Masanori Tanimoto Independent Hiroshi Hase Independent The 2022 Ishikawa gubernatorial election was held on 13 March 2022 to elect the next governor of Ishikawa (石川県, Ishikawa-ken), a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu island.

Masanori Tanimoto, 76, incumbent since 1994, is not seeking re-election.

LDP’s prefectural chapter ended up backing both Hase and Yamada, and letting its members to vote as they like.

Komeito, the LDP’s junior coalition partner, also allowed its members to decide on their own how to vote.

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