State Senate, District 18 ✓ Vote for Steve Padilla Lean Left Default Not recommended: Art Hodges ✓ Steve Padilla (incumbent) Democratic Art Hodges Republican How we got this recommendation SourcePosition California DSA California DSA: no recommendation in this race. source ↗ Reform CA (inverted) Reform California endorses Art Hodges — we treat that as the candidate to avoid. source ↗ Ballot roster Candidate list from the CA Secretary of State certified list. source ↗