2022 California Secretary of State election explained

Election Name:2022 California Secretary of State election
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Registered:21,940,274
Election Date:November 8, 2022
Country:California
Previous Election:2018 California Secretary of State election
Previous Year:2018
Next Election:2026 California Secretary of State election
Next Year:2026
Image1:Shirley Weber (cropped).jpg
Candidate1:Shirley Weber
Party1:California Democratic Party
Popular Vote1:6,462,164
Percentage1:60.1%
Candidate2:Rob Bernosky
Party2:California Republican Party
Popular Vote2:4,298,530
Percentage2:39.9%
Secretary of State
Before Election:Shirley Weber
Before Party:California Democratic Party
After Election:Shirley Weber
After Party:California Democratic Party

The 2022 California Secretary of State election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Secretary of State of California. The primary election was held on June 7, 2022.

Incumbent Democrat Shirley Weber was appointed to the position in December 2020 by governor Gavin Newsom. Newsom had appointed incumbent secretary of state Alex Padilla to succeed Kamala Harris as California's junior U.S. senator after Harris was elected Vice President of the United States in 2020.

Candidates

Democratic Party

Declared

Republican Party

Declared

Green Party

Declared

No party preference

Declared

Primary election

Results

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
align=left Sabato's Crystal Ball[3] December 1, 2021
Elections Daily[4] November 7, 2022

Results

By congressional district

Weber won 39 of 52 congressional districts, including one that elected a Republican, with the remaining 13 going to Bernosky, including two that elected Democrats.[5]

DistrictWeberBernoskyRepresentative
36%64%Doug LaMalfa
72%28%Jared Huffman
45%55%Kevin Kiley
65%35%Mike Thompson
39%61%Tom McClintock
56%44%Ami Bera
66%34%Doris Matsui
75%25%John Garamendi
49.7%50.3%Josh Harder
65%35%Mark DeSaulnier
85%15%Nancy Pelosi
90%10%Barbara Lee
48%52%John Duarte
69%31%Eric Swalwell
75%25%Jackie Speier (117th Congress)
Kevin Mullin (118th Congress)
73%27%Anna Eshoo
70%30%Ro Khanna
66%34%Zoe Lofgren
66%34%Jimmy Panetta
32%68%Kevin McCarthy
53%47%Jim Costa
50.3%49.7%David Valadao
40%60%Jay Obernolte
60%40%Salud Carbajal
54%46%Raul Ruiz
54%46%Julia Brownley
49.97%50.03%Mike Garcia
63%37%Judy Chu
73%27%Tony Cárdenas
76%24%Adam Schiff
59%41%Grace Napolitano
67%33%Brad Sherman
56%44%Pete Aguilar
82%18%Jimmy Gomez
56%44%Norma Torres
68%32%Ted Lieu
86%14%Karen Bass (117th Congress)
Sydney Kamlager-Dove (118th Congress)
58%42%Linda Sánchez
56%44%Mark Takano
45%55%Young Kim
46%54%Ken Calvert
67%33%Lucille Roybal-Allard (117th Congress)
Robert Garcia (118th Congress)
79%21%Maxine Waters
70%30%Nanette Barragán
49%51%Michelle Steel
60%40%Lou Correa
49.95%50.05%Katie Porter
39%61%Darrell Issa
51%49%Mike Levin
62%38%Scott Peters
61%39%Sara Jacobs
64%36%Juan Vargas

External links

Official campaign websites:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Primary Election - June 7, 2022 . 26 March 2022 . 26 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220326021149/https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/upcoming-elections/primary-election-june-7-2022 . dead .
  2. Web site: Shirley . Weber . Certified List of Write-in Candidates . California Secretary of State . 27 May 2022.
  3. Web site: Secretary of State Races: More Important Than Ever in 2022, and More Complicated, Too . Sabato's Crystal Ball . December 1, 2021.
  4. Web site: Elections Daily Secretary of State Ratings . Solomon . Zack . Elections Daily . November 7, 2022 . November 29, 2022.
  5. California 2022-11-08 results by district (@elium2) .