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 Increase 2 Decrease 1
Popular vote 5,121,423 4,121,280
Percentage 54.27% 43.67%
Swing Decrease 3.53% Increase 3.24%

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

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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%
52 28
Democratic Republican

Results

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Below are the final official results as reported by the Secretary of State.[1][2]

District 1District 2District 3District 4District 5District 6District 7District 8District 9District 10District 11District 12District 13District 14District 15District 16District 17District 18District 19District 20District 21District 22District 23District 24District 25District 26District 27District 28District 29District 30District 31District 32District 33District 34District 35District 36District 37District 38District 39District 40District 41District 42District 43District 44District 45District 46District 47District 48District 49District 50District 51District 52District 53District 54District 55District 56District 57District 58District 59District 60District 61District 62District 63District 64District 65District 66District 67District 68District 69District 70District 71District 72District 73District 74District 75District 76District 77District 78District 79District 80

District 1

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

References

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  1. ^ a b "November 2, 2010 General Election - Statement of Vote / Revised January 6, 2011" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. January 6, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2014. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
  2. ^ "November 2, 2010 General Election - Statement of Vote : State Assemblymember by District" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. November 2, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 18, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2012.