2022 California's 22nd congressional district special election

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2022 California's 22nd congressional district special election
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California's 22nd congressional district
Turnout20.99% (primary)
27.92% (general)
  Connie Conway - 117th Congress.jpg Progressive Lourin Hubbard is Vying for Devin Nunes' Old Seat in Congress.jpg 3x4.svg
Candidate Connie Conway Lourin HubbardMatt Stoll
Party Republican Democratic Republican
Primary30,559
35.1%		16,905
19.4%		14,075
16.2%
Runoff71,720
62.1%		43,701
37.9%		Eliminated
 
CandidateEric GarciaMichael MaherElizabeth Heng
Party Democratic Republican Republican
Primary12,556
14.4%		7,619
8.7%		5,391
6.2%
RunoffEliminatedEliminatedEliminated
2022 California's 22nd congressional district special election primary results map by county.svg
2022 California's 22nd congressional district special election runoff results map by county.svg
Conway:     20–30%     40–50%     60–70%
U.S. Representative before election

Devin Nunes
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Connie Conway
Republican

The 2022 California's 22nd congressional district special election took place on June 7, 2022, with the primary election on April 5, 2022. California's 22nd congressional district became vacant when Republican representative Devin Nunes resigned on January 1, 2022, to become the CEO of the Trump Media & Technology Group. [1]

Contents

Governor Gavin Newsom scheduled the special election for June 7, 2022, with the primary election on April 5, 2022. [2] The election was held using a nonpartisan blanket primary, a system where all candidates ran in the same primary, and if no candidate receives a majority of votes, the top-two candidates then advance to the general election. [3] No candidate received a majority in the primary, so Republican Connie Conway and Democrat Lourin Hubbard advanced to the runoff.

Nonpartisan blanket primary

Candidates

Advanced to general election

Eliminated in primary

  • Eric Garcia (Democratic), U.S. Marine Corps veteran, therapist and independent candidate for this district in 2020 [5]
  • Elizabeth Heng (Republican), candidate for California's 16th congressional district in 2018, former U.S. House staffer and small business owner [7]
  • Michael Maher (Republican), aviation business owner [8]
  • Matt Stoll (Republican), small business owner [8]

Disqualified

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Connie Conway (R)
Newspapers
Organizations
Michael Maher (R)
Organizations
Nathan Magsig (R) (withdrawn)
State legislators
Declined to endorse
U.S. Representative

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [27] Likely RDecember 7, 2021
Inside Elections [28] Likely RMarch 4, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball [29] Likely RFebruary 23, 2022

Results

2022 California's 22nd congressional district primary [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Connie Conway 30,559 35.1
Democratic Lourin Hubbard 16,905 19.4
Republican Matt Stoll14,07516.2
Democratic Eric Garcia12,55614.4
Republican Michael Maher7,6198.7
Republican Elizabeth Heng5,3916.2
Total votes87,105 100.0
Registered electors 415,021
By county
County Connie Conway
Republican 		Lourin Hubbard
Democratic 		Matt Stoll
Republican 		Eric Garcia
Democratic 		Michael Maher
Republican 		Elizabeth Heng
Republican 		MarginTotal
votes
#%#%#%#%#%#%#%
Fresno (part)16,24028.612,58522.29,30616.47,90213.95,99710.64,6748.23,6556.456,704
Tulare (part)14,31947.14,32014.24,76915.74,65415.31,6225.37172.49,55031.430,401
Total30,55935.116,90519.414,07516.212,55614.47,6198.75,3916.213,65415.787,105

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Inside Elections [31] Solid RApril 14, 2022

Endorsements

Connie Conway (R)
U.S. Executive Branch officials
Newspapers
Organizations

Results

2022 California's 22nd congressional district runoff [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Connie Conway 71,720 62.14 +7.91
Democratic Lourin Hubbard43,70137.86–7.91
Total votes115,421 100.00
Republican hold
By county
County Connie Conway
Republican 		Lourin Hubbard
Democratic 		MarginTotal
votes
#%#%#%
Fresno (part)47,21660.2931,10439.7116,11220.5778,320
Tulare (part)24,50466.0512,59733.9511,90732.0937,101
Totals71,72062.1443,70137.8628,01924.28115,421

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