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Joseph Campbell (California)
Joseph Campbell ran for election for California Superintendent of Public Instruction. He lost in the primary on June 7, 2022.
Campbell completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2022
See also: California Superintendent of Public Instruction election, 2022
General election
General election for California Superintendent of Public Instruction
Incumbent Tony Thurmond defeated Lance Christensen in the general election for California Superintendent of Public Instruction on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tony Thurmond (Nonpartisan) | 63.7 | 5,681,318 |
 | Lance Christensen (Nonpartisan)  | 36.3 | 3,237,785 | |
| Total votes: 8,919,103 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California Superintendent of Public Instruction
The following candidates ran in the primary for California Superintendent of Public Instruction on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tony Thurmond (Nonpartisan) | 45.9 | 2,881,684 |
| ✔ | | Lance Christensen (Nonpartisan) | 11.9 | 745,003 |
 | Ainye Long (Nonpartisan) | 11.1 | 699,331 | |
 | George Yang (Nonpartisan) | 11.1 | 694,073 | |
 | Marco Amaral (Nonpartisan) | 8.7 | 547,389 | |
 | Jim Gibson (Nonpartisan) | 7.5 | 468,078 | |
 | Joseph Campbell (Nonpartisan) | 3.9 | 241,984 | |
| Total votes: 6,277,542 | |||
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Joseph Campbell completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Campbell's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- More Public Montessori Programs and More Montessori Inspiration for California
- Moratorium on School Closures
- Reparations for Black Students
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See also
2022 Elections
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