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United States Senate top-two primaries, 2022
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November 8, 2022 |
Elections to the U.S. Senate were held on November 8, 2022, and 34 of the 100 seats were up for regular election. Those elected to the U.S. Senate in the 34 regular elections in 2022 began their six-year terms on January 3, 2023.
Two states held top-two primaries in 2022: California and Washington.
This page focuses on the U.S. Senate top-two primaries. For more in-depth information about the U.S. Senate Democratic, Republican, and top-four primaries as well as general elections, see the following pages:
- United States Senate Democratic Party primaries, 2022
- United States Senate Republican Party primaries, 2022
- United States Senate top-four primaries, 2022
- United States Senate elections, 2022
California
General election
General election for U.S. Senate California
Incumbent Alex Padilla defeated Mark Meuser in the general election for U.S. Senate California on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Alex Padilla (D) | 61.1 | 6,621,621 |
 | Mark Meuser (R) | 38.9 | 4,222,029 | |
| Total votes: 10,843,650 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate California
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. Senate California on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alex Padilla (D) | 54.1 | 3,725,544 |
| ✔ | | Mark Meuser (R) | 14.9 | 1,028,374 |
 | Cordie Williams (R) | 6.9 | 474,321 | |
 | Jonathan Elist (R) | 4.2 | 289,716 | |
 | Chuck Smith (R) | 3.9 | 266,766 | |
 | James P. Bradley (R) | 3.4 | 235,788 | |
 | Douglas Howard Pierce (D) | 1.7 | 116,771 | |
 | John Parker (Peace and Freedom Party) | 1.5 | 105,477 | |
 | Sarah Sun Liew (R) | 1.1 | 76,994 | |
 | Dan O'Dowd (D) | 1.1 | 74,916 | |
 | Akinyemi Agbede (D) | 1.0 | 70,971 | |
 | Myron Hall (R) | 1.0 | 66,161 | |
 | Timothy Ursich Jr. (D) | 0.8 | 58,348 | |
 | Robert Lucero (R) | 0.8 | 53,398 | |
 | James Henry Conn (G) | 0.5 | 35,983 | |
 | Eleanor Garcia (Independent) | 0.5 | 34,625 | |
 | Carlos Guillermo Tapia (R) | 0.5 | 33,870 | |
 | Pamela Elizondo (G) | 0.5 | 31,981 | |
 | Enrique Petris (R) | 0.5 | 31,883 | |
 | Obaidul Huq Pirjada (D) | 0.4 | 27,889 | |
 | Daphne Bradford (Independent) | 0.4 | 26,900 | |
 | Don Grundmann (Independent) | 0.1 | 10,181 | |
 | Deon Jenkins (Independent) | 0.1 | 6,936 | |
 | Mark Ruzon (No party preference) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 206 | |
 | Lily Zhou (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 58 | |
| Irene Ratliff (No party preference) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 7 | ||
| Marc Roth (No party preference) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 6,884,065 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Chloe Hollett-Billingsley (D)
- Dhruva Herle (D)
- Chris Theodore (D)
- Ernest Taylor (D)
- Brant John-Michael Williams (Independent)
- Marie Encar Arnold (D)
- Peter Liu (R)
- Brian Ainsworth (R)
- Yvonne Girard (R)
- Elizabeth Heng (R)
- Erik Urbina (R)
- Denard Ingram (D)
- Ellerton Whitney (L)
- Danny Fabricant (R)
- Fepbrina Keivaulqe Autiameineire (Independent)
- Paul Gutierrez (R)
- Mary Glory Thach (Independent)
Washington
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Washington
Incumbent Patty Murray defeated Tiffany Smiley in the general election for U.S. Senate Washington on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Patty Murray (D) | 57.1 | 1,741,827 |
 | Tiffany Smiley (R) | 42.6 | 1,299,322 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 6,751 | ||
| Total votes: 3,047,900 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate Washington
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. Senate Washington on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Patty Murray (D) | 52.2 | 1,002,811 |
| ✔ | | Tiffany Smiley (R) | 33.7 | 646,917 |
 | Leon Lawson (Trump Republican Party) | 3.1 | 59,134 | |
 | John Guenther (R) | 2.9 | 55,426 | |
 | Ravin Pierre (D) | 1.2 | 22,172 | |
 | Dave Saulibio (JFK Republican Party) | 1.0 | 19,341 | |
 | Naz Paul (Independent) | 1.0 | 18,858 | |
 | Bill Hirt (R) | 0.8 | 15,276 | |
 | Mohammad Said (D) | 0.7 | 13,995 | |
 | Henry Dennison (Socialist Workers Party) | 0.7 | 13,901 | |
 | Pano Churchill (D) | 0.6 | 11,859 | |
 | Bryan Solstin (D) | 0.5 | 9,627 | |
 | Charlie Jackson (Independent) | 0.4 | 8,604 | |
 | Jon Butler (Independent) | 0.3 | 5,413 | |
 | Thor Amundson (Independent) | 0.3 | 5,133 | |
 | Martin Hash (Independent) | 0.2 | 4,725 | |
 | Dan Phan Doan (Independent) | 0.2 | 3,049 | |
 | Sam Cusmir (D) | 0.1 | 2,688 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 1,511 | ||
| Total votes: 1,920,440 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- David Ishii (D)
- Bob Hagglund (R)
- Nicolaus Sleister (D)
- Justin Greywolf (Independent)
- Isaac Holyk (R)
- David McCune (Independent)
- Robert Kirby (D)
- Mfumu Metamorphosis Mpiana (Independent)
- Larry Hussey (Independent)
See also
- United States Senate Democratic Party primaries, 2022
- United States Senate Republican Party primaries, 2022
- United States Senate top-four primaries, 2022
- United States Senate elections, 2022
- United States Congress elections, 2022
Footnotes
