Combined ballot

See Also:   Information for the County of Contra Costa
(Elections Office, local League of Women Voters, links to other county election sites)

Governor

• Gavin Newsom, Democratic
  3,936,648 votes 55.9%
• Brian Dahle, Republican
  1,249,438 votes 17.7%
• Michael Shellenberger, No Party Preference
  289,559 votes 4.1%
• Anthony Trimino, Republican
  245,867 votes 3.5%
• Jenny Rae Le Roux, Republican
  245,568 votes 3.5%
• Shawn Collins, Republican
  172,327 votes 2.4%
• Luis Javier Rodriguez, Green
  124,446 votes 1.8%
• Leo S. Zacky, Republican
  94,198 votes 1.3%
• Major Williams, Republican
  92,223 votes 1.3%
• Robert C. Newman, II, Republican
  82,551 votes 1.2%
• Joel Ventresca, Democratic
  66,686 votes 0.9%
• David Lozano, Republican
  66,381 votes 0.9%
• Ronald A. Anderson, Republican
  53,337 votes 0.8%
• Reinette Senum, No Party Preference
  52,761 votes 0.7%
• Armando "Mando" Perez-Serrato, Democratic
  45,316 votes 0.6%
• Ron Jones, Republican
  38,212 votes 0.5%
• Daniel R. Mercuri, Republican
  36,256 votes 0.5%
• Heather Collins, Green
  29,554 votes 0.4%
• Anthony "Tony" Fanara, Democratic
  25,005 votes 0.4%
• Cristian Raul Morales, Republican
  22,252 votes 0.3%
• Lonnie Sortor, Republican
  20,906 votes 0.3%
• Frederic C. Schultz, No Party Preference
  17,458 votes 0.2%
• Woodrow "Woody" Sanders, III, No Party Preference
  16,163 votes 0.2%
• James G. Hanink, No Party Preference
  10,064 votes 0.1%
• Serge Fiankan, No Party Preference
  6,170 votes 0.1%
• Bradley Zink, No Party Preference
  5,974 votes 0.1%

Lieutenant Governor

• Eleni Kounalakis, Democratic
  3,608,480 votes 52.7%
• Angela E. Underwood Jacobs, Republican
  1,361,541 votes 19.9%
• David Fennell, Republican
  919,472 votes 13.4%
• Clint W. Saunders, Republican
  305,301 votes 4.5%
• Jeffrey Highbear Morgan, Democratic
  228,465 votes 3.3%
• Mohammad Arif, Peace and Freedom
  182,836 votes 2.7%
• William Cavett "Skee" Saacke, Democratic
  171,475 votes 2.5%
• David Hillberg, No Party Preference
  74,024 votes 1.1%

Secretary of State

• Shirley N. Weber, Democratic
  4,007,399 votes 58.9%
• Rob Bernosky, Republican
  1,278,207 votes 18.8%
• Rachel Hamm, Republican
  820,577 votes 12.1%
• James "JW" Paine, Republican
  253,063 votes 3.7%
• Gary N. Blenner, Green
  205,083 votes 3.0%
• Raul Rodriguez, Jr., Republican
  175,324 votes 2.6%
• Matthew D. Cinquanta, No Party Preference
  59,270 votes 0.9%

Controller

• Lanhee Chen, Republican
  2,525,984 votes 37.2%
• Malia M. Cohen, Democratic
  1,539,038 votes 22.7%
• Yvonne Yiu, Democratic
  1,021,644 votes 15.1%
• Steve Glazer, Democratic
  754,338 votes 11.1%
• Ron Galperin, Democratic
  689,234 votes 10.2%
• Laura Wells, Green
  257,359 votes 3.8%

Treasurer

• Fiona Ma, Democratic
  3,891,266 votes 57.4%
• Jack M. Guerrero, Republican
  1,484,577 votes 21.9%
• Andrew Do, Republican
  1,154,804 votes 17.0%
• Meghann Adams, Peace and Freedom
  244,800 votes 3.6%

Attorney General

• Rob Bonta, Democratic
  3,747,697 votes 54.3%
• Nathan Hochman, Republican
  1,253,269 votes 18.2%
• Eric Early, Republican
  1,138,658 votes 16.5%
• Anne Marie Schubert, No Party Preference
  538,338 votes 7.8%
• Dan Kapelovitz, Green
  219,374 votes 3.2%

Insurance Commissioner

• Ricardo Lara, Democratic
  2,409,149 votes 35.9%
• Robert Howell, Republican
  1,212,443 votes 18.1%
• Marc Levine, Democratic
  1,205,570 votes 18.0%
• Greg Conlon, Republican
  1,083,583 votes 16.2%
• Vinson Eugene Allen, Democratic
  257,549 votes 3.8%
• Nathalie Hrizi, Peace and Freedom
  190,048 votes 2.8%
• Veronika Fimbres, Green
  129,231 votes 1.9%
• Jasper "Jay" Jackson, Democratic
  124,671 votes 1.9%
• Robert J. Molnar, No Party Preference
  93,814 votes 1.4%

State Board of Equalization; District 2

• Sally J. Lieber, Democratic
  1,028,665 votes 53.1%
• Peter Coe Verbica, Republican
  543,140 votes 28.1%
• Michela Alioto-Pier, Democratic
  363,757 votes 18.8%

United States Senator; Full Term

• Alex Padilla, Democratic
  3,717,390 votes 54.1%
• Mark P. Meuser, Republican
  1,025,490 votes 14.9%
• Cordie Williams, Republican
  473,175 votes 6.9%
• Jon Elist, Republican
  288,718 votes 4.2%
• Chuck Smith, Republican
  265,989 votes 3.9%
• James P. Bradley, Republican
  234,863 votes 3.4%
• Douglas Howard Pierce, Democratic
  116,229 votes 1.7%
• John Thompson Parker, Peace and Freedom
  105,235 votes 1.5%
• Sarah Sun Liew, Republican
  76,777 votes 1.1%
• Dan O'Dowd, Democratic
  75,515 votes 1.1%
• Akinyemi Agbede, Democratic
  70,731 votes 1.0%
• Myron L. Hall, Republican
  65,916 votes 1.0%
• Timothy J. Ursich, Democratic
  58,155 votes 0.8%
• Robert George Lucero, Jr., Republican
  53,186 votes 0.8%
• James "Henk" Conn, Green
  35,823 votes 0.5%
• Eleanor Garcia, No Party Preference
  34,515 votes 0.5%
• Carlos Guillermo Tapia, Republican
  33,782 votes 0.5%
• Pamela Elizondo, Green
  31,834 votes 0.5%
• Enrique Petris, Republican
  31,618 votes 0.5%
• Obaidul Huq Pirjada, Democratic
  27,735 votes 0.4%
• Daphne Bradford, No Party Preference
  26,799 votes 0.4%
• Don J. Grundmann, No Party Preference
  10,129 votes 0.1%
• Deon D. Jenkins, No Party Preference
  6,913 votes 0.1%

United States Senator; Unexpired Short Term

• Alex Padilla, Democratic
  3,731,965 votes 55.1%
• Mark P. Meuser, Republican
  1,499,147 votes 22.1%
• James P. Bradley, Republican
  470,266 votes 6.9%
• Jon Elist, Republican
  402,447 votes 5.9%
• Timothy Ursich, Jr., Democratic
  225,820 votes 3.3%
• Dan O'Dowd, Democratic
  190,829 votes 2.8%
• Myron L. Hall, Republican
  142,618 votes 2.1%
• Daphne Bradford, No Party Preference
  111,750 votes 1.6%

United States Representative; District 8

• John Garamendi, Democratic
  71,909 votes 63.3%
• Rudy Recile, Republican
  23,391 votes 20.6%
• Cheryl Sudduth, Democratic
  11,253 votes 9.9%
• Christopher Riley, Democratic
  3,885 votes 3.4%
• Edwin Rutsch, Democratic
  3,238 votes 2.8%

United States Representative; District 9

• Josh Harder, Democratic
  39,012 votes 36.7%
• Tom Patti, Republican
  30,827 votes 29.0%
• Jim Shoemaker, Republican
  15,438 votes 14.5%
• Harpreet Singh Chima, Democratic
  8,431 votes 7.9%
• Jonathan Madison, Republican
  5,991 votes 5.6%
• Khalid Jeffrey Jafri, Democratic
  3,173 votes 3.0%
• Karena Apple Feng, Democratic
  2,631 votes 2.5%
• Mark T. Andrews, No Party Preference
  756 votes 0.7%

United States Representative; District 10

• Mark DeSaulnier, Democratic
  123,598 votes 84.9%
• Michael Ernest Kerr, Green
  21,964 votes 15.1%

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 11

• Lori D. Wilson, Democratic
  52,092 votes 64.3%
• Jenny Leilani Callison, No Party Preference
  28,948 votes 35.7%

Member of the State Assembly; District 14

• Buffy Wicks, Democratic
  84,741 votes 100.0%

Member of the State Assembly; District 15

• Tim Grayson, Democratic
  61,046 votes 68.4%
• Janell Elizabeth Proctor, Republican
  28,174 votes 31.6%

Member of the State Assembly; District 16

• Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, Democratic
  79,552 votes 66.6%
• Joseph A. Rubay, Republican
  39,895 votes 33.4%

Judicial

School

State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Runoff Election 11/8/2022

• Tony K. Thurmond
  2,874,519 votes 45.9%
• Lance Ray Christensen
  743,325 votes 11.9%
• Ainye E. Long
  696,871 votes 11.1%
• George Yang
  691,849 votes 11.1%
• Marco Amaral
  546,183 votes 8.7%
• Jim Gibson
  466,794 votes 7.5%
• Joseph Guy Campbell
  241,163 votes 3.9%

County Superintendent of Schools; County of Contra Costa

• Lynn V. Mackey
  156,339 votes 100.00%

Member; Alameda County Board of Education; Trustee Area 7

• Cheryl Cook-Kallio
  21,784 votes 53.1%
• Diemha "Kate" Dao
  10,775 votes 26.3%
• Eric Dillie
  8,430 votes 20.6%

County

Supervisor; Contra Costa County; Supervisorial District 1

• John "Joya" Gioia
  31,404 votes 85.36%
• Hulan Barnett, Jr.
  5,388 votes 14.64%

Supervisor; Contra Costa County; Supervisorial District 4
Runoff Election 11/8/2022

• Ken Carlson
  14,118 votes 26.73%
• Debora Allen
  13,342 votes 25.26%
• Carlyn Obringer
  12,687 votes 24.02%
• Roxanne Carrillo Garza
  7,942 votes 15.04%
• Ed Birsan
  4,720 votes 8.94%

Assessor; County of Contra Costa

• Gus Kramer
  119,435 votes 56.34%
• Floy Elizabeth Andrews
  92,567 votes 43.66%

Auditor-Controller; County of Contra Costa

• Robert Campbell
  158,889 votes 100.00%

Clerk-Recorder; County of Contra Costa

• Kristin Braun Connelly
  64,424 votes 33.90%
• Vicki Gordon
  44,698 votes 23.52%
• Devin T. Murphy
  42,053 votes 22.13%
• Nick Spinner
  38,849 votes 20.44%

District Attorney; County of Contra Costa

• Diana Becton
  124,574 votes 56.41%
• Mary Knox
  96,276 votes 43.59%

Sheriff-Coroner; County of Contra Costa

• David Livingston
  126,961 votes 58.82%
• Benjamin Therriault
  88,897 votes 41.18%

Treasurer-Tax Collector; County of Contra Costa

• Russell V. Watts
  173,082 votes 100.00%

Measure F Parcel Tax -- City of Martinez (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 7,992 / 68.77% Yes votes ...... 3,629 / 31.23% No votes

Shall the measure of the City of Martinez to levy a dedicated special tax to prevent development and acquire, create and maintain 297 acres of permanent public parkland and wildlife habitat known as the Alhambra Highlands, at a maximum rate of $79 annually for single-family parcels and at specified maximum rates for other parcel types, for 30 years, providing approximately $1.2 million annually, with exemptions for low-income persons, be adopted?

Measure G Extension of the Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program -- County of Contra Costa (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 150,903 / 67.38% Yes votes ...... 73,051 / 32.62% No votes

Shall the measure extending the Contra Costa County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program and associated annual fee, at a rate of one dollar per vehicle registered in Contra Costa County and an additional two dollars for certain commercial vehicles registered in Contra Costa County, which is estimated to generate $1,100,000 annually for removing and disposing of abandoned and wrecked vehicles, until April 30, 2032, be adopted?