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2022 California Superintendent of Public Instruction election

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The 2022 California Superintendent of Public Instruction election was held on June 7 and November 8, 2022, to elect the Superintendent of Public Instruction of California. Unlike most other elections in the state, the office is not elected under the state's top-two primary system. Instead, the officially nonpartisan position is elected at a primary election, with a runoff at a general election if no candidate receives a majority of the vote.

Quick facts Candidate, Primary ...
2022 California Superintendent of Public Instruction election
← 2018
June 7, 2022 (first round)
November 8, 2022 (runoff)
2026 →
 
Candidate Tony Thurmond Lance Christensen Ainye E. Long
Primary 2,881,684
45.90%		 745,003
11.87%		 699,331
11.14%
Runoff 5,681,318
63.70%		 3,237,785
36.30%		 Eliminated
 
Candidate George Yang Marco Amaral Jim Gibson
Primary 694,073
11.06%		 547,389
8.72%		 468,078
7.46%
Thurmond:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Christensen:      50–60%
SPI before election

Tony Thurmond

 Elected SPI

Tony Thurmond

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Incumbent Superintendent Tony Thurmond, who was endorsed by the California Democratic Party, easily won re-election to a second term, defeating Lance Christensen, who was endorsed by the California Republican Party, by 26 points. He was first elected in 2018 with 50.9% of the vote, narrowly defeating Marshall Tuck in a runoff election.[1] Thurmond's result was by far the best for a Democrat in the 2022 elections, although the race itself was nonpartisan.

Candidates

  • Note: The state Superintendent of Public Instruction election in California is officially nonpartisan. The parties below identify which party label each candidate would have run under if given the option.

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Eliminated in primary

  • Marco Amaral, teacher and trustee[2]
  • Joseph Guy Campbell, Montessori education publisher[2]
  • Jim Gibson, cyber security professional and candidate for mayor of Oceanside in 2016[2] (Republican)
  • Ainye E. Long, public school teacher[2]
  • George Yang, software architect and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2016[2] (Republican)

Endorsements

Marco Amaral

Organizations

Lance Christensen

Organizations

Tony Thurmond

Organizations

Primary election

Results

More information Candidate, Votes ...
2022 California Superintendent of Public Instruction election[2][11]
Candidate Votes %
Tony Thurmond (incumbent) 2,881,684 45.90%
Lance Christensen 745,003 11.87%
Ainye E. Long 699,331 11.14%
George Yang 694,073 11.06%
Marco Amaral 547,389 8.72%
Jim Gibson 468,078 7.46%
Joseph Guy Campbell 241,984 3.85%
Total votes 6,277,542 100.00%
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Runoff

Polling

More information Poll source, Date(s) administered ...
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[a]		 Margin
of error		 Tony
Thurmond		 Lance
Christensen		 Undecided
USC[12] October 30 – November 2, 2022 802 (RV) ± 3.5% 64% 36% –
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Results

More information Candidate, Votes ...
2022 California Superintendent of Public Instruction runoff election[13]
Candidate Votes %
Tony Thurmond (incumbent) 5,681,318 63.70%
Lance Christensen 3,237,785 36.30%
Total votes 8,919,103 100.00%
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By county

More information County, Tony Thurmond Democratic ...
County[14] Tony Thurmond
Democratic		 Lance Christensen
Republican		 Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # %
Alameda 323,921 78.36% 89,475 21.64% 234,446 56.71% 413,396
Alpine 329 69.12% 147 30.88% 182 38.24% 476
Amador 7,249 48.86% 7,586 51.14% -337 -2.27% 14,835
Butte 32,987 55.75% 26,178 44.25% 6,809 11.51% 59,165
Calaveras 8,706 52.27% 7,949 47.73% 757 4.55% 12,655
Colusa 2,214 48.77% 2,326 51.23% -112 -2.47% 4,540
Contra Costa 231,756 69.77% 100,423 30.23% 131,333 39.54% 332,179
Del Norte 3,437 48.62% 3,632 51.38% -195 -2.76% 7,069
El Dorado 34,736 51.78% 32,349 48.22% 2,387 3.56% 67,085
Fresno 100,697 54.97% 82,501 45.03% 18,196 9.93% 183,198
Glenn 3,033 47.15% 3,400 52.85% -367 -5.70% 6,433
Humboldt 26,701 69.48% 11,728 30.52% 14,973 38.96% 38,429
Imperial 15,149 57.35% 11,267 42.65% 3,882 14.70% 26,416
Inyo 3,247 55.94% 2,557 44.06% 690 11.89% 5,804
Kern 80,950 49.43% 82,823 50.57% -1,873 -1.14% 163,773
Kings 10,729 46.68% 12,257 53.32% -1,528 -6.65% 22,986
Lake 9,879 59.75% 6,656 40.25% 3,223 19.49% 16,535
Lassen 3,216 42.14% 4,416 57.86% -1,200 -15.72% 7,632
Los Angeles 1,346,639 69.59% 588,457 30.41% 758,182 39.18% 1,935,096
Madera 14,808 47.88% 16,122 52.12% -1,314 -4.25% 30,390
Marin 76,144 80.79% 18,104 19.21% 58,040 61.58% 94,248
Mariposa 3,336 52.94% 2,966 47.06% 370 5.87% 6,302
Mendocino 17,096 70.92% 7,010 29.08% 10,086 41.84% 24,106
Merced 25,737 54.74% 21,282 45.26% 4,455 9.47% 47,019
Modoc 1,125 40.83% 1,630 59.17% -505 -18.33% 2,755
Mono 2,175 64.18% 1,214 35.82% 961 28.36% 3,389
Monterey 56,546 65.60% 29,656 34.40% 26,890 31.19% 86,202
Napa 28,146 69.11% 12,583 30.89% 15,563 38.21% 40,729
Nevada 24,450 61.62% 15,231 38.38% 9,219 23.23% 39,681
Orange 428,511 56.10% 335,330 43.90% 93,181 12.20% 763,841
Placer 74,102 49.94% 74,289 50.06% -187 -0.13% 148,391
Plumas 3,576 51.81% 3,326 48.19% 250 3.62% 6,902
Riverside 260,169 54.38% 218,297 45.62% 41,872 8.75% 478,466
Sacramento 249,570 62.69% 148,512 37.31% 101,058 25.39% 398,082
San Benito 9,526 57.85% 6,941 42.15% 2,585 15.70% 16,467
San Bernardino 201,353 54.25% 169,816 45.75% 31,537 8.50% 371,169
San Diego 498,154 60.36% 327,205 39.64% 170,949 20.71% 825,359
San Francisco 188,928 81.02% 44,269 18.98% 144,659 62.03% 233,197
San Joaquin 88,012 57.86% 64,102 42.14% 23,910 15.72% 152,114
San Luis Obispo 57,120 60.29% 37,629 39.71% 19,491 20.57% 94,749
San Mateo 142,627 72.21% 54,879 27.79% 87,748 44.43% 197,506
Santa Barbara 67,605 63.03% 39,652 36.97% 27,953 26.06% 107,257
Santa Clara 304,175 69.41% 134,034 30.59% 170,141 38.83% 438,209
Santa Cruz 64,916 76.07% 20,421 23.93% 44,495 52.14% 85,337
Shasta 25,462 46.03% 29,849 53.97% -4,387 -7.93% 55,311
Sierra 642 49.35% 659 50.65% -17 -1.31% 1,301
Siskiyou 7,408 51.93% 6,857 48.07% 551 3.86% 14,265
Solano 72,099 64.13% 40,329 35.87% 31,770 28.26% 112,428
Sonoma 116,974 75.24% 38,502 24.76% 78,472 50.47% 155,476
Stanislaus 61,689 54.61% 51,283 45.39% 10,406 9.21% 112,972
Sutter 11,285 47.51% 12,468 52.49% -1,183 -4.98% 23,753
Tehama 7,759 47.40% 8,609 52.60% -850 -5.19% 16,368
Trinity 2,171 58.87% 1,517 41.13% 654 17.73% 3,688
Tulare 37,808 47.99% 40,983 52.01% -3,175 -4.03% 78,791
Tuolumne 9,790 53.65% 8,459 46.35% 1,331 7.29% 18,249
Ventura 146,692 61.33% 92,485 38.67% 54,207 22.66% 239,177
Yolo 40,626 71.60% 16,118 28.40% 24,508 43.19% 56,744
Yuba 7,431 45.12% 9,040 54.88% -1,609 -9.77% 16,471
Totals5,681,31863.70%3,237,78536.30%2,443,53327.40%8,919,103
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By congressional district

Thurmond won 49 of 52 congressional districts, including nine that elected Republicans.[15] He performed the best in the 11th and 12th districts in the Bay Area, as well as the 30th, 34th and 37th districts in Greater Los Angeles. Conversely, Christensen won the 1st, 20th and 48th districts, performing the best in the 20th one, where Kevin McCarthy gave the Republicans their best performance in the 2022 House election.

More information District, Thurmond ...
District Thurmond Christensen Representative
1st 49% 51% Doug LaMalfa
2nd 75% 25% Jared Huffman
3rd 53% 47% Kevin Kiley
4th 69% 31% Mike Thompson
5th 52% 48% Tom McClintock
6th 60% 40% Ami Bera
7th 68% 32% Doris Matsui
8th 73% 27% John Garamendi
9th 57% 43% Josh Harder
10th 67% 33% Mark DeSaulnier
11th 82% 18% Nancy Pelosi
12th 87% 13% Barbara Lee
13th 55% 45% John Duarte
14th 69% 31% Eric Swalwell
15th 72% 28% Jackie Speier (117th Congress)
Kevin Mullin (118th Congress)
16th 71% 29% Anna Eshoo
17th 71% 29% Ro Khanna
18th 64% 36% Zoe Lofgren
19th 68% 32% Jimmy Panetta
20th 47% 53% Kevin McCarthy
21st 56% 44% Jim Costa
22nd 54% 46% David Valadao
23rd 52% 48% Jay Obernolte
24th 64% 36% Salud Carbajal
25th 56% 44% Raul Ruiz
26th 61% 39% Julia Brownley
27th 57% 43% Mike Garcia
28th 66% 34% Judy Chu
29th 72% 28% Tony Cárdenas
30th 77% 23% Adam Schiff
31st 62% 38% Grace Napolitano
32nd 71% 29% Brad Sherman
33rd 58% 42% Pete Aguilar
34th 78% 22% Jimmy Gomez
35th 57% 43% Norma Torres
36th 71% 29% Ted Lieu
37th 79% 21% Karen Bass (117th Congress)
Sydney Kamlager-Dove (118th Congress)
38th 62% 38% Linda Sánchez
39th 60% 40% Mark Takano
40th 53% 47% Young Kim
41st 53% 47% Ken Calvert
42nd 68% 32% Lucille Roybal-Allard (117th Congress)
Robert Garcia (118th Congress)
43rd 73% 27% Maxine Waters
44th 69% 31% Nanette Barragán
45th 58% 42% Michelle Steel
46th 62% 38% Lou Correa
47th 57% 43% Katie Porter
48th 47% 53% Darrell Issa
49th 57% 43% Mike Levin
50th 65% 35% Scott Peters
51st 64% 36% Sara Jacobs
52nd 63% 37% Juan Vargas
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

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