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In 2022, five special elections were called to fill vacant seats in theCalifornia State Legislature.

Click here to read more about the special elections.

Assembly special elections called:

• District 17: April 19
• District 49: April 19
• District 11: June 7
• District 62: June 7
• District 80: June 7

How vacancies are filled in California

If there is a vacancy in theCalifornia State Legislature, thegovernor must call for a special election. The governor must call the election within 14 calendar days of the vacancy. No special election shall be held if the vacancy occurs after the nominating deadline has passed in the final year of the term of office.^[1]

See sources:California Code, 1773 andCalifornia Cons. Art. IV, § 2

About the legislature

TheCalifornia State Legislature is abicameral body composed of theCalifornia State Assembly, with 80 members, and theCalifornia State Senate, with 40 members.

The boxes below show the partisan composition of both chambers directly before and after the most recent general elections prior to 2022. For the most up-to-date numbers on partisan composition in this legislature, seehere (Senate) andhere (House).

Special elections

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April 19, 2022

California State Assembly District 17

See also:California state legislative special elections, 2022 A special primary election forCalifornia State AssemblyDistrict 17 was called for February 15, 2022. A general election was scheduled for April 19, 2022.[2] The seat became vacant afterDavid Chiu (D) was appointed San Francisco City Attorney and was sworn in on November 1, 2021.[3] General election Special general election for California State Assembly District 17 Matt Haney defeatedDavid Campos in the special general election for California State Assembly District 17 on April 19, 2022. Candidate % Votes ✔ Matt Haney (D)   62.4   48,762 David Campos (D)   37.6   29,422 There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source Total votes: 78,184 = candidate completed theBallotpedia Candidate Connection survey. If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you,complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data?Contact our sales team. Nonpartisan primary election Special nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 17 Matt Haney andDavid Campos defeatedBilal Mahmood andThea Selby in the special primary for California State Assembly District 17 on February 15, 2022. Candidate % Votes ✔ Matt Haney (D)   36.4   34,174 ✔ David Campos (D)   35.7   33,448 Bilal Mahmood (D)    22.3   20,895 Thea Selby (D)    5.6   5,261 There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source Total votes: 93,778 = candidate completed theBallotpedia Candidate Connection survey. If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you,complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data?Contact our sales team.

California State Assembly District 49

See also:California state legislative special elections, 2022 A special primary election forCalifornia State AssemblyDistrict 49 was called for February 15, 2022. A general election scheduled for April 19, 2022, was canceled asMike Fong (D) won outright in the primary.[4][5] The seat became vacant on December 10, 2021, whenEdwin Chau (D) resigned after being appointed to serve as a judge on theLos Angeles County Superior Court.[6] Nonpartisan primary election Special nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 49 Mike Fong won election outright againstBurton Brink in the special primary for California State Assembly District 49 on February 15, 2022. Candidate % Votes ✔ Mike Fong (D)   67.0   27,763 Burton Brink (R)    33.0   13,703 There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source Total votes: 41,466 = candidate completed theBallotpedia Candidate Connection survey. If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you,complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data?Contact our sales team.

June 7, 2022

California State Assembly District 11

See also:California state legislative special elections, 2022 A special primary election forCalifornia State AssemblyDistrict 11 was called for April 5, 2022. A general election was scheduled for June 7, 2022.[7] The seat became vacant on December 31, 2021, whenJim Frazier (D) resigned to pursue job opportunities in the transportation sector.[8] Nonpartisan primary election Special nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 11 Lori Wilson won election outright againstErik Elness in the special primary for California State Assembly District 11 on April 5, 2022. Candidate % Votes ✔ Lori Wilson (D)    93.9   30,243 Submit photo Erik Elness (R) (Write-in)   6.1   1,975 There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source Total votes: 32,218 = candidate completed theBallotpedia Candidate Connection survey. If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you,complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data?Contact our sales team.

California State Assembly District 62

See also:California state legislative special elections, 2022 A special primary election forCalifornia State AssemblyDistrict 62 was called for April 5, 2022. A general election was scheduled for June 7, 2022. The candidate filing deadline was February 10, 2022.[9] The seat became vacant on February 1, 2022, whenAutumn Burke (D) resigned, stating she wanted to spend more time with family.[10] General election Special general election for California State Assembly District 62 Tina McKinnor defeatedRobert Pullen-Miles in the special general election for California State Assembly District 62 on June 7, 2022. Candidate % Votes ✔ Tina McKinnor (D)   52.5   31,348 Robert Pullen-Miles (D)    47.5   28,359 There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source Total votes: 59,707 = candidate completed theBallotpedia Candidate Connection survey. If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you,complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data?Contact our sales team. Nonpartisan primary election Special nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 62 Tina McKinnor andRobert Pullen-Miles defeatedNico Ruderman andAngie Reyes English in the special primary for California State Assembly District 62 on April 5, 2022. Candidate % Votes ✔ Tina McKinnor (D)   39.0   11,213 ✔ Robert Pullen-Miles (D)    34.6   9,945 Nico Ruderman (D)    13.2   3,794 Angie Reyes English (D)    13.1   3,777 There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source Total votes: 28,729 = candidate completed theBallotpedia Candidate Connection survey. If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you,complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data?Contact our sales team.

California State Assembly District 80

See also:California state legislative special elections, 2022 A special primary election forCalifornia State AssemblyDistrict 80 was called for April 5, 2022. A general election was scheduled for June 7, 2022.[11] The seat became vacant on January 5, 2022, whenLorena Gonzalez Fletcher (D) resigned, citing her upcoming plans to lead the California Labor Federation.[12] General election Special general election for California State Assembly District 80 David Alvarez defeatedGeorgette Gómez in the special general election for California State Assembly District 80 on June 7, 2022. Candidate % Votes ✔ David Alvarez (D)   54.3   26,482 Georgette Gómez (D)   45.7   22,297 There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source Total votes: 48,779 = candidate completed theBallotpedia Candidate Connection survey. If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you,complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data?Contact our sales team. Nonpartisan primary election Special nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 80 Georgette Gómez andDavid Alvarez defeatedLincoln Pickard in the special primary for California State Assembly District 80 on April 5, 2022. Candidate % Votes ✔ Georgette Gómez (D)   38.2   15,300 ✔ David Alvarez (D)   37.8   15,132 Lincoln Pickard (R)   24.0   9,625 There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source Total votes: 40,057 = candidate completed theBallotpedia Candidate Connection survey. If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you,complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data?Contact our sales team.

Historical data

There were 848 state legislative special elections that took place from 2010 to 2021. California held 36 special elections during the same time period; about three per year on average. The largest number of special elections in California took place in2013 when nine special elections were held.

The table below details how many state legislative special elections were held in a state in a given year.

Special elections throughout the country

See also:State legislative special elections, 2022

In 2022, 54state legislative special elections were scheduled in 24 states. Between 2011 and 2021, an average of 74 special elections took place each year.

Breakdown of 2022 special elections

In 2022, special elections for state legislative positions were held for the following reasons:

• 21 due to appointment, election, or the seeking of election to another position
• 24 due to resignation
• 9 due to the death of the incumbent

Impact of special elections on partisan composition

The partisan breakdown for the special elections was as follows:

• 36Democratic seats
• 18Republican seats

The table below details how many seats changed parties as the result of a special election in 2022. The number on the left reflects how many vacant seats were originally held by each party, while the number on the right shows how many vacant seats each party won in the special elections.

Note: This table reflects information for elections that were held and not the total number of vacant seats.

Flipped seats

In 2022, two seats flipped as a result of state legislative special elections.

Seats flipped from D to R

• Montana State Senate District 39 (November 8)

Seats flipped from R to D

• Michigan House of Representatives District 74 (May 3)

See also

• State legislative special elections, 2022
• State legislative special elections, 2021
• State legislative special elections, 2020
• California State Legislature

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