2010 California lieutenant gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:2010 California lieutenant gubernatorial election
Country:California
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2006 California lieutenant gubernatorial election
Previous Year:2006
Next Election:2014 California lieutenant gubernatorial election
Next Year:2014
Election Date:November 2, 2010
Image1:File:Gavin Newsom official photo (cropped 2).jpg
Nominee1:Gavin Newsom
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:4,917,880
Percentage1:50.12%
Nominee2:Abel Maldonado
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:3,820,971
Percentage2:38.94%
Image3:File:3x4.svg
Nominee3:Pamela Brown
Party3:Libertarian Party (United States)
Popular Vote3:574,636
Percentage3:5.85%
Map Size:300px
Lieutenant Governor
Before Election:Abel Maldonado
Before Party:Republican Party (United States)
After Election:Gavin Newsom
After Party:Democratic Party (United States)

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

Candidates

The following were certified by the California Secretary of State as candidates in the primary election for lieutenant governor.[1] Candidates who won their respective primaries and qualified for the general election are shown in bold.

American Independent

Democratic

Green

Libertarian

Peace and Freedom

Republican

Primary results

Others

Opinion polls

Democratic primary

width='175'Poll sourcewidth='200'Dates administeredwidth='150'Gavin Newsomwidth='150'Dean Florezwidth='150'Janice Hahnwidth='150'Alan Lowenthalwidth='150'Undecided
Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin and Associatesalign=center October 3—7, 2009align=center align=center 8%align=center 24%align=center 7%align=center 61%
Tulchin Researchalign=center January 2010align=center 33%align=center 15%align=center 17%align=center align=center 35%

General election

width='175'Poll sourcewidth='200'Dates administeredwidth='150'Abel Maldonado (R)width='150'Gavin Newsom (D)width='150'Undecided/other
Times/USCOctober 13–20, 201037%align=center 41%5%
SurveyUSAOctober 15–18, 201037%align=center 43%6%
The Field PollSeptember 25, 201035%align=center 39%26%
Survey USASeptember 19–21, 201041%align=center 44%11%
Public Policy PollingSeptember 14–16, 201036%align=center 39%24%
Survey USAAugust 31-September 1, 201039%align=center 44%15%
Survey USAAugust 8–11, 201042%align=center 43%15%
The Field PollJune 22–25, 201034%align=center 43%23%

External links

Official campaign websites

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2010 Gubernatorial Primary - June 8, 2010: Official Certified List of Candidates . PDF . . April 9, 2010 . May 31, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100611024736/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/2010-elections/june-2010/june-2010-candidates-short-list-040910.pdf . June 11, 2010 . dead . mdy-all .