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California Insurance Commissioner election, 2022
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| California Commissioner of Insurance |
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| Election details |
| Filing deadline: March 11, 2022 |
| Primary: June 7, 2022 General: November 8, 2022 Pre-election incumbent(s): Ricardo Lara (Democratic) |
| How to vote |
| Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting in California |
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California held an election for insurance commissioner on November 8, 2022. The primary was scheduled for June 7, 2022. The filing deadline was March 11, 2022.
Incumbent Ricardo Lara won election in the general election for California Commissioner of Insurance.
Candidates and election results
General election candidates
- Ricardo Lara (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Robert P. Howell (Republican Party)
Primary candidates
- Ricardo Lara (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Eugene Allen (Democratic Party)
- Greg Conlon (Republican Party)
- Veronika Fimbres (Green Party)
- Robert P. Howell (Republican Party) ✔
- Nathalie Hrizi (Peace and Freedom Party)
- Jasper Jackson (Democratic Party)
- Marc Levine (Democratic Party)
- Robert Molnar (Independent)
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Voting information
- See also: Voting in California
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Campaign finance
General election
Primary election
Past elections
2018
General election
General election for California Commissioner of Insurance
Ricardo Lara defeated Steve Poizner in the general election for California Commissioner of Insurance on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ricardo Lara (D) | 52.9 | 6,186,039 | |
| Steve Poizner (Independent) | 47.1 | 5,515,293 | ||
| Total votes: 11,701,332 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California Commissioner of Insurance
Steve Poizner and Ricardo Lara defeated Asif Mahmood and Nathalie Hrizi in the primary for California Commissioner of Insurance on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Steve Poizner (Independent) | 41.0 | 2,569,254 | |
| ✔ | Ricardo Lara (D) | 40.5 | 2,538,478 | |
| Asif Mahmood (D) | 13.5 | 846,023 | ||
| Nathalie Hrizi (Peace and Freedom Party) | 5.0 | 316,149 | ||
| Total votes: 6,269,904 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Peter Kuo (R)
2014
| Insurance Commissioner of California, 2014 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Dave Jones Incumbent |
57.5% | 4,038,165 | |
| Republican | Ted Gaines | 42.5% | 2,981,951 | |
| Total Votes | 7,020,116 | |||
| Election results via California Secretary of State | ||||
See also
| California | State Executive Elections | News and Analysis |
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