Combined ballot

See Also:   Information for the County of Kern
(Elections Office, local League of Women Voters, links to other county election sites)

Governor

• Gavin Newsom, Democratic
  3,936,648 votes 55.9%
• Brian Dahle, Republican
  1,249,438 votes 17.7%
• Michael Shellenberger, No Party Preference
  289,559 votes 4.1%
• Anthony Trimino, Republican
  245,867 votes 3.5%
• Jenny Rae Le Roux, Republican
  245,568 votes 3.5%
• Shawn Collins, Republican
  172,327 votes 2.4%
• Luis Javier Rodriguez, Green
  124,446 votes 1.8%
• Leo S. Zacky, Republican
  94,198 votes 1.3%
• Major Williams, Republican
  92,223 votes 1.3%
• Robert C. Newman, II, Republican
  82,551 votes 1.2%
• Joel Ventresca, Democratic
  66,686 votes 0.9%
• David Lozano, Republican
  66,381 votes 0.9%
• Ronald A. Anderson, Republican
  53,337 votes 0.8%
• Reinette Senum, No Party Preference
  52,761 votes 0.7%
• Armando "Mando" Perez-Serrato, Democratic
  45,316 votes 0.6%
• Ron Jones, Republican
  38,212 votes 0.5%
• Daniel R. Mercuri, Republican
  36,256 votes 0.5%
• Heather Collins, Green
  29,554 votes 0.4%
• Anthony "Tony" Fanara, Democratic
  25,005 votes 0.4%
• Cristian Raul Morales, Republican
  22,252 votes 0.3%
• Lonnie Sortor, Republican
  20,906 votes 0.3%
• Frederic C. Schultz, No Party Preference
  17,458 votes 0.2%
• Woodrow "Woody" Sanders, III, No Party Preference
  16,163 votes 0.2%
• James G. Hanink, No Party Preference
  10,064 votes 0.1%
• Serge Fiankan, No Party Preference
  6,170 votes 0.1%
• Bradley Zink, No Party Preference
  5,974 votes 0.1%

Lieutenant Governor

• Eleni Kounalakis, Democratic
  3,608,480 votes 52.7%
• Angela E. Underwood Jacobs, Republican
  1,361,541 votes 19.9%
• David Fennell, Republican
  919,472 votes 13.4%
• Clint W. Saunders, Republican
  305,301 votes 4.5%
• Jeffrey Highbear Morgan, Democratic
  228,465 votes 3.3%
• Mohammad Arif, Peace and Freedom
  182,836 votes 2.7%
• William Cavett "Skee" Saacke, Democratic
  171,475 votes 2.5%
• David Hillberg, No Party Preference
  74,024 votes 1.1%

Secretary of State

• Shirley N. Weber, Democratic
  4,007,399 votes 58.9%
• Rob Bernosky, Republican
  1,278,207 votes 18.8%
• Rachel Hamm, Republican
  820,577 votes 12.1%
• James "JW" Paine, Republican
  253,063 votes 3.7%
• Gary N. Blenner, Green
  205,083 votes 3.0%
• Raul Rodriguez, Jr., Republican
  175,324 votes 2.6%
• Matthew D. Cinquanta, No Party Preference
  59,270 votes 0.9%

Controller

• Lanhee Chen, Republican
  2,525,984 votes 37.2%
• Malia M. Cohen, Democratic
  1,539,038 votes 22.7%
• Yvonne Yiu, Democratic
  1,021,644 votes 15.1%
• Steve Glazer, Democratic
  754,338 votes 11.1%
• Ron Galperin, Democratic
  689,234 votes 10.2%
• Laura Wells, Green
  257,359 votes 3.8%

Treasurer

• Fiona Ma, Democratic
  3,891,266 votes 57.4%
• Jack M. Guerrero, Republican
  1,484,577 votes 21.9%
• Andrew Do, Republican
  1,154,804 votes 17.0%
• Meghann Adams, Peace and Freedom
  244,800 votes 3.6%

Attorney General

• Rob Bonta, Democratic
  3,747,697 votes 54.3%
• Nathan Hochman, Republican
  1,253,269 votes 18.2%
• Eric Early, Republican
  1,138,658 votes 16.5%
• Anne Marie Schubert, No Party Preference
  538,338 votes 7.8%
• Dan Kapelovitz, Green
  219,374 votes 3.2%

Insurance Commissioner

• Ricardo Lara, Democratic
  2,409,149 votes 35.9%
• Robert Howell, Republican
  1,212,443 votes 18.1%
• Marc Levine, Democratic
  1,205,570 votes 18.0%
• Greg Conlon, Republican
  1,083,583 votes 16.2%
• Vinson Eugene Allen, Democratic
  257,549 votes 3.8%
• Nathalie Hrizi, Peace and Freedom
  190,048 votes 2.8%
• Veronika Fimbres, Green
  129,231 votes 1.9%
• Jasper "Jay" Jackson, Democratic
  124,671 votes 1.9%
• Robert J. Molnar, No Party Preference
  93,814 votes 1.4%

State Board of Equalization; District 1

• Ted Gaines, Republican
  857,509 votes 55.1%
• Jose S. Altamirano, Democratic
  334,271 votes 21.5%
• Braden Murphy, Democratic
  225,077 votes 14.5%
• Nader Shahatit, Democratic
  139,744 votes 9.0%

United States Senator; Full Term

• Alex Padilla, Democratic
  3,717,390 votes 54.1%
• Mark P. Meuser, Republican
  1,025,490 votes 14.9%
• Cordie Williams, Republican
  473,175 votes 6.9%
• Jon Elist, Republican
  288,718 votes 4.2%
• Chuck Smith, Republican
  265,989 votes 3.9%
• James P. Bradley, Republican
  234,863 votes 3.4%
• Douglas Howard Pierce, Democratic
  116,229 votes 1.7%
• John Thompson Parker, Peace and Freedom
  105,235 votes 1.5%
• Sarah Sun Liew, Republican
  76,777 votes 1.1%
• Dan O'Dowd, Democratic
  75,515 votes 1.1%
• Akinyemi Agbede, Democratic
  70,731 votes 1.0%
• Myron L. Hall, Republican
  65,916 votes 1.0%
• Timothy J. Ursich, Democratic
  58,155 votes 0.8%
• Robert George Lucero, Jr., Republican
  53,186 votes 0.8%
• James "Henk" Conn, Green
  35,823 votes 0.5%
• Eleanor Garcia, No Party Preference
  34,515 votes 0.5%
• Carlos Guillermo Tapia, Republican
  33,782 votes 0.5%
• Pamela Elizondo, Green
  31,834 votes 0.5%
• Enrique Petris, Republican
  31,618 votes 0.5%
• Obaidul Huq Pirjada, Democratic
  27,735 votes 0.4%
• Daphne Bradford, No Party Preference
  26,799 votes 0.4%
• Don J. Grundmann, No Party Preference
  10,129 votes 0.1%
• Deon D. Jenkins, No Party Preference
  6,913 votes 0.1%

United States Senator; Unexpired Short Term

• Alex Padilla, Democratic
  3,731,965 votes 55.1%
• Mark P. Meuser, Republican
  1,499,147 votes 22.1%
• James P. Bradley, Republican
  470,266 votes 6.9%
• Jon Elist, Republican
  402,447 votes 5.9%
• Timothy Ursich, Jr., Democratic
  225,820 votes 3.3%
• Dan O'Dowd, Democratic
  190,829 votes 2.8%
• Myron L. Hall, Republican
  142,618 votes 2.1%
• Daphne Bradford, No Party Preference
  111,750 votes 1.6%

United States Representative

United States Representative; District 20

• Kevin McCarthy, Republican
  85,631 votes 61.3%
• Marisa Wood, Democratic
  33,456 votes 24.0%
• Ben Dewell, Democratic
  8,738 votes 6.3%
• James Davis, Republican
  6,374 votes 4.6%
• James Macauley, Republican
  5,473 votes 3.9%

United States Representative; District 22

• Rudy Salas, Democratic
  25,337 votes 45.2%
• David G. Valadao, Republican
  14,331 votes 25.6%
• Chris Mathys, Republican
  13,111 votes 23.4%
• Adam Medeiros, Republican
  3,250 votes 5.8%

United States Representative; District 23

• Jay Obernolte, Republican
  57,988 votes 60.9%
• Derek Marshall, Democratic
  20,776 votes 21.8%
• Blanca A. Gómez, Democratic
  16,516 votes 17.3%

State Senator

State Senator; District 12

• Shannon Grove, Republican
  119,025 votes 68.7%
• Susanne Gundy, Democratic
  54,145 votes 31.3%

State Senator; District 16

• David Shepard, Republican
  32,559 votes 43.4%
• Melissa Hurtado, Democratic
  22,153 votes 29.5%
• Nicole Parra, Democratic
  9,921 votes 13.2%
• Gregory Tatum, Republican
  6,015 votes 8.0%
• Bryan Osorio, Democratic
  4,343 votes 5.8%

Member of the State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 32

• Vince Fong, Republican
  77,776 votes 100.0%

Member of the State Assembly; District 34

• Thurston "Smitty" Smith, Republican
  23,663 votes 31.1%
• Tom Lackey, Republican
  22,622 votes 29.7%
• Rita Ramirez Dean, Democratic
  20,384 votes 26.8%
• Raj Kahlon, Democratic
  4,063 votes 5.3%
• Paul Fournier, Republican
  3,189 votes 4.2%
• Roger LaPlante, No Party Preference
  2,122 votes 2.8%

Member of the State Assembly; District 35

• Leticia Perez, Democratic
  14,101 votes 50.5%
• Jasmeet Bains, Democratic
  13,812 votes 49.5%

Judicial

Judge of the Superior Court; County of Kern; Office 6

• Michael A. Caves
  86959 votes 100.00%

Judge of the Superior Court; County of Kern; Office 10

• T. Mark Smith
  83960 votes 100.00%

School

State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Runoff Election 11/8/2022

• Tony K. Thurmond
  2,874,519 votes 45.9%
• Lance Ray Christensen
  743,325 votes 11.9%
• Ainye E. Long
  696,871 votes 11.1%
• George Yang
  691,849 votes 11.1%
• Marco Amaral
  546,183 votes 8.7%
• Jim Gibson
  466,794 votes 7.5%
• Joseph Guy Campbell
  241,163 votes 3.9%

County Superintendent of Schools; County of Kern

• Mary C. Barlow
  82389 votes 100.00%

County

Supervisor; County of Kern; Supervisorial District 2

• Zack Scrivner
  16307 votes 72.55%
• Kelly L. Carden, Jr.
  4962 votes 22.08%
• Pete Graff
  1207 votes 5.37%

Supervisor; County of Kern; Supervisorial District 3
Runoff Election 11/8/2022

• Jeffrey Flores
  9863 votes 40.11%
• Brian Smith
  8221 votes 33.44%
• Louis Gill
  6504 votes 26.45%

Assessor-Recorder; County of Kern

• Laura Jeanne Avila
  52358 votes 51.96%
• Todd Reeves
  48412 votes 48.04%

Auditor-Controller-County Clerk; County of Kern

• Aimee X. Espinoza
  50909 votes 50.46%
• Mark McKenzie
  49974 votes 49.54%

District Attorney; County of Kern

• Cynthia Zimmer
  89717 votes 100.00%

Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator; County of Kern

• Donny Youngblood
  89433 votes 100.00%

Treasurer-Tax Collector; County of Kern

• Jordan A. Kaufman
  87901 votes 100.00%

Measure B School Bond -- Muroc Joint Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 301 / 60.8% Yes votes ...... 194 / 39.2% No votes
   1 (16.67%) Yes / 5 (83.33%) No in San Bernardino County
   300 (61.35%) Yes / 189 (38.65%) No in Kern County

To improve and repair facilities at Boron Schools, enhance student safety/security systems, acquire/construct/renovate District facilities, classrooms, and equipment, update heating/ air conditioning systems, make health/safety improvements, and improve student access to technology, shall this Muroc Joint Unified School District measure authorizing $21,000,000 of bonds at legal rates, levying 4.9˘ per $100 of assessed value (averaging $1,140,000 annually) while bonds are outstanding, be adopted with annual audits, independent citizens' oversight and NO money for administrative salaries?

Measure C School Bond -- Sierra Sands Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Fail: 3,024 / 41.3% Yes votes ...... 4,303 / 58.7% No votes
   11 (24.44%) Yes / 34 (75.56%) No in San Bernardino County
   3013 (41.38%) Yes / 4269 (58.62%) No in Kern County

To update and reconstruct local schools to expand science, technology, engineering, arts and math programs; provide equitable access to modernized classrooms/facilities; improve school safety and energy efficiency; construct and equip classrooms/facilities; shall Sierra Sands Unified School District issue $52,800,000 in bonds, at legal rates, raising an annual average of $2,800,000, at approximately $60 per $100,000 of assessed valuation while bonds are outstanding, with independent oversight, audits, no money for administrators' salaries/pensions, and all funds remaining local?