2010 California State Senate election

The 2010 California State Senate elections were held on November 2, 2010. Voters in the 20 even-numbered districts of the California State Senate voted for their representatives. Other elections were also held on November 2. No seats changed parties in this election.

2010 California State Senate election

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20 seats from even-numbered districts in the California State Senate 21 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Darrell Steinberg Robert Dutton Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat 6th–Sacramento 31st–Rancho Cucamonga Seats before 25 15 Seats after 25 15 Seat change Popular vote 2,279,834 1,736,816 Percentage 55.57% 42.33%
Results:      Democratic hold      Republican hold      No election held
President pro tempore before election Darrell Steinberg Democratic President pro tempore-designate Darrell Steinberg Democratic

Overview

California State Senate elections, 2010
Party		Votes	Percentage	Not up	Contested	Before	After	+/–
	Democratic	2,279,834	55.57%	11	14	25	25
	Republican	1,736,816	42.33%	9	6	15	15
	Libertarian	64,164	1.56%	0	0	0	0
	American Independent	11,871	0.29%	0	0	0	0
	Peace and Freedom	10,209	0.25%	0	0	0	0
	Independent	10	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Totals		4,102,904	100.00%	20	20	40	40	—

Predictions

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

Results

District 2 • District 4 • District 6 • District 8 • District 10 • District 12 • District 14 • District 16 • District 18 • District 20 • District 22 • District 24 • District 26 • District 28 • District 30 • District 32 • District 34 • District 36 • District 38 • District 40

The following results were reported:^[2]

District 2

California's 2nd State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Noreen Evans	190,824	63.4
	Republican	Lawrence R. Wiesner	110,209	36.6
	Independent	Ed Musgrave (write-in)	10	0.0
Total votes			301,043	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 4

California's 4th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug LaMalfa	226,239	68.3
	Democratic	Lathe Gill	105,460	31.7
Total votes			331,699	100.0
	Republican hold

District 6

California's 6th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Darrell Steinberg (incumbent)	137,012	61.0
	Republican	Marcel Weiland	70,724	31.5
	Libertarian	Steve Torno	11,236	4.9
	Peace and Freedom	Lanric Hyland	5,916	2.6
Total votes			224,888	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 8

California's 8th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leland Yee (incumbent)	197,070	79.0
	Republican	Doo Sup Park	52,587	21.0
Total votes			249,657	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 10

California's 10th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ellen Corbett (incumbent)	139,799	66.6
	Republican	Rob Maffit	58,262	27.8
	American Independent	Ivan Chou	11,871	5.6
Total votes			209,932	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 12

California's 12th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Anthony Cannella	92,270	51.5
	Democratic	Anna Caballero	86,923	48.5
Total votes			179,193	100.0
	Republican hold

District 14

California's 14th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Berryhill	191,097	66.4
	Democratic	Larry Johnson	96,835	33.6
Total votes			287,932	100.0
	Republican hold

District 16

California's 16th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Rubio	71,334	60.5
	Republican	Tim Thiesen	46,717	39.5
Total votes			118,051	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 18

California's 18th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jean Fuller	166,051	68.9
	Democratic	Carter N. Pope	75,229	31.1
Total votes			241,280	100.0
	Republican hold

District 20

California's 20th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alex Padilla (incumbent)	94,356	68.4
	Republican	Kathleen "Suzy" Evans	37,420	27.1
	Libertarian	Adrian Galysh	6,245	4.5
Total votes			138,051	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 22

California's 22nd State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kevin de León	90,557	100.0
Total votes			90,557	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 24

California's 24th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ed Hernandez	112,792	100.0
	Republican	William Rodriguez Morrison (write-in)	22	0.0
Total votes			112,814	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 26

California's 26th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Curren Price (incumbent)	151,733	81.3
	Republican	Nachum Shifren	25,728	13.8
	Libertarian	Bob Weber	4,882	2.6
	Peace and Freedom	Cindy Varela Henderson	4,293	2.3
Total votes			186,636	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 28

Incumbent Jenny Oropeza died on October 20, 2010, from complications from a blood clot, and remained on the ballot. A special election was called after she posthumously won the election.

California's 28th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jenny Oropeza (incumbent)	142,578	58.2
	Republican	John S. Stammreich	87,896	35.8
	Libertarian	David Ruskin	14,879	6.0
Total votes			245,353	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 30

California's 30th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ronald Calderon (incumbent)	105,946	68.6
	Republican	Warren P. Willis	48,534	31.4
Total votes			154,480	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 32

California's 32nd State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gloria Negrete McLeod (incumbent)	92,691	67.9
	Republican	Earl De Vries	43,924	32.1
Total votes			136,615	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 34

California's 34th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lou Correa (incumbent)	88,892	65.8
	Republican	Lucille Kring	46,377	34.2
Total votes			135,269	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 36

California's 36th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joel Anderson	193,573	63.2
	Democratic	Paul Clay	101,112	33.0
	Libertarian	Michael S. Metti	11,737	3.8
Total votes			306,422	100.0
	Republican hold

District 38

California's 38th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Wyland (incumbent)	169,769	60.2
	Democratic	Gila Jones	96,884	34.4
	Libertarian	Kristi Stone	15,185	5.4
Total votes			281,838	100.0
	Republican hold

District 40

California's 40th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Juan Vargas	101,767	59.5
	Republican	Brian Hendry	69,417	40.5
Total votes			171,184	100.0
	Democratic hold