{"id":349809,"date":"2026-06-06T19:22:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T19:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/349809\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T19:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T19:22:13","slug":"ma-projected-to-reach-november-race-for-lieutenant-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/349809\/","title":{"rendered":"Ma projected to reach November race for lieutenant governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SAC_1761_262102_JV_CADEM.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"Fiona Ma, a candidate for lieutenant governor, holds a campaign sign at the California Democratic Convention in San Francisco on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. Ma was projected to advance to the November election. \" alt=\"Fiona Ma, a candidate for lieutenant governor, holds a campaign sign at the California Democratic Convention in San Francisco on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. Ma was projected to advance to the November election. \"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Fiona Ma, a candidate for lieutenant governor, holds a campaign sign at the California Democratic Convention in San Francisco on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. Ma was projected to advance to the November election. <\/p>\n<p>                JOS\u00c9 LUIS VILLEGAS<\/p>\n<p>            jvillegas@sacbee.com<\/p>\n<p>California Treasurer <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.treasurer.ca.gov\/bio\">Fiona Ma<\/a> is projected to advance to the November general election <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/politics-government\/election\/article315865477.html\">in the race<\/a> to become the state\u2019s next lieutenant governor, according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>Ma garnered <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/projects\/elections-2026\/california-primary-results-lieutenant-governor\/\">19.4% of the vote<\/a> just before 5:30 p.m. Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day she had emailed supporters and was already looking toward the general election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTogether, we will create good-paying jobs, support small businesses, build more housing, expand educational opportunity, protect our environment, and make California more affordable for everyone,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The job is largely ceremonial unless the governor leaves the state or dies in office. Lieutenant governors also oversee the state Senate and can break ties.<\/p>\n<p>The lieutenant governor also serves on boards overseeing the state\u2019s public colleges, universities, and community colleges as well as the State Lands Commission and California Commission for Economic Development.<\/p>\n<p>Eleni Kounalakis, the current lieutenant governor, was the first woman elected to the role. She is currently running for state treasurer.<\/p>\n<p>Ma\u2019s opponent for November is not yet settled.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Gloria Romero, a former state senator, had earned just under 19% of the vote Friday afternoon. Democrat Josh Fryday, who leads the Governor\u2019s Office of Service and Community Engagement, was in third with a little over 14% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/263094893\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20220812_LS_Stephen_Hobbs_016a.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Stephen Hobbs\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/263094893\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stephen Hobbs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Stephen Hobbs is an enterprise reporter for The Sacramento Bee\u2019s Capitol Bureau. He has worked for newspapers in Colorado, Florida and South Carolina.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fiona Ma, a candidate for lieutenant governor, holds a campaign sign at the California Democratic Convention in San&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349810,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-349809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349809","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=349809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}