Conservative organizations spent more than a year recruiting, training and endorsing candidates in an effort to win what are generally considered nonpartisan seats.
Proponents say that passing the proposition enshrines the right to abortion into the California Constitution so that a future court cannot take it away.
Gov. Gavin Newsom and challenger Brian Dahle clashed on abortion rights, homelessness, public schools, the state budget and more. But neither landed a knockout punch.