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California's 19th Congressional District
California's 19th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California, currently represented by . Following redistricting in 2021, the district includes most of the wealthier, white portions of the Central Coast, including Santa Cruz County, California, Santa Cruz County (excluding most of majority-Hispanic Watsonville, California, Watsonville) and parts of Santa Clara County, California, Santa Clara County, Monterey County, California, Monterey County and San Luis Obispo County, California, San Luis Obispo County. The new 19th district includes the south side of San Jose, California, San Jose and the entire cities of Santa Cruz, California, Santa Cruz, Monterey, California, Monterey, Seaside, California, Seaside, Paso Robles, California, Paso Robles, and Atascadero, California, Atascadero. Most of the area was previously part of the 20th district, which moved to the Central Valley. For much of the 20th century prior to the early 1990s, the distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles and sometimes abbreviated as LA County, is the List of United States counties and county equivalents, most populous county in the United States, with 9,663,345 residents estimated in 2023. Its population is greater than that of 40 individual List of U.S. states and territories by population, U.S. states. Comprising List of cities in Los Angeles County, California, 88 incorporated cities and List of unincorporated communities in Los Angeles County, California, 101+ unincorporated areas within a total area of , it is home to more than a quarter of Demographics of California, Californians and is one of the most ethnically diverse U.S. counties. The County seat, county's seat, Los Angeles, is the List of United States cities by population, second most populous city in the United States, with 3,820,914 residents estimated in 2023. The county is the domicile of the Cinema of the United States, U.S. motion picture industry since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 California State Controller Election
The 2010 California State Controller election was held on November 2, 2010, to choose the California State Controller, State Controller of California. The primary election was held on June 8, 2010. Incumbent John Chiang (California politician), John Chiang won reelection. Candidates The following were certified by the California Secretary of State as candidates in the primary election for State Controller. Candidates who won their respective primaries and qualified for the general election are shown in bold. American Independent * Lawrence Beliz, businessman * Nathan Johnson Democratic * John Chiang (California politician), John Chiang, incumbent State Controller Green * Ross D. Frankel, accountant Libertarian * Andrew "Andy" Favor, certified public accountant Peace and Freedom * Karen Martinez Republican * David Evans, certified public accountant * Tony Strickland, state senator and nominee in 2006 Primary results American Independent Republican ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Lockyer
William Westwood Lockyer (born May 8, 1941) is an American politician and lawyer from the state of California. A Democrat, he served in both houses of the state legislature, having been a member of the California State Assembly from 1973 to 1982 and the California State Senate from 1982 to 1998. He spent the last four years of his State Senate tenure as president pro tempore. He then served as California Attorney General from 1999 to 2007, and as California State Treasurer from 2007 to 2015. Early life and education Lockyer was born in Hayward, California, on May 8, 1941. He attended the University of California, Berkeley, graduating with a B.A. in Political Science in 1965. The following year, he received a Teaching Credential from CSU in Hayward, then worked for his father's roofing company and as a fork-lift driver at Ward's before getting his first job with the Legislature on the staff of Assemblyman Robert W. Crown. In 1986, Lockyer graduated with a J.D. from University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 California State Treasurer Election
The 2010 California State Treasurer election was held on November 2, 2010, to choose the State Treasurer of California. The primary election was held on June 8, 2010. Democratic Incumbent Bill Lockyer won reelection. Candidates The following were certified by the California Secretary of State as candidates in the primary election for State Treasurer. Candidates who won their respective primaries and qualified for the general election are shown in bold. American Independent * Robert Lauten Democratic * Bill Lockyer, incumbent State Treasurer Green * Charles "Kit" Crittenden, retired professor Libertarian * Edward Teyssier, business owner/attorney Peace and Freedom * Debra L. Reiger, retired technology manager Republican * Mimi Walters, state senator Primary results General results References External links Official campaign Web sites Robert Lauten [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamala Harris
Kamala Devi Harris ( ; born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 49th vice president of the United States from 2021 to 2025 under President Joe Biden. She is the first female, first African American, and first Asian American U.S. vice president, and the highest-ranking female and Asian American official in U.S. history. Harris represented California in the U.S. senate from 2017 to 2021 and was the Attorney General of California, attorney general of California from 2011 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, she was the party's nominee in the 2024 United States presidential election, 2024 presidential election. Born in Oakland, California, Harris graduated from Howard University and the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, University of California, Hastings College of the Law. She began her law career in the office of the district attorney of Alameda County. Harris was recruited t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 California Attorney General Election
The 2010 California Attorney General election was held on November 2, 2010, to choose the California Attorney General, Attorney General of California. The primary election was held on June 8, 2010. Incumbent California Attorney General, Attorney General Jerry Brown, a California Democratic Party, Democrat, had declined to run and instead 2010 California gubernatorial election, ran successfully for governor of California. The two major candidates were district attorneys from Los Angeles County District Attorney, Los Angeles County and San Francisco District Attorney's Office, San Francisco, California Republican Party, Republican Steve Cooley and Democrat Kamala Harris, respectively. On November 24, 2010, Cooley conceded to Harris, giving the Democrats a sweep of statewide executive offices. On November 30, Harris declared victory. Harris was the state's first female attorney general, and first Asian American (mother from India) state attorney general when her term began in Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debra Bowen
Debra Lynn Bowen (born October 27, 1955) is an American attorney and politician who served as the Secretary of State of California from 2007 to 2015. Previously, she was a member of the California State Legislature from 1992 to 2006. In March 2008, she was given the Profile in Courage Award by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Background and education Bowen was born and raised in Rockford, Illinois, where she graduated from Guilford High School in 1973. She received her bachelor's degree in 1976 from Michigan State University, and her Juris Doctor in 1979 from the University of Virginia School of Law. In 1984, she started her own California law firm. Motivated by the death of Robin Williams a few weeks earlier, in September 2014, her last year serving as Secretary of State, Bowen revealed that she has been battling depression since she had been in college. She vowed to continue to serve out the four months remaining in her term as Secretary of State. Caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 California Secretary Of State Election
The 2010 California Secretary of State election was held on November 2, 2010, to choose the Secretary of State of California. The primary election was held on June 8, 2010. Incumbent Democratic Debra Bowen won reelection to a second term. Republican primary Candidates * Roy Allmond, write-in candidate * Damon Dunn, small business owner * Orly Taitz, attorney and dentist Other primaries General election References External links Official campaign Web sites Roy Allmond * Ann Menasche * {{CA2010elections [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Christopher Newsom ( ; born October 10, 1967) is an American politician and businessman serving since 2019 as the 40th governor of California. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served from 2011 to 2019 as the 49th lieutenant governor of California and from 2004 to 2011 as the 42nd mayor of San Francisco. Newsom graduated from Santa Clara University in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science in political science. Afterward, he founded the boutique winery PlumpJack Winery, PlumpJack Group in Oakville, California, with billionaire heir and family friend Gordon Getty as an investor. The company grew to manage 23 businesses, including wineries, restaurants, and hotels. Newsom began his political career in 1996, when San Francisco mayor Willie Brown (politician), Willie Brown appointed him to the city's Parking and Traffic Commission. Brown then appointed Newsom to fill a vacancy on San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the Board of Supervisors the ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 California Lieutenant Gubernatorial Election
The 2010 California lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 2010, to elect the lieutenant governor of California. The primary election took place on June 8, 2010. Incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Abel Maldonado, who had been appointed to the office, ran for election to a full term but was defeated by Democratic Mayor Gavin Newsom of San Francisco. Newsom started his four-year term on 10 January 2011. Democratic Primary Candidates * Janice Hahn, member of the Los Angeles City Council * Eric Korevaar, businessman and scientist * Gavin Newsom, Mayor of San Francisco Polls Results Republican Primary Candidates * Sam Aanestad, state senator representing the 4th district * Bert Davis, businessman * Yvonne Girard, judicial assistant * Dave Harris, businessman * Scott Levitt, attorney * Abel Maldonado, incumbent lieutenant governor Results Other Primaries General election Opinion polls Results Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Brown
Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. (born April 7, 1938) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 34th and 39th governor of California from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he was elected Secretary of State of California, secretary of state of California in 1970; Brown later served as mayor of Oakland from 1999 to 2007 and Attorney General of California, attorney general of California from 2007 to 2011. He was both the oldest and sixth-youngest governor of California due to the 28-year gap between his second and third terms. Upon completing his fourth term in office, Brown became the fourth List of longest-serving governors of U.S. states, longest-serving governor in U.S. history, serving 16 years and 5 days in office. Born in San Francisco, he is the son of Bernice Layne Brown and Pat Brown, who was the 32nd governor of California (1959–1967). After graduating from the University of California, Berke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
