California held a special election on May 21 to fill the vacant State Senate seat, 16th district. Three Democrats, a Republican, and a Peace & Freedom Party member ran. Here are the unofficial results. Unlike regularly-scheduled elections in California, in special elections, if anyone gets 50% of the vote, there is no second election. It appears the Republican, Andy Vidak, is winning this seat outright. The district had been represented by a Democrat who resigned his seat to take a job in the private sector.
He did very well (71%) in his home county of Kings which had quite a bit higher turnout relative to the 2010 general election than other counties.
Kings 58% (Hanford), Kern 49% (Bakersfield), Tulare 46% (Visalia), Fresno 43% (Fresno).