Brown, Props. 1 and 2 — winners
By Melissa Pamer, KTLA-TV
Though there were few attention-grabbing statewide races or ballot measures, Californians headed to the polls Tuesday to cast their votes in the 2014 midterm, re-electing Gov. Jerry Brown to an unprecedented fourth term.
Polls closed at 8pm and results trickled in over the course of the evening, but the gubernatorial election was called in favor of Brown almost immediately by the Associated Press.
Turnout was predicted to be low in the state, which had few of the galvanizing races or the kinds of divisive issues on the ballot that other were at stake elsewhere in the country, where Republicans earned enough seats to take control of the U.S. Senate for the first time since 2006.
Nonetheless, a slew of statewide offices were set to be determined. More than 17.8 million Californians were registered to vote in the election, according to the Secretary of State’s office.
Brown had been expected to easily win over Republican challenger Neel Kashkari. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom was seeking a second term, and all the other top statewide offices were before voters too.
