2010 California State Assembly election

The 2010 California State Assembly elections were held on November 2, 2010. Voters in California's 80 State Assembly districts voted for their representative. The Democratic Party gained two seats: the 5th district from the Republicans and the 31st district from a termed-out Independent, expanding their majority to 52.

2010 California State Assembly election

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All 80 seats in the California State Assembly 41 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader John Pérez Martin Garrick (retired) Party Democratic Republican Leader since March 1, 2010 February 1, 2010 Leader's seat 46th–Los Angeles 74th–Carlsbad Last election 51 seats, 57.80% 29 seats, 40.43% Seats before 50 29 Seats won 52 28 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 5,121,423 4,121,280 Percentage 54.27% 43.67% Swing 3.53% 3.24%
Results by gains and holds Results by winning party vote share Results:      Democratic gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold Vote share:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      >90%
Speaker before election John Pérez Democratic Elected Speaker John Pérez Democratic

Overview

California State Assembly elections, 2010[1]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	Democratic	5,121,423	54.27%	52	2
	Republican	4,121,280	43.67%	28	1
	Libertarian	115,714	1.23%	0	0
	Green	46,599	0.49%	0	0
	Peace and Freedom	26,806	0.28%	0	0
	American Independent	4,269	0.05%	0	0
	Independent	163	0.00%	0	1
Totals		9,436,254	100.00%	80	—
Voter turnout		54.59%

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52	28
Democratic	Republican

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Governing[2]	Safe D	November 1, 2010

Results

Below are the final official results as reported by the Secretary of State.^[1][3]

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District 1

California's 1st State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wesley Chesbro (incumbent)	98,250	61.6
	Republican	Karen Brooks	61,414	38.4
Total votes			159,664	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 2

California's 2nd State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Nielsen (incumbent)	118,120	100.0
Total votes			118,120	100.0
	Republican hold

District 3

California's 3rd State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Logue (incumbent)	84,069	54.2
	Democratic	Michael Harrington	56,812	36.6
	Libertarian	Gary Bryant	14,420	9.2
Total votes			155,301	100.0
	Republican hold

District 4

California's 4th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ted Gaines (incumbent)	109,672	58.8
	Democratic	Dennis J. Campanale	68,306	36.6
	Peace and Freedom	Daniel D. Frederick	8,647	4.6
Total votes			186,625	100.0
	Republican hold

District 5

California's 5th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Pan	78,239	49.6
	Republican	Andy Pugno	71,910	45.5
	Peace and Freedom	Elizabeth Martinez	7,850	4.9
Total votes			157,999	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 6

California's 6th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jared Huffman (incumbent)	119,753	70.5
	Republican	Robert Louis Stephens	50,218	29.5
Total votes			169,971	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 7

California's 7th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Allen	86,641	63.8
	Republican	Doris Gentry	43,350	31.8
	Libertarian	Kathryn N. Moore	5,993	4.4
Total votes			135,984	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 8

California's 8th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mariko Yamada (incumbent)	79,787	61.7
	Republican	Michelle P. Connor	49,714	38.3
Total votes			129,501	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 9

California's 9th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Roger Dickinson	67,294	68.0
	Republican	Rick D. Redding	24,766	25.0
	Peace and Freedom	Daniel A. Costa	6,941	7.0
Total votes			99,001	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 10

California's 10th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alyson Huber (incumbent)	83,177	52.0
	Republican	Jack Sieglock	68,395	42.7
	Libertarian	Janice Marlae Bonser	5,286	3.2
	Peace and Freedom	Albert R. Troyer	3,368	2.1
Total votes			160,226	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 11

California's 11th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Susan Bonilla	81,869	69.0
	Republican	Julie Craven	36,864	31.0
Total votes			118,733	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 12

California's 12th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Fiona Ma (incumbent)	90,388	80.8
	Republican	Alfonso Faustino	21,540	19.2
Total votes			111,928	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 13

California's 13th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Ammiano (incumbent)	120,174	83.0
	Republican	Laura Peter	24,741	17.0
Total votes			144,915	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 14

California's 14th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nancy Skinner (incumbent)	127,940	82.1
	Republican	Ryan Hatcher	28,055	17.9
Total votes			155,995	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 15

California's 15th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joan Buchanan (incumbent)	104,441	53.4
	Republican	H. Abram Wilson	91,378	46.6
Total votes			195,819	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 16

California's 16th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sandré Swanson (incumbent)	99,082	83.5
	Republican	James I. "Jim" Faison	14,692	12.4
	Libertarian	Lisa D. Ringer	4,909	4.1
Total votes			118,683	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 17

California's 17th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cathleen Galgiani (incumbent)	52,219	58.4
	Republican	Jack Mobley	37,293	41.6
Total votes			89,512	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 18

California's 18th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mary Hayashi (incumbent)	85,237	75.2
	Republican	Michael Havig	28,124	24.8
Total votes			113,361	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 19

California's 19th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerry Hill (incumbent)	90,717	70.8
	Republican	Alberto Waisman	33,765	26.4
	Libertarian	Gary Tutin	3,674	2.8
Total votes			128,156	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 20

California's 20th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Wieckowski	76,446	72.9
	Republican	Adnan Shahab	28,460	27.1
Total votes			104,906	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 21

California's 21st State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rich Gordon	89,927	60.1
	Republican	Greg Conlon	52,809	35.3
	Libertarian	Ray M. Bell, Jr.	6,295	4.6
Total votes			149,031	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 22

California's 22nd State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul Fong (incumbent)	74,501	67.1
	Republican	Eric Shooter Hickok	30,143	27.1
	Libertarian	T.J. Campbell	6,478	5.8
Total votes			111,122	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 23

California's 23rd State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nora Campos	58,629	75.1
	Republican	Atul Saini	19,494	24.9
Total votes			78,123	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 24

California's 24th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Beall (incumbent)	81,526	62.0
	Republican	Robert Chandler	50,087	38.0
Total votes			131,613	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 25

California's 25th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kristin Olsen	106,715	100.0
Total votes			106,715	100.0
	Republican hold

District 26

California's 26th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Berryhill (incumbent)	64,625	60.8
	Democratic	Tim Weintz, Sr.	41,775	39.2
Total votes			106,400	100.0
	Republican hold

District 27

California's 27th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Monning (incumbent)	102,124	66.8
	Republican	Linda "Ellie" Black	50,831	33.2
Total votes			152,955	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 28

California's 28th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Luis Alejo	56,098	62.8
	Republican	Robert Bernosky	33,264	37.2
Total votes			89,359	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 29

California's 29th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Linda Halderman	89,016	67.4
	Democratic	Michael J. Esswein	43,124	32.6
Total votes			132,140	100.0
	Republican hold

District 30

California's 30th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Valadao	37,392	60.6
	Democratic	Fran Florez	24,386	39.4
Total votes			61,778	100.0
	Republican hold

District 31

California's 31st State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Perea	40,947	59.8
	Republican	Brandon Shoemaker	27,606	40.2
Total votes			68,553	100.0
	Democratic gain from Independent

District 32

California's 32nd State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Shannon Grove	97,470	72.1
	Democratic	Holly Spohn-Gross	37,892	27.9
Total votes			135,362	100.0
	Republican hold

District 33

California's 33rd State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Katcho Achadjian	84,629	57.8
	Democratic	Hilda Zacarias	54,817	37.4
	Libertarian	Paul K. Polson	7,051	4.8
Total votes			146,497	100.0
	Republican hold

District 34

California's 34th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Connie Conway (incumbent)	67,303	70.2
	Democratic	Esmeralda Castro	28,657	29.8
Total votes			95,960	100.0
	Republican hold

District 35

California's 35th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Das Williams	75,821	54.9
	Republican	Mike Stoker	62,310	45.1
Total votes			138,131	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 36

California's 36th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Knight (incumbent)	66,312	57.6
	Democratic	Linda K. Jones	48,943	42.4
Total votes			115,255	100.0
	Republican hold

District 37

California's 37th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Gorell	90,649	58.5
	Democratic	Ferial Masry	64,413	41.5
Total votes			155,062	100.0
	Republican hold

District 38

California's 38th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cameron Smyth (incumbent)	83,854	56.7
	Democratic	Diana G. Shaw	55,062	37.3
	Libertarian	Peggy Christensen	9,015	6.0
Total votes			147,931	100.0
	Republican hold

District 39

California's 39th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Felipe Fuentes (incumbent)	43,267	78.5
	Green	John Paul (Jack) Lindblad	11,905	21.6
Total votes			55,172	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 40

California's 40th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Blumenfield (incumbent)	56,208	61.0
	Republican	Dennis Deyoung	36,069	39.0
Total votes			92,277	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 41

California's 41st State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julia Brownley (incumbent)	84,222	58.8
	Republican	Terry Rathbun	53,243	37.2
	Green	Linda Piera-Ávila	5,837	4.0
Total votes			143,302	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 42

California's 42nd State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Feuer (incumbent)	106,029	73.2
	Republican	Mary Toman-Miller	38,836	26.8
	Republican	David Hernandez (write-in)	17	0.0
Total votes			144,882	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 43

California's 43rd State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Gatto (incumbent)	65,350	66.0
	Republican	Sunder Ramani	33,767	34.0
Total votes			99,117	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 44

California's 44th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony Portantino (incumbent)	81,347	63.8
	Republican	Alvaro G. Day	41,571	32.6
	Libertarian	Eytan Kollin	4,613	3.6
Total votes			127,531	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 45

California's 45th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gil Cedillo	53,745	83.4
	Republican	Suzanne Ovilos	10,724	16.6
Total votes			64,469	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 46

California's 46th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Pérez (incumbent)	38,566	100.0
Total votes			38,566	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 47

California's 47th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Holly Mitchell	93,541	80.7
	Republican	Lady Cage	17,195	14.8
	Libertarian	Sean P. McGary	5,305	4.5
Total votes			116,041	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 48

California's 48th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Davis (incumbent)	50,825	100.0
Total votes			50,825	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 49

California's 49th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Eng (incumbent)	46,841	68.9
	Republican	Brad Jonathan Taylor	21,148	31.1
Total votes			67,989	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 50

California's 50th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ricardo Lara	46,676	77.7
	Republican	Gladys O. Miller	13,452	22.3
Total votes			60,128	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 51

California's 51st State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steven Bradford (incumbent)	69,111	81.7
	Green	Cynthia Santiago	15,486	18.3
Total votes			84,597	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 52

California's 52nd State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Isadore Hall, III (incumbent)	48,323	88.3
	Republican	Gwen Patrick	6,399	11.7
Total votes			54,722	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 53

California's 53rd State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Betsy Butler	73,344	50.3
	Republican	Nathan Mintz	62,770	43.0
	Green	Lisa Ann Green	6,526	4.4
	Libertarian	Ethan Musulin	3,446	2.3
Total votes			146,086	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 54

California's 54th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bonnie Lowenthal (incumbent)	73,775	56.7
	Republican	Martha E. Flores-Gibson	56,535	43.3
Total votes			130,310	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 55

California's 55th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Warren Furutani (incumbent)	61,088	70.7
	Republican	Christopher Salabaj	25,328	29.3
Total votes			86,416	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 56

California's 56th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tony Mendoza (incumbent)	56,943	65.5
	Republican	Henry J. Bestwick	30,111	34.5
Total votes			87,054	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 57

California's 57th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Roger Hernandez	52,763	67.2
	Republican	Brian A. Gutierrez	25,699	32.6
	Independent	Mike Meza (write-in)	163	0.2
Total votes			78,625	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 58

California's 58th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles Calderon (incumbent)	61,375	68.9
	Republican	Garrett M. May	27,771	31.1
Total votes			89,146	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 59

California's 59th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Donnelly	82,475	57.3
	Democratic	Darcel Woods	52,928	36.8
	Libertarian	Tony Tyler	4,335	3.0
	American Independent	Robert Gosney	4,269	2.9
Total votes			144,007	100.0
	Republican hold

District 60

California's 60th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Curt Hagman (incumbent)	83,354	65.3
	Democratic	Gregg D. Fritchle	44,405	34.7
Total votes			127,759	100.0
	Republican hold

District 61

California's 61st State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Norma Torres (incumbent)	43,813	60.2
	Republican	Ray Moors	29,009	39.8
Total votes			72,822	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 62

California's 62nd State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wilmer Carter (incumbent)	44,606	69.8
	Republican	Jeane Ensley	19,319	30.2
Total votes			63,925	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 63

California's 63rd State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Morrell	72,866	58.1
	Democratic	Renea Wickman	52,653	41.9
Total votes			125,519	100.0
	Republican hold

District 64

California's 64th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Nestande (incumbent)	75,737	57.3
	Democratic	Jose Medina	56,574	42.7
Total votes			132,311	100.0
	Republican hold

District 65

California's 65th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Cook (incumbent)	78,475	57.9
	Democratic	Carl Wood	57,212	42.1
Total votes			135,687	100.0
	Republican hold

District 66

California's 66th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Jeffries (incumbent)	81,176	64.8
	Democratic	Douglas P. Dye	44,134	35.2
Total votes			125,310	100.0
	Republican hold

District 67

California's 67th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Silva (incumbent)	91,108	66.3
	Democratic	Rosalind Freeman	46,435	33.7
Total votes			137,543	100.0
	Republican hold

District 68

California's 68th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Allan Mansoor	57,016	54.9
	Democratic	Phu Nguyen	46,269	44.6
	Republican	Long Pham (write-in)	617	0.5
Total votes			103,902	100.0
	Republican hold

District 69

California's 69th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jose Solorio (incumbent)	36,436	65.5
	Republican	Robert M. Hammond	19,273	34.5
Total votes			55,709	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 70

California's 70th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Don Wagner	89,636	58.2
	Democratic	Melissa Fox	58,208	37.8
	Libertarian	Deborah Tharp	6,212	4.0
Total votes			154,056	100.0
	Republican hold

District 71

California's 71st State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Miller (incumbent)	97,158	66.2
	Democratic	Gary Kephart	49,792	33.8
Total votes			146,950	100.0
	Republican hold

District 72

California's 72nd State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Norby (incumbent)	68,751	61.4
	Democratic	Esiquio Ramos Uballe	36,534	32.5
	Green	Jane Rands	6,845	6.1
Total votes			112,130	100.0
	Republican hold

District 73

California's 73rd State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Diane Harkey (incumbent)	81,164	62.0
	Democratic	Judy Jones	49,846	38.0
Total votes			131,010	100.0
	Republican hold

District 74

California's 74th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Martin Garrick (incumbent)	81,661	55.5
	Democratic	Crystal Crawford	56,033	38.1
	Libertarian	Paul King	9,453	6.4
Total votes			147,147	100.0
	Republican hold

District 75

California's 75th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Nathan Fletcher (incumbent)	92,430	60.5
	Democratic	Paul R. Garver	54,711	35.8
	Libertarian	Christopher Chadwick	5,692	3.7
Total votes			152,833	100.0
	Republican hold

District 76

California's 76th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Toni Atkins	75,357	57.7
	Republican	Ralph Denney	48,610	37.2
	Libertarian	Daniel H. Baehr	6,679	5.1
Total votes			130,646	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 77

California's 77th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Jones	82,909	62.5
	Democratic	Mark Hanson	43,674	32.9
	Libertarian	Richard Belitz	6,228	4.6
Total votes			132,811	100.0
	Republican hold

District 78

California's 78th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marty Block (incumbent)	72,036	59.3
	Republican	Rick L. Powell	49,455	40.7
Total votes			121,491	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 79

California's 79th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ben Hueso	46,349	62.8
	Republican	Derrick Roach	27,545	37.2
Total votes			73,894	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 80

California's 80th State Assembly district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Manuel Perez (incumbent)	58,315	58.3
	Republican	Steve Sanchez	41,728	41.7
Total votes			100,043	100.0
	Democratic hold