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The Candidates

Learn more about the candidates running for governor, attorney general and insurance commissioner.

Governor

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Jerry Brown (D), Attorney General (2007-2010), Mayor, Oakland, CA (1999-2007)

Brown was elected governor in 1974 and reelected in 1978 by more than one million votes. Brown appointed more women, Asians, Latinos and African-Americans to high government positions than any other chief executive. He also created the nation's first Wellness Commission, the Office of Appropriate Technology, the Native American Heritage Preservation Commission, and the California Commission on Industrial Innovation.
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Steve Poizner (R), Insurance Commissioner (2007-2010)

A highly successful entrepreneur, Steve Poizner founded two successful technology companies in Silicon Valley. In 2006, Poizner became one of only two Republicans elected statewide when he defeated Democratic Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante in the race for insurance commissioner.
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Meg Whitman (R), Businesswoman

Whitman's widely regarded leadership and organizational skills attracted attention beyond business. As the leader of a global company that created a huge number of jobs, Whitman developed strong ideas about the ingredients for 21st century success at every scale, from small business to the corporate level, from local to state to national government.
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Attorney General

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Rocky Delgadillo (D), City Attorney, Los Angeles (2001-2009)

Rocky Delgadillo's two terms as Los Angeles City attorney show him to be an energetic, imaginative legal official who used his office to help the people he represented. Delgadillo became the highest ranking Latino to win citywide office in more than 100 years when he was elected Los Angeles City attorney in June 2001.
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Kamala Harris (D), District Attorney, San Francisco (2004-2010)

In December 2003, Kamala Harris was elected as the first woman District Attorney in San Francisco's history, and the first African American woman and South Asian American woman in California to hold the office. She was overwhelmingly reelected to a second term in November 2007.
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Chris Kelly (D), Businessman/Attorney

With his unique experience in law, business and public policy, Chris Kelly brings a fresh perspective to the attorney general's office.
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Ted Lieu (D), Assemblyman, 53rd District (2005-2010)

Lieu has led the fight in California against Wall Street's excesses and fought to reform the subprime mortgage system and reduce home foreclosures. As a legislator, he has taken on special interests and successfully authored laws in the areas of public safety, child sex offenders, domestic violence, the environment, education, health care, veterans' issues, and transportation.
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Pedro Nava (D), Assemblyman, 35th District (2004-2010)

Since Pedro Nava's election to the State Assembly in 2004, he has shown a strong commitment to working families, public safety, women's health, and protecting the environment.
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Alberto Torrico (D), Assemblyman, 20th District (2008-2010)

Assemblymember Alberto Torrico serves as Majority Leader, the second highest post in California's State Assembly. Torrico represents the 20th Assembly District.
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John Eastman (R), Dean of Chapman University School of Law

Dr. Eastman has appeared as an expert legal commentator on numerous television and radio programs, including C-SPAN, Fox News, PBS, The O'Reilly Factor, OCN, NPR, KNX in Los Angeles, KFWB in Los Angeles, WABC in New York, the Michael Reagan Show, the Jane Chastain Show, the Michael Jackson show, Airtalk with Larry Mantle, and LA Live with Duffy.
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Tom Harman (R), State Senator (2006-2010), Assemblyman (2000-2006)

Like previous California Attorneys General Dan Lungren and George Deukmejian, Harman has had a distinguished career in legislative office, where, as vice chairman of the Assembly and Senate judiciary committees, he earned the respected of law enforcement leaders for his resolute defense of public safety and victims right.
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Insurance Commissioner

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Hector De La Torre (D), Assemblyman, 50th District (2004-2010)

Hector De La Torre has spent his career standing up to powerful special interests to protect workers, consumers and taxpayers. He has taken on the tough fights – from corrupt politicians to heartless insurance companies – and won.
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Dave Jones (D), Assemblyman, 9th District (2004-2010)

Dave Jones (D-Sacramento) is serving his third term representing the 9th District (Sacramento) in the California state assembly. Jones is the new chair of the Assembly Health Committee and serves on the Appropriations, Judiciary (formerly Chair), and the Accountability & Administrative Review Committees.
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Mike Villines (R), Assemblyman, 29th District (2004-2010)

Mike Villines was elected to the California state assembly in 2004 to represent the 29th Assembly District. Villines was chosen by his colleagues in November 2006 to serve as Assembly Republican Leader where he served with distinction for over two and a half years as one of the longest serving Republican leaders over the last 25 years.
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