U.S. Senate elections in California
Elections won
R 14 · D 2842 Senate elections since 1914
Last decided by
17.7 pts2024, Adam B. Schiff over Steve Garvey
Closest ever
1.42 pts1986, Alan Cranston over Ed Zschau
Longest streak
15 in a rowDemocratic, 1992–2024
Next election
2028Tuesday, November 7, 2028
California's U.S. Senate seats are held by Democrat Alex Padilla and Democrat Adam B. Schiff; Schiff won the most recent race by 17.7 points in 2024. Padilla has held one seat since 2022 and Schiff the other since 2024. The 2024 race put Schiff ahead of Steve Garvey, 17.7 points clear. Across 42 elections since 1914, Republicans have won 14 and Democrats 28. Of those, the closest was 1986, decided by 1.4 points; the widest 1934, by 89.4 points.
Adam B. Schiff D 9,036,252 · Steve Garvey R 6,312,594
Adam B. Schiff D 8,837,051 · Steve Garvey R 6,204,637
Alex Padilla D 6,621,621 · Mark P. Meuser R 4,222,029
Alex Padilla D 6,559,308 · Mark P. Meuser R 4,212,450
Dianne Feinstein D 6,019,422 · Kevin de Leon D 5,093,942
Kamala Harris D 7,542,753 · Loretta Sanchez D 4,701,417
Dianne Feinstein D 7,864,624 · Elizabeth Emken R 4,713,887
Barbara Boxer D 5,218,441 · Carly Fiorina R 4,217,366 · Gail Katherine Lightfoot L 175,242 · Marsha Feinland P 135,093 · +2 more
Dianne Feinstein D 5,076,289 · Richard Dick Mountjoy R 2,990,822 · Todd Chretien G 147,074 · Michael S. Metti L 133,851 · +2 more
Barbara Boxer D 6,955,728 · Bill Jones R 4,555,922 · Marsha Feinland P 243,846 · James P. Jim Gray L 216,522 · +1 more
Dianne Feinstein D 5,932,522 · Tom Campbell R 3,886,853 · Medea Susan Benjamin G 326,828 · Gail Katherine Lightfoot L 187,718 · +3 more
Barbara Boxer D 4,410,056 · Matt Fong R 3,575,078 · Ted Brown L 93,926 · Timothy R. Erich Rf 82,918 · +3 more
Dianne Feinstein D 3,979,152 · Michael Huffington R 3,817,025 · Elizabeth Cervantes Barron P 255,301 · Richard Benjamin Boddie L 179,100 · +2 more
Barbara Boxer D 5,173,467 · Bruce Herschensohn R 4,644,182 · Jerome Jerry McCready A 373,051 · Genevieve Torres P 372,817 · +1 more
Dianne Feinstein D 5,853,651 · John Seymour R 4,093,501 · Gerald Horne P 305,697 · Paul Meeuwenberg A 281,973 · +1 more
Pete Wilson R 5,143,409 · Leo McCarthy D 4,287,253 · M. Elizabeth Munoz P 166,600 · Jack Dean L 79,997 · +1 more
Alan Cranston D 3,646,672 · Ed Zschau R 3,541,804 · Edward B. Ed Vallen I 109,856 · Breck McKinley L 66,261 · +1 more
Pete Wilson R 4,022,565 · Edmund G. Brown Jr. D 3,494,968 · Joseph Fuhrig L 107,720 · David Wald P 96,388 · +1 more
Alan Cranston D 4,704,098 · Paul Gann R 3,091,671 · David Bergland L 202,410 · David Wald P 196,260 · +1 more
S. I. Hayakawa R 3,748,973 · John V Tunney D 3,502,862 · David Wald P 104,383 · Jack McCoy A 82,739 · +1 more
Alan Cranston D 3,693,160 · H. L. Richardson R 2,210,267 · Jacie McCoy I 101,145 · Gayle M. Justice P 96,436
John V Tunney D 3,496,558 · George Murphy R 2,877,617 · Charles C. Ripley I 61,251 · Robert Scheer P 56,731
George Murphy R 3,628,552 · Pierre Salinger D 3,411,915
Thomas H. Kuchel R 3,180,483 · Richard Richards D 2,452,839 · Howard Jarvis I 9,963 · Linus Pauling I 2,694 · +1 more
Clair Engle D 2,927,693 · Goodwin J. Knight R 2,204,337 · Jesse M. Ritchie I 892 · Ray B. Pollard I 281
Thomas H. Kuchel R 2,090,836 · Sam Yorty D 1,788,071
Richard Nixon R 2,183,454 · Helen G. Douglas D 1,502,507
William F. Knowland R 1,428,067 · Will Rogers Jr. D 1,167,161 · Douglas Corrigan P 42,683 · Herbert Steiner I 156
Sheridan Downey D 1,728,155 · Frederick F. Houser R 1,576,553
William G. McAdoo D 943,164 · Tallant Tubbs R 669,676 · Robert P. Shuler P 560,088 · George R. Kirkpatrick I 466
Hiram Johnson R 1,148,397 · Minor Moore D 282,411 · Charles H. Randall P 92,106 · Lena M. Lewis S 26,624
Samuel Morgan Shortridge R 670,128 · John B. Elliott D 391,599
Hiram Johnson R 564,422 · William J. Pearson D 215,748 · H. Clay Needham P 70,748 · Upton Sinclair S 56,982
Hiram Johnson R 574,667 · George S. Patton D 277,852 · Walter T. Mills S 49,341 · Marshall W. Atwood P 38,797
James Duval Phelan D 279,896 · Francis J. Heney P 255,232 · Joseph R. Knowland R 254,159 · Ernest Untermann S 56,805 · +1 more