Eleni Kounalakis

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Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-06-2018	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor	5914068	Win
11-08-2022	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor	6418114	Win

Candidate Biography:

Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis
Born: March 3, 1966 in Sacramento, CA
Married: Markos Kounalakis
Children: Neo and Eon

1992: Staff, California Democratic Party
1996: Delegate, Democratic National Convention
2000: Delegate, Democratic National Convention
2004: Delegate, Democratic National Convention
Previous: Trustee, San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center
2008: Delegate, Democratic National Convention
2010-2013: U.S. Ambassador to Hungary
Previous: Member, First 5 California Commission board
2016-2017: Member, San Francisco Port Commission
2020: Member, Governor's Task Force on Business and Jobs Recovery
2026: Early Primary Candidate for Governor (Pending)

• HISTORY: On March 31, 2022, Lt. Governor Kounalakis became the first woman to sign a California bill into law when she signed AB 2179 (Grayson), relating to extending the state's COVID-19 eviction moratorium.
• PUBLISHED: Author of Madam Ambassador in 2015.
• In 2019, Kounalakis was the target of an attempted recall led by Erin Cruz. The recall failed to qualify for the ballot.