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DIVISION 0.5. PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS 1-362›CHAPTER 4. Definitions 300-362

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California Elections Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) “General election” means either of the following:

(1) The election held throughout the state on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in each even-numbered year.

(2) Any statewide election held on a regular election date as specified in Section 1000.

(b) At each general election there shall be elected to the Congress of the United States:

(1) One Representative for each congressional district.

(2) One Senator, when the general election immediately precedes the commencement of a full term.

(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

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