| Election Name: | 2010 California SPI election |
| Country: | California |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2006 California Superintendent of Public Instruction election |
| Previous Year: | 2006 |
| Next Election: | 2014 California Superintendent of Public Instruction election |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
| Election Date: | June 8, 2010 (first round) November 2, 2010 (runoff) |
| 1Blank: | First round |
| 2Blank: | Runoff |
| Image1: | File:Tom Torlakson.jpg |
| Candidate1: | Tom Torlakson |
| Party1: | Nonpartisan politician |
| 1Data1: | 808,970 18.6% |
| 2Data1: | 4,222,946 54.5% |
| Candidate2: | Larry Aceves |
| Party2: | Nonpartisan politician |
| 1Data2: | 832,938 19.1% |
| 2Data2: | 3,476,243 44.9% |
| Image3: | File:Gloria Romero.jpg |
| Candidate3: | Gloria Romero |
| Party3: | Nonpartisan politician |
| 1Data3: | 738,032 16.9% |
| 2Data3: | Eliminated |
| Candidate4: | Lydia Gutierrez |
| Party4: | Nonpartisan politician |
| 1Data4: | 384,514 8.8% |
| 2Data4: | Eliminated |
| Candidate5: | Grant McMicken |
| Party5: | Nonpartisan politician |
| 1Data5: | 309,499 7.1% |
| 2Data5: | Eliminated |
| Candidate6: | Karen Blake |
| Party6: | Nonpartisan politician |
| 1Data6: | 299,492 6.9% |
| 2Data6: | Eliminated |
| Candidate7: | Diane Lenning |
| Party7: | Nonpartisan politician |
| 1Data7: | 270,570 6.2% |
| 2Data7: | Eliminated |
| Candidate8: | Daniel Nusbaum |
| Party8: | Nonpartisan politician |
| 1Data8: | 217,220 5.0% |
| 2Data8: | Eliminated |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| SPI | |
| Before Election: | Jack O'Connell |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Tom Torlakson |
The 2010 California Superintendent of Public Instruction election occurred on November 2, 2010. Incumbent Jack O'Connell was term-limited and unable to run for re-election to a third term.
In the nonpartisan primary election on June 8, 2010, no candidate received a majority of the votes. The top two finishers, Larry Aceves, who came first with 19% of the vote, and Democratic State Assemblyman Tom Torlakson, who came second with 18.5% of the vote, advanced to the general election. In the general election on November 2, 2010, Torlakson defeated Aceves.