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California's 46th Congressional District
California's 46th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. It has been represented by Democrat Lou Correa since 2017, when he succeeded Loretta Sanchez, who retired to run for the U.S. Senate. The district is based in Orange County and includes the communities of Anaheim, Santa Ana, and Stanton, as well as parts of Orange and Fullerton. It is both the most Democratic-leaning and most Latino congressional district in Orange County. The congressional district contains the theme park Disneyland and Angel Stadium. From 2003 to 2013 the district covered part of Los Angeles County and Orange County. It included Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa and Rancho Palos Verdes. Recent election results from statewide races Composition Under the 2020 redistricting, California's 38th congressional district is located entirely within western Orange County in Southern California. It includes the cities of Santa Ana, Stanton, most of Anahei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California's 46th Congressional District (since 2023)
California's 46th congressional district is a List of United States congressional districts, congressional district in the U.S. state of California. It has been represented by Democratic Party (United States), Democrat Lou Correa since 2017, when he succeeded Loretta Sanchez, who retired to 2016 United States Senate election in California, run for the United States Senate, U.S. Senate. The district is based in Orange County, California, Orange County and includes the communities of Anaheim, California, Anaheim, Santa Ana, California, Santa Ana, and Stanton, California, Stanton, as well as parts of Orange, California, Orange and Fullerton, California, Fullerton. It is both the most Democratic-leaning and most Latino congressional district in Orange County. The congressional district contains the theme park Disneyland and Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Angel Stadium. From 2003 to 2013 the district covered part of Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County and Orange County, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntington Beach, California
Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County, California, United States. The city was originally called Pacific City, but it was changed in 1903 to be named after American businessman Henry E. Huntington. The population was 198,711 as of the 2020 United States census, making it the fourth most populous city in Orange County, the most populous beach city in Orange County, and the seventh most populous city in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Located southeast of Downtown Los Angeles, it is bordered by Bolsa Chica Basin State Marine Conservation Area on the west, the Pacific Ocean on the southwest, by Seal Beach on the northwest, by Westminster, California, Westminster on the north, by Fountain Valley, California, Fountain Valley on the northeast, by Costa Mesa on the east, and by Newport Beach on the southeast. Huntington Beach has a long stretch of sandy beach, mild climate, conditions considered ideal for surfing, and a strong beach ... [...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] |
2010 California Gubernatorial Election
The 2010 California gubernatorial election was held November 2, 2010, to elect the Governor of California, governor of California. The primary elections were held on June 8, 2010. Because constitutional office holders in California have been prohibited from serving more than two terms in the same office since November 6, 1990, incumbent California Republican Party, Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger was ineligible to run for re-election due to term limits. Former governor Jerry Brown, to whom the term limits did not apply due to a grandfather clause, defeated Meg Whitman in the general election and was sworn into office on January 3, 2011. As of 2025, this remains the most recent time the governor's office in California has changed partisan control. Primary election Republican party Candidates * Bill Chambers, railroad switchman * Douglas Hughes, retired business owner * Ken Miller, former broadcast manager * Steven Mozena (write-in candidate) * Lawrence Naritelli, accountant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who was the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American president in American history. Obama previously served as a U.S. senator representing Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama graduated from Columbia University in 1983 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and later worked as a community organizer in Chicago. In 1988, Obama enrolled in Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the ''Harvard Law Review''. He became a civil rights attorney and an academic, teaching constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. In 1996, Obama was elected to represent the 13th district in the Illinois Senate, a position he held until 2004, when he successfully ran for the U.S. Senate. In the 2008 pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
