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
General election Candidates Larry Aceves, former Superintendent of the Franklin-McKinley School District and of the Alum Rock Union Elementary School District Tom Torlakson, State Assemblyman
Results
See also California elections, 2010 California Department of Education
References
External links Candidate information VoteCircle.com Non-partisan resources & vote sharing network for Californians Information on the elections from California's Secretary of State