Meet the candidates for State Treasurer

• Party: Republican
• Professional background: Retired businessperson

Hawks doesn’t have experience in elected office, a fact she touts proudly. The Silicon Valley retiree most recently served on the executive team at Sacred Heart Schools, an Atherton Catholic school favored by the Bay Area’s venture capitalist elite. Hawks is also a local Republican Party activist. Both her career background and her politics make her an outlier for a job that has been exclusively held by Democratic career politicians going on three decades. Hawks said that gives her the skills and independence to provide a check on state government.

• California Republican Party
• California Republican Assembly
• Reform California

https://hawksforus.com/

• Party: Democratic
• Professional background: Lieutenant Governor of California
  

With two terms as lieutenant governor under her belt, Kounalakis has plenty of experience on state boards — a big feature of the treasurer post. On both the UC Board of Regents and the Board of Trustees for the California State University system, she has regularly voted down proposed tuition hikes. Kounalakis comes to politics by way of fundraising. The daughter of Sacramento developer Angelo Tsakopolous, Kounalakis was a big spender in Democratic Party politics in the early 2000s, which helped land her an ambassadorship to Hungary under President Barack Obama. Kounalakis originally ran for governor, but dropped her bid late last year.

• California Labor Federation
• Teamsters California
• National Union of Healthcare Workers

https://eleniforca.com/