League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
	California State Government June 3, 2014 Election
	Controller Voter Information A runoff will be held on 11/4/2014 between the top 2 candidates who received the most votes. The runoff will be held even if one candidate receives a majority of votes in this election.

Results as of Jul 1 4:10pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (22353/22353)

Runoff Election 11/4/2014 Candidates (Vote for 1) Click on highlighted name for additional information supplied by candidate. Contact non-highlighted candidates and encourage them to provide information for voters. Ashley Swearengin 1,001,473 votes 24.8% Party: Republican Occupation: Mayor, City of Fresno Chariman of the Board, California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley Co-Founder, Regional Jobs Initiative adam@ashleyforca.com Priorities: Develop a comprehensive plan to understand and pay down California's debt. Focus California's resources on facilitating private sector job growth. Enact analytical oversight of government agency spending to ensure taxpayers' dollars are being spend efficiently and effectively. Betty T. Yee 878,195 votes 21.7% Party: Democratic Occupation: California State Board of Equalization Member 30 years of experience in public finance and tax policy BA, University of California, Berkeley and MPA, Golden Gate University, San Francisco. info@bettyyee.com Priorities: Lead comprehensive tax reform. Preserve retirement security. Model responsible environmental stewardship . John A. Pérez 877,714 votes 21.7% Party: Democratic Occupation: California Assembly Speaker Assemblymember, 2008-Present Member, Democratic National Committee Boardmember, California League of Conservation Voters Chair, Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency Boardmember, California Voter Modernization Board john@perezforcontroller.com Priorities: Push the creation and strengthening of a reserve fund so that we can level out the boom-and-bust revenue cycle and avoid any further cuts to services Audit and monitor the PERS and STRS systems to ensure we are making wise investments that keep our pensions solvent and reflect California's values Ensure that local governments are not hamstrung by supermajority requirements when they try to raise local revenues David Evans 850,109 votes 21.0% Party: Republican Occupation: Chief Financial Officer Certified Public Accountant Master Business Administration Former Mayor Director - Mojave Air and Space Port devans@evansbusiness.com Priorities: Bring Integrity to Government Watch over and protect the tax dollars of the citizens Use my trained professional judgement to root out fraud Laura Wells 231,352 votes 5.7% Party: Green Occupation: Financial Analyst Over 20 years experience in pension fund accounting, stock & bond investments, union dues accounting, and real estate mortgage loans. Co-founder of No Corporate Money Campaign in which candidates pledge to run with no corporate money and voters plan to vote for NCM candidates. B.A. Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, Phi Beta Kappa M.Ed. Antioch University, Cambridge, MA info@laurawells.org Priorities: Implement State Bank to invest in California not Wall Street, partner with local banks, save interest, make good loans. Reverse unfair state/local taxes, now 8.8% on richest 1%, 10.6% on poorest 20%, leading to biggest increase in super-rich individuals in the country. Audit Prop 13, both good and bad effects since 1978. Audit why California has the highest poverty rate in the country. Tammy D. Blair 200,532 votes 5.0% Party: Democratic Occupation: Administrator B.S. in Health Science, Administration M.P.A. Public Administration Phi Alpha Alpha -National Honor Society tblair@janelbuycksforchange.com Priorities: To bring Change and Transparency; and to "Assure Accountability" To upgrage the State Payroll System for 240,000 Employees To conduct audits, write compliance policies, provide more consumer awareness to CA Fiscal Government. Basic candidate data supplied by the Secretary of State. Order of candidates is random and changes daily.

Official Information Job Description As the state's chief fiscal officer, serves as the state's accountant and bookkeeper of all public funds. Administers the state payroll system and unclaimed property laws. Serves on numerous boards and commissions including the Board of Equalization and the Board of Control. Conducts audits and reviews of state operations. Candidate Statements in the Official Voter Information Guide Statements Submitted by Individual Candidates for this Office - Under California law, candidates who accept voluntary spending limits may purchase space for these candidate statements of up to 250 words in length Campaign Finance Data VotersEdge.org Campaign contributions and other information about candidates for this race - Includes Smart Voter data on our Partner's Web site! Secretary of State List of Candidates Accepting/Rejecting Voluntary Campaign Spending Limits - Candidates for this office who have voluntarily chosen to limit their spending in campaigns (look for the *) may spend no more than $5,444,000 in this primary election. Established by Proposition 34. General Links Election Archives See the candidates and results from the 11/2/2010, 6/8/2010, 11/7/2006, 6/6/2006, 11/5/2002, 3/5/2002, 11/03/1998, 6/2/1998 elections. This election is archived. Any links to sources outside of Smart Voter may no longer be active. No further links will be added to this page. Links to sources outside of Smart Voter are provided for information only and do not imply endorsement.

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