June 2012 California elections
Elections were held in California on June 5, 2012. Two propositions, primary elections for each party's nominee for President of [the United States|President], primary elections to determine the top-two candidates for California's Class I seat to the United States Senate, all of California's seats to the United States [House of Representatives|House of Representatives], all of the seats of the State Assembly, and all odd-numbered seats of the State Senate, who went on to compete against each other in a run-off on November 6, 2012, were on the ballot.
This was the first election with California's newly implemented nonpartisan blanket primary in effect, pursuant to Proposition 14 (2010)|Proposition 14], which passed with 53% voter approval in June 2010. Additionally, in November 2010, voters approved Proposition 20 (2010)|Proposition 20], which authorized a California Citizens Redistricting Commission to re-draw congressional district lines, in addition to its current job of drawing Senate districts|state senate district lines] and Assembly districts|state assembly district lines], taking away that job from the California state legislature. This was the first election which used the Citizens Redistricting Commission's maps.