2010 California State Controller election

Summary

The 2010 California State Controller election was held on November 2, 2010, to choose the State Controller of California. The primary election was held on June 8, 2010. Incumbent John Chiang won reelection.

2010 California State Controller election

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Nominee John Chiang Tony Strickland
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 5,325,357 3,487,014
Percentage 55.2% 36.1%

Chiang:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
     80–90%
Strickland:      40–50%      50–60%

Controller before election

John Chiang
Democratic

Elected Controller

John Chiang
Democratic

Candidates edit

The following were certified by the California Secretary of State as candidates in the primary election for State Controller.[1][2] Candidates who won their respective primaries and qualified for the general election are shown in bold.

American Independent edit

  • Lawrence Beliz, businessman
  • Nathan Johnson

Democratic edit

Green edit

  • Ross D. Frankel, accountant

Libertarian edit

  • Andrew "Andy" Favor, certified public accountant

Peace and Freedom edit

  • Karen Martinez

Republican edit

  • David Evans, certified public accountant
  • Tony Strickland, state senator and nominee in 2006

Primary results edit

American Independent edit

California American Independent State Controller primary, 2010
Candidate Votes %
Lawrence Beliz 24,436 56.3
Nathan Johnson 18,977 43.7
Total votes 43,413 100.0
Voter turnout %

Republican edit

California Republican State Controller primary, 2010
Candidate Votes %
Tony Strickland 1,221,033 60.1
David Evans 812,303 39.9
Total votes 2,033,336 100.00
Voter turnout %

Others edit

California Secretary of State primary, 2010 (others)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Chiang (incumbent) 2,064,419 100.0
Green Ross D. Frankel 20,816 100.0
Libertarian Andrew "Andy" Favor 18,249 100.0
Peace and Freedom Karen Martinez 3,850 100.0

General results edit

California State Controller election, 2010[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic John Chiang (incumbent) 5,325,357 55.13% +4.51%
Republican Tony Strickland 3,487,014 36.10% -4.09%
Libertarian Andrew Favor 292,441 3.03% +0.77%
Peace and Freedom Karen Martinez 209,638 2.17% -0.37%
Green Ross D. Frankel 191,282 1.98% -1.13%
American Independent Lawrence G. Beliz 154,145 1.59% +0.31%
Total votes 9,659,877 100.0%
Democratic hold

References edit

  1. ^ "2010 Gubernatorial Primary - June 8, 2010: Official Certified List of Candidates" (PDF). California Secretary of State. April 9, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2010. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
  2. ^ "Certified List of Write-In Candidates for the June 8, 2010, Statewide Direct Primary Election" (PDF). California Secretary of State. May 28, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 3, 2010. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
  3. ^ "Statement of the Vote - November 2, 2010 General Election" (PDF). California Secretary of State.

External links edit

Official campaign Web sites edit

  • Lawrence Beliz
  • John Chiang
  • Andy Favor
  • Ross Frankel
  • Tony Strickland