The California state elections, June 2012 were held on June 5, 2012, and included two

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primary elections Primary elections or primaries are elections held to determine which candidates will run in an upcoming general election. In a partisan primary, a political party selects a candidate. Depending on the state and/or party, there may be an "open pri ...

for each party's nominee for

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, and primary elections to determine the top-two candidates for California's Class I seat to the

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, all of California's seats to the

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, all of the seats of the

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, and all odd-numbered seats of the

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, who will compete against each other in a run-off on November 6, 2012. This was the first election with California's newly implemented

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in effect, pursuant to Proposition 14, which passed with 53% voter approval in June 2010. Additionally, in November 2010, voters approved Proposition 20, which authorized a California

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to re-draw congressional district lines, in addition to its current job of drawing state senate district lines and state assembly district lines, taking away that job from the

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. This was the first election which used the Citizens Redistricting Commission's maps. __TOC__

Primary elections

President of the United States

Incumbent president

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ran unopposed on the Democratic primary ballot. Governor

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and Rep.

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competed in the Republican primary.

Republican primary

United States Senate

United States House of Representatives

State Senate

State Assembly

Propositions

100% ( 21,993 of 21,993 ) precincts partially or fully reporting as of June 22, 2012, 4:49 p.m

Proposition 28

Proposition 28 is an initiative constitutional amendment that would change

term limits from a limit of 8 years for the

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and 6 years for the Assembly, to a limit of 12 years on combined service.

Proposition 29

Proposition 29 is an initiative statute that would add a $1 tax on

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to fund cancer research.

References

External links

June 2012 Statewide Election Results
from the California Secretary of State {{DEFAULTSORT:2012 06 California elections June California 06