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.

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. 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 Jeffrey Highbear Morgan, businessman and engineer William Cavett "Skee" Saacke, attorney

Disqualified Roy Foreman, construction worker

Republican Party Declared David Fennell, venture capitalist and candidate in 2018 Angela Underwood Jacobs, deputy mayor of Lancaster Clint W. Saunders, mental health worker

Peace and Freedom Party Declared Mohammad Arif, businessman

No Party Preference Declared David Hillberg, mechanic and actor James Orlando Ogle, perennial candidate (write-in)

Endorsements

Primary election Results

General election Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error EleniKounalakis (D) AngelaUnderwood Jacobs (R) UndecidedUSCOctober 30 – November 2, 2022802 (RV)± 3.5%63%37%–

Results

By county County Eleni KounalakisDemocratic Angela Underwood JacobsRepublican Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % Alameda381,06679.37%99,02120.63%282,04558.75%480,087 Alpine36660.20%24239.80%12420.39%608 Amador6,38334.73%11,99465.27%-5,611-30.53%18,377 Butte32,61145.53%39,00754.47%-6,396-8.93%71,618 Calaveras7,53735.75%13,54764.25%-6,010-28.51%21,084 Colusa1,70531.16%3,76768.84%-2,062-37.68%5,472 Contra Costa263,52068.85%119,22531.15%144,29537.70%382,745 Del Norte3,36740.73%4,90059.27%-1,533-18.54%8,267 El Dorado36,01241.20%51,39458.80%-15,382-17.60%87,406 Fresno99,11345.84%117,09454.16%-17,981-8.32%216,207 Glenn2,08526.67%5,73473.33%-3,649-46.67%7,819 Humboldt30,02663.34%17,37836.66%12,64826.68%47,404 Imperial16,24355.07%13,25444.93%2,98910.13%29,497 Inyo3,41646.43%3,94253.57%-526-7.15%7,358 Kern71,07037.95%116,21862.05%-45,148-24.11%187,288 Kings9,56535.91%17,07164.09%-7,506-28.18%26,636 Lake10,04150.34%9,90749.66%1340.67%19,948 Lassen1,78719.78%7,24780.22%-5,460-60.44%9,034 Los Angeles1,571,31167.65%751,34232.35%819,96935.30%2,322,653 Madera13,45136.84%23,05963.16%-9,608-26.32%36,510 Marin94,51780.56%22,81419.44%71,70361.11%117,331 Mariposa3,02338.94%4,74161.06%-1,718-22.13%7,764 Mendocino19,52365.01%10,50734.99%9,01630.02%30,030 Merced25,41346.74%28,95753.26%-3,544-6.52%54,370 Modoc77923.44%2,54476.56%-1,765-53.11%3,323 Mono2,54756.50%1,96143.50%58613.00%4,508 Monterey65,56864.95%35,38135.05%30,18729.90%100,949 Napa32,56965.83%16,90734.17%15,66231.66%49,476 Nevada27,52254.78%22,72045.22%4,8029.56%50,242 Orange461,66148.98%480,96351.02%-19,302-2.05%942,624 Placer76,47842.44%103,71757.56%-27,239-15.12%180,195 Plumas3,34539.12%5,20660.88%-1,861-21.76%8,551 Riverside283,69548.20%304,88051.80%-21,185-3.60%588,575 Sacramento278,21958.91%194,03241.09%84,18717.83%472,251 San Benito10,64455.02%8,70244.98%1,94210.04%19,346 San Bernardino213,99747.77%234,01952.23%-20,022-4.47%448,016 San Diego572,53956.33%443,93343.67%128,60612.65%1,016,472 San Francisco246,39884.37%45,66315.63%200,73568.73%292,061 San Joaquin87,97550.00%87,96350.00%120.01%175,938 San Luis Obispo62,50452.96%55,51847.04%6,9865.92%118,022 San Mateo183,56475.31%60,17724.69%123,38750.62%243,741 Santa Barbara80,69860.51%52,67639.49%28,02221.01%133,374 Santa Clara375,31170.27%158,76029.73%216,55140.55%534,071 Santa Cruz79,71477.29%23,42222.71%56,29254.58%103,136 Shasta20,07429.69%47,53470.31%-27,460-40.62%67,608 Sierra56736.77%97563.23%-408-26.46%1,542 Siskiyou6,69438.25%10,80761.75%-4,113-23.50%17,501 Solano78,83160.79%50,83639.21%27,99521.59%129,667 Sonoma141,62772.67%53,25927.33%88,36845.34%194,886 Stanislaus56,91043.87%72,81156.13%-15,901-12.26%129,721 Sutter9,38633.88%18,31466.12%-8,928-32.23%27,700 Tehama5,46026.82%14,90073.18%-9,440-46.37%20,360 Trinity1,98344.13%2,51155.87%-528-11.75%4,494 Tulare33,69937.21%56,87062.79%-23,171-25.58%90,569 Tuolumne8,83538.44%14,14861.56%-5,313-23.12%22,983 Ventura153,24255.25%124,09444.75%29,14810.51%277,336 Yolo45,16067.91%21,34232.09%23,81835.82%66,502 Yuba6,77334.79%12,69565.21%-5,922-30.42%19,468Totals6,418,11959.70%4,332,60240.30%2,085,51719.40%10,750,721

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic San Diego (largest city: San Diego) San Luis Obispo (largest city: San Luis Obispo)

By congressional district Kounalakis won 39 of 52 congressional districts, with the remaining 13 going to Underwood Jacobs, including one that elected a Democrat. District Kounalakis Underwood Jacobs Representative 35% 65%Doug LaMalfa 72% 28%Jared Huffman 45% 55%Kevin Kiley 65% 35%Mike Thompson 39% 61%Tom McClintock 56% 44%Ami Bera 65% 35%Doris Matsui 74% 26%John Garamendi 49% 51%Josh Harder 66% 34%Mark DeSaulnier 85% 15%Nancy Pelosi 90% 10%Barbara Lee 47% 53%John Duarte 69% 31%Eric Swalwell75%25%Jackie Speier (117th Congress)Kevin Mullin (118th Congress) 73% 27%Anna Eshoo 71% 29%Ro Khanna 66% 34%Zoe Lofgren 66% 34%Jimmy Panetta 32% 68%Kevin McCarthy 52% 48%Jim Costa 49% 51%David Valadao 40% 60%Jay Obernolte 60% 40%Salud Carbajal 52% 48%Raul Ruiz 54% 46%Julia Brownley 49% 51%Mike Garcia 63% 37%Judy Chu 72% 28%Tony Cárdenas 75% 25%Adam Schiff 59% 41%Grace Napolitano 67% 33%Brad Sherman 55% 45%Pete Aguilar 81% 19%Jimmy Gomez 55% 45%Norma Torres 68% 32%Ted Lieu83%17%Karen Bass (117th Congress)Sydney Kamlager-Dove (118th Congress) 58% 42%Linda Sánchez 55% 45%Mark Takano 45% 55%Young Kim 46% 54%Ken Calvert67%33%Lucille Roybal-Allard (117th Congress)Robert Garcia (118th Congress) 76% 24%Maxine Waters 69% 31%Nanette Barragán 49% 51%Michelle Steel 60% 40%Lou Correa 50.3% 49.7%Katie Porter 39% 61%Darrell Issa 51% 49%Mike Levin 62% 38%Scott Peters 60% 40%Sara Jacobs 63% 37%Juan Vargas

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