The 2022 California's 22nd congressional district special election took place on June 7, 2022, with the primary election on April 5, 2022. California's 22nd congressional district became vacant when Republican representative Devin Nunes resigned on January 1, 2022, to become the CEO of the Trump Media & Technology Group.
Governor Gavin Newsom scheduled the special election for June 7, 2022, with the primary election on April 5, 2022. The election was held using a nonpartisan blanket primary, a system where all candidates run in the same primary, and if no candidate receives a majority of votes, the top two candidates then advance to the general election. No candidate received a majority in the primary, so Republican Connie Conway and Democrat Lourin Hubbard advanced to the runoff.
Nonpartisan blanket primary
Candidates
Advanced to general election Connie Conway (Republican), former Minority Leader of the California State Assembly Lourin Hubbard (Democratic), operations manager at the California Department of Water Resources
Eliminated in primary Eric Garcia (Democratic), U.S. Marine Corps veteran, therapist and independent candidate for this district in 2020 Elizabeth Heng (Republican), candidate for in 2018, former U.S. House staffer and small business owner Michael Maher (Republican), aviation business owner Matt Stoll (Republican), small business owner
Disqualified John Estrada (Republican), businessman and perennial candidate Noah Junio (American Independent Party)
Withdrawn Phil Arballo (Democratic), financial advisor and candidate for this district in 2020 Andreas Borgeas (Republican), state senator from the 8th district Nathan Magsig (Republican), Fresno County supervisor
Declined Mike Boudreaux (Republican), Tulare County sheriff (endorsed Magsig) Steve Brandau (Republican), Fresno County supervisor Luis Chavez (Democratic), Fresno city councilor Jerry Dyer (Republican), mayor of Fresno Shannon Grove (Republican), state senator from the 16th district and former Minority Leader of the California Senate (running for re-election) Melissa Hurtado (Democratic), state senator from the 14th district (running for re-election) Devon Mathis (Republican), state assemblyman from the 26th district (running for re-election) Margaret Mims (Republican), Fresno County sheriff Jim Patterson (Republican), state assemblyman from the 23rd district (running for re-election; endorsed Magsig) Lisa Smittcamp (Republican), Fresno County District Attorney Pete Vander Poel III (Republican), Tulare County supervisor Tim Ward (Republican), Tulare County District Attorney Bob Whalen (Republican), Clovis city councilor
Endorsements
Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Report December 7, 2021 Inside Elections March 4, 2022 Sabato's Crystal Ball February 23, 2022
Results
CountyConnie ConwayRepublicanLourin HubbardDemocraticMatt StollRepublicanEric GarciaDemocraticMichael MaherRepublicanElizabeth HengRepublicanMarginTotalvotes#%#%#%#%#%#%#%Fresno 16,24028.612,58522.29,30616.47,90213.95,99710.64,6748.23,6556.456,704Tulare 14,31947.14,32014.24,76915.74,65415.31,6225.37172.49,55031.430,401 Total 30,559 35.1 16,905 19.4 14,075 16.2 12,556 14.4 7,619 8.7 5,391 6.2 13,654 15.7 87,105
General election
Predictions SourceRankingAs of Inside Elections April 14, 2022
Post-primary endorsements
Results
CountyConnie ConwayRepublicanLourin HubbardDemocraticMarginTotalvotes#%#%#%Fresno 47,216 60.2931,10439.7116,11220.5778,320Tulare 24,50466.0512,59733.9511,90732.0937,101 Totals71,72062.1443,70137.8628,01924.28115,421
See also 2022 United States House of Representatives elections 2022 United States elections 117th United States Congress List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives
References
External links Official campaign websites Connie Conway (R) Eric Garcia (D) Elizabeth Heng (R) Lourin Hubbard (D) Michael Maher (R) Matt Stoll (R)