Shari Freidenrich

Office sought: Orange County Treasurer-Tax Collector
Party: Nonpartisan

Background

Biography. Shari Freidenrich earned a bachelor’s degree from Washington State University. Freidenrich’s career experience includes working as a certified public accountant. [1]

Prior offices and election history

2026

See also: Municipal elections in Orange County, California (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. The candidate list in this election may not be complete. Nonpartisan primary Nonpartisan primary election for Orange County Treasurer-Tax Collector Incumbent Shari Freidenrich (Nonpartisan) and Dana Schultz (Nonpartisan) are running in the primary for Orange County Treasurer-Tax Collector on June 2, 2026. Candidate Shari Freidenrich (Nonpartisan) Dana Schultz (Nonpartisan) Incumbents are bolded and underlined . = 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.

2026 — Endorsements

Freidenrich received the following endorsements. To view a full list of Freidenrich’s endorsements as published by their campaign, click here . To send us additional endorsements, click here . April’s Common Sense Cali Voters (Sway voting group by April Silverman (Cali MAGA Barbie)) California Republican Assembly’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by California Republican Assembly) Fullerton Observer’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by Fullerton Observer) Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association) Reform California The Morning Answer with Jennifer Horn

2022

See also: Municipal elections in Orange County, California (2022) Nonpartisan primary election Nonpartisan primary for Orange County Treasurer-Tax Collector Incumbent Shari Freidenrich won election outright in the primary for Orange County Treasurer-Tax Collector on June 7, 2022. Candidate % Votes ✔ Shari Freidenrich (Nonpartisan) 100.0 478,368 Incumbents are bolded and underlined . The results have been certified. Source Total votes: 478,368 = 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.

2018

See also: Municipal elections in Orange County, California (2018) Nonpartisan primary election Nonpartisan primary for Orange County Treasurer-Tax Collector Incumbent Shari Freidenrich won election outright in the primary for Orange County Treasurer-Tax Collector on June 5, 2018. Candidate % Votes ✔ Shari Freidenrich (Nonpartisan) 100.0 451,081 Incumbents are bolded and underlined . The results have been certified. Total votes: 451,081 = 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.

Issue positions (campaign themes)

2026

Ballotpedia survey responses See also: Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection Shari Freidenrich completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Freidenrich’s responses. Expand all | Collapse all Who are you? Tell us about yourself. I am the current Elected Treasurer-Tax Collector and have run unopposed in the 2014, 2018 and 2022 elections. I have saved taxpayers almost $1 Billion in the last 15 years since being elected in 2010. I am the only CPA in the race and also am a highly credentialed individual with four specialized certifications relating to government public funds and treasury operations. I work for taxpayers and strive to perform my duties defined in state law in a common sense, efficient and cost-effective manner. Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office? I am a CPA and again endorsed by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association PAC and by the OC Taxpayers Association PAC (endorsed in 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 elections). I am also again endorsed by the California Women’s Leadership Association and recommended in a variety of voter guides. In this non-partisan positions, I have cut government waste by saving taxpayers’ dollars by almost $1 Billion in the last 15 years while in Office working for the people of the OC. As the Tax Collector, I eliminated over 40,000 property tax bills annually for small businesses after I determined that it was costing us more to process and bill them then the taxes billed and saved them up to $3.2 million annually in property taxes. Taxpayers regularly tell me how easy it is to use our property tax website at TaxBill@octreasurer.gov, where we have a guest payment option, have 16 years of property tax bills online, an online statement and payment history, links to a GIS map with information your property, and links to check for title fraud. As your Treasurer-Tax Collector, my goal is to safeguard public funds and have never lost a dime of principal in the last 30 years I have worked for you. I am the banker for the County and for the School and Community College Districts and receive and pay out all public funds. I collect property taxes on behalf of over 200 local agencies in the County. I increased the property tax collection rate by 1.7% to a state record high of 99.4% and currently have the highest secured property tax collection rate when compared to our peer counties. This benefits you as a taxpayer as based on the increase in the collection rate, taxpayers save over $12M in annual penalties. A high rate brings in additional cash annually for all local agencies. What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? I am passionate about working and serving the people of Orange County. I have and will continue to implement policies to benefit you and that are also efficient and cost-effective so that your tax dollars go toward needed services provided by local agencies. I recently negotiated a state contract for credit card payment options that reduced service fees for businesses from 2.57% down to 2.25%, expected to save businesses thousands of dollars in service fees. Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate’s campaign requests it.

2022

Shari Freidenrich did not complete Ballotpedia’s 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

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Sources

• Ballotpedia — Orange County 2026 aggregator
• Upstream: https://ballotpedia.org/Shari_Freidenrich