Anna M. Caballero

Office sought: Treasurer
Party: Democratic
Ballot designation: California state senator

Background

Biography. Anna Caballero lives in Salinas, California . Caballero earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, San Diego, and a J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles, law school. Her career experience includes working as an attorney for California Rural Legal Assistance and the law firm of Caballero, Matcham and McCarthy. Caballero founded the nonprofit, Partners for Peace. She was appointed to serve as the secretary of the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency of Gov. Jerry Brown ‘s (D) cabinet. She also served as mayor of Salinas and on the Salinas City Council. [1]

Prior offices and election history

2026

See also: California Treasurer election, 2026 General election The primary will occur on June 2, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary. Nonpartisan primary election Nonpartisan primary for California Treasurer The following candidates are running in the primary for California Treasurer on June 2, 2026. Candidate Anna Caballero (D) Jennifer Hawks (R) Eleni Kounalakis (D) David Serpa (R) Submit photo Glenn Turner (G) Tony Vazquez (D) There are no incumbents in this race. = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. Withdrawn or disqualified candidates Libby Schaaf (D)

2026 — Endorsements

Caballero received the following endorsements. To send us additional endorsements, click here . San Bernadino Young Democrats CalMatters Voter Guide (Sway voting group by CalMatters) California YIMBY’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by California YIMBY) California Young Democrats’ Voting Group (Sway voting group by California Young Democrats) CrowdSourceCarrie Voting Group (Sway voting group by CrowdSourceCarrie) Fullerton Observer’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by Fullerton Observer) KaitlynDoesPolitics (Sway voting group by Kaitlyn Hennessy) Northern California Carpenters Regional Council’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by Northern California Carpenters Regional Council) One Vote at Time (Sway voting group by Derek Padilla-Ravega) The Overwhelmed San Franciscan’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by The Overwhelmed San Franciscan)

2022

See also: California State Senate elections, 2022 General election General election for California State Senate District 14 Incumbent Anna Caballero defeated Amnon Shor in the general election for California State Senate District 14 on November 8, 2022. Candidate % Votes ✔ Anna Caballero (D) 56.3 90,016 Amnon Shor (R) 43.7 69,970 Incumbents are bolded and underlined . The results have been certified. Source Total votes: 159,986 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. Nonpartisan primary election Nonpartisan primary for California State Senate District 14 Incumbent Anna Caballero and Amnon Shor defeated Paulina Miranda in the primary for California State Senate District 14 on June 7, 2022. Candidate % Votes ✔ Anna Caballero (D) 52.0 47,488 ✔ Amnon Shor (R) 41.9 38,244 Paulina Miranda (D) 6.1 5,530 Incumbents are bolded and underlined . The results have been certified. Source Total votes: 91,262 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. Withdrawn or disqualified candidates Melissa Hurtado (D)

2018

See also: California State Senate elections, 2018 General election General election for California State Senate District 12 Anna Caballero defeated Rob Poythress in the general election for California State Senate District 12 on November 6, 2018. Candidate % Votes ✔ Anna Caballero (D) 54.4 110,386 Submit photo Rob Poythress (R) 45.6 92,691 There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source Total votes: 203,077 (100.00% precincts reporting) = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. Nonpartisan primary election Nonpartisan primary for California State Senate District 12 Anna Caballero and Rob Poythress defeated Johnny Tacherra and Daniel Parra in the primary for California State Senate District 12 on June 5, 2018. Candidate % Votes ✔ Anna Caballero (D) 43.4 46,970 ✔ Submit photo Rob Poythress (R) 26.3 28,512 Johnny Tacherra (R) 22.2 24,088 Daniel Parra (D) 8.1 8,740 There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Total votes: 108,310 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

2016

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2016 Elections for the California State Assembly took place in 2016. The primary election was held on June 7, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was February 25, 2016, for candidates filing with signatures. The deadline for candidates using a filing fee to qualify was March 11, 2016. [2] Incumbent Luis Alejo (D) did not seek re-election. Anna Caballero defeated Karina Cervantez Alejo in the California State Assembly District 30 general election. [3] [4] California State Assembly, District 30 General Election, 2016 Party Candidate Vote % Votes Democratic Anna Caballero 62.47% 79,885 Democratic Karina Cervantez Alejo 37.53% 47,998 Total Votes 127,883 Source: California Secretary of State Anna Caballero and Karina Cervantez Alejo defeated Georgia Acosta and John M. Nevill in the California State Assembly District 30 Blanket primary. [5] [6] California State Assembly, District 30 Blanket Primary, 2016 Party Candidate Vote % Votes Democratic Anna Caballero 46.15% 37,505 Democratic Karina Cervantez Alejo 26.03% 21,158 Republican Georgia Acosta 15.58% 12,662 Republican John M. Nevill 12.24% 9,949 Total Votes 81,274

2010

See also: California State Senate elections, 2010 Caballero was eligible but did not seek re-election in 2010. She instead sought election to the district 12 seat of the California State Senate . She was defeated by Republican Anthony Cannella in the November 2 general election. [7] California State Senate, District 12 General Election (2010) Candidates Votes Anthony Cannella (R) 92,270 Anna Caballero (D) 86,963

2008

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2008 In 2008, Caballero was re-elected to the California State Assembly District 28. Caballero (D) ran unopposed and finished with 90,012 votes. [8] California State Assembly District 28 Candidates Votes Anna Caballero (D) 90,012

Issue positions (campaign themes)

2026

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2022

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Committee assignments

Committee assignments

2025-2026 Caballero was assigned to the following committees: Fairs, Allocation, and Classification Committee Senate Appropriations Committee , Chair Senate Insurance Committee Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee Senate Public Safety Committee Housing Committee Senate Judiciary Committee Rules Committee 2023-2024 Caballero was assigned to the following committees: Banking and Financial Institutions Committee Budget and Fiscal Review Committee Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee Governance and Finance Committee , Chair Housing Committee Senate Judiciary Committee Fairs, Allocation, and Classification Committee 2021-2022 Caballero was assigned to the following committees: Senate Judiciary Committee Fairs, Allocation, and Classification Committee , Vice Chair Legislative Budget Committee Senate Agriculture Committee Banking and Financial Institutions Committee Budget and Fiscal Review Committee Housing Committee 2019-2020 Caballero was assigned to the following committees: Fairs, Allocation, and Classification Committee , Vice Chair Budget and Fiscal Review Committee Senate Agriculture Committee Banking and Financial Institutions Committee Natural Resources and Water Committee Housing Committee

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees: California committee assignments, 2017 • Aging and Long-Term Care • Agriculture , Chair • Budget • Insurance • Local Government • Fairs, Allocation, and Classification

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Sources

• CalMatters 2026 Voter Guide
• Ballotpedia (enrichment, when available)