2010 California Superintendent of Public Instruction election

2010 California SPI election

← 2006 June 8, 2010 (first round)
November 2, 2010 (runoff)
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Candidate Tom Torlakson Larry Aceves Gloria Romero
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
First round 808,970
18.6%
832,938
19.1%
738,032
16.9%
Runoff 4,222,946
54.5%
3,476,243
44.9%
Eliminated

 
Candidate Lydia Gutierrez Grant McMicken Karen Blake
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
First round 384,514
8.8%
309,499
7.1%
299,492
6.9%
Runoff Eliminated Eliminated Eliminated

 
Candidate Diane Lenning Daniel Nusbaum
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
First round 270,570
6.2%
217,220
5.0%
Runoff Eliminated Eliminated

Runoff county results
Torlakson:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%
Aceves:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%

SPI before election

Jack O'Connell
Democratic

Elected SPI

Tom Torlakson

The 2010 California Superintendent of Public Instruction election occurred on November 2, 2010. Incumbent Jack O'Connell was term-limited and unable to run for re-election to a third term.

In the nonpartisan primary election on June 8, 2010, no candidate received a majority of the votes. The top two finishers, Larry Aceves, who came first with 19% of the vote, and Democratic State Assemblyman Tom Torlakson, who came second with 18.5% of the vote, advanced to the general election. In the general election on November 2, 2010, Torlakson defeated Aceves.


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