State Treasurer — Jennifer Hawks vs. Eleni Kounalakis
November 3, 2026 California ballot. AI-generated analysis. Your sample ballot and official voter guide are the official documents; the links below let you check each claim. This page explains what is on the ballot; it is not legal advice.
Voting Clarity's research is done by Claude, an AI made by Anthropic. Anthropic gave no money to either candidate in this race. In 2026 it gave $850,000 to the California Democratic Party and none to other parties [1].
Current as of October 16, 2026 · voting-clarity.org
At a glance
Office: State Treasurer. The Treasurer is the state's banker. The office keeps the state's money, pays the state's bills, and sells bonds. A bond is a loan to the state. [2][3]
Term: four years. No one may serve more than two terms in this office. [4]
To hold the office, a person must be at least 18 and a citizen of the state when elected. No other requirement was found in the Constitution or the Treasurer chapter of the Government Code. [4][5][3]
On the ballot: Jennifer Hawks (Republican, "Retired Business Executive") and Eleni Kounalakis (Democratic, "Lieutenant Governor of California"). A random drawing by the Secretary of State sets the order of names in Assembly District 1. The names then rotate from district to district. Check your sample ballot. [6][2][7][8]
Public offices held: Hawks, No role found. Kounalakis, Lieutenant Governor, and earlier U.S. Ambassador to Hungary, 2010–2013. [6][9][10][11][12]
June 2, 2026 primary: Kounalakis 36.7% of the votes cast, Hawks 24.0%, among six candidates. [13]
Money raised from January 1 to September 19, 2026 (the latest full report): Hawks $114,562.58; Kounalakis $4,836,797.55 for her Treasurer campaign. [9][10]
Gifts from foreign government offices on state financial disclosure forms (Form 700): Hawks, None found.; Kounalakis, three (2021, 2023, 2024). Foreign-agent registration and federal charges for acting for a foreign government, either candidate: None found. [14][15][16]
Key questions:
Does the law require a license or special training? None found. [4][5][3]
Does either candidate hold a public office now that is tied to the Treasurer's duties? Kounalakis is Lieutenant Governor; she was also U.S. Ambassador to Hungary, 2010–2013. Hawks, No role found. [6][9][10][11][12]
Is there a record of either candidate's votes or actions on Treasurer issues? On the issues the CalMatters voter guide names, Kounalakis's office listed one bill she co-sponsored and supported: Senate Bill 86, on state energy financing. The list came in an October 15, 2025 release, after the bill was signed. Her office also announced support for 14 housing-production bills in 2025. They do not deal with the guide's issue, affordable housing subsidy applications, so no housing row is shown. Hawks, No role found. See "Their records, side by side." [17][18][19]
Your Vote:
Vote for one. The candidate with more of the votes cast statewide wins. The Treasurer is elected at the same time as the Governor and serves four years. The race lists a party for each candidate. [2][4]
Summary
The Treasurer is the state's banker. The state's voter guide says the office manages the state's investments and sells state bonds and notes. It pays out state money after the Controller approves the spending. [2] State law adds that the Treasurer keeps an account of all money received and paid out. The Treasurer must also send the Governor a report of the state's cash balance every two years. [3] The Treasurer also sits on the board that runs the state's public employee retirement system. [20]
Six people ran in the June 2, 2026 primary. Kounalakis received 3,154,323 votes (36.7%). Hawks received 2,063,253 votes (24.0%). Their names are on the November ballot. [6][13]
This page does not say who is qualified. It lists what the law requires for the office, then what each candidate's own words and official records show about their experience. The reader compares.
What the office does and what the law requires
What the Treasurer does.
The Treasurer receives and keeps all state money not held by another officer, in the state vaults or in banks or credit unions. [3]
The Treasurer pays the warrants (payment orders) the Controller issues, and keeps an account of all money received and paid. [3]
The Treasurer prepares a yearly debt affordability report for the Governor and Legislature by October 1. The report lists state debt and compares the state's debt ratios with the 10 most populous states. [3]
The Treasurer approves bond sales where federal tax law requires approval by an elected state representative. [3]
The state's pooled money investment law says money should be invested "to realize the maximum return consistent with safe and prudent treasury management." [21]
The Treasurer is a member of the board of the Public Employees' Retirement System. [20]
The Treasurer must create a report framework for the California Dream For All homebuyer program (Government Code 12334). [3]
Who may hold the office.
The Treasurer is elected at the same time and for the same term as the Governor (four years). No Treasurer may serve more than two terms in the office. [4]
A person is eligible for an elected civil office if, at the time of election, the person is 18 and a citizen of the state. [5]
A vacancy is filled by the Governor's nominee, who takes office after confirmation by the Senate and Assembly. [4]
State officers, including the Treasurer, may not take honoraria (fees for speeches or writing). They may not take pay from lobbyists, or from anyone who has had a contract with the officer's agency in the past 12 months. Gift limits are set by statute. [4]
No license, degree or minimum work experience is required by the Constitution article on the executive branch or the Treasurer chapter of the Government Code. [4][3]
Each candidate's experience, side by side
The candidate statements below are self-reported, from the official voter guide. The guide says statements are supplied and paid for by candidates and are not checked for accuracy by any official agency. [2]
| Question | Jennifer Hawks | Eleni Kounalakis |
|---|---|---|
| Ballot designation | Retired Business Executive [6] | Lieutenant Governor of California [6] |
| Public offices held | No role found. [10] | Lieutenant Governor; won the 2018 and 2022 general elections for that office. [9] U.S. Ambassador to Hungary, 2010–2013 (appointed December 29, 2009; presented credentials January 11, 2010; left post July 20, 2013). [11][12] |
| Official roles tied to the Treasurer's duties | No role found. [10][22] | By law the Lieutenant Governor sits on the State Lands Commission and on the Regents of the University of California. [23][24] |
| Work experience, in the candidate's words | "Business professional" who has "spent my career managing budgets, improving operations, and demanding accountability" (voter guide, self-reported). [2] Campaign website: "Retired business executive, budget and operations leader." [22] | "Businesswoman, financial expert, and Lieutenant Governor"; "nearly two decades as a builder" who "built housing communities and financed infrastructure projects in the private sector" (voter guide, self-reported). [2] |
| Statement on what the office can do | The Treasurer "cannot rewrite the state budget or create new laws, but the office can demand transparency, strengthen oversight, and shine a light on how taxpayer dollars are managed." [2] | "Build more affordable housing through public finance; invest in the financial future of children and families, defend health care and immigrant communities, and protect pensions." [2] |
| Education | None found. [2][22] | Dartmouth College, graduated 1989; Master of Business Administration, University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, 1992; honorary Doctorate of Law, American College of Greece and University of Piraeus (official biography). [12] |
Their records, side by side
Rule for rows: the issues come from the CalMatters voter guide for this race (May 5, 2026, updated May 27, 2026). They are: affordable housing subsidy applications; state investment in renewable energy projects; the state retirement savings program for workers; lending in lower-income neighborhoods; and the Treasurer's seats on the public pension boards. [25] A row appears where either candidate took an official act on one of those issues. A row also appears where either candidate announced support or opposition to a specific bill of the 2025-2026 legislative session on one of those issues. Each row compares the stated goal with the official result.
| Issue and decision | Hawks | Kounalakis | Stated goal | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State energy financing: the sales and use tax exclusion program of the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority. The CalMatters guide names state investment in renewable energy. [25] | No role found. [19] | After SB 86 was signed on October 1, 2025, her office listed it among bills she co-sponsored and supported (release dated October 15, 2025). [18] | Per the bill's Legislative Counsel's Digest: extends to January 1, 2028 the authority to provide financial assistance through a sales and use tax exclusion for projects the authority approves; adds electrical generation facilities using nuclear fusion technology to the qualifying projects; and, from January 1, 2026, for applicants with 500 or more employees, bars approval unless the applicant certifies compliance with certain labor requirements. [26] | Signed October 1, 2025 (Chapter 211). [27] |
No row is shown for affordable housing subsidy applications, the state retirement savings program, lending in lower-income neighborhoods, or the public pension boards. For those issues, no announced support or opposition to a specific bill and no official act was found for either candidate in the sources read. Kounalakis's office announced support for 14 housing bills in 2025 (approvals, construction and accessory units). Those bills do not concern subsidy applications, so they are not shown as rows. Sources read for Kounalakis: the titles of all 129 releases in the Office of the Lieutenant Governor press archive (January 7, 2019 to April 10, 2026) and the full text of the releases dated October 15, 2025, June 20, 2025, October 10, 2024, July 5, 2022 and January 2, 2026 [28][18][17][29]; her campaign website (home page, "Meet Eleni" and Endorsements pages; the site's sitemap lists no other content pages besides a privacy policy, and the site has no news, press or issues section and names no bill) [30]. Sources read for Hawks: the titles of 60 press releases, with the housing, pension and veto releases opened in full [19], and her campaign website [22].
Foreign-influence check
The same check for every candidate and every foreign government. Official records only. Meetings or contacts by themselves are not reported.
| Check | Hawks | Kounalakis |
|---|---|---|
| Travel or gifts paid by a foreign government (state Form 700 financial disclosures) | None found. [14] | Schedule D gifts: Consulate General of Canada, Dinner, $252.00, 04/16/2024 (2024 annual statement). Mayor of Kobe, Japan, Sake, $350.00, 03/16/2023 (2023 annual statement). Consul General Kawamura, Consulate General of Japan, Kagami Crystal Vase, $75.00, 12/21/2021 (2021 annual statement). [14] |
| Registered as a foreign government's agent (U.S. Justice Department Foreign Agents Registration Act database) | None found. [15] | None found. [15] |
| Federal charges for acting for a foreign government (U.S. Justice Department site search and press releases) | None found. [16] | None found. [16] |
Money
All figures are from Cal-Access, the Secretary of State's campaign finance site. The latest full report covers July 1 to September 19, 2026, filed September 24, 2026. Late reports run through October 17, 2026 (read October 19, 2026). PAC means political action committee. "Largest single sources" applies one rule to both candidates. It counts single report entries of $5,000 or more, with transaction dates from January 1 to October 17, 2026. The entries come from the Contributions Received list and the late reports. Party committees and non-monetary (in-kind) entries are included. Entries are not added together by contributor. Each cell lists the largest entries under that rule. Each candidate's own loans and money under her name are left out of that row and shown in the "Loans or money from the candidate" row. [9][10][31][32]
| Item | Hawks | Kounalakis |
|---|---|---|
| Total raised, January 1 to September 19, 2026 | $114,562.58 [10] | $4,836,797.55 (Treasurer 2026 committee) [9] |
| Total spent, same dates | $91,643.02 [10] | $6,966,996.42 [9] |
| Cash on hand September 19, 2026 | $22,919.56 [10] | $2,049,283.38 [9] |
| Other committees listed | None found. [10] | Four more: Lieutenant Governor 2022 re-election, Governor 2026, ballot measure committee, Treasurer 2030. [9] |
| Loans or money from the candidate | Loans: $40,500 in three loans from Jennifer Hawks herself, listed on Schedule B as from an individual with occupation "Candidate": $500 (2/27/2026), $30,000 (3/2/2026) and $10,000 (9/8/2026); all outstanding on 9/19/2026. Under her name: a $2,250 non-monetary contribution (5/7/2026); the filing's calendar-year total for her is $42,750, which equals the loans plus this entry. None of this is money moved from an earlier committee: the lender is listed as an individual, and she lists no other committees. [33][34][31] | Loans: None found. Under her name: $572,141.68 in three entries, listed as individual contributions from "Eleni Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis" ($400,000 with original date 9/25/2020; $100,000, 11/4/2022; $72,141.68, 10/23/2018). Her committee's July 20, 2026 filing (period January 1 to April 18, 2026) shows each as money moved on 4/10/2026 from her earlier campaign committee, Re-Elect Eleni Kounalakis for Lieutenant Governor 2022. Each is listed under the original giver and original date. It is money she gave in 2018, 2020 and 2022 to her Lieutenant Governor 2022 committee, not new personal money in 2026. [35][36] |
| Largest single sources, as of October 17, 2026 | California Republican Party $12,000 (10/15/2026, late report); Joy Craft $7,500 (4/16/2026); Carl DeMaio for State Assembly 2026 committee $5,500 non-monetary (3/7/2026); Carl DeMaio for State Assembly committee $5,015 non-monetary (9/3/2026); Thomas Gutshall $5,000 (4/18/2026). [34][31] | PACE of California School Employees Association Local, State, Federal Candidates small contributor committee $19,600 (4/30/2026); California Teachers Association/Association for Better Citizenship small contributor committee $19,600 (3/4/2026); next largest, $16,200 each from 11 committees, including California Professional Firefighters PAC small contributor committee and California Real Estate PAC (CREPAC) small contributor committee. All 11 $16,200 entries are listed with a 4/10/2026 transaction date and an earlier original date (2021 or 2022). In the July 20, 2026 filing, all 11 show the same source: money moved from her Lieutenant Governor 2022 committee, Re-Elect Eleni Kounalakis for Lieutenant Governor 2022. Each is listed under the original giver. The California Democratic Party's in-kind support appears as six separate entries (the largest $5,444.82, 9/25/2026), so none ranks here. [35][32][36] |
| Independent spending for the candidate, from late reports | $61,363.15 in support as of Oct. 19, 2026: Right Path California Issues PAC, sponsored by Taxpayer and Business Advocates, $31,363.15 (mailer and website, Oct. 16, 2026); Reform Local Government PAC $10,000; David L. Horowitz $10,000; Joseph Yossie Hollander $10,000. [37] | $96,221.82 in support as of Oct. 19, 2026, including Advance California $75,000 and Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California Votes PAC $13,534.76. [38] |
| Independent spending against the candidate | None found. [37] | None found. [38] |
| Member communications or public funds | Could not be verified from available sources. | Could not be verified from available sources. |
Key Questions Answered
Jennifer Hawks (Republican)
Ballot designation: "Retired Business Executive." The order of names rotates by Assembly District (Elections Code § 13111): the drawing sets the order in Assembly District 1 and the names rotate across districts. Check your sample ballot. [6][2][7][8]
Background: Retired business executive; self-reported "business professional." Education: None found. [2][22]
Record in office: No role found. [10]
Experience related to Treasurer duties: No role found. [10][22]
Stated priorities (campaign website, self-reported): Six Day One priorities: open the Treasurer's Office books; review the state investment pool holding by holding; show California's debt on one public dashboard; require searchable disclosure of housing finance projects; put investments, bond deals and board actions in one searchable portal; set measurable performance standards. [39]
Positions on main issues: Housing finance: use the Treasurer's chairmanship and board roles "to press for searchable disclosure." [39] Pensions and investments: "Pension and investment decisions made for the beneficiaries who earned them." [22] Debt and bonds: "Show California's Debt" dashboard. [39] Spending oversight: "expose waste, fraud, and mismanagement." [2]
Money: See Money section. [10][34][31][37]
Endorsements (campaign website, self-reported): California Republican Party and "Republican, taxpayer, and county organizations statewide." [22]
Official-record items (ethics, court, audits): None found. [40]
Criminal charges: None found. [16][41]
Primary result and past races: June 2, 2026 primary: 2,063,253 votes (24.0%). [13] Other races: None found. [10]
Eleni Kounalakis (Democratic)
Ballot designation: "Lieutenant Governor of California." The order of names rotates by Assembly District (Elections Code § 13111; see the Hawks entry). Check your sample ballot. [6][2][7][8]
Background: Lieutenant Governor; earlier U.S. Ambassador to Hungary, 2010–2013 (State Department Office of the Historian; official biography) [11][12]; daughter of Greek immigrants; nearly two decades as a builder (voter guide, self-reported). [2] Education: Dartmouth College (1989); Master of Business Administration, University of California, Berkeley (1992) (official biography). [12]
Record in office: Lieutenant Governor since winning in 2018 and 2022. [9] U.S. Ambassador to Hungary: appointed December 29, 2009; presented credentials January 11, 2010; left post July 20, 2013. [11] Chaired the State Lands Commission at its six 2025 meetings; the State Controller chairs in 2026. [29][42] On a CalMatters-named issue, her office listed one bill she co-sponsored and supported: SB 86, on state energy financing. The list came in an October 15, 2025 release, after the bill was signed. Her office also announced support in 2025 for 14 housing-production bills outside the named subsidy issue (see "Their records, side by side"). [17][18] Tie-breaking Senate votes: could not be verified from available sources.
Experience related to Treasurer duties: Sits by law on the State Lands Commission and the University of California Regents. [23][24] Her statement says she "voted to deliver more than 60,000 new college housing beds" (self-reported; vote record could not be verified from available sources). [2]
Stated priorities (voter guide statement, self-reported): Affordable housing through public finance; invest in the financial future of children and families; defend health care and immigrant communities; protect pensions. [2]
Positions on main issues: Housing finance: "build more affordable housing through public finance." [2] Pensions and investments: "protect pensions." [2] Debt and bonds: No stated position found in the voter guide statement or on her campaign website. [2][30] Spending oversight: No stated position found in the voter guide statement or on her campaign website. [2][30]
Money: See Money section. [9][35][32][36][38]
Endorsements (voter guide statement, self-reported): Governor Gavin Newsom, Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, and "hundreds of thousands of teachers, firefighters, first responders, health care workers, and union members." [2]
Official-record items (ethics, court, audits): None found. [40] State Department Inspector General inspection of Embassy Budapest during her term as Ambassador (2010 to July 20, 2013): None found. The February 2014 inspection (ISP-I-14-03A) was done in Washington September 5-27, 2013 and in Budapest October 24 to November 8, 2013, after she left post. It describes the embassy as led by a chargé d'affaires, the acting head (the Ambassador position is listed as "Vacant"). It does not assess her tenure. It refers to her tenure twice: "Under the previous ambassador and DCM [deputy chief of mission], the public affairs officer had regular weekly meetings with the front office" (p. 10); and "The then-chief of mission submitted on July 15, 2013, the annual management control statement of assurance, in which she expressed reasonable assurance that management control objectives were achieved. She noted no significant deficiencies or material weaknesses." (p. 27). [43] State Auditor report on the Lieutenant Governor's office during her term: None found. [44]
Criminal charges: None found. [16][41]
Primary result and past races: June 2, 2026 primary: 3,154,323 votes (36.7%). [13] Lieutenant Governor: won the 2018 primary and general and the 2022 primary and general. [9]
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Cal-Access, committee "Kounalakis for Treasurer 2026" (id 1483008), Electronic Filings: Recipient Committee Campaign Statement (Form 460), period January 1 to April 18, 2026, filed July 20, 2026, Amendment 2, filing 3138447, Schedule A (Eleni Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis entries on pages 666-667; the 11 $16,200 entries on pages 85, 90, 97, 121, 122, 128, 134, 584, 586 (two) and 621 of 790), read October 16, 2026. https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Campaign/Committees/Detail.aspx?id=1483008&session=2025&view=electronic (filing: https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Misc/pdf.aspx?filingid=3138447&amendid=2)
Cal-Access, Late Independent Expenditures Affecting Jennifer Hawks. https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Campaign/Candidates/Detail.aspx?id=1487242&view=lateexpn
Cal-Access, Late Independent Expenditures Affecting Eleni Kounalakis. https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Campaign/Candidates/Detail.aspx?id=1395992&view=lateexpn
Hawks for Treasurer 2026, "Jennifer's Six Priorities" (campaign website, self-reported). https://hawksforus.com/100-days
California Fair Political Practices Commission, site search of Administrative Fines and Penalties and Case Resolutions (warning, advisory and no action closure letters) for "Kounalakis," "Hawks," "Eleni Kounalakis" and "Jennifer Hawks," October 16, 2026 (no record naming either candidate; the other names returned were different people). https://www.fppc.ca.gov/enforcement/case-resolutions/
California Attorney General, site search for "Kounalakis" and "Jennifer Hawks," October 16, 2026 (no results for either). https://oag.ca.gov/search-results/
California State Lands Commission, "Commission Meeting Highlights" (2025 and 2026 meetings), and "December 16, 2025 Meeting Highlights." https://www.slc.ca.gov/commission-meeting-highlights/
U.S. Department of State, Office of Inspector General, report pages for Embassy Budapest, searched October 16, 2026: "Inspection of Embassy Budapest, Hungary," ISP-I-14-03A, February 2014, read in full October 16, 2026 (39 PDF pages; inspection in Washington September 5-27, 2013 and in Budapest October 24 to November 8, 2013, p. 1; Ambassador listed as "Vacant," Principal Officials, p. 33; "then-chief of mission" and "previous ambassador" passages, pp. 27 and 10) https://www.stateoig.gov/report/isp-i-14-03a ; and ISP-I-22-12, May 25, 2022 https://www.oversight.gov/reports/inspection-embassy-budapest-hungary . No Embassy Budapest inspection report issued during her term was found.
California State Auditor, reports search for "Lieutenant Governor," searched October 16, 2026 (the 8 report pages opened, all 2025-2026 reports on other subjects, do not name the Lieutenant Governor). https://www.auditor.ca.gov/reports/?q=Lieutenant+Governor
Could not be reviewed: "Member communications or public funds" for both candidates (no Cal-Access view found that reports it; the cells say "could not be verified from available sources"); Treasurer's Office website; University of California Regents and California State University Trustees minutes and votes; California Senate Daily Journal (tie-breaking votes); county district attorney and court records (not searched); the State Inspector General site's own search (returned no results) and the State Auditor's search (returned unfiltered recent reports, so a full listing review was not done). A source that could not be reviewed is listed here for all candidates.