2014 California State Treasurer election

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.

2014 California State Treasurer election

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Nominee John Chiang Greg Conlon Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 4,176,793 2,925,895 Percentage 58.8% 41.2%

County results Chiang:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Conlon:      50–60%      60–70%

State Treasurer before election Bill Lockyer Democratic Elected State Treasurer John Chiang Democratic

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.

Primary election

Candidates

Democratic Party

Declared

• John Chiang, California State Controller^[1]

Republican Party

Declared

• Greg Conlon, businessman, Certified Public Accountant, nominee for California State Treasurer in 2002, and nominee for California's 12th congressional district in 2008^[2]

Green Party

Declared

• Ellen Brown, attorney and writer^[3][4]

Results

California State Treasurer primary election, 2014^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Chiang	2,250,098	54.99
	Republican	Greg Conlon	1,571,532	38.41
	Green	Ellen Brown	270,388	6.61
Total votes			4,092,018	100
Turnout				13.85

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	John Chiang (D)	Greg Conlon (R)	Undecided
GQR/American Viewpoint[6]	October 22–29, 2014	1,162	± 3.3%	52%	34%	14%
Field Poll[7]	October 15–28, 2014	941	± 3.4%	46%	35%	19%
Field Poll[8]	October 27–31, 2014	467	± 4.8%	52%	26%	22%

Results

California State Treasurer general election, 2014^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Chiang	4,176,793	58.81
	Republican	Greg Conlon	2,925,895	41.19
Total votes			7,102,688	100
	Democratic hold