2010 California SPI election
Nominee
Tom Torlakson
Larry Aceves
Party
Nonpartisan
Nonpartisan
Popular vote
4,222,946
3,476,243
Percentage
54.52
44.88
County resultsTorlakson : 40-50% 50-60% 60-70%
Aceves: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70%
SPI before election
Jack O'Connell
Nonpartisan
Elected SPI
Tom Torlakson
Nonpartisan
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.
Primary election [ ]
Candidates [ ]
Larry Aceves, former Superintendent of the Franklin-McKinley School District and of the Alum Rock Union Elementary School District
Karen Blake, geologist
Alexia Deligianni, Board member of the Orange Unified School District
Lydia Gutierrez, teacher
Diane Lenning, teacher and businesswoman
Leonard James Martin, retired
Grant McMicken, teacher
Daniel Nusbaum, teacher
Gloria Romero , State Senator
Faarax Dahir Sheikh-Noor
Tom Torlakson , State Assemblyman
Henry Williams, professor
Results [ ]
California Superintendent of Public Instruction primary election, 2010
Candidate
Votes
%
Larry Aceves
832,938
19.12
Tom Torlakson
808,970
18.57
Gloria Romero
738,032
16.94
Lydia Gutierrez
384,514
8.83
Grant McMicken
309,499
7.11
Karen Blake
299,492
6.88
Diane Lenning
270,570
6.21
Daniel Nusbaum
217,220
4.99
Alexia Deligianni
212,145
4.87
Henry Williams
125,283
2.88
Leonard James Martin
123,791
2.84
Faarax Dahir Sheikh-Noor
33,586
0.77
Total votes
4,356,040
100
General election [ ]
Candidates [ ]
Results [ ]
California Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2010
Candidate
Votes
%
Tom Torlakson
4,222,946
54.52
Larry Aceves
3,476,243
44.88
Diane Lenning (write-in)
46,061
0.60
Total votes
7,745,250
100
See also [ ]
California elections, 2010
California Department of Education
References [ ]
External links [ ]
(2009 ← ) 2010 California elections (→ 2011 )
June primary election
Propositions : 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17
November general election Special elections
72nd State Assembly district
37th State Senate district
43rd State Assembly district
15th State Senate district
Local elections
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