Democrat Malia Cohen was leading in California's race for controller, with early returns Tuesday night quashing GOP hopes to win statewide office for the first time since 2006.
Cohen, who serves on a state tax board, was leading Republican Lanhee Chen with 57% of the vote after about 30% of ballots were counted.
Chen, a former policy adviser to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, prevailed in the June primary, but the four Democrats running against him collectively won more votes. He's marketed himself as someone who would be an independent watchdog of the state's finances. "I can't think of a more important project to get the state back on track than an office that is supposed to be a watchdog for taxpayers but too often has really just been a rubber stamp," Chen said.
of fraudulent unemployment benefits were paid out during the pandemic. She wants to use her auditing power to identify problems within agencies and push for solutions to prevent them from happening again.
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