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List of congressional challengers in the 2022 elections

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United States Congress elections, 2022

General Election
November 8, 2022

U.S. Senate elections, 2022

U.S. House elections, 2022

Primary Elections
U.S. Senate Democratic Party primaries

U.S. Senate Republican Party primaries

U.S. House Democratic Party primaries

U.S. House Republican Party primaries

This page contains a list of all challengers who ran in the 2022 Congress elections. Challenger refers to a candidate who was not a current incumbent in the U.S. House or U.S. Senate at the time of the election, except for those who ran for a different chamber. This list includes those who were elected officials from other offices, such as state legislators and state executive officials. Click on the individual state tabs below for candidate names, which are organized by state, chamber and party.

Click here for the full list of all candidates, including incumbents

States

Alabama

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

No independent challengers filed to run in this chamber in this state.

Alaska

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

Arizona

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run in this chamber in this state.

Independents

Arkansas

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

California

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Derek Marshall
  2. Aarika Rhodes
  3. Angelina Sigala
  4. Angel Rios
  5. Bianca Von Krieg
  6. Blanca Azucena Gomez
  7. Brandon Mosely
  8. Brian Hawkins
  9. Bruno Amato
  10. Bryan Osorio
  11. Christopher Bellingham
  12. Elizabeth Moreira (California)
  13. Eric Curry
  14. Eric Garcia
  15. Greg Tanaka
  16. Harley Rouda
  17. John Quaye Quartey
  18. Jay Chen
  19. Jeffrey Phillips (California)
  20. Jonathan Braun
  21. Jorge Sanchez Hernandez
  22. Lourin Hubbard
  23. Marisa Wood
  24. Mumin Khan
  25. Phil Arballo
  26. Rhoda Nazanin
  27. Mari Barosay
  28. Ruth Luevanos
  29. Sarah Katz
  30. Saul Castillo
  31. Saul Rodriguez (California)
  32. Shervin Aazami
  33. Stephen Houlahan
  34. Sylvester Ani
  35. William Griffith (California)
  36. Dara Stransky
  37. Robert Lydon
  38. Barrett Holman Leak
  39. Timothy Bilash
  40. Joseph Rocha
  41. Max Steiner
  42. Angel Lara
  43. Nicole López
  44. Harpreet Chima
  45. Ajwang Rading
  46. Michael Ortega
  47. Kermit Jones
  48. Rishi Kumar
  49. Nicole Parra
  50. David Zink
  51. Jason Potell
  52. Daniel Lee (California)
  53. Louis Gill
  54. Jesus Ruvalcaba
  55. Andrew Watters
  56. David Canepa
  57. Emily Beach
  58. Andrew Upchurch
  59. David Kim (California)
  60. Beth Hampson
  61. Arthur Dixon
  62. Mitchell Battersby
  63. Jamaal Gulledge
  64. Benjamin de Ganna
  65. Shahid Buttar
  66. Peter Delle
  67. Shrina Kurani
  68. Asif Mahmood
  69. Karena Feng
  70. Jan Perry
  71. Jacqueline McGowan
  72. Joaquín Vázquez
  73. Cheryl Sudduth
  74. William Summerville
  75. Edwin Rutsch
  76. James Peters (California)
  77. Ben Dewell
  78. Oray Auzenne
  79. Glenn Kaplan
  80. Sandra Mendoza
  81. Christopher Riley (California)
  82. Jennifer Duffy
  83. Albert Maxwell Goldberg
  84. Michael Shure
  85. Andrew Engdahl
  86. Rose Penelope Yee
  87. Mark Gorman (California)
  88. Jimmy Fremgen
  89. Khalid Jeffrey Jafri
  90. Rao Ravul
  91. Dorothy Caronna
  92. Rocco Anthony De Luca
  93. Lloyd Stevens
  94. Colin Kilpatrick Obrien
  95. Joaquín Beltrán
  96. Jean M. Monestime (California)
  97. Matthew Rascon
  98. Kylie Taitano
  99. Nadia Smalley
  100. Jason Kishineff
  101. Eric Wilson (California)
  102. Stephen Forbes
  103. Ritesh Tandon
  104. Douglas Deitch
  105. David Rudnick
  106. Maebe A. Girl
  107. Anna Nevenic
  108. Angélica María Dueñas
  109. Demnlus Johnson
  110. Travis Odekirk
  111. Will Rollins

Republican

  1. Aaron Smith (California)
  2. Brian Hawkins
  3. Brian Maryott
  4. Carolyn Covell
  5. Ceci Truman
  6. Chris Mathys
  7. Christopher Rodriguez
  8. Alison Hayden
  9. Crystal Prebola
  10. David Giglio
  11. Derrick Gates
  12. Eric Ching
  13. Gurpinder Singh Sagoo
  14. Greg Lentz
  15. Jackie Cota
  16. Joe Collins (Texas)
  17. Judah Hosanna
  18. Lucie Volotzky
  19. Monika Sheldon-London
  20. Patrick Jean Raphael
  21. Saul Rodriguez (California)
  22. Simon Aslanpour
  23. Amy Phan West
  24. Nicholas Taurus
  25. Michelle Lyons
  26. Dalila Epperson
  27. Nathan Brown (California)
  28. Terry Dale (California)
  29. Matt Jacobs
  30. Richard Bailey (California)
  31. Bret Daniels
  32. Jolene Daly
  33. Adam T. Medeiros
  34. Gus Mattammal
  35. Anne Elizabeth
  36. Brian Burley
  37. Paloma Zuniga
  38. James Francis Gibson
  39. Tom Patti
  40. Eugene Kilbride
  41. Storm Jenkins
  42. Brian Perras
  43. Sean Harrison
  44. Ricky Gill
  45. Susan Murphy
  46. Mitch Clemmons
  47. Jennifer Richter
  48. Nathan Magsig
  49. Adam Hancock
  50. Benjamin Solomon
  51. Daniel Martinez
  52. Michael Maher (California)
  53. Stan Caplan
  54. Lisa Bartlett
  55. John Estrada
  56. Elizabeth Heng
  57. Errol Webber
  58. Josiah O'Neil
  59. Max Semenenko
  60. Jim Scott (California)
  61. Matt Stoll
  62. Tony Rodriguez
  63. Seth Newman
  64. Fadde Mikhail
  65. David Main
  66. Baltazar Fedalizo
  67. Steve Iyer
  68. Brian Tyson
  69. Tim Geist
  70. Rafael Carcamo
  71. Allison Pratt (California)
  72. David Langford
  73. Patrick Gipson
  74. Long Pham (California)
  75. Charles Weir
  76. Kelsten Obert
  77. Jim Shoemaker
  78. Corey Gustafson
  79. John Minnella
  80. Albert Maxwell Goldberg
  81. Douglas Brower
  82. Chris Coulombe
  83. Darian Elizondo
  84. Archimedes Ramirez
  85. Matt Brock
  86. Karla Black
  87. Rudy Recile
  88. Khalid Jeffrey Jafri
  89. Oleksii Chuiko
  90. Ned Nuerge
  91. Peter Hernandez
  92. James Macauley
  93. Brad Allen (California)
  94. Burt Thakur
  95. Paul Nathan Taylor
  96. Mark Pierce (California)
  97. Wes Hallman
  98. Margarita Maria Carranza
  99. Andy Miranda
  100. Ronda Kennedy
  101. Melissa Toomim
  102. Rex Gutierrez
  103. Ernest Richter
  104. Clifton Rio Torrado VonBuck
  105. Bob Erbst
  106. Ariana Hakami
  107. Claire Ragge
  108. Steve Williams (California)
  109. Chris Champion
  110. John Sarega
  111. Tony Moreno (California)
  112. Art Peterson
  113. Bill Spinney
  114. Emmanuel Suarez
  115. John Michael Lucio
  116. Mike Nguyen (California)
  117. Felix Rocha
  118. David Chiddick
  119. Tyler Geffeney
  120. Tom Wong (California congressional candidate)
  121. Scott Giblin
  122. Jimih Jones
  123. Christine Bish
  124. Tamika Hamilton
  125. Stephen Slauson
  126. Diego Martinez (California congressional candidate)
  127. Ritesh Tandon
  128. Jeff Gorman (California)
  129. James Davis (California)
  130. David Rudnick
  131. Rudy Melendez
  132. Johnny Nalbandian
  133. Mike Cargile
  134. John Briscoe
  135. Renee Taylor
  136. Eve Del Castello
  137. Katherine Piccinini
  138. Erskine Levi
  139. Aja Smith
  140. Paul Irving Jones (California)
  141. Jonathan Reiss
  142. Scott Baugh
  143. Jonathan Madison
  144. Mark Porter (California)

Other parties

Independents

Colorado

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

Connecticut

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run in this chamber in this state.

Independents

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

No independent challengers filed to run in this chamber in this state.

Delaware

U.S. House

Democratic

No challengers from this party filed to run in this chamber in this state.

Republican

Other parties

Independents

Florida

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

  1. Becky E. Hites
  2. Bernard Sansaricq
  3. Brady Duke
  4. Carter Morgan
  5. Christine Scott
  6. Dan Franzese
  7. Gary Barve
  8. Greg Musselwhite
  9. Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
  10. Ian Medina
  11. Jeffrey Buongiorno
  12. Jeremy Kelly (Florida congressional candidate)
  13. Jeremy Liggett
  14. Jon Chuba
  15. Keith Feit
  16. Kenneth Hartpence
  17. Laura Loomer
  18. Leigha Garner-Lopez
  19. Martin Hyde
  20. Melissa Martz
  21. Patrick Wells
  22. Rod Dorilas
  23. Saad Suleman
  24. Steve Chess
  25. Angel Urbina
  26. Justin Waters
  27. Joe Cavagna
  28. Willie Montague
  29. Erick Aguilar
  30. Moneer Kheireddine
  31. Erika Benfield
  32. Roland Florez Jr.
  33. Vic DeGrammont
  34. Lateresa Jones
  35. Audrey Henson
  36. Amanda Makki
  37. Jason Mariner
  38. Ljubo Skrbic
  39. Bill Olson (Florida)
  40. Manuel Asensio
  41. Scotty Moore
  42. Steve Farley (Florida)
  43. Jeff Olson (Florida)
  44. Al Deno
  45. Troy Rambaransingh
  46. George Shepherd
  47. Michael Carnevale
  48. Deborah Adeimy
  49. James Pruden (Florida)
  50. William King (Florida)
  51. Drew-Montez Clark
  52. Calvin Wimbish
  53. Brian Perras
  54. Jose Castillo (Florida)
  55. Alycia Barnard
  56. Bryan Jones (Florida)
  57. Patricia Gonzalez (Florida)
  58. Sergio Ortiz (Florida)
  59. Darren Dione Aquino
  60. Sid Preskitt
  61. Jeannette Skinner
  62. Kevin McGovern
  63. Ruth Swanson
  64. William McPhillips
  65. Scott Sturgill
  66. Lee Ogilvie
  67. Martin Marks (Florida)
  68. William Wheelen
  69. Kevin Hayslett
  70. Peter Weed
  71. Melinda Almonte
  72. Frank Polo Sr.
  73. Jack Martin
  74. Kristopher Stark
  75. Sam Farber
  76. Tom Lister
  77. Christy McLaughlin
  78. Wendy Schmeling
  79. Demetries Grimes
  80. Russell Roberts (Florida)
  81. Usha Jain
  82. Catalina Lauf
  83. Christopher Manuel Alcantara
  84. K.W. Miller
  85. Al Santos
  86. Carrie Lawlor
  87. Tuan Le
  88. Jim Huff (Florida)
  89. Darlene Cerezo Swaffar
  90. Michael Alan Davis (Florida state legislative candidate)
  91. D.B. Fugate
  92. Mara Macie
  93. Jim Davis (Florida)
  94. Landon Campbell
  95. Ira Weinstein
  96. Eddie Tarazona
  97. Michaelangelo Hamilton
  98. Carlos Garin
  99. James Judge
  100. Myles Perrone
  101. Mark Lombardo
  102. Charles Davis (Florida U.S. House candidate)
  103. Ted Edwards
  104. Adianis Morales
  105. Gavriel Soriano
  106. Chris Leiser
  107. Samar Nashagh
  108. Keith Hayden Jr.
  109. Jennifer Raybon
  110. Joe Budd
  111. Jesus Navarro
  112. Lavern Spicer
  113. Jacob Curnow
  114. Daniel Anthony
  115. Jerry Torres
  116. Peter Arianas
  117. Greg Merk
  118. Raven Harrison (Florida)
  119. Jay Collins

Other parties

Independents

Georgia

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

Hawaii

U.S. Senate

Democratic

No challengers from this party filed to run in this chamber in this state.

Republican

Other parties

Independents

No independent challengers filed to run in this chamber in this state.

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

Idaho

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

Illinois

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

Indiana

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

Iowa

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run in this chamber in this state.

Independents

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

Kansas

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run in this chamber in this state.

Independents

Kentucky

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run in this chamber in this state.

Independents

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run in this chamber in this state.

Independents

Louisiana

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run in this chamber in this state.

Independents

Maine

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

Maryland

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run in this chamber in this state.

Independents

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

Massachusetts

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run in this chamber in this state.

Independents

Michigan

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

Minnesota

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

Mississippi

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

Missouri

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

Montana

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

Nebraska

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run in this chamber in this state.

Independents

No independent challengers filed to run in this chamber in this state.

Nevada

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

New Hampshire

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run in this chamber in this state.

Independents

No independent challengers filed to run in this chamber in this state.

New Jersey

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

New Mexico

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run in this chamber in this state.

Independents

New York

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

North Carolina

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

North Dakota

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run in this chamber in this state.

Independents

No independent challengers filed to run in this chamber in this state.

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run in this chamber in this state.

Independents

Ohio

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run in this chamber in this state.

Independents

Oklahoma

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run in this chamber in this state.

Independents

Oregon

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

Pennsylvania

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

Rhode Island

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run in this chamber in this state.

Independents

South Carolina

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

South Dakota

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

No independent challengers filed to run in this chamber in this state.

Tennessee

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

Texas

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

  1. Robert Lowry
  2. Christopher Revis
  3. Andrew Alvarez (Texas)
  4. Brad Namdar
  5. Chris Rector (Texas)
  6. Cyrus Sajna
  7. Damien Mockus
  8. Jameson Ellis
  9. Joe Collins (Texas)
  10. Jonathan Hullihan
  11. Jonathan Mitchell
  12. Lucia Rodriguez
  13. Michael French
  14. Mike Billand
  15. Montgomery Markland
  16. Tim Stroud
  17. Ricardo Salazar
  18. Roland Lopez
  19. Ruben Landon Dante
  20. Rudy Atencio
  21. Ryan Jarchow
  22. Tyler Smith (Texas)
  23. Jerry Ford Sr.
  24. Betsy Bates (Texas)
  25. Taylor Whichard
  26. Jafar Hajjar
  27. Mark Murray
  28. Paulette Carson
  29. Gary Slagel
  30. Larry Polsky
  31. Irene Armendariz-Jackson
  32. Sarah Miller (Texas)
  33. Dan McKaughan
  34. Samuel Williams Jr.
  35. Derrick Johns
  36. Isaac Smith
  37. Sandra Whitten
  38. James Buford
  39. Jason Hutson
  40. Philip Sotelo
  41. Frank McCaffrey
  42. Martin Etwop
  43. Brett Guillory
  44. John Porro
  45. Scott Huckabee
  46. Richard Welch (Texas)
  47. Ryan Catala
  48. Justin Webb
  49. Mike Philips (Texas)
  50. Adrian Kaiser
  51. Suzanne Cassimatis Harp
  52. Craig Walker (Texas)
  53. Candice C. Burrows
  54. Ed Cabrera
  55. Chris Putnam
  56. Christian Collins
  57. Nathan Davis (Texas)
  58. Ryan Krause
  59. Mauro Garza
  60. Alma Arredondo-Lynch
  61. Salvador Gallegos
  62. Rolando Rodriguez
  63. Laura Cisneros
  64. Jose Aizar Cavazos
  65. Willie Vasquez Ng
  66. Johnny Teague
  67. Deliris Montanez
  68. Vincent Gallo
  69. Marilyn Jackson
  70. Aditya Atholi
  71. Ejike Okpa
  72. Sara Canady
  73. Brian Brazeal
  74. Antonio Swad
  75. Rickey Williams
  76. Joe McDaniel
  77. Jeremy Ivanovskis
  78. Dan Thomas (Texas)
  79. Tina Blum Cohen
  80. Jessica Wellington
  81. Chuck Montgomery
  82. Vangela Churchill
  83. Kyle Sinclair
  84. Raquel Lopez
  85. Dana Zavorka
  86. Eric Mireles
  87. Lulite Ejigu
  88. Angeigh Roc'ellerpitts
  89. Robert MacGlaflin
  90. Patrick Gillespie (Texas)
  91. Juana Cantu-Cabrera
  92. Sam Montoya
  93. Alejandro Ledezma
  94. Dan Sawatzki
  95. Mark Ramsey
  96. David Hogan (Texas)
  97. Laique Rehman
  98. Chris Mapp
  99. Jaimy Blanco
  100. Milam Langella
  101. John Harper
  102. Jimmy León
  103. Alysia Rieg
  104. Nate Weymouth
  105. Cassy Garcia
  106. Eric Hohman (Texas)
  107. Kelvin Goodwin-Castillo
  108. Jeremiah Diacogiannis
  109. Alex Cross
  110. Abhiram Garapati
  111. Mike Williams (Texas)
  112. Asa Palagi
  113. Rod Lingsch
  114. Jenny Garcia Sharon
  115. Jenai Aragona-Hales
  116. Alia Garcia-Ureste
  117. Dakinya Jefferson
  118. Bill Payne (Texas)
  119. Benson Gitau
  120. Lance Stewart
  121. Angela Juarez
  122. John Lerma
  123. Steve Schmuker Jr.
  124. Jason Nelson (Texas)
  125. Robert Rosenberger (Texas)
  126. Gregory Thorne
  127. Lizbeth Diaz
  128. James Rodgers
  129. Darrell Day
  130. Gregory Kunkle Jr.
  131. Bill Condict
  132. Jennifer Sundt
  133. Michael Rodriguez (Texas)
  134. Beverly Foley
  135. Gina Smith
  136. James Harris (Texas congressional candidate)
  137. Erick Wyatt
  138. Burt Thakur
  139. Kezia Tunnell
  140. Francisco Lopez (Texas)
  141. Roger Barone
  142. Ismael Garcia
  143. Mayra Flores
  144. A.J. Louderback
  145. Raven Harrison (Florida)

Other parties

Independents

Utah

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

Vermont

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

Virginia

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run in this chamber in this state.

Independents

Washington

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

West Virginia

U.S. House

Democratic

No challengers from this party filed to run in this chamber in this state.

Republican

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run in this chamber in this state.

Independents

Wisconsin

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

Wyoming

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Independents

See also

Footnotes