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Registered | 21,940,274 [1] | |
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Turnout | 50.80% (![]() | |
Elections in California |
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The 2022 California elections took place on November 8, 2022. [1] The statewide direct primary election was held on June 7, 2022. [2]
California voters elected all of California's seats to the United States House of Representatives, one seat to the United States Senate, all of the seats of the California State Assembly, all even-numbered seats of the California State Senate, and the Governor of California and various statewide offices.
Pursuant to Proposition 14 passed in 2010, California uses a nonpartisan blanket primary for its races. All the candidates for the same elected office, regardless of respective political party, run against each other at once during the primary. The candidates receiving the most and second-most votes in the primary election then become the contestants in the general election.
Incumbent Democratic senator Alex Padilla was appointed to the seat in 2021 after his predecessor Kamala Harris resigned to become Vice President of the United States. He intended to run for election to a full term. [3] Harris was first elected in 2016 with 61.6% of the vote.
There were two elections on the ballot for the same Class 3 seat: a special election for the remainder of Harris's term expiring on January 3, 2023, and a general election for the full term ending on January 3, 2029. Padilla handily won both elections against Mark Meuser.
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Alex Padilla (incumbent) | 3,740,582 | 55.0 | |
Republican | Mark P. Meuser | 1,503,480 | 22.1 | |
Republican | James P. Bradley | 472,052 | 6.9 | |
Republican | Jon Elist | 403,722 | 5.9 | |
Democratic | Timothy Ursich Jr. | 226,447 | 3.3 | |
Democratic | Dan O'Dowd | 191,531 | 2.8 | |
Republican | Myron L. Hall | 143,038 | 2.1 | |
No party preference | Daphne Bradford | 112,191 | 1.7 | |
Peace and Freedom | John Parker (write-in) | 9,951 | 0.1 | |
No party preference | Irene Ratliff (write-in) | 12 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 6,803,006 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Alex Padilla (incumbent) | 6,559,308 | 60.9 | |
Republican | Mark P. Meuser | 4,212,450 | 39.1 | |
Total votes | 10,771,758 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Alex Padilla (incumbent) | 3,725,544 | 54.1 | |
Republican | Mark P. Meuser | 1,028,374 | 14.9 | |
Republican | Cordie Williams | 474,321 | 6.9 | |
Republican | Jon Elist | 289,716 | 4.2 | |
Republican | Chuck Smith | 266,766 | 3.9 | |
Republican | James P. Bradley | 235,788 | 3.4 | |
Democratic | Douglas Howard Pierce | 116,771 | 1.7 | |
Peace and Freedom | John Parker | 105,477 | 1.5 | |
Republican | Sarah Sun Liew | 76,994 | 1.1 | |
Democratic | Dan O'Dowd | 74,916 | 1.1 | |
Democratic | Akinyemi Agbede | 70,971 | 1.0 | |
Republican | Myron L. Hall | 66,161 | 1.0 | |
Democratic | Timothy J. Ursich | 58,348 | 0.8 | |
Republican | Robert George Lucero Jr. | 53,398 | 0.8 | |
Green | James "Henk" Conn | 35,983 | 0.5 | |
No party preference | Eleanor Garcia [a] | 34,625 | 0.5 | |
Republican | Carlos Guillermo Tapia | 33,870 | 0.5 | |
Green | Pamela Elizondo | 31,981 | 0.5 | |
Republican | Enrique Petris | 31,883 | 0.5 | |
Democratic | Obaidul Huq Pirjada | 27,889 | 0.4 | |
No party preference | Daphne Bradford | 26,900 | 0.4 | |
No party preference | Don J. Grundmann [b] | 10,181 | 0.1 | |
No party preference | Deon D. Jenkins | 6,936 | 0.1 | |
No party preference | Mark A. Ruzon (write-in) | 206 | 0.0 | |
Republican | Lijun Zhou (write-in) | 58 | 0.0 | |
No party preference | Irene Ratliff (write-in) | 7 | 0.0 | |
No party preference | Marc Alexander Roth (write-in) | 1 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 6,884,065 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Alex Padilla (incumbent) | 6,621,621 | 61.1 | |
Republican | Mark P. Meuser | 4,222,029 | 38.9 | |
Total votes | 10,843,650 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
All of California's seats to the United States House of Representatives were up for election to two-year terms. Due to the results of the 2020 United States census, California had 52 seats up for election, a loss of one seat. This was the first time the state lost a congressional delegation in its history. [7] Six members of Congress chose not to run for re-election, including Democrat Karen Bass, who instead ran for mayor of Los Angeles.
Although Democrats would hold the majority of the state's delegation, Republicans would win both open districts created through redistricting, as well as retain vulnerable districts that voted for Joe Biden in 2020.
Incumbent Democratic governor Gavin Newsom ran for re-election. Newsom was first elected in 2018 with 61.9% of the vote. He faced a recall election in 2021 in which he prevailed. He was comfortably reelected in 2022 over state Senator Brian Dahle.
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Gavin Newsom (incumbent) | 3,945,728 | 55.9 | |
Republican | Brian Dahle | 1,252,800 | 17.7 | |
No party preference | Michael Shellenberger | 290,286 | 4.1 | |
Republican | Jenny Rae Le Roux | 246,665 | 3.5 | |
Republican | Anthony Trimino | 246,322 | 3.5 | |
Republican | Shawn Collins | 173,083 | 2.5 | |
Green | Luis J. Rodriguez | 124,672 | 1.8 | |
Republican | Leo S. Zacky | 94,521 | 1.3 | |
Republican | Major Williams | 92,580 | 1.3 | |
Republican | Robert C. Newman II | 82,849 | 1.2 | |
Democratic | Joel Ventresca | 66,885 | 0.9 | |
Republican | David Lozano | 66,542 | 0.9 | |
Republican | Ronald A. Anderson | 53,554 | 0.8 | |
No party preference | Reinette Senum | 53,015 | 0.8 | |
Democratic | Armando "Mando" Perez-Serrato | 45,474 | 0.6 | |
Republican | Ron Jones | 38,337 | 0.5 | |
Republican | Daniel R. Mercuri | 36,396 | 0.5 | |
Green | Heather Collins | 29,690 | 0.4 | |
Democratic | Anthony "Tony" Fanara | 25,086 | 0.4 | |
Republican | Cristian Raul Morales | 22,304 | 0.3 | |
Republican | Lonnie Sortor | 21,044 | 0.3 | |
No party preference | Frederic C. Schultz | 17,502 | 0.2 | |
No party preference | Woodrow "Woody" Sanders III | 16,204 | 0.2 | |
No party preference | James G. Hanink | 10,110 | 0.1 | |
No party preference | Serge Fiankan | 6,201 | 0.1 | |
No party preference | Bradley Zink | 5,997 | 0.1 | |
American Independent | Jeff Scott (write-in) | 13 | 0.0 | |
Republican | Gurinder Bhangoo (write-in) | 8 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 7,063,868 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Gavin Newsom (incumbent) | 6,470,104 | 59.2 | |
Republican | Brian Dahle | 4,462,914 | 40.8 | |
Total votes | 10,933,018 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Incumbent Democratic lieutenant governor Eleni Kounalakis ran for re-election. She was first elected in 2018 with 56.6% of the vote. She was reelected with 59.7% of the vote over Lancaster City Councilwoman Angela E. Underwood Jacobs.
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Eleni Kounalakis (incumbent) | 3,617,121 | 52.7 | |
Republican | Angela E. Underwood Jacobs | 1,365,468 | 19.9 | |
Republican | David Fennell | 922,493 | 13.4 | |
Republican | Clint W. Saunders | 306,216 | 4.5 | |
Democratic | Jeffrey Highbear Morgan | 229,121 | 3.3 | |
Peace and Freedom | Mohammad Arif | 183,150 | 2.7 | |
Democratic | William Cavett "Skee" Saacke | 171,800 | 2.5 | |
No party preference | David Hillberg | 74,289 | 1.1 | |
No party preference | James Orlando Ogle (write-in) | 25 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 6,869,683 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Eleni Kounalakis (incumbent) | 6,418,119 | 59.7 | |
Republican | Angela E. Underwood Jacobs | 4,332,602 | 40.3 | |
Total votes | 10,750,721 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Incumbent Democratic attorney general Rob Bonta was appointed in 2021 after his predecessor Xavier Becerra resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. He intended to run for election to a full term. [8] Becerra won election to a full term in 2018 with 63.6% of the vote. He won a second term over former Assistant U.S. Attorney Nathan Hochman.
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Rob Bonta (incumbent) | 3,756,486 | 54.3 | |
Republican | Nathan Hochman | 1,256,465 | 18.2 | |
Republican | Eric Early | 1,142,747 | 16.5 | |
No party preference | Anne Marie Schubert | 539,746 | 7.8 | |
Green | Dan Kapelovitz | 219,912 | 3.2 | |
Total votes | 6,915,356 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Rob Bonta (incumbent) | 6,339,441 | 59.1 | |
Republican | Nathan Hochman | 4,390,428 | 40.9 | |
Total votes | 10,729,869 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Incumbent Democratic secretary of state Shirley Weber was appointed in 2021 after her predecessor Alex Padilla resigned to become a U.S. senator. She intended to run for election to a full term. [3] Padilla was re-elected in 2018 with 64.5% of the vote.
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Shirley Weber (incumbent) | 4,016,798 | 58.9 | |
Republican | Rob Bernosky | 1,281,587 | 18.8 | |
Republican | Rachel Hamm | 822,978 | 12.1 | |
Republican | James "JW" Paine | 254,222 | 3.7 | |
Green | Gary N. Blenner | 205,630 | 3.0 | |
Republican | Raul Rodriguez Jr. | 176,059 | 2.6 | |
No party preference | Matthew D. Cinquanta | 59,481 | 0.9 | |
No party preference | Desmond A. Silveira (write-in) | 235 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 6,816,990 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Shirley Weber (incumbent) | 6,462,164 | 60.1 | |
Republican | Rob Bernosky | 4,298,530 | 39.9 | |
Total votes | 10,760,694 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Incumbent Democratic treasurer Fiona Ma ran for re-election. [9] She was first elected in 2018 with 64.1% of the vote. She won a second term in 2022 over Cudahy City Councilman Jack M. Guerrero, who had upset Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do in the primary.
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Fiona Ma (incumbent) | 3,903,967 | 57.4 | |
Republican | Jack M. Guerrero | 1,489,533 | 21.9 | |
Republican | Andrew Do | 1,157,620 | 17.0 | |
Peace and Freedom | Meghann Adams | 245,369 | 3.6 | |
Total votes | 6,796,489 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Fiona Ma (incumbent) | 6,287,076 | 58.8 | |
Republican | Jack M. Guerrero | 4,405,781 | 41.2 | |
Total votes | 10,692,857 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Incumbent Democratic controller Betty Yee was term-limited and could not run for re-election. She had been re-elected in 2018 with 65.5% of the vote.
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Lanhee Chen | 2,533,305 | 37.22 | |
Democratic | Malia Cohen | 1,542,397 | 22.66 | |
Democratic | Yvonne Yiu | 1,024,707 | 15.06 | |
Democratic | Steve Glazer | 756,518 | 11.12 | |
Democratic | Ron Galperin | 690,484 | 10.15 | |
Green | Laura Wells | 258,053 | 3.79 | |
Total votes | 6,805,464 | 100.00 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Malia Cohen | 5,936,856 | 55.35 | |
Republican | Lanhee Chen | 4,789,345 | 44.65 | |
Total votes | 10,726,201 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Incumbent Democratic Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara ran for re-election. [10] He was first elected in 2018 with 52.9% of the vote.
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Ricardo Lara (incumbent) | 2,414,744 | 35.9 | |
Republican | Robert Howell | 1,216,322 | 18.1 | |
Democratic | Marc Levine | 1,208,645 | 18.0 | |
Republican | Greg Conlon | 1,086,683 | 16.2 | |
Democratic | Vinson Eugene Allen | 258,040 | 3.8 | |
Peace and Freedom | Nathalie Hrizi | 190,414 | 2.8 | |
Green | Veronika Fimbres | 129,762 | 1.9 | |
Democratic | Jasper "Jay" Jackson | 124,955 | 1.9 | |
No party preference | Robert J. Molnar | 94,163 | 1.4 | |
Total votes | 6,723,728 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Ricardo Lara (incumbent) | 6,355,915 | 59.9 | |
Republican | Robert Howell | 4,249,391 | 40.1 | |
Total votes | 10,605,306 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Incumbent Democratic Superintendent Tony Thurmond ran for re-election. He was first elected in 2018 with 50.9% of the vote.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | Tony Thurmond (incumbent) | 2,881,684 | 45.9 | |
Nonpartisan | Lance Christensen | 745,003 | 11.9 | |
Nonpartisan | Ainye E. Long | 699,331 | 11.1 | |
Nonpartisan | George Yang | 694,073 | 11.1 | |
Nonpartisan | Marco Amaral | 547,389 | 8.7 | |
Nonpartisan | Jim Gibson | 468,078 | 7.5 | |
Nonpartisan | Joseph Guy Campbell | 241,984 | 3.9 | |
Total votes | 6,277,542 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | Tony Thurmond (incumbent) | 5,681,318 | 63.7 | |
Nonpartisan | Lance Christensen | 3,237,785 | 36.3 | |
Total votes | 8,919,103 | 100.0 |
All four seats on the California State Board of Equalization were up for election, with all four incumbents eligible for re-election.
Incumbent Republican Ted Gaines ran for re-election. He was first elected in 2018 with 51.4% of the vote.
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Ted Gaines (incumbent) | 858,912 | 55.1 | |
Democratic | Jose S. Altamirano | 334,818 | 21.5 | |
Democratic | Braden Murphy | 225,428 | 14.5 | |
Democratic | Nader Shahatit | 139,922 | 9.0 | |
Total votes | 1,559,080 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Ted Gaines (incumbent) | 1,390,533 | 55.5 | |
Democratic | Jose S. Altamirano | 1,114,423 | 44.5 | |
Total votes | 2,504,956 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Incumbent Democrat Malia Cohen retired to run for state controller. [11] She was first elected in 2018 with 72.8% of the vote.
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Sally Lieber | 1,034,551 | 53.0 | |
Republican | Peter Coe Verbica | 549,455 | 28.2 | |
Democratic | Michela Alioto-Pier | 366,406 | 18.8 | |
Total votes | 1,950,412 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Sally Lieber | 2,146,948 | 69.8 | |
Republican | Peter Coe Verbica | 927,700 | 30.2 | |
Total votes | 3,074,648 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Incumbent Democrat Tony Vazquez ran for re-election. He was first elected in 2018 with 69.9% of the vote.
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Tony Vazquez (incumbent) | 849,250 | 66.5 | |
No party preference | Y. Marie Manvel | 275,830 | 21.6 | |
Democratic | John Mendoza | 144,153 | 11.3 | |
Republican | G. Rick Marshall (write-in) | 8,769 | 0.7 | |
Total votes | 1,278,002 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Tony Vazquez (incumbent) | 1,484,626 | 70.4 | |
No party preference | Y. Marie Manvel | 623,017 | 29.6 | |
Total votes | 2,107,643 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Incumbent Democrat Mike Schaefer ran for re-election. He was first elected in 2018 with 52.2% of the vote.
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Mike Schaefer (incumbent) | 597,948 | 35.9 | |
Democratic | David Dodson | 249,971 | 15.0 | |
Republican | Denis R. Bilodeau | 236,625 | 14.2 | |
Republican | Matthew Harper | 183,330 | 11.0 | |
Republican | Erik Peterson | 180,278 | 10.8 | |
Republican | Randell R. Economy | 109,975 | 6.6 | |
Republican | John F. Kelly | 107,319 | 6.4 | |
Total votes | 1,665,446 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Mike Schaefer (incumbent) | 1,241,062 | 58.8 | |
Democratic | David Dodson | 867,945 | 41.2 | |
Total votes | 2,109,007 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Californians elected all even-numbered seats to the California State Senate to four-year terms. Seven senators were term-limited in 2022, while two chose to retire early to run for higher office. Democrats would make a net gain of one seat, retaining their supermajority.
Party | Leader | Before | After | Change | |
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Democratic | Toni Atkins | 31 | 32 | ![]() | |
Republican | Scott Wilk | 9 | 8 | ![]() | |
Total | 40 | 40 | ![]() |
Californians elected all of the seats to the California State Assembly to two-year terms. 17 incumbent assemblymembers chose not to run for re-election. Democrats increased their supermajority by two seats.
Party | Leader | Before | After | Change | |
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Democratic | Anthony Rendon | 60 | 62 | ![]() | |
Republican | James Gallagher | 19 | 18 | ![]() | |
Independent | 1 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Total | 80 | 80 | ![]() |
In 2022, state propositions only appeared on the general election ballot. Pursuant to a November 2011 law, only propositions placed on the ballot by the state legislature may appear on the primary ballot, [12] and the legislative body did not do so in 2022. [13]
The following propositions qualified to appear on the general election ballot: [13]
Choice | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
![]() | 7,176,888 | 66.88 |
No | 3,553,564 | 33.12 |
Total votes | 10,730,452 | 100.00 |
Choice | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
![]() | 7,129,127 | 66.98 |
Yes | 3,514,597 | 33.02 |
Total votes | 10,643,724 | 100.00 |
Choice | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
![]() | 8,849,206 | 82.28 |
Yes | 1,906,342 | 17.72 |
Total votes | 10,755,548 | 100.00 |
Choice | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
![]() | 6,924,618 | 64.40 |
No | 3,827,971 | 35.60 |
Total votes | 10,752,589 | 100.00 |
Choice | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
![]() | 7,281,201 | 68.40 |
Yes | 3,364,407 | 31.60 |
Total votes | 10,645,608 | 100.00 |
Choice | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
![]() | 6,203,810 | 57.63 |
Yes | 4,560,488 | 42.37 |
Total votes | 10,764,298 | 100.00 |
Choice | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
![]() | 6,803,431 | 63.42 |
No | 3,923,385 | 36.58 |
Total votes | 10,726,816 | 100.00 |
Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye announced she would not run for retention, opting to retire at the end of her term. [23] Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Associate Justice Patricia Guerrero as Chief Justice. Chief Justice Guerrero faced retention for a full 12-year term.
Choice | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
![]() | 6,194,671 | 70.94 |
No | 2,537,627 | 29.06 |
Total votes | 8,732,298 | 100.00 |
Associate Justices Martin Jenkins and Goodwin Liu faced retention for full 12-year terms. Associate Justice Joshua Groban, after being appointed in 2018 by Governor Jerry Brown due to Associate Justice Kathryn Werdegar's retirement, faced retention for the remainder of Justice Werdegar's term, which expires in 2027.
Choice | Votes | % |
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![]() | 5,664,354 | 68.03 |
No | 2,661,668 | 31.97 |
Total votes | 8,326,022 | 100.00 |
Choice | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
![]() | 5,825,582 | 69.33 |
No | 2,576,601 | 30.67 |
Total votes | 8,402,183 | 100.00 |
Choice | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
![]() | 5,908,904 | 69.26 |
No | 2,623,045 | 30.74 |
Total votes | 8,531,949 | 100.00 |