2022 California lieutenant gubernatorial election

The 2022 California lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the lieutenant governor of the state of California. The election coincided with various other federal and state elections, including for Governor of California. The nonpartisan blanket primary was held on June 7. California is one of 21 states that elects its lieutenant governor separately from its governor.
Incumbent Democratic Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis won re-election to a second term with 59.7% of the vote, defeating her Republican challenger. This is the first time in history where both party nominees for this seat were women, and Jacobs was the first African-American woman in history to be nominated for this position.

Candidates

A primary election was scheduled for June 7, 2022. Under California law, all candidates appear on the same ballot under a nonpartisan blanket primary, with the top two finishers advancing to the general election.

Democratic Party

Declared

Eleni Kounalakis, incumbent lieutenant governor
Jeffrey Highbear Morgan, businessman and engineer
William Cavett "Skee" Saacke, attorney

Disqualified

Roy Foreman, construction worker

Republican Party

Declared

David Fennell, venture capitalist and candidate in 2018
Angela Underwood Jacobs, deputy mayor of Lancaster
Clint W. Saunders, mental health worker

Peace and Freedom Party

Declared

Mohammad Arif, businessman

No Party Preference

Declared

David Hillberg, mechanic and actor
James Orlando Ogle, perennial candidate ''''

General election

Results

By congressional district

Kounalakis won 39 of 52 congressional districts, with the remaining 13 going to Underwood Jacobs, including one that elected a Democrat.

District	Kounalakis	Underwood Jacobs	Representative
	35%	65%	Doug LaMalfa
	72%	28%	Jared Huffman
	45%	55%	Kevin Kiley
	65%	35%	Mike Thompson
	39%	61%	Tom McClintock
	56%	44%	Ami Bera
	65%	35%	Doris Matsui
	74%	26%	John Garamendi
	49%	51%	Josh Harder
	66%	34%	Mark DeSaulnier
	85%	15%	Nancy Pelosi
	90%	10%	Barbara Lee
	47%	53%	John Duarte
	69%	31%	Eric Swalwell
	75%	25%	Jackie Speier
	75%	25%	Kevin Mullin
	73%	27%	Anna Eshoo
	71%	29%	Ro Khanna
	66%	34%	Zoe Lofgren
	66%	34%	Jimmy Panetta
	32%	68%	Kevin McCarthy
	52%	48%	Jim Costa
	49%	51%	David Valadao
	40%	60%	Jay Obernolte
	60%	40%	Salud Carbajal
	52%	48%	Raul Ruiz
	54%	46%	Julia Brownley
	49%	51%	Mike Garcia
	63%	37%	Judy Chu
	72%	28%	Tony Cárdenas
	75%	25%	Adam Schiff
	59%	41%	Grace Napolitano
	67%	33%	Brad Sherman
	55%	45%	Pete Aguilar
	81%	19%	Jimmy Gomez
	55%	45%	Norma Torres
	68%	32%	Ted Lieu
	83%	17%	Karen Bass
	83%	17%	Sydney Kamlager-Dove
	58%	42%	Linda Sánchez
	55%	45%	Mark Takano
	45%	55%	Young Kim
	46%	54%	Ken Calvert
	67%	33%	Lucille Roybal-Allard
	67%	33%	Robert Garcia
	76%	24%	Maxine Waters
	69%	31%	Nanette Barragán
	49%	51%	Michelle Steel
	60%	40%	Lou Correa
	50.3%	49.7%	Katie Porter
	39%	61%	Darrell Issa
	51%	49%	Mike Levin
	62%	38%	Scott Peters
	60%	40%	Sara Jacobs
	63%	37%	Juan Vargas