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California lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018 The 2018 California lieutenant gubernatorial election will be held on November 6, 2018, to elect the Lieutenant Governor of California. Incumbent Democratic Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom is ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits and is running for Governor instead. Democrats Eleni Kounalakis and Ed Hernandez will face each other in the general election, as no Republican finished in the top two positions of the nonpartisan blanket primary.
Secretary of State of California 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.