Results: Democratic hold Democratic gain Republican hold Republican gain No election held Democratic: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Republican: 50–60% 60–70% No election held
The 2022 California State Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 8, with the primary election was held on Thursday June 7, Voters in the 20 even-numbered districts of the California State Senate elected their representatives. The elections coincided with elections for other offices, including the state assembly.
Democrats gained 1 seat, increasing their supermajority to 32 out of 40 seats, a four fifths majority.[1]
Paula Villescaz (Democratic), director of legislative advocacy for the County Welfare Directors Association and member and former president of the San Juan Unified School District board[22]
The new 12th district encompasses the southeastern Central Valley and the northwestern corner of the Mojave Desert, including most of Kern County and the eastern portions of Tulare County and Fresno County. It merged the districts of first-term Republican Shannon Grove of Bakersfield of the former 16th district, who is running for re-election here and first-term Republican Andreas Borgeas of the former 8th district, who decided not to seek reelection.
The new 14th district is located in the western Central Valley, including Merced County and western Fresno County. The incumbents in this area are first-term Democrat Anna Caballero of Merced and the former 12th district and first-term Democrat Melissa Hurtado of Sanger and the former 14th district. Both incumbents initially were running for re-election in this district, but Hurtado dropped out to run for the 16th district.
The new 16th district encompasses the southwestern Central Valley, including Kings County, western Tulare County, and northwestern Kern County. The seat originally had no incumbent, but first-term Democrat Melissa Hurtado of Sanger eventually chose to run for re-election here. On December 14, candidate David Shepard filed for a recount, after the race was certified with Senator Hurtado in the lead by a 20-vote margin.[48] The recount concluded on January 17, with Shepard gaining 11 votes, while Hurtado gained 4.[49]
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External links
Official campaign websites for 4th district candidates
Marie Alvarado-Gil (D) for State Senate
Official campaign websites for 8th district candidates
Angelique Ashby (D) for State Senate Archived April 22, 2021, at the Wayback Machine