Information About Candidate Statements

In This Guide

This voter guide includes information about U.S. Senate and statewide constitutional office candidates.

United States Senate candidates can buy space for their candidate statement in this voter guide. Some candidates, however, choose not to buy space for a statement.

The candidates for U.S. Senate are:

California law includes voluntary spending limits for candidates running for state office (not federal office). Statewide constitutional office candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Controller, Treasurer, Attorney General, Insurance Commissioner, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Board of Equalization who choose to keep their campaign expenses under specified dollar amounts may buy space for a candidate statement (up to 250 words) in this voter guide.

The voluntary spending limit for candidates for Governor in the November 6, 2018, General Election is $14,588,000.

The voluntary spending limit for candidates for Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Controller, Treasurer, Attorney General, Insurance Commissioner, and Superintendent of Public Instruction in the November 6, 2018, General Election is $8,753,000.

The voluntary spending limit for candidates for the Board of Equalization in the November 6, 2018, General Election is $2,188,000.

In the candidate lists below, an asterisk (*) designates a statewide constitutional office candidate who accepted California’s voluntary campaign spending limits and therefore has the option to buy space for a candidate statement in this voter guide. (Some eligible candidates choose not to buy space for a candidate statement.)

Statewide constitutional office candidate statements are here.

The following list of candidates for statewide constitutional office is current through August 13, 2018—the end of the public display period required for this voter guide. For the final certified list of candidates, which was due after this guide was published, go to www.sos.ca.gov/elections/candidate-statements.