2022 California Attorney General election
The 2022 California Attorney General election will be held on November 8, 2022, to elect the Attorney General of California. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Rob Bonta was appointed to the office on April 23, 2021, following the resignation of Xavier Becerra to become the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.[1][2] He has announced his intention to run for election to a full term.[3]
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Candidates
A primary election is scheduled for June 7, 2022.[4] Under California law, all candidates appear on the same ballot under a nonpartisan blanket primary, with the top two finishers advancing to the general election.
Declined
- Ellen Corbett, former state senator from the 10th district (2006–2014)[5]
- Lou Correa, U.S. Representative for California's 46th congressional district (running for re-election; endorsed Bonta)[6]
- Jeffrey F. Rosen, Santa Clara County district attorney (2011–present)[7]
- Adam Schiff, U.S. Representative for California's 28th congressional district (running for re-election)[5]
Declared
- Eric Early, candidate for attorney general in 2018[5]
- Nathan Hochman, former U.S. Assistant Attorney General[8]
Declared
- Dan Kapelovitz, candidate for governor in the 2021 recall election[9]
Declared
- Anne Marie Schubert, Sacramento County district attorney[10]
Candidates[lower-alpha 1]
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Incumbent attorney general
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Sacramento County district attorney
Anne Schubert
Endorsements
Rob Bonta (D)
- U.S. Senators
- Alex Padilla, U.S. Senator from California (2021–present)[11]
- U.S. Representatives[11]
- Nanette Barragán, U.S. Representative from California's 44th congressional district (2017–present)
- Karen Bass, U.S. Representative from California's 37th congressional district (2013–present) and California's 33rd congressional district (2011–2013)
- Julia Brownley, U.S. Representative from California's 26th congressional district (2013–present)
- Salud Carbajal, U.S. Representative from California's 24th congressional district (2017–present)
- Judy Chu, U.S. Representative from California's 27th congressional district (2013–present) and California's 32nd congressional district (2009–2013)
- Lou Correa, U.S. Representative from California's 46th congressional district (2017–present)
- Jim Costa, U.S. Representative from California's 16th congressional district (2013–present) and California's 20th congressional district (2005–2013)
- Mark DeSaulnier, U.S. Representative from California's 11th congressional district (2015–present)
- Anna Eshoo, U.S. Representative from California's 18th congressional district (2013–present) and California's 14th congressional district (1993–2013)
- Jimmy Gomez, U.S. Representative from California's 34th congressional district (2017–present)
- Mike Levin, U.S. Representative from California's 49th congressional district (2019–present)
- Ted Lieu, U.S. Representative from California's 33rd congressional district (2015–present)
- Alan Lowenthal, U.S. Representative from California's 47th congressional district (2013–present)
- Grace Napolitano, U.S. Representative from California's 32nd congressional district (2013–present), California's 38th congressional district (2003–2013), and California's 34th congressional district (1999–2003)
- Scott Peters, U.S. Representative from California's 52nd congressional district (2013–present)
- Eric Swalwell, U.S. Representative from California's 15th congressional district (2013–present)
- Mark Takano, U.S. Representative from California's 41st congressional district (2013–present)
- Mike Thompson, U.S. Representative from California's 5th congressional district (2013–present) and California's 1st congressional district (1999–2013)
- Juan Vargas, U.S. Representative from California's 51st congressional district (2013–present)
- Statewide officials[11]
- Gavin Newsom, Governor of California (2019–present) and former Lieutenant Governor of California (2011–2019)
- Eleni Kounalakis, Lieutenant Governor of California (2019–present) and former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary (2010–2013)
- Shirley Weber, Secretary of State of California (2019–present)
- Betty Yee, California State Controller (2015–present)
- Fiona Ma, California State Treasurer (2019–present)
- Ricardo Lara, California Insurance Commissioner (2019–present)
- Tony Thurmond, California State Superintendent of Public Instruction (2019–present)
- State senators[11]
- Ben Allen, state senator from the 26th district (2014–present)
- Bob Archuleta, state senator from the 26th district (2018–present)
- Josh Becker, state senator from the 13th district (2020–present)
- Steven Bradford, state senator from the 35th district (2016–present)
- Anna Caballero, state senator from the 12th district (2018–present)
- Dave Cortese, state senator from the 15th district (2020–present)
- Bill Dodd, state senator from the 3rd district (2016–present)
- María Elena Durazo, state senator from the 24th district (2018–present)
- Susan Eggman, state senator from the 5th district (2020–present)
- Lena Gonzalez, state senator from the 33rd district (2019–present)
- Ben Hueso, state senator from the 40th district (2013–present)
- Sydney Kamlager, state senator from the 30th district (2021–present)
- John Laird, state senator from the 17th district (2020–present)
- Connie Leyva, state senator from the 20th district (2014–present)
- Monique Limón, state senator from the 19th district (2020–present)
- Mike McGuire, state senator from the 2nd district (2014–present)
- Dave Min, state senator from the 37th district (2020–present)
- Josh Newman, state senator from the 29th district (2016–2018; 2020–present)
- Richard Pan, state senator from the 6th district (2014–present)
- Anthony Portantino, state senator from the 25th district (2016–present)
- Richard Roth, state senator from the 31st district (2012–present)
- Nancy Skinner, state senator from the 9th district (2016–present)
- Henry Stern, state senator from the 27th district (2016–present)
- Tom Umberg, state senator from the 34th district (2018–present)
- Bob Wieckowski, state senator from the 10th district (2014–present)
- Scott Wiener, state senator from the 11th district (2016–present)
- State assemblymembers[11]
- Anthony Rendon, state assemblyman from the 63rd district (2012–present) and Speaker of the Assembly (2016–present)
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, state assemblywoman from the 63rd district (2016–present)
- Joaquin Arambula, state assemblyman from the 31st district (2016–present)
- Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, state assemblywoman from the 16th district (2018–present)
- Steve Bennett, state assemblyman from the 37th district (2020–present)
- Marc Berman, state assemblyman from the 24th district (2016–present)
- Richard Bloom, state assemblyman from the 50th district (2012–present)
- Tasha Boerner Horvath, state assemblywoman from the 76th district (2018–present)
- Mia Bonta, state assemblywoman from the 18th district (2021–present) (Bonta's wife)
- Isaac Bryan, state assemblyman from the 54th district (2021–present)
- Lisa Calderon, state assemblywoman from the 57th district (2020–present)
- Wendy Carrillo, state assemblywoman from the 51st district (2017–present)
- Ed Chau, former state assemblyman from the 49th district (2012–2021)
- Tom Daly, state assemblyman from the 69th district (2012–present)
- Laura Friedman, state assemblywoman from the 43rd district (2016–present)
- Jesse Gabriel, state assemblyman from the 45th district (2018–present)
- Eduardo Garcia, state assemblyman from the 56th district (2014–present)
- Mike Gipson, state assemblyman from the 64th district (2014–present)
- Lorena Gonzalez, former state assemblywoman from the 80th district (2016–2022)
- Tim Grayson, state assemblyman from the 14th district (2016–present)
- Chris Holden, state assemblyman from the 41st district (2012–present)
- Reggie Jones-Sawyer, state assemblyman from the 59th district (2012–present)
- Ash Kalra, state assemblyman from the 27th district (2016–present)
- Evan Low, state assemblyman from the 28th district (2014–present)
- Brian Maienschein, state assemblyman from the 77th district (2012–present)
- Kevin McCarty, state assemblyman from the 7th district (2014–present)
- Jose Medina, state assemblyman from the 61st district (2012–present)
- Kevin Mullin, state assemblyman from the 22nd district (2014–present)
- Al Muratsuchi, state assemblyman from the 66th district (2012–2014; 2016–present)
- Adrin Nazarian, state assemblyman from the 46th district (2012–present)
- Patrick O'Donnell, state assemblyman from the 70th district (2014–present)
- Bill Quirk, state assemblyman from the 20th district (2012–present)
- Sharon Quirk-Silva, state assemblywoman from the 65th district (2012–2014; 2016–present)
- Eloise Reyes, state assemblywoman from the 47th district (2016–present)
- James Ramos, state assemblyman from the 40th district (2018–present)
- Luz Rivas, state assemblywoman from the 39th district (2018–present)
- Robert Rivas, state assemblyman from the 30th district (2018–present)
- Freddie Rodriguez, state assemblyman from the 52nd district (2013–present)
- Rudy Salas, state assemblyman from the 32nd district (2018–present)
- Miguel Santiago, state assemblyman from the 53rd district (2014–present)
- Mark Stone, state assemblyman from the 29th district (2012–present)
- Phil Ting, state assemblyman from the 53rd district (2012–present)
- Chris Ward, state assemblyman from the 78th district (2020–present)
- Jim Wood, state assemblyman from the 2nd district (2014–present)
- Akilah Weber, state assemblywoman from the 79th district (2021–present)
- Mayors[11]
- London Breed, Mayor of San Francisco (2018–present)
- Eric Garcetti, Mayor of Los Angeles (2013–present)
- Robert Garcia, Mayor of Long Beach (2014–present)
- Todd Gloria, Mayor of San Diego (2020–present)
- Farrah Khan, Mayor of Irvine (2020–present)
- Sam Liccardo, Mayor of San Jose (2015–present)
- Mark Pulido, former Mayor of Cerritos (2014–2015)
- Vicente Sarmiento, Mayor of Santa Ana (2020–present)
- Libby Schaaf, Mayor of Oakland (2015–present)
- Darrell Steinberg, Mayor of Sacramento (2016–present)
- Local officials[11]
- Luis Alejo, Monterey County supervisor (2017–present)
- Raul Campillo, San Diego city councilor (2020–present)
- David Chiu, City Attorney of San Francisco (2021–present)
- Mara Elliott, San Diego City Attorney (2016–present)
- Nathan Fletcher, San Diego County supervisor (2019–present)
- Marni von Wilpert, San Diego city councilor (2020–present)
- Organizations[11]
- American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
- Asian American Action Fund
- Building and Construction Trades Council of Alameda County
- California Correctional Peace Officers Association[12]
- California Democratic Party[13]
- California Faculty Association
- California Federation of Teachers
- California Nurses Association
- California Teachers Association[14]
- Courage California
- Equality California
- NARAL Pro-Choice California
- Professional Engineers in California Government
- SEIU California
- Stonewall Democrats[15]
- Teamsters Joint Council 7
- Teamsters Joint Council 42
Nathan Hochman (R)
- U.S. Executive Branch officials[16]
- Michael Mukasey, former U.S. Attorney General (2007–2009)
- Robert C. Bonner, former U.S. Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection (2003–2005), former Commissioner of the U.S. Custom Service (2001–2003), and former Administrator of Drug Enforcement (1990–1993)
- U.S. Attorneys[16]
- Terree Bowers, former U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California (1992–1994)
- Robert S. Brewer Jr., former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California (2019–2021)
- Sandra R. Brown, former U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California (2017–2018)
- Nicola T. Hanna, former U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California (2018–2021)
- Thomas P. O'Brien, former U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California (2007–2009)
- Joseph Russoniello, former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California (2008–2010)
- Debra Wong Yang, former U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California (2002–2006)
- U.S. Representatives[16]
- Ken Calvert, U.S. Representative for California's 42nd congressional district (2013–present), California's 44th congressional district (2003–2013), and California's 43rd congressional district (1993–2003)
- Darrell Issa, U.S. Representative for California's 50th congressional district (2021–present), California's 49th congressional district (2003–2019), and California's 48th congressional district (2001–2003)[17]
- Young Kim, U.S. Representative for California's 39th congressional district (2021–present)
- Jay Obernolte, U.S. Representative for California's 8th congressional district (2021–present)
- Michelle Steel, U.S. Representative for California's 48th congressional district (2021–present)[18]
- Statewide officials[16]
- Pete Wilson, former Governor of California (1991–1999) and former U.S. Senator from California (1983–1991)
- State assemblymembers[16]
- Phillip Chen, state assemblyman from the 55th district (2016–present)
- Steven Choi, state assemblyman from the 68th district (2016–present)
- Heath Flora, state assemblyman from the 12th district (2016–present)
- James Gallagher, state assemblyman from the 3rd district (2014–present) (co-endorsed with Schubert)
- Tom Lackey, state assemblyman from the 36th district (2014–present)
- Janet Nguyen, state assemblywoman from the 72nd district (2020–present)
- Thurston Smith, state assemblyman from the 33rd district (2020–present)
- Randy Voepel, state assemblyman from the 71st district (2016–present)
- Marie Waldron, state assemblywoman from the 75th district (2012–present)
- Local officials[16]
- Don Barnes, Orange County Sheriff-Coroner (2019–present)
- Steve Cooley, former Los Angeles County District Attorney (2000–2012)
- Jackie Lacey, former Los Angeles County District Attorney (2012–2020) (Democratic)
- Alex Villanueva, Los Angeles County Sheriff (2018–present) (Democratic)
- Organizations
Dan Kapelovitz (G)
- Organizations
Anne Marie Schubert (NPP)
- State senators[21]
- Quentin L. Kopp, former state senator from the 8th district (1986–1998)
- Melissa Melendez, state senator from the 28th district (2020–present) (Republican)
- Jim Nielsen, state senator from the 4th district (2013–present) (Republican)
- State assemblymembers
- Jim Cooper, state assemblyman from the 9th district (2014–present) (Democratic)
- James Gallagher, state assemblyman from the 3rd district (2014–present) (Republican; co-endorsed with Hochman)
- Kevin Kiley, state assemblyman from the 6th district (2012–present) (Republican)
- Jim Patterson, state assemblyman from the 23rd district (2012–present) (Republican)
- Local officials
- Jerry Dyer, Mayor of Fresno (2021–present) and former Fresno Chief of Police (2001–2019) (Republican)
- Birgit Fladager, Stanislaus County District Attorney (2006–present)
- Frank Jordan, former Mayor of San Francisco (1992–1996) (Democratic)
- Nancy O'Malley, Alameda County District Attorney (2009–present)
- Summer Stephan, San Diego County District Attorney (2017–present)
- Organizations
Primary election
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Rob Bonta (incumbent) | |||
| Republican | Eric Early | |||
| Republican | Nathan Hochman | |||
| Green | Dan Kapelovitz | |||
| No party preference | Anne Marie Schubert | |||
| Total votes | ||||
General election
Predictions
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[23] | Likely D | January 12, 2022 |
Notes
- The images in this gallery are in the public domain or are otherwise free to use. This gallery should not be construed as a list of major or noteworthy candidates. If a candidate is not included in this gallery, it is only because there are no high-quality, copyright-free photographs of them available on the Internet.
References
- Stolberg, Sheryl Gay (December 6, 2020). "Biden Picks Xavier Becerra to Lead Health and Human Services". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 6, 2020.
- "Governor Newsom Swears in Rob Bonta as Attorney General of California". gov.ca.gov. April 23, 2021.
- White, Jeremy (May 5, 2021). "Newsom's AG pick will test California's mood on criminal justice". Politico.
- "Statewide Direct Primary Election - June 7, 2022 :: California Secretary of State". Office of the Secretary of State. The State of California. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- McGreevy, Patrick (March 27, 2021). "California attorney general-designee Rob Bonta is already gearing up for the 2022 election". Los Angeles Times.
- "Candidate Filing Log with Statements". Orange County Registrar of Voters. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
- Ogul, Michael (March 19, 2021). "Jeff Rosen Sought the Death Penalty For An Innocent Man. He Shouldn't Be California's Next AG". The Appeal.
- Walters, Dan (May 4, 2021). "A California showdown over crime and punishment looms". The Modesto Bee.
- "Primary Election - June 7, 2022". Retrieved March 26, 2022.
- Bretón, Marcos (April 26, 2021). "Sacramento DA Anne Marie Schubert announces she's running for state attorney general". The Sacramento Bee.
- "Rob Bonta Endorsements".
- "Unions again take center stage in housing debate". Politico. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
- "2022 Primary Endorsements" (PDF). cadem.org. California Democratic Party. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
- "2022 June Primary Election Candidate Recommendations". cta.org. California Teachers Association.
- "Endorsements". stonewalldems.org. Stonewall Democrats. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
- "Endorsements". nathanhochman.com. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
- "Congressman Darrell Issa endorses Nathan Hochman for Attorney General". www.oc-breeze.com. August 6, 2021. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- "Congresswoman Michelle Steel endorses Nathan Hochman for Attorney General". www.oc-breeze.com. September 15, 2021. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- Mehta, Seema (April 24, 2022). "California GOP endorses Brian Dahle for governor despite controversy over payment to party". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
- Winger, Richard (November 15, 2021). "Two California Ballot-Qualified Parties Will Run a Joint Campaign for Statewide Office in 2022". Ballot Access News. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
- "Endorsements". Anne Marie Schubert for Attorney General. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
- "Primary Election - June 7, 2022". Retrieved March 26, 2022.
- "The Battles for Attorney General". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
External links
- Official campaign websites
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