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The 2010 California Secretary of State election was held on November 2, 2010, to choose the Secretary of State of California. The primary election was held on June 8, 2010. Incumbent Democratic Debra Bowen won reelection to a second term.
The following were certified by the California Secretary of State as candidates in the primary election for Secretary of State. [1] [2] Candidates who won their respective primaries and qualified for the general election are shown in bold.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Damon Dunn | 1,477,811 | 74.4 | |
| Orly Taitz | 508,455 | 25.6 | |
| Roy Allmond (write-in) | 58 | 0 | |
| Total votes | 1,986,324 | 100.00 | |
| Voter turnout | 38.0% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Debra Bowen (incumbent) | 2,044,327 | 100 | |
| American Independent | Merton Short | 40,551 | 100 | |
| Green | Ann Menasche | 21,798 | 100 | |
| Libertarian | Christina Tobin | 18,189 | 100 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Marylou Cabral | 4,046 | 100 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Debra Bowen (incumbent) | 5,105,307 | 53.18% | +5.09% | |
| Republican | Damon Dunn | 3,666,407 | 38.19% | -6.80% | |
| Green | Ann Menasche | 286,694 | 2.99% | +0.83% | |
| Libertarian | Christina Tobin | 214,347 | 2.23% | +0.19% | |
| Peace and Freedom | Marylou Cabral | 164,450 | 1.71% | +0.62% | |
| American Independent | Merton D. Short | 162,102 | 1.69% | +0.07% | |
| Total votes | 9,599,307 | 100.0% | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
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