The 2022 California Insurance Commissioner election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the Insurance Commissioner of California. Under California's nonpartisan blanket primary law, all candidates appeared on the same ballot, regardless of party. In the primary, voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation. The top two finishers — regardless of party — advanced to the general election in November, even if a candidate managed to receive a majority of the votes cast in the primary election. Incumbent Democratic Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara won re-election to a second term.
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Registered | 21,940,274 | |||||||||||||||
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County results Lara: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Howell: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | ||||||||||||||||
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The statewide top-two primary election was set to take place on June 7, 2022.[1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ricardo Lara (incumbent) | 2,414,744 | 35.91% | |
Republican | Robert Howell | 1,216,322 | 18.09% | |
Democratic | Marc Levine | 1,208,645 | 17.98% | |
Republican | Greg Conlon | 1,086,683 | 16.16% | |
Democratic | Vinson Eugene Allen | 258,040 | 3.83% | |
Peace and Freedom | Nathalie Hrizi | 190,414 | 2.83% | |
Green | Veronika Fimbres | 129,762 | 1.93% | |
Democratic | Jasper Jackson | 124,955 | 1.86% | |
No party preference | Robert J. Molnar | 94,163 | 1.40% | |
Total votes | 6,723,728 | 100.0% |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
Ricardo Lara (D) |
Robert Howell (R) |
Undecided |
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USC | October 30 – November 2, 2022 | 802 (RV) | ± 3.5% | 62% | 38% | – |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Ricardo Lara (incumbent) | 6,355,915 | 59.93% | +7.06% | |
Republican | Robert Howell | 4,249,391 | 40.07% | N/A | |
Total votes | 10,605,306 | 100.0% | |||
Democratic hold |