2022 California Insurance Commissioner election

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2022 California Insurance Commissioner election
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  2018 November 8, 20222026 
Registered21,940,274
  Ricardo Lara official portrait (cropped).png 3x4.svg
Candidate Ricardo Lara Robert Howell
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote6,355,9104,249,387
Percentage59.9%40.1%

2022 California Insurance Commissioner election results map by county.svg
County results
Lara:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Howell:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

Insurance Commissioner before election

Ricardo Lara
Democratic

Elected Insurance Commissioner

Ricardo Lara
Democratic

The 2022 California Insurance Commissioner election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the Insurance Commissioner of California. Under California's nonpartisan blanket primary law, all candidates appeared on the same ballot, regardless of party. In the primary, voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation. The top two finishers — regardless of party — advanced to the general election in November, even if a candidate managed to receive a majority of the votes cast in the primary election. Incumbent Democratic Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara won re-election to a second term.

Contents

Primary

The statewide top-two primary election will take place on June 7, 2022. [1]

Candidates

Democratic Party

Republican Party

Green Party

  • Veronika Fimbres, nurse [2]

Peace and Freedom Party

  • Nathalie Hrizi, teacher, community activist and perennial candidate [2]

No party preference

  • Robert J. Molnar, healthcare advocate [2]

Endorsements

Robert Howell
Nathalie Hrizi (P&F)
Ricardo Lara (D)
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
State executive officials
State senators
State assemblymembers
Newspapers
Organizations
Marc Levine (D)
State assemblymembers
Newspapers
Organizations

Primary election

Results by county
Lara
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20-30%
30-40%
40-50%
Howell
20-30%
30-40%
40-50%
Levine
50-60%
Conlon
20-30%
30-40%
40-50% 2022 California Insurance Commissioner primary.svg
Results by county
Lara
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
Howell
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
Levine
  •   50–60%
Conlon
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%

Results

Primary election results [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ricardo Lara (incumbent) 2,414,744 35.91%
Republican Robert Howell 1,216,322 18.09%
Democratic Marc Levine 1,208,64517.98%
Republican Greg Conlon1,086,68316.16%
Democratic Vinson Eugene Allen258,0403.83%
Peace and Freedom Nathalie Hrizi190,4142.83%
Green Veronika Fimbres129,7621.93%
Democratic Jasper Jackson124,9551.86%
No party preference Robert J. Molnar94,1631.40%
Total votes6,723,728 100.0%

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [lower-alpha 1]
Margin
of error
Ricardo
Lara (D)
Robert
Howell (R)
Undecided
USC October 30 – November 2, 2022802 (RV)± 3.5%62%38%

Results

2022 California Insurance Commissioner election [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Ricardo Lara (incumbent) 6,355,910 59.93% +7.06%
Republican Robert Howell4,249,38740.07%N/A
Total votes10,605,297 100.0%
Democratic hold

See also

Notes

  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

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