2018 California State Controller election
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The 2018 California State Controller election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the California State Controller. Democratic incumbent Betty Yee won re-election to a second term, defeating Republican city commissioner Konstantinos Roditis.
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November 6, 2018
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 County results Yee: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Roditis: 50–60% 60–70% | ||||||||||||||||
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Candidates
Primary election
Endorsements
Betty Yee
Organizations
- AFSCME District Council 57[4]
- California Democratic Party[4]
- California Faculty Association[4]
- California League of Conservation Voters[4]
- California Nurses Association/National Nurses United[4]
- California State Retirees Association[4]
- California Teachers Association[4]
- Communication Workers of America – District 9[4]
- EMILY's List[4]
- Equality California[4]
- Feminist Majority[4]
- National Association of Realtors – California[4]
- Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California[4]
- Service Employees International Union – California[4]
- UNITE HERE[4]
Newspapers
Konstantinos Roditis
Organizations
Newspapers
- Dixon Independent Voice[9]
- Placerville Mountain Democrat[9]
- Santa Barbara News-Press[10]
Results
Yee
- 40–50%
- 50–60%
- 60–70%
- 70–80%
- 80–90%
Roditis
- 40–50%
- 50–60%
- 60–70%
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Betty Yee (incumbent) | 4,033,208 | 62.09% | |
| Republican | Konstantinos Roditis | 2,200,942 | 33.88% | |
| Peace and Freedom | Mary Lou Finley | 261,876 | 4.03% | |
| Total votes | 6,496,026 | 100.00% | ||
By county
| County[12] | Betty Yee Democratic |
Konstantinos Roditis Republican |
Mary Lou Finley Peace and Freedom |
Margin | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alameda | 250,088 | 80.56% | 47,107 | 15.17% | 13,245 | 4.27% | 202,981 | 65.38% | 310,440 |
| Alpine | 265 | 67.60% | 116 | 29.59% | 11 | 2.81% | 149 | 38.01% | 392 |
| Amador | 5,254 | 43.27% | 6,305 | 51.92% | 584 | 4.81% | -1,051 | -8.66% | 12,143 |
| Butte | 27,477 | 52.23% | 22,553 | 42.87% | 2,578 | 4.90% | 4,924 | 9.36% | 52,608 |
| Calaveras | 6,325 | 42.93% | 7,668 | 52.05% | 740 | 5.02% | -1,343 | -9.12% | 14,733 |
| Colusa | 1,399 | 42.11% | 1,787 | 53.79% | 136 | 4.09% | -388 | -11.68% | 3,322 |
| Contra Costa | 142,898 | 70.85% | 50,152 | 24.87% | 8,632 | 4.28% | 92,746 | 45.99% | 201,682 |
| Del Norte | 2,412 | 46.21% | 2,533 | 48.52% | 275 | 5.27% | -121 | -2.32% | 5,220 |
| El Dorado | 25,836 | 47.46% | 26,867 | 49.35% | 1,740 | 3.20% | -1,031 | -1.89% | 54,443 |
| Fresno | 67,788 | 52.93% | 54,656 | 42.68% | 5,619 | 4.39% | 13,132 | 10.25% | 128,063 |
| Glenn | 1,669 | 34.65% | 2,920 | 60.62% | 228 | 4.73% | -1,251 | -25.97% | 4,817 |
| Humboldt | 19,643 | 65.66% | 8,554 | 28.59% | 1,720 | 5.75% | 11,089 | 37.07% | 29,917 |
| Imperial | 10,762 | 58.63% | 5,814 | 31.67% | 1,780 | 9.70% | 4,948 | 26.96% | 18,356 |
| Inyo | 2,523 | 46.26% | 2,619 | 48.02% | 312 | 5.72% | -96 | -1.76% | 5,454 |
| Kern | 42,329 | 37.65% | 64,550 | 57.41% | 5,562 | 4.95% | -22,221 | -19.76% | 112,441 |
| Kings | 6,420 | 40.91% | 8,637 | 55.04% | 636 | 4.05% | -2,217 | -14.13% | 15,693 |
| Lake | 7,276 | 55.67% | 5,082 | 38.89% | 711 | 5.44% | 2,194 | 16.79% | 13,069 |
| Lassen | 2,040 | 34.03% | 3,707 | 61.85% | 247 | 4.12% | -1,667 | -27.81% | 5,994 |
| Los Angeles | 952,017 | 70.49% | 338,373 | 25.05% | 60,194 | 4.46% | 613,644 | 45.44% | 1,350,584 |
| Madera | 9,423 | 41.19% | 12,194 | 53.30% | 1,262 | 5.52% | -2,771 | -12.11% | 22,879 |
| Marin | 63,875 | 81.53% | 12,315 | 15.72% | 2,154 | 2.75% | 51,560 | 65.81% | 78,344 |
| Mariposa | 2,479 | 43.05% | 3,010 | 52.27% | 270 | 4.69% | -531 | -9.22% | 5,759 |
| Mendocino | 14,655 | 69.97% | 5,194 | 24.80% | 1,096 | 5.23% | 9,461 | 45.17% | 20,945 |
| Merced | 15,600 | 52.13% | 12,773 | 42.68% | 1,553 | 5.19% | 2,827 | 9.45% | 29,926 |
| Modoc | 850 | 31.50% | 1,717 | 63.64% | 131 | 4.86% | -867 | -32.13% | 2,698 |
| Mono | 1,885 | 59.04% | 1,176 | 36.83% | 132 | 4.13% | 709 | 22.20% | 3,193 |
| Monterey | 43,173 | 68.26% | 17,470 | 27.62% | 2,602 | 4.11% | 25,703 | 40.64% | 63,245 |
| Napa | 22,209 | 66.34% | 9,996 | 29.86% | 1,274 | 3.81% | 12,213 | 36.48% | 33,479 |
| Nevada | 20,126 | 56.45% | 14,218 | 39.88% | 1,308 | 3.67% | 5,908 | 16.57% | 35,652 |
| Orange | 274,892 | 49.19% | 262,159 | 46.91% | 21,803 | 3.90% | 12,733 | 2.28% | 558,854 |
| Placer | 50,754 | 49.08% | 49,231 | 47.61% | 3,430 | 3.32% | 1,523 | 1.47% | 103,415 |
| Plumas | 2,955 | 47.14% | 3,092 | 49.33% | 221 | 3.53% | -137 | -2.19% | 6,268 |
| Riverside | 152,294 | 47.66% | 155,301 | 48.60% | 11,977 | 3.75% | -3,007 | -0.94% | 319,572 |
| Sacramento | 179,626 | 64.17% | 90,518 | 32.34% | 9,757 | 3.49% | 89,108 | 31.84% | 279,901 |
| San Benito | 6,944 | 58.81% | 4,177 | 35.37% | 687 | 5.82% | 2,767 | 23.43% | 11,808 |
| San Bernardino | 127,606 | 47.94% | 125,672 | 47.22% | 12,877 | 4.84% | 1,934 | 0.73% | 266,155 |
| San Diego | 365,720 | 57.20% | 254,088 | 39.74% | 19,527 | 3.05% | 111,632 | 17.46% | 639,335 |
| San Francisco | 174,517 | 86.10% | 19,113 | 9.43% | 9,071 | 4.48% | 155,404 | 76.67% | 202,701 |
| San Joaquin | 55,971 | 54.27% | 42,512 | 41.22% | 4,656 | 4.51% | 13,459 | 13.05% | 103,139 |
| San Luis Obispo | 45,226 | 55.05% | 33,993 | 41.38% | 2,932 | 3.57% | 11,233 | 13.67% | 82,151 |
| San Mateo | 107,760 | 77.09% | 27,506 | 19.68% | 4,515 | 3.23% | 80,254 | 57.41% | 139,781 |
| Santa Barbara | 51,762 | 61.05% | 30,401 | 35.86% | 2,620 | 3.09% | 21,361 | 25.19% | 84,783 |
| Santa Clara | 245,596 | 73.03% | 79,840 | 23.74% | 10,862 | 3.23% | 165,756 | 49.29% | 336,298 |
| Santa Cruz | 52,123 | 77.25% | 12,421 | 18.41% | 2,932 | 4.35% | 39,702 | 58.84% | 67,476 |
| Shasta | 15,578 | 35.48% | 26,209 | 59.69% | 2,124 | 4.84% | -10,631 | -24.21% | 43,911 |
| Sierra | 638 | 45.90% | 668 | 48.06% | 84 | 6.04% | -30 | -2.16% | 1,390 |
| Siskiyou | 5,032 | 45.85% | 5,388 | 49.09% | 556 | 5.07% | -356 | -3.24% | 10,976 |
| Solano | 49,622 | 63.20% | 25,235 | 32.14% | 3,658 | 4.66% | 24,387 | 31.06% | 78,515 |
| Sonoma | 92,608 | 74.64% | 26,879 | 21.66% | 4,580 | 3.69% | 65,729 | 52.98% | 124,067 |
| Stanislaus | 42,579 | 50.83% | 37,665 | 44.96% | 3,523 | 4.21% | 4,914 | 5.87% | 83,767 |
| Sutter | 8,149 | 42.33% | 10,142 | 52.68% | 960 | 4.99% | -1,993 | -10.35% | 19,251 |
| Tehama | 4,709 | 34.03% | 8,346 | 60.32% | 781 | 5.64% | -3,637 | -26.29% | 13,836 |
| Trinity | 1,945 | 50.03% | 1,703 | 43.80% | 240 | 6.17% | 242 | 6.22% | 3,888 |
| Tulare | 22,133 | 40.82% | 29,774 | 54.91% | 2,314 | 4.27% | -7,641 | -14.09% | 54,221 |
| Tuolumne | 6,821 | 44.96% | 7,714 | 50.85% | 636 | 4.19% | -893 | -5.89% | 15,171 |
| Ventura | 85,812 | 55.22% | 63,888 | 41.11% | 5,703 | 3.67% | 21,924 | 14.11% | 155,403 |
| Yolo | 30,737 | 71.28% | 10,891 | 25.26% | 1,491 | 3.46% | 19,846 | 46.03% | 43,119 |
| Yuba | 4,392 | 38.68% | 6,337 | 55.80% | 627 | 5.52% | -1,945 | -17.13% | 11,356 |
| Totals | 4,033,197 | 62.09% | 2,200,926 | 33.88% | 261,876 | 4.03% | 1,832,271 | 28.21% | 6,495,999 |
General election
Results
Yee won the election easily. Yee won by running up margins in heavily populated areas of the state. With 8,013,067 votes, Yee is the top vote earner in any California State Controller election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Betty Yee (incumbent) | 8,013,067 | 65.45% | +11.48% | |
| Republican | Konstantinos Roditis | 4,229,480 | 34.55% | −11.48% | |
| Total votes | 12,242,547 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
| Democratic hold | |||||
By county
| County[14] | Betty Yee Democratic |
Konstantinos Roditis Republican |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alameda | 470,001 | 83.10% | 95,614 | 16.90% | 374,387 | 66.19% | 565,615 |
| Alpine | 411 | 67.49% | 198 | 32.51% | 213 | 34.98% | 609 |
| Amador | 7,252 | 41.91% | 10,051 | 58.09% | -2,799 | -16.18% | 17,303 |
| Butte | 45,299 | 52.05% | 41,739 | 47.95% | 3,560 | 4.09% | 87,038 |
| Calaveras | 8,854 | 41.69% | 12,384 | 58.31% | -3,530 | -16.62% | 21,238 |
| Colusa | 2,420 | 43.13% | 3,191 | 56.87% | -771 | -13.74% | 5,611 |
| Contra Costa | 293,665 | 72.30% | 112,515 | 27.70% | 181,150 | 44.60% | 406,180 |
| Del Norte | 3,872 | 46.86% | 4,391 | 53.14% | -519 | -6.28% | 8,263 |
| El Dorado | 40,365 | 45.94% | 47,503 | 54.06% | -7,138 | -8.12% | 87,868 |
| Fresno | 138,001 | 55.36% | 111,257 | 44.64% | 26,744 | 10.73% | 249,258 |
| Glenn | 2,949 | 36.13% | 5,213 | 63.87% | -2,264 | -27.74% | 8,162 |
| Humboldt | 35,723 | 68.79% | 16,211 | 31.21% | 19,512 | 37.57% | 51,934 |
| Imperial | 22,486 | 68.05% | 10,556 | 31.95% | 11,930 | 36.11% | 33,042 |
| Inyo | 3,529 | 49.12% | 3,656 | 50.88% | -127 | -1.77% | 7,185 |
| Kern | 90,343 | 44.95% | 110,654 | 55.05% | -20,311 | -10.11% | 200,997 |
| Kings | 13,867 | 46.37% | 16,039 | 53.63% | -2,172 | -7.26% | 29,906 |
| Lake | 11,881 | 57.02% | 8,955 | 42.98% | 2,926 | 14.04% | 20,836 |
| Lassen | 2,701 | 30.30% | 6,212 | 69.70% | -3,511 | -39.39% | 8,913 |
| Los Angeles | 2,160,445 | 74.86% | 725,426 | 25.14% | 1,435,019 | 49.73% | 2,885,871 |
| Madera | 16,669 | 43.78% | 21,408 | 56.22% | -4,739 | -12.45% | 38,077 |
| Marin | 102,895 | 81.08% | 24,003 | 18.92% | 78,892 | 62.17% | 126,898 |
| Mariposa | 3,477 | 42.65% | 4,675 | 57.35% | -1,198 | -14.70% | 8,152 |
| Mendocino | 23,246 | 71.03% | 9,483 | 28.97% | 13,763 | 42.05% | 32,729 |
| Merced | 33,180 | 57.05% | 24,982 | 42.95% | 8,198 | 14.10% | 58,162 |
| Modoc | 1,040 | 30.69% | 2,349 | 69.31% | -1,309 | -38.62% | 3,389 |
| Mono | 2,811 | 58.55% | 1,990 | 41.45% | 821 | 17.10% | 4,801 |
| Monterey | 81,287 | 70.68% | 33,720 | 29.32% | 47,567 | 41.36% | 115,007 |
| Napa | 37,949 | 68.49% | 17,462 | 31.51% | 20,487 | 36.97% | 55,411 |
| Nevada | 30,230 | 56.80% | 22,991 | 43.20% | 7,239 | 13.60% | 53,221 |
| Orange | 561,245 | 52.92% | 499,228 | 47.08% | 62,017 | 5.85% | 1,060,473 |
| Placer | 80,610 | 46.71% | 91,958 | 53.29% | -11,348 | -6.58% | 172,568 |
| Plumas | 3,900 | 43.07% | 5,156 | 56.93% | -1,256 | -13.87% | 9,056 |
| Riverside | 334,939 | 52.92% | 297,988 | 47.08% | 36,951 | 5.84% | 632,927 |
| Sacramento | 326,989 | 64.63% | 178,965 | 35.37% | 148,024 | 29.26% | 505,954 |
| San Benito | 12,533 | 62.82% | 7,417 | 37.18% | 5,116 | 25.64% | 19,950 |
| San Bernardino | 292,192 | 55.17% | 237,398 | 44.83% | 54,794 | 10.35% | 529,590 |
| San Diego | 678,633 | 59.97% | 453,055 | 40.03% | 225,578 | 19.93% | 1,131,688 |
| San Francisco | 311,559 | 87.87% | 43,021 | 12.13% | 268,538 | 75.73% | 354,580 |
| San Joaquin | 111,711 | 58.40% | 79,583 | 41.60% | 32,128 | 16.80% | 191,294 |
| San Luis Obispo | 69,324 | 55.97% | 54,536 | 44.03% | 14,788 | 11.94% | 123,860 |
| San Mateo | 218,685 | 78.03% | 61,577 | 21.97% | 157,108 | 56.06% | 280,262 |
| Santa Barbara | 97,768 | 64.48% | 53,856 | 35.52% | 43,912 | 28.96% | 151,624 |
| Santa Clara | 447,306 | 74.12% | 156,164 | 25.88% | 291,142 | 48.24% | 603,470 |
| Santa Cruz | 93,218 | 79.48% | 24,068 | 20.52% | 69,150 | 58.96% | 117,286 |
| Shasta | 24,173 | 34.98% | 44,938 | 65.02% | -20,765 | -30.05% | 69,111 |
| Sierra | 698 | 42.64% | 939 | 57.36% | -241 | -14.72% | 1,637 |
| Siskiyou | 8,072 | 45.05% | 9,846 | 54.95% | -1,774 | -9.90% | 17,918 |
| Solano | 95,175 | 65.98% | 49,069 | 34.02% | 46,106 | 31.96% | 144,244 |
| Sonoma | 156,645 | 75.65% | 50,431 | 24.35% | 106,214 | 51.29% | 207,076 |
| Stanislaus | 83,203 | 54.03% | 70,794 | 45.97% | 12,409 | 8.06% | 153,997 |
| Sutter | 12,619 | 43.37% | 16,477 | 56.63% | -3,858 | -13.26% | 29,096 |
| Tehama | 7,085 | 34.36% | 13,533 | 65.64% | -6,448 | -31.27% | 20,618 |
| Trinity | 2,568 | 49.20% | 2,652 | 50.80% | -84 | -1.61% | 5,220 |
| Tulare | 46,383 | 47.11% | 52,069 | 52.89% | -5,686 | -5.78% | 98,452 |
| Tuolumne | 10,281 | 43.90% | 13,138 | 56.10% | -2,857 | -12.20% | 23,419 |
| Ventura | 177,978 | 58.63% | 125,594 | 41.37% | 52,384 | 17.26% | 303,572 |
| Yolo | 52,824 | 72.33% | 20,208 | 27.67% | 32,616 | 44.66% | 73,032 |
| Yuba | 7,903 | 41.82% | 10,994 | 58.18% | -3,091 | -16.36% | 18,897 |
| Totals | 8,013,067 | 65.45% | 4,229,480 | 34.55% | 3,783,587 | 30.91% | 12,242,547 |
- Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
- Butte (largest city: Chico)
- Fresno (largest city: Fresno)
- Merced (largest city: Merced)
- Mono (largest city: Mammoth Lakes)
- Nevada (largest city: Truckee)
- Orange (largest city: Anaheim)
- Riverside (largest city: Riverside)
- San Bernardino (largest city: San Bernardino)
- San Diego (largest city: San Diego)
- San Joaquin (largest city: Stockton)
- San Luis Obispo (largest city: San Luis Obispo)
- Stanislaus (largest city: Modesto)
- Ventura (largest city: Oxnard)
