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Eleni Kounalakis[a] (née Tsakopoulos; [b] born March 3, 1966) is an American politician, businesswoman, and diplomat serving as the 50th lieutenant governor of California since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first woman [c] and the first Greek American elected to the office. Kounalakis graduated from Dartmouth College with ...
Candidates running for California governor in 2026 include, clockwise from top left, state Sen. Toni Atkins, Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, former state Controller Betty Yee, and State Supt. of Public ...
Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis points to CA-13 congressional candidate Adam Gray during her speech to union members in Modesto, Calif. on September 14, 2024. Wendell Forest, 56, of Hilmar and Brian ...
Kounalakis will have a year-plus to make her case to voters, once the presidential campaign ends and the focus turns to California’s open-seat race to succeed Newsom. Read more: Column: More ...
The 2026 California gubernatorial election will take place on November 3, 2026, to elect the next governor of California. The statewide top-two primary election will take place on June 2, 2026. Incumbent Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom will be term-limited and ineligible to seek reelection. Incumbent Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis ...
Markos Kounalakis. Markos Kounalakis (Greek: Μάρκος Κουναλάκης; born December 1, 1956) is an American syndicated journalist and scholar who is the second gentleman of California as the husband of lieutenant governor Eleni Kounalakis. [a] Kounalakis writes a syndicated weekly foreign affairs column for The Miami Herald and ...
California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis announced Monday she is running for governor, laying down an early marker for what is likely to be a vigorous 2026 campaign to replace termed-out Gov. Gavin ...
California has had 41 lieutenant governors and five acting lieutenant governors since achieving statehood in 1850. The current lieutenant governor is Eleni Kounalakis, a Democrat who was sworn into office on January 7, 2019. [1] She is the first woman elected to the office in California history.