Municipal elections in Orange County, California (2022)
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| 2022 Orange County elections |
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| Election dates |
| Filing deadline: March 11, 2022 & August 12, 2022 |
| Primary election: June 7, 2022 General election: November 8, 2022 |
| Election stats |
| Offices up: Assessor, auditor-controller, clerk-recorder, district attorney-public administrator, sheriff-coroner, treasurer-tax collector, superintendent of schools, county supervisors, county board of education, community college boards, water district boards, hazard abatement board, and superior court judges |
| Total seats up: 81 |
| Election type: Nonpartisan |
| Other municipal elections |
| U.S. municipal elections, 2022 |
Orange County, California, held primary elections for assessor, auditor-controller, clerk-recorder, district attorney-public administrator, sheriff-coroner, treasurer-tax collector, superintendent of schools, county supervisors, county board of education, and superior court judges on June 7, 2022. Candidates could win outright with a majority of the vote in the primary. If no candidate received a majority, the top two vote-getters advanced to the general election scheduled for November 8, 2022. The filing deadline for these elections was March 11, 2022.
The county also held general elections for community college boards, water district boards, and hazard abatement board on November 8, 2022. Elections could be canceled if only one candidate filed. The filing deadline for these elections was August 12, 2022.
Elections
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Candidates and results
Offices up for election in 2022:
- Assessor
- Auditor-Controller
- Clerk-Recorder
- District Attorney-Public Administrator
- Sheriff-Coroner
- Superintendent of Schools
- Treasurer-Tax Collector
- Board of Education
- Board of Supervisors
- Special districts
- Judicial
Assessor
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Orange County Assessor
Incumbent Claude Parrish won election outright against Richard Foster and Larry Bales in the primary for Orange County Assessor on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Claude Parrish (Nonpartisan) | 70.8 | 387,926 |
| Richard Foster (Nonpartisan) | 25.1 | 137,321 | ||
| Larry Bales (Nonpartisan) | 4.1 | 22,516 | ||
| Total votes: 547,763 | |||
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Auditor-Controller
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Orange County Auditor-Controller
Andrew N. Hamilton won election outright in the primary for Orange County Auditor-Controller on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Andrew N. Hamilton (Nonpartisan) | 100.0 | 443,254 | |
| Total votes: 443,254 | |||
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Clerk-Recorder
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Orange County Clerk-Recorder
Incumbent Hugh Nguyen won election outright against Sandy Kimble and Steve Rocco in the primary for Orange County Clerk-Recorder on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Hugh Nguyen (Nonpartisan) | 84.6 | 453,783 | |
| Sandy Kimble (Nonpartisan) | 8.1 | 43,435 | ||
| Steve Rocco (Nonpartisan) | 7.3 | 39,227 | ||
| Total votes: 536,445 | |||
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District Attorney-Public Administrator
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Orange County District Attorney-Public Administrator
Incumbent Todd Spitzer won election outright against Pete Hardin, Bryan Chehock, and Michael A. Jacobs in the primary for Orange County District Attorney-Public Administrator on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Todd Spitzer (Nonpartisan) | 62.5 | 352,415 | |
 | Pete Hardin (Nonpartisan) | 21.3 | 119,886 | |
| Bryan Chehock (Nonpartisan) | 8.2 | 46,425 | ||
| Michael A. Jacobs (Nonpartisan) | 8.0 | 45,190 | ||
| Total votes: 563,916 | |||
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Sheriff-Coroner
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Orange County Sheriff-Coroner
Incumbent Don Barnes won election outright in the primary for Orange County Sheriff-Coroner on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Don Barnes (Nonpartisan) | 100.0 | 476,504 |
| Total votes: 476,504 | |||
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Superintendent of Schools
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Orange County Superintendent of Schools
Incumbent Al Mijares won election outright against Stefan Bean in the primary for Orange County Superintendent of Schools on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Al Mijares (Nonpartisan) | 54.9 | 294,226 | |
| Stefan Bean (Nonpartisan) | 45.1 | 241,823 | ||
| Total votes: 536,049 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Treasurer-Tax Collector
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Orange County Treasurer-Tax Collector
Incumbent Shari Freidenrich won election outright in the primary for Orange County Treasurer-Tax Collector on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Shari Freidenrich (Nonpartisan) | 100.0 | 478,368 | |
| Total votes: 478,368 | |||
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Board of Education
District 2
General election
General election for Orange County Board of Education District 2
Incumbent Mari Barke defeated Martha Fluor and Christopher Ganiere in the general election for Orange County Board of Education District 2 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Mari Barke (Nonpartisan) | 58.7 | 74,868 | |
 | Martha Fluor (Nonpartisan) | 32.0 | 40,776 | |
| Christopher Ganiere (Nonpartisan) | 9.3 | 11,850 | ||
| Total votes: 127,494 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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District 4 (two-year unexpired term)
General election
Special general election for Orange County Board of Education District 4
Incumbent Tim Shaw defeated Paulette Chaffee, Ellisa Kim, and David M. Choi in the special general election for Orange County Board of Education District 4 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Tim Shaw (Nonpartisan) | 50.0 | 38,819 | |
| Paulette Chaffee (Nonpartisan) | 33.4 | 25,942 | ||
| Ellisa Kim (Nonpartisan) | 9.6 | 7,426 | ||
| David M. Choi (Nonpartisan) | 7.1 | 5,515 | ||
| Total votes: 77,702 | |||
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District 5
General election
General election for Orange County Board of Education District 5
Incumbent Lisa Sparks defeated Sherine Smith in the general election for Orange County Board of Education District 5 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lisa Sparks (Nonpartisan) | 64.8 | 98,682 |
 | Sherine Smith (Nonpartisan) | 35.2 | 53,641 | |
| Total votes: 152,323 | |||
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Board of Supervisors
District 2
General election
General election for Orange County Board of Supervisors District 2
Vicente Sarmiento defeated Kim Nguyen-Penaloza in the general election for Orange County Board of Supervisors District 2 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Vicente Sarmiento (Nonpartisan) | 51.7 | 49,459 |
 | Kim Nguyen-Penaloza (Nonpartisan) | 48.3 | 46,248 | |
| Total votes: 95,707 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Orange County Board of Supervisors District 2
Vicente Sarmiento and Kim Nguyen-Penaloza defeated Cecilia Iglesias, Jon Dumitru, and Juan Villegas in the primary for Orange County Board of Supervisors District 2 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Vicente Sarmiento (Nonpartisan) | 35.0 | 21,916 |
| ✔ | | Kim Nguyen-Penaloza (Nonpartisan) | 22.3 | 13,923 |
 | Cecilia Iglesias (Nonpartisan) | 17.0 | 10,635 | |
| Jon Dumitru (Nonpartisan) | 16.5 | 10,321 | ||
 | Juan Villegas (Nonpartisan) | 9.2 | 5,733 | |
| Total votes: 62,528 | |||
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District 4
General election
General election for Orange County Board of Supervisors District 4
Incumbent Doug Chaffee defeated Sunny Park in the general election for Orange County Board of Supervisors District 4 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Doug Chaffee (Nonpartisan) | 55.4 | 72,896 |
 | Sunny Park (Nonpartisan) | 44.6 | 58,776 | |
| Total votes: 131,672 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Orange County Board of Supervisors District 4
Sunny Park and incumbent Doug Chaffee defeated Steve Vargas in the primary for Orange County Board of Supervisors District 4 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sunny Park (Nonpartisan) | 35.8 | 30,904 |
| ✔ | | Doug Chaffee (Nonpartisan) | 32.4 | 27,990 |
 | Steve Vargas (Nonpartisan) | 31.8 | 27,436 | |
| Total votes: 86,330 | |||
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District 5
General election
General election for Orange County Board of Supervisors District 5
Incumbent Katrina Foley defeated Patricia Bates in the general election for Orange County Board of Supervisors District 5 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Katrina Foley (Nonpartisan) | 51.3 | 116,105 |
 | Patricia Bates (Nonpartisan) | 48.7 | 110,238 | |
| Total votes: 226,343 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Orange County Board of Supervisors District 5
Incumbent Katrina Foley and Patricia Bates defeated Diane Harkey and Kevin Muldoon in the primary for Orange County Board of Supervisors District 5 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Katrina Foley (Nonpartisan) | 41.8 | 64,888 |
| ✔ | | Patricia Bates (Nonpartisan) | 22.2 | 34,467 |
 | Diane Harkey (Nonpartisan) | 18.5 | 28,809 | |
| Kevin Muldoon (Nonpartisan) | 17.5 | 27,229 | ||
| Total votes: 155,393 | |||
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Special districts
North Orange County Community College District
North Orange County Community College District general election, 2022 | |
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| Office | Candidates |
| District 1 |
 Barbara Dunsheath (i) Blaze Bhence |
| District 3 | The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Stephen Blount (i) |
| District 6 |
Jeffrey Brown (i) Jessica Rutan |
Rancho Santiago Community College District
Rancho Santiago Community College District general election, 2022 | |
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| Office | Candidates |
| District 2 |
John Hanna (i) Steve Rocco |
| District 4 | The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Daisy Xuanha Tong |
| District 6 | The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Phillip Yarbrough (i) |
South Orange County Community College District
South Orange County Community College District general election, 2022 | |
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| Office | Candidates |
| District 2 | The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: T.J. Prendergast III (i) |
| District 4 |
Terri Whitt Rydell (i) Derek Reeve |
| District 5 | The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Marcia Milchiker (i) |
| District 6 |
Ryan Dack Pramod Kunju |
Irvine Ranch Water District
Irvine Ranch Water District general election, 2022 | |
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| Office | Candidates |
| Division 2 | The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Steven LaMar (i) |
| Division 3 |
Douglas Reinhart (i) Andrew Han Soha Vazirnia |
| Division 5 | The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Peer Swan (i) |
Orange County Water District
Orange County Water District general election, 2022 | |
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| Office | Candidates |
| District 1 |
Dina Nguyen (i) Ray Hiemstra |
| District 5 |
Stephen Sheldon (i) Tyna Nguyen Lee Yoo |
| District 7 |
Kelly Rowe (i) James Fisler |
Municipal Water District of Orange County
Municipal Water District of Orange County general election, 2022 | |
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| Office | Candidates |
| District 1 | The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Al Nederhood (i) |
| District 2 |
Larry Dick (i) Joe Dovinh |
| District 5 |
Sat Tamaribuchi (i)Randall Crane |
Santiago Geologic Hazard Abatement District
General election
The general election was canceled. Hilllard Kaplan (Nonpartisan), Hari Lal (Nonpartisan), and Yaacov Haas (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.
Judicial
Superior Court of Orange County
General election
Superior Court of Orange County general election, 2022 | |
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| Office | Candidates |
| Office No. 5 | This general election was canceled. |
| Office No. 9 | This general election was canceled. |
| Office No. 11 | This general election was canceled. |
| Office No. 21 | This general election was canceled. |
| Office No. 22 | This general election was canceled. |
| Office No. 28 | This general election was canceled. |
| Office No. 30 |
Michele Bell Peggy Huang |
| Office No. 33 | This general election was canceled. |
| Office No. 45 | This general election was canceled. |
Primary election
Note: The race for Office No. 37 was not needed after Judge Fred W. Slaughter was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Superior Court of Orange County primary, 2022 | |
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| Office | Candidates |
| Office No. 1 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Gassia Apkarian (i) |
| Office No. 2 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Isabel Apkarian (i) |
| Office No. 3 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Craig E. Arthur (i) |
| Office No. 4 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: David L. Belz (i) |
| Office No. 5 |
Claudia Alvarez Daniel Espinosa Kimberly La Salle |
| Office No. 6 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Michael J. Cassidy (i) |
| Office No. 7 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Corey Scott Cramin (i) |
| Office No. 8 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Thomas A. Delaney (i) |
| Office No. 9 |
Joe Dane Christopher Duff |
| Office No. 10 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Nick A. Dourbetas (i) |
| Office No. 11 |
Marc A. Gibbons Shawn Nelson |
| Office No. 12 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Lee L. Gabriel (i) |
| Office No. 13 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Donald F. Gaffney (i) |
| Office No. 14 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Robert Gerard (i) |
| Office No. 15 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Craig L. Griffin (i) |
| Office No. 16 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Maria D. Hernandez (i) |
| Office No. 17 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Kim R. Hubbard (i) |
| Office No. 18 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Derek W. Hunt (i) |
| Office No. 19 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Lon Hurwitz (i) |
| Office No. 20 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Jeannie M. Joseph (i) |
| Office No. 21 |
Erin Beltran Rowe Ray Brown |
| Office No. 22 |
Brahim Baytieh Fred Fascenelli Craig E. Kleffman |
| Office No. 23 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Thomas Lo (i) |
| Office No. 24 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Carmen Luege (i) |
| Office No. 25 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Andre Manssourian (i) |
| Office No. 26 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Melissa R. McCormick (i) |
| Office No. 27 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Vibhav Mittal (i) |
| Office No. 28 |
Jessica Cha Eric Scarbrough |
| Office No. 29 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Mike Murray (i) |
| Office No. 30 |
Michele Bell Alma Hernandez Peggy Huang Andrea Mader Benjamin Stauffer |
| Office No. 31 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Julie A. Palafox (i) |
| Office No. 32 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Cheri T. Pham (i) |
| Office No. 33 |
Thomas E. Martin Steve McGreevy Brett K. Wiseman |
| Office No. 34 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Kathleen Roberts (i) |
| Office No. 35 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Karen L. Robinson (i) |
| Office No. 36 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Claudia J. Silbar (i) |
| Office No. 38 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Scott A. Steiner (i) |
| Office No. 39 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Scott Van Camp (i) |
| Office No. 40 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Mary Kreber Varipapa (i) |
| Office No. 41 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Megan Wagner (i) |
| Office No. 42 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: James L. Waltz (i) |
| Office No. 43 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Eric Wersching (i) |
| Office No. 44 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Larry Yellin (i) |
| Office No. 45 |
Israel Claustro Kevin Brian Jones |
| Office No. 46 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: John R. Zitny (i) |
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- United States Senate special election in California, 2022
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- Beaumont Library District, California, Measure M, Bond Measure (November 2022)
- Capistrano Unified School District, California, Bond Measure G, School Improvement Bond Measure (November 2022)
- Costa Mesa, California, Measure K, Residential Neighborhood Revitalization Measure (November 2022)
- Desert Recreation District, California, Measure L, Building Parcel Tax Measure (November 2022)
- Huntington Beach, California, Measure L, Charter Amendment (November 2022)
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- Huntington Beach, California, Measure O, Commercial Cannabis Businesses Tax Measure (November 2022)
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- Long Beach Unified School District, California, Measure Q, School Bond Measure (November 2022)
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- San Clemente, California, Measure U, Appointive City Clerk Measure (November 2022)
- San Clemente, California, Measure V, Appointive City Treasurer Measure (November 2022)
- San Diego County, California, Measure A, Cannabis Business Tax Measure (November 2022)
- Santa Ana, California, Measure W, Business License Tax Rates Restructuring Measure (November 2022)
- Santa Ana, California, Measure X, Charter Amendments Measure (November 2022)
- Santa Ana Unified School District, California, Measure H, Trustee Term Limits Measure (November 2022)
- Westminster, California, Measure Y, Continuation of Sales Tax Measure (November 2022)
- Yorba Linda, California, Measure Z, Rezoning Requirements Measure (November 2022)
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About the county
- See also: Orange County, California
The county government of Orange County is located in Santa Ana, California. The county was first established in 1889. It covers a total of 790.5 square miles in southern California.[1]As of 2020, its population was 3,186,989.
County government
- See also: Government of Orange County, California
Orange County is overseen by a five-member board of supervisors. Each supervisor is elected by district to a four-year term. Residents also elect a county assessor, county auditor, county clerk-recorder, district attorney, county sheriff-coroner, and county treasurer-tax collector.
Demographics
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| Demographic Data for Orange County, California | ||
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| Orange County | California | |
| Population | 3,186,989 | 39,538,223 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 792 | 155,857 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 57.6% | 56.1% |
| Black/African American | 1.7% | 5.7% |
| Asian | 21.1% | 14.8% |
| Native American | 0.5% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander | 0.3% | 0.4% |
| Two or more | 6.8% | 7.9% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 33.8% | 39.1% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 86% | 83.9% |
| College graduation rate | 41.2% | 34.7% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $94,441 | $78,672 |
| Persons below poverty level | 10.1% | 12.6% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
See also
| Orange County, California | California | Municipal government | Other local coverage |
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