2022 California Primary Elections List (Contra Costa County)

Candidates and Ballot Measures

See: California Secretary of State: Elections Division
https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/statewide-elections/2022-primary/cert-list.pdf
Contra Costa County Elections
https://www.cocovote.us/wp-content/uploads/officialsummaryofcandidates_22jun07_3_31.pdf
(Note: *= incumbent)

Compiled by Northgate High School Senior Decker O’Steen, 2022

Federal Offices:
United States Senator (Class III) (Full term) ● Chuck Smith
● John Thompson Parker
● Alex Padilla *
● Enrique Petris
● Obaidul Huq Pirjada
● Douglas Howard Price
● Myron L. Hall
● Timothy J Urisch
● James “Henk” Conn
● Don J. Grundman
● Eleanor Garcia
● Robert George Lucero
● Sarah Sun Liew
● Daphne Bradford
● James P. Bradley
● Akinyemi Agbede
● Jon Elist
● Pamela Elizondo
● Dan O’Dowd
● Cordie Williams
● Deon D. Jenkins
● Carlos Guillermo Tapia
● Mark P. Meuser

United States Senator (Class III), Short Term ● Alex Padilla *

[November 2022- January 3, 2023] ● Myron L. Hall
● Timothy J Urisch
● Daphne Bradford
● James P. Bradley
● Joni Elist
● Dan O’Dowd
● Mark P. Meuser

United States Representative, District 8 ● Cheryl Sudduth

● John Garamendi *
● Edwin Rutsch
● Rudy Recile
 ● Christopher Riley

United States Representative, District 9 ● Jim Shoemaker

● Tom Patti
● Josh Harder *
● Harpreet Singh Chima
● Karena Apple Feng
● Mark T. Andrews
● Khalid Jeffery Jafri
● Johnathan Madison

United States Representative, District 10 ● Michael Ernest Kerr

● Mark DeSaulnier *

Statewide Offices

Governor ● Michael Shellenberger

● Frederic C Shultz
● Woodrow “Woody” Sanders III
● Reinette Senuim
● Lonnie Sortor
● Armando “Mando” Perez-Serrato
● James G. Hannik
● Shawn Collins
● Heather Collins
● Anthony “Tony” Fanara
● Serge Fiankan
● Luis Javier Rodriguez
● Leo S. Zacky
● Bradley Zink
● Jenny Rae Le Roux
● David Lozano
● Ronald A Anderson
● Gavin Newsom *
● Robert C Newman II
● Brian Dahle
● Joel Ventresca
● Major Williams
● Ron Jones
● Anthony Trimino
● Daniel R Mercuri
● Cristian Raul Morales

Lieutenant Governor ● Clint W Saunders

● William Cavett “Skee” Saacke
● David Hilberg
● Angela E. Underwood Jacobs
● David Fennell
● Eleni Kounalakis *
● Mohammad Arif
● Jeffery Highbear Morgan
 Secretary of State ● James “JW” Paine
● Rachel Hamm
● Matthew D Cinquatta
● Raul Rodriguez Jr.
● Gary N Blenner
● Rob Bernosky
● Shirley Weber *

Controller ● Lahnee Chen

● Malia M. Cohen
● Steve Glazer
● Ron Galperin
● Yvonne Yiu
● Laura Wells

Treasurer ● Jack M Guerrero

● Meghann Adams
● Andrew Do
● Fiona Ma *

Attorney General ● Anne Marie Schubert

● Nathan Hochman
● Dan Kapelovitz
● Rob Bonta *
● Eric Early

Insurance Commissioner ● Nathalie Hrizi

● Robert Howell
● Greg Conlon
● Veronika Fimbres
● Ricardo Lara *
● Marc Levine
● Vinson Eugene Allen
● Jasper “Jay” Jackson
● Robert J Molnar

State Superintendent of Public Instruction ● Lance Ray Christensen

● Joseph Guy Campbell
● Jim Gibson
● Anye E. Long
● Marco Amaral
● George Yang
● Tony K Thurmond *

Board of Equalization, District 2 ● Sally J Lieber

● Michela Alioto-Pier
● Peter Coe Verbica

State Legislative Office

State Assembly, District 11 ● Jenny Leilani Callison
● Lori D Wilson *

State Assembly, District 14 ● Buffy Wicks *

 State Assembly, District 15 ● Tim Grayson *
● Janell Elizabeth Proctor

State Assembly, District 16 ● Joseph A Rubay

● Rebecca Bauer-Kahn *

County Superior Court

All incumbents are seeking reelection

County Offices
County Superintendent of Public Instruction ● Lynn V Mackey *

County Supervisor, Seat 1 ● John “Joya” Gioia *

● Hulan Barnett Jr

County Supervisor, Seat 4 ● Ken Carlson

● Roxanne Carillo Garza
● Ed Birsan
● Debora Allen
● Carlyn Obringer

County Assessor ● Gus Kramer *

● Floy Elizabeth Andrews

County Auditor-Controller ● Robert Campbell *

County Clerk- Recorder ● Nick Spinner

● Kristin Braun Connelly
● Vicki Gordon
● Devin T Murphy

District Attorney for Contra Costa ● Mary Knox

● Diana Becton *

County Sheriff-Coroner ● David Livingston *

● Benjamin Therriault

County Treasurer-Tax Collector ● Russell T Watts *

No statewide ballot initiatives up on June 7