The Green Papers: California 2009 General Election
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Special Primary House CD 32: Tuesday 19 May 2009
Special General Election House CD 32: Tuesday 14 July 2009
Special Primary House CD 10: Tuesday 1 September 2009
Special Election House CD 10: Tuesday 3 November 2009
Electoral Votes:55(10.22% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:53(12.18% of 435)
2000 Census:33,930,798 (12.03% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):24,873,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):15,707,307
Capital:Sacramento
Tuesday 19 May 2009 polling hours 7:00a PDT (1400 UTC) to 8:00p PDT (0300 UTC).
Tuesday 14 July 2009 polling hours 7:00a PDT (1400 UTC) to 8:00p PDT (0300 UTC).
Tuesday 1 September 2009 polling hours 7:00a PDT (1400 UTC) to 8:00p PDT (0300 UTC).
Tuesday 3 November 2009 polling hours 7:00a PST (1500 UTC) to 8:00p PST (0400 UTC).
 

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California State and Local Government


NOTE re: elections to the LEGISLATURE

CALIFORNIA elects half of its 40-member State Senate every two years, State Senators so elected serving four-year terms.

In 2008, State Senators representing the odd-numbered Senatorial Districts: these being 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37 and 39 are up for election to 4-year terms; State Senators from the remaining 20 Senatorial Districts were elected to four-year terms in 2006 and will be up for election again in 2010.

The entire 80-member Assembly is elected every two years and, thus, all 80 Assemblymen are up for election in 2008.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 111th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein
First elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 1992 [held to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Pete Wilson (Republican): 7 January 1991- which John Seymour (Republican) had been appointed by Governor Pete Wilson (Republican) to fill, 10 January 1991];
Elected to full term: 1994; re-elected 2000; 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Class 3 Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer
First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1998, 2004
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990]
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

  Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
First elected in a special election: 2003; re-elected: 2006
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Chair - At term limit

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Republican (pending) Lieutenant Governor Abel Maldonado
Appointed: 23 November 2009 (awaiting confirmation)
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  

Lieutenant Governor John Raymond Garamendi (Democratic), who was first elected in 2006, ran for and won the 3 November 2009 U.S. House CD 10 special election to fill the vacant seat of former Congressman and Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Ellen O. Tauscher (Democratic). Mr. Garamendi resigned as Lietenant Governor Thursday 5 November 2009.

On 23 November 2009, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger nominated state Senator Abel Maldonado (Republican) as California's new Lieutenant Governor. The nomination requires confirmation by the state Legislature.

California Constitution, Article 5, Section 5 (b):

(b) Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the ... Lieutenant Governor ..., the Governor shall nominate a person to fill the vacancy who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority of the membership of the Senate and a majority of the membership of the Assembly and who shall hold office for the balance of the unexpired term. In the event the nominee is neither confirmed nor refused confirmation ... within 90 days of the submission of the nomination, the nominee shall take office as if he or she had been confirmed by a majority of the Senate and Assembly; provided, that if such 90-day period ends during a recess of the Legislature, the period shall be extended until the sixth day following the day on which the Legislature reconvenes.

111th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
34 Democratic (34 Undetermined);
19 Republican (19 Undetermined)

CD 1
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Democratic Congressman C. Michael "Mike" Thompson
First elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 2
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Republican Congressman Walter William "Wally" Herger, Jr.
First elected: 1986
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 3
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Republican Congressman Daniel E. "Dan" Lungren
First elected: 2004
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 4
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Republican Congressman Thomas "Tom" McClintock
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 5
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Democratic Congressman Doris K. Matsui
First elected in a special election 8 March 2005
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 6
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Democratic Congressman Lynn C. Woolsey
First elected: 1992
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 7
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Democratic Congressman George Miller
First elected: 1974
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 8
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Democratic Congressman Nancy Pelosi
First elected: 2 June 1987- in Special Election re: death of Congressman Sala Burton, 1 February 1987
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 9
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Democratic Congressman Barbara Lee
First elected: 7 April 1998- in Special Election re: resignation of Congressman Ronald Dellums, 6 February 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 10
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Democratic Congressman John Raymond Garamendi
First elected in a special election: 3 November 2009
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
 18 March 2009: Congressman Ellen O. Tauscher: "For the past 13 years, I have had the honor and privilege of serving you in Congress. ... Last week, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton asked me to serve as Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. While her offer is both generous and flattering, I did not take the decision lightly. I accepted it after much soul searching and long discussions with my family and friends. ... The confirmation process for senior posts in government is fraught with uncertainty and can take weeks, if not months."

25 Jun 2009: This evening, the U.S. Senate confirmed Congressman Ellen O. Tauscher viva voce (by voice vote) as Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security.

Congressman Ellen O. Tauscher resigned on Friday 26 June 2009 with the vacancy becoming effective Saturday 27 June 2009.

On 3 July 2009, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called a special election for Tuesday 3 November 2009 to fill this seat. Eight weeks prior to the special election, Tuesday 1 September 2009, all candidates will run in non-partisan primary-- all candidates are on a single ballot. If one candidate receives a majority (50% plus 1) of the vote, that candidate is elected. Otherwise, the top vote getter from each party participates in the special election. Next regular election: Tuesday 2 November 2010.

3 November 2009: California Lieutenant Governor John Raymond Garamendi wins the special election.


CD 10
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Seat up for election
Special Election
Democratic
Seat up for election: Tuesday 3 November 2009
Special Election
  Elected Democratic 66,311 52.98% Lieutenant Governor John Raymond Garamendi
Received 25.70% of the vote in the 1 September 2009 primary

FEC H0CA10149: $1,171,440
  Candidate Republican 53,441 42.69% David Jeffrey Harmer
Received 21.05% of the vote in the 1 September 2009 primary

FEC H0CA10123: $1,022,635
  Candidate Green 2,314 1.85% Jeremy Cloward
Received 0.51% of the vote in the 1 September 2009 primary
  Candidate Peace And Freedom 1,672 1.34% Mary C. McIlroy
Received 0.25% of the vote in the 1 September 2009 primary
  Candidate American Independent 1,435 1.15% Jerome "Jerry" Denham
Received 0.29% of the vote in the 1 September 2009 primary
Total 125,173 100.00%  
  

On 3 July 2009, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called a special election for Tuesday 3 November 2009 to fill this seat. Eight weeks prior to the special election, Tuesday 1 September 2009, all candidates will run in non-partisan primary-- all candidates are on a single ballot. If one candidate receives a majority (50% plus 1) of the vote, that candidate is elected. Otherwise, the top vote getter from each party participates in the special election. Next regular election: Tuesday 2 November 2010.

3 November 2009 Returns from an official source


CD 11
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Democratic Congressman Jerry McNerney
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 12
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Democratic Congressman Jackie Speier
First elected: 8 April 2008 in a Special Election
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 13
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Democratic Congressman Fortney "Pete" Stark
First elected: 1972
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 14
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Democratic Congressman Anna G. Eshoo
First elected: 1992
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 15
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Democratic Congressman Michael M. "Mike" Honda
First elected: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 16
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Democratic Congressman Zoe Lofgren
First elected: 1994
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 17
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Democratic Congressman Sam Farr
First elected: 8 June 1993- in Special Election re: resignation of Congressman Leon Panetta, 21 January 1993
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 18
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Democratic Congressman Dennis A. Cardoza
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 19
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Republican Congressman George P. Radanovich
First elected: 1994
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 20
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Democratic Congressman Jim Costa
First elected: 2004
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 21
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Republican Congressman Devin Gerald Nunes
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 22
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Republican Congressman Kevin McCarthy
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 23
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Democratic Congressman Lois G. Capps
First elected: 10 March 1998- in Special Election re: death of Congressman Walter Capps, 28 October 1997
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 24
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Republican Congressman Elton Gallegly
First elected: 1986
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 25
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Republican Congressman Howard P. "Buck" McKeon
First elected: 1992
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 26
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Republican Congressman David Dreier
First elected: 1980
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 27
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Democratic Congressman Brad Sherman
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 28
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Democratic Congressman Howard L. Berman
First elected: 1982
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 29
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Democratic Congressman Adam B. Schiff
First elected: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 30
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Democratic Congressman Henry A. Waxman
First elected: 1974
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 31
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Democratic Congressman Xavier Becerra
First elected: 1992
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 32
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Democratic Congressman Judy Chu
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2010
First elected in a Special Election 14 July 2009
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Elected Democratic 15,238 61.67% Congressman Judy Chu
State Board of Equalization Chair Judy Chu won the Democratic nomination with 32.64% of the vote in the 19 May 2009 primary. She went on to win the 14 July 2009 Special Election.

FEC H0CA32101: $1,689,497
  Candidate Republican 8,185 33.12% Monterey Park Council Member Betty Tom Chu
Won Republican nomination with 10.44% of the vote in the 19 May 2009 primary

FEC H0CA32218: $212,314
  Candidate Libertarian 1,287 5.21% Christopher M. Agrella
Won Libertarian nomination with 1.21% of the vote in the 19 May 2009 primary
    Democratic     Francisco Alonso - lost primary
Received 2.03% in the 19 May 2009 primary

FEC H0CA32176: $48,430
    Democratic     state Senator Gilbert "Gil" Cedillo - lost primary
Received 23.23% in the 19 May 2009 primary

FEC H0CA32127: $958,667
    Democratic     Benita Duran - lost primary
Received 1.22% in the 19 May 2009 primary
    Democratic     Stefan "Contreras" Lysenko - lost primary
Received 0.45% in the 19 May 2009 primary
    Democratic     Nick Juan Mostert - lost primary
Received 0.45% in the 19 May 2009 primary
    Democratic     Rafael F. Nadal - lost primary
Received 0.37% in the 19 May 2009 primary
    Democratic     Emanuel Pleitez - lost primary
Received 13.40% in the 19 May 2009 prima

FEC H0CA32143: $316,201
    Republican     Teresa Hernandez - lost primary
Received 8.47% in the 19 May 2009 primary

FEC H0CA32135: $151,105
    Republican     David Allen Truax - lost primary
Received 6.10% in the 19 May 2009 primary

FEC H0CA32150: $11,113
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent)     Eleanor Garcia
    Write-in; (No Ballot Designation)     Larry Dean Scarborough - lost primary
Received 0.001% in the 19 May 2009 primary
Total 24,710 100.00%  
  

Congressman Hilda L. Solis, who was first elected in 2000, was nominated for Secretary of Labor by the Obama Administration on 19 December 2008. She was approved by Committee on 11 February 2009 and confirmed by a Senate Roll Call Vote of 80-17 on 24 February 2009.

On 10 March 2009, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called a special election to fill this vacant seat. In the Tuesday 19 May 2009 special non-partisan primary, all candidates will run on a single ballot. If one candidate receives a majority (50% plus 1) of the vote, that candidate is elected. Otherwise, the top vote getter from each party participates in a Tuesday 14 July 2009 special general election. Write-in candidates must file their Statement of Write-In Candidacy and Nomination Papers by 5 May 2009. Next regular election: Tuesday 2 November 2010.

19 May 2009 candidate list: http://rrcc.co.la.ca.us/candlist/1328cand/1328_candidate.htm
California Secretary of State - Congressional District 32 - Special Election.

20 May 2009 5:19a PDT: Since no candidate received 50% of the vote, the top vote getter from each party will advance to a Tuesday 14 July 2009 special general election. The candidates are: State Board of Equalization Chair Judy Chu (32.64%, Democratic), Monterey Park Council Member Betty Tom Chu (10.44%, Republican), Christopher M. Agrella (1.21%, Libertarian). 19 May 2009 official returns from the California Secretary of State .

14 July 2009 candidate list: http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/Special/cd32/certified-list-of-candidates-cd32-general.pdf

Judy Chu (Democratic) won the 14 July 2009 Special Election with 62% of the vote. Results from an source. She was sworn on 16 July.


CD 33
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Democratic Congressman Diane E. Watson
First elected: 5 June 2001- in a Special Election re: death of Congressman Julian Dixon, 8 December 2000.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 34
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Democratic Congressman Lucille Roybal-Allard
First elected: 1992
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 35
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Democratic Congressman Maxine Waters
First elected: 1990
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 36
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Democratic Congressman Jane Harman
Returned to House: 2000 (First elected: 1992 and served three terms before an unsuccessful race for the Democratic nomination for Governor, 1998)
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 37
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Democratic Congressman Laura Richardson
First elected in a special election to fill the vacancy resulting from the 22 April 2007 passing of Democratic Congressman Juanita Millender-McDonald: 21 August 2007
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 38
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Democratic Congressman Grace Flores Napolitano
First elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 39
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Democratic Congressman Linda T. Sánchez
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 40
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Republican Congressman Edward R. "Ed" Royce
First elected: 1992
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 41
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Republican Congressman Jerry Lewis
First elected: 1978
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 42
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Republican Congressman Gary G. Miller
First elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 43
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Democratic Congressman Joe Baca
First elected: 16 November 1999- in Special Election re: death of Congressman George Brown, 15 July 1999
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 44
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Republican Congressman Kenneth S. "Ken" Calvert
First elected: 1992
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 45
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Republican Congressman Mary Bono Mack
First elected: 7 April 1998- in Special Election re: death of Congressman Sonny Bono, 5 January 1998.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 46
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Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher
First elected: 1988
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 47
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Democratic Congressman Loretta Sanchez
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Possible candidate for Governor in 2010

CD 48
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Republican Congressman John B. T. Campbell, III
First elected in a special election: 6 December 2005 (to fill the vacant seat of Congressman Christopher Cox who became Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission)
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 49
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Republican Congressman Darrell Edward Issa
First elected: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 50
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Republican Congressman Brian Phillip Bilbray
First elected 6 June 2006 in a special election to replace Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 51
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Democratic Congressman Bob Filner
First elected: 1992
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 52
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Republican Congressman Duncan Duane Hunter
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 53
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Democratic Congressman Susan A. Davis
First elected: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Democratic Secretary of State Debra Bowen
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Controller  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Democratic Controller John Chiang
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Democratic Treasurer Bill Lockyer
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Democratic Attorney General Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Jr.
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - Candidate for Governor in 2010

Insurance Commissioner  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Republican Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - Running for Governor in 2010

Superintendent of Public Instruction  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  No Party Affiliation; (Democratic) Public Instruction Superintendent Jack T. O'Connell
First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - At term limit.

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
  Democratic (affiliates): 42 incumbents, 2 candidates
  Republican: 22 incumbents, 2 candidates
Major Third Parties
  Green (affiliates): 1 candidate
  Libertarian: 1 candidate
Other Third Parties
  American Independent (affiliate of America's Independent): 1 candidate
  Peace And Freedom: 1 candidate
Independents
  Independent: 1 candidate
  No Ballot Designation
  No Party Affiliation: 1 incumbent
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Write-in: 1 candidate
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.

 


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