The 2022 California State Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 8, with the primary election having been held on Thursday, June 7. Voters in the 20 even-numbered districts of the California State Senate elected their representatives. The elections coincided with elections for other offices, including the state assembly.
Democrats gained one seat, increasing their supermajority to 32 out of 40 seats, a four-fifths majority.
Predictions SourceRankingAs of Sabato's Crystal Ball May 19, 2022
Overview Summary by State Senate District † - Incumbent not seeking re-election District Incumbent Party Elected Senator Party 2nd Mike McGuire Dem Mike McGuire Dem 4th New Seat Marie Alvarado-Gil Dem 6th New Seat Roger Niello Rep 8th Richard Pan† Dem Angelique Ashby Dem 10th Bob Wieckowski† Dem Aisha Wahab Dem 12th Shannon Grove Rep Shannon Grove Rep Andreas Borgeas† Rep 14th Anna Caballero Dem Anna Caballero Dem 16th Melissa Hurtado Dem Melissa Hurtado Dem 18th Ben Hueso† Dem Steve Padilla Dem 20th Robert Hertzberg† Dem Caroline Menjivar Dem 22nd Susan Rubio Dem Susan Rubio Dem Connie Leyva† Dem 24th Ben Allen Dem Ben Allen Dem 26th María Elena Durazo Dem María Elena Durazo Dem 28th Sydney Kamlager-Dove† Dem Lola Smallwood-Cuevas Dem 30th Bob Archuleta Dem Bob Archuleta Dem 32nd Melissa Melendez† Rep Kelly Seyarto Rep 34th Tom Umberg Dem Tom Umberg Dem 36th New Seat Janet Nguyen Rep 38th Patricia Bates† Rep Catherine Blakespear Dem 40th Brian Jones Rep Brian Jones Rep
Primary elections 2022 California State Senate electionPrimary election Party Votes Percentage Candidates Advancing to general Seats contesting Democratic 1,857,206 60.5 38 25 20 Republican 1,213,169 39.5 25 15 15 Totals 3,070,375 100.00 63 40 —
General elections 2022 California State Senate electionGeneral election – November 8, 2022. Party Votes % Before Up Won After +/– Democratic 3,201,860 63.69 31 14 15 32 1 Republican 1,825,644 36.31 9 6 5 8 1 Totals 5,027,504 100.00 40 20 20 40 —
Retiring incumbents 1st: Jim Nielsen (R–Red Bluff): Termed out of office 8th: Richard Pan (D–Sacramento): Termed out of office 10th: Bob Wieckowski (D–Fremont): Termed out of office 12th: Andreas Borgeas (R-Fresno): Retiring 18th: Ben Hueso (D–San Diego): Termed out of office 20th: Robert Hertzberg (D–Van Nuys): Termed out of office 22nd: Connie Leyva (D-Chino): Running for San Bernardino County Supervisor 28th: Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Los Angeles): Running for California's 37th congressional district 32nd: Melissa Melendez (R–Lake Elsinore): Termed out of office 38th: Patricia Bates (R–Laguna Niguel): Termed out of office
District 2
The 2nd district encompasses most of the North Coast region, stretching from the Oregon border to the northern Bay Area to include Del Norte, Humboldt, Trinity, Mendocino, Sonoma, and Marin Counties. The incumbent was two-term Democrat Mike McGuire of Healdsburg, who ran for a third term.
Candidates Declared Mike McGuire (Democratic), incumbent state senator Gene Yoon (Republican), lawyer
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District 4
The new 4th district is located in the northeastern Central Valley, the central Sierra Nevada, and Death Valley, including Stanislaus, Calaveras, Amador, El Dorado, Placer, Alpine, Tuolumne, Mariposa, Madera, Mono, and Inyo counties. The district had no incumbent.
Candidates Declared Marie Alvarado-Gil (Democratic), charter school administrator and former vice president of the Amador County Democratic Central Committee Steven Bailey (Republican), former El Dorado County Superior Court judge and runner-up for Attorney General of California in 2018 Jolene Daly (Republican), marriage and family therapist Michael Gordon (Republican), president of the Rescue Union School District board of trustees Jack Griffith (Republican), retired combat engineer Jeff McKay (Republican), Stanislaus Union School Board trustee and former Ceres city councilor George Radanovich (Republican), former U.S. representative for (1995–2011) Tim Robertson (Democratic), director of North Valley Labor Federation
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District 6
The 6th district is located in northern and eastern suburbs of the Sacramento metropolitan area, including the Sacramento County cities of Rancho Cordova, Carmichael, Fair Oaks, Gold River, Arden-Arcade, Folsom, Orangevale, Citrus Heights, and Antelope, and the western Placer County exurbs of Granite Bay, Roseville, Rocklin, Loomis, Whitney, and Lincoln. The district had no incumbent.
Candidates Declared Michael Huang (Republican), family medicine physician Roger Niello (Republican), former state assemblyman from the 5th district Paula Villescaz (Democratic), director of legislative advocacy for the County Welfare Directors Association and member and former president of the San Juan Unified School District board
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District 8
The new 8th district is located in the core of the Sacramento metropolitan area, consisting of the state capital of Sacramento and surrounding suburbs, including Rio Linda, McClellan Park, North Highlands, Vineyard, Rosemont, Florin, and Elk Grove. The incumbent in this area was Democrat Richard Pan of Sacramento of the former 6th district, who was term-limited and could not run for re-election.
Candidates Declared Angelique Ashby (Democratic), vice mayor of Sacramento Rafa Garcia (Democratic), union representative and attorney Dave Jones (Democratic), former California Insurance Commissioner
Withdrawn Matt Burgess (Democratic), California Highway Patrol sergeant Eric Guerra (Democratic), Sacramento city councilor (running for State Assembly) Tecoy Porter (Democratic), community activist (running for State Assembly)
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District 10
The 10th district is located in the East Bay in Alameda County and the northwestern corner of Silicon Valley in Santa Clara County, including Fremont, Hayward, Union City, Newark, Milpitas, Sunnyvale, and Santa Clara. The incumbent was Democrat Bob Wieckowski of Fremont, who was term-limited and could not run for re-election.
Candidates Declared Jim Canova (Democratic), member of the Santa Clara Unified School Board Jamal Khan (Democratic), attorney Raymond Liu (Democratic), engineer Lily Mei (Democratic), mayor of Fremont Paul Pimentel (Republican), telecommunications company owner Aisha Wahab (Democratic), Hayward city councilor and candidate for in 2020
Withdrawn Jaime Raul Zepeda (Democratic), community organizer (endorsed Wahab)
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Forum + 2022 California State Senate election District 10 blanket primary candidate forum Date Host Moderator Link Democratic Democratic Democratic DemocraticKey: Participant Absent Not invited Invited Withdrawn Jim Canova Jamal Khan Lily Mei Aisha Wahab1 Mar. 31, 2022 SV@Home Action Fund Devin Fehely YouTube
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District 12
The new 12th district encompasses the southeastern Central Valley and the northwestern corner of the Mojave Desert, including most of Kern County and the eastern portions of Tulare County and Fresno County. It merged the districts of first-term Republican Shannon Grove of Bakersfield of the former 16th district, who was running for re-election here, and first-term Republican Andreas Borgeas of the former 8th district, who decided not to seek reelection.
Candidates Declared Shannon Grove (Republican), incumbent state senator from the 16th district Susanne Gundy (Democratic), retired program manager
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District 14
The new 14th district is located in the western Central Valley, including Merced County and western Fresno County. The incumbents in this area were first-term Democrat Anna Caballero of Merced and the former 12th district, and first-term Democrat Melissa Hurtado of Sanger and the former 14th district. Both incumbents initially were running for re-election in this district, but Hurtado dropped out to run for the 16th district.
Candidates Declared Anna Caballero (Democratic), incumbent state senator from the 12th district Paulina Miranda (Democratic), perennial candidate Amnon Shor (Republican), rabbi
Withdrawn Melissa Hurtado (Democratic), incumbent state senator from the 14th district (running in the 16th district)
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District 16
The new 16th district encompasses the southwestern Central Valley, including Kings County, western Tulare County, and northwestern Kern County. The seat originally had no incumbent, but first-term Democrat Melissa Hurtado of Sanger eventually chose to run for re-election here. On December 14, candidate David Shepard filed for a recount, after the race was certified with Senator Hurtado in the lead by a 20-vote margin. The recount concluded on January 17, with Shepard gaining 11 votes, while Hurtado gained 4.
Candidates Declared Melissa Hurtado (Democratic), incumbent state senator from the 14th district Bryan Osorio (Democratic), mayor of Delano Nicole Parra (Democratic), former state assemblywoman from the 30th district David Shepard (Republican), grape farmer Gregory Tatum (Republican), pastor
Withdrawn Imelda Ceja (Democratic), nurse Rob Fuentes (Democratic), attorney
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District 18
The new 18th district stretches along the Mexico–United States border and includes rural Imperial Valley and areas of California along the Colorado River, including Needles, Blythe and Indio, but most of the population is in southern San Diego County, including Imperial Beach, Otay Mesa, Chula Vista, National City, Lincoln Acres, Bonita, the Tijuana River Valley, and the southeast side of San Diego. The incumbent in this area was two-term Democrat Ben Hueso of San Diego and the former 40th district, who was term-limited and could not seek re-election.
Candidates Declared Alejandro Galicia (Republican), business owner Steve Padilla (Democratic), Chula Vista city councilor
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District 20
The new 20th district contains most of the San Fernando Valley section of northern Los Angeles, including Burbank, Van Nuys, Reseda, Canoga Park, Tujunga, Sun Valley, Shadow Hills, Lake View Terrace, Arleta, Panorama City, Pacoima, Mission Hills, San Fernando, and Sylmar. The incumbent in this area was two-term Democrat Robert Hertzberg of Van Nuys and the former 18th district, who was term-limited and could not seek re-election.
Candidates Declared Ely De La Cruz Ayao (Republican), real estate broker Daniel Hertzberg (Democratic), business travel sales manager and son of incumbent state senator Robert Hertzberg Caroline Menjivar (Democratic), social worker Seydi Alejandra Morales (Democratic), attorney
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District 22
The new 22nd district consists of the eastern San Gabriel Valley and the Pomona Valley in Los Angeles County, including El Monte, West Covina, Covina, Duarte, Baldwin Park, Irwindale, Vincent, Azusa, San Dimas, La Verne, and Pomona, as well as Montclair, Chino, and Ontario in the southwestern corner of San Bernardino County. The incumbents in this area were first-term Democrat Susan Rubio of Baldwin Park or the former 22nd district, and second-term Democrat Connie Leyva of Chino or the former 20th district. Rubio ran for re-election, while Leyva ran for San Bernardino County Supervisor.
Candidates Declared Kimo Mateo (Republican), operations manager Susan Rubio (Democratic), incumbent state senator Vincent Tsai (Republican), Los Angeles County Deputy sheriff
Declined Connie Leyva, incumbent state senator from the 20th district
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District 24