2022 Orange County, California District Attorney election

The 2022 Orange, County, California District Attorney election was held on June 7, 2022.

2022 Orange County, California District Attorney election

 2018
June 7, 2022
2028 
Turnout35.2% Decrease[1]
 
Candidate Todd Spitzer Pete Hardin
Popular vote 352,415 119,886
Percentage 62.49% 21.26%

 
Candidate Bryan Chehock Michael A. Jacobs
Popular vote 46,425 45,190
Percentage 8.23% 8.01%

Results by county supervisorial district
Spitzer:      50–60%      60–70%

District Attorney before election

Todd Spitzer

Elected District Attorney

Todd Spitzer

Incumbent District Attorney Todd Spitzer ran for a second term. Spitzer was first elected in 2014 with 53.2% of the vote in 2018.

Because Spitzer got a majority of the vote in the first round, he avoided a runoff and won a second term in the first round.[2][3][4]

Candidates

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  • Note: County elections in California are officially nonpartisan. The parties below identify which party label each candidate would have run under if given the option.

Declared

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  • Bryan Chehock, federal attorney (No party preference)
  • Pete Hardin, attorney (Democratic)
  • Michael A. Jacobs, attorney (Republican)
  • Todd Spitzer, incumbent District Attorney (Republican)

General election

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Results

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Orange County, California District Attorney election, 2022[1]
Candidate Votes %
Todd Spitzer (incumbent) 352,415 62.49%
Pete Hardin 119,886 21.26%
Bryan Chehock 46,425 8.23%
Michael A. Jacobs 45,190 8.01%
Total votes 563,916 100.00%

Results by county supervisorial district

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Results by county supervisorial district
District Bryan Chehock Pete Hardin Michael A. Jacobs Todd Spitzer Vote margin Total votes
#%#%#%#%#%
110,4668.52%23,01318.73%9,3447.61%80,03365.14%57,02046.41%122,856
25,7059.18%13,37621.52%6,51910.49%36,55458.81%23,17837.29%62,154
311,2438.04%28,52920.39%10,9607.83%89,17663.74%60,64743.35%139,908
48,0029.47%15,54818.41%6,9498.23%53,95563.89%38,40745.48%84,454
511,0097.13%39,42025.53%11,0227.14%92,69760.03%53,27734.50%154,418

References

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