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.
Source | Ranking | As of | |
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align=left | Sabato's Crystal Ball[3] | December 1, 2021 | |
Elections Daily[4] | November 7, 2022 |
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]