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State executive offices

Governor • Lt. Governor • Secretary of State • Attorney General • Treasurer • Auditor • Superintendent of Schools • Insurance Commissioner • Controller • Agriculture Commissioner • Natural Resources Commissioner • Labor Commissioner • Public Service Commissioner

Elections

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Ballotpedia covers 14 state executive offices in the state of California. The executive branch is governed by Article V of the California Constitution.

State executive organization

Executive officials in California are part of a three-pronged government structure that includes state legislators and state judges. The following chart details the relationship among different branches of California's state government:

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Current officeholders

Office	Name	Party	Date assumed office
Attorney General of California	Rob Bonta	Democratic	April 23, 2021
California Commissioner of Insurance	Ricardo Lara	Democratic	January 7, 2019
California Controller	Malia Cohen	Democratic	January 2, 2023
California Director of Industrial Relations	Katrina Hagen	Nonpartisan	2020
California Public Utilities Commission	Matt Baker	Nonpartisan	March 5, 2024
California Public Utilities Commission	Karen Douglas	Nonpartisan	January 1, 2023
California Public Utilities Commission	Darcie Houck	Nonpartisan	2021
California Public Utilities Commission	Alice Reynolds	Nonpartisan	December 31, 2021
California Public Utilities Commission	John Reynolds	Nonpartisan	December 23, 2021
California Secretary for Natural Resources	Wade Crowfoot	Nonpartisan	2019
California Secretary of Agriculture	Karen Ross	Nonpartisan	January 12, 2011
California Secretary of State	Shirley Weber	Democratic	January 29, 2021
California State Auditor	Grant Parks	Nonpartisan	January 16, 2023
California State Board of Equalization District 1	Ted Gaines	Republican	January 7, 2019
California State Board of Equalization District 2	Sally Lieber	Democratic	January 2, 2023
California State Board of Equalization District 3	Tony Vazquez	Democratic	January 12, 2019
California State Board of Equalization District 4	Mike Schaefer	Democratic	January 1, 2019
California Superintendent of Public Instruction	Tony Thurmond	Nonpartisan	January 1, 2019
California Treasurer	Fiona Ma	Democratic	January 7, 2019
Governor of California	Gavin Newsom	Democratic	January 7, 2019
Lieutenant Governor of California	Eleni Kounalakis	Democratic	2019

Elections

2025

There are no state executive elections in California in 2025.

2024

There were no state executive elections in California in 2024.

2023

There were no state executive elections in California in 2023.

2022

See also: California state executive official elections, 2022

The following state executive offices were up for election in California in 2022:

Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Attorney General
Secretary of State
Treasurer
Controller
Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Board of Equalization (4 seats)
Insurance Commissioner

2021

There were no state executive elections in California in 2021.

2020

There were no state executive offices up for election in California in 2020.

2019

There were no state executive offices up for election in California in 2019.

2018

See also: California state executive official elections, 2018

The following state executive offices were up for election in California in 2018:

Governor
Lieutenant governor
Attorney general
Secretary of state
Treasurer
Controller
Insurance commissioner
Superintendent of public instruction
State board of equalization

2017

There were no state executive offices up for election in California in 2017.

2016

There were no state executive offices up for election in California in 2016.

2015

There were no state executive elections in California in 2015.

2014

See also: California state executive official elections, 2014

There were eight state executive offices up for election in 2014.

• Governor of California
• Lieutenant Governor of California
• California Attorney General
• California Secretary of State
• California Treasurer
• California Controller
• California Superintendent
• California Insurance Commissioner

2013

There were no state executive elections in California in 2013.

2012

There were no state executive elections in California in 2012.

Footnotes

State executive offices

Offices

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Elections

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Features

Chart of state executive officers • Compensation • How gubernatorial vacancies are filled • How vacancies are filled in state executive offices • State executive officials serving in home states • State government trifectas • State of the state addresses • Term limits

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