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Incumbent Democratic Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom is ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits and is running for Governor instead. Democrats Eleni Kounalakis and Ed Hernandez will face each other in the general election, as no Republican finished in the top two positions of the nonpartisan blanket primary. Contents 1 Primary 1.1 Candidates 1.1. 1 Democratic Party 1.1. 1.1 Declared 1.1. 1.2 Declined 1.1. 2 Republican Party 1.1. 2.1 Declared 1.1. 2.2 Declined 1.1. 3 Libertarian Party 1.1. 3.1 Declared 1.1. 4 No Party Preference 1.1. 4.1 Declared 1.2 Endorsements 1.3 Polling 1.4 Results 2 See also 3 References 4 External links Primary Candidates Democratic Party Declared Jeff Bleich, former United States Ambassador to Australia Cameron Gharabiklou, attorney and businessman Ed Hernandez, State Senator Eleni Kounalakis, former United States Ambassador to Hungary Declined Kevin de León, President pro tempore of the California State Senate ( running for U.S. Senate ) Mike Gatto, State Assemblyman ( running for State Treasurer ) Mark Leno, former State Senator ( running for Mayor of San Francisco ) John Pérez, former Speaker of the California State Assembly Darrell Steinberg, Mayor of Sacramento and former State Senator Republican Party Declared David Fennell, venture capitalist Cole Harris, businessman David Hernandez, retired business owner Lydia Ortega, San Jose State University economics professor Declined Tom Berryhill, State Senator Anthony Cannella, State Senator Libertarian Party Declared Tim Ferreira No Party Preference Declared Gayle McLaughlin, former Mayor of Richmond Danny Thomas Endorsements show Jeff Bleich Organizations Sierra Club California Brady Campaign Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate Newspaper Editorial Boards San Francisco Chronicle Sacramento Bee San Jose Mercury News East Bay Times Marin Independent Journal The Daily Californian Federal officials Chris Coons, U.S. Senator ( D - DE ) Adam Schiff, U.S. Representative ( D - CA - 28 ) Jackie Speier, U.S. Representative ( D - CA - 14 ) Ted Lieu, U.S. Representative ( D - CA - 33 ) Ro Khanna, U.S. Representative ( D - CA - 17 ) Don Beyer, U.S. Representative ( D - VA - 8 ), former United States Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and former Lieutenant Governor of Virginia Howard Dean, Former chair of Democratic National Committee, former Governor of Vermont, and former Lieutenant Governor of Vermont James Clapper, Former Director of National Intelligence John Berry, Former Director of Office of Personnel Management and Former United States Ambassador to Australia Eileen Donahoe, Former United States Ambassador to United Nations Human Rights Council John Roos, Former United States Ambassador to Japan Karl Eikenberry, Former United States Ambassador to Afghanistan Denise Bauer, Former United States Ambassador to Belgium Doug Hickey, Commissioner General of USA Pavilion at Expo 2015 State legislators Henry Stern, California State Senator ( D - 27 ) Marc Berman, California Assemblymember ( D - 24 ) Local officials Tom Butt, Mayor of Richmond, California Gabriel Quinto, Mayor Pro Tem of El Cerrito Josh Fryday, Mayor of Novato, California Jeff Adachi, San Francisco Public Defender Matt Haney, Member of San Francisco Board of Education Susan Wengraf, Berkeley Councilmember Tim Farley, Contra Costa Community College District Vice-President Sarah Pearson, Pediatrician and President of Piedmont Board of Education Bob Foster, Former Mayor of Long Beach, California Roberta Achtenberg, Former Member of San Francisco Board of Supervisors Bevan Dufty, Former Member of San Francisco Board of Supervisors Abe Friedman, Former Mayor of Piedmont, California Tom McCormick, Former Mayor of Orinda, California Community leaders and activists Thelton Henderson, First African - American lawyer in the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division and Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Esta Soler, Founder of Futures Without Violence Evan Wolfson, Founder and President of Freedom to Marry Drucilla Ramey, Chair of Equal Rights Advocates Board of Directors Amy Rao, Vice Chair of Human Rights Watch Debi Hemmeter, Co-Founder of LeanIn.Org Lateefah Simon, President of Akonadi Foundation and Member of Bay Area Rapid Transit District Board of Directors Sergio C. Garcia, California Attorney and first undocumented immigrant admitted to the State Bar of California Tech leaders Sean Parker, Co-Founder of Napster and First President of Facebook show Cole Harris Individuals Dante Acosta, member of the California State Assembly Joel Anderson, California State Senator Kathryn Barger, Los Angeles County Supervisor Patricia Bates, California Senate Minority Leader Frank Bigelow, member of the California State Assembly Rocky Chávez, member of the California State Assembly Phillip Chen, member of the California State Assembly Steven Choi, member of the California State Assembly Jordan Cunningham, member of the California State Assembly Brian Dahle, California Assembly Minority Leader Carl DeMaio, former San Diego city councilman Heath Flora, member of the California State Assembly Jean Fuller, California State Senator James Gallagher, member of the California State Assembly Matthew Harper, member of the California State Assembly Kevin Kiley, member of the California State Assembly Tom Lackey, member of the California State Assembly Devon Mathis, member of the California State Assembly Chad Mayes, member of the California State Assembly Melissa Melendez, member of the California State Assembly Mike Morrell, California State Senator Jim Nielsen, California State Senator Michelle Park Steel, Orange County Supervisor Marc Steinorth, member of the California State Assembly Jeff Stone, California State Senator Andy Vidak, California State Senator Marie Waldron, member of the California State Assembly Organization California Republican Party Santa Barbara News - Press show David Hernandez Individuals Dan Faller, President & CEO of Apartment Owners Association of California, Inc. Henry Lozano, former advisor to George W. Bush Charlotte Laws, activist and actress Organizations California Republican Assembly Southern California Republican Women and Men Apartment Owners Association of California Business Environmental Coalition Local officials Jim Desmond, Mayor of San Marcos David Berger, Deputy District Attorney for Los Angeles County show Ed Hernandez Federal officials Karen Bass, U.S. Representative ( D - CA - 37 ) Judy Chu, U.S. Representative ( D - CA - 27 ) Lou Correa, U.S. Representative ( D - CA - 46 ) Grace Napolitano, U.S. Representative ( D - CA - 32 ) Norma Torres, U.S. Representative ( D - CA - 35 ) Juan Vargas, U.S. Representative ( D - CA - 51 ) Salud Carbajal, U.S. Representative ( D - CA - 24 ) Ted Lieu, U.S. Representative ( D - CA - 33 ) Jimmy Gomez, U.S. Representative ( D - CA - 34 ) Alan Lowenthal, U.S. Representative ( D - CA - 47 ) Mark DeSaulnier, U.S. Representative ( D - CA - 11 ) George Miller, former U.S. Representative State officials Xavier Becerra, Attorney General of California Betty Yee, California State Controller Tom Torlakson, California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Kevin de León, President pro tempore of the California State Senate Anthony Rendon, Speaker of the California State Assembly Cruz Bustamante, former Lieutenant Governor of California and former Assembly Speaker Don Perata, former President of the California State Senate John Pérez, former Speaker of the California State Assembly Fabian Nunez, former Speaker of the California State Assembly Toni Atkins, California State Senator ( D - 39 ) and former Speaker of the California State Assembly State legislators Connie Leyva, California State Senator ( D - 20 ) Holly Mitchell, California State Senator ( D - 30 ) Anthony Portantino, California State Senator ( D - 25 ) Jerry Hill, California State Senator ( D - 13 ) Henry Stern, California State Senator ( D - 27 ) Jim Beall, California State Senator ( D - 15 ) Josh Newman, California State Senator ( D - 29 ) Bill Dodd, California State Senator ( D - 3 ) Scott Wiener, California State Senator ( D - 11 ) Richard Roth, California State Senator ( D - 31 ) Tony Mendoza, California State Senator ( D - 32 ) Ricardo Lara, California State Senator ( D - 33 ) Ben Hueso, California State Senator ( D - 40 ) Ben Allen, California State Senator ( D - 26 ) Cathleen Galgiani, California State Senator ( D - 5 ) Mike McGuire, California State Senator ( D - 2 ) Bill Monning, California State Senator ( D - 17 ) Steven Bradford, California State Senator ( D - 35 ) Fran Pavley, former California State Senator Lois Wolk, former California State Senator Ian Calderon, California State Assemblymember ( D - 57 ) Mike Gipson, California State Assemblymember ( D - 64 ) Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, California State Assemblymember ( D - 80 ) Miguel Santiago, California State Assemblymember ( D - 53 ) David Chiu, California State Assemblymember ( D - 17 ) Ed Chau, California State Assemblymember ( D - 49 ) Jim Wood, California State Assemblymember ( D - 2 ) Ken Cooley, California State Assemblymember ( D - 8 ) Anna Caballero, California State Assemblymember ( D - 30 ) Bill Quirk, California State Assemblymember ( D - 20 ) Eloise Reyes, California State Assemblymember ( D - 47 ) Eduardo Garcia, California State Assemblymember ( D - 56 ) Jose Medina, California State Assemblymember ( D - 61 ) Rob Bonta, California State Assemblymember ( D - 18 ) Evan Low, California State Assemblymember ( D - 28 ) Reggie Jones - Sawyer, California State Assemblymember ( D - 59 ) Al Muratsuchi, California State Assemblymember ( D - 66 ) Tony Thurmond, California State Assemblymember ( D - 15 ) Sharon Quirk - Silva, California State Assemblymember ( D - 65 ) Phil Ting, California State Assemblymember ( D - 19 ) Patrick O'Donnell, California State Assemblymember ( D - 70 ) Jim Cooper, California State Assemblymember ( D - 9 ) Rudy Salas, California State Assemblymember ( D - 32 ) Freddie Rodriguez, California State Assemblymember ( D - 52 ) Cecilia Aguiar - Curry, California State Assemblymember ( D - 4 ) Laura Friedman, California State Assemblymember ( D - 43 ) show Eleni Kounalakis Elected Officials Kamala Harris, U.S. Senator ( D - CA ) Anna Eshoo, U.S. Representative ( D - CA - 18 ) Mike Thompson, U.S. Representative ( D - CA - 5 ) Doris Matsui, U.S. Representative ( D - CA - 6 ) Jimmy Panetta, U.S. Representative ( D - CA - 20 ) Eric Swalwell, U.S. Representative ( D - CA - 15 ) Zoe Lofgren, U.S. Representative ( D - CA - 19 ) Nanette Barragán, U.S. Representative ( D - CA - 44 ) Jerry McNerney, U.S. Representative ( D - CA - 9 ) Carolyn Maloney, U.S. Representative ( D - NY - 12 ) John Sarbanes, U.S. Representative ( D - MD - 3 ) Kevin McCarty, California Assemblymember ( D - 7 ) Ed Lee, former Mayor of San Francisco ( deceased ) Libby Schaaf, Mayor of Oakland Darrell Steinberg Mayor of Sacramento Board of Equalization Member Fiona Ma California State Assembly Member Blanca Rubio Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs Millbrae Mayor Gina Papan Belmont Mayor Charles Stone Hillsborough Mayor Marie Chuang Elk Grove Mayor Steve Ly Folsom City Vice Mayor Kerri Howell Foster City Mayor Sam Hindi San Francisco Supervisor Mark Farrell Sonoma Supervisor James Gore Nevada County Supervisor Heidi Hall Sacramento County Supervisor Phil Serna Yolo County Supervisor Don Saylor San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera San Francisco Sheriff Vicki Hennessey Glendale City Clerk Ardashes `` Ardy '' Kassakhian Fresno City Council President Esmeralda Soria San Mateo City Council Member Diane Papan Chico City Council Member Karl Ory Piedmont City Council Member Teddy Gray King Stockton City Council Member Christina Fugazi Roseville City Council Member Scott Alvord Redwood City Council Member Shelly Masur Millbrae City Council Member Wayne J. Lee Menlo Park City Council Member Catherine Carlton Burlingame City Council Member Emily Beach President of the San Francisco Community College Board Thea Selby Contra Costa Community College District Board Trustee John Marquez Vallecito Union School Board Vice Chair Tom Pratt Belmont Planning Commission Chair Julia Mates Olivehurst Public Utility District Chair Mary Jane Griego City of Santa Monica Rent Control Board Commissioner Caroline Torosis Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Board Member Cecily Harris Florin County Water District Chair & Director Larry S. Tract Former U.S. Congresswoman Shelly Berkley Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Nicholas Burns Former U.S. Ambassador Colleen Bell Former U.S. Ambassador Mike McFaul Former Undersecretary of State and U.S. Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher Former California State Treasurer Phil Angelides Former State Senator Mark Leno Former State Senator and California Democratic Party Chair John Burton Former Contra Costa County Democratic Party Chair Chuck Carpenter Former Assembly Speaker Pro Tem Sally Lieber Former California State Assembly Member Lloyd Levine Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm Former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis Former San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos Former San Francisco Supervisor Michela Alioto - Pier Former San Francisco Supervisor David Campos Former San Francisco Supervisor Jim Gonzalez Former San Francisco Supervisor Leslie Katz Former City of Clearlake Mayor Joey Luiz Former San Francisco Police Commissioner David Onek Former Sacramento County Sheriff Lou Blanas Former Fremont City Council Member Anu Natarajan Organizations California Federation of Teachers EMILY 's List Equality California NARAL Pro-Choice California California Women 's List California National Organization for Women ( NOW ) National Women 's Political Caucus California 's Legislative Women 's Caucus California Young Democrats Black Caucus California League of Conservation Voters Fresno County Young Democrats Marin County Young Democrats Riverside County Young Democrats Sacramento County Young Democrats San Fernando Valley Young Democrats Stonewall Young Democrats Ventura County Young Democrats SEIU Local 2579 - Employees Union Northern California Carpenters Regional Council Tulare County Stonewall Democrats Porterville Democratic Club Community Leaders and Activists Willie Adams, International Longshore and Warehouse Union ( ILWU ) Secretary - Treasurer Norma Alcala, Trustee of the Washington Unified School District Maria Alegria, Chair, The Democratic Party of Contra Costa County Panorea Avdis, Director of the Governor 's Office of Business and Economic Development Prameela Bartholomeusz, Finance Director, Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee Sascha Bittner, Activist Nancy Bui - Thompson, Board of Directors, SMUD Teri Burns, Member, Natomas Unified School District Robert Camacho Amy Champ, Regional Director, Region 4 and Gold Country Vice-Chair, Rural Caucus of the California Democratic Party * Norman Chramoff, Co-Chair CA Democratic Party Platform Committee * Judy Y. Chu, Ed. D., Stanford University / Early Childhood Development Expert Deborah Cunningham - Skurnik, Region 18 Chair, California Democratic Party Andrea Dew Steele, President of Emerge * Kath Delaney Baljinder Dhillon, Sutter County Board of Education Superintendent Kara Dukakis, Director, Too Small to Fail * Robert W. Duggleby, MA, MS, Colonel United States Army ( Ret. ) Andrew Ertl Grace Espindola, North Valley Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Marla Fields, President, Sustainable Novato Orlando Fuentes, Board Member, Cosumnes CSD Susan Gutowsky, President, Placer Women Democrats Luke Heslip, President, Marin County Young Democrats Kevin Hendrick, Former Delegate Chair of Del Norte Brodie Hilp, Member, San Ramon Valley Democratic Club & Democratic Party of Contra Costa County Alice A. Huffman, DNC Member Jenita Johnson Rodriguez, Northern Central Vice Chair, Rural Caucus Carol Keavney, President, Democratic Women 's Council of the Conejo Valley Hene Kelly, Chair, California Democratic Party Disabilities Caucus Susan Kennedy, Founder & CEO of Advanced MicroGrid Solutions Laura Lowell, Chair, Calaveras County Democratic Central Committee Dennis Mangers, Sacramento LGBT Community Leader Debbie Mesloh, Co-Chair, Bay Area Women 's Summit * William Monroe, California Democratic Party Region 12 Director Bob Mulholland, Democratic Advisor Jocelyn Navarro, District Representative, Sacramento City Council Michael Pappas, Executive Director of the San Francisco Interfaith Council Christine Pelosi, Chair, California Democratic Party Women 's Caucus Neil Pople, President, Natomas Democratic Club Tom Pratt, President, Fine Arts Coverage Enterprises Linda Fadeke - Richardson, Commissioner, San Francisco Treasure Island Development Authority Susan Rowe, Chief Vice Chair, Rural Caucus Genevieve Shiroma, Board of Directors, SMUD Michael Sestak, Sestak Lighting Design Deepa Sharma, Northern California Outreach Chair, Asian Pacific Islander Caucus, California Democratic Party Tiffany Shlain, Filmmaker & Founder of 50 / 50 Andrea Shorter, Commissioner, Commission on the Status of Women Silissa Vriarte Smith, AD70 California Democratic Party Delegate Julie D. Soo, Co-Chair, CA Democratic Party Platform Committee *, Commissioner, San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women * Lynne Standard - Nightengale, Chair, Amador County Democrats Admiral James Stavridis, Dean of Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy Kerry Stoebner, DCCM Member Dave Tamayo, Board of Directors, SMUD Susie Tompkins Buell, Activist and Philanthropist Jim Wunderman, President and CEO, Bay Area Council * Titles for identification purposes only * show Gayle McLaughlin State Officials David Zuckerman, Lt. Governor of Vermont Tom Ammiano, former member of the California State Assembly Local Officials Matt Gonzalez, former president of San Francisco Board of Supervisors Gus Newport, former Mayor of Berkeley Jesse Arreguin, Mayor of Berkeley Heidi Harmon, Mayor San Luis Obispo Prominent Persons Ralph Nader, Consumer Advocate, Enviromentalist Norman Solomon, Co-Founder and National Coordinator, RootsAction.org Jimmy Dore, The Jimmy Dore Show Winnie Wong, Co-founder, The People for Bernie Sanders Organizations Bernie Sanders ' Our Revolution National Democratic Socialists of America Our Revolution Alameda Progressives Our Revolution Contra Costa Our Revolution Cupertino De Anza Political Revolution Our Revolution Democracy Project LA Our Revolution East Bay ( San Francisco Bay Area ) Our Revolution F.U.N. Progressives ( Fremont, Union City, Newark ) Our Revolution Humboldt ( Courageous Resistance of Humboldt ) Our Revolution Indian Rock Our Revolution Inland Empire Our Revolution Lake County Our Revolution Long Beach Our Revolution Los Angeles Greens Our Revolution Monterey County Our Revolution Mountain View ( NorCal4OurRevolution ) Our Revolution North Bay ( Petaluma - Sonoma ) Our Revolution North County San Diego Our Revolution Richmond ( Richmond Progressive Alliance ) Our Revolution Riverside Our Revolution San Clemente Our Revolution San Francisco ( SF Berniecrats ) Our Revolution San Joaquin County Our Revolution San Jose ( Democratic Socialists of America chapter ) Our Revolution San Leandro Our Revolution Santa Clarita Valley Our Revolution Santa Cruz ( Santa Cruz for Bernie ) Our Revolution Santa Maria Progressives Our Revolution Silicon Valley ( Democratic Socialists of America chapter ) Our Revolution South Bay Los Angeles Our Revolution UC Berkeley ( Progressive Student Association for Bernie ) Our Revolution Ventura County Our Revolution Watsonville Our Revolution West Marin Our Revolution West San Fernando Valley Our Revolution Yolo County Progressives East Bay Democratic Socialists of America San Francisco Democratic Socialists of America San Francisco Peninsula Democratic Socialists of America Los Angeles Democratic Socialists of America San Diego Democratic Socialists of America Silicon Valley Democratic Socialists of America Pomona Valley Democratic Socialists of America San Jose Democratic Socialists of America Orange County Democratic Socialists of America Green Party of Contra Costa Green Party of Humboldt County Green Party of Riverside County Green Party of San Diego Green Party of Santa Clara County Green Party of Solano County Green Party of Ventura County Green Party of Yolo County Humboldt State University Greens California for Bernie Sanders 2020 Women For Justice Southern District of California Community Coalition The New Progressives of Del Norte Ventura County Activists for Bernie Sanders 2020 # OurRevolution South Bay Progressive Alliance Pinole Progressive Alliance Public Bank LA San Diego Progressive Alliance Revolution Funding Delegates and Friends for Bernie 2016 Socialist Alternative UE United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America Western Region Movement for a People 's Party Peace and Freedom Party San Diego Progressive Alliance Polling Poll source Date ( s ) administered Sample size Margin of error Jeff Bleich ( D ) Cole Harris ( R ) David R. Hernandez ( R ) Ed Hernandez ( D ) Eleni Kounalakis ( D ) Gayle McLaughlin ( NPP ) Undecided YouGov May 12 -- 24, 2018 1,113 ± 4.0 % 6 % 16 % 6 % 9 % 14 % 4 % 41 % Results Nonpartisan blanket primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Eleni Kounalakis 1,586,576 24.2 Democratic Ed Hernandez 1,346,848 20.6 Republican Cole Harris 1,142,957 17.5 Democratic Jeff Bleich 647,335 9.9 Republican David Fennell 515,347 7.9 Republican Lydia Ortega 419,092 6.4 Republican David R. Hernandez 404,663 6.2 No party preference Gayle McLaughlin 263,049 4.0 Libertarian Tim Ferreira 99,835 1.5 Democratic Cameron Gharabiklou 78,144 1.2 No party preference Danny Thomas 44,068 0.7 No party preference Marjan S. Fariba ( write - in ) - - Total votes 6,547,914 100.0 See also California gubernatorial election, 2018 California State Treasurer election, 2018 References Jump up ^ Willon, Phil ( May 3, 2017 ). `` Former U.S. ambassador to Australia and Obama counsel plans to run for California lieutenant governor ''. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 3, 2017. Jump up ^ Tan, Sarah ( May 31, 2017 ). `` Piedmont resident Bleich, former ambassador to Australia, announces bid for state lieutenant governor ''. East Bay Times. Retrieved June 1, 2017. Jump up ^ Nguyen, Alexander ( September 20, 2017 ). `` San Diego Attorney Announces Bid for Lieutenant Governor in Fiery Video ''. Times of San Diego. Retrieved September 21, 2017. ^ Jump up to : McGreevy, Patrick ( March 27, 2015 ). `` Seven lawmakers have committees for 2018 lieutenant governor 's race ''. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 29, 2016. 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Jump up ^ `` Congresswoman Doris Matsui Endorses Eleni Kounalakis for Lt. Governor ''. YouTube.com. 2017 - 09 - 27. Retrieved 2018 - 04 - 04. Jump up ^ `` Gayle McLaughlin ''. Our Revolution. Retrieved 2018 - 04 - 04. Jump up ^ Emerson, Anthony ( @ AnthonyEmerso14 ) ( April 27, 2018 ). `` @ DemSocialists has endorsed @ RepKanielaIng for # HI01 and @ GayleforCA for Calif. Lt. Gov, in addition to a host of local candidates. # hawaiipolitics # DSA2018 '' ( Tweet ) -- via Twitter. ^ Jump up to : `` Endorse Gayle McLaughlin for California Lieutenant Governor 2018 ''. Gayleforcalifornia.org. Retrieved 2018 - 04 - 04. Jump up ^ `` DSA SF makes early endorsements for June 2018 elections - San Francisco Democratic Socialists of America ''. Dsasf.org. 2017 - 11 - 21. Retrieved 2018 - 04 - 04. Jump up ^ `` Gayle McLaughlin Endorsement ''. DSA - LA. 2017 - 12 - 18. Retrieved 2018 - 04 - 04. Jump up ^ Gayle McLaughlin for California Lt. Governor. `` '' I am excited to announce a recent endorsement from @ peaceandfreedom. It as an honor to work with such a powerful organization that has been fighting for justice and progress for last 50 years ! 2018 is going to be a powerful year for our # CorporateFree movement ! `` ''. Twitter.com. Retrieved 2018 - 04 - 04. Jump up ^ `` Progressive Champion Gayle McLaughlin in San Diego and Vista this weekend ''. Mailchi.mp. Retrieved 2018 - 04 - 04. Jump up ^ `` Lieutenant Governor - Statewide Results ''. California Secretary of State. Retrieved June 11, 2018. 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Question: who is running for lt gov of ca
Answer: Eleni Kounalakis