Election Name: | 2010 California State Assembly election |
Country: | California |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2008 California State Assembly election |
Previous Year: | 2008 |
Next Election: | 2012 California State Assembly election |
Next Year: | 2012 |
Seats For Election: | All 80 seats in the California State Assembly |
Majority Seats: | 41 |
Election Date: | November 2, 2010 |
Image1: | John Pérez 2011 (cropped).jpg |
Leader1: | John Pérez |
Party1: | California Democratic Party |
Leader Since1: | March 1, 2010 |
Leaders Seat1: | 46th–Los Angeles |
Last Election1: | 51 seats, 57.80% |
Seats Before1: | 50 |
Seats1: | 52 |
Seat Change1: | 2 |
Popular Vote1: | 5,121,423 |
Percentage1: | 54.27% |
Swing1: | 3.53% |
Leader2: | Martin Garrick (retired) |
Party2: | California Republican Party |
Leader Since2: | February 1, 2010 |
Leaders Seat2: | 74th–Carlsbad |
Last Election2: | 29 seats, 40.43% |
Seats Before2: | 29 |
Seats2: | 28 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Popular Vote2: | 4,121,280 |
Percentage2: | 43.67% |
Swing2: | 3.24% |
Speaker | |
Before Election: | John Pérez |
Before Party: | California Democratic Party |
After Election: | John Pérez |
After Party: | California Democratic Party |
The 2010 California State Assembly elections were held on November 2, 2010. Voters in California's 80 State Assembly districts voted for their representative. The Democratic Party gained two seats: the 5th district from the Republicans and the 31st district from a termed-out Independent, expanding their majority to 52.
California State Assembly elections, 2010[1] | ||||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | ||
Democratic | 5,121,423 | 54.27% | 52 | 2 | ||
Republican | 4,121,280 | 43.67% | 28 | 1 | ||
Libertarian | 115,714 | 1.23% | 0 | 0 | ||
Green | 46,599 | 0.49% | 0 | 0 | ||
Peace and Freedom | 26,806 | 0.28% | 0 | 0 | ||
American Independent | 4,269 | 0.05% | 0 | 0 | ||
Independent | 163 | 0.00% | 0 | 1 | ||
Totals | 9,436,254 | 100.00% | 80 | — | ||
Voter turnout | 54.59% |
52 | 28 | |
Democratic | Republican |
Below are the final official results as reported by the Secretary of State.[1] [2]
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