by removing language stating that marriage is only between a man and a woman, and would recognize the fundamental right to marry, regardless of sex or race.”

Proposition 4 (Climate Bond)

The proposition, which passed by a margin of 59.8% to 40.2%, will “authorize $10 billion in general obligation bonds for safe drinking water, wildfire prevention, and protecting communities and natural lands from climate risks, increasing state costs of about $400 million annually for 40 years to repay the bond.”

Proposition 5 (Lower Voting Threshold)

This proposition failed by a margin of 55.0% to 45.0% margin. If it would have passed, it would have “allow[ed] local bonds for affordable housing and public infrastructure with 55% voter approval; borrowing would be repaid with higher property taxes.”

Proposition 6 (Limit forced labor in State Prisons)

This proposition failed by a margin of 53.3% to 46.7% margin. If it would have passed, it would have “bar slavery in any form and repeal a current provision [in the California State Constitution] allowing involuntary servitude as a punishment for crime.”

Proposition 32 (Minimum Wage Increase)

This proposition failed by a margin of 50.7% to 49.3% margin. If it would have passed, it would have “raise[d] the minimum wage for all businesses to $18 by 2026. If the business had 26+ employees, it would raise to $17 immediately upon passage and raise to $18 on Jan. 1, 2025. If the business had <25 employees, it would raise to $17 on Jan 1. 2025, and would raise to $18 on Jan. 1, 2026.”

Proposition 33 (Local Rent Control)

This proposition failed by a margin of 60.0% to 40.0% margin. If it would have passed, it would have “repeal[ed] the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act of 1995 and expand local governments’ authority to enact rent control on residential property in California.”

Proposition 34 (Patient Spending)

The proposition, which passed by a margin of 50.9% to 49.1%, will “”require certain health care entities to follow new rules about how they spend revenue they earn from a federal drug discount program.”

Proposition 35 (Health Care Tax)

The proposition, which passed by a margin of 67.9% to 32.1%, will “provide permanent funding for Medi-Cal health care services [and will make] permanent an existing tax on managed health care insurance plans that provides funding for the state’s Medi-Cal health care program.”

Proposition 36 (Criminal Penalties)

The proposition, which passed by a margin of 68.4% to 31.6%, will “allow felony charges for possessing certain drugs and for thefts under $950 in California, if the defendant has two prior drug or theft convictions [as well as] create a drug court treatment program for people with multiple drug possession convictions.”

Bond Measures:

Bond Measure CC:
The bond measure, which passed by a margin of 58.0% to 41.9%, will “authorize the Riverside Community College District to issue $954 million in bonds, requiring an estimated property tax levy of $19 per $100,000 of assessed value, to repair and upgrade community college facilities and improve access to higher education”