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
 Majority partyMinority party
 
LeaderDarrell SteinbergRobert Dutton
PartyDemocraticRepublican
Leader's seat6th–Sacramento31st–Rancho Cucamonga
Seats before2515
Seats after2515
Seat changeSteadySteady
Popular vote2,279,8341,736,816
Percentage55.57%42.33%

Results:
     Democratic hold
     Republican hold

President pro tempore before election

Darrell Steinberg
Democratic

President pro tempore-designate

Darrell Steinberg
Democratic

Overview

California State Senate elections, 2010
PartyVotesPercentageNot upContestedBeforeAfter+/–
Democratic2,279,83455.57%11142525
Republican1,736,81642.33%961515
Libertarian64,1641.56%0000
American Independent11,8710.29%0000
Peace and Freedom10,2090.25%0000
Independent100.00%0000
Totals4,102,904100.00%20204040

Results

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

District 2

California's 2nd State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticNoreen Evans 190,824 63.4
RepublicanLawrence R. Wiesner110,20936.6
IndependentEd Musgrave (write-in)100.0
Total votes301,043 100.0
Democratic hold

District 4

California's 4th State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanDoug LaMalfa 226,239 68.3
DemocraticLathe Gill105,46031.7
Total votes331,699 100.0
Republican hold

District 6

California's 6th State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticDarrell Steinberg (incumbent) 137,012 61.0
RepublicanMarcel Weiland70,72431.5
LibertarianSteve Torno11,2364.9
Peace and FreedomLanric Hyland5,9162.6
Total votes224,888 100.0
Democratic hold

District 8

California's 8th State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticLeland Yee (incumbent) 197,070 79.0
RepublicanDoo Sup Park52,58721.0
Total votes249,657 100.0
Democratic hold

District 10

California's 10th State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticEllen Corbett (incumbent) 139,799 66.6
RepublicanRob Maffit58,26227.8
American IndependentIvan Chou11,8715.6
Total votes209,932 100.0
Democratic hold

District 12

California's 12th State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanAnthony Cannella 92,270 51.5
DemocraticAnna Caballero86,92348.5
Total votes179,193 100.0
Republican hold

District 14

California's 14th State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanTom Berryhill 191,097 66.4
DemocraticLarry Johnson96,83533.6
Total votes287,932 100.0
Republican hold

District 16

California's 16th State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticMichael Rubio 71,334 60.5
RepublicanTim Thiesen46,71739.5
Total votes118,051 100.0
Democratic hold

District 18

California's 18th State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanJean Fuller 166,051 68.9
DemocraticCarter N. Pope75,22931.1
Total votes241,280 100.0
Republican hold

District 20

California's 20th State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticAlex Padilla (incumbent) 94,356 68.4
RepublicanKathleen "Suzy" Evans37,42027.1
LibertarianAdrian Galysh6,2454.5
Total votes138,051 100.0
Democratic hold

District 22

California's 22nd State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticKevin de León 90,557 100.0
Total votes90,557 100.0
Democratic hold

District 24

California's 24th State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticEd Hernandez 112,792 100.0
RepublicanWilliam Rodriguez Morrison (write-in)220.0
Total votes112,814 100.0
Democratic hold

District 26

California's 26th State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticCurren Price (incumbent) 151,733 81.3
RepublicanNachum Shifren25,72813.8
LibertarianBob Weber4,8822.6
Peace and FreedomCindy Varela Henderson4,2932.3
Total votes186,636 100.0
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
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJenny Oropeza (incumbent) 142,578 58.2
RepublicanJohn S. Stammreich87,89635.8
LibertarianDavid Ruskin14,8796.0
Total votes245,353 100.0
Democratic hold

District 30

California's 30th State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticRonald Calderon (incumbent) 105,946 68.6
RepublicanWarren P. Willis48,53431.4
Total votes154,480 100.0
Democratic hold

District 32

California's 32nd State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticGloria Negrete McLeod (incumbent) 92,691 67.9
RepublicanEarl De Vries43,92432.1
Total votes136,615 100.0
Democratic hold

District 34

California's 34th State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticLou Correa (incumbent) 88,892 65.8
RepublicanLucille Kring46,37734.2
Total votes135,269 100.0
Democratic hold

District 36

California's 36th State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanJoel Anderson 193,573 63.2
DemocraticPaul Clay101,11233.0
LibertarianMichael S. Metti11,7373.8
Total votes306,422 100.0
Republican hold

District 38

California's 38th State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanMark Wyland (incumbent) 169,769 60.2
DemocraticGila Jones96,88434.4
LibertarianKristi Stone15,1855.4
Total votes281,838 100.0
Republican hold

District 40

California's 40th State Senate district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJuan Vargas 101,767 59.5
RepublicanBrian Hendry69,41740.5
Total votes171,184 100.0
Democratic hold