Pub. 2 2020-2021 Issue 4

13 regarding consumer data. This initia- tive passed, with 56% of California voters in support and 44% in op- position. Perhaps most notably, the initiative creates the California Privacy Protection Agency, which will exist to enforce the CCPA — making California the first state with its own standalone privacy regulator. CNCDA will send out more informa- tion regarding the compliance ramifi- cations of this measure’s passage in the coming weeks. Senate Races Half of the 40 California State Senate races were up this year. Democrats came into Election Day with 29 mem- bers, while Republicans held just 11 seats. The results show that the sen- ate Democrats have expanded upon their supermajority status by winning at least two and possibly three more seats. 98% of the votes have been counted, but we are still awaiting results from one senate race — SD 21 remains too close to call as of this writing, with incumbent Senator Scott Wilk leading Democrat challenger Kipp Mueller 51%-49%. Confirmed Republican victories include incum- bent Senator Brian Dahle in SD 1 and realtor Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh in SD 23. Unfortunately, incumbent Republican Senator Ling Ling Chang lost a close race to her Democrat challenger in SD 29, and incumbent GOP Senator John Moorlach has conceded to his Democrat challeng- er Dave Min in SD 37. The state senate will now be even more lopsided with 31 or 32 Democrats and 8 or 9 Republicans. CNCDA supported all the Republican incumbents being challenged both with direct contributions and with independent expenditures. Assembly Races With all 80 seats in the assembly up for election this year, there were contests to watch in every part of the state. The assembly Democrats started with a supermajority of 61 Democrats, while Republicans had 18 members (and 1 Independent). Just two races remain too close to call — AD 13 with a Democrat-on- Democrat challenge and AD 74, where incumbent Assemblymember Cottie Petrie Norris is barely holding on to her seat as of this writing, with 51% of the vote to Republican chal- lenger Diane Dixon’s 49%. California Republicans did better on the assembly side than on the senate side. At this point, with 98% of votes in, the Democrats have 59 con- firmed wins, the Republicans have 19 confirmed wins, and Independent Chad Mayes has also won reelec- tion. Based on where AD 74 falls, Democrats could pick up one more, or the Republicans could pick up one more. Regardless, despite a few Republican gains, Democrats have held on to their supermajority in the state Assembly. As the few outstanding outcomes con- tinue to be finalized across the state, CNCDA will be watching closely in anticipation of what is expected to be an even tougher political environment in the coming legislative session. 3 RS18001-CarDealerAd-jy04-final3-outlines.indd 1 12/11/18 1:28 PM