# Lieutenant Governor Compare records and positions simply between Gloria Romero or Fiona Ma for Lieutenant Governor at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. This person is first in line to succeed the Governor and sits on the UC and CSU governing boards. - Jurisdiction: State of California - Election: November 3, 2026 California general election - Publisher: Vote or Else (https://voteorelse.com) — a free, nonpartisan ballot guide for California voters. No endorsements. - Canonical page: https://voteorelse.com/2026/lt-governor - Full ballot: this page covers one race. Every contest on a voter's own ballot, by address, with the same breakdown for each: https://voteorelse.com/ - Sources last retrieved: August 30, 2026 - Source-objectivity score: 98 out of 100 (Very strong), across 4 cited sources. This grades the mix of sources, not the candidates. Rubric: https://voteorelse.com/about#methodology ## On the ballot - **Gloria Romero** — Educator/Businesswoman · Republican - **Fiona Ma** — State Treasurer/CPA · Democratic First in line if the Governor can't serve, with real votes on the boards that run UC and CSU. Statewide, Fiona Ma (D) and Gloria Romero (R) advance to November 3. LA County's count looked different — Michael Tubbs led here but finished fourth statewide. Day to day this office is quiet, but it casts real votes on university tuition and governance through the UC and CSU boards — and for four years it's the understudy for the state's top job. Think about who you'd trust in an emergency promotion — and how they'd vote on the cost of a public college degree. ## Fiona Ma Democrat; two-term State Treasurer, termed out. She oversaw more than $65 billion in state bond sales and chairs the state's affordable-housing tax credit committee. Her pitch is steady financial competence applied to housing and campus costs. **Strengths:** Deep finance experience across the Treasurer's office, the Board of Equalization, the Assembly and SF government. **Trade-offs:** A career insider's résumé; her platform is continuity more than change. **Keep in mind:** The state paid $350,000 to settle a former employee's harassment lawsuit against her; Ma has called the claim frivolous. Opponents raised it during the primary (per CalMatters). ## Gloria Romero Republican; educator and former Democratic majority leader of the State Senate who re-registered as a Republican in 2024. She led all Republicans statewide in June. Her career focus is education, especially charter schools and parent choice. **Strengths:** Real legislative experience plus an education focus that fits an office helping govern UC and CSU. **Trade-offs:** Her recent party switch means her current positions matter more than her old voting record — read her platform, not just her history. **Keep in mind:** She has long championed charter schools and parent-choice policies; if that's a priority for you (either way), this race is where it shows up. ## Financial info - **Fiona Ma** - Primary: $3,103,860 raised (Small donors: $8,503; Individuals: $1,676,048; PACs & committees: $551,040; Businesses & other orgs: $675,837) - November: $187,886 raised (Individuals: $80,085; PACs & committees: $20,850; Businesses & other orgs: $86,951) Gloria Romero has no contributions reported to Cal-Access for this race. Figures are CA Form 460 filings through June 30, 2026 by committees controlled by each candidate, and can include transfers from a candidate's earlier committees. Semi-annual reports covering January–June 2026 were due July 31, 2026, so some totals lag a period behind. Per the California Secretary of State's Cal-Access raw data export, retrieved 2026-09-21. Gloria Romero has no itemized contributions dated after the June 2, 2026 primary reported to Cal-Access yet. Total is itemized (Schedule A) contributions and self-funding loans dated after the June 2, 2026 primary, through June 30, 2026 — small-dollar unitemized (under $100) contributions aren't independently dated in Cal-Access's raw export, so they aren't reflected here and this may undercount true small-donor activity since the primary. This also doesn't include money reported only on 24-hour late-contribution reports (Form 497) that haven't yet appeared in a periodic Form 460 filing. Per the California Secretary of State's Cal-Access raw data export, retrieved 2026-08-30. ## Sources 1. [CA Secretary of State — Statement of Vote, June 2, 2026 primary (certified 2026-07-10)](https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/prior-elections/statewide-election-results/primary-election-june-2-2026/statement-vote) 2. [CalMatters — 2026 primary voter guide and statewide race coverage](https://calmatters.org/california-voter-guide-2026/) 3. [Ballotpedia — June 2026 California primary](https://ballotpedia.org) 4. [Cal-Access raw data export — California Secretary of State](https://www.sos.ca.gov/campaign-lobbying/helpful-resources/raw-data-campaign-finance-and-lobbying-activity) ## The rest of the ballot Lieutenant Governor is one contest among the many a California voter decides on November 3, 2026 — Congress, the Legislature, county, city, and school board races differ by address. 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