The 2010 California gubernatorial election will be held on November 2, 2010 to choose the Governor of California. The primary elections will be held on June 8, 2010. Since constitutional office holders are prohibited from serving more than two terms in the same position incumbent Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger is ineligible to run for reelection, as are 17 other governors in United States gubernatorial elections, 2010. The winning candidate will serve a four-year term from 2011 to 2015.
Candidates
The following is an alphabetical listing of candidates who have announced their intentions to run in the primary election or have made actions suggesting they will run. No candidates have yet been confirmed by the Secretary of State.
American Independent
Democratic
- Richard William Aguirre[1]
- Jerry Brown, Attorney General and former Governor; note that the two-term limit on the office of Governor applies only to terms served after November 6, 1990, thereby Brown is still eligible to run again, as he served his terms from 1975–1983[2][3]
- Stephen L. Rush, CEO of For Fuel Freedom, Inc.[4]
- Edie Bukewihge [5]
- Joe Symmon [6]
Independent
Peace and Freedom
Republican
Opinion polls
Democratic primary
| Poll source |
Dates administered |
Dianne Feinstein |
Jerry Brown |
Antonio Villaraigosa |
Gavin Newsom |
John Garamendi |
Jack O'Connell |
Steve Westly |
Bill Lockyer |
| The Field Poll |
September 18–October 5, 2009 |
– |
47% |
– |
27% |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| 40% |
27% |
– |
16% |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| Research 2000 |
June 10–16, 2009 |
– |
29% |
– |
20% |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| J. Moore |
June 20, 2009 |
– |
47% |
– |
26% |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| Capital Weekly |
May 25, 2009 |
– |
24% |
15% |
16% |
7% |
5% |
3% |
– |
| Tulchin Poll |
April 23, 2009 |
– |
31% |
12% |
16% |
11% |
6% |
– |
– |
| The Field Poll |
February 20–March 1, 2009 |
38% |
16% |
16% |
10% |
4% |
1% |
2% |
1% |
| – |
26% |
22% |
16% |
8% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
| Lake Research Partners |
February 17–19, 2009 |
– |
27% |
20% |
14% |
8% |
1% |
3% |
– |
| Capitol Weekly/Probolsky |
January 22–25, 2009 |
36% |
14% |
9% |
9% |
4% |
3% |
1% |
– |
Republican primary
General election
Whitman v. Brown
Poizner v. Brown
Campbell v. Brown
References
- ^ van der Meer, Ben (2008-08-08). "Unknown throws name in for 2010 governor run". Politicer.com. http://www.politicker.com/california/3181/unknown-throws-name-2010-governor-run. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
- ^ Finnegan, Michael (2009-09-30). "Jerry Brown files papers to explore a run for governor". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-brown30-2009sep30,0,1862501.story. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
- ^ "Summary of Qualifications and Requirements for the Office of Governor" (PDF). California Secretary of State. 2003-08-06. http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/gov-qual.pdf. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
- ^ "Campaign Reform List of Contests". Secretary of State of California. http://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Campaign/Candidates/List.aspx?view=intention&sort=RACE&electid=22. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
- ^ http://www.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/20705
- ^ http://www.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/20705
- ^ Decker, Cathleen (2009-04-19). "Georges Marciano is rich, so of course he wants to be governor". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-week19-2009apr19,0,3137533.story. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
- ^ "Stewart Alexander declares for 2010 gubernatorial race". Independent Political Report. 2009-01-06. http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/01/stewart-alexander-declares-for-2010-gubanatorial-race/. Retrieved 2009-01-08.
- ^ Wildermuth, John (2008-07-09). "Tom Campbell files papers in governor race". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/09/BAO211LPB7.DTL. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
- ^ Rothfeld, Michael (2008-09-15). "Steve Poizner joins race for California Governor". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2008/sep/16/local/me-poizner16. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
- ^ Finnegan, Michael (2009-02-09). "Meg Whitman, EBay's former CEO, joins California governor's race". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2009/feb/10/local/me-whitman10. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
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