2022_California_State_Senate_election

2022 California State Senate election
20 seats from even-numbered districts in the California State Senate; 21 seats needed for a majority
	Results:; Democratic hold Democratic gain; Republican hold Republican gain; No election held; Democratic: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% ; Republican: 50–60% 60–70% ; No election held
President pro tempore before election; Toni Atkins; Democratic	Elected President pro tempore ; Toni Atkins; Democratic

2022 California State Senate election

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The 2022 California State Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 8, with the primary election having been held on Thursday, June 7. Voters in the 20 even-numbered districts of the California State Senate elected their representatives. The elections coincided with elections for other offices, including the state assembly.

Quick Facts 20 seats from even-numbered districts in the California State Senate 21 seats needed for a majority, Majority party ...

Democrats gained one seat, increasing their supermajority to 32 out of 40 seats, a four-fifths majority.^[1]

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[3] Redistricted from the 6th district.

[4] Redistricted from the 16th district.

[5] Redistricted from the 8th district.

[6] Redistricted from the 12th district.

[7] Redistricted from the 14th district.

[8] Redistricted from the 40th district.

[9] Redistricted from the 18th district.

[10] Redistricted from the 20th district.

[11] Redistricted from the 26th district.

[12] Redistricted from the 24th district.

[13] Redistricted from the 30th district.

[14] Redistricted from the 32nd district.

[15] Redistricted from the 28th district.

[16] Redistricted from the 38th district.

[19] Redistricted from the 4th district.

[20] Redistricted from the 6th district.

[21] Redistricted from the 8th district.

[22] Redistricted from the 40th district.

[23] Redistricted from the 18th district.

[24] Redistricted from the 20th district.

[25] Redistricted from the 30th district.

[26] Redistricted from the 28th district.

[27] Redistricted from the 36th district.

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2022 California State Senate election Primary election
Party^[3]		Votes	Percentage	Candidates	Advancing to general	Seats contesting
	Democratic	1,857,206	60.5	38	25	20
	Republican	1,213,169	39.5	25	15	15
Totals		3,070,375	100.00	63	40	—

2022 California State Senate election General election – November 8, 2022^[4]
Party		Votes	%	Before	Up	Won	After	+/–
	Democratic	3,201,860	63.69	31	14	15	32	1
	Republican	1,825,644	36.31	9	6	5	8	1
Totals		5,027,504	100.00	40	20	20	40	—

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike McGuire (incumbent)	197,999	75.1
	Republican	Gene Yoon	65,762	24.9
Total votes			263,761	100%
General election
	Democratic	Mike McGuire (incumbent)	283,689	73.3
	Republican	Gene Yoon	103,333	26.7
Total votes			387,022	100%
	Democratic hold

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tim Robertson	48,880	22.1
	Democratic	Marie Alvarado-Gil	41,262	18.7
	Republican	George Radanovich	37,793	17.1
	Republican	Steven Bailey	37,129	16.8
	Republican	Jeff McKay	34,773	15.7
	Republican	Jack Griffith	10,337	4.7
	Republican	Michael Gordon	6,202	2.8
	Republican	Jolene Daly	4,652	2.1
Total votes			221,028	100%
General election
	Democratic	Marie Alvarado-Gil	137,157	52.7
	Democratic	Tim Robertson	123,210	47.3
Total votes			260,367	100%
	Democratic win (new seat)

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paula Villescaz	105,719	43.1
	Republican	Roger Niello	104,883	42.8
	Republican	Michael Huang	34,604	14.1
Total votes			245,206	100%
General election
	Republican	Roger Niello	202,569	55.7
	Democratic	Paula Villescaz	160,846	44.3
Total votes			363,415	100%
	Republican win (new seat)

District	Incumbent		Elected Senator
2nd	Mike McGuire	Dem	Mike McGuire	Dem
4th	New Seat		Marie Alvarado-Gil	Dem
6th	New Seat		Roger Niello	Rep
8th	Richard Pan†^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Dem	Angelique Ashby	Dem
10th	Bob Wieckowski†	Dem	Aisha Wahab	Dem
12th	Shannon Grove^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Rep	Shannon Grove	Rep
12th	Andreas Borgeas†^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Rep	Shannon Grove	Rep
14th	Anna Caballero^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Dem	Anna Caballero	Dem
16th	Melissa Hurtado^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Dem	Melissa Hurtado	Dem
18th	Ben Hueso†^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Dem	Steve Padilla	Dem
20th	Robert Hertzberg†^{[lower-alpha 7]}	Dem	Caroline Menjivar	Dem
22nd	Susan Rubio	Dem	Susan Rubio	Dem
22nd	Connie Leyva†^{[lower-alpha 8]}	Dem	Susan Rubio	Dem
24th	Ben Allen^{[lower-alpha 9]}	Dem	Ben Allen	Dem
26th	María Elena Durazo^{[lower-alpha 10]}	Dem	María Elena Durazo	Dem
28th	Sydney Kamlager-Dove†^{[lower-alpha 11]}	Dem	Lola Smallwood-Cuevas	Dem
30th	Bob Archuleta^{[lower-alpha 12]}	Dem	Bob Archuleta	Dem
32nd	Melissa Melendez†^{[lower-alpha 13]}	Rep	Kelly Seyarto	Rep
34th	Tom Umberg	Dem	Tom Umberg	Dem
36th	New Seat		Janet Nguyen	Rep
38th	Patricia Bates†	Rep	Catherine Blakespear	Dem
40th	Brian Jones^{[lower-alpha 14]}	Rep	Brian Jones	Rep

California's 8th State Senate district, 2022^[15]^[16]
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dave Jones	69,269	46.0
	Democratic	Angelique Ashby	61,700	41.0
	Democratic	Rafa Garcia	18,947	12.6
	Republican	Susan Mason (write-in)	527	0.4
Total votes			150,443	100%
General election
	Democratic	Angelique Ashby	118,135	51.5
	Democratic	Dave Jones	111,035	48.5
Total votes			229,170	100%
	Democratic hold

California's 10th State Senate district, 2022^[15]^[16]
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lily Mei	47,149	33.1
	Democratic	Aisha Wahab	42,731	30.0
	Republican	Paul J. Pimentel	30,742	21.6
	Democratic	Jamal Khan	10,424	7.3
	Democratic	Raymond Liu	6,932	4.9
	Democratic	Jim Canova	4,391	3.1
Total votes			142,369	100%
General election
	Democratic	Aisha Wahab	114,997	53.7
	Democratic	Lily Mei	99,011	46.3
Total votes			214,008	100%
	Democratic hold

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