 | |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 59.59%[1]  26.82pp | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||
  Brown: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Whitman: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
.jpg)
.jpg)
| Elections in California |
|---|
 |
The 2010 California gubernatorial election was held November 2, 2010, to elect the 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 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 2024, this remains the most recent time the governor's office in California has changed partisan control.