2022 California Secretary of State election

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2022 California Secretary of State election
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  2018 November 8, 20222026 
Registered21,940,274
  Shirley Weber (cropped).jpg 3x4.svg
Candidate Shirley Weber Rob Bernosky
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote6,462,1644,298,530
Percentage60.1%39.9%

2022 California Secretary of State election results map by county.svg
County results
Weber:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Bernosky:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

Secretary of State before election

Shirley Weber
Democratic

Elected Secretary of State

Shirley Weber
Democratic

The 2022 California Secretary of State election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Secretary of State of California. The primary election was held on June 7, 2022. [1]

Contents

Incumbent Democrat Shirley Weber was appointed to the position in December 2020 by governor Gavin Newsom. Newsom had appointed incumbent secretary of state Alex Padilla to succeed Kamala Harris as California's junior U.S. senator after Harris was elected Vice President of the United States in 2020.

Candidates

Democratic Party

Declared

Republican Party

Declared

  • Rob Bernosky, businessman [1]
  • Rachel Hamm, author [1]
  • James "JW" Paine, truck driver [1]
  • Raul Rodriguez Jr., retired warehouseman [1]

Green Party

Declared

  • Gary N. Blenner, educator [1]

No party preference

Declared

Endorsements

Shirley Weber (D)
Desmond A. Silveira (ASP)
Declined to endorse

Primary election

Results

Results by county
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Weber
30-40%
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
Bernosky
20-30%
30-40% 2022 California Secretary of State primary election results map by county.svg
Results by county
  Weber
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  Bernosky
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
Primary election results [1] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Shirley Weber (incumbent) 4,016,798 58.92%
Republican Rob Bernosky 1,281,587 18.80%
Republican Rachel Hamm822,97812.07%
Republican James "JW" Paine254,2223.73%
Green Gary N. Blenner205,6303.02%
Republican Raul Rodriguez Jr.176,0592.58%
No party preference Matthew D. Cinquanta59,4810.87%
No party preference Desmond A. Silveira (write-in)2350.0%
Total votes6,816,990 100.0

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [15] Safe DDecember 1, 2021
Elections Daily [16] Safe DNovember 7, 2022

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [lower-alpha 1]
Margin
of error
Shirley
Weber (D)
Rob
Bernosky (R)
Undecided
USC October 30 – November 2, 2022802 (RV)± 3.5%63%37%

Results

2022 California Secretary of State election [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Shirley Weber (incumbent) 6,462,164 60.05% -4.40%
Republican Rob Bernosky4,298,53039.95%+4.40%
Total votes10,760,694 100.0%
Democratic hold

Notes

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

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