Who’s Winning California’s Statewide Races?
Voters are deciding races for attorney general, lieutenant governor and other offices that steer elections, budgets, schools and insurance regulation.
- On Tuesday, California voters cast ballots in pivotal statewide elections determining leadership for key administrative roles, including attorney general and secretary of state, as results began to solidify across the state.
- Beyond high-profile governor and Congress races, Californians chose officials responsible for critical functions ranging from regulating the struggling insurance market and managing tax appeals to overseeing public schools and state elections.
- Attorney General Rob Bonta secured reelection as The Associated Press called the race for incumbent Secretary of State Shirley Weber, who led with 65.5% of the vote as of 9 p.m. Tuesday.
- Fiona Ma secured victory in the lieutenant governor race, while Malia Cohen won reelection as the state's chief accountant, promising "transparency, efficiency and fairness" in her administrative leadership role.
- Voters decided seats on the nation's only elected tax board while choosing between school board presidents Sonja Shaw and Richard Barrera for state superintendent, a role offering a platform to reach millions of students.
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Who’s winning California’s statewide races?
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. With all the attention on who will succeed Gavin Newsom in the governor’s office — spoiler alert: it’s Xavier Becerra — it’s possible to forget that a lot of other people are vying for key statewide roles. But they’re important jobs that keep the state running: Who will serve as California’s top cop and prosecutor? Who will regulate the state’s struggling insuranc…
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