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California Governor Primary Election Results

Updated June 24, 2022
>95% reported
Candidate Party Votes Pct.
Gavin Newsom*
Democrat Dem. 3,888,543 +56.2% 56.2%
Brian Dahle
Republican Rep. 1,214,317 +17.5% 17.5
Michael Shellenberger
Independent Ind. 284,664 +4.1% 4.1
Total reported
6,922,413

Advanced to general * Incumbent

Results by county

County Newsom Dahle Shellenberger Total votes Est. rpt.
Los Angeles 62% 11% 5% 1,533,234 94%
San Diego 52 23 3 660,588 >95%
Orange 46 22 6 619,310 >95%
Riverside 45 23 4 366,912 >95%
Santa Clara 66 10 4 348,327 >95%
Sacramento 55 20 4 319,974 >95%
Alameda 75 8 3 302,242 >95%
San Bernardino 45 22 4 249,472 >95%
Contra Costa 66 14 4 240,261 >95%
San Francisco 76 6 4 219,244 >95%
Ventura 52 18 5 198,141 >95%
San Mateo 72 9 4 161,716 >95%
Sonoma 69 10 3 134,597 >95%
Fresno 43 20 5 130,608 >95%
Placer 39 33 4 117,181 93%
Santa Barbara 57 19 4 90,954 >95%
San Joaquin 47 25 3 89,877 86%
Marin 78 7 5 81,632 >95%
Stanislaus 40 29 3 79,512 >95%
Solano 59 16 3 76,698 >95%
Santa Cruz 72 9 3 73,684 >95%
San Luis Obispo 52 19 4 69,221 77%
Kern 37 32 3 68,236 67%
Monterey 61 15 3 63,300 >95%
El Dorado 37 38 4 61,303 >95%
Shasta 27 53 3 50,257 >95%
Tulare 34 28 5 50,105 >95%
Yolo 62 12 3 48,013 >95%
Butte 42 34 3 47,007 >95%
Nevada 49 35 3 37,304 >95%
Humboldt 57 19 2 32,745 91%
Napa 62 13 4 31,484 85%
Merced 41 21 4 29,372 >95%
Madera 33 32 5 24,139 >95%
Imperial 49 17 2 18,790 >95%
Sutter 31 39 3 18,480 >95%
Kings 30 24 5 17,193 >95%
Tuolumne 36 33 3 16,615 >95%
Calaveras 35 31 3 14,917 >95%
Amador 32 35 4 14,499 >95%
Tehama 23 50 3 13,902 >95%
Siskiyou 35 44 3 12,597 >95%
San Benito 51 17 3 12,313 >95%
Yuba 30 27 3 12,162 87%
Mendocino 60 12 3 9,514 38%
Plumas 33 48 3 7,076 >95%
Lassen 15 69 2 6,536 >95%
Mariposa 36 31 3 6,085 >95%
Del Norte 37 33 3 5,842 >95%
Glenn 21 47 3 5,702 >95%
Inyo 41 25 3 5,523 >95%
Lake 55 15 2 4,443 30%
Trinity 38 32 2 3,524 >95%
Colusa 25 40 3 3,458 >95%
Mono 52 18 5 3,209 77%
Modoc 18 67 2 1,696 80%
Sierra 34 44 3 1,199 >95%
Alpine 56 24 3 488 >95%

Analysis From Our Reporters

  • Jill Cowan
    Jill Cowan June 8, 2022

    As the crowd waited for Representative Karen Bass to speak, Antonio Villaraigosa, the city’s former mayor, echoed many of Bass’s supporters who spoke this evening, pointing out the flood of money Rick Caruso unleashed on the race: “Los Angeles is not for sale.”

  • Thomas Fuller
    Thomas Fuller June 8, 2022

    Chesa Boudin concedes defeat. He tells his supporters at an outdoor bar on the edge of the San Francisco Bay: “This was never about one vote count. It was never about one election night party. This is a movement, not a moment in history.” The crowd chants: “Chesa! Chesa!”

  • Jill Cowan
    Jill Cowan June 8, 2022

    No sign of Karen Bass yet, but Mike Feuer, the city attorney, who ran for mayor and dropped out before endorsing Bass, spoke with television reporters while Mariachi Arcoiris, an L.G.B.T.Q. mariachi band, played “My Way.”

  • Thomas Fuller
    Thomas Fuller June 8, 2022

    With 100,000 votes counted, the San Francisco Board of Elections put votes for the recall of Chesa Boudin, the district attorney, at 61 percent. At the pro-recall watch party, the crowd erupted with elation, shouting, “Sixty-one! Sixty-one!”

  • Shawn Hubler
    Shawn Hubler June 7, 2022

    The A.P. has called the first spot in the November runoff for California attorney general for the incumbent, Rob Bonta. It remains unclear whether he will face one of two Republican challengers or the independent Sacramento County district attorney, Anne Marie Schubert.

  • Katie Glueck
    Katie Glueck June 7, 2022

    Lanhee Chen, a professor who served as the policy director for Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential bid, is starting out with a lead in the controller’s race, in early returns. He has given Republicans hope for their first statewide victory since 2006.

  • Katie Glueck
    Katie Glueck June 7, 2022

    Numbers are just beginning to come in in California’s 22nd District, where Representative David Valadao — a Republican who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump — faces Republican challengers. The seat is expected to be highly competitive in the fall.

  • Soumya Karlamangla
    Soumya Karlamangla June 7, 2022

    Turnout in California’s last two June primaries was 38 percent and 48 percent. This one is expected to be even lower — around 30 percent.

  • Katie Glueck
    Katie Glueck June 7, 2022

    The primary in California’s 27th District is likely to determine which Democrat will take on Representative Mike Garcia, a Republican whose seat Democrats regard as a pickup opportunity.

  • Jennifer Medina
    Jennifer Medina June 7, 2022

    Polls have closed in Los Angeles, where voters are expected to send Rick Caruso, a billionaire real estate developer, into a runoff with Representative Karen Bass. Their mayoral campaign has focused heavily on the city’s struggles with homelessness and crime.

  • Reid Epstein
    Reid Epstein June 7, 2022

    Abby Finkenauer has conceded the Iowa Democratic primary for Senate to Mike Franken, a retired Navy admiral. “I want to congratulate Admiral Franken on his victory,” she said. “Mike ran a great campaign rooted in our shared values.”

  • Jonathan Weisman
    Jonathan Weisman June 7, 2022

    With State Senator Zach Nunn’s G.O.P. primary victory in Iowa’s Third Congressional District, prognosticators quickly moved the seat, held by Representative Cindy Axne, a Democrat, from toss-up to leans Republican. Nunn was considered the strongest general election candidate in the Republican race.

  • Nick Corasaniti
    Nick Corasaniti June 7, 2022

    A Menendez political dynasty grows in New Jersey: Robert J. Menendez, the son of Senator Robert Menendez, won his primary in the heavily Democratic Eighth Congressional District. Representative Albio Sires, the incumbent, announced late last year he would not seek re-election.

  • Jazmine Ulloa
    Jazmine Ulloa June 7, 2022

    Gabe Vasquez, a Las Cruces city councilor, has won the Democratic primary in the race for New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District, which covers Albuquerque and the southern half of New Mexico. He will face the Republican incumbent, Yvette Herrell.

  • Katie Glueck
    Katie Glueck June 7, 2022

    Representative Tom Malinowski of New Jersey won his primary today, but he is expected to face a difficult general election.

  • Azi Paybarah
    Azi Paybarah June 7, 2022

    Representative Tom Malinowski of New Jersey’s Seventh Congressional District defeated his opponent in the Democratic primary, Roger Bacon, according to The Associated Press.

  • Katie Glueck
    Katie Glueck June 7, 2022

    Representative Michelle Steel, a Republican running in a Southern California swing district, missed the votes concerning the certification of the 2020 election. As recently as this weekend, she was still declining to say how she would have voted, saying she did not know.

  • Nick Corasaniti
    Nick Corasaniti June 7, 2022

    There are 13 members of Congress who voted to overturn election results in 2020 on the ballot tonight. As we’ve seen in other states, those who claimed issues with the 2020 election have not raised any similar concerns about their own primaries in 2022, despite the rules being largely similar.

  • Nick Corasaniti
    Nick Corasaniti June 7, 2022

    There are multiple members of the “America First” slate of secretary of state candidates who continue to doubt the 2020 election on the ballot tonight. Audrey Trujillo is running unopposed in New Mexico, and Rachel Hamm is running in a crowded California top-two open primary.

  • Shawn Hubler
    Shawn Hubler June 7, 2022

    About only 30 percent of voters are expected to cast ballots in California’s primary, though the state maximizes voting access. Theories abound — voter fatigue, not enough drama. But Ace Smith, a veteran Democratic political consultant, thinks it’s simple: “No one knows there’s an election.”