2014 California State Treasurer election

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

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.

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.