California State Controller election, 1998

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California State Controller election, 1998

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  1994 November 3, 1998 2002  

 
Nominee Kathleen Connell Ruben Barrales
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote4,875,9692,653,153
Percentage60.91%33.14%

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Election results by county

Controller before election

Kathleen Connell
Democratic

Elected Controller

Kathleen Connell
Democratic

The 1998 California State Controller election occurred on November 3, 1998. The primary elections took place on June 3, 1998. The Democratic incumbent, Kathleen Connell, defeated the Republican nominee, Ruben Barrales in a landslide, winning every county except three: Glenn, Kern, and Sutter. Every candidate was unopposed in the primary. [1]

California State Controller

The State Controller of California is the Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. state of California. The post has broader responsibilities and authority than the California State Treasurer. Responsibilities include investigative authority for every dollar spent by the state, and being an ex-officio member of the state's Board of Equalization.

The California Democratic Party is the state branch of the United States Democratic Party in the state of California. The party is headquartered in Sacramento, and is led by acting-Chair Alex Gallardo-Rooker.

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Results

Final results from the Secretary of State of California. [2]

Secretary of State of California chief elections officer of California, United States

The Secretary of State of California is the chief clerk of the U.S. State of California, overseeing a department of 500 people. The Secretary of State is elected for four year terms, like the state's other constitutional officers, and is restricted by term limits to only two terms. The current Secretary of State, Alex Padilla, took office on January 5, 2015.

1998 State Controller election, California
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kathleen Connell (incumbent)4,875,96960.91
Republican Ruben Barrales 2,653,15333.14
Libertarian Pamela Pescosolido147,3971.84
American Independent Alfred "Al" L. Burgess108,8471.36
Reform Denise L. Jackson100,6831.26
Peace and Freedom C. T. Weber68,7380.86
Natural Law Iris Adam50,9900.64
Invalid or blank votes615,3617.14
Total votes8,005,777100.00
Turnout {{{votes}}}41.23
Democratic hold

Results by county

Final results from the Secretary of State of California. [3]

County Connell Votes Barrales VotesOthersVotes
San Francisco 78.56%171,56215.02%32,7956.42%14,039
Alameda 74.17%270,51819.81%72,2516.02%21,945
Los Angeles 69.12%1,316,57026.06%496,3114.82%91,826
Marin 68.86%66,50225.93%25,0425.21%5,031
Santa Cruz 66.92%54,11223.97%19,3779.11%7,366
Solano 65.17%64,05828.39%27,9076.44%6,331
Sonoma 64.34%98,04327.90%42,5197.76%11,829
Yolo 63.96%31,22530.02%14,6556.02%2,938
Contra Costa 63.87%180,83730.37%85,9885.75%16,288
Lake 62.87%11,45830.46%5,5516.67%1,216
Santa Clara 62.55%247,89230.74%121,8376.71%26,558
Monterey 62.25%54,43031.08%27,1766.67%5,826
San Mateo 61.98%122,17233.14%65,3124.88%9,619
Napa 61.24%25,06331.98%13,0896.77%2,771
Merced 61.12%23,49533.86%13,0165.01%1,927
Imperial 61.03%13,86632.15%7,3046.83%1,551
San Benito 60.23%7,51732.51%4,0577.27%907
Mendocino 59.76%16,35528.16%7,70712.08%3,305
Humboldt 59.69%26,11928.75%12,57911.57%5,062
San Joaquin 59.38%71,02735.66%42,6604.96%5,929
San Bernardino 58.04%187,16735.82%115,4986.13%19,806
Stanislaus 57.93%55,94737.39%36,1144.69%4,524
Santa Barbara 57.92%68,26836.24%42,7155.84%6,893
Alpine 57.85%31733.21%1828.93%49
Del Norte 57.84%4,11533.18%2,3618.99%639
Sacramento 57.57%201,01236.76%128,3455.67%19,779
Ventura 57.40%113,69336.33%71,9716.27%12,415
Tuolumne 56.85%11,13937.98%7,4425.17%1,014
Amador 56.78%7,37938.07%4,9475.15%669
Kings 55.99%12,24738.10%8,3335.93%1,294
Riverside 55.12%179,89338.94%127,0625.94%19,387
San Luis Obispo 54.30%45,12539.83%33,0985.88%4,879
Calaveras 53.88%8,44738.83%6,0877.29%1,142
San Diego 53.65%373,98639.54%275,6766.81%47,466
Mono 52.70%1,74740.27%1,3357.03%233
Fresno 52.60%85,68241.56%67,6945.84%9,524
Trinity 52.53%2,52635.12%1,68912.35%594
Plumas 52.06%4,30741.51%3,4346.43%532
Lassen 51.94%4,18040.06%3,2248.00%644
Colusa 51.63%2,43343.59%2,0544.77%225
Tulare 51.58%36,66442.68%30,3365.74%4,078
Siskiyou 51.29%8,15541.08%6,5327.63%1,214
Yuba 51.03%6,69441.75%5,4777.22%946
Tehama 50.77%9,04540.82%7,2738.42%1,498
Madera 50.56%12,94843.33%11,0976.11%1,563
Mariposa 50.42%3,49241.63%2,8837.96%551
Butte 49.68%31,29143.28%27,2587.04%4,435
Orange 49.32%332,37544.30%298,5436.39%43,058
Nevada 49.32%18,54444.33%16,6706.35%2,389
Sierra 49.14%82639.20%65911.66%196
Inyo 49.02%3,19743.85%2,8607.13%465
El Dorado 48.30%27,06045.38%25,4246.31%3,538
Placer 48.29%40,92946.42%39,3465.29%4,478
Modoc 48.26%1,63443.15%1,4618.59%291
Kern 46.91%63,50047.14%63,8125.94%8,053
Shasta 46.44%24,00745.25%23,3938.32%4,299
Sutter 46.19%9,82948.37%10,2935.45%1,159
Glenn 46.10%3,34847.40%3,4426.50%472

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