2014 California Superintendent of Public Instruction election

2014 California Superintendent of Public Instruction election

← 2010 June 3, 2014 (first round)
November 4, 2014 (runoff)
2018 →
 
Candidate Tom Torlakson Marshall Tuck Lydia Gutierrez
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
First round 1,767,257
46.5%
1,098,441
28.9%
931,719
24.5%
Runoff 3,167,212
52.1%
2,906,989
47.9%
Eliminated

Torlakson:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Tuck:      30–40%      50–60%
Gutierrez:      40–50%

Superintendent before election

Tom Torlakson

Elected Superintendent

Tom Torlakson

The 2014 California Superintendent of Public Instruction election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the Superintendent of Public Instruction of California. Unlike most other elections in California, the superintendent is not elected under the state's "top-two primary". Instead, the officially nonpartisan position is elected via a nonpartisan primary election, with a runoff only held if no candidate receives a majority of the vote.

Incumbent superintendent Tom Torlakson ran for re-election to a second term in office. In the primary election on June 3, 2014, no candidate received a majority of the vote, so the top two finishers, Torlakson and Marshall Tuck, contested a general election, which Torlakson won.