{"data":{"id":"us-ca/elec-324","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"ELEC § 324","heading":"","body":"(a) “General election” means either of the following:\n(1) The election held throughout the state on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in each even-numbered year.\n(2) Any statewide election held on a regular election date as specified in Section 1000.\n(b) At each general election there shall be elected to the Congress of the United States:\n(1) One Representative for each congressional district.\n(2) One Senator, when the general election immediately precedes the commencement of a full term.","path":["Elections Code - ELEC","DIVISION 0.5. PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS [1. - 362.]","CHAPTER 4. Definitions [300. - 362.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"469a49112bed501480309fee06708cccfc5719c427771ef9449e22d4b9f751d9","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/elec-323","next":"us-ca/elec-325"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}