2022 California lieutenant gubernatorial election

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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.

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2022 California lieutenant gubernatorial election
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November 8, 2022
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Registered21,940,274
 
Candidate Eleni Kounalakis Angela Underwood Jacobs
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 6,418,119 4,332,602
Percentage 59.70% 40.30%
Kounalakis:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Jacobs:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Lieutenant Governor before election

Eleni Kounalakis
Democratic

 Elected Lieutenant Governor

Eleni Kounalakis
Democratic

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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.[1] 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[2]
  • Jeffrey Highbear Morgan, businessman and engineer[2]
  • William Cavett "Skee" Saacke, attorney[2]

Disqualified

  • Roy Foreman, construction worker[3]

Republican Party

Declared

  • David Fennell, venture capitalist and candidate in 2018[2]
  • Angela Underwood Jacobs, deputy mayor of Lancaster[2]
  • Clint W. Saunders, mental health worker[2]

Peace and Freedom Party

Declared

  • Mohammad Arif, businessman[2]

No Party Preference

Declared

  • David Hillberg, mechanic and actor[2]
  • James Orlando Ogle, perennial candidate (write-in)[4]

Endorsements

Mohammed Arif (P&F)

Organizations

Angela Underwood Jacobs (R)

Organizations

Eleni Kounalakis (D)

Organizations

Primary election

Results

Results by county
  Kounalakis
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Underwood Jacobs
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  Fennell
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
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Primary election results[2][13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Eleni Kounalakis (incumbent) 3,617,121 52.65%
Republican Angela Underwood Jacobs 1,365,468 19.88%
Republican David Fennell 922,493 13.43%
Republican Clint W. Saunders 306,216 4.46%
Democratic Jeffrey Highbear Morgan 229,121 3.33%
Peace and Freedom Mohammad Arif 183,150 2.67%
Democratic William Cavett Saacke 171,800 2.50%
No party preference David Hillberg 74,289 1.08%
No party preference James Orlando Ogle (write-in) 25 0.0%
Total votes 6,869,683 100.0%
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General election

Polling

More information Poll source, Date(s) administered ...
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[a]		 Margin
of error		 Eleni
Kounalakis (D)		 Angela
Underwood Jacobs (R)		 Undecided
USC[14] October 30 – November 2, 2022 802 (RV) ± 3.5% 63% 37% –
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Results

More information Party, Candidate ...
2022 California lieutenant gubernatorial election[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Eleni Kounalakis (incumbent) 6,418,119 59.70% +2.54%
Republican Angela Underwood Jacobs 4,332,602 40.30% −2.54%
Total votes 10,750,721 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold
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By county

More information County, Eleni Kounalakis Democratic ...
County[16] Eleni Kounalakis
Democratic		 Angela Underwood Jacobs
Republican		 Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # %
Alameda 381,066 79.37% 99,021 20.63% 282,045 58.75% 480,087
Alpine 366 60.20% 242 39.80% 124 20.39% 608
Amador 6,383 34.73% 11,994 65.27% -5,611 -30.53% 18,377
Butte 32,611 45.53% 39,007 54.47% -6,396 -8.93% 71,618
Calaveras 7,537 35.75% 13,547 64.25% -6,010 -28.51% 21,084
Colusa 1,705 31.16% 3,767 68.84% -2,062 -37.68% 5,472
Contra Costa 263,520 68.85% 119,225 31.15% 144,295 37.70% 382,745
Del Norte 3,367 40.73% 4,900 59.27% -1,533 -18.54% 8,267
El Dorado 36,012 41.20% 51,394 58.80% -15,382 -17.60% 87,406
Fresno 99,113 45.84% 117,094 54.16% -17,981 -8.32% 216,207
Glenn 2,085 26.67% 5,734 73.33% -3,649 -46.67% 7,819
Humboldt 30,026 63.34% 17,378 36.66% 12,648 26.68% 47,404
Imperial 16,243 55.07% 13,254 44.93% 2,989 10.13% 29,497
Inyo 3,416 46.43% 3,942 53.57% -526 -7.15% 7,358
Kern 71,070 37.95% 116,218 62.05% -45,148 -24.11% 187,288
Kings 9,565 35.91% 17,071 64.09% -7,506 -28.18% 26,636
Lake 10,041 50.34% 9,907 49.66% 134 0.67% 19,948
Lassen 1,787 19.78% 7,247 80.22% -5,460 -60.44% 9,034
Los Angeles 1,571,311 67.65% 751,342 32.35% 819,969 35.30% 2,322,653
Madera 13,451 36.84% 23,059 63.16% -9,608 -26.32% 36,510
Marin 94,517 80.56% 22,814 19.44% 71,703 61.11% 117,331
Mariposa 3,023 38.94% 4,741 61.06% -1,718 -22.13% 7,764
Mendocino 19,523 65.01% 10,507 34.99% 9,016 30.02% 30,030
Merced 25,413 46.74% 28,957 53.26% -3,544 -6.52% 54,370
Modoc 779 23.44% 2,544 76.56% -1,765 -53.11% 3,323
Mono 2,547 56.50% 1,961 43.50% 586 13.00% 4,508
Monterey 65,568 64.95% 35,381 35.05% 30,187 29.90% 100,949
Napa 32,569 65.83% 16,907 34.17% 15,662 31.66% 49,476
Nevada 27,522 54.78% 22,720 45.22% 4,802 9.56% 50,242
Orange 461,661 48.98% 480,963 51.02% -19,302 -2.05% 942,624
Placer 76,478 42.44% 103,717 57.56% -27,239 -15.12% 180,195
Plumas 3,345 39.12% 5,206 60.88% -1,861 -21.76% 8,551
Riverside 283,695 48.20% 304,880 51.80% -21,185 -3.60% 588,575
Sacramento 278,219 58.91% 194,032 41.09% 84,187 17.83% 472,251
San Benito 10,644 55.02% 8,702 44.98% 1,942 10.04% 19,346
San Bernardino 213,997 47.77% 234,019 52.23% -20,022 -4.47% 448,016
San Diego 572,539 56.33% 443,933 43.67% 128,606 12.65% 1,016,472
San Francisco 246,398 84.37% 45,663 15.63% 200,735 68.73% 292,061
San Joaquin 87,975 50.00% 87,963 50.00% 12 0.01% 175,938
San Luis Obispo 62,504 52.96% 55,518 47.04% 6,986 5.92% 118,022
San Mateo 183,564 75.31% 60,177 24.69% 123,387 50.62% 243,741
Santa Barbara 80,698 60.51% 52,676 39.49% 28,022 21.01% 133,374
Santa Clara 375,311 70.27% 158,760 29.73% 216,551 40.55% 534,071
Santa Cruz 79,714 77.29% 23,422 22.71% 56,292 54.58% 103,136
Shasta 20,074 29.69% 47,534 70.31% -27,460 -40.62% 67,608
Sierra 567 36.77% 975 63.23% -408 -26.46% 1,542
Siskiyou 6,694 38.25% 10,807 61.75% -4,113 -23.50% 17,501
Solano 78,831 60.79% 50,836 39.21% 27,995 21.59% 129,667
Sonoma 141,627 72.67% 53,259 27.33% 88,368 45.34% 194,886
Stanislaus 56,910 43.87% 72,811 56.13% -15,901 -12.26% 129,721
Sutter 9,386 33.88% 18,314 66.12% -8,928 -32.23% 27,700
Tehama 5,460 26.82% 14,900 73.18% -9,440 -46.37% 20,360
Trinity 1,983 44.13% 2,511 55.87% -528 -11.75% 4,494
Tulare 33,699 37.21% 56,870 62.79% -23,171 -25.58% 90,569
Tuolumne 8,835 38.44% 14,148 61.56% -5,313 -23.12% 22,983
Ventura 153,242 55.25% 124,094 44.75% 29,148 10.51% 277,336
Yolo 45,160 67.91% 21,342 32.09% 23,818 35.82% 66,502
Yuba 6,773 34.79% 12,695 65.21% -5,922 -30.42% 19,468
Totals6,418,11959.70%4,332,60240.30%2,085,51719.40%10,750,721
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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

By congressional district

Kounalakis won 39 of 52 congressional districts, with the remaining 13 going to Underwood Jacobs, including one that elected a Democrat.[17]

More information District, Kounalakis ...
District Kounalakis Underwood Jacobs Representative
1st 35% 65% Doug LaMalfa
2nd 72% 28% Jared Huffman
3rd 45% 55% Kevin Kiley
4th 65% 35% Mike Thompson
5th 39% 61% Tom McClintock
6th 56% 44% Ami Bera
7th 65% 35% Doris Matsui
8th 74% 26% John Garamendi
9th 49% 51% Josh Harder
10th 66% 34% Mark DeSaulnier
11th 85% 15% Nancy Pelosi
12th 90% 10% Barbara Lee
13th 47% 53% John Duarte
14th 69% 31% Eric Swalwell
15th 75% 25% Jackie Speier (117th Congress)
Kevin Mullin (118th Congress)
16th 73% 27% Anna Eshoo
17th 71% 29% Ro Khanna
18th 66% 34% Zoe Lofgren
19th 66% 34% Jimmy Panetta
20th 32% 68% Kevin McCarthy
21st 52% 48% Jim Costa
22nd 49% 51% David Valadao
23rd 40% 60% Jay Obernolte
24th 60% 40% Salud Carbajal
25th 52% 48% Raul Ruiz
26th 54% 46% Julia Brownley
27th 49% 51% Mike Garcia
28th 63% 37% Judy Chu
29th 72% 28% Tony Cárdenas
30th 75% 25% Adam Schiff
31st 59% 41% Grace Napolitano
32nd 67% 33% Brad Sherman
33rd 55% 45% Pete Aguilar
34th 81% 19% Jimmy Gomez
35th 55% 45% Norma Torres
36th 68% 32% Ted Lieu
37th 83% 17% Karen Bass (117th Congress)
Sydney Kamlager-Dove (118th Congress)
38th 58% 42% Linda Sánchez
39th 55% 45% Mark Takano
40th 45% 55% Young Kim
41st 46% 54% Ken Calvert
42nd 67% 33% Lucille Roybal-Allard (117th Congress)
Robert Garcia (118th Congress)
43rd 76% 24% Maxine Waters
44th 69% 31% Nanette Barragán
45th 49% 51% Michelle Steel
46th 60% 40% Lou Correa
47th 50.3% 49.7% Katie Porter
48th 39% 61% Darrell Issa
49th 51% 49% Mike Levin
50th 62% 38% Scott Peters
51st 60% 40% 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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