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| Turnout | 20.99% (primary) 27.92% (general) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2022 California's 22nd congressional district special election took place on June 7, 2022, with the primary election on April 5, 2022.California's 22nd congressional district became vacant whenRepublican representativeDevin Nunes resigned on January 1, 2022, to become the CEO of theTrump Media & Technology Group.[1]
GovernorGavin Newsom scheduled the special election for June 7, 2022, with the primary election on April 5, 2022.[2] The election was held using anonpartisan blanket primary, a system where all candidates run in the same primary, and if no candidate receives a majority of votes, the top two candidates then advance to the general election.[3] No candidate received a majority in the primary, so RepublicanConnie Conway and Democrat Lourin Hubbard advanced to the runoff.
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| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| The Cook Political Report[27] | Likely R | December 7, 2021 |
| Inside Elections[28] | Likely R | March 4, 2022 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[29] | Likely R | February 23, 2022 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Connie Conway | 30,559 | 35.1 | |
| Democratic | Lourin Hubbard | 16,905 | 19.4 | |
| Republican | Matt Stoll | 14,075 | 16.2 | |
| Democratic | Eric Garcia | 12,556 | 14.4 | |
| Republican | Michael Maher | 7,619 | 8.7 | |
| Republican | Elizabeth Heng | 5,391 | 6.2 | |
| Total votes | 87,105 | 100.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 415,021 | |||
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| Inside Elections[31] | Solid R | April 14, 2022 |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | Connie Conway | 71,720 | 62.14 | +7.91 | |
| Democratic | Lourin Hubbard | 43,701 | 37.86 | –7.91 | |
| Total votes | 115,421 | 100.00 | |||
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