Statewide · General election
Lieutenant Governor of California
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
On the ballot
2 certified candidates, listed alphabetically by last name.
Photo: Charlie Nguyen, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 Fiona Ma
Has run the state treasury since 2019. She is a trained accountant, and was the first woman of color elected to that post. She once led the state's tax board and served in the state Assembly.
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Photo: Mark Warner, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 Gloria Romero
Was the state Senate's majority leader from 2005 to 2008, the first woman to hold that post, and later switched parties. She taught psychology at Cal State LA.
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Where they stand
Topic by topic, from each candidate’s own statements and public records.
Economy & Jobs
Fiona Ma
- Supports growing the economy and attracting investment to create high-quality jobs.
“grow our economy, attract investment, and create high-quality jobs”
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Gloria Romero
- Says she would convene and work on an economic climate report.
“I will convene and work on an economic climate report.”
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Taxes & Cost of Living
Housing & Homelessness
Fiona Ma
- Supports building more housing so more Californians can afford to live in the state, and reviewing laws and regulations that have made homebuilding harder.
“review the necessity of many of our laws and regulations, which have created hardships in homebuilding, driving up the cost of living and decreasing homeownership rates”
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Gloria Romero
- Blames housing regulations, including air-quality rules, for raising construction costs and housing prices.
“so many regulations in housing and affordability”
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Public Safety & Policing
Fiona Ma
- Supports championing first responders and public safety personnel.
“champion our first responders and public safety personnel so we can feel safe”
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Gloria Romero
No published position on this topic.
Criminal Justice & Courts
Fiona Ma
No published position on this topic.
Gloria Romero
- Wants to crack down on human trafficking by empowering local public safety officials and creating a trafficking task force.
“greater empowerment of local public safety officials to crackdown on this form of modern day slavery”
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Health & Health Care
Fiona Ma
- Supports fighting for healthcare access for everyone.
“fight for healthcare access for everyone”
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Gloria Romero
No published position on this topic.
Reproductive & Social Issues
Fiona Ma
No published position on this topic.
Gloria Romero
- Says no student's safety should be threatened because of who they are, and would hold college and university administrators accountable for non-discrimination in campus access and programming.
“No student should ever have their life or physical safety threatened with who they are. Gloria will hold administrators and university officials accountable to ensure non-discrimination in access to every campus and academic programming.”
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Education & Schools
Fiona Ma
- Would create a TK-16 education pipeline emphasizing the science of reading, workforce and college preparedness, and merit in education, alongside making college more affordable.
“create a TK-16 education pipeline with a focus on the science of reading, workforce and college preparedness, and meritocracy in education”
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Gloria Romero
- Supports restoring merit-based admissions and protecting academic standards in higher education.
“protect academic standards”
Source → - Supports serious oversight and accountability for California's community colleges, citing what she calls widespread abuse of the application system.
“serious oversight, real consequences, and basic accountability”
Source → - Points to her authorship of the Parent Trigger and Open Enrollment Act as the basis for her continued advocacy for parental authority over failing schools.
“the Parent Trigger and Open Enrollment Act, the first laws in the nation to give parents real authority over chronically failing schools”
Source → - Supports protecting women's sports and Title IX.
“Gloria will proudly stand up for women's sports and Title IX. Fairness matters. Women deserve a level playing field, not excuses.”
Source → - Says school choice has always been the big issue for her.
“The big issue for me always was school choice.”
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Family & Social Services
Fiona Ma
- Supports ensuring seniors can age with dignity.
“ensure seniors can age with dignity”
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Gloria Romero
No published position on this topic.
Environment, Energy & Climate
Fiona Ma
- Would use the Lieutenant Governor's seats on the Coastal and Land Commissions to implement fire-mitigation policy so the state does not mismanage wildfires.
“actively lead the Coastal and Land Commissions to implement common-sense fire mitigation policies, ensuring California never mismanages a wildfire again”
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Gloria Romero
- Supports streamlining permitting and prioritizing fire prevention, smarter land management, and faster rebuilding after wildfires.
“fire prevention, smarter land management, and faster rebuilding”
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Infrastructure & Transportation
Fiona Ma
- Wants to invest in ports and goods-movement infrastructure and use state financing tools to lower borrowing costs.
“I am committed to investing in ports and goods movement infrastructure.”
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Gloria Romero
- Wants to improve rail and truck connections at ports to cut congestion and speed up port projects.
“Improve rail and truck connectivity to reduce congestion”
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Government, Elections & Democracy
Fiona Ma
- Says she will work with people from both parties so Californians are represented in the government they fund with their taxes.
“I will work with people from both parties to ensure that Californians are represented in the government they pay taxes to.”
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Gloria Romero
- Argues that ending one-party rule would make people more willing to speak up.
“when you can eliminate and get rid of one-party monopoly rule, people are more willing to speak up.”
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Candidates are those certified for the official ballot, listed alphabetically by last name. Photos appear only when we have an official, reusable photo of every candidate in the race. Positions are compiled from the candidates’ own statements and public records. We never tell you how to vote.