2018 California State Controller election
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November 6, 2018
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The 2018 California state controller election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the California state controller. Democratic incumbent Betty Yee won re-election to a second term, defeating Republican City Commissioner Konstantinos Roditis.
Candidates
Democratic Party
Declared
- Betty Yee, incumbent California state controller
Republican Party
Declared
- Konstantinos Roditis, former Anaheim city commissioner
Peace and Freedom Party
Declared
- Mary Lou Finley, retired public school worker
Primary election
Endorsements
Betty Yee
Organizations
- AFSCME District Council 57
- California Democratic Party
- California Faculty Association
- California League of Conservation Voters
- California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
- California State Retirees Association
- California Teachers Association
- Communication Workers of America – District 9
- EMILY's List
- Equality California
- Feminist Majority
- National Association of Realtors – California
- Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California
- Service Employees International Union – California
- UNITE HERE
Newspapers
Konstantinos Roditis
Organizations
Newspapers
- Dixon Independent Voice
- Placerville Mountain Democrat
- Santa Barbara News-Press
Results
Yee
- 40–50%
- 50–60%
- 60–70%
- 70–80%
- 80–90%
Roditis
- 40–50%
- 50–60%
- 60–70%
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Betty Yee (incumbent) | 4,033,208 | 62.09% | |
| Republican | Konstantinos Roditis | 2,200,942 | 33.88% | |
| Peace and Freedom | Mary Lou Finley | 261,876 | 4.03% | |
| Total votes | 6,496,026 | 100.00% | ||
By county
| County | Betty Yee Democratic |
Konstantinos Roditis Republican |
Mary Lou Finley Peace and Freedom |
Margin | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alameda | 250,088 | 80.56% | 47,107 | 15.17% | 13,245 | 4.27% | 202,981 | 65.38% | 310,440 |
| Alpine | 265 | 67.60% | 116 | 29.59% | 11 | 2.81% | 149 | 38.01% | 392 |
| Amador | 5,254 | 43.27% | 6,305 | 51.92% | 584 | 4.81% | -1,051 | -8.66% | 12,143 |
| Butte | 27,477 | 52.23% | 22,553 | 42.87% | 2,578 | 4.90% | 4,924 | 9.36% | 52,608 |
| Calaveras | 6,325 | 42.93% | 7,668 | 52.05% | 740 | 5.02% | -1,343 | -9.12% | 14,733 |
| Colusa | 1,399 | 42.11% | 1,787 | 53.79% | 136 | 4.09% | -388 | -11.68% | 3,322 |
| Contra Costa | 142,898 | 70.85% | 50,152 | 24.87% | 8,632 | 4.28% | 92,746 | 45.99% | 201,682 |
| Del Norte | 2,412 | 46.21% | 2,533 | 48.52% | 275 | 5.27% | -121 | -2.32% | 5,220 |
| El Dorado | 25,836 | 47.46% | 26,867 | 49.35% | 1,740 | 3.20% | -1,031 | -1.89% | 54,443 |
| Fresno | 67,788 | 52.93% | 54,656 | 42.68% | 5,619 | 4.39% | 13,132 | 10.25% | 128,063 |
| Glenn | 1,669 | 34.65% | 2,920 | 60.62% | 228 | 4.73% | -1,251 | -25.97% | 4,817 |
| Humboldt | 19,643 | 65.66% | 8,554 | 28.59% | 1,720 | 5.75% | 11,089 | 37.07% | 29,917 |
| Imperial | 10,762 | 58.63% | 5,814 | 31.67% | 1,780 | 9.70% | 4,948 | 26.96% | 18,356 |
| Inyo | 2,523 | 46.26% | 2,619 | 48.02% | 312 | 5.72% | -96 | -1.76% | 5,454 |
| Kern | 42,329 | 37.65% | 64,550 | 57.41% | 5,562 | 4.95% | -22,221 | -19.76% | 112,441 |
| Kings | 6,420 | 40.91% | 8,637 | 55.04% | 636 | 4.05% | -2,217 | -14.13% | 15,693 |
| Lake | 7,276 | 55.67% | 5,082 | 38.89% | 711 | 5.44% | 2,194 | 16.79% | 13,069 |
| Lassen | 2,040 | 34.03% | 3,707 | 61.85% | 247 | 4.12% | -1,667 | -27.81% | 5,994 |
| Los Angeles | 952,017 | 70.49% | 338,373 | 25.05% | 60,194 | 4.46% | 613,644 | 45.44% | 1,350,584 |
| Madera | 9,423 | 41.19% | 12,194 | 53.30% | 1,262 | 5.52% | -2,771 | -12.11% | 22,879 |
| Marin | 63,875 | 81.53% | 12,315 | 15.72% | 2,154 | 2.75% | 51,560 | 65.81% | 78,344 |
| Mariposa | 2,479 | 43.05% | 3,010 | 52.27% | 270 | 4.69% | -531 | -9.22% | 5,759 |
| Mendocino | 14,655 | 69.97% | 5,194 | 24.80% | 1,096 | 5.23% | 9,461 | 45.17% | 20,945 |
| Merced | 15,600 | 52.13% | 12,773 | 42.68% | 1,553 | 5.19% | 2,827 | 9.45% | 29,926 |
| Modoc | 850 | 31.50% | 1,717 | 63.64% | 131 | 4.86% | -867 | -32.13% | 2,698 |
| Mono | 1,885 | 59.04% | 1,176 | 36.83% | 132 | 4.13% | 709 | 22.20% | 3,193 |
| Monterey | 43,173 | 68.26% | 17,470 | 27.62% | 2,602 | 4.11% | 25,703 | 40.64% | 63,245 |
| Napa | 22,209 | 66.34% | 9,996 | 29.86% | 1,274 | 3.81% | 12,213 | 36.48% | 33,479 |
| Nevada | 20,126 | 56.45% | 14,218 | 39.88% | 1,308 | 3.67% | 5,908 | 16.57% | 35,652 |
| Orange | 274,892 | 49.19% | 262,159 | 46.91% | 21,803 | 3.90% | 12,733 | 2.28% | 558,854 |
| Placer | 50,754 | 49.08% | 49,231 | 47.61% | 3,430 | 3.32% | 1,523 | 1.47% | 103,415 |
| Plumas | 2,955 | 47.14% | 3,092 | 49.33% | 221 | 3.53% | -137 | -2.19% | 6,268 |
| Riverside | 152,294 | 47.66% | 155,301 | 48.60% | 11,977 | 3.75% | -3,007 | -0.94% | 319,572 |
| Sacramento | 179,626 | 64.17% | 90,518 | 32.34% | 9,757 | 3.49% | 89,108 | 31.84% | 279,901 |
| San Benito | 6,944 | 58.81% | 4,177 | 35.37% | 687 | 5.82% | 2,767 | 23.43% | 11,808 |
| San Bernardino | 127,606 | 47.94% | 125,672 | 47.22% | 12,877 | 4.84% | 1,934 | 0.73% | 266,155 |
| San Diego | 365,720 | 57.20% | 254,088 | 39.74% | 19,527 | 3.05% | 111,632 | 17.46% | 639,335 |
| San Francisco | 174,517 | 86.10% | 19,113 | 9.43% | 9,071 | 4.48% | 155,404 | 76.67% | 202,701 |
| San Joaquin | 55,971 | 54.27% | 42,512 | 41.22% | 4,656 | 4.51% | 13,459 | 13.05% | 103,139 |
| San Luis Obispo | 45,226 | 55.05% | 33,993 | 41.38% | 2,932 | 3.57% | 11,233 | 13.67% | 82,151 |
| San Mateo | 107,760 | 77.09% | 27,506 | 19.68% | 4,515 | 3.23% | 80,254 | 57.41% | 139,781 |
| Santa Barbara | 51,762 | 61.05% | 30,401 | 35.86% | 2,620 | 3.09% | 21,361 | 25.19% | 84,783 |
| Santa Clara | 245,596 | 73.03% | 79,840 | 23.74% | 10,862 | 3.23% | 165,756 | 49.29% | 336,298 |
| Santa Cruz | 52,123 | 77.25% | 12,421 | 18.41% | 2,932 | 4.35% | 39,702 | 58.84% | 67,476 |
| Shasta | 15,578 | 35.48% | 26,209 | 59.69% | 2,124 | 4.84% | -10,631 | -24.21% | 43,911 |
| Sierra | 638 | 45.90% | 668 | 48.06% | 84 | 6.04% | -30 | -2.16% | 1,390 |
| Siskiyou | 5,032 | 45.85% | 5,388 | 49.09% | 556 | 5.07% | -356 | -3.24% | 10,976 |
| Solano | 49,622 | 63.20% | 25,235 | 32.14% | 3,658 | 4.66% | 24,387 | 31.06% | 78,515 |
| Sonoma | 92,608 | 74.64% | 26,879 | 21.66% | 4,580 | 3.69% | 65,729 | 52.98% | 124,067 |
| Stanislaus | 42,579 | 50.83% | 37,665 | 44.96% | 3,523 | 4.21% | 4,914 | 5.87% | 83,767 |
| Sutter | 8,149 | 42.33% | 10,142 | 52.68% | 960 | 4.99% | -1,993 | -10.35% | 19,251 |
| Tehama | 4,709 | 34.03% | 8,346 | 60.32% | 781 | 5.64% | -3,637 | -26.29% | 13,836 |
| Trinity | 1,945 | 50.03% | 1,703 | 43.80% | 240 | 6.17% | 242 | 6.22% | 3,888 |
| Tulare | 22,133 | 40.82% | 29,774 | 54.91% | 2,314 | 4.27% | -7,641 | -14.09% | 54,221 |
| Tuolumne | 6,821 | 44.96% | 7,714 | 50.85% | 636 | 4.19% | -893 | -5.89% | 15,171 |
| Ventura | 85,812 | 55.22% | 63,888 | 41.11% | 5,703 | 3.67% | 21,924 | 14.11% | 155,403 |
| Yolo | 30,737 | 71.28% | 10,891 | 25.26% | 1,491 | 3.46% | 19,846 | 46.03% | 43,119 |
| Yuba | 4,392 | 38.68% | 6,337 | 55.80% | 627 | 5.52% | -1,945 | -17.13% | 11,356 |
| Totals | 4,033,197 | 62.09% | 2,200,926 | 33.88% | 261,876 | 4.03% | 1,832,271 | 28.21% | 6,495,999 |
General election
Results
Yee won the election easily. She won by running up margins in heavily populated areas of the state. With 8,013,067 votes, Yee is the top vote earner in any California state controller election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Betty Yee (incumbent) | 8,013,067 | 65.45% | +11.48% | |
| Republican | Konstantinos Roditis | 4,229,480 | 34.55% | −11.48% | |
| Total votes | 12,242,547 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
| Democratic hold | |||||
By county
| County | Betty Yee Democratic |
Konstantinos Roditis Republican |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alameda | 470,001 | 83.10% | 95,614 | 16.90% | 374,387 | 66.19% | 565,615 |
| Alpine | 411 | 67.49% | 198 | 32.51% | 213 | 34.98% | 609 |
| Amador | 7,252 | 41.91% | 10,051 | 58.09% | -2,799 | -16.18% | 17,303 |
| Butte | 45,299 | 52.05% | 41,739 | 47.95% | 3,560 | 4.09% | 87,038 |
| Calaveras | 8,854 | 41.69% | 12,384 | 58.31% | -3,530 | -16.62% | 21,238 |
| Colusa | 2,420 | 43.13% | 3,191 | 56.87% | -771 | -13.74% | 5,611 |
| Contra Costa | 293,665 | 72.30% | 112,515 | 27.70% | 181,150 | 44.60% | 406,180 |
| Del Norte | 3,872 | 46.86% | 4,391 | 53.14% | -519 | -6.28% | 8,263 |
| El Dorado | 40,365 | 45.94% | 47,503 | 54.06% | -7,138 | -8.12% | 87,868 |
| Fresno | 138,001 | 55.36% | 111,257 | 44.64% | 26,744 | 10.73% | 249,258 |
| Glenn | 2,949 | 36.13% | 5,213 | 63.87% | -2,264 | -27.74% | 8,162 |
| Humboldt | 35,723 | 68.79% | 16,211 | 31.21% | 19,512 | 37.57% | 51,934 |
| Imperial | 22,486 | 68.05% | 10,556 | 31.95% | 11,930 | 36.11% | 33,042 |
| Inyo | 3,529 | 49.12% | 3,656 | 50.88% | -127 | -1.77% | 7,185 |
| Kern | 90,343 | 44.95% | 110,654 | 55.05% | -20,311 | -10.11% | 200,997 |
| Kings | 13,867 | 46.37% | 16,039 | 53.63% | -2,172 | -7.26% | 29,906 |
| Lake | 11,881 | 57.02% | 8,955 | 42.98% | 2,926 | 14.04% | 20,836 |
| Lassen | 2,701 | 30.30% | 6,212 | 69.70% | -3,511 | -39.39% | 8,913 |
| Los Angeles | 2,160,445 | 74.86% | 725,426 | 25.14% | 1,435,019 | 49.73% | 2,885,871 |
| Madera | 16,669 | 43.78% | 21,408 | 56.22% | -4,739 | -12.45% | 38,077 |
| Marin | 102,895 | 81.08% | 24,003 | 18.92% | 78,892 | 62.17% | 126,898 |
| Mariposa | 3,477 | 42.65% | 4,675 | 57.35% | -1,198 | -14.70% | 8,152 |
| Mendocino | 23,246 | 71.03% | 9,483 | 28.97% | 13,763 | 42.05% | 32,729 |
| Merced | 33,180 | 57.05% | 24,982 | 42.95% | 8,198 | 14.10% | 58,162 |
| Modoc | 1,040 | 30.69% | 2,349 | 69.31% | -1,309 | -38.62% | 3,389 |
| Mono | 2,811 | 58.55% | 1,990 | 41.45% | 821 | 17.10% | 4,801 |
| Monterey | 81,287 | 70.68% | 33,720 | 29.32% | 47,567 | 41.36% | 115,007 |
| Napa | 37,949 | 68.49% | 17,462 | 31.51% | 20,487 | 36.97% | 55,411 |
| Nevada | 30,230 | 56.80% | 22,991 | 43.20% | 7,239 | 13.60% | 53,221 |
| Orange | 561,245 | 52.92% | 499,228 | 47.08% | 62,017 | 5.85% | 1,060,473 |
| Placer | 80,610 | 46.71% | 91,958 | 53.29% | -11,348 | -6.58% | 172,568 |
| Plumas | 3,900 | 43.07% | 5,156 | 56.93% | -1,256 | -13.87% | 9,056 |
| Riverside | 334,939 | 52.92% | 297,988 | 47.08% | 36,951 | 5.84% | 632,927 |
| Sacramento | 326,989 | 64.63% | 178,965 | 35.37% | 148,024 | 29.26% | 505,954 |
| San Benito | 12,533 | 62.82% | 7,417 | 37.18% | 5,116 | 25.64% | 19,950 |
| San Bernardino | 292,192 | 55.17% | 237,398 | 44.83% | 54,794 | 10.35% | 529,590 |
| San Diego | 678,633 | 59.97% | 453,055 | 40.03% | 225,578 | 19.93% | 1,131,688 |
| San Francisco | 311,559 | 87.87% | 43,021 | 12.13% | 268,538 | 75.73% | 354,580 |
| San Joaquin | 111,711 | 58.40% | 79,583 | 41.60% | 32,128 | 16.80% | 191,294 |
| San Luis Obispo | 69,324 | 55.97% | 54,536 | 44.03% | 14,788 | 11.94% | 123,860 |
| San Mateo | 218,685 | 78.03% | 61,577 | 21.97% | 157,108 | 56.06% | 280,262 |
| Santa Barbara | 97,768 | 64.48% | 53,856 | 35.52% | 43,912 | 28.96% | 151,624 |
| Santa Clara | 447,306 | 74.12% | 156,164 | 25.88% | 291,142 | 48.24% | 603,470 |
| Santa Cruz | 93,218 | 79.48% | 24,068 | 20.52% | 69,150 | 58.96% | 117,286 |
| Shasta | 24,173 | 34.98% | 44,938 | 65.02% | -20,765 | -30.05% | 69,111 |
| Sierra | 698 | 42.64% | 939 | 57.36% | -241 | -14.72% | 1,637 |
| Siskiyou | 8,072 | 45.05% | 9,846 | 54.95% | -1,774 | -9.90% | 17,918 |
| Solano | 95,175 | 65.98% | 49,069 | 34.02% | 46,106 | 31.96% | 144,244 |
| Sonoma | 156,645 | 75.65% | 50,431 | 24.35% | 106,214 | 51.29% | 207,076 |
| Stanislaus | 83,203 | 54.03% | 70,794 | 45.97% | 12,409 | 8.06% | 153,997 |
| Sutter | 12,619 | 43.37% | 16,477 | 56.63% | -3,858 | -13.26% | 29,096 |
| Tehama | 7,085 | 34.36% | 13,533 | 65.64% | -6,448 | -31.27% | 20,618 |
| Trinity | 2,568 | 49.20% | 2,652 | 50.80% | -84 | -1.61% | 5,220 |
| Tulare | 46,383 | 47.11% | 52,069 | 52.89% | -5,686 | -5.78% | 98,452 |
| Tuolumne | 10,281 | 43.90% | 13,138 | 56.10% | -2,857 | -12.20% | 23,419 |
| Ventura | 177,978 | 58.63% | 125,594 | 41.37% | 52,384 | 17.26% | 303,572 |
| Yolo | 52,824 | 72.33% | 20,208 | 27.67% | 32,616 | 44.66% | 73,032 |
| Yuba | 7,903 | 41.82% | 10,994 | 58.18% | -3,091 | -16.36% | 18,897 |
| Totals | 8,013,067 | 65.45% | 4,229,480 | 34.55% | 3,783,587 | 30.91% | 12,242,547 |
- Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
- Butte (largest city: Chico)
- Fresno (largest city: Fresno)
- Merced (largest city: Merced)
- Mono (largest city: Mammoth Lakes)
- Nevada (largest city: Truckee)
- Orange (largest city: Anaheim)
- Riverside (largest city: Riverside)
- San Bernardino (largest city: San Bernardino)
- San Diego (largest city: San Diego)
- San Joaquin (largest city: Stockton)
- San Luis Obispo (largest city: San Luis Obispo)
- Stanislaus (largest city: Modesto)
- Ventura (largest city: Oxnard)
References
- ↑ "California Secretary of State - CalAccess - Campaign Finance". cal-access.sos.ca.gov. Archived from the original on February 4, 2017. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
- ↑ "California Secretary of State - CalAccess - Campaign Finance". cal-access.sos.ca.gov. Archived from the original on February 4, 2017. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
- ↑ "Election 2018: The Peace & Freedom Party Candidates". December 18, 2017. Archived from the original on January 9, 2018. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Endorsements". Betty Yee for Controller. Archived from the original on May 17, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
- ↑ "Endorsement: Betty Yee deserves another term as California's controller". Los Angeles Times. September 13, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
- ↑ "Editorial: Betty Yee the only qualified option for state controller". The Mercury News. May 18, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
- ↑ "The San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board Endorsement Guide 2018". San Diego Union-Tribune. October 12, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
- ↑ "Editorial: Re-elect Betty Yee as state's controller". San Francisco Chronicle. May 4, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
- 1 2 3 "Endorsements – Konstantinos Roditis for Controller". Archived from the original on May 16, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ↑ "OUR ENDORSEMENTS". Santa Barbara News-Press. October 30, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Padilla, Alex (July 13, 2018). "Complete Statement of Vote" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 27, 2026. Retrieved June 11, 2026.
- ↑ Padilla, Alex (July 13, 2018). "Controller by County" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 27, 2026. Retrieved June 11, 2026.
- ↑ Padilla, Alex (December 14, 2018). "Complete Statement of Vote" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 31, 2025. Retrieved May 18, 2026.
- ↑ Padilla, Alex (December 14, 2018). "Controller by County" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 1, 2025. Retrieved May 18, 2026.
External links
Official campaign websites
- Konstantinos Roditis (R) for Controller Archived 2018-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Betty Yee (D) for Controller
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