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Final results of the California primaries will not be fully tallied and confirmed until after July 4. But many pro-life candidates secured their nominations. While there were some pro-life losses on election day --most of them from VERY long-shot races--there were many MORE victories for pro-life candidates in California competitive races, making the opportunities for this fall's elections substantial.
 "Now is the time to gear up for those opportunities"said Anissa Gallegos, California ProLife spokeswoman. " This election has given us an opportunity to change the pro-abortion stranglehold in Sacramento, and impact the larger debate on defending innocent lives."
As Brian Johnston points out in his upcoming book, Restoring the Right to Life, "Successful pro-lifers understand that the civic process brings many opportunities. They don't make the mistake of thinking, 'It is only THIS candidate, or only THIS measure that can change things'... Working on what you can change, right now, where you are, is how all successful political and social issues move forward."
And we are clearly moving forward. With over 60 total pro-life victories, this primary elections cycle was a success and includes the following candidates that will advance to the General Election in November (percentage of vote won is in parenthesis):
Statewide Office Lieutenant Governor - Ron Nehring (23.5%) Controller - Ashley Swearengin (24.7%) Insurance Commissioner - Ted Gaines (41.8%) Board of Equalization District 1 - George Runner (59.9%) Board of Equalization District 4 - Diane Harkey (34.5%) U.S. House of Representatives U.S. House District 1 - Doug La Malfa (53.3%) U.S. House District 3 - Dan Logue (45.8%) U.S. House District 4 - Tom McClintock (55.5%) U.S. House District 8 - Paul Cook (58.3%) U.S. House District 9 - Antonio C. "Tony" Amado (25.2%) U.S. House District 10 - Jeff Denham (57.3%) U.S. House District 21 - David Valadao (64.2%)
U.S. House District 22 - Devin G. Nunes (67.1%) U.S. House District 25 - Steve Knight (28.3%) U.S. House District 25 - Tony Strickland (29.7%) U.S. House District 30 - Mark S. Reed (20.3%) U.S. House District 31 - Paul Chabot (26.7%) U.S. House District 36 - Brian Nestande (34.9%) U.S. House District 38 - Benjamin Campos (42.2%) U.S. House District 39 - Ed Royce (70.7%) U.S. House District 42 - Ken Calvert (67.5%) U.S. House District 45 - Mimi Walters (45.0%) U.S. House District 48 - Dana Rohrabacher (55.9%) U.S. House District 49 - Darrell Issa (61.8%) U.S. House District 50 - Duncan Hunter (70.6%) California State Senate State Senate District 2 - Lawrence R. Wiesner (26.7%) State Senate District 4 - Jim Nielsen (63.6%) State Senate District 8 - Tom Berryhill (64.4%) State Senate District 10 - Peter Kuo (26.5%) State Senate District 14 - Andy Vidak (62.4%) State Senate District 16 - Jean Fuller (100.0%) State Senate District 20 - Matthew Munson (33.1%) State Senate District 28 - Bonnie Garcia (19.8%) State Senate District 34 - Janet Nguyen (52.3%) State Senate District 36 - Patricia C. "Pat" Bates (100.0%) State Senate District 38 - Joel Anderson (71.2%) California State Assembly Assembly District 1 - Brian Dahle (69.7%) Assembly District 3 - James Gallagher (43.3%) Assembly District 4 - Charlie Schaupp (26.2%) Assembly District 5 - Frank Bigelow (100.0%) Assembly District 6 - Beth B. Gaines (63.5%) Assembly District 8 - Douglas Haaland (40.9%) Assembly District 12 - Kristin Olsen (66.7%) Assembly District 23 - Jim Patterson (100.0%) Assembly District 32 - Pedro A. Rios (34.9%) Assembly District 31 - Katcho Achadjian (64.8%) Assembly District 34 - Shannon Grove (74.1%) Assembly District 38 - Scott Wilk (64.4%) Assembly District 40 - Marc Steinorth (54.1%) Assembly District 42 - Chad Mayes (34.3%) Assembly District 44 - Rob McCoy (30.8%) Assembly District 48 - Joe M. Gardner (40.5%) Assembly District 52 - Dorothy Pineda (47.6%) Assembly District 56 - Charles Bennett Jr. (43.9%) Assembly District 60 - Eric Linder (100.0%) Assembly District 61 - Rudy Arranda (41.8%) Assembly District 67 - Melissa Melendez (100.0%) Assembly District 68 - Donald P. (Don) Wagner (69.4%) Assembly District 71 - Brian Jones (76.3%) Assembly District 72 - Travis Allen (65.5%) Assembly District 73 - William (Bill) Brough (27.6%) Assembly District 74 - Matthew Harper (25.0%) Assembly District 75 - Marie Waldron (100.0%) Assembly District 76 - Rocky Chavez (100.0%) Assembly District 78 - Barbara Decker (28.3%) | 
