On June 29, California held a special election to fill the vacancy in the 18th Assembly district, which is in Alameda County. Six Democrats, one Republican, and one Socialist Workers Party candidate were on the ballot. Here are the results. Click the + that is labelled “state.” The Republican, Stephen Slauson, received 11.2%. The Socialist Workers candidate, Joel Britton, whose ballot label was “party preference: none” received 1.5%. The six Democrats received the remainder of the vote. No one received a majority, and the run-off will be between Mia Bonta and Janani Ramachandran.

In November 2020, the same district had one Republican and one Democrat on the ballot. Those results were: Democratic 87.6%; Republican 12.4%.