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2018 California State Controller election
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November 6, 2018
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Candidate Betty Yee Konstantinos Roditis
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 8,013,067 4,229,480
Percentage 65.45% 34.55%
County results
Yee:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Roditis:      50–60%      60–70%
Controller before election

Betty Yee
Democratic

 Elected Controller

Betty Yee
Democratic

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.

Candidates

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Democratic Party

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Declared

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Republican Party

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Declared

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  • Konstantinos Roditis, former Anaheim City Commissioner[2]

Peace and Freedom Party

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Declared

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  • Mary Lou Finley, retired public school worker[3]

Primary election

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Endorsements

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Konstantinos Roditis

Organizations

Newspapers

Results

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Results by county
  Yee
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  Roditis
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Blanket primary results[11]
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

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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
Totals4,033,19762.09%2,200,92633.88%261,8764.03%1,832,27128.21%6,495,999

General election

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Results

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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.

2018 California State Controller election[13]
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

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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
Totals8,013,06765.45%4,229,48034.55%3,783,58730.91%12,242,547
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

References

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  1. ↑ "California Secretary of State - CalAccess - Campaign Finance". cal-access.sos.ca.gov. Archived from the original on February 4, 2017. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
  2. ↑ "California Secretary of State - CalAccess - Campaign Finance". cal-access.sos.ca.gov. Archived from the original on February 4, 2017. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Election 2018: The Peace & Freedom Party Candidates". December 18, 2017. Archived from the original on January 9, 2018. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Endorsements". Betty Yee for Controller. Archived from the original on May 17, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Endorsement: Betty Yee deserves another term as California's controller". Los Angeles Times. September 13, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Editorial: Betty Yee the only qualified option for state controller". The Mercury News. May 18, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
  7. ↑ "The San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board Endorsement Guide 2018". San Diego Union-Tribune. October 12, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Editorial: Re-elect Betty Yee as state's controller". San Francisco Chronicle. May 4, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
  9. 1 2 3 "Endorsements – Konstantinos Roditis for Controller". Archived from the original on May 16, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  10. ↑ "OUR ENDORSEMENTS". Santa Barbara News-Press. October 30, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2018.[permanent dead link]
  11. ↑ Padilla, Alex (July 13, 2018). "Complete Statement of Vote" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 27, 2026. Retrieved June 11, 2026.
  12. ↑ Padilla, Alex (July 13, 2018). "Controller by County" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 27, 2026. Retrieved June 11, 2026.
  13. ↑ Padilla, Alex (December 14, 2018). "Complete Statement of Vote" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 31, 2025. Retrieved May 18, 2026.
  14. ↑ Padilla, Alex (December 14, 2018). "Controller by County" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 1, 2025. Retrieved May 18, 2026.
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