League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
	California State Government November 2, 2010 Election
	Insurance Commissioner Voter Information

Results as of Nov 30 4:33pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (24845/24845)

Candidates (Vote for 1) Click on highlighted name for additional information supplied by candidate. Contact non-highlighted candidates and encourage them to provide information for voters. Dave Jones 4,756,969 votes 50.6% Party: Democratic Occupation: Member, California State Assembly Councilmember, City of Sacramento Legal Counsel, U.S. Attorney General's Office (Clinton Administration) White House Fellow (Clinton Administration) Legal Aid Attorney, Legal Services of Northern California assemblymemberdavejones@gmail.com Priorities: Make the Insurance Commissioner's Office the strongest consumer protection agency in the nation Advocate for universal single payer healthcare reform Regulate health insurance rates Mike Villines 3,534,296 votes 37.6% Party: Republican Occupation: Businessman/State Assemblyman CA State Assemblyman since 2004 Board Member, Maddy Institute for Leadership and Ethics at CSU Fresno Owner, Panagraph (PR and gov't relations) Chief of Staff, CA Senate/Assembly Aide on environmental issues, Office of Governor Pete Wilson CSU Fresno, Bachelor's degree in Political Science staff@mikevillines.com Priorities: Consumer protection and affordable insurance Health and solvency of insurance industry Reduce healthcare costs and reform system Richard Bronstein 371,633 votes 4.0% (This candidate has not provided any information to Smart Voter) Party: Libertarian Occupation: Licensed Insurance Broker insure@greensky.com Dina Josephine Padilla 292,735 votes 3.1% Party: Peace and Freedom Occupation: Injured Worker Consultant Injured Worker-Patient Consultant Certified Unit Health Coordinator Certified Medical Assiatant Sacramento Central Labor Council Board Member SEIU Union Steward Citrus Heights Area 6 Board Member dinajpadilla@gmail.com Priorities: Prosecution of Insurance Industry for massive cost shifting to local & state government Elimination of the Insurance industry in healthcare & we need a Single Payer Plan Elimination of secrecy & confidential agreements between insurance companies & employers. Policy holders need to be included. William John "Bill" Balderston 251,063 votes 2.6% Party: Green Occupation: Teacher/Union Organizer BA - Brown University, 1969 executive board-Oak.Educ.Assoc 1993-2007 steering committee-Labor 4 P&J 2006-2010 steering committee-East Bay Sanctuary Covenant 1986-2010 steering committee-Vote Health 2010 classroom teacher-Oakland, 1985-2007 bbalderston@earthlink.net Priorities: single-payer health care regulating and/or government control of all corporations, as regards profit-rate and taxation ending wars of occupation Clay Pedersen 197,995 votes 2.1% (This candidate has not provided any information to Smart Voter) Party: American Independent Occupation: Retail Manager putamericafirst@cox.net Basic candidate data supplied by the Secretary of State. Order of candidates is random and changes daily.

Official Information Job Description Oversees and directs all functions of the Department of Insurance. Licenses, regulates, and examines insurance companies. Answers public questions and complaints regarding the insurance industry. Enforces California insurance laws and adopts regulations to implement the laws. Candidate Statements in the Official Voter Information Guide Statements Submitted by Individual Candidates for this Office - Under California law, candidates that accept voluntary spending limits may purchase space for these candidate statements of up to 250 words in length Nonpartisan Information Candidate Interviews One-on-One Interviews with Individual Candidates - produced by Cable's Free Airtime Project: a collaboration of League of Women Voters of California, The California Channel and local cable providers Campaign Finance Data Secretary of State Cal-Access Campaign Finance Activity of candidates - Look for Office, Candidate name Daily/Late Contribution Filing List of Candidates Accepting/Rejecting Voluntary Campaign Spending Limits - Candidates for Insurance Commissioner who have voluntarily chosen to limit their spending in campaigns may spend no more than $7,768,000 in this general election. Established by Proposition 34. General Links Election Archives See the candidates and results from the 6/8/2010, 11/7/2006, 6/6/2006, 11/5/2002, 3/5/2002, 11/03/1998, 6/2/1998 elections. This election is archived. Any links to sources outside of Smart Voter may no longer be active. No further links will be added to this page. Links to sources outside of Smart Voter are provided for information only and do not imply endorsement.

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