California's 39th Congressional District election, 2022 (June 7 top-two primary)
- Primary date: June 7
- Mail-in registration deadline: June 7
- Online reg. deadline: May 23
- In-person reg. deadline: June 7
- Early voting starts: Varies
- Early voting ends: June 6
- Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Absentee/mail-in deadline: June 7
A top-two primary took place on June 7, 2022, in California's 39th Congressional District to determine which two candidates would run in the district's general election on November 8, 2022.
Incumbent Mark Takano and Aja Smith advanced from the primary for U.S. House California District 39.
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California uses a top-two primary system, in which all candidates appear on the same ballot. The top two vote-getters, regardless of party affiliation, move on to the general election. In states that do not use a top-two system, all parties are usually able to put forward a candidate for the general election if they choose to.[1][2]
Unlike the top-two format used in some states (Louisiana and Georgia special elections for example), a general election between the top-two candidates in California occurs regardless of whether the top candidate received 50% of the vote in the first round of elections.
As of June 2025, California was one of five states to use a top-two primary system, or a variation of the top-two system. See here for more information.
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
This page focuses on California's 39th Congressional District's top-two primary. For more in-depth information on the district's general election, see the following page:
Candidates and election results
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 39
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mark Takano (D) | 57.1 | 44,067 |
| ✔ |  | Aja Smith (R) | 12.6 | 9,751 |
 | Bill Spinney (R) | 9.6 | 7,421 | |
 | Tony Moreno (R) | 7.2 | 5,527 | |
 | Art Peterson (R)  | 6.6 | 5,081 | |
 | John Minnella (R) | 4.7 | 3,662 | |
 | Emmanuel Suarez (R) | 2.1 | 1,600 | |
| Total votes: 77,109 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Oray Auzenne (D)
Campaign finance
This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election.[3] It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees.[4] Click here to view the reporting schedule for candidates for U.S. Congress in 2022.
| U.S. Congress campaign reporting schedule, 2022 | ||
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| Report | Close of books | Filing deadline |
| Year-end 2021 | 12/31/2021 | 1/31/2022 |
| April quarterly | 3/31/2022 | 4/15/2022 |
| July quarterly | 6/30/2022 | 7/15/2022 |
| October quarterly | 9/30/2022 | 10/15/2022 |
| Pre-general | 10/19/2022 | 10/27/2022 |
| Post-general | 11/28/2022 | 12/08/2022 |
| Year-end 2022 | 12/31/2022 | 1/31/2023 |
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Takano | Democratic Party | $1,254,504 | $927,262 | $491,206 | As of December 31, 2022 |
| John Minnella | Republican Party | $5,626 | $5,221 | $405 | As of December 31, 2022 |
| Tony Moreno | Republican Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
| Art Peterson | Republican Party | $115 | $2,684 | $-11,131 | As of June 1, 2022 |
| Aja Smith | Republican Party | $163,142 | $150,021 | $1,995 | As of December 31, 2022 |
| Bill Spinney | Republican Party | $128,628 | $127,780 | $848 | As of December 31, 2022 |
| Emmanuel Suarez | Republican Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
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Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2022. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." |
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Ballot access requirements
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in California in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in California, click here.
| Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2022 | ||||||
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| State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
| California | U.S. House | All candidates | 40-60 | $1,740.00 | 3/11/2022 | Source |
See also
- California's 39th Congressional District election, 2022
- United States House elections in California, 2022 (June 7 top-two primaries)
- United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2022
- United States House Republican Party primaries, 2022
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2022
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2022
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed August 13, 2024
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Primary Elections in California," accessed August 13, 2024
- ↑ Fundraising by primary candidates can be found on the race's respective primary election page. Fundraising by general election candidates can be found on the race's general election page.
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "2022 Quarterly Reports," accessed March 2, 2022
