California State Board of Equalization election, 2026

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California State Board of Equalization
Election details
Filing deadline: March 6, 2026
Primary: June 2, 2026 General: November 3, 2026
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California is holding an election for all four elected seats on the California State Board of Equalization on November 3, 2026.

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

Candidates and election results

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District 1

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General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

District 2

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

District 3

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

District 4

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

Voting information

See also: Voting in California

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Past elections

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2018.

2022

See also: California State Board of Equalization election, 2022

General election

General election for California State Board of Equalization District 1

Incumbent Ted Gaines defeated Jose Altamirano in the general election for California State Board of Equalization District 1 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ted Gaines (R)	55.5	1,390,533
		Jose Altamirano (D)	44.5	1,114,423

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,504,956
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for California State Board of Equalization District 1

Incumbent Ted Gaines and Jose Altamirano defeated Braden Murphy and Nader Shahatit in the primary for California State Board of Equalization District 1 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ted Gaines (R)	55.1	858,912
✔		Jose Altamirano (D)	21.5	334,818
		Braden Murphy (D)	14.5	225,428
		Nader Shahatit (D)	9.0	139,922

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,559,080
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General election

General election for California State Board of Equalization District 2

Sally Lieber defeated Peter Verbica in the general election for California State Board of Equalization District 2 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sally Lieber (D)	69.8	2,146,948
		Peter Verbica (R)	30.2	927,700

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,074,648
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for California State Board of Equalization District 2

Sally Lieber and Peter Verbica defeated Michela Alioto-Pier in the primary for California State Board of Equalization District 2 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sally Lieber (D)	53.0	1,034,551
✔		Peter Verbica (R)	28.2	549,455
		Michela Alioto-Pier (D)	18.8	366,406

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,950,412
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General election

General election for California State Board of Equalization District 3

Incumbent Tony Vazquez defeated Y. Marie Manvel in the general election for California State Board of Equalization District 3 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tony Vazquez (D)	70.4	1,484,626
		Y. Marie Manvel (Independent)	29.6	623,017

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,107,643
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for California State Board of Equalization District 3

Incumbent Tony Vazquez and Y. Marie Manvel defeated John Mendoza and G. Rick Marshall in the primary for California State Board of Equalization District 3 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tony Vazquez (D)	66.5	849,250
✔		Y. Marie Manvel (Independent)	21.6	275,830
	Submit photo	John Mendoza (D)	11.3	144,153
		G. Rick Marshall (R) (Write-in)	0.7	8,769

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,278,002
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General election

General election for California State Board of Equalization District 4

Incumbent Mike Schaefer defeated David Dodson in the general election for California State Board of Equalization District 4 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Schaefer (D)	58.8	1,241,062
		David Dodson (D)	41.2	867,945

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,109,007
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for California State Board of Equalization District 4

The following candidates ran in the primary for California State Board of Equalization District 4 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Schaefer (D)	35.9	597,948
✔		David Dodson (D)	15.0	249,971
		Denis Bilodeau (R)	14.2	236,625
		Matthew Harper (R)	11.0	183,330
	Submit photo	Erik Peterson (R)	10.8	180,278
	Submit photo	Randell Economy (R)	6.6	109,975
	Submit photo	John Kelly (R)	6.4	107,319

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,665,446
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2018

See also: California State Board of Equalization election, 2018

General election

General election for California State Board of Equalization District 1

Ted Gaines defeated Tom Hallinan in the general election for California State Board of Equalization District 1 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ted Gaines (R)	51.4	1,436,547
		Tom Hallinan (D)	48.6	1,355,782

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,792,329 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for California State Board of Equalization District 1

Tom Hallinan and Ted Gaines defeated Connie Conway and David Evans in the primary for California State Board of Equalization District 1 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tom Hallinan (D)	39.4	606,159
✔		Ted Gaines (R)	32.6	500,879
		Connie Conway (R)	18.4	283,477
		David Evans (R)	9.6	147,473

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 1,537,988
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General election

General election for California State Board of Equalization District 2

Malia Cohen defeated Mark Burns in the general election for California State Board of Equalization District 2 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Malia Cohen (D)	72.8	2,482,171
		Mark Burns (R)	27.2	927,949

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,410,120 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for California State Board of Equalization District 2

Malia Cohen and Mark Burns defeated Cathleen Galgiani and Barry Chang in the primary for California State Board of Equalization District 2 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Malia Cohen (D)	38.7	723,355
✔		Mark Burns (R)	26.9	502,143
		Cathleen Galgiani (D)	25.7	480,887
		Barry Chang (D)	8.7	163,102

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 1,869,487
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General election

General election for California State Board of Equalization District 3

Tony Vazquez defeated G. Rick Marshall in the general election for California State Board of Equalization District 3 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tony Vazquez (D)	69.9	1,895,972
		G. Rick Marshall (R)	30.1	815,829

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,711,801 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for California State Board of Equalization District 3

The following candidates ran in the primary for California State Board of Equalization District 3 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		G. Rick Marshall (R)	26.4	335,570
✔		Tony Vazquez (D)	20.2	255,988
		Cheryl Turner (D)	16.9	214,916
	Submit photo	Scott Svonkin (D)	13.4	170,254
		Nancy Pearlman (D)	12.6	160,105
	Submit photo	Doug Kriegel (D)	3.5	44,962
	Submit photo	Ben Pak (D)	3.5	44,588
		Micheál O'Leary (Independent)	3.4	43,084

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 1,269,467
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General election

General election for California State Board of Equalization District 4

Mike Schaefer defeated Joel Anderson in the general election for California State Board of Equalization District 4 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Schaefer (D)	52.2	1,559,373
		Joel Anderson (R)	47.8	1,427,566

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,986,939 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for California State Board of Equalization District 4

The following candidates ran in the primary for California State Board of Equalization District 4 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joel Anderson (R)	31.2	492,122
✔		Mike Schaefer (D)	17.0	269,044
	Submit photo	John Kelly (R)	16.7	263,294
		David Dodson (D)	14.9	234,534
	Submit photo	Ken Lopez-Maddox (D)	14.5	228,811
		Jim Stieringer (R)	3.7	58,642
		Nader Shahatit (R)	2.0	32,105

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 1,578,552
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