Section 359.5 Of Chapter 4. Definitions From California Elections Code >> Division 0.5. >> Chapter 4.
359.5
. (a) "Voter-nominated office" means a congressional or state
elective office for which a candidate may choose to have his or her
party preference or lack of party preference indicated upon the
ballot. A political party or party central committee shall not
nominate a candidate at a state-conducted primary election for a
voter-nominated office. The primary conducted for a voter-nominated
office does not serve to determine the nominees of a political party
but serves to winnow the candidates for the general election to the
candidates receiving the highest or second highest number of votes
cast at the primary election. The following offices are
voter-nominated offices:
(1) Governor.
(2) Lieutenant Governor.
(3) Secretary of State.
(4) Controller.
(5) Treasurer.
(6) Attorney General.
(7) Insurance Commissioner.
(8) Member of the State Board of Equalization.
(9) United States Senator.
(10) Member of the United States House of Representatives.
(11) State Senator.
(12) Member of the Assembly.
(b) This section does not prohibit a political party or party
central committee from endorsing, supporting, or opposing a candidate
for an office listed in subdivision (a).