2022 United States Senate election in California (LandonExists)

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The 2022 United States Senate election in California was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of California, concurrently with the gubernatorial election, as well as elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

Kamala Harris, who was elected in 2016, resigned her seat on January 18, 2021, after she was elected Vice President of the United States in 2020 alongside Joe Biden. Governor Gavin Newsom appointed California Secretary of State Alex Padilla to succeed her.

Under California's nonpartisan blanket primary law, all candidates appear on the same ballot, regardless of party. In the primary, voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation. In the California system, the top two finishers—regardless of party—advance to the general election in November, even if a candidate receives a majority of the vote in the primary election. Washington and Louisiana have similar "jungle primary" style processes for senators.

Incumbent Democratic Senator Alex Padillia decided to run for reelection to a full term. In the primary on June 7, 2022, Incumbent Senator Alex Padillia and U.S. Representative Ro Khanna, both Democrats, finished in first and second place, respectively, and contested the general election. The highest Republican finisher in the primary won only (TBD) percent of the vote, and the (TBD) Republicans only won (TBD) percent of the vote among them.

Declared

 * Jerome Horton, former state assemblyman (2000–2006) and former member of the California State Board of Equalization (2009–2019)
 * Ro Khanna, U.S. Representative for California's 17th congressional district (2017–present)
 * Alex Padilla, incumbent U.S. Senator
 * A WHOLE LOT MORE

Declared

 * James P. Bradley, candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2018 and candidate for California's 33rd congressional district in 2020
 * Elizabeth Heng, candidate for U.S. Representative in California's 16th congressional district in 2018 and former U.S. House staffer
 * A WHOLE LOT MORE

Declined

 * Mike Garcia, U.S. Representative for California's 25th congressional district (2020–present) (running for reelection)
 * Darrell Issa, U.S. Representative for California's 50th congressional district (2021–present) and former U.S. Representative for California's 49th congressional district (2001–2019) (running for reelection)
 * Young Kim, U.S. Representative for California's 39th congressional district (2021–present) (running for reelection)
 * Michelle Steel, U.S. Representative for California's 48th congressional district (2021–present) (running for reelection)

TBC..