California
Incumbent: Jerry Brown (D)
Primary election: June 8, 2010
General election: November 2, 2010
STATUS: OPEN SEAT
RATING: Lean Democratic Pickup
RECENT ELECTION RESULTS:
2003 Result: Schwarzenegger wins with 49%. (Open Recall Primary)
2006 Result: Schwarzenegger wins 56%-39%.
California Gubernatorial Race Headlines
Democrats:
Jerry Brown Web Site Twitter YouTube
Republicans:
Steve Poizner Web Site Twitter YouTube
Meg Whitman Web Site Twitter YouTube
Local Blogs/Media:
Beyond Chron (SF alternative news )
Calbuzz
California Progress Report (progressive)
Calitics (progressive)
Courage Campaign (progressive advocacy)
The Policy Report (conservative)
Repair California (advocacy group calling for a constitutional convention)
Local Resources:
The Field Poll (California polling)
PollWatch:
Field Poll: Brown’s job approval rating soars, with 58-33% approving (12/5/13)
Field Poll: Brown approval rating at 51%, plurality (43%) support a re-election run (7/24/13)
Field Poll: Voters have mixed views on spending cuts if Brown tax initiative fails (7/4/12)
Field Poll: Brown’s job rating remains favorable. Very poor appraisal of the Legislature (2/25/12)
Field Poll: Both millionaire’s and governor’s tax initiatives favored by majorities. Less support for Munger tax plan (2/24/12)
PPIC: Californians and their government – Strong majority favor Jerry Brown’s proposed tax initiative (January 2012)
Survey USA: Following illegitimate child revelations, majority of CA voters say they would never vote for Schwarzenegger again (5/17/11)
Field Poll: A complete look at the public’s view on Brown’s budget plans (3/16/11)
PPIC: Slim majority of Californians support Brown’s call for special election, raising taxes to save education funding (January 2011)
Field Poll: Brown opens 10-point lead, 49-39% (10/28/10)
Rasmussen – Brown maintains narrow lead over Whitman, 49-45% (10/27/10)
McLoughlin (Whitman internal): Brown holds slight lead, 46-43% (10/22/10)
Survey USA: Brown leads Whitman 47-40% (10/18/10)
Tarrance /RGA (internal): Brown, Whitman deadlocked at 46% (10/19/10)
Wilson Research (R): Virtual dead heat, Whitman 45%, Brown 44% (10/19/10)
Fox News: Brown opens lead over Whitman, 48-43% (10/16/10)
Reuters/IPSOS: Brown holds narrow lead, 48-44% (10/14/10)
Rasmussen: Brown’s lead holds steady, 50-44% (10/13/10)
Reuters/IPSOS: Brown lead grows, 50-43% (10/5/10)
Survey USA: Brown holds narrow lead, 47-43% (10/4/10)
Rasmussen:: Brown inching toward 50% threshold, Brown leads 49-44% (10/3/10)
Field Poll: Brown and Whitman in dead heat, tied at 41% (9/23/10)
LA Times/USC: Brown opens slight lead, 49-44% (9/22/10)
Survey USA: Brown opens slim lead, 46-43% (9/21/10)
Public Policy Polling: Brown holds small lead over Whitman, 47-42% (9/21/10)
Rasmussen: Brown, Whitman in dead heat; Brown 47%, Whitman 46% (9/20/10)
Fox News: Brown, Whitman tied at 45% (9/18/10)
CNN/Time/Opinion Research: Whitman holds slight lead, 48-46% (9/7/10)
Rasmussen: Whitman opens a narrow lead, 48-40% (8/24/10)
Public Policy Polling: Brown’s lead shrinks to 46-40 (7/28/10)
Rasmussen: Governor’s race tight, Whitman 47%, Brown 46% (7/12/10)
Survey USA: Whitman opens lead over Brown 46-39 (7/11/10)
Field Poll: Governor’s race a virtual tie, Brown 44%, Whitman 43% (7/7/10)
Reuters/IPSOS: Brown holds narrow edge over Whitman, 45-39 (6/29/10)
Cross Target/Pajamas Media (R): Brown leads Whitman, 46-43 (6/13/10)
Rasmussen: General election begins even – Brown, 45, Whitman 44 (6/9/10)
Survey USA: Whitman leads Poizner 59-30 (6/7/10)
Magellan Strategies: Whitman support hits 64%, Poizner falls to 22% (6/7/10)
Field Poll: Whitman leads Poizner more than 2-to-1, 51-26 (6/4/10)
Probolsky Research: Whitman up by thirty, 54-24 (6/2/10)
LA Times/USC: Whitman back up by 24 (5/29/10)
PPP: Brown holds double-digit leads over both Whitman & Poizner (5/27/10)
Magellan Strategies: Whitman way up on primary, 54-19 (5/25/10)
Rasmussen: Poizner now stronger than Whitman against Brown (5/24/10)
PPP: Whitman’s lead remains impressive, 51-26 (5/25/10)
Survey USA: Whitman leading Poizner, 54-27 (5/23/10)
Research 2000/DKos: Poizner within ten, 46-36 (5/21/10)
PPIC: Whitman’s lead over Poizner evaporates (May 2010)
Survey USA: Poizner has erased gap; trails Whitman by two, 39-37 (5/10/10)
Public Opinion (R) [Poizner internal]: Poizner claims to be within 20 of Whitman, 38-28 (5/5/10)
Survey USA: Whitman leads Poizner by 21 (4/21/10)
Probolsky Research: Whitman holds big primary lead, Brown holds narrow Nov lead (4/16/10)
Rasmussen: Brown gets convention bounce, leads Whitman 44-38 (4/19/10)
LA Times/USC: Whitman trouncing Poizner by 40, edging Brown 43-41 (4/3/10)
PPIC: Whitman’s lead over Poizner hits 50 points, also edges ahead of Brown (3/24/10)
Field Poll: Jobs & economy top concerns as Golden State picks new governor (3/22/10)
Field Poll: Whitman primary lead widens, beats Brown in general matchup (3/17/10)
Research 2000/DKos: Whitman with huge primary lead; Brown up in November (3/10/10)
Rasmussen: Brown leading all GOP hopefuls, Newsom in tighter races (9/24/09)
Moore Research: Brown increases lead over Newsom, Whitman, Poizner (LCV Polls, 8/25/09)
Daily Kos/Research 2000: Whitman, Brown lead, GOPers better liked than Dems (8/13/09)
PPIC: Schwarzenegger approval plummets to 28 (pdf) (July 2009)
Brown leads Newsom, 46-26 in two-way Dem contest (CalBuzz, 6/26/09)
