{"data":{"id":"us-ca/elec-8140","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"ELEC § 8140","heading":"","body":"Any candidate for a nonpartisan office who at a primary election receives votes on a majority of all the ballots cast for candidates for that office shall be elected to that office. Where two or more candidates are to be elected to a given office and a greater number of candidates receive a majority than the number to be elected, those candidates shall be elected who secure the highest votes of those receiving a majority, and equal in number to the number to be elected.\nWhere a candidate has been elected to a nonpartisan office at the primary election, that office shall not appear on the ballot at the ensuing general election, notwithstanding the death, resignation, or other disqualification of the candidate at a time subsequent to the primary election.","path":["Elections Code - ELEC","DIVISION 8. NOMINATIONS [8000. - 8903.]","PART 1. PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS [8000. - 8228.]","CHAPTER 1. Direct Primary [8000. - 8150.]","ARTICLE 8. Nominated Candidates [8140. - 8150.]"],"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":"35ae01efd36b81434b387d656039b39b7d778af5012676861a1fc4ebe2660737","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/elec-8125","next":"us-ca/elec-8141"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}