2022 United States Senate elections in California

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2022 United States Senate election in California
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Candidate Alex Padilla Mark Meuser
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Alex Padilla
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The 2022 United States Senate elections in California will be held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of California. There are two ballot items for the same Class 3 seat: a special election to fill the seat for the final weeks of the 117th Congress, and a general election to fill it beginning with the 118th United States Congress beginning on January 3, 2023. Democrat Alex Padilla was appointed to fill the vacancy created by Kamala Harris's election to the vice presidency, and he is seeking a full term. [1] [2] A jungle primary for each of the terms took place on June 7. [3] The top two vote-getters in each primary election, regardless of party, advanced to the special and regular general elections in November. With his advancement out of the primary, Meuser became the first Republican since 2012 to make it the general election, as both 2016 and 2018 featured solely Democrats.

Candidates

Democratic Party

Advanced to general

Eliminated in primary

  • Akinyemi Agbede, mathematician [5]
  • Dan O'Dowd, founder and president of Green Hills Software and candidate for U.S. Senate in 1994 [6]
  • Douglas Howard Pierce, businessman and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2018 [5]
  • Obaidul Huq Pirjada, attorney [5]
  • Timothy J. Ursich, doctor [5]

Declined

Republican Party

Advanced to general

  • Mark P. Meuser, attorney and candidate for California Secretary of State in 2018 [5]

Eliminated in primary

  • James P. Bradley, businessman, candidate for U.S. Senate in 2018, and candidate for California's 33rd congressional district in 2020 [5]
  • Jon Elist, small business owner [5]
  • Myron L. Hall, physician [5]
  • Sarah Sun Liew, entrepreneur [5]
  • Robert George Lucero Jr., consultant [5]
  • Enrique Petris, businessman [5]
  • Chuck Smith, retired law enforcement officer [5]
  • Carlos Guillermo Tapia, businessman [5]
  • Cordie Williams, marine veteran and doctor [5]
  • Lijun Zhou, businesswoman (write-in, general election only) [9]

Withdrawn

Declined

Green Party

Eliminated in primary

Peace and Freedom Party

Eliminated in primary

No party preference

Eliminated in primary

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Endorsements

Mark Meuser (R)
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John Parker (P&F)
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Mark A. Ruzon (ASP)
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Cordie Williams (R)
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Primary elections

Campaign

Incumbent Senator Alex Padilla was appointed to the job in January 2021 following Kamala Harris's election to the office of Vice President of the United States. [56] Following his appointment, Padilla quickly began to focus on his 2022 re-election campaign, as the fact that he has not been elected to the position means that he has a relatively low profile. [7] Padilla's re-election strategy focuses on advocating for progressive policies and building ties with left-wing organizations that have a poor relationship with California's other Senator, Dianne Feinstein. [7] [57] The potential Democratic opponent to Padilla considered most likely to join the race was U.S. Representative Ro Khanna, a staunchly left-wing Democrat who rose to prominence as the co-chair of the Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign, and who had a loyal base of support from California's Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities. [7] [8] On August 9, 2021, Khanna announced that he would be endorsing Padilla for re-election, which was viewed as likely ending any possibility that Padilla would face a serious Democratic opponent. [58] It was noted by the San Francisco Chronicle that it was considered unlikely that Padilla would face any serious Republican opponent, as California's heavily Democratic lean has caused potentially strong candidates, such as U.S. Representatives Mike Garcia and Young Kim, to prefer to remain in their positions rather than launch a long-shot Senate run. [59]

The race was complicated in April of 2022, when billionaire businessman Dan O'Dowd entered the race, launching an $650,000 dollar ad campaign. [6] O'Dowd's goal with this ad buy, and with entering the race in the first place, was to "make computers safe for humanity" [60] [61] and draw the attention of the public and politicians to the dangers of Tesla's unfinished Full Self-Driving software being rolled out to 100,000 cars on public roads. [62]

Special election blanket primary

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size [b] 		Margin
of error
(I) Daphne Bradford
(R) James Bradley
(R) Jon Elist
(R) Myron Hall
(R) Mark Meuser
(D) Dan O'Dowd
(D) Alex Padilla
(D) Timothy Ursich Jr.
Undecided
Berkeley IGS May 24–31, 2022 3,438 (LV) ± 2.2% 1% 7% 5% 2% 14% 3% 44% 2% 21%
SurveyUSA May 13–15, 2022 709 (LV) ± 4.5% 1% 8% 7% 3% 11% 6% 40% 2% 22%

Results

Results by county
Padilla
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
Meuser
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
Special election blanket primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alex Padilla (incumbent) 3,722,070 55.1
Republican Mark P. Meuser 1,493,334 22.1
Republican James P. Bradley 468,222 6.9
Republican Jon Elist 400,655 5.9
Democratic Timothy J. Ursich 224,907 3.3
Democratic Dan O'Dowd 190,210 2.8
Republican Myron L. Hall 142,012 2.1
No party preference Daphne Bradford 111,276 1.6
Total votes 6,752,686 100.0

Regular election blanket primary

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size [b] 		Margin
of error
(D) Akinyemi Agbede
(I) Daphne Bradford
(R) James Bradley
(G) James Conn
(R) Jon Elist
(G) Pamela Elizondo
(I) Eleanor Garcia
(I) Don Grundmann
(R) Myron Hall
(I) Deon Jenkins
(R) Sarah Sun Liew
(R) Robert Lucero Jr.
(R) Mark Meuser
(D) Dan O'Dowd
(D) Alex Padilla
(PF) John Parker
(R) Enrique Petris
(D) Douglas Pierce
(D) Obaidul Huq Pirjada
(R) Chuck Smith
(R) Carlos Tapia
(D) Timothy Ursich Jr.
(R) Cordie Williams
Undecided
Berkeley IGS May 24–31, 2022 3,438 (LV) ± 2.2% 1% 0% 3% 0% 2% 1% 0% 0% 1% 0% 1% 0% 11% 1% 42% 1% 0% 1% 1% 6% 1% 1% 2% 22%
SurveyUSA May 13–15, 2022 709 (LV) ± 4.5% 2% 0% 9% 1% 4% 0% 0% 0% 3% 0% 3% 2% 4% 1% 36% 0% 1% 2% 2% 2% 1% 1% 1% 24%

Results

Results by county
Padilla
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
Meuser
  •   20–30%
Regular election blanket primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alex Padilla (incumbent) 3,707,691 54.2
Republican Mark P. Meuser 1,021,446 14.9
Republican Cordie Williams 471,553 6.9
Republican Jon Elist 287,515 4.2
Republican Chuck Smith 264,826 3.9
Republican James P. Bradley 233,855 3.4
Democratic Douglas Howard Pierce 115,813 1.7
Peace and Freedom John Parker 104,916 1.5
Republican Sarah Sun Liew 76,474 1.1
Democratic Dan O'Dowd 74,386 1.1
Democratic Akinyemi Agbede 70,445 1.0
Republican Myron L. Hall 65,536 1.0
Democratic Timothy J. Ursich 57,897 0.8
Republican Robert George Lucero Jr. 52,907 0.8
Green James "Henk" Conn 35,638 0.5
No party preference Eleanor Garcia [c] 34,343 0.5
Republican Carlos Guillermo Tapia 33,669 0.5
Green Pamela Elizondo 31,678 0.5
Republican Enrique Petris 31,492 0.5
Democratic Obaidul Huq Pirjada 27,594 0.4
No party preference Daphne Bradford 26,692 0.4
No party preference Don J. Grundmann [d] 10,069 0.1
No party preference Deon D. Jenkins 6,890 0.1
Total votes 6,843,325 100.0

General elections

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report [65] Solid D March 4, 2022
Inside Elections [66] Solid D April 1, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball [67] Safe D March 1, 2022
Politico [68] Solid D April 1, 2022
RCP [69] Safe D February 24, 2022
Fox News [70] Solid D May 12, 2022
538 [71] Solid D June 30, 2022

Results

2022 United States Senate special election in California
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Alex Padilla (incumbent) N/A
Republican Mark Meuser N/A
Total votes N/A
2022 United States Senate election in California
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Alex Padilla (incumbent) N/A
Republican Mark Meuser N/A
Total votes N/A

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The images in this gallery are in the public domain or are otherwise free to use. This gallery should not be construed as a list of major or noteworthy candidates. If a candidate is not included in this gallery, it is only because there are no high-quality, copyright-free photographs of them available on the Internet.
  2. ^ a b Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. ^ Garcia is listed on the ballot as a "no party preference" candidate because the Socialist Workers Party did not have ballot access in California at the time the ballot was printed. [63]
  4. ^ Grundmann is listed on the ballot as a "no party preference" candidate because the Constitution Party did not have ballot access in California at the time the ballot was printed. [64]

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External links

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