California elections, June 2010

The California state elections, June 2010 were held on June 8, 2010 and included five propositions and two special elections, one for a State Senate seat and the other for a State Assembly seat. Primary elections for all statewide offices, a seat to the United States Senate, all Californian seats to the House of Representatives, all of the seats of the State Assembly, and all even-numbered seats of the State Senate, along with the first round election for the nonpartisan Superintendent of Public Instruction were also held.

Propositions

Proposition 13

Proposition 13 is a legislatively referred constitutional amendment prohibiting the reassessment of property values due to seismic retrofitting work.

Proposition 13
Choice	Votes	%
Yes	4,471,249	84.97
No	790,899	15.03
Valid votes	5,262,148	93.06
Invalid or blank votes	392,665	6.94
Total votes	5,654,813	100.00
Registered voters and turnout	16,977,031	33.31

Proposition 14

Main article: California Proposition 14 (2010)

Proposition 14 is an initiative statute establishing nonpartisan blanket primaries.

Proposition 14
Choice	Votes	%
Yes	2,868,945	53.73
No	2,470,658	46.27
Valid votes	5,339,603	94.43
Invalid or blank votes	315,210	5.57
Total votes	5,654,813	100.00
Registered voters and turnout	16,977,031	33.31

Proposition 15

Proposition 15 is an initiative statute creating a public campaign finance system for Secretary of State elections.

Proposition 15
Choice	Votes	%
No	2,975,731	57.29
Yes	2,218,273	42.71
Valid votes	5,194,004	91.85
Invalid or blank votes	460,809	8.15
Total votes	5,654,813	100.00
Registered voters and turnout	16,977,031	33.31

Proposition 16

Main article: California Proposition 16 (2010)

Proposition 16 is an initiative constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds majority to establish or expand public electricity providers.

Proposition 16
Choice	Votes	%
No	2,820,135	52.75
Yes	2,526,544	47.25
Valid votes	5,346,679	94.55
Invalid or blank votes	308,134	5.45
Total votes	5,654,813	100.00
Registered voters and turnout	16,977,031	33.31

Proposition 17

Proposition 17 is an initiative statute allowing auto insurance companies to charge based on continuity of insurance coverage.

Proposition 17
Choice	Votes	%
No	2,778,599	51.90
Yes	2,575,659	48.10
Valid votes	5,354,258	94.68
Invalid or blank votes	300,555	5.32
Total votes	5,654,813	100.00
Registered voters and turnout	16,977,031	33.31

Special elections

37th State Senate district special election

The seat of the 37th State Senate district was vacated by John J. Benoit after he was appointed to be Riverside County supervisor on November 30, 2009.

Primary election

A primary election was held on April 13, 2010. Since no candidate won a majority, the candidates with the top votes for each party appeared on the ballots for the special election.

California's 37th State Senate district special primary, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Emmerson	39,875	41.76
	Republican	Russ Bogh	20,957	21.95
	Democratic	Justin Blake	13,289	13.92
	Democratic	Anna Nevenic	8,076	8.46
	Democratic	Arthur Guerrero	6,826	7.15
	American Independent	Matt Monica	4,195	4.39
	Republican	David W. Peters	2,267	2.37
Total votes			95,485	100.00
Voter turnout			20.39%

Special election

37th State Senate district special election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Emmerson	81,655	59.66
	Democratic	Justin Blake	41,243	30.13
	American Independent	Matt Monica	13,965	10.20
Total votes			136,863	100.00
Voter turnout			29.18%
	Republican hold

43rd State Assembly district special election

The seat of the 43rd State Assembly district was vacated by Paul Krekorian after he was elected to the Los Angeles City Council on December 8, 2009.

Primary election

A primary election was held on April 13, 2010. Since no candidate won a majority, the candidates with the top votes for each party appeared on the ballots for the special election.

California's 43rd State Assembly district special primary, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Gatto	11,954	31.96
	Republican	Sunder Ramani	11,634	31.10
	Democratic	Nayiri Nahabedian	8,358	22.34
	Democratic	Chahe Keuroghelian	5,462	14.60
Total votes			37,408	100.00
Voter turnout			21.97%

Special election

California's 43rd State Assembly district special election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Gatto	23,733	58.58
	Republican	Sunder Ramani	16,778	41.42
Total votes			40,511	100.00
Voter turnout			20.14%
	Democratic hold

See also

• List of California ballot propositions
• California gubernatorial election, 2010
• United States Senate election in California, 2010
• California state elections, November 2008

External links

• California Elections and Voter Information