Combined ballot

See Also:   Information for the County of Orange
(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 Superintendent of Public Instruction

• 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%

State Board of Equalization; District 4

• Mike Schaefer, Democratic
  597,948 votes 35.9%
• David Dodson, Democratic
  249,971 votes 15.0%
• Denis R. Bilodeau, Republican
  236,625 votes 14.2%
• Matthew Harper, Republican
  183,330 votes 11.0%
• Erik Peterson, Republican
  180,278 votes 10.8%
• Randell R. Economy, Republican
  109,975 votes 6.6%
• John F. Kelly, Republican
  107,319 votes 6.4%

US Legislature

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 38

• Linda T. Sánchez, Democratic
  58,586 votes 58.7%
• Eric J. Ching, Republican
  30,436 votes 30.5%
• John Sarega, Republican
  10,768 votes 10.8%

United States Representative; District 40

• Asif Mahmood, Democratic
  74,607 votes 40.9%
• Young Kim, Republican
  63,346 votes 34.7%
• Greg Raths, Republican
  42,404 votes 23.2%
• Nick Taurus, Republican
  2,193 votes 1.2%

United States Representative; District 45

• Michelle Steel, Republican
  65,641 votes 48.2%
• Jay F. Chen, Democratic
  58,721 votes 43.1%
• Long K. Pham, Republican
  11,732 votes 8.6%

United States Representative; District 46

• Lou Correa, Democratic
  37,311 votes 49.1%
• Christopher J. Gonzales, Republican
  11,823 votes 15.6%
• Mike Ortega, Democratic
  9,311 votes 12.3%
• Mike Nguyen, Republican
  9,162 votes 12.1%
• Felix Rocha, Jr., Republican
  7,084 votes 9.3%
• Ed Rushman, No Party Preference
  1,264 votes 1.7%

United States Representative; District 47

• Katie Porter, Democratic
  86,742 votes 51.7%
• Scott Baugh, Republican
  51,776 votes 30.9%
• Amy Phan West, Republican
  13,949 votes 8.3%
• Brian Burley, Republican
  11,952 votes 7.1%
• Errol Webber, Republican
  3,342 votes 2.0%

United States Representative; District 49

• Mike Levin, Democratic
  92,211 votes 48.9%
• Brian Maryott, Republican
  35,805 votes 19.0%
• Lisa A. Bartlett, Republican
  20,163 votes 10.7%
• Christopher Rodriguez, Republican
  18,248 votes 9.7%
• Josiah O'Neil, Republican
  14,746 votes 7.8%
• Nadia Bahia Smalley, Democratic
  4,804 votes 2.5%
• Renee Taylor, Republican
  2,597 votes 1.4%

State Senator; District 30

• Bob Archuleta, Democratic
  43,243 votes 35.6%
• Mitch Clemmons, Republican
  41,287 votes 34.0%
• Martha Camacho Rodriguez, Democratic
  19,011 votes 15.7%
• Henry Bouchot, Democratic
  17,820 votes 14.7%

State Senator; District 32

• Kelly Seyarto, Republican
  112,728 votes 62.8%
• Brian Nash, Democratic
  66,644 votes 37.2%

State Senator; District 34

• Tom Umberg, Democratic
  55,525 votes 58.3%
• Rhonda Shader, Republican
  39,728 votes 41.7%

State Senator; District 36

• Janet Nguyen, Republican
  125,053 votes 56.7%
• Kim Carr, Democratic
  95,655 votes 43.3%

State Senator; District 38

• Matt Gunderson, Republican
  106,358 votes 45.9%
• Catherine Blakespear, Democratic
  99,583 votes 43.0%
• Joe Kerr, Democratic
  25,908 votes 11.2%

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 59

• Phillip Chen, Republican
  75,555 votes 100.0%

Member of the State Assembly; District 64

• Raul Ortiz, Jr., Republican
  18,048 votes 33.0%
• Blanca Pacheco, Democratic
  12,640 votes 23.1%
• Elizabeth Alcantar, Democratic
  9,558 votes 17.5%
• Rose Espinoza, Democratic
  4,929 votes 9.0%
• Ana M. Valencia, Democratic
  4,916 votes 9.0%
• Roberto "Rob" Cancio, Democratic
  4,655 votes 8.5%

Member of the State Assembly; District 67

• Sharon Quirk-Silva, Democratic
  30,873 votes 47.7%
• Soo Yoo, Republican
  25,005 votes 38.6%
• Param Brar, Democratic
  4,800 votes 7.4%
• Sou Moua, Republican
  4,076 votes 6.3%

Member of the State Assembly; District 68

• Avelino Valencia, Democratic
  22,635 votes 48.3%
• Mike Tardif, Republican
  11,034 votes 23.5%
• Bulmaro "Boomer" Vicente, Democratic
  7,029 votes 15.0%
• James Wallace, Republican
  6,189 votes 13.2%

Member of the State Assembly; District 70

• Diedre Thu-Ha Nguyen, Democratic
  31,293 votes 39.7%
• Tri Ta, Republican
  16,708 votes 21.2%
• Ted Bui, Republican
  10,968 votes 13.9%
• Kimberly Ho, Republican
  10,936 votes 13.9%
• Emily Hibard, Republican
  5,278 votes 6.7%
• Jason Gray, Republican
  3,624 votes 4.6%

Member of the State Assembly; District 71

• Matt Rahn, Republican
  41,943 votes 51.7%
• Kate Sanchez, Republican
  39,143 votes 48.3%

Member of the State Assembly; District 72

• Judie Mancuso, Democratic
  59,016 votes 43.3%
• Diane Dixon, Republican
  58,132 votes 42.7%
• Benjamin Yu, Republican
  19,115 votes 14.0%

Member of the State Assembly; District 73

• Cottie Petrie-Norris, Democratic
  44,890 votes 56.2%
• Steven "Steve" Choi, Republican
  34,957 votes 43.8%

Member of the State Assembly; District 74

• Laurie Davies, Republican
  60,568 votes 53.9%
• Chris Duncan, Democratic
  51,768 votes 46.1%

Judicial

Judge of the Superior Court; County of Orange; Office 5
Runoff Election 11/8/2020

• Claudia C. Alvarez
  287646 votes 45.2%
• Kimberly La Salle
  152171 votes 23.9%
• Daniel "Dan" Espinosa
  88997 votes 14.0%

Judge of the Superior Court; County of Orange; Office 9

• Christopher Duff
  310300 votes 48.8%
• Joe Dane
  203685 votes 32.0%

Judge of the Superior Court; County of Orange; Office 11

• Shawn Nelson
  372202 votes 58.5%
• Marc A. Gibbons
  161941 votes 25.4%

Judge of the Superior Court; County of Orange; Office 21

• Erin Beltran Rowe
  356719 votes 56.0%
• Ray Brown
  167389 votes 26.3%

Judge of the Superior Court; County of Orange; Office 22
Runoff Election 11/8/2020

• Brahim Baytieh
  279888 votes 44.0%
• Craig E. Kleffman
  134436 votes 21.1%
• Fred Fascenelli
  92538 votes 14.5%

Judge of the Superior Court; County of Orange; Office 28

• Eric Scarbrough
  293173 votes 46.1%
• Jessica Cha
  234811 votes 36.9%

Judge of the Superior Court; County of Orange; Office 30
Runoff Election 11/8/2020

• Michele Bell
  196928 votes 30.9%
• Peggy Huang
  181891 votes 28.6%
• Alma M. Hernandez
  69662 votes 10.9%
• Benjamin Stauffer
  56918 votes 8.9%
• Andrea Mader
  28595 votes 4.5%

Judge of the Superior Court; County of Orange; Office 33

• Steve McGreevy
  414949 votes 65.2%
• Brett K. Wiseman
  46191 votes 7.3%
• Thomas E. "Tom" Martin
  43211 votes 6.8%

Judge of the Superior Court; County of Orange; Office 45

• Israel Claustro
  375917 votes 59.1%
• Kevin Brian Jones
  143777 votes 22.6%

School

County Superintendent of Schools; County of Orange

• Al Mijares
  294226 votes 46.2%
• Stefan Bean
  241823 votes 38.0%

Member; Orange County Board of Education; Trustee Area 2

• Mari Barke
  74868 votes 49.0%
• Martha Fluor
  40776 votes 26.7%
• Christopher R. Ganiere
  11850 votes 7.8%

Member; Orange County Board of Education; Trustee Area 4

• Tim Shaw
  38819 votes 44.5%
• Paulette Chaffee
  25942 votes 29.7%
• Ellisa Kim
  7426 votes 8.5%
• David M. Choi
  5515 votes 6.3%

Member; Orange County Board of Education; Trustee Area 5

• Lisa Sparks
  98682 votes 54.7%
• Sherine Smith
  53641 votes 29.7%

County of Orange

County Supervisor; Orange County; Supervisorial District 2
Runoff Election 11/8/2022

• Vicente Sarmiento
  21916 votes 31.8%
• Kim Bernice Nguyen
  13923 votes 20.2%
• Cecilia "Ceci" Iglesias
  10635 votes 15.4%
• Jon Dumitru
  10321 votes 15.0%
• Juan Villegas
  5733 votes 8.3%

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

• Sunny Park
  30904 votes 32.6%
• Doug Chaffee
  27990 votes 29.5%
• Steven C. Vargas
  27436 votes 28.9%

County Supervisor; Orange County; Supervisorial District 5
Runoff Election 11/8/2022

• Katrina Foley
  64888 votes 37.0%
• Patricia C. "Pat" Bates
  34467 votes 19.7%
• Diane L. Harkey
  28809 votes 16.4%
• Kevin Muldoon
  27229 votes 15.5%

Assessor; Orange County

• Claude Parrish
  387926 votes 60.9%
• Richard "Rick" Foster
  137321 votes 21.6%
• Larry Bales
  22516 votes 3.5%

Auditor-Controller; Orange County

• Andrew N. Hamilton
  443254 votes 69.6%

Clerk-Recorder; Orange County

• Hugh Nguyen
  453783 votes 71.3%
• Sandy Kimble
  43435 votes 6.8%
• Steve Rocco
  39227 votes 6.2%

District Attorney-Public Administrator; Orange County

• Todd Spitzer
  352415 votes 55.4%
• Pete Hardin
  119886 votes 18.8%
• Bryan Chehock
  46425 votes 7.3%
• Michael A. Jacobs
  45190 votes 7.1%

Sheriff-Coroner; Orange County

• Don Barnes
  476504 votes 74.9%

Treasurer-Tax Collector; Orange County

• Shari L. Freidenrich
  478368 votes 75.2%

Measure A Cannabis Tax Measure -- City of Huntington Beach (2/3 Approval Required)
Fail: 32207 / 64.6% Yes votes ...... 17668 / 35.4% No votes

Shall the City adopt a special tax measure of up to 6% of gross receipts on Cannabis retailers and up to 1% of gross receipts on all other Cannabis businesses, which is expected to generate an estimated $300,000 to $600,000 annually for the specific purposes of funding police, homeless prevention, behavioral health services, and intervention programs, and levied until terminated by voters?

Measure B Charter Amendment -- City of Newport Beach (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 10859 / 41.4% Yes votes ...... 15385 / 58.6% No votes

Shall Article IV, City Council, and Article X, Elections, of the Newport Beach City Charter be amended to provide for the direct election of the Mayor, who would be nominated by residents and registered voters of the City of Newport Beach and elected by the voters of the City at-large?

Measure C Change of governing body -- City of Westminster (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 6389 / 40.0% Yes votes ...... 9564 / 60.0% No votes

Shall an ordinance be adopted that eliminates the office of elective mayor and increases the number of councilmembers and districts from four to five?