2010 California lieutenant gubernatorial election

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2010 California lieutenant gubernatorial election
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Nominee Gavin Newsom Abel Maldonado Pamela Brown
Party Democratic Republican Libertarian
Popular vote4,917,8803,820,971574,636
Percentage50.12%38.94%5.85%
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County results
Newsom:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Maldonado:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Lieutenant Governor before election

Abel Maldonado
Republican

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Gavin Newsom
Democratic

The 2010 California lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 2010, to elect the lieutenant governor of California. The primary election took place on June 8, 2010. Incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Abel Maldonado, who had been appointed to the office, ran for election to a full term but was defeated by Democratic Mayor Gavin Newsom of San Francisco. Newsom started his four-year term on 10 January 2011.

Contents

Democratic Primary

Candidates

Polls

Poll sourceDates administeredGavin NewsomDean FlorezJanice HahnAlan LowenthalUndecided
Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin and Associates [1] October 3–7, 2009—8%24%7%61%
Tulchin Research [2] January 201033%15%17%—35%

Results

California Democratic lieutenant governor primary, 2010
CandidateVotes %
Gavin Newsom 1,308,86055.5
Janice Hahn 780,11533.3
Eric Korevaar257,34910.9
Total votes2,346,324 100.00
Voter turnout31.0%

Republican Primary

Candidates

Results

California Republican lieutenant governor primary, 2010
CandidateVotes %
Abel Maldonado (incumbent)939,37043.6
Sam Aanestad 668,34531.0
Dave Harris180,9608.4
Bert Davis130,4866.1
Scott Levitt126,0235.8
Yvonne Girard111,5545.1
Total votes2,156,738 100.00
Voter turnout41.3%

Other Primaries

California lieutenant governor primary, 2010 (others)
PartyCandidateVotes%
American Independent Jim King 38,638 100
Green James Castillo 19,462 100
Libertarian Pamela Brown 18,276 100
Peace and Freedom C. T. Weber 3,813 100

[3]

General election

Opinion polls

Poll sourceDates administeredAbel Maldonado (R)Gavin Newsom (D)Undecided/other
Times/USC [4] October 13–20, 201037%41%5%
SurveyUSA [5] October 15–18, 201037%43%6%
The Field Poll [6] September 25, 201035%39%26%
Survey USA [7] September 19–21, 201041%44%11%
Public Policy Polling [8] September 14–16, 201036%39%24%
Survey USA [9] August 31-September 1, 201039%44%15%
Survey USA [10] August 8–11, 201042%43%15%
The Field Poll [11] June 22–25, 201034%43%23%

Results

California lieutenant governor election, 2010 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Gavin Newsom 4,917,880 50.12% +1.00%
Republican Abel Maldonado (incumbent)3,820,97138.94%−6.15%
Libertarian Pamela Brown574,6365.85%+4.18%
American Independent Jim King184,9011.88%+1.08%
Green James Castillo163,9821.67%−1.13%
Peace and Freedom C. T. Weber116,3461.19%+0.68%
Independent Karen England (write-in)34,1190.35%N/A
Total votes9,812,835 100.00% N/A
Democratic gain from Republican

References

  1. ↑ Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin and Associates
  2. ↑ Tulchin Research
  3. ↑ "2010 Gubernatorial Primary - June 8, 2010: Official Certified List of Candidates" (PDF). California Secretary of State. April 9, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2010. Retrieved May 31, 2010.
  4. ↑ Times/USC
  5. ↑ SurveyUSA
  6. ↑ The Field Poll
  7. ↑ Survey USA
  8. ↑ Public Policy Polling
  9. ↑ Survey USA
  10. ↑ Survey USA
  11. ↑ The Field Poll
  12. ↑ "Statement of the Vote - November 2, 2010 General Election" (PDF). California Secretary of State.

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