You might not have realized it until you looked at your ballot, but governor wasn\u2019t the only statewide office being contested in Tuesday\u2019s primary election.<\/p>\n
In addition to deciding the top two candidates to head the state, California voters had the chance to winnow down the contenders for seven other state offices, including attorney general and treasurer. Among those, three included incumbents running for reelection; the other four races were wide-open affairs.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s how those races were shaping up in early returns Tuesday night with about 52% of precincts partially reporting as of about 9:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Lieutenant governor<\/p>\n
In the battle to succeed Eleni Kounalakis, who\u2019s termed out, state Treasurer Fiona Ma, a former San Francisco supervisor, and\u00a0Gloria Romero, the former Democratic leader of the state Senate who switched parties in 2024, have taken an early lead. Ma has 779,305 votes, or 20.6% of the total, with Romero at 743,488 votes (19.7%).<\/p>\n
Ma and Romero were two of the 19 candidates in the race. The most prominent other contenders on the Democratic side were former Novato Mayor Josh Fryday, who\u2019s in third with 542,738 votes (14.4%), and\u00a0former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, who\u2019s in fourth with 411,882 votes (10.9%).<\/p>\n
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA – December 7 – Fiona Ma attends Mariya Milovidova: A Night of Art & High Fashion on December 7th 2025 at Artittud Art Gallery in San Francisco, CA.<\/p>\n
Drew Altizer Photography<\/p>\n
Secretary of state<\/p>\n
Shirley Weber, who has held the office since Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed her in 2021 to replace Alex Padilla, was running well ahead in her reelection effort. She\u2019s garnered nearly 2.1 million votes (55.8%).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her chief rival,\u00a0Republican Orange County Supervisor Don Wagner, stood at about 1.5 million votes, or 40.2%.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Former Santa Monica Mayor Michael Feinstein, one of two Green Party candidates, was running a distant third with 86,566 votes (2.3%).<\/p>\n
State controller<\/p>\n
Former San Francisco Supervisor Malia Cohen, who is running for a second term after being elected to the position in 2022, was leading the small field with 2.1 million votes (54.8%).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her Republican challenger,\u00a0Herb Morgan, the former president of the San Diego City Employees\u2019 Retirement System, had garnered 1.3 million votes (41%).<\/p>\n
San Francisco school-bus driver Meghann Adams, who\u2019s a member of the Peace and Freedom Party, was trailing far behind with 139,573 votes (4.5%).<\/p>\n
State treasurer<\/p>\n
Six candidates were running to replace Ma, who is termed out. Democrat\u00a0Kounalakis was the early leader with 1.4 million votes (36.3%). Republican Jennifer Hawks, a\u00a0Silicon Valley businesswoman, was the runner-up, with 1 million votes (26.6%).\u00a0<\/p>\n
State Sen. Anna Caballero of Merced was in third with 566,339 votes, (14.8%), while Republican\u00a0David Serpa was in fourth with 519,056, or 13.5%.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Eleni Kounalakis \u2014 seen at her election-night party at John\u2019s Grill in The City \u2014 was the leader in early returns from Tuesday\u2019s primary election for state treasurer.<\/p>\n
Craig Lee\/The Examiner<\/p>\n
Attorney general<\/p>\n
Rob Bonta, who\u2019s held the office since Newsom named him in 2021 to replace Xavier Becerra, was leading a small field with nearly 2.1 million votes (54.1%).<\/p>\n
Michael Gates, a Republican who served as a deputy assistant attorney general in President Donald Trump\u2019s second term and is a former city attorney of Huntington Beach, was in second with 1.6 million votes (41.4%).<\/p>\n
Green Party candidate Marjorie Mikels, an attorney, had 175,030 votes (4.5%).<\/p>\n
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta, pictured speaking in Sacramento on Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, is reviewing OpenAI\u2019s restructuring plan. Gary Mendoza, the state\u2019s former commissioner of corporations, contends Bonta could quickly ensure OpenAi\u2019s for-profit and nonprofit arms are adequately separated.<\/p>\n
Damian Dovarganes<\/p>\n
Insurance commissioner<\/p>\n
Former San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim was leading a crowded field of 11 candidates aiming to\u00a0succeed Ricardo Lara, who\u2019s termed out. Kim has 915,355 votes (24.1%).<\/p>\n
State Sen. Ben Allen of Santa Monica stood in second place with 771,014 votes (20.3%).<\/p>\n
Stacy Korsgaden, a Republican insurance broker, was in third with 662,437 votes (17.5%).<\/p>\n
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Former Supervisor Jane Kim speaks to volunteers and supporters for Connie Chan, a candidate for San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 1 election in the Richmond District, at Argonne Playground on Oct. 18, 2020 in San Francisco.<\/p>\n
Chris Victorio\/Special to The Examiner<\/p>\n
Superintendent of public instruction<\/p>\n
Tony Thurmond, who is running for governor, is termed out. Sonja Shaw, the president of the Chino Valley Unified School District\u2019s Board of Education, who has put her opposition to transgender girls competing in girls\u2019 sports front and center, was the early leader with 847,884 votes (24.7%).<\/p>\n
In second was\u00a0San Diego Unified School District Board of Education President Richard Barrera, who has worked closely with Thurmond. Barerra has 676,713 votes (19.7%).\u00a0<\/p>\n
In third was Wendy Castaneda Leal,\u00a0superintendent of Kern County\u2019s Semitropic Elementary School District, with 344,293 votes (10%).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You might not have realized it until you looked at your ballot, but governor wasn\u2019t the only statewide…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[84963,6361,8585,3149,5402,989,14079,457,140122,8584,2794,101,103,102,8352,104,106,105,8353],"class_list":["post-344352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-2026-california-gubernatorial-election","tag-alex-padilla","tag-american-politicians","tag-attorney-general","tag-california-democratic-party","tag-elections","tag-eleni-kounalakis","tag-gavin-newsom","tag-lt-governor","tag-politics-of-the-united-states","tag-rob-bonta","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-secretary-of-state","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news","tag-shirley-weber"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}