2018 California Superintendent of Public Instruction election

2018 California Superintendent of Public Instruction election

← 2014 June 5, 2018 (first round)
November 6, 2018 (runoff)
2022 →
  150x150x
Candidate Tony Thurmond Marshall Tuck
First round 2,136,919
35.6%
2,223,784
37.0%
Runoff 5,385,912
50.9%
5,198,738
49.1%

  150x150x
Candidate Lily Ploski Steven Ireland
First round 984,932
16.4%
658,786
11.0%
Runoff Eliminated Eliminated

Thurmond      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Tuck      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Ploski      30–40%

SPI before election

Tom Torlakson

Elected SPI

Tony Thurmond

The 2018 California Superintendent of Public Instruction primary election was held on June 5, 2018, to elect the Superintendent of Public Instruction of California. Unlike most other elections in California, the superintendent is not elected under the state's "top-two primary". Instead, the officially nonpartisan position is elected via a general election, with a runoff held on November 6, 2018, because no candidate received a majority of the vote.

The previous incumbent, Superintendent Tom Torlakson, was term-limited, so could not seek a third term. As no candidate received a majority in the general election, a runoff was held between two Democrats: Marshall Tuck and Tony Thurmond. Thurmond narrowly defeated Tuck.


© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search