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2022Final results

2022 election for California Senate District 36

California State Senate · California

Janet Nguyen (R) won with 56.9% of the vote, defeating Kim Carr (D) by 13.7 points.

Janet NguyenRepublican · winner
56.9%196,488
Kim CarrDemocrat
43.1%149,114
345,602 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2022

Races before and after

EvenR+30.22010R+31.32014R+3.12018R+13.72022R+16.02025 special electionD+1.32026

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET