Under the state's election laws, that would give the party a line on the statewide ballot for the next four years.
But every other Republican on the statewide ballot lost.
One year after being appointed, a new justice stands for retention in office on a statewide ballot at the next general election.
On November 3, 2009, the issue was put on a statewide ballot.
The amendment must then be put on the statewide ballot, but only at a time when an election for governor is also being held.
At least 67 measures are on statewide ballots for Tuesday's elections, the most since 1932.
Nor had they been able to gather enough signatures to place initiatives on other statewide ballots.
All three propositions were offered to voters on yesterday's statewide ballot.
They noted that 31 previous recall efforts in California failed even to make it onto a statewide ballot.
Every 20 years, the question of whether to convene a constitutional convention must appear on the statewide ballot.