Here’s what happened in California’s midterm election while you were sleeping
Good morning. Election Day 2022 is in the history books, and now it’s all over but the counting.
Here are the unofficial results as of early Wednesday morning.
Because ballots postmarked Tuesday are accepted until Nov. 15, it could be days or even weeks before final results are known, as mail-in ballots continue to be counted.
BALLOT MEASURES
- Proposition 1, to enshrine the right to contraception and abortion in the state constitution: 65.2% yes and 34.8% no.
- Proposition 26, to legalize sports betting at tribal casinos: 29.9% yes and 70.1% no.
- Proposition 27, to legalize online sports betting: 16.6% yes and 83.4% no.
- Proposition 28, to give more money to arts and music K-12 education: 61.6% yes and 38.4% no.
- Proposition 29, to regulate the dialysis industry: 30.1% yes and 69.9% no.
- Proposition 30, to tax the rich for electric vehicle infrastructure and firefighting: 41.1% yes and 58.9% no.
- Proposition 31, to ban sale of most flavored tobacco products: 62.4% yes and 37.6% no.
STATEWIDE OFFICES
- Governor: Democratic incumbent Gavin Newsom 57.8%. Republican State Sen. Brian Dahle 42.2%.
- Lieutenant Governor: Democratic incumbent Eleni Kounalakis 58%. Republican Angela Underwood Jacobs 42%.
- Secretary of State: Democratic incumbent Shirley Weber 58.3%. Republican Rob Bernosky 41.7%.
- Controller: Democrat Malia Cohen 53.8%. Republican Lanhee Chen 46.2%.
- Treasurer: Democratic incumbent Fiona Ma 57.3%. Republican Jack Guerrero 42.7%.
- Attorney General: Democratic incumbent Rob Bonta 57.4%. Republican Nathan Hochman 42.6%.
- Insurance Commissioner: Democratic incumbent Ricardo Lara 58.1%. Republican Robert Howell 41.9%
- Superintendent of Public Instruction (non-partisan): Incumbent Tony Thurmond 62.9%. Lance Christensen 37.1%
- Board of Equalization District 1: Republican incumbent Ted Gaines 56.2%. Democrat Jose Altamirano 43.8%.
- Board of Equalization District 2: Democrat Sally Lieber 67.5%. Republican Peter Verbica 32.5%.
- Board of Equalization District 3: Democratic incumbent Tony Vazquez 66.7%. Independent Y. Marie Manvel 33.3%.
- Board of Equalization District 4: Democratic incumbent Mike Schaefer 60.4%. Democrat David Dodson 39.6%.
CONGRESS
- U.S. Senate (partial term): Democratic incumbent Alex Padilla 59.1%. Republican Mark Meuser 40.9%.
- U.S. Senate (full term): Democratic incumbent Alex Padilla 59.2%. Republican Mark Meuser 40.8%.
- Congressional District 3: Republican Kevin Kiley 53.1%. Democrat Kermit Jones 46.9%.
- Congressional District 5: Republican incumbent Tom McClintock 60.1%. Democrat Michael Barkley 39.9%.
- Congressional District 6: Democratic incumbent Ami Bera 55.8%. Republican Tamika Hamilton 44.2%.
- Congressional District 7: Democratic incumbent Doris Matsui 65.7%. Republican Max Semenenko 34.3%.
- Congressional District 8: Democratic incumbent John Garamendi 74.5%. Republican Rudy Recile 25.5%.
- Congressional District 9: Democrat Josh Harder 56.4%. Republican Tom Patti 43.6% vote.
- Congressional District 13: Republican John Duarte 50.1%. Democrat Adam Gray 49.9%.
- Congressional District 20: Republican incumbent Kevin McCarthy 67.6%. Democrat Marisa Wood 32.4%.
- Congressional District 21: Democratic incumbent Jim Costa 53.4%. Republican Michael Maher 46.6%.
- Congressional District 22: Republican incumbent David Valadao 54%. Democrat Rudy Salas 46%.
- Congressional District 41: Democrat Will Rollins 56.2%. Republican incumbent Ken Calvert 43.8%.
- Congressional District 42: Democrat Robert Garcia 63.8%. Republican John Briscoe has 36.2%.
LEGISLATURE
- Senate District 6: Republican Roger Niello 56.7%. Democrat Paula Marie Villescaz 43.3%.
- Senate District 8: Democrat Angelique Ashby 52%. Democrat Dave Jones 48%.
- Senate District 20: Democrat Caroline Menjivar 54.3%. Democrat Daniel Hertzberg 45.7%.
- Assembly District 6: Democrat Kevin McCarty 62.8%. Republican Cathy Cook 37.2%.
- Assembly District 7: Democratic incumbent Ken Cooley 50.3%. Republican Joshua Hoover 49.7%.
- Assembly District 10: Democrat Stephanie Nguyen 58%. Democrat Eric Guerra 42%.
- Assembly District 34: Republican Tom Lackey 60%. Republican Thurston Smith 40%.
- Assembly District 73: Democrat Cottie Petrie-Norris 53.8%. Republican Steven Choi 46.2%.
- Assembly District 75: Republican Marie Waldron 66.8%. Republican Randy Voepel 33.2%.
This story was originally published November 9, 2022 at 6:52 AM.