2022 California Secretary of State election


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

  • Rob Bernosky, businessman
  • Rachel Hamm, author
  • James "JW" Paine, truck driver
  • Raul Rodriguez Jr., retired warehouseman

Green Party

Declared

  • Gary N. Blenner, educator

No party preference

Declared

General election

Results

By county

; Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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.
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
75%25%Kevin Mullin
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
86%14%Sydney Kamlager-Dove
58%42%Linda Sánchez
56%44%Mark Takano
45%55%Young Kim
46%54%Ken Calvert
67%33%Lucille Roybal-Allard
67%33%Robert Garcia
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