2010 California gubernatorial election
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The 2010 California gubernatorial election will be held on November 2 2010, with the primary election on June 8, and will include the races for the Governor of California, Lieutenant Governor of California, Secretary of State of California, Attorney General of California, California State Controller, California State Treasurer, California State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and California Insurance Commissioner. The winning candidates will serve a four year term from 2011 to 2015. All constitutional office holders are prohibited from serving more than two terms in the same position. The incumbent, Arnold Schwarzenegger (R), will be prohibited from seeking a third term under California's existing term limit laws.
Potential candidates
Democratic Party
- Phil Angelides - Former California State Treasurer, Democratic nominee for the 2006 California gubernatorial election
- Debra Bowen - California Secretary of State
- Dianne Feinstein- U.S. Senator, Former Mayor of San Francisco
- Jerry Brown[1] - Attorney General of California, former Governor
- John Chiang - California State Controller
- John Garamendi (already declared he will run) [2] - Lieutenant Governor of California
- Jack O'Connell[3] - California State Superintendent of Public Instruction
- Steve Westly - Founding executive at eBay and director of Tesla Motors, Former California State Controller
- Antonio Villaraigosa[4] - Mayor of Los Angeles
Democratic candidates gallery
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Former State Treasurer and former Democratic nominee Phil Angelides
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Republican Party
- Tom Campbell[5][6][7] - Former U.S. Representative
- Jeff Denham - State Senator, 12th District
- Carly Fiorina[8] - Former Hewlett-Packard CEO, John McCain campaign advisor
- Bonnie Garcia - Assemblywoman, 80th District
- Duncan Hunter - U.S. Representative, 52nd District, unsuccessful candidate for 2008 Republican Presidential nomination
- Tom McClintock - State Senator, 19th District, unsuccessful candidate in 2003 California Recall Election
- Steve Poizner - California Insurance Commissioner
- Bill Simon - past candidate for Governor of California, 2002
- Darrell Issa - U.S. Representative, 49th District
- Condoleezza Rice[9]- U.S. Secretary of State.
- Meg Whitman[10] - Former eBay CEO
Republican candidates gallery
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Businessman and former Republican nominee Bill Simon -
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References
- ^ Gov. Moonbeam 2.0? There's speculation percolating that Jerry Brown wants his old job back, by Philip J. Trounstine, LA Times
- ^ "Garamendi first Democrat to formally announce run for governor in 2010". Sacramento Bee. 2008-08-01. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
{{cite news}}:|first=missing|last=(help); Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ O'Connell gets $1 million push
- ^ Helfand, Duke (2007-11-26). "Villaraigosa faces steep climb to California's top job". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Ex-congressman Campbell plans to step down as Haas School dean, sfgate.com
- ^ Haas School's dean to resign, insidebayarea.com
- ^ Zapler, Mike. "Former South Bay lawmaker considers run at governorship," San Jose Mercury News, 8 July 2008.
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- ^ Condi Rice for governor?-First Read-msnbc.com, sfgate.com
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- [3], sacbee.com
- Dan Walters: Villaraigosa stumbles; others rise, sacbee.com
- [4], contracostatimes.com