The 2022 California's 22nd congressional district special election took place on June 7, 2022, with the primary election on April 5, 2022.

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became vacant when Republican representative Devin Nunes resigned on January 1, 2022, to become the CEO of the

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scheduled the special election for June 7, 2022, with the primary election on April 5, 2022. The election was held using a nonpartisan blanket primary, a system where all candidates ran in the same primary, and if no candidate receives a majority of votes, the top-two candidates then advance to the general election. No candidate received a majority in the primary, so Republican

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and Democrat Lourin Hubbard advanced to the runoff.

Nonpartisan blanket primary

Candidates

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(Republican), former Minority Leader of the

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and small business owner *Lourin Hubbard (Democratic), operations manager at the California Department of Water Resources

Eliminated in primary

*Eric Garcia (Democratic),

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veteran, therapist and independent candidate for this district in 2020 *Elizabeth Heng (Republican), candidate for in

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, former U.S. House staffer and small business owner *Michael Maher (Republican), aviation business owner *Matt Stoll (Republican), small business owner

Disqualified

*John Estrada (Republican), businessman and perennial candidate *Noah Junio ( American Independent Party)

Withdrawn

* Phil Arballo (Democratic), financial advisor and candidate for this district in

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(Republican),

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from the

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* Nathan Magsig (Republican), Fresno County supervisor

Declined

* Mike Boudreaux (Republican),

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sheriff ''(endorsed Magsig)'' * Steve Brandau (Republican), Fresno County supervisor * Luis Chavez (Democratic), Fresno city councilor *

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(Republican), mayor of Fresno *

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(Republican),

from the 16th district and former Minority Leader of the California Senate ''( running for re-election)'' * Melissa Hurtado (Democratic),

from the 14th district ''( running for re-election)'' *

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(Republican), state assemblyman from the 26th district ''( running for re-election)'' * Margaret Mims (Republican), Fresno County sheriff * Jim Patterson (Republican), state assemblyman from the 23rd district ''( running for re-election; endorsed Magsig)'' * Lisa Smittcamp (Republican), Fresno County District Attorney * Pete Vander Poel III (Republican),

supervisor * Tim Ward (Republican),

District Attorney * Bob Whalen (Republican),

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city councilor

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;Official campaign websites
Connie Conway (R) for CongressEric Garcia (D) for CongressElizabeth Heng (R) for Congress

Lourin Hubbard (D) for CongressMichael Maher (R) for CongressMatt Stoll (R) for Congress
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Nonpartisan blanket primary

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