Eleni Kounalakis

1What can this job do?

The Lieutenant Governor is California's second-in-command — first in line if the Governor leaves office, and acting Governor when the Governor is out of state. The office breaks tie votes in the State Senate and sits on several governing boards, including the University of California and California State University boards of trustees and the State Lands Commission.

✗It does NOT run the state's agencies or set policy on its own, and it has no veto. Outside of standing in for the Governor and its board seats, the office's day-to-day power is limited.

2What has this person done with it?

We don't yet track a record of this official's actions here. For state offices, the public record is unusually good: recorded votes and bill histories are at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, and campaign finance is at the Secretary of State's Cal-Access. Those primary sources are the place to look — we'd rather send you there than summarize selectively.

We only log matters of public record, in the same format for every official — never opinion or news coverage.

3How does this affect you?

Every Californian shares this office. The lieutenant governor stands first in line to become governor, presides over the state Senate, and sits on several state boards. You share this one official with the whole state.

4How do you change it?

This is an elected statewide office with a four-year term, limited to two terms — every voter in California chooses it together, so your vote is one of millions. These offices are on the ballot in the same even-year cycle as the Governor. Registration, polling place, and mail ballots run through the Orange County Registrar of Voters (ocvote.gov).

☑This seat is expected on the ballot November 3, 2026 — that's the county's forecast, not yet the official notice of election.