Election Results of the California June 7 Primary For Santa Monica

June 10, 2022 - Results from the primary election that was held on June 7 are still preliminary as vote-by-mail ballots still have several days to reach their destination. But results are available from the 580,358 vote-by-mail ballots already received and the 242,187 votes cast at vote centers. The following data from the California Secretary of State and the Los Angeles County Registrar/Recorder are as of June 9 and June 8 respectively.

For almost all offices, candidates must run in the general election in November even if they garnered more than 50 percent of the vote. Only candidates runing for Superintendent of Public Instruction or those in special elections can win outright in the primary with over 50 percent of the vote.

Even if there are only two candidates in the primary, both must run again in the general election.

Because California employs open primaries, in which no party is guaranteed a place in the general election, it is interesting to note that Republicans nevertheless managed to attain a place in the general election for nearly statewide offices.

Governor

Gavin Newsom (D) 56% (2,097,866)

Brian Dahle (R) 17.3% (646,535)

Lieutenant Governor

Eleni Kounalakis (D) 52.1%

Angela E. Underwood Jacobs (R) 20.1%

Secretary of State

Shirley N. Weber (D) 58.6%

Rob Bernosky (R) 19.6%

Controller

Lanhee Chen (R) 37.2%

Malia M. Cohen (D) 21.4%

Treasurer

Fiona Ma (D) 57.4%

Jack M. Guerrero (R) 21.4%

Attorney General

Rob Bonta (D) 54.3%

Nathan Hochman (R) 18.7%

Eric Early (R) 16.9%

Insurance Commissioner

Ricardo Lara (D) 36.9%

Robert Howell (R) 18.0%

Marc Levine (D) 16.9%

Greg Conlon (R) 16.7%

State Board of Equalization 3rd District

Tony Vazquez (D) 62.7%

Y. Marie Manvel (NPP) 24.4%

U.S. Senator Full Term

Alex Padilla (D) 53.3%

Mark P. Meuser (R) 14.6%

U.S. Sentaor Short Term (ending Jan 3, 2023)

Alex Padilla (D) 54.1%

Mark P. Meuser (R) 21.9%

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Tony K. Thurmond (incumbent) 45.7%

Ainye E. Long 11.6%

Lance Ray Christensen 11.5%

U.S. Representative 36th District

Ted W. Lieu (D) 63.6%

Joe E. Collins III (R) 14.9%

State Senator 24th District

Ben Allen (D) 100 %

State Assemblymember 51st District

Rick Chavez Zbur (D) 62.0%

Louis Abramson (D) 38%

County Assessor

Jeffrey Prang 45.8%

Sandy Sun 24.3%

Sheriff

Alex Villanueva 34.4%

Robert Luna 24.5%

County Supervisor 3rd District

Bob Hertzberg

34.1%

Lindsey Horvath 24.7%

Henry Stern 22%

Judge of Superior Court

Office No. 3

SHERILYN PEACE GARNETT 62.22%

TIM REUBEN 22.14%

Office No. 60

ABBY BARON 29.73%

ANNA SLOTKY REITANO 24.64%

SHARON RANSOM 22.75%

Office No.67

ELIZABETH LASHLEY-HAYNES 35.51%

FERNANDA MARIA BARRETO 35.24%

RYAN DIBBLE 29.26%

Office No. 70

HOLLY L. HANCOCK 41.99%

RENEE YOLANDE CHANG 34.0%

Office No. 90

MELISSA LYONS 33.99%

LESLIE GUTIERREZ 30.06%

Office No. 116

DAVID B. GELFOUND 67.87%

LLOYD E. HANDLER 32.13%

Office No.118

MELISSA HAMMOND 29.76%

CAROLYN "JIYOUNG" PARK 19.72%

KEITH KOYANO 17.83%

Office No. 151

PATRICK HARE 35.11%

KAREN A. BRAKO 26.65%

Office No. 156

CAROL ELSWICK 69.34%

ALBERT ROBLES 30.66%