2022 California Insurance Commissioner election

2022 California Insurance Commissioner election
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Registered21,940,274
 
Candidate Ricardo Lara Robert Howell
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 6,355,915 4,249,3911
Percentage 59.9% 40.1%
County results
Lara:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Howell:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Insurance Commissioner before election

Ricardo Lara
Democratic

Elected Insurance Commissioner

Ricardo Lara
Democratic

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The 2022 California Insurance Commissioner election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the Insurance Commissioner of California. Under California's nonpartisan blanket primary law, all candidates appeared on the same ballot, regardless of party. In the primary, voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation. The top two finishers — regardless of party — advanced to the general election in November, even if a candidate managed to receive a majority of the votes cast in the primary election. Incumbent Democratic Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara won re-election to a second term.

Primary

The statewide top-two primary election was set to take place on June 7, 2022.[1]

Candidates

Democratic Party

Republican Party

Green Party

  • Veronika Fimbres, nurse[2]

Peace and Freedom Party

  • Nathalie Hrizi, teacher, community activist and perennial candidate[2]

No party preference

  • Robert J. Molnar, healthcare advocate[2]

Endorsements

Robert Howell

Organizations

Nathalie Hrizi (P&F)

Organizations

Ricardo Lara (D)

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Marc Levine (D)

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Primary election

Results by county
Lara
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
Howell
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
Levine
  •   50–60%
Conlon
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%

Results

Primary election results[27]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ricardo Lara (incumbent) 2,414,744 35.91%
Republican Robert Howell 1,216,322 18.09%
Democratic Marc Levine 1,208,645 17.98%
Republican Greg Conlon 1,086,683 16.16%
Democratic Vinson Eugene Allen 258,040 3.83%
Peace and Freedom Nathalie Hrizi 190,414 2.83%
Green Veronika Fimbres 129,762 1.93%
Democratic Jasper Jackson 124,955 1.86%
No party preference Robert J. Molnar 94,163 1.40%
Total votes 6,723,728 100.0%

General election

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Ricardo
Lara (D) 		Robert
Howell (R) 		Undecided
USC[28] October 30 – November 2, 2022 802 (RV) ± 3.5% 62% 38% –

Results

2022 California Insurance Commissioner election[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ricardo Lara (incumbent) 6,355,915 59.93% +7.06%
Republican Robert Howell 4,249,391 40.07% N/A
Total votes 10,605,306 100.0%
Democratic hold

By congressional district

Lara won 41 of 52 congressional districts, including two that elected Republicans, with the remaining 11 going to Howell, including one that elected a Democrat.[30]

District Lara Howell Representative
1st 36% 64% Doug LaMalfa
2nd 72% 28% Jared Huffman
3rd 45% 55% Kevin Kiley
4th 65% 35% Mike Thompson
5th 39% 61% Tom McClintock
6th 55% 45% Ami Bera
7th 65% 35% Doris Matsui
8th 75% 25% John Garamendi
9th 50.2% 49.8% Josh Harder
10th 65% 35% Mark DeSaulnier
11th 85% 15% Nancy Pelosi
12th 89% 11% Barbara Lee
13th 48% 52% John Duarte
14th 68% 32% Eric Swalwell
15th 75% 25% Jackie Speier (117th Congress)
Kevin Mullin (118th Congress)
16th 72% 28% Anna Eshoo
17th 70% 30% Ro Khanna
18th 66% 34% Zoe Lofgren
19th 66% 34% Jimmy Panetta
20th 33% 67% Kevin McCarthy
21st 53% 47% Jim Costa
22nd 51% 49% David Valadao
23rd 41% 59% Jay Obernolte
24th 60% 40% Salud Carbajal
25th 54% 46% Raul Ruiz
26th 55% 45% Julia Brownley
27th 51% 49% Mike Garcia
28th 63% 37% Judy Chu
29th 74% 26% Tony Cárdenas
30th 75% 25% Adam Schiff
31st 60% 40% Grace Napolitano
32nd 67% 33% Brad Sherman
33rd 56% 44% Pete Aguilar
34th 82% 18% Jimmy Gomez
35th 57% 43% Norma Torres
36th 67% 33% Ted Lieu
37th 85% 15% Karen Bass (117th Congress)
Sydney Kamlager-Dove (118th Congress)
38th 59% 41% Linda Sánchez
39th 56% 44% Mark Takano
40th 45% 55% Young Kim
41st 46% 54% Ken Calvert
42nd 68% 32% Lucille Roybal-Allard (117th Congress)
Robert Garcia (118th Congress)
43rd 79% 21% Maxine Waters
44th 70% 30% Nanette Barragán
45th 49% 51% Michelle Steel
46th 60% 40% Lou Correa
47th 49.996% 50.004% Katie Porter
48th 39% 61% Darrell Issa
49th 51% 49% Mike Levin
50th 62% 38% Scott Peters
51st 60% 40% Sara Jacobs
52nd 64% 36% Juan Vargas

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

References

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  28. ^ USC
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