California Democratic Party Releases the 2022 Official Endorsements for Midterm Elections

The California Democratic Party’s (CADEM) 2021-2023 delegation voted today to officially endorse candidates for the Statewide and Legislative races for the 2022 midterm elections. The 2022 Statewide Endorsing Caucus gathered during its virtual Statewide Convention to endorse statewide candidates including U.S. Senate, Governor, Lt. Governor, State Treasurer, State Controller, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Insurance Commissioner, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Members of the State Board of Equalization and legislative candidates including U.S. House, State Senate, and State Assembly.

CADEM is set to ratify the endorsements of the legislative races on Sunday, March 6 during its General Session III.

Eligible Voters 3037
Total Ballots 2877
Total Turnout 94.73%

GOVERNOR
Name Votes Percentage
Gavin Newsom 2622 92.7%
No Endorsement 205 7.3%
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LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Name Votes Percentage
Eleni Kounalakis 2615 93.8%
No Endorsement 173 6.2%
Skip this Contest 89

SECRETARY OF STATE
Name Votes Percentage
Dr. Shirley Weber 2712 96.4%
No Endorsement 101 3.6%
Skip this Contest 64

CONTROLLER
Name Votes Percentage
Malia Cohen 1710 62.3%
Ron Galperin 829 30.2%
Yvonne Yiu 105 3.8%
No Endorsement 101 3.7%
Skip this Contest 132

TREASURER
Name Votes Percentage
Fiona Ma 2592 93.9%
No Endorsement 169 6.1%
Skip this Contest 116

ATTORNEY GENERAL
Name Votes Percentage
Rob Bonta 2663 95.1%
No Endorsement 138 4.9%
Skip this Contest 76

INSURANCE COMMISSIONER
Name Votes Percentage
Ricardo Lara 1679 61.3%
Marc Levine 832 30.4%
No Endorsement 230 8.4%
Skip this Contest 136

SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Name Votes Percentage
Tony Thurmond 2602 93.7%
No Endorsement 174 6.3%
Skip this Contest 101

BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, DISTRICT 1
Name Votes Percentage
Braden Murphy 2016 91.3%
No Endorsement 191 8.7%
Skip this Contest 670

BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, DISTRICT 2
Name Votes Percentage
Sally Lieber 1635 71.4%
Michela Alioto-Pier 453 19.8%
No Endorsement 203 8.9%
Skip this Contest 586

BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, DISTRICT 3
Name Votes Percentage
Antonio Vazquez 1983 88.7%
No Endorsement 253 11.3%
Skip this Contest 641

BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, DISTRICT 4
Name Votes Percentage
Mike Schaefer 1763 82.3%
No Endorsement 378 17.7%
Skip this Contest 736

U.S. SENATOR (REGULAR)
Name Votes Percentage
Alex Padilla 2722 96.2%
No Endorsement 107 3.8%
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U.S. SENATOR (SPECIAL ELECTION)
Name Votes Percentage
Alex Padilla 2721 96.3%
No Endorsement 104 3.7%
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ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 17
Name Votes Percentage
Matt Haney 7 12.5%
David Campos 5 8.9%
Bilal Mahmood 0 0.0%
Thea Selby 0 0.0%
No Endorsement 44 78.6%
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ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 30
Name Votes Percentage
Dawn Addis 34 66.7%
Jon Wizard 15 29.4%
Zoe Carter 1 2.0%
No Endorsement 1 2.0%
Skip this Contest 0

ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 35
Name Votes Percentage
Leticia Perez 15 65.2%
Jasmeet Bains 2 8.7%
No Endorsement 6 26.1%
Skip this Contest 1

ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 39
Name Votes Percentage
Andrea Rosenthal 13 59.1%
Socorro Cisneros 4 18.2%
Steve Fox 3 13.6%
Juan Carrillo 2 9.1%
No Endorsement 0 0.0%
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ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 44
Name Votes Percentage
Laura Friedman 63 98.4%
No Endorsement 1 1.6%
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ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 64
Name Votes Percentage
Blanca Pacheco 21 51.2%
Elizabeth Alcantar 3 7.3%
Ana Valencia 0 0.0%
Roberto Cancio 0 0.0%
Rose Espinoza 0 0.0%
No Endorsement 17 41.5%
Skip this Contest 1

ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 65
Name Votes Percentage
Mike Gipson 29 65.9%
Fatima Iqbal-Zubair 13 29.5%
No Endorsement 2 4.5%
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STATE SENATE DISTRICT 8
Name Votes Percentage
Dave Jones 74 69.8%
Angelique Ashby 27 25.5%
No Endorsement 5 4.7%
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STATE SENATE DISTRICT 20
Name Votes Percentage
Daniel Hertzberg 45 71.4%
Caroline Menjivar 18 28.6%
Seydi Alejandra Morales 0 0.0%
No Endorsement 0 0.0%
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STATE SENATE DISTRICT 28
Name Votes Percentage
Lola Smallwood-Cuevas 59 93.7%
Jamaal Gulledge 1 1.6%
Cheryl Turner 1 1.6%
No Endorsement 2 3.2%
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STATE SENATE DISTRICT 30
Name Votes Percentage
Bob Archuleta 63 64.9%
Henry Bouchot 34 35.1%
No Endorsement 0 0.0%
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CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 5
Name Votes Percentage
Michael Barkley 38 65.5%
No Endorsement 20 34.5%
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CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 13
Name Votes Percentage
Adam Gray 36 67.9%
Phil Arballo 14 26.4%
No Endorsement 3 5.7%
Skip this Contest 0

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 34
Name Votes Percentage
Jimmy Gomez 63 70.8%
David Kim 25 28.1%
No Endorsement 1 1.1%
Skip this Contest 0

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 41
Name Votes Percentage
Will Rollins 26 57.8%
Brandon Mosely 15 33.3%
Shrina Kurani 4 8.9%
No Endorsement 0 0.0%
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CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 42
Name Votes Percentage
Robert Garcia 50 59.5%
Cristina Garcia 31 36.9%
William Summerville 2 2.4%
Peter Mathews 0 0.0%
No Endorsement 1 1.2%
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CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 50
Name Votes Percentage
Scott Peters 50 67.6%
Kylie Taitano 21 28.4%
Adam Schindler 0 0.0%
No Endorsement 3 4.1%
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2022 California Democratic Party Convention Pre-Endorsing Conference Results

A candidate must receive 70% of the vote to be placed on the Consent Calendar. If a candidate receives more than 50% and less than 70%, then the race will be considered at an Endorsing Caucus on March 5th, at the 2022 Convention. If no candidate received over 50%, then the California Democratic Party will take the position of No Consensus. If no candidate filed, the party will take the position of No Endorsement.

* denotes an Incumbent

AD 01

No Candidates Filed

Result: No Endorsement

AD 03

No Candidates Filed

Result: No Endorsement

AD 05

CandidateVotesPercent
Rebecca Chenoweth5796.61%
No Endorsement23.39%

Result: Rebecca Chenoweth placed on Consent Calendar

AD 08

No Candidates Filed

Result: No Endorsement

AD 09

No Candidates Filed

Result: No Endorsement

AD 10

CandidateVotesPercent
Eric Guerra2448.00%
Stephanie Nguyen1530.00%
No Endorsement918.00%
Jim Cooper*24.00%
Tecoy Porter00.00%

Result: No Consensus

AD 11

CandidateVotesPercent
Lori Wilson5593.22%
No Endorsement46.78%

Result: Lori Wilson placed on Consent Calendar

AD 12

Ida Times-Green1928.36%
Damon Connolly1725.37%
No Endorsement1623.88%
Sara Aminzadeh1522.39%
Steve Schwartz00.00%

Result: No Consensus

AD 13

CandidateVotesPercent
No Endorsement2273.33%
Carlos Villapudua*413.33%
Mateo Bedolla413.33%

Result: No Consensus

AD 17

CandidateVotesPercent
David Campos3752.11%
No Endorsement3143.66%
Matt Haney22.82%
Bilal Mahmood11.41%
Thea Selby00.00%

Result: An Endorsing Caucus will be held at Convention

AD 20

CandidateVotesPercent
Elizabeth Ortega1937.25%
Jennifer Esteen1835.29%
Shawn Kumagai1325.49%
No Endorsement11.96%

Result: No Consensus

AD 21

CandidateVotesPercent
Giselle Hale2548.08%
Diane Papan1019.23%
No Endorsement1019.23%
James Coleman611.54%
Maurice Goodman11.92%

Result: No Consensus

AD 22

CandidateVotesPercent
Jessica Self4095.24%
Chad Condit24.76%
No Endorsement00.00%

Result: Jessica Self placed on Consent Calendar

AD 27

CandidateVotesPercent
Esmeralda Soria39100.00%
Mike Karbassi00.00%
No Endorsement00.00%

Result: Esmeralda Soria placed on Consent Calendar

AD 30

CandidateVotesPercent
Dawn Addis6468.09%
Jon Wizard2425.53%
No Endorsement44.26%
Alexis Garcia-Arrazola22.13%
Zoe Carter00.00%

Result: An Endorsing Caucus will be held at Convention

AD 32

No Candidates Filed

Result: No Endorsement

AD 33

CandidateVotesPercent
Jose Sigala3681.82%
No Endorsement511.36%
Ruben Macareno36.82%

Result: Jose Sigala placed on Consent Calendar

AD 34

CandidateVotesPercent
Rita Ramirez-Dean1881.82%
No Endorsement418.18%

Result: Rita Ramirez-Dean placed on Consent Calendar

AD 35

CandidateVotesPercent
Leticia Perez1266.67%
No Endorsement422.22%
Jasmeet Bains211.11%

Result: An Endorsing Caucus will be held at Convention

AD 37

CandidateVotesPercent
Gregg Hart3583.33%
No Endorsement49.52%
Gabe Escobedo37.14%

Result: Gregg Hart placed on Consent Calendar

AD 39

CandidateVotesPercent
Andrea Rosenthal1152.38%
Socorro Cisneros419.05%
Steve Fox314.29%
Juan Carrillo29.52%
No Endorsement14.76%

Result: An Endorsing Caucus will be held at Convention

AD 40

CandidateVotesPercent
Pilar Schiavo5180.95%
Annie Cho1015.87%
No Endorsement23.17%

Result: Pilar Schiavo placed on Consent Calendar

AD 44

CandidateVotesPercent
Laura Friedman*4260.87%
Adrin Nazarian*1521.74%
No Endorsement1217.39%

Result: An Endorsing Caucus will be held at Convention

AD 47

CandidateVotesPercent
Christy Holstege3897.44%
No Endorsement12.56%

Result: Christy Holstege placed on Consent Calendar

AD 49

CandidateVotesPercent
Mike Fong2896.55%
No Endorsement13.45%

Result: Mike Fong placed on Consent Calendar

AD 51

CandidateVotesPercent
Rick Chavez Zbur5691.80%
Louis Abramson46.56%
No Endorsement11.64%

Result: Rick Chavez Zbur placed on Consent Calendar

AD 52

CandidateVotesPercent
Wendy Carrillo*10277.27%
Mia Livas Porter2115.91%
No Endorsement96.82%

Result: Wendy Carrillo placed on Consent Calendar

AD 59

No Candidates Filed

Result: No Endorsement

AD 60

CandidateVotesPercent
Corey Jackson1381.25%
Esther Portillo318.75%

Result: Corey Jackson placed on Consent Calendar

AD 61

CandidateVotesPercent
Robert Pullen-Miles1470.00%
Tina McKinnor420.00%
No Endorsement210.00%
Angie Reyes English00.00%

Result: Robert Pullen-Miles placed on Consent Calendar

AD 63

CandidateVotesPercent
Fauzia Rizvi2793.10%
No Endorsement26.90%

Result: Fauzia Rizvi placed on Consent Calendar

AD 64

CandidateVotesPercent
Blanca Pacheco1954.29%
Elizabeth Alcantar1028.57%
Ana Valencia617.14%
Roberto Cancio00.00%
Rose Espinoza00.00%
No Endorsement00.00%

Result: An Endorsing Caucus will be held at Convention

AD 65

CandidateVotesPercent
Mike Gipson*4070.18%
Fatima Iqbal-Zubair1628.07%
No Endorsement00.00%

Result: Mike Gipson placed on Consent Calendar

AD 69

CandidateVotesPercent
Josh Lowenthal5688.89%
No Endorsement34.76%
Al Austin23.17%
Janet Foster23.17%

Result: Josh Lowenthal placed on Consent Calendar

AD 70

CandidateVotesPercent
Diedre Thu-Ha Nguyen1780.95%
No Endorsement419.05%

Result: Diedre Thu-Ha Nguyen placed on Consent Calendar

AD 71

No Candidates Filed

Result: No Endorsement

AD 72

CandidateVotesPercent
Judie Mancuso5598.21%
No Endorsement11.79%

Result: Judie Mancuso placed on Consent Calendar

AD 74

CandidateVotesPercent
Chris Duncan4379.63%
Laurie Girand611.11%
No Endorsement59.26%

Result: Chris Duncan placed on Consent Calendar

AD 75

No Candidates Filed

Result: No Endorsement

AD 80

CandidateVotesPercent
Georgette Gómez4088.89%
David Alvarez511.11%
No Endorsement00.00%

Result: Georgette Gómez placed on Consent Calendar

SD 04

CandidateVotesPercent
Tim Robertson7689.41%
No Endorsement910.59%

Result: Tim Robertson placed on Consent Calendar

SD 06

CandidateVotesPercent
Paula Villescaz7597.40%
No Endorsement22.60%

Result: Paula Villescaz placed on Consent Calendar

SD 08

CandidateVotesPercent
Dave Jones9966.89%
Angelique Ashby3624.32%
No Endorsement138.78%

Result: An Endorsing Caucus will be held at Convention

SD 10

CandidateVotesPercent
Aisha Wahab6794.37%
No Endorsement34.23%
Lily Mei11.41%

Result: Aisha Wahab placed on Consent Calendar

SD 12

CandidateVotesPercent
Susanne Gundy1392.86%
No Endorsement17.14%

Result: Susanne Gundy placed on Consent Calendar

SD 14

CandidateVotesPercent
Anna Caballero*5676.71%
Melissa Hurtado*1621.92%
No Endorsement11.37%

Result: Anna Caballero placed on Consent Calendar

SD 16

CandidateVotesPercent
Rob Fuentes2739.13%
Imelda Ceja2333.33%
Bryan Osorio1927.54%
No Endorsement00.00%

Result: No Consensus

SD 18

CandidateVotesPercent
Steve Padilla48100.00%
No Endorsement00.00%

Result: Steve Padilla placed on Consent Calendar

SD 20

CandidateVotesPercent
Daniel Hertzberg3469.39%
Caroline Menjivar1530.61%
No Endorsement00.00%

Result: An Endorsing Caucus will be held at Convention

SD 28

CandidateVotesPercent
Lola Smallwood-Cuevas3956.52%
Patrick MacFarlane1826.09%
No Endorsement811.59%
Jamaal Gulledge34.35%
Cheryl Turner11.45%

Result: An Endorsing Caucus will be held at Convention

SD 30

CandidateVotesPercent
Bob Archuleta*6060.61%
Henry Bouchot3636.36%
No Endorsement33.03%

Result: An Endorsing Caucus will be held at Convention

SD 32

No Candidates Filed

Result: No Endorsement

SD 36

CandidateVotesPercent
Kim Carr5596.49%
No Endorsement23.51%

Result: Kim Carr placed on Consent Calendar

SD 38

CandidateVotesPercent
Catherine Blakespear11096.49%
Joe Kerr21.75%
No Endorsement21.75%

Result: Catherine Blakespear placed on Consent Calendar

SD 40

CandidateVotesPercent
Joseph Rocha5394.64%
No Endorsement35.36%

Result: Joe Rocha placed on Consent Calendar

CD 01

CandidateVotesPercent
Max Steiner5782.61%
David Leon Zink1217.39%

Result: Max Steiner placed on Consent Calendar

CD 03

CandidateVotesPercent
Kermit Jones10697.25%
No Endorsement21.83%
David Peterson10.92%

Result: Kermit Jones placed on Consent Calendar

CD 05

CandidateVotesPercent
Michael Barkley2956.86%
No Endorsement2243.14%

Result: An Endorsing Caucus will be held at Convention

CD 13

CandidateVotesPercent
Adam Gray4267.74%
Phil Arballo1930.65%
No Endorsement11.61%

Result: An Endorsing Caucus will be held at Convention

CD 15

CandidateVotesPercent
Kevin Mullin6578.31%
David Canepa1518.07%
No Endorsement33.61%
Emily Beach00.00%
Andrew Watters00.00%

Result: Kevin Mullin placed on Consent Calendar

CD 20

CandidateVotesPercent
Marisa Wood24100.00%
No Endorsement00.00%

Result: Marisa Wood placed on Consent Calendar

CD 22

CandidateVotesPercent
Rudy Salas3386.84%
No Endorsement513.16%

Result: Rudy Salas placed on Consent Calendar

CD 23

CandidateVotesPercent
Derek Marshall5198.08%
Blanca Gomez11.92%
No Endorsement00.00%

Result: Derek Marshall placed on Consent Calendar

CD 27

CandidateVotesPercent
Christy Smith5873.42%
Quaye Quartey1518.99%
Ruth Luevanos45.06%
No Endorsement22.53%

Result: Christy Smith placed on Consent Calendar

CD 34

CandidateVotesPercent
Jimmy Gomez*11880.82%
David Kim2416.44%
No Endorsement42.74%

Result: Jimmy Gomez placed on Consent Calendar

CD 37

CandidateVotesPercent
Sydney Kamlager4877.42%
Daniel Lee711.29%
Jan Perry58.06%
No Endorsement23.23%

Result: Sydney Kamlager placed on Consent Calendar

CD 40

CandidateVotesPercent
Asif Mahmood4992.45%
No Endorsement47.55%

Result: Asif Mahmood placed on Consent Calendar

CD 41

CandidateVotesPercent
Will Rollins2457.14%
Brandon Mosely1433.33%
Shrina Kurani49.52%
No Endorsement00.00%

Result: An Endorsing Caucus will be held at Convention

CD 42

CandidateVotesPercent
Robert Garcia5459.34%
Cristina Garcia3134.07%
No Endorsement44.40%
William Summerville22.20%

Result: An Endorsing Caucus will be held at Convention

CD 45

CandidateVotesPercent
Jay Chen2692.86%
No Endorsement27.14%

Result: Jay Chen placed on Consent Calendar

CD 46

CandidateVotesPercent
Lou Correa*4885.71%
Mike Ortega58.93%
No Endorsement35.36%

Result: Lou Correa placed on Consent Calendar

CD 48

CandidateVotesPercent
Stephen Houlahan3794.87%
No Endorsement25.13%

Result: Stephen Houlahan placed on Consent Calendar

CD 50

CandidateVotesPercent
Scott Peters*7067.31%
Kylie Taitano3230.77%
No Endorsement21.92%

Result: An Endorsing Caucus will be held at Convention

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