2022 California Secretary of State election

2022 California Secretary of State election

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Registered21,940,274
 
Candidate Shirley Weber Rob Bernosky
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 6,462,164 4,298,530
Percentage 60.1% 39.9%

County results
Weber:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Bernosky:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Secretary of State before election

Shirley Weber
Democratic

Elected Secretary of State

Shirley Weber
Democratic

The 2022 California Secretary of State election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Secretary of State of California. The primary election was held on June 7, 2022.[1]

Incumbent Democrat Shirley Weber was appointed to the position in December 2020 by governor Gavin Newsom. Newsom had appointed incumbent secretary of state Alex Padilla to succeed Kamala Harris as California's junior U.S. senator after Harris was elected Vice President of the United States in 2020.

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