The 2018 California State Treasurer general election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the State Treasurer of California. Incumbent Democratic Treasurer John Chiang did not run for re-election to a second term and instead ran unsuccessfully for governor.

The race was between Fiona Ma, Democratic, Chair of the State Board of Equalization (California), and Greg Conlon, Republican, former president of the California Public Utilities Commission, after they won the two top spots from the June 5 direct primary election. Ma won the November election handily with more than 64% of all votes, and garnering more votes than any other candidate for Treasurer in the state's history. Ma's victory made her the first woman of color and only the 2nd CPA to ever serve as California State Treasurer.

Primary election Candidates Republican Party Declared Jack M. Guerrero, Cudahy City CouncilmanCertified list of candidates Greg Conlon, former president of the California Public Utilities Commission, nominee for California State Treasurer in 2014, candidate for United States Senate in 2016

Democratic Party Declared Fiona Ma, chairwoman of the California State Board of Equalization Vivek Viswanathan, former Special Advisor to Gov. Jerry Brown and Policy Advisor to Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.

Potential Brian Pendleton, philanthropist, activist and entrepreneur

Declined John Chiang, incumbent State Treasurer (running for Governor) Fabian Núñez, former Speaker of the California State Assembly

Peace and Freedom Party Declared Kevin Akin, retired hospital maintenance worker and current state chair of the Peace and Freedom Party

Endorsements

Results

Results by county

Blue represents counties won by Ma. Red represents counties won by Conlon. Green represents counties won by Guerrero.55-treasurer.pdf

County Ma% Conlon% Guerrero% Viswanathan% Akin% Alameda 62.5 8.5 9.5 15.8 3.7 Alpine 45.0 18.5 20.9 13.8 1.9 Amador 32.1 28.1 31.5 6.2 2.1 Butte 36.3 27.8 24.1 9.5 2.2 Calaveras 32.3 30.0 29.1 6.1 2.5 Colusa 27.9 37.3 26.2 6.7 1.9 Contra Costa 50.5 16.2 15.6 15.7 2.0 Del Norte 34.3 27.3 28.4 6.9 3.1 El Dorado 33.0 25.1 32.0 8.6 1.3 Fresno 30.0 30.3 24.7 13.0 2.0 Glenn 23.3 41.3 28.2 5.0 2.2 Humboldt 49.5 16.1 19.1 11.8 3.5 Imperial 34.2 17.8 27.8 17.0 3.1 Inyo 28.3 28.5 28.0 12.3 2.8 Kern 24.5 44.3 20.9 8.2 2.2 Kings 25.7 34.8 30.8 6.6 2.1 Lake 40.1 21.3 23.4 12.5 2.8 Lassen 18.9 36.0 36.6 6.7 1.8 Los Angeles 50.0 15.1 16.8 15.9 2.2 Madera 26.4 30.4 32.6 8.7 1.8 Marin 65.0 9.6 11.0 12.8 1.6 Mariposa 30.3 32.3 27.8 7.5 2.1 Mendocino 55.3 16.7 13.5 11.0 3.6 Merced 31.1 26.6 25.6 14.2 2.5 Modoc 16.6 40.2 33.9 7.1 2.3 Mono 41.8 18.6 25.2 12.4 2.0 Monterey 53.0 20.4 14.1 10.3 2.2 Napa 51.6 20.7 15.0 10.7 2.0 Nevada 40.1 20.9 24.8 12.4 1.8 Orange 34.3 27.6 25.5 10.8 1.8 Placer 32.2 27.0 29.6 10.0 1.2 Plumas 29.6 27.8 30.5 10.2 1.9 Riverside 32.8 28.7 25.6 11.1 1.8 Sacramento 49.1 20.2 18.9 9.7 2.1 San Benito 41.2 21.2 24.6 11.1 1.9 San Bernardino 34.2 27.4 26.3 9.9 2.3 San Diego 39.8 25.0 20.8 13.2 1.3 San Francisco 64.8 6.2 7.0 12.5 9.5 San Joaquin 38.0 28.8 20.9 10.0 2.4 San Luis Obispo 41.0 25.7 22.6 9.1 1.6 San Mateo 61.1 12.9 11.5 12.6 1.9 Santa Barbara 43.1 21.2 22.0 12.5 1.2 Santa Clara 49.5 13.9 14.1 20.6 1.9 Santa Cruz 57.7 12.2 10.4 17.3 2.5 Shasta 21.7 32.9 34.6 8.7 2.2 Sierra 31.4 29.1 27.8 8.6 3.1 Siskiyou 29.7 27.8 28.3 11.5 2.8 Solano 47.5 18.9 19.3 12.2 2.0 Sonoma 58.1 13.2 13.2 13.5 2.0 Stanislaus 36.8 28.8 23.3 9.2 2.0 Sutter 26.0 35.4 26.0 10.0 2.5 Tehama 22.3 43.4 26.8 5.2 2.3 Trinity 35.0 24.7 28.3 9.0 3.1 Tulare 23.2 38.3 25.0 11.6 1.9 Tuolumne 34.4 27.0 29.8 6.9 2.0 Ventura 41.0 27.1 20.2 10.0 1.7 Yolo 55.5 16.7 14.0 11.8 2.0 Yuba 28.0 38.2 25.5 5.3 3.1Totals 44.5 20.8 19.3 13.0 2.3

General election Results

By county County Fiona MaDemocratic Greg ConlonRepublican Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % Alameda462,86282.15%100,58617.85%362,27664.30%563,448 Alpine40366.17%20633.83%19732.35%609 Amador6,81739.62%10,38960.38%-3,572-20.76%17,206 Butte43,76750.42%43,04649.58%7210.83%86,813 Calaveras8,39439.73%12,73560.27%-4,341-20.55%21,129 Colusa2,23539.66%3,40060.34%-1,165-20.67%5,635 Contra Costa283,45270.28%119,87429.72%163,57840.56%403,326 Del Norte3,65744.31%4,59655.69%-939-11.38%8,253 El Dorado38,34443.81%49,17956.19%-10,835-12.38%87,523 Fresno126,72551.54%119,13348.46%7,5923.09%245,858 Glenn2,78334.16%5,36465.84%-2,581-31.68%8,147 Humboldt34,92667.38%16,90832.62%18,01834.76%51,834 Imperial21,69665.84%11,25934.16%10,43731.67%32,955 Inyo3,36546.97%3,79953.03%-434-6.06%7,164 Kern86,70143.29%113,56456.71%-26,863-13.41%200,265 Kings12,82042.90%17,06557.10%-4,245-14.20%29,885 Lake11,61555.85%9,18344.15%2,43211.69%20,798 Lassen2,31026.06%6,55573.94%-4,245-47.88%8,865 Los Angeles2,126,05473.87%752,07726.13%1,373,97747.74%2,878,131 Madera15,86241.74%22,14258.26%-6,280-16.52%38,004 Marin100,94079.74%24,64520.26%75,29559.48%126,585 Mariposa3,33940.95%4,81559.05%-1,476-18.10%8,154 Mendocino22,92669.88%9,88130.12%13,04539.76%32,807 Merced31,79254.74%26,28845.26%5,5049.48%58,080 Modoc92227.21%2,46672.79%-1,544-45.57%3,388 Mono2,74357.18%2,05442.82%68914.36%4,797 Monterey78,82468.64%36,00631.36%42,81837.29%114,830 Napa37,06167.10%18,17132.90%18,89034.20%55,232 Nevada29,61055.74%23,51544.26%6,09511.47%53,125 Orange549,40251.81%510,96748.19%38,4353.62%1,060,369 Placer76,41344.45%95,50455.55%-19,091-11.10%171,917 Plumas3,71041.01%5,33758.99%-1,627-17.98%9,047 Riverside329,32452.10%302,75747.90%26,5674.20%632,081 Sacramento314,49262.46%188,98437.54%125,50824.93%503,476 San Benito11,94060.20%7,89539.80%4,04520.39%19,835 San Bernardino286,89654.23%242,16045.77%44,7368.46%529,056 San Diego661,37658.87%462,07641.13%199,30017.74%1,123,452 San Francisco306,99887.04%45,69912.96%261,29974.09%352,697 San Joaquin106,47555.88%84,05944.12%22,41611.76%190,534 San Luis Obispo66,83754.33%56,17445.67%10,6638.67%123,011 San Mateo215,09777.09%63,92822.91%151,16954.18%279,025 Santa Barbara95,15262.95%56,01337.05%39,13925.89%151,165 Santa Clara439,87972.98%162,85227.02%277,02745.96%602,731 Santa Cruz91,77778.56%25,04421.44%66,73357.12%116,821 Shasta23,09333.46%45,91866.54%-22,825-33.07%69,011 Sierra65640.10%98059.90%-324-19.80%1,636 Siskiyou7,69342.97%10,21157.03%-2,518-14.06%17,904 Solano93,25264.83%50,58735.17%42,66529.66%143,839 Sonoma154,06674.59%52,48625.41%101,58049.18%206,552 Stanislaus80,53052.34%73,33047.66%7,2004.68%153,860 Sutter11,69440.30%17,32159.70%-5,627-19.39%29,015 Tehama6,62932.18%13,97067.82%-7,341-35.64%20,599 Trinity2,50047.78%2,73252.22%-232-4.43%5,232 Tulare43,77544.49%54,62555.51%-10,850-11.03%98,400 Tuolumne9,84042.06%13,55757.94%-3,717-15.89%23,397 Ventura174,33657.48%128,95442.52%45,38214.96%303,290 Yolo51,40370.69%21,31029.31%30,09341.39%72,713 Yuba7,40739.21%11,48560.79%-4,078-21.59%18,892Totals7,825,58764.13%4,376,81635.87%3,448,77128.26%12,202,403

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Del Norte (largest city: Crescent City)

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Butte (largest city: Chico) Orange (largest city: Anaheim) Riverside (largest city: Riverside) San Bernardino (largest city: San Bernardino) Stanislaus (largest city: Modesto)

See also California gubernatorial election, 2018 California lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018

References

External links Official campaign websites Greg Conlon (R) for State Treasurer Fiona Ma (D) for State Treasurer