Laura Smith (California)
Laura Smith (Republican Party) ran for election for Governor of California. She did not appear on the ballot for the primary on June 7, 2022.
Smith was a 2018 Republican write-in candidate for governor of California. She initially filed to run as a regular candidate in the election, but she was not included in the certified list of candidates in the election.[1][2] She was also not included in the certified list of write-in candidates.[3]
Elections
2022
See also: California gubernatorial election, 2022
General election
General election for Governor of California
Incumbent Gavin Newsom defeated Brian Dahle in the general election for Governor of California on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Gavin Newsom (D) | 59.2 | 6,470,104 | |
| Brian Dahle (R) | 40.8 | 4,462,914 | ||
| Total votes: 10,933,018 | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Governor of California
The following candidates ran in the primary for Governor of California on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Gavin Newsom (D) | 55.9 | 3,945,748 | |
| ✔ | Brian Dahle (R) | 17.7 | 1,252,800 | |
| Michael Shellenberger (Independent) | 4.1 | 290,286 | ||
| Jenny Rae Le Roux (R) | 3.5 | 246,665 | ||
| Anthony Trimino (R) | 3.5 | 246,322 | ||
| Shawn Collins (R) | 2.5 | 173,083 | ||
| Luis Rodriguez (G) | 1.8 | 124,672 | ||
| Leo Zacky (R) | 1.3 | 94,521 | ||
| Major Williams (R) | 1.3 | 92,580 | ||
| Robert Newman (R) | 1.2 | 82,849 | ||
| Joel Ventresca (D) | 0.9 | 66,885 | ||
| David Lozano (R) | 0.9 | 66,542 | ||
| Ronald Anderson (R) | 0.8 | 53,554 | ||
| Reinette Senum (Independent) | 0.8 | 53,015 | ||
| Armando Perez-Serrato (D) | 0.6 | 45,474 | ||
| Ron Jones (R) | 0.5 | 38,337 | ||
| Daniel Mercuri (R) | 0.5 | 36,396 | ||
| Heather Collins (G) | 0.4 | 29,690 | ||
| Anthony Fanara (D) | 0.4 | 25,086 | ||
| Cristian Morales (R) | 0.3 | 22,304 | ||
| Lonnie Sortor (R) | 0.3 | 21,044 | ||
| Frederic Schultz (Independent) | 0.2 | 17,502 | ||
| Woodrow Sanders III (Independent) | 0.2 | 16,204 | ||
| James Hanink (Independent) | 0.1 | 10,110 | ||
| Serge Fiankan (Independent) | 0.1 | 6,201 | ||
| Bradley Zink (Independent) | 0.1 | 5,997 | ||
| Jeff Scott (American Independent Party of California) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 13 | ||
| Gurinder Bhangoo (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 8 | ||
| Total votes: 7,063,888 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Errol Webber (R)
- Laura Smith (R)
- Chaz Flemmings (Independent)
- John Drake (D)
- Mohammad Arif (D)
- Hilaire Shioura (Independent)
2018
- See also: California gubernatorial election, 2018
General election
General election for Governor of California
Gavin Newsom defeated John Cox in the general election for Governor of California on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Gavin Newsom (D) | 61.9 | 7,721,410 | |
| John Cox (R) | 38.1 | 4,742,825 | ||
| Total votes: 12,464,235 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Governor of California
The following candidates ran in the primary for Governor of California on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Gavin Newsom (D) | 33.7 | 2,343,792 | |
| ✔ | John Cox (R) | 25.4 | 1,766,488 | |
| Antonio Villaraigosa (D) | 13.3 | 926,394 | ||
| Travis Allen (R) | 9.5 | 658,798 | ||
| John Chiang (D) | 9.4 | 655,920 | ||
| Delaine Eastin (D) | 3.4 | 234,869 | ||
| Amanda Renteria (D) | 1.3 | 93,446 | ||
| Robert Newman (R) | 0.6 | 44,674 | ||
| Michael Shellenberger (D) | 0.5 | 31,692 | ||
| Peter Liu (R) | 0.4 | 27,336 | ||
| Yvonne Girard (R) | 0.3 | 21,840 | ||
| Gloria La Riva (Peace and Freedom Party) | 0.3 | 19,075 | ||
| Juan Bribiesca (D) | 0.3 | 17,586 | ||
| Josh Jones (G) | 0.2 | 16,131 | ||
| Zoltan Gyurko Istvan (L) | 0.2 | 14,462 | ||
| Albert Caesar Mezzetti (D) | 0.2 | 12,026 | ||
| Nickolas Wildstar (L) | 0.2 | 11,566 | ||
| Robert Davidson Griffis (D) | 0.2 | 11,103 | ||
| Akinyemi Agbede (D) | 0.1 | 9,380 | ||
| Thomas Jefferson Cares (D) | 0.1 | 8,937 | ||
| Christopher Carlson (G) | 0.1 | 7,302 | ||
| Klement Tinaj (D) | 0.1 | 5,368 | ||
| Hakan Mikado (Independent) | 0.1 | 5,346 | ||
| Johnny Wattenburg (Independent) | 0.1 | 4,973 | ||
| Desmond Silveira (Independent) | 0.1 | 4,633 | ||
| Shubham Goel (Independent) | 0.1 | 4,020 | ||
| Jeffrey Edward Taylor (Independent) | 0.1 | 3,973 | ||
| Total votes: 6,961,130 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Boris Romanowsky (Independent)
- Robert Kleinberger (R)
- Lindsey Neil Shortland (Independent)
- George Konik (R)
- Scot Sturtevant (Independent)
- Ted Crisell (D)
- James Tran (Independent)
- Jacob Morris (R)
- Michael Bilger (Independent)
- Andy Blanch (Independent)
- Daniel Amare (R)
- David Bush (Independent)
- David Hadley (R)
- Grant Handzlik (Independent)
- David Asem (D)
- Stasyi Barth (R)
- Michael Bracamontes (D)
- Analila Joya (Independent)
- Harmesh Kumar (D)
- Joshua Laine (Independent)
- John Leslie-Brown (R)
- Frederic Prinz von Anhalt (Independent)
- Timothy Richardson (Independent)
- Brian Domingo (R)
- Doug Ose (R)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Laura Smith did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Statewide Direct Primary Election - June 5, 2018: Official Certified List of Candidates," accessed April 4, 2018
- ↑ Ballotpedia's Elections Team, “Email communication with sales@510ego.com," April 27, 2018
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Statewide Direct Primary Election - June 5, 2018: Official Certified List of Write-In Candidates," accessed May 29, 2018
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