California gubernatorial election, 2022
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Governor of California |
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Top-two primary General election |
Election details |
Filing deadline: March 11, 2022 |
Primary: June 7, 2022 General: November 8, 2022 Pre-election incumbent(s): Gavin Newsom (Democratic) |
How to vote |
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting in California |
Race ratings |
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic Inside Elections: Solid Democratic |
Ballotpedia analysis |
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California executive elections |
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California held an election for governor on November 8, 2022. The primary was scheduled for June 7, 2022. The filing deadline was March 11, 2022.
Incumbent Gavin Newsom won election in the general election for Governor of California.
This was one of 36 gubernatorial elections that took place place in 2022. The governor serves as a state's top executive official and is the only executive office that is elected in all 50 states. At the time of the 2022 elections, there were 28 Republican governors and 22 Democratic governors. Click here for a map with links to our coverage of all 50 states' responses to the pandemic and here for an overview of all 36 gubernatorial elections that took place in 2022.
Heading into the 2022 elections, there were 23 Republican trifectas, 14 Democratic trifectas, and 13 divided governments where neither party held trifecta control. There were 23 Republican triplexes, 18 Democratic triplexes, and nine divided governments where neither party held triplex control.
A state government trifecta refers to a situation where one party controls a state's governorship and majorities in both chambers of the state legislature. A state government triplex refers to a situation where the governor, attorney general, and secretary of state are all members of the same political party.
For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:
Candidates and election results
General election
General election for Governor of California
Incumbent Gavin Newsom defeated Brian Dahle in the general election for Governor of California on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Gavin Newsom (D) | 59.2 | 6,470,104 | |
Brian Dahle (R) | 40.8 | 4,462,914 |
Total votes: 10,933,018 | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Governor of California
The following candidates ran in the primary for Governor of California on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Gavin Newsom (D) | 55.9 | 3,945,748 | |
✔ | Brian Dahle (R) | 17.7 | 1,252,800 | |
Michael Shellenberger (Independent) | 4.1 | 290,286 | ||
Jenny Rae Le Roux (R) | 3.5 | 246,665 | ||
Anthony Trimino (R) | 3.5 | 246,322 | ||
Shawn Collins (R) | 2.5 | 173,083 | ||
Luis Rodriguez (G) | 1.8 | 124,672 | ||
Leo Zacky (R) | 1.3 | 94,521 | ||
Major Williams (R) | 1.3 | 92,580 | ||
Robert Newman (R) | 1.2 | 82,849 | ||
Joel Ventresca (D) | 0.9 | 66,885 | ||
David Lozano (R) | 0.9 | 66,542 | ||
Ronald Anderson (R) | 0.8 | 53,554 | ||
Reinette Senum (Independent) | 0.8 | 53,015 | ||
Armando Perez-Serrato (D) | 0.6 | 45,474 | ||
Ron Jones (R) | 0.5 | 38,337 | ||
Daniel Mercuri (R) | 0.5 | 36,396 | ||
Heather Collins (G) | 0.4 | 29,690 | ||
Anthony Fanara (D) | 0.4 | 25,086 | ||
Cristian Morales (R) | 0.3 | 22,304 | ||
Lonnie Sortor (R) | 0.3 | 21,044 | ||
Frederic Schultz (Independent) | 0.2 | 17,502 | ||
Woodrow Sanders III (Independent) | 0.2 | 16,204 | ||
James Hanink (Independent) | 0.1 | 10,110 | ||
Serge Fiankan (Independent) | 0.1 | 6,201 | ||
Bradley Zink (Independent) | 0.1 | 5,997 | ||
Jeff Scott (American Independent Party) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 13 | ||
Gurinder Bhangoo (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 8 |
Total votes: 7,063,888 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Errol Webber (R)
- Laura Smith (R)
- Chaz Flemmings (Independent)
- John Drake (D)
- Mohammad Arif (D)
- Hilaire Shioura (Independent)
Results analysis
Echelon Insights, a polling and data analysis firm, published an analysis deck called Split Ticket Atlas: Comparative Republican Presidential, Gubernatorial, and Senate Candidate Performance, 2020-2022 in March 2023. The report compared the performance of Republican candidates in 2022 statewide elections. Click here to view the full analysis.
This analysis found that, compared to 2022 senatorial candidate Mark Meuser (R), Dahle received 409,294 more votes. The largest differences were in Los Angeles (104,516) and San Diego (36,456) counties. Meuser came closest to Dahle's vote total in Inyo County (312 votes).
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Campaign finance
Voting information
- See also: Voting in California
Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses
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Election competitiveness
Race ratings
- See also: Race rating definitions and methods
Ballotpedia provides race ratings from three outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, and Sabato's Crystal Ball. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:
- Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
- Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
- Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[1]
- Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.
Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[2][3][4]
Race ratings: California gubernatorial election, 2022 | |||||||||
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Race tracker | Race ratings | ||||||||
November 8, 2022 | November 1, 2022 | October 25, 2022 | October 18, 2022 | ||||||
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | |||||
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | |||||
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | |||||
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week. |
Ballot access requirements
The table below details filing requirements for gubernatorial candidates in California in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in California, click here.
Filing requirements for gubernatorial candidates, 2022 | |||||||
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State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source | Notes |
California | Governor | N/A | 65-100 | $4,371.12 | 3/11/2022 | Source |
Past elections
2018
- See also: California gubernatorial election, 2018
General election
General election for Governor of California
Gavin Newsom defeated John Cox in the general election for Governor of California on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Gavin Newsom (D) | 61.9 | 7,721,410 | |
John Cox (R) | 38.1 | 4,742,825 |
Total votes: 12,464,235 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Governor of California
The following candidates ran in the primary for Governor of California on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Gavin Newsom (D) | 33.7 | 2,343,792 | |
✔ | John Cox (R) | 25.4 | 1,766,488 | |
Antonio Villaraigosa (D) | 13.3 | 926,394 | ||
Travis Allen (R) | 9.5 | 658,798 | ||
John Chiang (D) | 9.4 | 655,920 | ||
Delaine Eastin (D) | 3.4 | 234,869 | ||
Amanda Renteria (D) | 1.3 | 93,446 | ||
Robert Newman (R) | 0.6 | 44,674 | ||
Michael Shellenberger (D) | 0.5 | 31,692 | ||
Peter Yuan Liu (R) | 0.4 | 27,336 | ||
Yvonne Girard (R) | 0.3 | 21,840 | ||
Gloria La Riva (Peace and Freedom Party) | 0.3 | 19,075 | ||
Juan Bribiesca (D) | 0.3 | 17,586 | ||
Josh Jones (G) | 0.2 | 16,131 | ||
Zoltan Gyurko Istvan (L) | 0.2 | 14,462 | ||
Albert Caesar Mezzetti (D) | 0.2 | 12,026 | ||
Nickolas Wildstar (L) | 0.2 | 11,566 | ||
Robert Davidson Griffis (D) | 0.2 | 11,103 | ||
Akinyemi Agbede (D) | 0.1 | 9,380 | ||
Thomas Jefferson Cares (D) | 0.1 | 8,937 | ||
Christopher Carlson (G) | 0.1 | 7,302 | ||
Klement Tinaj (D) | 0.1 | 5,368 | ||
Hakan Mikado (Independent) | 0.1 | 5,346 | ||
Johnny Wattenburg (Independent) | 0.1 | 4,973 | ||
Desmond Silveira (Independent) | 0.1 | 4,633 | ||
Shubham Goel (Independent) | 0.1 | 4,020 | ||
Jeffrey Edward Taylor (Independent) | 0.1 | 3,973 |
Total votes: 6,961,130 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Boris Romanowsky (Independent)
- Robert Kleinberger (R)
- Lindsey Neil Shortland (Independent)
- George Konik (R)
- Scot Sturtevant (Independent)
- Ted Crisell (D)
- James Tran (Independent)
- Jacob Morris (R)
- Michael Bilger (Independent)
- Andy Blanch (Independent)
- Daniel Amare (R)
- David Bush (Independent)
- David Hadley (R)
- Grant Handzlik (Independent)
- David Asem (D)
- Stasyi Barth (R)
- Michael Bracamontes (D)
- Analila Joya (Independent)
- Harmesh Kumar (D)
- Joshua Laine (Independent)
- John Leslie-Brown (R)
- Frederic Prinz von Anhalt (Independent)
- Timothy Richardson (Independent)
- Brian Domingo (R)
- Doug Ose (R)
2014
- See also: California gubernatorial election, 2014
Governor of California, 2014 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Democratic | Jerry Brown Incumbent | 60% | 4,388,368 | |
Republican | Neel Kashkari | 40% | 2,929,213 | |
Total Votes | 7,317,581 | |||
Election results California Secretary of State, "Official election results," accessed April 6, 2017 |
Election analysis
Click the tabs below to view information about demographics, past elections, and partisan control of the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state.
- Statewide elections - Information about recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections in the state.
- State partisanship - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
- Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.
Presidential elections
Cook PVI by congressional district
2020 presidential results by 2022 congressional district lines
2012-2020
How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:
County-level voting pattern categories | |||||||
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Democratic | |||||||
Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
Solid Democratic | D | D | D | ||||
Trending Democratic | R | D | D | ||||
Battleground Democratic | D | R | D | ||||
New Democratic | R | R | D | ||||
Republican | |||||||
Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
Solid Republican | R | R | R | ||||
Trending Republican | D | R | R | ||||
Battleground Republican | R | D | R | ||||
New Republican | D | D | R |
Following the 2020 presidential election, 83.3% of Californians lived in one of the state's 31 Solid Democratic counties, which voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 8.3% lived in one of two Trending Democratic counties: Nevada and Orange. Overall, California was Solid Democratic, having voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2012, Hillary Clinton (D) in 2016, and Joe Biden (D) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in California following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.
California county-level statistics, 2020 | |||||||
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Solid Democratic | 31 | 83.3% | |||||
Trending Democratic | 2 | 8.3% | |||||
Solid Republican | 23 | 7.8% | |||||
New Democratic | 2 | 0.6% | |||||
Total voted Democratic | 35 | 92.2% | |||||
Total voted Republican | 23 | 7.8% |
Historical voting trends
California presidential election results (1900-2020)
- 15 Democratic wins
- 15 Republican wins
- 1 other win
Year | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |
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Winning Party | R | R | R | P[6] | D | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
Statewide elections
This section details the results of the five most recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections held in the state.
U.S. Senate elections
The table below details the vote in the five most recent U.S. Senate races in California.
U.S. Senate election results in California | ||
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Race | Winner | Runner up |
2018 | 54.2% | 45.8% |
2016 | 61.8% | 38.2% |
2012 | 62.5% | 37.5% |
2010 | 52.1% | 42.5% |
2006 | 59.4% | 35.2% |
Average | 58.0 | 39.8 |
Gubernatorial elections
- See also: Governor of California
The table below details the vote in the five most recent gubernatorial elections in California.
Gubernatorial election results in California | ||
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Race | Winner | Runner up |
2018 | 61.9% | 38.1% |
2014 | 60.0% | 40.0% |
2010 | 53.8% | 40.9% |
2006 | 55.9% | 38.9% |
2003 | 48.6% | 31.5% |
Average | 56.0 | 37.9 |
State partisanship
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of California's congressional delegation as of November 2022.
Congressional Partisan Breakdown from California, November 2022 | |||
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Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
Democratic | 2 | 42 | 44 |
Republican | 0 | 11 | 11 |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 53 | 55 |
State executive
The table below displays the officeholders in California's top four state executive offices as of November 2022.
State executive officials in California, November 2022 | |
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Office | Officeholder |
Governor | Gavin Newsom |
Lieutenant Governor | Eleni Kounalakis |
Secretary of State | Shirley Weber |
Attorney General | Rob Bonta |
State legislature
The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the California State Legislature as of November 2022.
California State Senate
Party | As of November 2022 | |
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Democratic Party | 31 | |
Republican Party | 9 | |
Vacancies | 0 | |
Total | 40 |
California State Assembly
Party | As of November 2022 | |
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Democratic Party | 60 | |
Republican Party | 19 | |
Independent | 1 | |
Vacancies | 0 | |
Total | 80 |
Trifecta control
As of November 2022, California was a Democratic trifecta, with majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.
California Party Control: 1992-2022
Seventeen years of Democratic trifectas • No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
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Governor | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
Senate | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
Assembly | D | D | D | S | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
Demographics
The table below details demographic data in California and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.
Demographic Data for California | ||
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California | United States | |
Population | 39,538,223 | 331,449,281 |
Land area (sq mi) | 155,857 | 3,531,905 |
Race and ethnicity** | ||
White | 56.1% | 70.4% |
Black/African American | 5.7% | 12.6% |
Asian | 14.8% | 5.6% |
Native American | 0.8% | 0.8% |
Pacific Islander | 0.4% | 0.2% |
Two or more | 7.9% | 5.2% |
Hispanic/Latino | 39.1% | 18.2% |
Education | ||
High school graduation rate | 83.9% | 88.5% |
College graduation rate | 34.7% | 32.9% |
Income | ||
Median household income | $78,672 | $64,994 |
Persons below poverty level | 12.6% | 12.8% |
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020). | ||
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. |
See also
California | State Executive Elections | News and Analysis |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012," accessed September 9, 2022
- ↑ Progressive Party
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