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Gavin Newsom
4,908,216 votes
50.2%
(This candidate has not provided any information to Smart Voter)
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Mayor, City and County of San Francisco
Abel Maldonado
3,814,102 votes
39.0%
(This candidate has not provided any information to Smart Voter)
- Party: Republican
- Occupation: Senator/Businessman/Farmer
Pamela J. Brown
573,451 votes
5.9%
- Party: Libertarian
- Occupation: Economics Professor
- Ph.D., Economics, George Mason University
- Professor of Economics - Pierce College, Woodland Hills CA
- District Academic Senator, Los Angeles Community College District
- Candidate for CA State Senate, 2006
- Candidate for CA Assembly, 2008
- pamecon@sbcglobal.net
Priorities:
- Reduce state tax burdens to levels competitive with other U.S. states to attract business & jobs to CA
- Cut state spending by aligning public-sector pensions & salaries with those in the private sector
- Improve education outcomes with competition (school choice) & pay-for-performance incentives
Jim King
184,628 votes
1.9%
(This candidate has not provided any information to Smart Voter)
James Castillo
163,341 votes
1.7%
(This candidate has not provided any information to Smart Voter)
C. T. Weber
116,037 votes
1.2%
- Party: Peace and Freedom
- Occupation: Retired Government Analyst
- Master's degree in Public Administration and Bachelor's degree in History from California State University, Long Beach.
- Elected to four, two year, terms on the California State Employees Association Board of Directors.
- Served on the SEIU Local 1000 State Council.
- Served as a delegate to the Sacramento Central Labor Council.
- Founded the Long Beach Free Clinic.
- Elected three times as the State Chairperson of Peace and Freedom Party of California.
- ctwebervoters@att.net
Priorities:
- Preserve social programs and shift burden of taxation back to those who get wealthy off the system, oppose offshore drilling, and slash student fees.
- Economic Security through Full Employment, Double Minimum Wage/Tie it to Cost of Living, and a Defined Benefit Retirement System.
- Parties Represented in Legislatures in Proportion to Votes Received, Require a Majority Vote for Executive Positions, Equal Funding of All Campaigns.
Karen England
(Write-in)
(This candidate has not provided any information to Smart Voter)
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Job Description
- Assumes the office and duties of Governor in the case
of impeachment, death, resignation, removal from
office, or absence from the state.
- Serves as President of and presides over the State
Senate and has a tie-breaking vote.
- Chairs the Economic Development Commission, is a
member of the State Lands Commission, and sits on
the boards of the California university systems.
- Serves as an ex-officio member of the California
State World Trade Commission.
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