California Insurance Commissioner election, 2010

November 2, 2010



Nominee	Dave Jones	Michael Villines
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	4,630,988	3,453,694
Percentage	50.6%	37.7%

Insurance Commissioner before election

Steve Poizner
Republican

Elected Insurance Commissioner

Dave Jones
Democratic

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The 2010 California Insurance Commissioner election was held on November 2, 2010 to choose the Insurance Commissioner of California. The primary election was held on June 8, 2010. Incumbent Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, a Republican, ran for Governor of California and did not seek reelection. Democratic Assemblyman Dave Jones, the winning candidate, will serve a four-year term from 2011 to 2015.

Candidates

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

American Independent

Clay Pedersen, retail manager

Democratic

Hector De La Torre, California State Assemblyman from the 50th district
Dave Jones, California State Assemblyman from the 9th district

Green

William Balderston, teacher and union organizer

Libertarian

Richard Bronstein, insurance broker

Peace and Freedom

Dina Padilla, injured worker consultant

Republican

Brian FitzGerald, attorney
Mike Villines, California State Assemblyman from the 29th district and former Assembly Minority Leader

Primary results

Democratic

California Democratic Insurance Commissioner primary, 2010
Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Dave Jones	1,255,656	61.4%
Hector De La Torre	790,493	38.6%
Total votes	2,046,149	100.0%
Voter turnout	27.1%

Republican

California Republican Insurance Commissioner primary, 2010
Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Mike Villines	988,661	50.5%
Brian FitzGerald	972,315	49.5%
Total votes	1,960,976	100.0%
Voter turnout	37.5%

Others

California Insurance Commissioner primary, 2010 (others)
	Candidate	Votes	%
American Independent	Clay Pedersen	39,843	100.0
Green	William Balderston	20,803	100.0
Libertarian	Richard Bronstein	18,011	100.0
Peace and Freedom	Dina Padilla	4,012	100.0

General election results

California Insurance Commissioner election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dave Jones	4,630,988	50.6
	Republican	Mike Villines	3,453,694	37.7
	Libertarian	Richard Bronstein	362,037	4.0
	Peace and Freedom	Dina Padilla	282,037	3.0
	Green	William Balderston	241,085	2.6
	American Independent	Clay Pedersen	192,610	2.1
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes			9,162,451	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic gain from Republican

References

↑ "2010 Gubernatorial Primary - June 8, 2010: Official Certified List of Candidates" (PDF). California Secretary of State. April 9, 2010. Retrieved June 7, 2010.

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(2009 ←) California elections, 2010 (→ 2011)

June primary election	Propositions: 13, 14, 15, 16, 17

November general election	Senate House of Representatives Governor Lieutenant Governor Secretary of State State Controller State Treasurer Attorney General Insurance Commissioner Superintendent of Public Instruction Courts of Appeal State Senate State Assembly Propositions: 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27

Special elections	72nd State Assembly district 37th State Senate district 43rd State Assembly district 15th State Senate district

Local elections	San Francisco Board of Supervisors

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