2022 United States Senate elections in California

For related races, see 2022 United States Senate elections.

Two 2022 United States Senate elections in California were held concurrently on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of California. There were two ballot items for the same Class 3 seat: a special election to fill the seat for the final weeks of the 117th United States Congress (ending on January 3, 2023), and a general election for a full term (beginning on the same day), starting in the 118th United States Congress.

2022 United States Senate elections in California

← 2016 November 8, 2022 2028 →

Candidate Alex Padilla Mark Meuser Party Democratic Republican Regular election 6,621,616 61.06% 4,222,025 38.94% Special election 6,559,303 60.89% 4,212,446 39.11%

Special election county results Regular election county results Regular election results by congressional district Padilla:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Meuser:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. senator before election Alex Padilla[a] Democratic Elected U.S. senator Alex Padilla Democratic

Incumbent Democratic Senator Alex Padilla was appointed in 2021 by Governor Gavin Newsom to fill the vacancy created by Kamala Harris's election to the vice presidency in 2020, and he sought a full term.^[1][2] A jungle primary for each of the terms took place on June 7.^[3] The top two candidates in each primary, regardless of party, advanced to the special and regular general elections in November. With his advancement out of the primary, Mark P. Meuser (/ˈmɔɪʒər/ MOY-zhər) became the first Republican since 2012 to advance to the general election, as both the 2016 and 2018 Senate elections solely featured Democrats as the top two candidates. This race was a rematch between the two, as both had previously run for the secretary of state in 2018. Padilla won both elections with more than 60% of the vote.^[4] He became the first Latino elected to the U.S. Senate from California, and the first male elected to the Senate from California since Pete Wilson was re-elected in 1988 and the first male elected to the Class 3 Senate seat from California since Alan Cranston was re-elected in 1986.^[5] This was the first time since 1988 where both major party nominees for a Senate seat in California were men and was also the first time where both major party nominees for the Class 3 Senate seat in California were men since 1986.

This was the best performance for a Republican candidate in a California Senate election since 2010.

Candidates

Democratic Party

Advanced to general

• Alex Padilla, incumbent U.S. Senator (2021–present) and former secretary of state of California (2015–2021)^[6]

Eliminated in primary

• Akinyemi Agbede, mathematician^[7]
• Dan O'Dowd, founder and president of Green Hills Software and candidate for U.S. Senate in 1994^[8]
• Douglas Howard Pierce, businessman and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2018^[7]
• Obaidul Huq Pirjada, attorney^[7]
• Timothy J. Ursich, doctor^[7]

Declined

• Ro Khanna, U.S. Representative for California's 17th congressional district (2017–present) (endorsed Padilla)^[9][10]

Republican Party

Advanced to general

• Mark P. Meuser, attorney and candidate for California Secretary of State in 2018^[7]

Eliminated in primary

• James P. Bradley, businessman, candidate for U.S. Senate in 2018, and candidate for California's 33rd congressional district in 2020^[7]
• Jon Elist, small business owner^[7]
• Myron L. Hall, physician^[7]
• Sarah Sun Liew, entrepreneur^[7]
• Robert George Lucero Jr., consultant^[7]
• Enrique Petris, businessman^[7]
• Chuck Smith, retired law enforcement officer^[7]
• Carlos Guillermo Tapia, businessman^[7]
• Cordie Williams, marine veteran and doctor^[7]
• Lijun Zhou, businesswoman (write-in, general election only)^[11]

Withdrawn

• Yvonne R. Girard, retired government employee (died)^[12]
• Elizabeth Heng, candidate for California's 16th congressional district in 2018 and former U.S. House staffer (ran in the CA-22 special election)^[13][14][15]

Green Party

Eliminated in primary

• James "Henk" Conn, educator and candidate for mayor of Long Beach in 2018^[7]
• Pamela Elizondo, entrepreneur^[7]

Peace and Freedom Party

Eliminated in primary

• John Parker, candidate for U.S. Senate in 2018 and Workers World nominee for President of the United States in 2004 (running as write-in for special election)^[16]

No party preference

Eliminated in primary

• Daphne Bradford, entrepreneur and candidate for president in 2020^[7]
• Eleanor Garcia, industrial worker (Socialist Workers Party)^[7]
• Don J. Grundmann, chiropractor (Constitution Party)^[7]
• Deon D. Jenkins^[7]
• Irene Ratliff (write-in, both general and special elections)^[11]
• Marc Alexander Roth (write-in, general election only)^[11]
• Mark A. Ruzon (write-in, general election only), software engineer (American Solidarity Party)^[11]

Primary elections

Endorsements

James P. Bradley (R)

Individuals

• Andrew Wakefield, former physician and anti-vaccine activist^[17]

Mark Meuser (R)

Newspapers

• Santa Barbara News-Press^[18]

Organizations

• California Pro-Life Council^[19]
• California Republican Party^[20]
• Rebuild California^[21]

Alex Padilla (D)

U.S. Senators

• Dianne Feinstein, U.S. Senator from California^[22]
• Chuck Schumer, U.S. Senator from New York and Senate Majority Leader^[23]
• Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts^[22]

Statewide officials

• Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California^[24]
• Eleni Kounalakis, Lieutenant Governor of California^[22]
• Ricardo Lara, California Insurance Commissioner^[22]
• Fiona Ma, California State Treasurer^[22]
• Gavin Newsom, Governor of California^[22]
• Tony Thurmond, California State Superintendent of Public Instruction^[22]
• Shirley Weber, Secretary of State of California^[24]
• Betty Yee, State Controller of California^[22]

U.S. Representatives

• Pete Aguilar, U.S. Representative for CA-31^[23]
• Nanette Barragán, U.S. Representative for CA-44^[23]
• Karen Bass, U.S. Representative for CA-37^[23]
• Ami Bera, U.S. Representative for CA-07^[23]
• Julia Brownley, U.S. Representative for CA-26^[23]
• Salud Carbajal, U.S. Representative for CA-24^[23]
• Tony Cárdenas, U.S. Representative for CA-27^[23]
• Judy Chu, U.S. Representative for CA-29^[23]
• Lou Correa, U.S. Representative for CA-46^[23]
• Jim Costa, U.S. Representative for CA-16^[23]
• Mark DeSaulnier, U.S. Representative for CA-11^[23]
• Anna Eshoo, U.S. Representative for CA-18^[23]
• John Garamendi, U.S. Representative for CA-03^[23]
• Jimmy Gomez, U.S. Representative for CA-34^[23]
• Josh Harder, U.S. Representative for CA-10^[23]
• Jared Huffman, U.S. Representative for CA-02^[23]
• Sara Jacobs, U.S. Representative for CA-53^[23]
• Ro Khanna, U.S. Representative for CA-17^[10]
• Barbara Lee, U.S. Representative for CA-13^[23]
• Mike Levin, U.S. Representative for CA-49^[23]
• Ted Lieu, U.S. Representative for CA-33^[23]
• Zoe Lofgren, U.S. Representative for CA-19^[23]
• Alan Lowenthal, U.S. Representative for CA-47^[23]
• Doris Matsui, U.S. Representative for CA-06^[23]
• Jerry McNerney, U.S. Representative for CA-09^[23]
• Grace Napolitano, U.S. Representative for CA-32^[23]
• Jimmy Panetta, U.S. Representative for CA-20^[23]
• Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Representative for CA-12 and Speaker of the House^[23]
• Scott Peters, U.S. Representative for CA-52^[23]
• Katie Porter, U.S. Representative for CA-45^[23]
• Lucille Roybal-Allard, U.S. Representative for CA-40^[23]
• Raul Ruiz, U.S. Representative for CA-36^[23]
• Linda Sánchez, U.S. Representative for CA-38^[23]
• Adam Schiff, U.S. Representative for CA-28^[23]
• Brad Sherman, U.S. Representative for CA-30^[23]
• Jackie Speier, U.S. Representative for CA-14^[23]
• Eric Swalwell, U.S. Representative for CA-15^[23]
• Mark Takano, U.S. Representative for CA-41^[23]
• Mike Thompson, U.S. Representative for CA-05^[23]
• Norma Torres, U.S. Representative for CA-35^[23]
• Juan Vargas, U.S. Representative for CA-51^[23]
• Maxine Waters, U.S. Representative for CA-43^[24]

Organizations

• California Teachers Association^[25]
• Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee^[26]
• Equality California^[27]
• NARAL Pro-Choice California^[28]
• National Education Association^[29]

Newspapers

• The Fresno Bee^[30]
• Los Angeles Times^[31]
• Marin Independent Journal^[32]
• La Opinión^[33]
• The Orange County Register^[34]
• The San Diego Union-Tribune^[35]
• The San Luis Obispo Tribune^[36]

Stonewall Democrats clubs

• Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club (San Francisco)^[37]
• East Bay Stonewall Democratic Club (Berkeley)^[38]
• Fresno Stonewall Democrats^[39]
• Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club (San Francisco)^[40]
• San Diego Democrats for Equality^[41]
• Stonewall Democrats^[42]

John Parker (P&F)

Organizations

• Green Party of California^[16]

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.^[43] Following his appointment, Padilla quickly began to focus on his 2022 election campaign, as the fact that he has not been elected to the position means that he has a relatively low profile.^[9] Padilla's election strategy focused on advocating for progressive policies and building ties with left-wing organizations that had a poor relationship with California's other Senator, Dianne Feinstein.^[9][44] 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.^[9][10] On August 9, 2021, Khanna announced that he would be endorsing Padilla for election, which was viewed as likely ending any possibility that Padilla would face a serious Democratic opponent.^[45] 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 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.^[46]

In April 2022, billionaire businessman Dan O'Dowd entered the race, launching a $650,000 ad campaign.^[8] O'Dowd's goal with this ad buy, and with entering the race in the first place, was to "make computers safe for humanity"^[47][48] 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.^[49]

Special election blanket primary

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[b]	Margin of error	Daphne Bradford (NPP)	James Bradley (R)	Jon Elist (R)	Myron Hall (R)	Mark Meuser (R)	Dan O'Dowd (D)	Alex Padilla (D)	Timothy Ursich Jr. (D)	Undecided
Berkeley IGS[50]	May 24–31, 2022	3,438 (LV)	± 2.2%	1%	7%	5%	2%	14%	3%	44%	2%	21%
SurveyUSA[51]	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^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alex Padilla (incumbent)	3,740,582	55.0
	Republican	Mark P. Meuser	1,503,480	22.1
	Republican	James P. Bradley	472,052	6.9
	Republican	Jon Elist	403,722	5.9
	Democratic	Timothy J. Ursich	226,447	3.3
	Democratic	Dan O'Dowd	191,531	2.8
	Republican	Myron L. Hall	143,038	2.1
	No party preference	Daphne Bradford	112,191	1.6
	Peace and Freedom	John Parker (write-in)	9,951	0.1
	No party preference	Irene Ratliff (write-in)	12	0.0
Total votes			6,803,006	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[50]	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[51]	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^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alex Padilla (incumbent)	3,725,544	54.1
	Republican	Mark P. Meuser	1,028,374	14.9
	Republican	Cordie Williams	474,321	6.9
	Republican	Jon Elist	289,716	4.2
	Republican	Chuck Smith	266,766	3.9
	Republican	James P. Bradley	235,788	3.4
	Democratic	Douglas Howard Pierce	116,771	1.7
	Peace and Freedom	John Parker	105,477	1.5
	Republican	Sarah Sun Liew	76,994	1.1
	Democratic	Dan O'Dowd	74,916	1.1
	Democratic	Akinyemi Agbede	70,971	1.0
	Republican	Myron L. Hall	66,161	1.0
	Democratic	Timothy J. Ursich	58,348	0.8
	Republican	Robert George Lucero Jr.	53,398	0.8
	Green	James "Henk" Conn	35,983	0.5
	No party preference	Eleanor Garcia[c]	34,625	0.5
	Republican	Carlos Guillermo Tapia	33,870	0.5
	Green	Pamela Elizondo	31,981	0.5
	Republican	Enrique Petris	31,883	0.5
	Democratic	Obaidul Huq Pirjada	27,889	0.4
	No party preference	Daphne Bradford	26,900	0.4
	No party preference	Don J. Grundmann[d]	10,181	0.1
	No party preference	Deon D. Jenkins	6,936	0.1
	No party preference	Mark A. Ruzon (write-in)	206	0.0
	Republican	Lijun Zhou (write-in)	58	0.0
	No party preference	Irene Ratliff (write-in)	7	0.0
	No party preference	Marc Alexander Roth (write-in)	1	0.0
Total votes			6,884,065	100.0

General elections

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[55]	Solid D	March 4, 2022
Inside Elections[56]	Solid D	April 1, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball[57]	Safe D	March 1, 2022
Politico[58]	Solid D	April 1, 2022
RCP[59]	Safe D	February 24, 2022
Fox News[60]	Solid D	May 12, 2022
DDHQ[61]	Solid D	July 20, 2022
538[62]	Solid D	June 30, 2022
The Economist[63]	Safe D	September 7, 2022

Polling

Special election

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[b]	Margin of error	Alex Padilla (D)	Mark Meuser (R)	Undecided
Research Co.[64]	November 4–6, 2022	450 (LV)	± 4.6%	59%	35%	6%
SurveyUSA[65]	October 7–10, 2022	1,013 (LV)	± 4.4%	56%	34%	10%

Regular election

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[b]	Margin of error	Alex Padilla (D)	Mark Meuser (R)	Undecided
Research Co.[64]	November 4–6, 2022	450 (LV)	± 4.6%	60%	35%	5%
USC[disambiguation needed][66]	October 30 – November 2, 2022	802 (RV)	± 3.5%	63%	37%	–
ActiVote[67]	July 22 – October 20, 2022	208 (LV)	± 7.0%	65%	35%	–
SurveyUSA[65]	October 7–10, 2022	1,013 (LV)	± 4.4%	56%	34%	11%

Results

2022 United States Senate special election in California^[68]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Alex Padilla (incumbent)	6,559,303	60.89%	N/A
	Republican	Mark Meuser	4,212,446	39.11%	N/A
Total votes			10,771,749	100.00%	N/A
	Democratic hold

2022 United States Senate election in California^[68]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Alex Padilla (incumbent)	6,621,616	61.06%	N/A
	Republican	Mark Meuser	4,222,025	38.94%	N/A
Total votes			10,843,641	100.00%	N/A
	Democratic hold

By county

By county

County Alex Padilla Democratic Mark Meuser Republican Margin Total votes # % # % # % Alameda 383,300 80.26 94,283 19.74 289,017 60.52 477,583 Alpine 372 60.78 240 39.22 132 21.56 612 Amador 6,522 35.37 11,917 64.63 -5,395 -29.26 18,439 Butte 33,467 46.71 38,183 53.29 -4,716 -6.58 71,650 Calaveras 7,649 36.31 13,415 63.69 -5,766 -27.38 21,064 Colusa 1,807 33.11 3,651 66.89 -1,844 -33.78 5,458 Contra Costa 267,331 69.72 116,122 30.28 151,209 39.44 383,453 Del Norte 3,400 41.20 4,852 58.80 -1,452 -17.60 8,252 El Dorado 36,669 41.81 51,025 58.19 -14,356 -16.38 87,694 Fresno 100,963 47.00 113,845 53.00 -12,882 -10.16 214,808 Glenn 2,234 28.52 5,600 71.48 -4,070 -51.32 7,930 Humboldt 30,612 64.17 17,096 35.83 13,516 28.34 47,708 Imperial 17,774 59.86 11,919 40.14 5,855 19.72 29,693 Inyo 3,488 47.35 3,878 52.65 -390 -5.30 7,366 Kern 73,779 39.41 113,428 60.59 -39,649 -21.18 188,703 Kings 10,067 37.85 16,533 62.15 -6,466 -24.30 26,600 Lake 10,138 50.93 9,769 49.07 369 1.86 19,907 Lassen 1,888 20.82 7,181 79.18 -5,293 -58.36 9,069 Los Angeles 1,670,306 70.00 715,913 30.00 954,393 40.00 2,386,219 Madera 14,018 38.37 22,514 61.63 -8,496 -23.26 36,532 Marin 95,496 81.05 22,326 18.95 73,170 62.10 117,822 Mariposa 3,050 39.34 4,703 60.66 -1,653 -21.32 7,753 Mendocino 19,745 65.49 10,406 34.51 9,339 30.98 30,151 Merced 26,755 48.96 27,893 51.04 -1,138 -2.08 54,648 Modoc 802 23.91 2,552 76.09 -1,750 -52.18 3,354 Mono 2,594 57.40 1,925 42.60 669 14.80 4,519 Monterey 67,153 66.37 34,026 33.63 33,127 32.74 101,179 Napa 32,651 66.36 16,549 33.64 16,102 32.72 49,200 Nevada 27,898 55.38 22,478 44.62 5,420 10.76 50,376 Orange 479,494 49.50 489,185 50.50 -9,691 -1.00 968,679 Placer 77,540 43.05 102,597 56.95 -25,057 -13.90 180,137 Plumas 3,405 39.79 5,153 60.21 -1,748 -20.42 8,558 Riverside 289,599 49.40 296,687 50.60 -7,088 -1.20 586,286 Sacramento 283,117 59.98 188,925 40.02 94,192 19.96 472,042 San Benito 11,016 56.83 8,368 43.17 2,648 13.66 19,384 San Bernardino 218,494 49.10 226,470 50.90 -7,976 -1.80 444,964 San Diego 586,284 57.57 432,027 42.43 154,257 15.14 1,018,311 San Francisco 254,756 85.65 42,699 14.35 212,057 71.30 297,455 San Joaquin 90,289 51.49 85,078 48.51 5,211 2.98 175,367 San Luis Obispo 63,076 53.38 55,087 46.62 7,989 6.76 118,163 San Mateo 186,891 76.37 57,825 23.63 129,066 52.74 244,716 Santa Barbara 82,255 61.57 51,339 38.43 30,916 23.14 133,594 Santa Clara 383,152 71.43 153,249 28.57 229,903 42.86 536,401 Santa Cruz 80,675 77.96 22,810 22.04 57,865 55.92 103,485 Shasta 20,805 30.80 46,750 69.20 -25,945 -38.40 67,555 Sierra 572 37.02 973 62.98 -401 -25.96 1,545 Siskiyou 6,892 39.39 10,607 60.61 -3,715 -21.22 17,499 Solano 80,317 61.90 49,443 38.10 30,874 23.80 129,760 Sonoma 143,197 73.37 51,982 26.63 91,215 46.74 195,179 Stanislaus 57,861 44.97 70,792 55.03 -12,931 -10.06 128,653 Sutter 9,797 35.47 17,827 64.53 -8,030 -29.06 27,624 Tehama 5,670 27.72 14,784 72.28 -9,114 -44.56 20,454 Trinity 2,019 44.80 2,488 55.20 -469 -10.40 4,507 Tulare 35,215 38.88 55,359 61.12 -20,144 -22.24 90,574 Tuolumne 8,932 38.92 14,016 61.08 -5,084 -22.16 22,948 Ventura 155,231 56.03 121,822 43.97 33,409 12.06 277,053 Yolo 46,094 68.68 21,022 31.32 25,072 37.36 67,116 Yuba 7,043 36.15 12,439 63.85 -5,396 -27.70 19,482 Totals 6,621,616 61.06 4,222,025 38.94 2,399,591 22.12 10,843,641

By congressional district

Padilla won 42 of 52 congressional districts in the regular election, including two that elected Republicans.^[69]

District	Padilla	Meuser	Representative
1st	36%	64%	Doug LaMalfa
2nd	73%	27%	Jared Huffman
3rd	46%	54%	Kevin Kiley
4th	66%	34%	Mike Thompson
5th	40%	60%	Tom McClintock
6th	57%	43%	Ami Bera
7th	66%	34%	Doris Matsui
8th	75%	25%	John Garamendi
9th	51%	49%	Josh Harder
10th	66%	34%	Mark DeSaulnier
11th	86%	14%	Nancy Pelosi
12th	91%	9%	Barbara Lee
13th	49%	51%	John Duarte
14th	70%	30%	Eric Swalwell
15th	77%	23%	Jackie Speier (117th Congress)
			Kevin Mullin (118th Congress)
16th	74%	26%	Anna Eshoo
17th	71%	29%	Ro Khanna
18th	68%	32%	Zoe Lofgren
19th	67%	33%	Jimmy Panetta
20th	32%	68%	Kevin McCarthy
21st	53%	47%	Jim Costa
22nd	51%	49%	David Valadao
23rd	41%	59%	Jay Obernolte
24th	61%	39%	Salud Carbajal
25th	55%	45%	Raul Ruiz
26th	55%	45%	Julia Brownley
27th	51%	49%	Mike Garcia
28th	65%	35%	Judy Chu
29th	76%	24%	Tony Cárdenas
30th	77%	23%	Adam Schiff
31st	61%	39%	Grace Napolitano
32nd	69%	31%	Brad Sherman
33rd	57%	43%	Pete Aguilar
34th	83%	17%	Jimmy Gomez
35th	57%	43%	Norma Torres
36th	69%	31%	Ted Lieu
37th	86%	14%	Karen Bass (117th Congress)
			Sydney Kamlager-Dove (118th Congress)
38th	60%	40%	Linda Sánchez
39th	56%	44%	Mark Takano
40th	46%	54%	Young Kim
41st	47%	53%	Ken Calvert
42nd	69%	31%	Lucille Roybal-Allard (117th Congress)
			Robert Garcia (118th Congress)
43rd	80%	20%	Maxine Waters
44th	72%	28%	Nanette Barragán
45th	49%	51%	Michelle Steel
46th	61%	39%	Lou Correa
47th	51%	49%	Katie Porter
48th	40%	60%	Darrell Issa
49th	52%	48%	Mike Levin
50th	63%	37%	Scott Peters
51st	61%	39%	Sara Jacobs
52nd	65%	35%	Juan Vargas

See also

• 2022 United States Senate elections
• 2022 California elections
• 117th United States Congress
• List of special elections to the United States Senate

Notes

1. In January 2021, Padilla was appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Kamala Harris, who had elected Vice President of the United States.
2. 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.^[53]
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.^[54]

References

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3. "Statewide Direct Primary Election - June 7, 2022". California Secretary of State. Archived from the original on December 23, 2020. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
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External links

Official campaign websites

• Mark Meuser (R) for Senate
• Alex Padilla (D) for Senate