John Chiang

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Democratic Party

California State Treasurer

John Chiang is the current Democratic California Treasurer. He was first elected to the office on November 4, 2014. On May 17, 2016, Chiang declared that he would run for Governor of California in 2018.

Chiang was the Democratic California Controller from 2007 to 2015. Chiang was first elected to the position on November 7, 2006, and won re-election on November 2, 2010. Chiang was term-limited from seeking a third term as state controller in the 2014 elections, and instead ran for the office of California Treasurer.

Semi-Offical Result: 362,194 [8.96%] - 5th place

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Top issues taken from the official campaign website John Chiang for Governor 2018.

Affordable Housing and Homelessness

Every Californian has a right to an affordable, decent place to call home. Within the decade, my goal is to place a roof over the heads of an additional four million low- and moderate-income Californians by investing additional public resources into affordable housing production and doubling local government permitting activity for all types of housing.

Sexual Harassment and Assault

As the recent disclosures by the courageous women who have stood up to denounce sexual harassment and assault in state government have demonstrated, it is long past time to change the culture in Sacramento and throughout state government. Accountability must begin at the top. We must answer the brave victims who have declared #MeToo with a resolute #TimesUp.

Education

We need to do everything possible to look holistically at ways to improve our education system so every student has an opportunity to achieve their dreams.

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