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Governor
Republican
Lt. Governor
The Lieutenant Governor serves as Acting Governor whenever the Governor is absent from the state, and automatically becomes Governor if a vacancy occurs in the Office of Governor. Click here to learn more about the role of the Lieutenant Governor.
Angela Underwood Jacobs
Republican
Secretary of State
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Shirley Weber
Democrat
– Incumbent
Rob Bernosky
Republican
Controller
The Controller, or Comptroller, is effectively the chief financial officer of a public body. Click here to meet the candidates for California Controller.
Republican
Malia Cohen
Democrat
Treasurer
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Fiona Ma
Democrat
– Incumbent
Jack Guerrero
Republican
Attorney General
The attorney general enforces federal laws, provides legal counsel in federal cases, interprets the laws that govern executive departments, heads federal jails and penal institutions, and examines alleged violations of federal laws.
Nathan Hochman
Republican
Insurance Commissioner
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Ricardo Lara
Democrat
– Incumbent
Robert Howell
Republican
Superintendent of Public Instruction
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Tony Thurmond
Democrat
– Incumbent
Lance Ray Christensen
No Party Affiliation
Board of Equalization – 1st District
Ted Gaines
Republican
– Incumbent
Jose Altamirano
Democrat
Senator – 12th District
Senate District 12 includes portions of Fresno, Kern, and Tulare Counties, including the whole Cities of California City, Clovis, Exeter, Maricopa, Ridgecrest, Taft, and Tehachapi, and portions of the Cities of Bakersfield, Fresno, Shafter, Tulare, and Visalia.
Susanne Gundy
Democrat
Senator – 16th District
Senate District 16 includes Kings County and portions of Fresno, Kern, and Tulare Counties. This district includes the whole Cities of Arvin, Avenal, Corcoran, Delano, Dinuba, Farmersville, Hanford, Kingsburg, Lemoore, Lindsay, McFarland, Porterville, Wasco, and Woodlake, and portions of the Cities of Bakersfield, Shafter, Tulare, and Visalia.
Republican
State Assembly – 32nd District
Assembly District 32 consists of portions of Kern and Tulare Counties, including the whole Cities of Exeter, Ridgecrest, Tehachapi, Maricopa, and Taft, and portions of the Cities of Bakersfield and Visalia.
State Assembly – 35th District
Assembly District 35 consists of portions of Kern County including the whole Cities of McFarland, Shafter, Arvin, Delano, and Wasco, and portions of the City of Bakersfield. *This is most similar to the current 32nd district in which Rudy Salas is the incumbent
Democrat
