These results are from the Kern County Elections Office. As of 9:46 a.m., 24,312 of 25,603 (95.1%) precincts have partially reported their results.
All results will be certified by December 16, 2022.
Statewide races
Governor
Gavin Newsom has 3,147,753 votes (57.6%)
Republic candidate Brian Dahle has 2,315,880 votes (42.4%)
Lieutenant Governor
Eleni Kounalakis has 3,110,853 votes (57.8%)
Angela E. Underwood Jacobs has 2,273,541 votes (42.2%)
Secretary of State
Shirley N. Weber has 3,132,053 votes (58.1%)
Rob Bernosky has 2,262,008 votes (41.9%)
Controller
Malia M. Cohen has 2,884,831 votes (53.6%)
Lanhee J. Chen has 2,494,261 votes (46.4%)
Treasurer
Fiona Ma has 3,066,576 votes (57.1%)
Jack M. Guerrero has 2,302,368 (42.9%)
Attorney General
Rob Bonta has 3,082,098 votes (57.2%)
Nathan Hochman has 2,301,883 votes (42.8%)
Insurance Commissioner
Ricardo Lara has 3,086,707 votes (57.9%)
Robert Howell has 2,241,531 votes (42.1%)
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Tony K. Thurmond has 2,820,768 votes (62.7%)
Lance Ray Christensen has 1,675,125 votes (37.3%)
U.S Senate (Full term)
Alex Padilla has 3,205,434 (59%) votes
Mark P. Meuser has 2,223,419 (41%) votes
U.S Senate (Partial/Unexpired Term)
Alex Padilla has 3,175,302 votes (58.9%)
Mark P. Meuser has 2,217,659 (41.1%)
State Supreme Court
Presiding Justice Patricia Guerrero has 3,125,524 Yes votes (70.3%)
Associate Justice Martin J. Jenkins has 2,963,234 Yes votes (69.3%)
Associate Justice Goodwin Liu has 2,998,659 Yes votes (69%)
Associate Justice Joshua P. Groban has 2,903,914 Yes votes (68.4%)
State Ballot Measures
Measure 1 (Constitutional Right to Reproductive Freedom) has 3,483,942 Yes votes (65%) and 1,872,872 No votes (35%)
Measure 26 (Sports Wagering on Tribal Lands) has 1,594,895 Yes votes (29.9%) and 3,743,971 No votes (70.1%)
Measure 27 (Online Sports Wagering Outside of Tribal Lands) has 897,060 Yes votes (16.7%) and 4,487,928 No votes (83.3%)
Measure 28 (Public School Arts and Music Education Funding) has 3,303,965 Yes (61.5%) votes and 2,064,340 No votes (38.5%)
Measure 29 (Regulates Kidney Dialysis Clinics) has 1,288,596 Yes votes (29.9%) and 3,383,860 No votes (70.1%)
Measure 30 (Tax to Fund ZEV/Wildfire Programs) has 2,204,485 Yes votes (41%) and 3,177,013 No votes (59%)
Measure 31 (Prohibition on Sale of Certain Tobacco Products) has 3,338,705 Yes votes (62.3%) and 2,020,305 No votes (37.7%)
District Contests
Board of Equalization
Ted Gaines has 662,030 votes (56.6%)
Jose S. Altamirano has 508,218 votes (43.4%)
U.S. House of Representatives
District 20
Marisa Wood has 32,809 votes (32.4%)
Kevin McCarthy has 68,562 (67.6%)
District 22
Rudy Salas has 19,648 votes (46%)
David G. Valadao has 23,034 votes (54%)
District 23
Derek Marshall has 33,010 votes (39.9%)
Jay Obernotle has 49,688 votes (60.1%)
State Senate
District 12
Susanne Gundy has 40,628 votes (31.3%)
Shannon Grove has 89,306 votes (68.7%)
District 16
Melissa Hurtado has 30,263 votes (47.4%)
David Shepard has 33,620 votes (52.6%)
State Assembly
District 32
Vince Fong has 46,773 votes (100%)
District 34
Tom Lackey has 34,699 votes (57.9%)
Thurston “Smitty” Smith has 25,238 votes (42.1%)
District 35
Jasmeet Bains has 10,827 votes (58.9%)
Leticia Perez has 7,555 votes (41.1%)
Kern County Races
PRESIDING JUSTICE 5TH APPELLATE DISTRICT (BRAD R HILL)
Brad R. Hill has 32,806 Yes votes (66.95%)
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE 5TH APPELLATE DISTRICT (JENNIFER DETJEN)
Jennifer Detjen has 32,445Yes votes (66.41%)
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE 5TH APPELLATE DISTRICT (BERT LEVY)
Bert Levy has 32,009 Yes votes (65.69%)
Board of Education, #1 Board Member
Ronald G. Froehlich has 6,708 votes (56.7%)
Tara Carter has 5,123 votes (43.3%)
Board of Education, #2 Board Member
Joe Marcano has 2,254 votes (57.18%)
Joan McConnell Smith has 1,668 votes (42.82%)
Board of Education, #3 Board Member
Mary Little has 4,107 votes (50.39%)
Dena Murphy has 4,043 votes (49.61%)
Board of Education, #7 Board Member
Lori Cisneros has 5,398 votes (59.65%)
Ernest M. Bell Jr. has 3,651 votes (40.35%)
Antelope Valley Community College Board Member Trustee # 2
Steve D. Buffalo has 658 votes (47.27%)
Miguel S. Coronado has 471 votes (33.84%)
Kern Comm College #2 Board Member
Christina Scrivner has 5,553 votes (56.99%)
Jennifer Slayton has 4,190 votes (43.01%)
Kern Comm College #3 Board Member
John Antonaros has 2,838 votes (50.01%)
Nan Gomez-Heitzeberg has 2,837 votes (49.99%)
West Kern Comm College Board Member (Top 3 will be elected)
Mike Eveland has 630 votes (25.16%)
Jeremy Gregory has 568 votes (22.68%)
Dawn Cole has 532 votes (21.25%)
Delano Jt Union High Board Member (Top 3 will be elected)
Lionel Reyna has 863 votes (24.59%)
Art Armendariz has 815 votes (23.22%)
Eloise Carrillo has 656 votes (18.69%)
Kern High School #1 Board Member
Derek L. Tisinger has 6,820 votes (70%)
Cynthia L. Brakeman has 2,923 votes (30%)
Kern High School #4 Board Member
Kathy Scrivner has 5,579 votes (49.13%)
Janice H. Graves has 3,145 votes (27.69%)
Kern High School #5 Board Member
Bryan Batey has 4,175 votes (52.61%)
Michelle R. Shaw has 3,761 votes (47.39%)
Wasco Union High Board Member – Vote For 3
Juan Bernal has 410 votes (25.66%)
Mario Juarez has 386 votes (24.16%)
Carl Joe Hively has 318 votes (19.9%)
McFarland Unified Board Member – Vote For 2
Joana Martinez has 154 votes (27.45%)
Jim Beltran has 150 votes (26.74%)
Sierra Sands Unified Board Member – Vote For 3
Robert Campbell has 1,415 votes (17.63%)
Mary Campbell has 1,367 votes (17.03%)
Kurt D. Rockwell has 1,108 votes (13.81%)
Southern Kern Unified Board Member – Vote For 3
Mario Gutierrez has 830 votes (31.56%)
Adrienne Rendon has 739 votes (28.1%)
Jim Bender has 548 votes (20.84%)
Tehachapi Unified Area 2
Cassandra Sweeney has 121 votes (46.18%)
Cora Gutierrez has 76 votes (29.01%)
Tehachapi Unified Area 4
Deborah Du-Sorenson has 152 votes (47.06%)
Dana Lee Christensen has 148 votes (45.82%)
Tehachapi Unified Area 5
W. Wayne Cooper has 81 votes (34.91%)
Lisa Lopez has 72 votes (31.03%)
Tehachapi Unified Area 6
Paul Kaminski has 94 votes (47.47%)
J. Jeff Schulstad has 88 votes (44.44%)
Arvin Union School Board Member
Maria L. Ramos has 235 votes (28.62%)
Toni Pichardo has 212 votes (25.82%)
Bakersfield City School Board Member #2
Anthony Fuentas has 619 votes (41.52%)
Judy Olsson has 489 votes (32.80%)
Bakersfield City School Board Member #4
Laura Guerrero-Salgado has 429 votes (35.48%)
Mary E. Poehner has 425 votes (35.15%)
Delano Union School Board Member- Vote for 3
Irene Martinez has 999 votes (31.41%)
Ignacio “Iggy” Ayon has 734 votes (23.07%)
Fairfax School Board Member – Vote For 3
Cora Padilla has 202 votes (17.57%)
Jeffrey A. Crisler has 173 votes (15.04%)
Alma Rios has 168 votes (14.61%)
Kernville Union School – Full term Board Member – Vote For 3
Scott B. Wells has 563 votes (23.26%)
Gene Parks Jr. has 547 votes (22.6%)
Diane Moss has 505 votes. (20.87%)
Lamont School Board Member – Vote For 3
Jesse Atondo has 202 votes (22.32%)
Gilberto Lopez Jr. has 193 votes (21.33%)
Pablo Trevino has 172 votes (19.01%)
Maple School Board Member – Vote For 2
Joel Ackerknecht has 13 votes (37.14%)
Ty Rogers has 12 votes (34.29%)
Panama-Buena Vista Union Board Member #5
Elynor Cherie Olgin has 870 votes (50.17%)
Linda Garcia has 864 votes (49.83%)
South Fork Union School Board Member – Vote For 3
Jacob Rudnick has 190 votes (29.97%)
Tony Cain has 155 votes (24.45 %)
Michael Morgan 148 votes (23.34%)
Taft City School Board Member – Vote For 2
Les Clark has 596 votes (41.68%)
James Carter has 461 votes (32.24%)
Vineland School Board Member – Vote For 3
Alejandra Segura has 56 votes (29.79%)
Tiffany Castillo-Gonzalez has 49 votes (26.06%)
Mario M. Pena 46 votes (24.47%)
Wasco Union School Board Member – Full Term – Vote For 3
Ernie Sanchez has 440 votes (31.52%)
Cherylee Wegman 341 votes (24.43%)
Richard K. Reding 327 votes (23.42%)
Supervisor, 3rd District
Jeff Flores has 6,198 (50.11%)
Brian Smith 6,170 (49.89%)
City of Arvin Councilmember – Vote for 3
Susana Reyes has 283 votes (35.29%)
Donny Horton has 234 votes (29.18%)
Juan Murillo has 146 votes (18.2%)
City of Bakersfield Ward 1
Eric Arias has 1,577 votes (100%)
City of Bakersfield Ward 3
Ken Weir has 1,898 votes (51.76%)
Boyd Binninger 1,194 votes (32.56%)
City of Bakersfield Ward 4
Bob Smith has 4,280 votes (100%)
City of Bakersfield Ward 7
Manpreet Kaur has 1,897 votes (54.51%)
Tim Collins has 1,288 votes (37.01%)
City of California City Mayor
Kelly Kulikoff has 491 votes (42.11%)
Jeanie O’Laughlin has 340 votes (29.16%)
City of California City Councilmember – Vote For 2
Ronald V Smith Jr. has 395 votes (19.61%)
Michael Kulikoff has 325 votes (16.14%)
City of California City Treasurer
Keith Middleton has 945 votes (100%)
City of Delano Council Member- Vote for 2
Liz Morris has 703 votes (28.67%)
Mario Nunez Jr. has 694 (28.3%)
City of Maricopa Councilmember – Full term
Virgil L. Bell has 62 votes (38.27%)
Cory Morse has 57 votes (35.19%)
City of Maricopa Councilmember – Short Term
James Charles Owens has 57 votes (57%)
Crystal T. Harris has 43 votes (43%)
City of Maricopa Treasurer
Dorine B. Horn has 86 votes (100%)
City of McFarland Mayor
Saul Ayon has 218 votes (64.31%)
Robert Gonzalez has 121 (35.69%)
City of McFarland Councilmember – Vote For 2
Anita Gonzalez has 153 votes (28.87%)
Maria T Perez has 138 votes (26.04%)
City of Ridgecrest Mayor
Eric A Bruen has 1,298 votes (56.21%)
Thomas R Wiknich has 1,011 votes (43.79%)
City of Ridgecrest Councilmember
Loren Scott Hayman 1,124 votes (29.92%)
John P “SKIP” Gorman 1,066 votes (28.37%)
City of Shafter Councilmember
Cathy L. Prout has 540 votes (35.29%)
Gustavo Olvera Jr. has 374 votes (24.44%)
City of Taft Councilmember
Josh Bryant has 371 votes (29.05%)
Carlos Chavira has 266 votes (20.83%)
Ronald W. Waldrop has 235 votes (18.4%)
City of Wasco Council District 1
Gilberto Reyna has 91 votes (100%)
City of Wasco Council District 3
Valentin Medina has 49 votes (51.04%)
John P Pallares has 47 votes (48.96%)
City of Wasco Council District 4
Eduardo “Eddie” Saldana has 68 votes (53.12%)
Michael “Mike” Lynch has 34 votes (26.56%)
City of Wasco City Clerk
Maria O Martinez has 560 votes (100%)
City of Wasco Treasurer
Lamar Rodriguez has 551 votes (100%)
Mojave Air & Space Port Director – Vote For 2
Jimmy Balentine has 1,008 votes (54.19%)
Terry Allred has 620 votes (33.33%)
Kern Valley Healthcare Director – Vote For 2
Gene Parks Sr. has 813 votes (38.22%)
Ross Elliott has 794 votes (37.33%)
Southwest Healthcare Director – Vote For 2
Patricia Maillis has 268 votes (34.31%)
Tanya Long has 268 votes (34.31%)
Shafter-Wasco Irrigation Director, Division 5
David Bloemhof III has 241 votes (55.92%)
Davin Jensen has 190 votes (44.08%)
Buttonwillow Rec & Park Director – Vote For 3
Regina K. Houchin has 32 votes (30.19%)
Cindy M. Banducci has 30 votes (28.3%)
John Parsons has 24 votes (22.64%)
McFarland Rec & Park Director – Vote For 2
Tim Gonzales has 173 votes (32.89%)
Jim Price has 160 votes (30.42%)
Lost Hills Utility Director – Vote For 2
Rosario Villasana Velasquez has 19 votes (36.54%)
Daisy Solorio has 19 votes (36.54%)
Kern Co Water Agency Director, Division 4
Eric L. Averett has 5,848 votes (65.58%)
Philip John Cerro II has 3,070 votes (34.42%)
Tehachapi-Cummings Water Director, Division 3
Delbert Jones has 1,316 votes (65.6%)
Nathanael Benton Harbison had 690 votes (34.4%)
Tehachapi-Cummings Water Director, Division 5
Robert W. Schultz has 1,000 votes (50.08%)
Joel Peel has 505 votes (25.29%)
Bond Measures
KERN HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Bond Measure E
Yes – 22,298 (54.4%)
No – 18,685 (45.6%)
EDISON SCHOOL DISTRICT Bond Measure G
Yes – 129 (60%)
No – 86 (40%)
FRUITVALE SCHOOL DISTRICT Bond Measure H
Yes – 1,015 (50.88%)
No – 980 (49.12%)
PANAMA-BUENA VISTA UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT Bond Measure I
Yes – 6,345 (57.37%)
No – 4,714 (42.63%)
COUNTY OF KERN Board Of Supervisors Term Limits J
Yes – 38,883 (70.55%)
No- 16,232 (29.45%)
COUNTY OF KERN Tax Measure K
Yes – 9,942 (51.23%)
No – 9,466 (48.77%)
CITY OF BAKERSFIELD Amendment of City Charter L
Yes – 13,281 (50.03%)
No – 13,263 (49.97%)
CITY OF MCFARLAND General Sales Tax Measure M
Yes – 233 (64.72%)
No – 127 (35.28%)
CITY OF MCFARLAND Cannabis Tax Measure O
Yes – 213 (63.58%)
No- 122 (36.42%)
CITY OF RIDGECREST Tax Measure P
Yes – 1,301 (52.97%)
No – 1,155 (47.03%)
CITY OF TAFT Regarding The Appointment Of City Clerk Q
Yes – 303 (58.05%)
No – 219 (41.95%)
CITY OF TEHACHAPI Tax Measure S
Yes – 273 (54.17%)
No – 231 (45.83%)
CITY OF WASCO Regarding The Appointment Of City Clerk T
Yes – 359 (55.75%)
No – 285 (44.25%)
CITY OF WASCO Regarding The Appointment Of City Treasurer U
Yes – 336 (53.16%)
No – 296 (46.84%)
BEAR VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT Gate Operations Tax Measure V
No – 238 (61.03%)
Yes – 152 (38.97%)
BEAR VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT Police Services Tax Measure W
No – 236 (59.9%)
Yes – 158 (40.1%)
TEHACHAPI VALLEY HEALTHCARE DISTRICT Measure X
Yes – 1,745 (72.68%)
No- 656 (27.32%)
