The 2022 California State Board of Equalization elections took place on November 8, 2022, to elect all four seats of the State Board of Equalization, with the non-partisan blanket primary election taking place on June 7, 2022.
Overview + California State Board of Equalization primary election, 2022 Party Votes Candidates Advancingto general Seatscontesting No. % Democratic Party 3,596,705 61.10% 10 5 4 Republican Party 2,615,705 34.63% 9 2 2 No party preference 43,084 4.27% 1 1 1 Total 6,452,940 100.0% 20 8
+ California State Board of Equalization general election, 2022 Party Candidates Votes Seats No. % Before After +/– % Democratic Party 4 6,854,999 69.9% 3 3 75.0% Republican Party 3 2,318,229 23.7% 1 1 25.0%No party preference 1 623,017 6.4% 0 0 0.0% Total 8 11,901,189 100.0% 4 4 100.0%
Board of Equalization DistrictIncumbent PartyElected officeholder Party1st Ted Gaines Republican Ted Gaines Republican2nd Malia Cohen Democratic Sally Lieber Democratic3rd Tony Vazquez Democratic Tony Vazquez Democratic4th Mike Schaefer Democratic Mike Schaefer Democratic
District 1
The incumbent was Republican Ted Gaines, who was elected in 2018 with 51.4% of the vote. He was running for reelection.
Candidates Jose Altamirano (D), business operations manager Ted Gaines (R), incumbent member of the Board of Equalization Braden Murphy (D), father Nader Shahatit (D), tax consultant
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District 2
The incumbent was Democrat Malia Cohen, who was elected in 2018 with 72.8% of the vote. Cohen was running in the 2022 California State Controller election.
Candidates Michela Alioto-Pier (D), member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (2004–2011), granddaughter of San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto Sally Lieber (D), assemblymember 2002–2008 Peter Coe Verbica (R), investment advisor, family donated heart of Henry Coe State Park, Chair of Investment Committee, San Jose Symphony Foundation
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District 3
The incumbent was Democrat Tony Vazquez, who was elected in 2018 with 69.9% of the vote. He was running for reelection.
Candidates Y. Marie Manvel (NPP) John Mendoza (D) Tony Vazquez (D), incumbent member of the Board of Equalization
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District 4
The incumbent was Democrat Mike Schaefer, who was elected in 2018 with 52.2% of the vote. He was running for reelection.
Candidates Denis R. Bilodeau (R), taxpayer advocate and engineer David Dodson (D), California State Board of Equalization, Supervisor Randell R. Economy (R), small business owner Matthew Harper (R), Mayor of Huntington Beach (2013–2014), Member of the California State Assembly, 74th district (2014–2018) John F. Kelly (R), small business owner Erik Peterson (R), businessman and Huntington Beach councilmember Mike Schaefer (D), incumbent member of the Board of Equalization
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References
External links California Citizens Redistricting Commission final maps Braden Murphy (D) campaign website David Dodson (D) campaign website