California gubernatorial election, 2010

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California gubernatorial election, 2010
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Nominee Jerry Brown Meg Whitman
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote5,428,4584,127,371
Percentage53.8%40.9%
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Election results by county
Brown:      40-50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Whitman:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Governor before election

Arnold Schwarzenegger
Republican

Elected Governor

Jerry Brown
Democratic

The 2010 California gubernatorial election was held November 2, 2010 to elect the Governor of California. The primary elections were held on June 8, 2010. Because constitutional office holders in California have been prohibited from serving more than two terms in the same office since 1990, incumbent Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger was ineligible to run for re-election for a third term. Former Governor Jerry Brown, to whom the term limits did not apply due to a grandfather clause, defeated Meg Whitman in the general election. Brown was sworn into office on January 3, 2011. [1] [2]

Governor of California head of state and of government of the U.S. state of California

The Governor of California is the head of government of the U.S. state of California. The California Governor is the chief executive of the state government and the commander-in-chief of the California National Guard and the California State Military Reserve.

California State of the United States of America

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States. With 39.6 million residents, California is the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area. The state capital is Sacramento. The Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous urban regions, with 18.7 million and 8.8 million residents respectively. Los Angeles is California's most populous city, and the country's second most populous, after New York City. California also has the nation's most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County. The City and County of San Francisco is both the country's second-most densely populated major city after New York City and the fifth-most densely populated county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs.

The incumbent is the current holder of an office. This term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent(s). For example, in the Hungarian presidential election, 2017, János Áder was the incumbent, because he had been the president in the term before the term for which the election sought to determine the president. A race without an incumbent is referred to as an open seat.

Contents

Republican primary

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Republican nominee Meg Whitman canpaigning

Candidates

Steve Poizner American businessman

Stephen Leo Poizner is an American businessman, technology entrepreneur and former Republican California Insurance Commissioner and Gubernatorial candidate. Poizner also ran as an independent candidate at November 2018 race for Insurance Commissioner of California to reclaim his seat for second term as well as to be first independent state officeholder in California, only to lose against Democrat Ricardo Lara.

California Insurance Commissioner

California Insurance Commissioner has been an elected executive office position in California since 1991. Prior to that time, the Insurance Commissioner was appointed by the Governor. The officeholder is in charge of the California Department of Insurance.

Meg Whitman American business executive

Margaret Cushing Whitman is an American business executive, political activist, and philanthropist. Whitman served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Whitman was a senior member of Mitt Romney's presidential campaigns in both 2008 and 2012 and ran for governor of California as a Republican but supported Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s) administeredTom Campbell*Meg WhitmanSteve PoiznerPeter Foy*
Capitol Weekly/Probolsky January 22–5, 200915%14%4%1%
The Field Poll February 20–March 1, 200918%21%7%—
Capitol Weekly/Probolsky May 25, 200913%10%8%1%
Research 2000 August 9, 200919%24%9%—
The Field Poll September 18–October 5, 200920%22%9%—
USC/Los Angeles Times October 27–November 3, 200927%35%10%—
Public Policy Institute of California December 16, 200912%32%8%—
The Field Poll January 5–17, 2010—45%17%—
22%36%9%—
Public Policy Institute of California January 27, 2010—41%11%—
Research 2000 March 10, 2010—52%19%—
The Field Poll March 17, 2010—63%14%—
Public Policy Institute of California March 24, 2010—61%11%—
USC/Los Angeles Times March 23–30, 2010—60%20%—
Survey USA April 19–21, 2010—49%27%—
Survey USA May 6–9, 2010—39%37%—
Research 2000 May 17–19, 2010—46%36%—
Public Policy Institute of California May 19, 2010—38%29%—
Public Policy Polling May 21–23, 2010—51%26%—
USC/Los Angeles Times May 19–26, 2010—53%29%—
Survey USA June 3–6, 2010—59%30%—

Results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Meg Whitman 1,529,53464.4
Republican Steve Poizner 632,94026.7
Republican Lawrence Naritelli54,2022.3
Republican Robert Newman38,4621.7
Republican Ken Miller36,6091.5
Republican Bill Chambers34,2431.4
Republican Douglas Hughes26,0851.0
Republican David Tully-Smith24,9781.0
Republican Steven Paul Mozena (write-in)260.0
Total votes2,377,079100.0

Democratic primary

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Democratic nominee Jerry Brown campaigning

Candidates

Declared

Jerry Brown 34th and 39th Governor of California

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Lowell Darling American artist

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Declined

Dianne Feinstein American politician

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Polling

Poll sourceDates administered Dianne Feinstein*Jerry BrownAntonio Villaraigosa*Gavin Newsom*John Garamendi*Jack O'Connell*Steve Westly*Bill Lockyer*
Capitol Weekly/Probolsky January 22–25, 200936%14%9%9%4%3%1%––
Lake Research Partners February 17–19, 2009––27%20%14%8%1%3%––
The Field Poll February 20–March 1, 200938%16%16%10%4%1%2%1%
––26%22%16%8%2%2%2%
Tulchin Poll April 23, 2009––31%12%16%11%6%––––
Capital Weekly May 25, 2009––24%15%16%7%5%3%––
J. Moore June 20, 2009––47%––26%––––––––
Research 2000 June 10–16, 2009––29%––20%––––––––
40%27%––16%––––––––
The Field Poll September 18–October 5, 2009––47%––27%––––––––

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jerry Brown 2,021,18984.4
Democratic Richard Aguirre95,5964.0
Democratic Charles Pineda94,6694.0
Democratic Vibert Greene54,2252.3
Democratic Joe Symmon54,1222.3
Democratic Lowell Darling39,9301.6
Democratic Peter Schurman35,4501.4
Democratic Nadia B. Smalley (write-in)1060.0
Total votes2,395,287100.0

American Independent primary

Candidates

Results

California American Independent gubernatorial primary, 2010
CandidateVotes%
Chelene Nightingale24,00058.1
Markham Robinson17,32741.9
Total votes41,327100
Voter turnout10.4%

Green primary

Candidates

Laura Wells American activist

Laura Wells is a candidate for U.S. Representative for California's 13th congressional district in the November 2018 election. She was a Green Party candidate for the 2010 Governor's race in the State of California. Wells is a political activist and former financial and business analyst. She supports making significant changes to Proposition 13 and to the current super-majority voting rule in the Sacramento legislature. In 2002 she garnered nearly a half million votes in her run for California State Controller. At the last 2010 Gubernatorial debate in California, which excluded all third party candidates, Wells was arrested upon attempting to enter the building to watch the debate.

Results

California Green gubernatorial primary, 2010
CandidateVotes%
Laura Wells 17,54879.5
Deacon Alexander4,53320.5
Total votes22,081100
Voter turnout19.6%

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Results

California Libertarian gubernatorial primary, 2010
CandidateVotes%
Dale Ogden17,477100
Voter turnout20.2%

Peace and Freedom primary

Candidates

Results

California Peace and Freedom gubernatorial primary, 2010
CandidateVotes%
Carlos Alvarez1,90645.3
Stewart Alexander 1,69340.2
Mohammad Arif61314.5
Total votes4,212100
Voter turnout7.4%

General election

Campaign

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Brown's campaign logo
Whitman's campaign logo MEG 2010.png
Whitman's campaign logo

Both Whitman and Brown were criticized for negative campaigning during the election. [6] During their final debate at the 2010 Women's Conference a week before the election, moderator Matt Lauer asked both candidates to pull attack ads for the rest of the election, which elicited loud cheers from the audience. [6] Brown agreed and picked one ad each of his and Whitman's that he thought, if Whitman would agree, should be the only ones run, but Whitman, who had been loudly cheered earlier as the prospective first woman governor of the state, was booed when she stated that she would keep "the ads that talk about where Gov. Brown stands on the issues." [7]

The Los Angeles Times reported that nearly $250 million was spent on the Governor's race. [8] At least two spending records were broken during the campaign. Whitman broke personal spending records by spending $140 million of her own money on the campaign, [9] and independent expenditures exceeded $31.7 million, with almost $25 million of that spent in support of Brown. [10]

In an interview with CNN, the reporter opined that Whitman was hurt most during the campaign by a matter involving Nicky Diaz, her former Mexican maid, whom Whitman fired after Diaz asked for help as she was an illegal immigrant. [9]

Candidates' stances on issues

Republican supporter holds a sign criticizing Brown and other Democrats on jobs. Rally (5106111574) (cropped).jpg
Republican supporter holds a sign criticizing Brown and other Democrats on jobs.

Jobs: Meg Whitman [11]
1. Eliminate small business start-up tax ($800 fee for new business start-ups)
2. Eliminate factory tax
3. Increase R&D tax credit (increase from 15% to 20%)
4. Promote investments in agriculture
5. Eliminate the state tax on capital gains

Registered nurses demonstrate their union support of Brown (and US Senate candidate Barbara Boxer). Rally (5106197200) (cropped).jpg
Registered nurses demonstrate their union support of Brown (and US Senate candidate Barbara Boxer).

Jerry Brown [12]
1. Stimulate clean energy jobs (build 12,000MW of localized electricity generation; build 8,000MW of large-scale renewables; appoint a Clean Energy Czar)
2. Invest in infrastructure/construction jobs (federal dollars for projects; prioritize water needs; high-speed rail; strengthen the port system; prioritize use of existing funds for job creation; infill development
3. Create strike team to focus on job retention
4. Cut regulations (speed up regulatory processes and eliminate duplicative functions; develop CEQA guidelines; fully utilize administrative law; update outdated technology systems
5. Increase manufacturing jobs
6. Deliver targeted workforce training programs
7. Invest in education


Education: Meg Whitman [13]
1. Direct more money to classroom
2. Reward outstanding teachers
3. Eliminate cap on charter schools
4. Grade public schools A-F
5. Establish fast-track parent process for charter school conversions
6. Invest $1 billion in UC and CSU University systems
7. Utilize alternative paths to the classroom to attract high quality teachers

Jerry Brown [14]
1. Higher education (create new state master plan; focus on community colleges and transfer credits)
2. Overhaul state testing program
3. Change school funding formulas and consolidate the 62 existing categorical programs
4. Teacher recruitment and training
5. Simplify the Education Code and return more decision-making to local school districts
6. A more balanced and creative school curriculum (science, history, and humanities; experiment with online, etc.)
7. Place special emphasis on teaching science, technology, engineering, and math
8. Increase proficiency in English
9. Improve high school graduation rates
10. Charter schools
11. Magnet or theme schools
12. Citizenship and character

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s) administeredSample sizeMargin of errorJerry Brown (D)Meg Whitman (R)OtherUndecided
Rasmussen Reports January 14, 2009500±4.5%40%38%––––
Research 2000 August 9, 2009600±4.0%42%36%––––
Rasmussen Reports September 24, 2009500±4.5%44%35%3%18%
The Field Poll Sept. 15–Oct. 5, 20091,005±3.2%50%29%––21%
Rasmussen Reports November 17, 2009500±4.5%41%41%3%14%
Public Policy Institute of California December 16, 20092,004±2.0%43%37%––20%
The Field Poll January 5–17, 2010958±3.3%46%36%––18%
Rasmussen Reports January 19, 2010500±4.5%43%39%7%11%
Public Policy Institute of California January 27, 20102,001±2.0%41%36%––23%
Rasmussen Reports February 15, 2010500±4.5%43%43%6%8%
Research 2000 March 10, 2010600±4.0%45%41%––14%
Rasmussen Reports March 15, 2010500±4.5%40%40%6%14%
The Field Poll March 17, 2010748±3.7%43%46%––11%
Public Policy Institute of California March 24, 20102,002±2.0%39%44%––17%
USC/Los Angeles Times March 23–30, 2010––––41%44%––––
Rasmussen Reports April 19, 2010500±4.5%44%38%9%9%
Public Policy Institute of California May 9–16, 20102,003±2.0%42%37%––21%
Research 2000 May 17–19, 2010600±4.0%46%42%––18%
Public Policy Polling May 21–23, 2010921±3.2%48%36%––16%
Rasmussen Reports May 24, 2010500±4.5%45%41%8%7%
USC/Los Angeles Times May 19–26, 2010––––44%38%––––
Rasmussen Reports June 9, 2010500±4.5%45%44%4%7%
Reuters June 30, 2010600±4.5%45%39%3%14%
The Field Poll June 22-July 5, 20101,005±3.2%44%43%––13%
Survey USA July 8–11, 2010614±4.0%39%46%7%8%
Rasmussen Reports July 12, 2010500±4.5%46%47%4%3%
Public Policy Polling July 23–25, 2010614±3.95%46%40%––14%
Rasmussen Reports August 3, 2010750±4.0%43%41%6%10%
Survey USA August 9–11, 2010602± 4.1%43%44%—13%
Rasmussen Reports August 24, 2010750±4.0%40%48%6%6%
Survey USA August 31-September 1, 2010569±4.2%40%47%9%4%
Rasmussen Reports September 6, 2010750±4.0%45%48%3%4%
CNN September 2–7, 2010866± 3.5%46%48%——
FOX News September 11, 20101,000± 3%43%49%4%4%
Public Policy Polling September 14–16, 2010630±3.9%47%42%––12%
Field Poll September 14–21, 2010599±4.1%41%41%––18%
Fox News/Pulse Opinion Research September 18, 20101,000±3.0%45%45%4%6%
Rasmussen Reports September 20, 2010750±4.0%47%46%4%3%
Survey USA September 19–21, 2010610±4.0%46%43%8%3%
The Los Angeles Times/USC September 15–22, 20101,500±3.3%49%44%----
PPIC September 19–26, 20101,104±3%37%38%7%18%
CNN/Time/Opinion Research Corporation September 24–28, 2010786±3.5%52%43%5%3%
Rasmussen Reports October 3, 2010750±4.0%49%44%4%4%
Reuters/Ipsos October 4, 2010600±4%50%43%——
Angus Reid Public Opinion October 6, 2010501±4.5%53%41%6%—
Rasmussen Reports October 13, 2010750±4.0%50%44%2%4%
Los Angeles Times/USC October 13–20, 20101,501±2.5%52%39%3%6%
Reuters (report)October 12–14, 2010601± 4.0%48%44%3%6%
FOX News/POR-Rasmussen October 16, 20101,000±3%48%43%4%4%
PPIC October 10–17, 20101,067±3.1%44%36%4%16%
SurveyUSA October 15–18, 2010621±4%47%40%8%5%
Rasmussen Reports October 21, 2010750±4%48%42%4%6%
FOX News/POR-Rasmussen October 23, 20101,000±3%50%41%6%3%
Suffolk University October 21–24, 2010600±4%50%42%5%3%
CNN/Time October 20–26, 2010888±3.5%51%44%2%2%
Rasmussen Reports October 27, 2010750±4%49%45%2%3%
Angus Reid Public Opinion October 28–29, 2010486±4.5%49%44%7%—
Survey USA October 26–31, 2010587± 4%48%37%6%9%
Public Policy Polling Reports)October 29–31, 2010882± 3.3%51%46%—3%

Results

California gubernatorial election, 2010 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. 5,428,45853.77
Republican Margaret Cushing Whitman 4,127,37140.89
American Independent Chelene Nightingale 166,3081.7
Libertarian Dale Ogden150,8981.5
Green Laura Wells 129,2311.2
Peace and Freedom Carlos Alvarez92,8560.9
Independent Cassandra A. Lieurance (write-in)2850.0
Independent Lea Sherman (write-in)430.0
Independent Rakesh Kumar Christian (write-in)130.0
Independent Nadia B. Smalley (write-in)80.0
Independent Hugh Bagley (write-in)40.0
Independent Rowan Millar (write-in)40.0
Independent Jacob Vangelisti (write-in)40.0
Independent Anselmo A. Chavez (write-in)20.0
Total votes10,095,485100.00
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