Election Name: | 2014 California State Treasurer election |
Country: | California |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2010 California State Treasurer election |
Previous Year: | 2010 |
Next Election: | 2018 California State Treasurer election |
Next Year: | 2018 |
Election Date: | November 4, 2014 |
Nominee1: | John Chiang |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 4,176,793 |
Percentage1: | 58.8% |
Nominee2: | Greg Conlon |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 2,925,895 |
Percentage2: | 41.2% |
State Treasurer | |
Before Election: | Bill Lockyer |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | John Chiang |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 2014 California State Treasurer election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the State Treasurer of California. Incumbent Democratic Treasurer Bill Lockyer was term-limited and ineligible to run for re-election to a third term in office.
A primary election was held on June 3, 2014. Under California's nonpartisan blanket primary law, all candidates appear on the same ballot, regardless of party. In the primary, voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation. The top two finishers — regardless of party — advance to the general election in November, even if a candidate manages to receive a majority of the votes cast in the primary election. Washington is the only other state with this system, a so-called "top two primary" (Louisiana has a similar "jungle primary"). Democrat John Chiang and Republican Greg Conlon finished first and second, respectively, and contested the general election, which Chiang won.
Poll source | Date(s) administered | class=small | Sample size | class=small | Margin of error | John Chiang (D) | Greg Conlon (R) | Undecided |
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GQR/American Viewpoint | October 22–29, 2014 | 1,162 | ± 3.3% | align=center | 52% | 34% | 14% | |
Field Poll | October 15–28, 2014 | 941 | ± 3.4% | align=center | 46% | 35% | 19% | |
Field Poll | October 27–31, 2014 | 467 | ± 4.8% | align=center | 52% | 26% | 22% |