2010 California State Senate election

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2010 California State Senate election
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20 seats from even-numbered districts in the California State Senate
21 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  Darrell Steinberg 2014 CADEM Convention.jpg Robert Dutton, 2020.jpg
Leader Darrell Steinberg Robert Dutton
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat 6th–Sacramento 31st–Rancho Cucamonga
Seats before2515
Seats after2515
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote2,279,8341,736,816
Percentage55.57%42.33%
2006 and 2010 California State Senate election.svg
Results:
     Democratic hold     Republican hold
     No election held
President pro tempore before election

Darrell Steinberg
Democratic

President pro tempore-designate

Darrell Steinberg
Democratic

The 2010 California State Senate elections were held on November 2, 2010. Voters in the 20 even-numbered districts of the California State Senate voted for their representatives. Other elections were also held on November 2. No seats changed parties in this election.

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Overview

California State Senate elections, 2010
PartyVotesPercentageNot upContestedBeforeAfter+/–
Democratic 2,279,83455.57%11142525Steady2.svg
Republican 1,736,81642.33%961515Steady2.svg
Libertarian 64,1641.56%0000Steady2.svg
American Independent 11,8710.29%0000Steady2.svg
Peace and Freedom 10,2090.25%0000Steady2.svg
Independent 100.00%0000Steady2.svg
Totals4,102,904100.00%20204040—

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Governing [1] Safe DNovember 1, 2010

Results

District 2 • District 4 • District 6 • District 8 • District 10 • District 12 • District 14 • District 16 • District 18 • District 20 • District 22 • District 24 • District 26 • District 28 • District 30 • District 32 • District 34 • District 36 • District 38 • District 40

The following results were reported: [2]

District 2

California's 2nd State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Noreen Evans 190,824 63.4
Republican Lawrence R. Wiesner110,20936.6
Independent Ed Musgrave (write-in)100.0
Total votes301,043 100.0
Democratic hold

District 4

California's 4th State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Doug LaMalfa 226,239 68.3
Democratic Lathe Gill105,46031.7
Total votes331,699 100.0
Republican hold

District 6

California's 6th State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Darrell Steinberg (incumbent) 137,012 61.0
Republican Marcel Weiland70,72431.5
Libertarian Steve Torno11,2364.9
Peace and Freedom Lanric Hyland5,9162.6
Total votes224,888 100.0
Democratic hold

District 8

California's 8th State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Leland Yee (incumbent) 197,070 79.0
Republican Doo Sup Park52,58721.0
Total votes249,657 100.0
Democratic hold

District 10

California's 10th State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ellen Corbett (incumbent) 139,799 66.6
Republican Rob Maffit58,26227.8
American Independent Ivan Chou11,8715.6
Total votes209,932 100.0
Democratic hold

District 12

California's 12th State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Anthony Cannella 92,270 51.5
Democratic Anna Caballero 86,92348.5
Total votes179,193 100.0
Republican hold

District 14

California's 14th State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tom Berryhill 191,097 66.4
Democratic Larry Johnson96,83533.6
Total votes287,932 100.0
Republican hold

District 16

California's 16th State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael Rubio 71,334 60.5
Republican Tim Thiesen46,71739.5
Total votes118,051 100.0
Democratic hold

District 18

California's 18th State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jean Fuller 166,051 68.9
Democratic Carter N. Pope75,22931.1
Total votes241,280 100.0
Republican hold

District 20

California's 20th State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Alex Padilla (incumbent) 94,356 68.4
Republican Kathleen "Suzy" Evans37,42027.1
Libertarian Adrian Galysh6,2454.5
Total votes138,051 100.0
Democratic hold

District 22

California's 22nd State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kevin de León 90,557 100.0
Total votes90,557 100.0
Democratic hold

District 24

California's 24th State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ed Hernandez 112,792 100.0
Republican William Rodriguez Morrison (write-in)220.0
Total votes112,814 100.0
Democratic hold

District 26

California's 26th State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Curren Price (incumbent) 151,733 81.3
Republican Nachum Shifren25,72813.8
Libertarian Bob Weber4,8822.6
Peace and Freedom Cindy Varela Henderson4,2932.3
Total votes186,636 100.0
Democratic hold

District 28

Incumbent Jenny Oropeza died on October 20, 2010, from complications from a blood clot, and remained on the ballot. A special election was called after she posthumously won the election.

California's 28th State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jenny Oropeza (incumbent) 142,578 58.2
Republican John S. Stammreich87,89635.8
Libertarian David Ruskin14,8796.0
Total votes245,353 100.0
Democratic hold

District 30

California's 30th State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ronald Calderon (incumbent) 105,946 68.6
Republican Warren P. Willis48,53431.4
Total votes154,480 100.0
Democratic hold

District 32

California's 32nd State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Gloria Negrete McLeod (incumbent) 92,691 67.9
Republican Earl De Vries43,92432.1
Total votes136,615 100.0
Democratic hold

District 34

California's 34th State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lou Correa (incumbent) 88,892 65.8
Republican Lucille Kring46,37734.2
Total votes135,269 100.0
Democratic hold

District 36

California's 36th State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Joel Anderson 193,573 63.2
Democratic Paul Clay101,11233.0
Libertarian Michael S. Metti11,7373.8
Total votes306,422 100.0
Republican hold

District 38

California's 38th State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mark Wyland (incumbent) 169,769 60.2
Democratic Gila Jones96,88434.4
Libertarian Kristi Stone15,1855.4
Total votes281,838 100.0
Republican hold

District 40

California's 40th State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Juan Vargas 101,767 59.5
Republican Brian Hendry69,41740.5
Total votes171,184 100.0
Democratic hold

References

  1. ↑ Jacobson, Louis (November 1, 2010). "Update: 2010 State Legislatures: A Challenging Environment for Democrats". Governing. Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  2. ↑ "California State Senate Elections, 2010". Ballotpedia. Ballotpedia Foundation. 2010. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
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