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California Elections Data Archives

The California Elections Data Archive (CEDA) is a joint project of the Center for California Studies and the Institute for Social Research (ISR), both of California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) and the Office of the California Secretary of State.  The purpose of CEDA is to provide researchers, citizens, public agencies and other interested parties with a single repository of local election data.  CEDA summarizes candidate and ballot measure results for county, city, community college and school district elections in over 6,000 jurisdictions throughout California.

 

ISR collects annual election results directly from the counties, cataloguing ballot measures by type (charter amendment, bond measure, initiative, etc.) and topic (taxes, education, public safety, governance, etc.), reproducing the text and summarizing vote totals by county.  Candidates for county and city offices as well as school boards are listed by office within county in tables giving incumbency status, ballot designation, vote totals and percent of votes cast.

 

Starting in 1995, three separate reports have been published annually.  One summarizes candidate and ballot measure information for county elections.  Another covers city elections, and the third, community college and school district elections.  Copies of these reports may be ordered from the Elections Division of the Secretary of State's office by calling (916) 657-2166.

 

In order to facilitate use of the archive for research purposes ISR is placing the reports' tables, a written summary of results and trends, and the raw data on this web site. In the table below is the list of files that may be downloaded. 

 

2004 California Local Elections

Summary of 2004 Local Elections

Ten-page summary of local elections in California (Word document)

Table A 2004

Summary of outcomes of ballot measures by type of measure and county (Word document)

Table B 2004

Summary of outcomes of ballot measures by topic of measure and county (Word document)

Table C 2004

Summary of candidate election outcomes by type of office and incumbency for the state as a whole (Word document)

Trend Tables A-I 2004 Summary of trends, 1995-2004 (Word document)

CEDA04Data.xls

Excel workbook that contains 2 worksheets – one contains data on all measures and the other contains all candidate race data

Codebook 2004

Codebook—description of data under each column heading and codes used in the worksheets (Word document)

CEDA City Report 2004 Complete City report including all tables and text (Word document)  
CEDA County Report 2004 Complete County report including all tables and text (Word document)  
CEDA School District Report 2004 Complete School District report including all tables and text (Word document)  

2003 California Local Elections

Summary of 2003 Local Elections

Ten-page summary of local elections in California (Word document)

Table A 2003

Summary of outcomes of ballot measures by type of measure and county (Word document)

Table B 2003

Summary of outcomes of ballot measures by topic of measure and county (Word document)

Table C 2003

Summary of candidate election outcomes by type of office and incumbency for the state as a whole (Word document)

Trend Tables A 2003 Summary of measure trends by type, 1995-2003 (Word document)
Trend Tables B 2003 Summary of measure trends by topic, 1995-2003 (Word document)
Trend Tables C 2003 Summary of CSD/CSA measure trends by county,1998-2003 (Word document)
Trend Tables D-F 2003 Summary of CSD/CSA trends, 1998-2003 (Word document)
Trend Tables G-H 2003 Summary of candidate trends, 1995-2003 (Word document)
Trend Tables I 2003 Summary of incumbent trends, 1995-2003 (Word document)

CEDA03Data.xls

Excel workbook that contains 2 worksheets – one contains data on all measures and the other contains all candidate race data

Codebook 2003

Codebook—description of data under each column heading and codes used in the worksheets (Word document)

CEDA City Report 2003 Complete City report including all tables and text (Word document)  
CEDA County Report 2003 Complete County report including all tables and text (Word document)  
CEDA School District Report 2003 Complete School District report including all tables and text (Word document)  

2002 California Local Elections

Files for Downloading

Description

Summary of 2002 Local Elections

Eight-page summary of local elections in California (Word document)

Table A 2002

Summary of outcomes of ballot measures by type of measure and county (Word document)

Table B 2002

Summary of outcomes of ballot measures by topic of measure and county (Word document)

Table C 2002

Summary of candidate election outcomes by type of office and incumbency for the state as a whole (Word document)

Trend Tables A-G 2002 Summary of trends from 1995-2002 (Word document)

CEDA02Data.xls

Excel workbook that contains 2 worksheets – one contains data on all measures and the other contains all candidate race data

Codebook 2002

Codebook—description of data under each column heading and codes used in the worksheets (Word document)

CEDA City Report 2002 Complete City report including all tables and text (Word document)  
CEDA County Report 2002 Complete County report including all tables and text (Word document)  
CEDA School District Report 2002 Complete School District report including all tables and text (Word document)  

2001 California Local Elections

Files for Downloading

Description

Summary of 2001 Local Elections

Eight-page summary of local elections in California (Word document)

Table A 2001

Summary of outcomes of ballot measures by type of measure and county (Word document)

Table B 2001

Summary of outcomes of ballot measures by topic of measure and county (Word document)

Table C 2001

Summary of candidate election outcomes by type of office and incumbency for the state as a whole (Word document)

CEDA01Data.xls

Excel workbook that contains 2 worksheets – one contains data on all measures and the other contains all candidate race data

Codebook 2001

Codebook—description of data under each column heading and codes used in the worksheets (Word document)

CEDA City Report 2001 Complete City report including all tables and text (Word document)  
CEDA County Report 2001 Complete County report including all tables and text (Word document)  
CEDA School District Report 2001 Complete School District report including all tables and text (Word document)  

2000 California Local Elections  

Files for Downloading

Description

Summary of 2000 Local Elections

Eight-page summary of local elections in California (Word document)

Table A 2000

Summary of outcomes of ballot measures by type of measure and county (Word document)

Table B 2000

Summary of outcomes of ballot measures by topic of measure and county (Word document)

Table C 2000

Summary of candidate election outcomes by type of office and incumbency for the state as a whole (Word document)

CEDA00Data.xls

Excel workbook that contains 2 worksheets – one contains data on all measures and the other contains all candidate race data

Codebook 2000

Codebook—description of data under each column heading and codes used in the worksheets (Word document)

CEDA City Report 2000 Complete City report including all tables and text (Word document)  
CEDA County Report 2000 Complete County report including all tables and text (Word document)  
CEDA School District Report 2000 Complete School District report including all tables and text (Word document)  

1999 California Local Elections

Files for Downloading

Description

Summary of 1999 Local Elections

Eight-page summary of local elections in California (Word document)

Table A 1999

Summary of outcomes of ballot measures by type of measure and county (Word document)

Table B 1999

Summary of outcomes of ballot measures by topic of measure and county (Word document)

Table C 1999

Summary of candidate election outcomes by type of office and incumbency for the state as a whole (Word document)

CEDA99Data.xls

Excel workbook that contains 2 worksheets – one contains data on all measures and the other contains all candidate race data

Codebook 1999

Codebook—description of data under each column heading and codes used in the worksheets (Word document)

CEDA City Report 1999 Complete City report including all tables and text (Word document)  
CEDA County Report 1999 Complete County report including all tables and text (Word document)  
CEDA School District Report 1999 Complete School District report including all tables and text (Word document)  

1998 California Local Elections

Files for Downloading

Description

Summary of 1998 Local Elections

Six-page summary of local elections in California (Word document)

Table A 1998

Summary of outcomes of ballot measures by type of measure and county (Word document)

Table B 1998

Summary of outcomes of ballot measures by topic of measure and county (Word document)

Table C 1998

Summary of candidate election outcomes by type of office and incumbency for the state as a whole (Word document)

CEDA98Data.xls

Excel workbook that contains 2 worksheets – one contains data on all measures and the other contains all candidate race data

Codebook 1998

Codebook—description of data under each column heading and codes used in the worksheets (Word document)

CEDA City Report 1998 Complete City report including all tables and text (Word document)  
CEDA County Report 1998 Complete County report including all tables and text (Word document)  
CEDA School District Report 1998 Complete School District report including all tables and text (Word document)  
1997 California Local Elections

Files for Downloading

Description

Summary of 1997 Local Elections

Seven-page summary of local elections in California (Word document)

Table A 1997

Summary of outcomes of ballot measures by type of measure and county (Word document)

Table B 1997

Summary of outcomes of ballot measures by topic of measure and county (Word document)

Table C 1997

Summary of candidate election outcomes by type of office and incumbency for the state as a whole (Word document)