2026 Lieutenant Governor Elections in California

Incumbent

Eleni Kounalakis

Democratic Incumbent

Term Limited

Election stage

General Election

Running 2

Democratic

Running

Republican

Running

Primary Election

Running 46

Democratic

Declared

$3,331,419.90

Democratic

Declared

$2,491,307.82

Democratic

Declared

$2,162,775.66

Democratic

Running (1,058,085) 14.54%

$1,617,957.02

Democratic

Running (944,100) 12.97%

$1,404,132.41

Republican

Declared

$972,206.65

Democratic

Declared

$917,261.49

Republican

Declared

$891,200.82

Republican

Declared

$880,765.67

Steven Bradford

Democratic

Declared

$823,807.90

Patrick O'Donnell

Democratic

Declared

$641,256.16

Democratic

Declared

$591,815.50

Democratic

Declared

$432,359.99

Democratic

Declared

$415,402.55

Democratic

Declared

$395,142.18

Janelle Kellman

Democratic

Running (261,200) 3.59%

$392,134.24

Democratic

Declared

$359,832.99

Declared

$331,000.00

James Gallagher

Republican

Declared

$314,500.00

Democratic

Declared

$266,424.35

Jordan Cunningham

Republican

Declared

$63,900.00

Democratic

Declared

$53,226.94

Reginald Jones-Sawyer Sr.

Democratic

Declared

$37,311.41

Democratic

Declared

$10,000.00

Democratic

Declared

$8,000.00

Democratic

Declared

$2,350.00

Republican

Declared

Democratic

Running (1,399,623) 19.23%

Democratic

Declared

Democratic

Running (44,501) 0.61%

Running (102,433) 1.41%

Democratic

Declared

Republican

Declared

David Collenberg

Republican

Running (506,251) 6.96%

David D. Fennell

Republican

Running (456,110) 6.27%

Eberechi (Ebie) Lynch

Declared

Republican

Running (135,076) 1.86%

Republican

Running (1,323,656) 18.19%

Democratic

Declared

Democratic

Running (81,224) 1.12%

MELISSA MELENDEZ

Republican

Declared

Democratic

Running (516,820) 7.10%

Rakesh Christian

Running (11,235) 0.15%

Running (21,296) 0.29%

Republican

Running (304,966) 4.19%

Democratic

Running (111,903) 1.54%

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