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California state executive official elections, 2022
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| California state executive official elections |
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| Election details |
| Filing deadline: March 11, 2022 |
| Primary: June 7, 2022 General: November 8, 2022 |
| How to vote |
| Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting in California |
| Ballotpedia analysis |
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Twelve state executive offices were up for election in California in 2022:
Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Attorney General
Secretary of State
Treasurer
Controller
Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Board of Equalization (4 seats)
Insurance Commissioner
Governor
General election candidates
- Gavin Newsom (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Brian Dahle (Republican Party)
Primary candidates
- Gavin Newsom (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Ronald Anderson (Republican Party)
- Heather Collins (Green Party)
- Shawn Collins (Republican Party)
- Brian Dahle (Republican Party) ✔
- Anthony Fanara (Democratic Party)
- Serge Fiankan (Independent)
- James Hanink (Independent)
- Ron Jones (Republican Party)
- Jenny Rae Le Roux (Republican Party)
- David Lozano (Republican Party)
- Daniel Mercuri (Republican Party)
- Cristian Morales (Republican Party)
- Robert Newman (Republican Party)
- Armando Perez-Serrato (Democratic Party)
- Luis Rodriguez (Green Party)
- Woodrow Sanders III (Independent)
- Frederic Schultz (Independent)
- Reinette Senum (Independent)
- Michael Shellenberger (Independent)
- Lonnie Sortor (Republican Party)
- Anthony Trimino (Republican Party)
- Joel Ventresca (Democratic Party)
- Major Williams (Republican Party)
- Leo Zacky (Republican Party)
- Bradley Zink (Independent)
- Gurinder Bhangoo (Republican Party) (Write-in)
- Jeff Scott (American Independent Party of California) (Write-in)
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Lieutenant Governor
General election candidates
- Eleni Kounalakis (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Angela Underwood Jacobs (Republican Party)
Primary candidates
- Eleni Kounalakis (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Mohammad Arif (Peace and Freedom Party)
- David Fennell (Republican Party)
- Jeffrey Highbear Morgan (Democratic Party)
- David Hillberg (Independent)
- William Saacke (Democratic Party)
- Clint Saunders (Republican Party)
- Angela Underwood Jacobs (Republican Party) ✔
- James Orlando Ogle III (No party preference) (Write-in)
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Attorney General
General election candidates
- Rob Bonta (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Nathan Hochman (Republican Party)
Primary candidates
- Rob Bonta (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Eric Early (Republican Party)
- Nathan Hochman (Republican Party) ✔
- Daniel Kapelovitz (Green Party)
- Anne Marie Schubert (Independent)
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Secretary of State
General election candidates
- Shirley Weber (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Robert Bernosky (Republican Party)
Primary candidates
- Shirley Weber (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Robert Bernosky (Republican Party) ✔
- Gary Blenner (Green Party)
- Matthew Cinquanta (Independent)
- Rachel Hamm (Republican Party)
- James Paine (Republican Party)
- Raul Rodriguez Jr. (Republican Party)
- Desmond Silveira (No party preference) (Write-in)
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Treasurer
General election candidates
- Fiona Ma (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Jack Guerrero (Republican Party)
Primary candidates
- Fiona Ma (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Meghann Adams (Peace and Freedom Party)
- Andrew Do (Republican Party)
- Jack Guerrero (Republican Party) ✔
Controller
General election candidates
- Malia Cohen (Democratic Party) ✔
- Lanhee Chen (Republican Party)
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Primary candidates
- Lanhee Chen (Republican Party) ✔
- Malia Cohen (Democratic Party) ✔
- Ron Galperin (Democratic Party)
- Steve Glazer (Democratic Party)
- Laura Wells (Green Party)
- Yvonne Yiu (Democratic Party)
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Superintendent of Public Instruction
General election candidates
- Tony Thurmond (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
- Lance Christensen (Nonpartisan)
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Primary candidates
- Tony Thurmond (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
- Marco Amaral (Nonpartisan)
- Joseph Campbell (Nonpartisan)
- Lance Christensen (Nonpartisan) ✔
- Jim Gibson (Nonpartisan)
- Ainye Long (Nonpartisan)
- George Yang (Nonpartisan)
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State Board Of Equalization
District 1
General election candidates
- Ted Gaines (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Jose Altamirano (Democratic Party)
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Primary candidates
- Ted Gaines (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Jose Altamirano (Democratic Party) ✔
- Braden Murphy (Democratic Party)
- Nader Shahatit (Democratic Party)
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District 2
General election candidates
- Sally Lieber (Democratic Party) ✔
- Peter Verbica (Republican Party)
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Primary candidates
- Michela Alioto-Pier (Democratic Party)
- Sally Lieber (Democratic Party) ✔
- Peter Verbica (Republican Party) ✔
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District 3
General election candidates
- Tony Vazquez (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Y. Marie Manvel (Independent)
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Primary candidates
- Tony Vazquez (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Y. Marie Manvel (Independent) ✔
- John Mendoza (Democratic Party)
- G. Rick Marshall (Republican Party) (Write-in)
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District 4
General election candidates
- Mike Schaefer (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- David Dodson (Democratic Party)
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Primary candidates
- Mike Schaefer (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Denis Bilodeau (Republican Party)
- David Dodson (Democratic Party) ✔
- Randell Economy (Republican Party)
- Matthew Harper (Republican Party)
- John Kelly (Republican Party)
- Erik Peterson (Republican Party)
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Insurance Commissioner
General election candidates
- Ricardo Lara (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Robert P. Howell (Republican Party)
Primary candidates
- Ricardo Lara (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Eugene Allen (Democratic Party)
- Greg Conlon (Republican Party)
- Veronika Fimbres (Green Party)
- Robert P. Howell (Republican Party) ✔
- Nathalie Hrizi (Peace and Freedom Party)
- Jasper Jackson (Democratic Party)
- Marc Levine (Democratic Party)
- Robert Molnar (Independent)
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Context of the 2022 elections
Party control in California
California Party Control: 1992-2025
Twenty years with Democratic trifectas • No Republican trifectas
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| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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| Governor | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
| Senate | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
| Assembly | D | D | D | S | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
Voting information
- See also: Voting in California
Past elections
2018
The following elections took place in 2018:
- California gubernatorial election, 2018
- California lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018
- California Attorney General election, 2018
- California Secretary of State election, 2018
- California Treasurer election, 2018
- California Controller election, 2018
- California Insurance Commissioner election, 2018
- California Superintendent of Public Instruction election, 2018
- California State Board of Equalization election, 2018
See also
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