FINANCIAL · CA · 2003-2007
Steve Westly
State Controller · Democrat · California
NOTABLE
On the record
Tech entrepreneur (eBay); 2006 CA Gov primary loss to Angelides
Background
Steve Westly occupied the State Controller office in California for 4 years (2003–2007). Flagged as a notable historical figure by Officium's curation pass. Took office after Kathleen Connell; succeeded by John Chiang. Note: Tech entrepreneur (eBay); 2006 CA Gov primary loss to Angelides. Same-year political environment (2003): Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger; Attorney General Bill Lockyer; Secretary of State Kevin Shelley.
Auto-synthesized summary from Officium's indexed fields (tenure, predecessor / successor chain, career arc, FEC matches). Treat as derived metadata, not primary source.
From the article
Hot-linked from Wikipedia · CC BY-SA · click for full size.
Others who held this office in California
- Malia Cohen (2023-present)
- Betty Yee (2015-2023)
- John Chiang (2007-2015)
- Kathleen Connell (1995-2003)
- Gray Davis (1987-1995)
- Kenneth Cory (1975-1987)
- Houston I. Flournoy (1967-1975)
- Alan Cranston (1959-1967)
- Robert C. Kirkwood (1953-1959)
- Thomas H. Kuchel (1946-1953)