2022 California Attorney General election

A primary election took place on June 7, 2022.^[4] 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.

• Rob Bonta, incumbent attorney general^[5][6]

• Ellen Corbett, former state senator from the 10th district (2006–2014)^[6]
• Lou Correa, U.S. Representative for California's 46th congressional district (running for re-election)^[7]
• Jeffrey F. Rosen, Santa Clara County district attorney (2011–present)^[8]
• Adam Schiff, U.S. Representative for California's 28th congressional district (running for re-election)^[6]

• Nathan Hochman, former U.S. Assistant Attorney General^[9]

• Eric Early, candidate for attorney general in 2018,^[6] nominee for California's 28th congressional district in 2020

• Dan Kapelovitz, candidate for governor in the 2021 recall election^[10]

• Anne Marie Schubert, Sacramento County district attorney^[11]

Summarize Timeline Top Qs Fact Check

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Rob Bonta (D)	Eric Early (R)	Nathan Hochman (R)	Dan Kapelovitz (G)	Anne Marie Schubert (NPP)	Undecided
Berkeley IGS[22]	May 24–31, 2022	3,438 (LV)	± 2.2%	46%	16%	12%	2%	6%	19%

Primary election results^[23][24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rob Bonta (incumbent)	3,756,486	54.32%
	Republican	Nathan Hochman	1,256,465	18.17%
	Republican	Eric Early	1,142,747	16.52%
	No party preference	Anne Marie Schubert	539,746	7.81%
	Green	Dan Kapelovitz	219,912	3.18%
Total votes			6,915,356	100.0%

Summarize Timeline Top Qs Fact Check

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[25]	Safe D	September 14, 2022
Elections Daily[26]	Safe D	November 1, 2022

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Rob Bonta (D)	Nathan Hochman (R)	Undecided
USC[27]	October 30 – November 2, 2022	802 (RV)	± 3.5%	60%	40%	–

2022 California Attorney General election^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Rob Bonta (incumbent)	6,339,441	59.08%	−4.47%
	Republican	Nathan Hochman	4,390,428	40.92%	+4.47%
Total votes			10,729,869	100.00%	N/A
	Democratic hold

County[29]	Rob Bonta Democratic		Nathan Hochman Republican		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Alameda	375,961	78.25%	104,530	21.75%	271,431	56.49%	480,491
Alpine	362	59.44%	247	40.56%	115	18.88%	609
Amador	6,295	34.39%	12,008	65.61%	-5,713	-31.21%	18,303
Butte	32,130	45.64%	38,262	54.36%	-6,132	-8.71%	70,392
Calaveras	7,474	35.48%	13,592	64.52%	-6,118	-29.04%	21,066
Colusa	1,718	31.44%	3,746	68.56%	-2,028	-37.12%	5,464
Contra Costa	258,956	67.63%	123,969	32.37%	134,987	35.25%	382,925
Del Norte	3,335	40.47%	4,905	59.53%	-1,570	-19.05%	8,240
El Dorado	35,281	40.47%	51,900	59.53%	-16,619	-19.06%	87,181
Fresno	99,140	46.05%	116,137	53.95%	-16,997	-7.90%	215,277
Glenn	2,125	27.30%	5,660	72.70%	-3,535	-45.41%	7,785
Humboldt	29,902	63.14%	17,460	36.86%	12,442	26.27%	47,362
Imperial	16,794	56.65%	12,851	43.35%	3,943	13.30%	29,645
Inyo	3,349	45.87%	3,952	54.13%	-603	-8.26%	7,301
Kern	71,600	38.36%	115,065	61.64%	-43,465	-23.29%	186,665
Kings	9,780	36.78%	16,812	63.22%	-7,032	-26.44%	26,592
Lake	9,956	50.18%	9,883	49.82%	73	0.37%	19,839
Lassen	1,829	20.22%	7,216	79.78%	-5,387	-59.56%	9,045
Los Angeles	1,565,213	67.36%	758,529	32.64%	806,684	34.71%	2,323,742
Madera	13,450	36.86%	23,044	63.14%	-9,594	-26.29%	36,494
Marin	91,728	78.79%	24,696	21.21%	67,032	57.58%	116,424
Mariposa	3,020	38.89%	4,745	61.11%	-1,725	-22.22%	7,765
Mendocino	19,307	64.60%	10,579	35.40%	8,728	29.20%	29,886
Merced	25,847	47.42%	28,660	52.58%	-2,813	-5.16%	54,507
Modoc	782	23.34%	2,569	76.66%	-1,787	-53.33%	3,351
Mono	2,505	55.99%	1,969	44.01%	536	11.98%	4,474
Monterey	65,083	64.48%	35,851	35.52%	29,232	28.96%	100,934
Napa	31,919	64.93%	17,240	35.07%	14,679	29.86%	49,159
Nevada	27,111	54.09%	23,009	45.91%	4,102	8.18%	50,120
Orange	459,155	47.75%	502,408	52.25%	-43,253	-4.50%	961,563
Placer	73,946	41.57%	103,928	58.43%	-29,982	-16.86%	177,874
Plumas	3,288	38.85%	5,176	61.15%	-1,888	-22.31%	8,464
Riverside	274,884	47.78%	300,388	52.22%	-25,504	-4.43%	575,272
Sacramento	270,286	57.93%	196,326	42.07%	73,960	15.85%	466,612
San Benito	10,701	55.50%	8,581	44.50%	2,120	10.99%	19,282
San Bernardino	213,493	47.57%	235,265	52.43%	-21,772	-4.85%	448,758
San Diego	559,982	55.57%	447,711	44.43%	112,271	11.14%	1,007,693
San Francisco	246,762	83.49%	48,785	16.51%	197,977	66.99%	295,547
San Joaquin	88,236	50.25%	87,366	49.75%	870	0.50%	175,602
San Luis Obispo	60,975	51.86%	56,590	48.14%	4,385	3.73%	117,565
San Mateo	180,164	74.27%	62,431	25.73%	117,733	48.53%	242,595
Santa Barbara	78,520	60.10%	52,120	39.90%	26,400	20.21%	130,640
Santa Clara	366,414	68.90%	165,381	31.10%	201,033	37.80%	531,795
Santa Cruz	78,099	76.36%	24,182	23.64%	53,917	52.71%	102,281
Shasta	20,047	29.92%	46,959	70.08%	-26,912	-40.16%	67,006
Sierra	564	36.50%	981	63.50%	-417	-26.99%	1,545
Siskiyou	6,700	38.41%	10,745	61.59%	-4,045	-23.19%	17,445
Solano	78,952	60.97%	50,551	39.03%	28,401	21.93%	129,503
Sonoma	139,559	71.77%	54,882	28.23%	84,677	43.55%	194,441
Stanislaus	56,435	43.65%	72,858	56.35%	-16,423	-12.70%	129,293
Sutter	9,474	34.29%	18,155	65.71%	-8,681	-31.42%	27,629
Tehama	5,575	27.37%	14,791	72.63%	-9,216	-45.25%	20,366
Trinity	1,980	44.29%	2,491	55.71%	-511	-11.43%	4,471
Tulare	34,162	37.79%	56,240	62.21%	-22,078	-24.42%	90,402
Tuolumne	8,657	37.78%	14,255	62.22%	-5,598	-24.43%	22,912
Ventura	149,126	54.01%	126,958	45.99%	22,168	8.03%	276,084
Yolo	44,581	66.69%	22,270	33.31%	22,311	33.37%	66,851
Yuba	6,772	35.02%	12,568	64.98%	-5,796	-29.97%	19,340
Totals	6,339,441	59.08%	4,390,428	40.92%	1,949,013	18.16%	10,729,869

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Fresno (largest municipality: Fresno)
• Merced (largest municipality: Merced)
• Riverside (largest municipality: Riverside)
• San Bernardino (largest municipality: San Bernardino)
• Orange (largest municipality: Anaheim)
• Stanislaus (largest municipality: Modesto)

Bonta won 38 of 52 congressional districts, with the remaining 14 going to Hochman, including two that elected Democrats.^[30]

District	Bonta	Hochman	Representative
1st	35%	65%	Doug LaMalfa
2nd	71%	29%	Jared Huffman
3rd	44%	56%	Kevin Kiley
4th	64%	36%	Mike Thompson
5th	39%	61%	Tom McClintock
6th	55%	45%	Ami Bera
7th	64%	36%	Doris Matsui
8th	74%	26%	John Garamendi
9th	49.5%	50.5%	Josh Harder
10th	64%	36%	Mark DeSaulnier
11th	84%	16%	Nancy Pelosi
12th	89%	11%	Barbara Lee
13th	47%	53%	John Duarte
14th	67%	33%	Eric Swalwell
15th	75%	25%	Jackie Speier (117th Congress)
			Kevin Mullin (118th Congress)
16th	71%	29%	Anna Eshoo
17th	69%	31%	Ro Khanna
18th	66%	34%	Zoe Lofgren
19th	65%	35%	Jimmy Panetta
20th	31%	69%	Kevin McCarthy
21st	52%	48%	Jim Costa
22nd	49.9%	50.1%	David Valadao
23rd	40%	60%	Jay Obernolte
24th	59%	41%	Salud Carbajal
25th	53%	47%	Raul Ruiz
26th	53%	47%	Julia Brownley
27th	49%	51%	Mike Garcia
28th	62%	38%	Judy Chu
29th	73%	27%	Tony Cárdenas
30th	75%	25%	Adam Schiff
31st	58%	42%	Grace Napolitano
32nd	65%	35%	Brad Sherman
33rd	55%	45%	Pete Aguilar
34th	81%	19%	Jimmy Gomez
35th	56%	44%	Norma Torres
36th	66%	34%	Ted Lieu
37th	85%	15%	Karen Bass (117th Congress)
			Sydney Kamlager-Dove (118th Congress)
38th	57%	43%	Linda Sánchez
39th	55%	45%	Mark Takano
40th	44%	56%	Young Kim
41st	45%	55%	Ken Calvert
42nd	67%	33%	Lucille Roybal-Allard (117th Congress)
			Robert Garcia (118th Congress)
43rd	78%	22%	Maxine Waters
44th	70%	30%	Nanette Barragán
45th	48%	52%	Michelle Steel
46th	59%	41%	Lou Correa
47th	49%	51%	Katie Porter
48th	39%	61%	Darrell Issa
49th	50.1%	49.9%	Mike Levin
50th	60%	40%	Scott Peters
51st	59%	41%	Sara Jacobs
52nd	63%	37%	Juan Vargas

• 2022 United States attorney general elections
• 2022 California elections