2010 California gubernatorial election

2010 California gubernatorial election

← 2006 November 2, 2010 2014 →
Turnout59.59%[1] Increase26.82pp
 
Nominee Jerry Brown Meg Whitman
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 5,428,149 4,127,391
Percentage 53.8% 40.9%

County results
Brown:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Whitman:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election

Arnold Schwarzenegger
Republican

Elected Governor

Jerry Brown
Democratic

The 2010 California gubernatorial election was held November 2, 2010, to elect the governor of California. The primary elections were held on June 8, 2010. Because constitutional office holders in California have been prohibited from serving more than two terms in the same office since November 6, 1990, incumbent Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger was term-limited and thus was ineligible to run for re-election to a third term. Former governor Jerry Brown, to whom the term limits did not apply due to a grandfather clause, defeated Meg Whitman in the general election and was sworn into office on January 3, 2011. As of 2023, this is the last time the governor’s office in California changed partisan control.

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