California elections, November 2010

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The California state elections, November 2010 were held on November 2, 2010.^[1]

On a year marked by a strong Republican wave nationwide, the State of California elected Democrats to the state's top offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, State Controller, State Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Education, Insurance Commissioner and United States Senator. On November 24, 2010, the California Democratic Party set a record for winning every statewide elected office in California in a single election when the last outstanding race - the one for Attorney General - was decided in Kamala Harris' favor. Because fellow Democrat Dianne Feinstein holds the other Senate seat that was not up for election in 2010, the Democrats held every statewide elected office in California beginning in 2011.

United States Senate

United States Senate election in California, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara Boxer (incumbent)	5,218,441	52.2
	Republican	Carly Fiorina	4,217,366	42.2
	Libertarian	Gail Lightfoot	175,242	1.8
	Peace and Freedom	Marsha Feinland	135,093	1.4
	Green	Duane Roberts	128,510	1.2
	American Independent	Edward Noonan	125,441	1.2
	Independent	James E. Harris (write-in)	41	0.0
	Independent	Connor Vlakancic (write-in)	11	0.0
	Independent	Jerry Leon Carroll (write-in)	10	0.0
	Independent	Hans J. Kugler (write-in)	5	0.0
Valid ballots			10,000,160		{{{change}}}
Invalid or blank votes				%
Total votes			'	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2010^[2]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	Democratic	5,137,507	53.4%	34	0
	Republican	4,182,957	43.4%	19	0
	Others	307,857	3.2%	0	0
Valid votes		9,628,321
Invalid or blank votes
Totals			100.0%	53	0
Voter turnout

Constitutional officers

Governor

California gubernatorial election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerry Brown	5,417,731	53.8
	Republican	Meg Whitman	4,120,020	40.9
	American Independent	Chelene Nightingale	165,928	1.7
	Libertarian	Dale Ogden	150,547	1.5
	Green	Laura Wells	128,419	1.3
	Peace and Freedom	Carlos Alvarez	92,637	0.9
	Libertarian	Cassandra Lieurance (write-in)	285	0.0
	Independent	Lea Sherman (write-in)	43	0.0
	Independent	Rakesh K. Christian (write-in)	13	0.0
	Democratic	Nadia B. Smalley (write-in)	8	0.0
	Independent	Hugh Bagley (write-in)	4	0.0
	Independent	Rowan Millar (write-in)	4	0.0
	Independent	Jacob Vangelisti (write-in)	4	0.0
	Democratic	Anselmo Chavez (write-in)	2	0.0
Valid ballots			10,075,645		{{{change}}}
Invalid or blank votes				%
Total votes			'	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Lieutenant Governor

California lieutenant governor election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gavin Newsom	4,918,158	50.2
	Republican	Abel Maldonado (incumbent)	3,820,977	39.0
	Libertarian	Pamela Brown	574,640	5.9
	American Independent	Jim King	184,899	1.9
	Green	James Castillo	163,987	1.6
	Peace and Freedom	C. T. Weber	116,350	1.1
	Independent	Karen England (write-in)	34,119	0.3
Valid ballots			9,813,130		{{{change}}}
Invalid or blank votes				%
Total votes			'	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Secretary of State

California Secretary of State election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Debra Bowen (incumbent)	5,105,600	53.2
	Republican	Damon Dunn	3,666,397	38.2
	Green	Ann Menasche	286,701	3.0
	Libertarian	Christina Tobin	214,353	2.3
	Peace and Freedom	Marylou Cabral	164,458	1.7
	American Independent	Merton D. Short	162,100	1.6
Valid ballots			9,599,609		{{{change}}}
Invalid or blank votes				%
Total votes			'	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

State Controller

California State Controller election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Chiang (incumbent)	5,325,657	55.2
	Republican	Tony Strickland	3,487,007	36.1
	Libertarian	Andrew "Andy" Favor	292,440	3.1
	Peace and Freedom	Karen Martinez	209,647	2.2
	Green	Ross D. Frankel	191,284	1.9
	American Independent	Lawrence G. Beliz	154,147	1.5
Valid ballots			9,660,182		{{{change}}}
Invalid or blank votes				%
Total votes			'	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

State Treasurer

California State Treasurer election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Lockyer (incumbent)	5,433,508	56.5
	Republican	Mimi Walters	3,479,712	36.2
	Green	Charles "Kit" Crittenden	231,165	2.4
	Libertarian	Edward M. Teyssier	218,387	2.2
	American Independent	Robert Lauten	135,930	1.4
	Peace and Freedom	Debra L. Reiger	125,573	1.3
Valid ballots			9,624,275		{{{change}}}
Invalid or blank votes				%
Total votes			'	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

Attorney General

California Attorney General election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kamala Harris	4,443,070	46.1
	Republican	Steve Cooley	4,368,617	45.3
	Green	Peter Allen	258,880	2.7
	Libertarian	Timothy Hannan	246,584	2.6
	American Independent	Diane Templin	169,994	1.7
	Peace and Freedom	Robert Evans	160,426	1.6
Valid ballots			9,647,571		{{{change}}}
Invalid or blank votes				%
Total votes			'	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

Insurance Commissioner

California Insurance Commissioner election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dave Jones	4,765,693	50.6
	Republican	Mike Villines	3,540,610	37.6
	Libertarian	Richard Bronstein	372,684	4.0
	Peace and Freedom	Dina Padilla	293,512	3.1
	Green	William Balderston	252,305	2.6
	American Independent	Clay Pedersen	198,352	2.1
Valid ballots			9,423,156		{{{change}}}
Invalid or blank votes				%
Total votes			'	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Superintendent of Public Instruction

California Superintendent of Public Instruction election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Torlakson	4,223,116	54.6
	Independent	Larry Aceves	3,476,288	44.9
	Independent	Diane Lenning (write-in)	46,061	0.5
Valid ballots			7,745,465		{{{change}}}
Invalid or blank votes				%
Total votes			'	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

Board of Equalization

District 1

California's 1st Board of Equalization district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Betty T. Yee (incumbent)	1,617,655	63.1
	Republican	Kevin R. Scott	799,316	31.2
	Libertarian	Kennita Watson	77,942	3.0
	Peace and Freedom	Sherrill Borg	71,189	2.7
Valid ballots			2,566,102		{{{change}}}
Invalid or blank votes				%
Total votes			'	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 2

California's 2nd Board of Equalization district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George Runner	1,189,504	50.0
	Democratic	Chris Parker	1,019,844	42.9
	Libertarian	Willard D. Michlin	112,825	4.7
	Peace and Freedom	Toby Mitchell-Sawyer	58,242	2.4
Valid ballots			2,380,415		{{{change}}}
Invalid or blank votes				%
Total votes			'	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 3

California's 3rd Board of Equalization district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michelle Steel (incumbent)	1,325,538	54.9
	Democratic	Mary Christian Heising	836,057	34.6
	Libertarian	Jerry L. Dixon	117,783	4.8
	Peace and Freedom	Mary Lou Finley	79,870	3.3
	American Independent	Terri Lussenheide	59,513	2.4
Valid ballots			2,418,761		{{{change}}}
Invalid or blank votes				%
Total votes			'	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 4

California's 4th Board of Equalization district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerome Horton (incumbent)	1,223,906	71.8
	American Independent	Shawn Hoffman	215,639	12.6
	Libertarian	Peter "Pedro" De Baets	198,575	11.6
	Peace and Freedom	Nancy Lawrence	68,577	4.0
Valid ballots			1,706,697		{{{change}}}
Invalid or blank votes				%
Total votes			'	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

Supreme Court

Chief Justice nomination

Choice	Votes	%
Tani Cantil-Sakauye
Yes	4,764,829	67.1
No	2,340,721	32.9
Total votes	7,105,550	100.00

Associate Justices

Choice	Votes	%
Ming W. Chin
Yes	4,592,594	65.5
No	2,422,435	34.5
Total votes	7,015,029	100.00

Choice	Votes	%
Carlos R. Moreno
Yes	4,739,562	67.7
No	2,258,060	32.3
Total votes	6,997,622	100.00

State Senate

There are 40 seats in the State Senate, the upper house of California's bicameral State Legislature. Voters in the 20 even-numbered districts of the California State Senate will vote for their representatives.

California State Senate elections, 2010
Party		Votes	Percentage	Not up	Incumbents	Open	Before	After
	Democratic	2,269,550	55.6	11	9	5	25	25
	Republican	1,728,863	42.3	9	1	5	15	15
	Libertarian	64,163	1.6	0	0	0	0	0
	Green	11,871	0.3	0	0	0	0	0
	Peace and Freedom	10,209	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
	Independent	10	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		4,084,666	100.0	20	10	10	40	40

State Assembly

Voters in all 80 of California's State Assembly districts voted for their representatives.

California State Assembly elections, 2010
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	Democratic	5,024,759	54.0	52	+2
	Republican	4,084,979	43.9	28	-1
	Libertarian	115,709	1.2	0	0
	Green	46,599	0.5	0	0
	Peace and Freedom	26,809	0.3	0	0
	American Independent	4,269	0.1	0	0
	Independent	163	0.0	0	-1
Invalid or blank votes				—	—
Valid votes		9,303,287		—	—
Totals			100.0%	80	—
Voter turnout

Statewide ballot propositions

The following propositions have been approved for the November ballot either through referral by the state legislature or by obtaining 433,971 signatures for proposed statutes and 694,354 signatures for constitutional amendments.^[3]

Proposition 18

This is a legislatively referred state statute that would authorize an $11.1 billion bond to upgrade California's water system. On August 9, 2010, the California Legislature postponed the vote on the proposition until 2012.^[4]

Proposition 19

This is a citizen-initiated state statute that would legalize up to 1 ounce of marijuana for persons 21 years or older and would allow local governments to regulate as well as tax the newly created cannabis market.

Choice	Votes	%
Proposition 19
No	5,322,716	53.5
Yes	4,634,383	46.5
Total votes	9,957,099	100.00

^[5]

Proposition 20

This is a citizen-initiated constitutional amendment that would require the California Citizens Redistricting Commission to re-draw congressional district lines, in addition to its current job of drawing state senate district lines and state assembly district lines.

Choice	Votes	%
Proposition 20
Yes	5,733,104	61.2
No	3,628,769	38.8
Total votes	9,361,873	100.00

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Proposition 21

This is a citizen-initiated state statute that would increase vehicle license fees by $18 a year to fund state parks. The initiative also removes current state park motor vehicle parking fees.^[6]

Choice	Votes	%
Proposition 21
No	5,605,610	57.3
Yes	4,181,226	42.7
Total votes	9,786,836	100.00

^[5]

Proposition 22

This is a citizen-initiated constitutional amendment that would prevent the state government from taking certain funds, such as transportation funds, from the local governments.

Choice	Votes	%
Proposition 22
Yes	5,722,627	60.6
No	3,717,765	39.4
Total votes	9,440,392	100.00

^[5]

Proposition 23

This is a citizen-initiated state statute that would suspend California's Global Warming Solutions Act until statewide unemployment falls below 5.5% for four consecutive quarters.

Choice	Votes	%
Proposition 23
No	5,962,305	61.5
Yes	3,727,076	38.5
Total votes	9,689,381	100.00

^[5]

Proposition 24

This is a citizen-initiated state statute that would repeal three business tax breaks passed by the state legislature as part of negotiations of the 2008–10 California budget crisis.

Choice	Votes	%
Proposition 24
No	5,461,674	58.1
Yes	3,939,118	41.9
Total votes	9,400,792	100.00

^[5]

Proposition 25

This is a citizen-initiated constitutional amendment that would allow state budgets to be passed by the state legislature by a simple majority instead of the current two-thirds requirement. The two-thirds majority for passing taxes would not change.

Choice	Votes	%
Proposition 25
Yes	5,251,319	55.1
No	4,284,852	44.9
Total votes	9,536,171	100.00

^[5]

Proposition 26

This is a citizen-initiated constitutional amendment that would require voters to approve new state levies and charges by a two-thirds super majority, with some exceptions.

Choice	Votes	%
Proposition 26
Yes	4,915,262	52.4
No	4,460,681	47.6
Total votes	9,375,943	100.00

^[5]

Proposition 27

This is a citizen-initiated constitutional amendment that would repeal Proposition 11, which established the Citizens Redistricting Commission.

Choice	Votes	%
Proposition 27
No	5,457,940	59.4
Yes	3,729,612	40.6
Total votes	9,187,552	100.00

^[5]

References

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External links

California Elections and Voter Information from the California Secretary of State
Candidates for California State Offices at Project Vote Smart
California Polls at Pollster.com
California at Rasmussen Reports
California Congressional Races in 2010 campaign finance data from OpenSecrets.org
California 2010 campaign finance data from Follow the Money
Elections 2010 at the San Jose Mercury News

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California elections, November 2010

Contents

United States Senate

United States House of Representatives

Constitutional officers

Governor

Lieutenant Governor

Secretary of State

State Controller

State Treasurer

Attorney General

Insurance Commissioner

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Board of Equalization

District 1

District 2

District 3

District 4

Supreme Court

Chief Justice nomination

Associate Justices

State Senate

State Assembly

Statewide ballot propositions

Proposition 18

Proposition 19

Proposition 20

Proposition 21

Proposition 22

Proposition 23

Proposition 24

Proposition 25

Proposition 26

Proposition 27

See also

References

External links

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