California's 13th Congressional District election, 2022 (June 7 top-two primary)

Elections in California, 2022

• Primary date: June 7
• Mail-in registration deadline: June 7
• Online reg. deadline: May 23
• In-person reg. deadline: June 7

• Early voting starts: Varies
• Early voting ends: June 6
• Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Absentee/mail-in deadline: June 7

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California's 13th Congressional District
Top-two primary General election
Election details
Filing deadline: March 11, 2022
Primary: June 7, 2022 General: November 8, 2022
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting in California
Race ratings
Cook Partisan Voter Index (2022): D+4 Cook Political Report: Toss-up Sabato's Crystal Ball: Lean Republican Inside Elections: Toss-up
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A top-two primary took place on June 7, 2022, in California's 13th Congressional District to determine which two candidates would run in the district's general election on November 8, 2022.

John Duarte and Adam Gray advanced from the primary for U.S. House California District 13.

Candidate filing deadline	Primary election	General election
March 11, 2022	June 7, 2022	November 8, 2022

California uses a top-two primary system, in which all candidates appear on the same ballot. The top two vote-getters, regardless of party affiliation, move on to the general election. In states that do not use a top-two system, all parties are usually able to put forward a candidate for the general election if they choose to.

Unlike the top-two format used in some states (Louisiana and Georgia special elections for example), a general election between the top-two candidates in California occurs regardless of whether the top candidate received 50% of the vote in the first round of elections.

As of 2019, California was one of three states to use a top-two primary system. Washington used the system for congressional and state-level elections, and Nebraska utilized a top-two system for its nonpartisan state legislature.

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

This page focuses on California's 13th Congressional District's top-two primary. For more in-depth information on the district's general election, see the following page:

• California's 13th Congressional District election, 2022

Candidates and election results

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 13

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Duarte (R)	34.2	26,163
✔		Adam Gray (D)	31.1	23,784
		Phil Arballo (D)	17.1	13,099
		David Giglio (R)	14.8	11,320
		Diego Martinez (R)	2.7	2,026

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 76,392
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Angelina Sigala (D)

Campaign finance

This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election. It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees. Click here to view the reporting schedule for candidates for U.S. Congress in 2022.

U.S. Congress campaign reporting schedule, 2022
Report	Close of books	Filing deadline
Year-end 2021	12/31/2021	1/31/2022
April quarterly	3/31/2022	4/15/2022
July quarterly	6/30/2022	7/15/2022
October quarterly	9/30/2022	10/15/2022
Pre-general	10/19/2022	10/27/2022
Post-general	11/28/2022	12/08/2022
Year-end 2022	12/31/2022	1/31/2023

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Phil Arballo	Democratic Party	$1,607,919	$1,637,185	$0	As of December 19, 2022
Adam Gray	Democratic Party	$2,390,121	$2,335,746	$54,375	As of December 31, 2022
John Duarte	Republican Party	$2,639,925	$2,614,406	$25,519	As of December 31, 2022
David Giglio	Republican Party	$737,065	$737,065	$0	As of August 23, 2022
Diego Martinez	Republican Party	$3,135	$2,114	$1,021	As of December 31, 2022
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2022. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." ** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.

Ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in California in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in California, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2022
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Filing fee	Filing deadline	Source
California	U.S. House	All candidates	40-60	$1,740.00	3/11/2022	Source

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

• District map - A map of the district before and after redistricting.
• Effect of redistricting - How districts in the state changed as a result of redistricting following the 2020 census.
• Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2022 U.S. House elections in the state.
• Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
• Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.
• State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.

District map

Below was the map in use at the time of the election, enacted as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle, compared to the map in place before the election.

California District 13
until January 2, 2023

Click a district to compare boundaries.

California District 13
starting January 3, 2023

Click a district to compare boundaries.

Effect of redistricting

See also: Redistricting in California after the 2020 census

The table below details the results of the 2020 presidential election in each district at the time of the 2022 election and its political predecessor district. This data was compiled by Daily Kos Elections.

2020 presidential results by Congressional district, California
District	2022 district		Political predecessor district
	Joe Biden	Donald Trump	Joe Biden	Donald Trump
California's 1st	39.2%	58.3%	41.1%	56.4%
California's 2nd	73.5%	24.0%	73.6%	23.9%
California's 3rd	47.9%	49.7%	46.2%	51.6%
California's 4th	67.1%	30.5%	72.4%	25.3%
California's 5th	42.7%	55.0%	43.9%	53.7%
California's 6th	57.9%	39.4%	55.6%	41.9%
California's 7th	67.4%	30.3%	70.3%	27.2%
California's 8th	76.0%	22.0%	54.9%	42.7%
California's 9th	55.2%	42.6%	50.3%	47.4%
California's 10th	68.6%	29.3%	74.3%	23.6%
California's 11th	86.3%	11.7%	86.1%	11.9%
California's 12th	89.3%	8.6%	88.9%	9.0%
California's 13th	54.3%	43.4%	57.9%	39.9%
California's 14th	71.7%	26.2%	71.5%	26.4%
California's 15th	77.7%	20.4%	77.7%	20.5%
California's 16th	75.4%	22.4%	76.4%	21.3%
California's 17th	72.7%	25.3%	72.5%	25.5%
California's 18th	71.0%	26.9%	70.0%	27.9%
California's 19th	68.7%	29.1%	72.7%	25.0%
California's 20th	36.4%	61.3%	40.5%	57.1%
California's 21st	59.1%	38.8%	58.8%	38.9%
California's 22nd	55.3%	42.3%	54.4%	43.5%
California's 23rd	43.9%	53.7%	43.6%	54.0%
California's 24th	63.3%	34.3%	60.7%	36.9%
California's 25th	56.7%	41.4%	55.9%	42.3%
California's 26th	58.9%	39.0%	61.4%	36.5%
California's 27th	55.1%	42.7%	54.0%	43.9%
California's 28th	66.1%	31.9%	67.2%	30.8%
California's 29th	74.5%	23.2%	74.1%	23.7%
California's 30th	72.2%	26.0%	70.9%	27.2%
California's 31st	64.5%	33.4%	65.2%	32.8%
California's 32nd	69.5%	28.7%	68.7%	29.4%
California's 33rd	61.5%	36.2%	58.8%	38.9%
California's 34th	81.0%	16.7%	80.8%	16.9%
California's 35th	62.7%	35.1%	65.1%	32.6%
California's 36th	71.0%	26.9%	69.0%	29.0%
California's 37th	85.7%	12.4%	84.3%	13.8%
California's 38th	64.1%	33.9%	65.6%	32.3%
California's 39th	62.0%	35.8%	61.7%	36.1%
California's 40th	49.9%	48.0%	54.1%	44.0%
California's 41st	48.6%	49.7%	45.3%	52.7%
California's 42nd	71.7%	25.9%	77.1%	20.6%
California's 43rd	80.8%	17.0%	76.9%	20.9%
California's 44th	72.9%	24.7%	78.4%	19.2%
California's 45th	52.1%	46.0%	49.7%	48.2%
California's 46th	64.1%	33.7%	64.3%	33.5%
California's 47th	54.5%	43.4%	54.6%	43.3%
California's 48th	42.7%	55.0%	45.0%	52.7%
California's 49th	54.6%	43.2%	55.2%	42.5%
California's 50th	65.4%	32.2%	63.4%	34.2%
California's 51st	62.5%	35.2%	67.0%	30.9%
California's 52nd	67.4%	30.5%	66.9%	30.9%

Competitiveness

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2022

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in California.

California U.S. House primary competitiveness, 2022
Office	Districts/ offices	Seats	Open seats	Candidates	Possible primaries	Contested top-two primaries	% of contested primaries	Incumbents in contested primaries	% of incumbents in contested primaries
2022	52	52	5	272	52	52	100.0%	47	100.0%
2020	53	53	4	262	53	47	88.7%	32	65.3%
2018	53	53	2	244	53	41	77.4%	39	76.5%
2016	53	53	4	202	53	40	75.5%	36	73.5%
2014	53	53	6	209	53	38	71.7%	32	68.1%

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in California in 2022. Information below was calculated on April 7, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

For the first time since at least 2014, every U.S. House district in California had scheduled a contested primary election following the 2022 candidate filing deadline. In California, which uses a top-two primary system, a primary is contested if more than two candidates file to run.

In 2022, 265 candidates filed to run for California's 52 congressional districts, including 112 Democrats, 126 Republicans, and 27 independent and third party candidates. That's 5.1 candidates per district, more than the 4.2 candidates per district in 2020 and the 3.9 in 2018. This figure increased partly due to a larger number of candidates but also because the number of congressional districts in California decreased by one following the 2020 census.

Forty-seven incumbents filed for re-election, all of whom were set to face primary challengers as of the candidate filing deadline, another first since at least 2014. Five districts were left open, meaning no incumbent filed to run there. Four incumbents did not seek re-election and one—Rep. Devin Nunes (R)—resigned early. Nunes' retirement triggered a special election for June 7. No candidates in the special election filed to run in the regularly-scheduled general election, meaning the winner of the special election would only serve in Congress until Jan. 3, 2023.

Nine candidates filed to run in the 30th District, more than any other. This includes three Democrats, including incumbent Rep. Adam Schiff (D), four Republicans, one American Independent Party candidate, and one Green Party candidate.

As of the filing deadline, no districts were guaranteed to either party because both Democrats and Republicans filed to run in all 52. However, under California's top-two primary system, two candidates from the same party can advance to the general election if they are the top two vote-getters in the primary.

Presidential elections

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+4. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 4 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made California's 13th the 176th most Democratic district nationally.

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.

2020 presidential results in California's 13th based on 2022 district lines
Joe Biden	Donald Trump
54.3%	43.4%

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in California, 2020

California presidential election results (1900-2020)

• 15 Democratic wins
• 15 Republican wins
• 1 other win

Year	1900	1904	1908	1912	1916	1920	1924	1928	1932	1936	1940	1944	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020
Winning Party	R	R	R	P	D	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D

Demographics

The table below details demographic data in California and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.

Demographic Data for California
	California	United States
Population	39,538,223	331,449,281
Land area (sq mi)	155,857	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White	56.1%	70.4%
Black/African American	5.7%	12.6%
Asian	14.8%	5.6%
Native American	0.8%	0.8%
Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more	7.9%	5.2%
Hispanic/Latino	39.1%	18.2%
Education
High school graduation rate	83.9%	88.5%
College graduation rate	34.7%	32.9%
Income
Median household income	$78,672	$64,994
Persons below poverty level	12.6%	12.8%
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.

State party control

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of California's congressional delegation as of November 2022.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from California, November 2022
Party	U.S. Senate	U.S. House	Total
Democratic	2	42	44
Republican	0	11	11
Independent	0	0	0
Vacancies	0	0	0
Total	2	53	55

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in California's top four state executive offices as of November 2022.

State executive officials in California, November 2022
Office	Officeholder
Governor	Gavin Newsom
Lieutenant Governor	Eleni Kounalakis
Secretary of State	Shirley Weber
Attorney General	Rob Bonta

State legislature

The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the California State Legislature as of November 2022.

California State Senate

Party		As of November 2022
	Democratic Party	31
	Republican Party	9
	Vacancies	0
Total		40

California State Assembly

Party		As of November 2022
	Democratic Party	60
	Republican Party	19
	Independent	1
	Vacancies	0
Total		80

Trifecta control

As of November 2022, California was a Democratic trifecta, with majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.

California Party Control: 1992-2022
Seventeen years of Democratic trifectas  •  No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Governor	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
Senate	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
Assembly	D	D	D	S	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D

See also

• California's 13th Congressional District election, 2022
• United States House elections in California, 2022 (June 7 top-two primaries)
• United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2022
• United States House Republican Party primaries, 2022
• United States House of Representatives elections, 2022
• U.S. House battlegrounds, 2022

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Footnotes

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California's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Laphonza Butler (D)

Alex Padilla (D)

Representatives

District 1

Doug LaMalfa (R)

District 2

Jared Huffman (D)

District 3

Kevin Kiley (R)

District 4

Mike Thompson (D)

District 5

Tom McClintock (R)

District 6

Ami Bera (D)

District 7

Doris Matsui (D)

District 8

John Garamendi (D)

District 9

Josh Harder (D)

District 10

Mark DeSaulnier (D)

District 11

Nancy Pelosi (D)

District 12

Barbara Lee (D)

District 13

John Duarte (R)

District 14

Eric Swalwell (D)

District 15

Kevin Mullin (D)

District 16

Anna Eshoo (D)

District 17

Ro Khanna (D)

District 18

Zoe Lofgren (D)

District 19

Jimmy Panetta (D)

District 20

Vacant

District 21

Jim Costa (D)

District 22

David Valadao (R)

District 23

Jay Obernolte (R)

District 24

Salud Carbajal (D)

District 25

Raul Ruiz (D)

District 26

Julia Brownley (D)

District 27

Mike Garcia (R)

District 28

Judy Chu (D)

District 29

Tony Cárdenas (D)

District 30

Adam Schiff (D)

District 31

Grace Napolitano (D)

District 32

Brad Sherman (D)

District 33

Pete Aguilar (D)

District 34

Jimmy Gomez (D)

District 35

Norma Torres (D)

District 36

Ted Lieu (D)

District 37

Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D)

District 38

Linda Sánchez (D)

District 39

Mark Takano (D)

District 40

Young Kim (R)

District 41

Ken Calvert (R)

District 42

Robert Garcia (D)

District 43

Maxine Waters (D)

District 44

Nanette Barragán (D)

District 45

Michelle Steel (R)

District 46

Lou Correa (D)

District 47

Katie Porter (D)

District 48

Darrell Issa (R)

District 49

Mike Levin (D)

District 50

Scott Peters (D)

District 51

Sara Jacobs (D)

District 52

Juan Vargas (D)

Democratic Party (42)

Republican Party (11)

Vacancies (1)