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June 7, 2022 Election

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County Results as of Jun 24 2:53pm
35.05% Countywide Voter Turnout (247,512/706,257)
Statewide Results as of Jul 14 4:42pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (20867/20868)
33.1% Statewide Voter Turnout (7,266,259/21,941,212)

State Executive | US Legislature | State Assembly | Judicial | School | County | Local Measures
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  • State Executive

    GovernorClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Gavin Newsom, Democratic
      3,936,648 votes 55.9%
    • Brian Dahle, Republican
      1,249,438 votes 17.7%
    • Michael Shellenberger, No Party Preference
      289,559 votes 4.1%
    • Anthony Trimino, Republican
      245,867 votes 3.5%
    • Jenny Rae Le Roux, Republican
      245,568 votes 3.5%
    • Shawn Collins, Republican
      172,327 votes 2.4%
    • Luis Javier Rodriguez, Green
      124,446 votes 1.8%
    • Leo S. Zacky, Republican
      94,198 votes 1.3%
    • Major Williams, Republican
      92,223 votes 1.3%
    • Robert C. Newman, II, Republican
      82,551 votes 1.2%
    • Joel Ventresca, Democratic
      66,686 votes 0.9%
    • David Lozano, Republican
      66,381 votes 0.9%
    • Ronald A. Anderson, Republican
      53,337 votes 0.8%
    • Reinette Senum, No Party Preference
      52,761 votes 0.7%
    • Armando "Mando" Perez-Serrato, Democratic
      45,316 votes 0.6%
    • Ron Jones, Republican
      38,212 votes 0.5%
    • Daniel R. Mercuri, Republican
      36,256 votes 0.5%
    • Heather Collins, Green
      29,554 votes 0.4%
    • Anthony "Tony" Fanara, Democratic
      25,005 votes 0.4%
    • Cristian Raul Morales, Republican
      22,252 votes 0.3%
    • Lonnie Sortor, Republican
      20,906 votes 0.3%
    • Frederic C. Schultz, No Party Preference
      17,458 votes 0.2%
    • Woodrow "Woody" Sanders, III, No Party Preference
      16,163 votes 0.2%
    • James G. Hanink, No Party Preference
      10,064 votes 0.1%
    • Serge Fiankan, No Party Preference
      6,170 votes 0.1%
    • Bradley Zink, No Party Preference
      5,974 votes 0.1%

    Lieutenant GovernorClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Eleni Kounalakis, Democratic
      3,608,480 votes 52.7%
    • Angela E. Underwood Jacobs, Republican
      1,361,541 votes 19.9%
    • David Fennell, Republican
      919,472 votes 13.4%
    • Clint W. Saunders, Republican
      305,301 votes 4.5%
    • Jeffrey Highbear Morgan, Democratic
      228,465 votes 3.3%
    • Mohammad Arif, Peace and Freedom
      182,836 votes 2.7%
    • William Cavett "Skee" Saacke, Democratic
      171,475 votes 2.5%
    • David Hillberg, No Party Preference
      74,024 votes 1.1%

    Secretary of StateClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Shirley N. Weber, Democratic
      4,007,399 votes 58.9%
    • Rob Bernosky, Republican
      1,278,207 votes 18.8%
    • Rachel Hamm, Republican
      820,577 votes 12.1%
    • James "JW" Paine, Republican
      253,063 votes 3.7%
    • Gary N. Blenner, Green
      205,083 votes 3.0%
    • Raul Rodriguez, Jr., Republican
      175,324 votes 2.6%
    • Matthew D. Cinquanta, No Party Preference
      59,270 votes 0.9%

    ControllerClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Lanhee Chen, Republican
      2,525,984 votes 37.2%
    • Malia M. Cohen, Democratic
      1,539,038 votes 22.7%
    • Yvonne Yiu, Democratic
      1,021,644 votes 15.1%
    • Steve Glazer, Democratic
      754,338 votes 11.1%
    • Ron Galperin, Democratic
      689,234 votes 10.2%
    • Laura Wells, Green
      257,359 votes 3.8%

    TreasurerClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Fiona Ma, Democratic
      3,891,266 votes 57.4%
    • Jack M. Guerrero, Republican
      1,484,577 votes 21.9%
    • Andrew Do, Republican
      1,154,804 votes 17.0%
    • Meghann Adams, Peace and Freedom
      244,800 votes 3.6%

    Attorney GeneralClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Rob Bonta, Democratic
      3,747,697 votes 54.3%
    • Nathan Hochman, Republican
      1,253,269 votes 18.2%
    • Eric Early, Republican
      1,138,658 votes 16.5%
    • Anne Marie Schubert, No Party Preference
      538,338 votes 7.8%
    • Dan Kapelovitz, Green
      219,374 votes 3.2%

    Insurance CommissionerClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Ricardo Lara, Democratic
      2,409,149 votes 35.9%
    • Robert Howell, Republican
      1,212,443 votes 18.1%
    • Marc Levine, Democratic
      1,205,570 votes 18.0%
    • Greg Conlon, Republican
      1,083,583 votes 16.2%
    • Vinson Eugene Allen, Democratic
      257,549 votes 3.8%
    • Nathalie Hrizi, Peace and Freedom
      190,048 votes 2.8%
    • Veronika Fimbres, Green
      129,231 votes 1.9%
    • Jasper "Jay" Jackson, Democratic
      124,671 votes 1.9%
    • Robert J. Molnar, No Party Preference
      93,814 votes 1.4%

    State Board of Equalization; District 2Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Sally J. Lieber, Democratic
      1,028,665 votes 53.1%
    • Peter Coe Verbica, Republican
      543,140 votes 28.1%
    • Michela Alioto-Pier, Democratic
      363,757 votes 18.8%

    US Legislature

    United States Senator; Full TermClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Alex Padilla, Democratic
      3,717,390 votes 54.1%
    • Mark P. Meuser, Republican
      1,025,490 votes 14.9%
    • Cordie Williams, Republican
      473,175 votes 6.9%
    • Jon Elist, Republican
      288,718 votes 4.2%
    • Chuck Smith, Republican
      265,989 votes 3.9%
    • James P. Bradley, Republican
      234,863 votes 3.4%
    • Douglas Howard Pierce, Democratic
      116,229 votes 1.7%
    • John Thompson Parker, Peace and Freedom
      105,235 votes 1.5%
    • Sarah Sun Liew, Republican
      76,777 votes 1.1%
    • Dan O'Dowd, Democratic
      75,515 votes 1.1%
    • Akinyemi Agbede, Democratic
      70,731 votes 1.0%
    • Myron L. Hall, Republican
      65,916 votes 1.0%
    • Timothy J. Ursich, Democratic
      58,155 votes 0.8%
    • Robert George Lucero, Jr., Republican
      53,186 votes 0.8%
    • James "Henk" Conn, Green
      35,823 votes 0.5%
    • Eleanor Garcia, No Party Preference
      34,515 votes 0.5%
    • Carlos Guillermo Tapia, Republican
      33,782 votes 0.5%
    • Pamela Elizondo, Green
      31,834 votes 0.5%
    • Enrique Petris, Republican
      31,618 votes 0.5%
    • Obaidul Huq Pirjada, Democratic
      27,735 votes 0.4%
    • Daphne Bradford, No Party Preference
      26,799 votes 0.4%
    • Don J. Grundmann, No Party Preference
      10,129 votes 0.1%
    • Deon D. Jenkins, No Party Preference
      6,913 votes 0.1%

    United States Senator; Unexpired Short TermClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Alex Padilla, Democratic
      3,731,965 votes 55.1%
    • Mark P. Meuser, Republican
      1,499,147 votes 22.1%
    • James P. Bradley, Republican
      470,266 votes 6.9%
    • Jon Elist, Republican
      402,447 votes 5.9%
    • Timothy Ursich, Jr., Democratic
      225,820 votes 3.3%
    • Dan O'Dowd, Democratic
      190,829 votes 2.8%
    • Myron L. Hall, Republican
      142,618 votes 2.1%
    • Daphne Bradford, No Party Preference
      111,750 votes 1.6%

    United States Representative; District 8Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • John Garamendi, Democratic
      71,909 votes 63.3%
    • Rudy Recile, Republican
      23,391 votes 20.6%
    • Cheryl Sudduth, Democratic
      11,253 votes 9.9%
    • Christopher Riley, Democratic
      3,885 votes 3.4%
    • Edwin Rutsch, Democratic
      3,238 votes 2.8%

    United States Representative; District 9Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Josh Harder, Democratic
      39,012 votes 36.7%
    • Tom Patti, Republican
      30,827 votes 29.0%
    • Jim Shoemaker, Republican
      15,438 votes 14.5%
    • Harpreet Singh Chima, Democratic
      8,431 votes 7.9%
    • Jonathan Madison, Republican
      5,991 votes 5.6%
    • Khalid Jeffrey Jafri, Democratic
      3,173 votes 3.0%
    • Karena Apple Feng, Democratic
      2,631 votes 2.5%
    • Mark T. Andrews, No Party Preference
      756 votes 0.7%

    United States Representative; District 10Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Mark DeSaulnier, Democratic
      123,598 votes 84.9%
    • Michael Ernest Kerr, Green
      21,964 votes 15.1%

    State Assembly

    Member of the State Assembly; District 11Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Lori D. Wilson, Democratic
      52,092 votes 64.3%
    • Jenny Leilani Callison, No Party Preference
      28,948 votes 35.7%

    Member of the State Assembly; District 14Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Buffy Wicks, Democratic
      84,741 votes 100.0%

    Member of the State Assembly; District 15Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Tim Grayson, Democratic
      61,046 votes 68.4%
    • Janell Elizabeth Proctor, Republican
      28,174 votes 31.6%

    Member of the State Assembly; District 16Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, Democratic
      79,552 votes 66.6%
    • Joseph A. Rubay, Republican
      39,895 votes 33.4%

    Judicial

    School

    State Superintendent of Public InstructionClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites
    Runoff Election 11/8/2022

    • Tony K. Thurmond
      2,874,519 votes 45.9%
    • Lance Ray Christensen
      743,325 votes 11.9%
    • Ainye E. Long
      696,871 votes 11.1%
    • George Yang
      691,849 votes 11.1%
    • Marco Amaral
      546,183 votes 8.7%
    • Jim Gibson
      466,794 votes 7.5%
    • Joseph Guy Campbell
      241,163 votes 3.9%

    County Superintendent of Schools; County of Contra CostaClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Lynn V. Mackey
      156,339 votes 100.00%

    Member; Alameda County Board of Education; Trustee Area 7Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Cheryl Cook-Kallio
      21,784 votes 53.1%
    • Diemha "Kate" Dao
      10,775 votes 26.3%
    • Eric Dillie
      8,430 votes 20.6%

    County

    Supervisor; Contra Costa County; Supervisorial District 1Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • John "Joya" Gioia
      31,404 votes 85.36%
    • Hulan Barnett, Jr.
      5,388 votes 14.64%

    Supervisor; Contra Costa County; Supervisorial District 4Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites
    Runoff Election 11/8/2022

    • Ken Carlson
      14,118 votes 26.73%
    • Debora Allen
      13,342 votes 25.26%
    • Carlyn Obringer
      12,687 votes 24.02%
    • Roxanne Carrillo Garza
      7,942 votes 15.04%
    • Ed Birsan
      4,720 votes 8.94%

    Assessor; County of Contra CostaClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Gus Kramer
      119,435 votes 56.34%
    • Floy Elizabeth Andrews
      92,567 votes 43.66%

    Auditor-Controller; County of Contra CostaClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Robert Campbell
      158,889 votes 100.00%

    Clerk-Recorder; County of Contra CostaClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Kristin Braun Connelly
      64,424 votes 33.90%
    • Vicki Gordon
      44,698 votes 23.52%
    • Devin T. Murphy
      42,053 votes 22.13%
    • Nick Spinner
      38,849 votes 20.44%

    District Attorney; County of Contra CostaClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Diana Becton
      124,574 votes 56.41%
    • Mary Knox
      96,276 votes 43.59%

    Sheriff-Coroner; County of Contra CostaClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • David Livingston
      126,961 votes 58.82%
    • Benjamin Therriault
      88,897 votes 41.18%

    Treasurer-Tax Collector; County of Contra CostaClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Russell V. Watts
      173,082 votes 100.00%

    Local Measures

    Measure F Parcel Tax -- City of Martinez (2/3 Approval Required)
    Pass: 7,992 / 68.77% Yes votes ...... 3,629 / 31.23% No votes
    Shall the measure of the City of Martinez to levy a dedicated special tax to prevent development and acquire, create and maintain 297 acres of permanent public parkland and wildlife habitat known as the Alhambra Highlands, at a maximum rate of $79 annually for single-family parcels and at specified maximum rates for other parcel types, for 30 years, providing approximately $1.2 million annually, with exemptions for low-income persons, be adopted?

    Measure G Extension of the Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program -- County of Contra Costa (2/3 Approval Required)
    Pass: 150,903 / 67.38% Yes votes ...... 73,051 / 32.62% No votes
    Shall the measure extending the Contra Costa County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program and associated annual fee, at a rate of one dollar per vehicle registered in Contra Costa County and an additional two dollars for certain commercial vehicles registered in Contra Costa County, which is estimated to generate $1,100,000 annually for removing and disposing of abandoned and wrecked vehicles, until April 30, 2032, be adopted?

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