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California Secretary of State - Elections Division
2009 California Special Congressional Races
Filing Deadline: 4/6/09, write-in deadline: 5/5/09, Special Election Primary: 5/19/09, Special Election Runoff: 7/14/09,
Last Updated: September 2, 2009 |
Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, |
10th Congressional District, 65.1% in '08, Ellen O. Tauscher (D) resigned during 7th term to become undersecrtary of state, Polls,
Filing Deadline 7/20/09, Primary write-in Deadline: 8/18/09, Primary: 9/1/09, Independent Filing Deadline: 9/7/09, Deadline for Write-in Candidate: 10/20/09, Special Election: 11/3/09, Run-off Election (if necessary): 12/29/09,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
Lt. Gov. John R. Garamendi (D) 26.2%,
St. Sen. Mark DeSaulnier (D) 17.6%, St. AM Joan Buchanan (D) 12.0%, veteran Anthony Woods (D) 8.5%, ex-journalist / municipal investigator Adriel Hampton (D) 0.4%, |
'96 congressional candidate / ex-congressional aide / ex-JPMorgan Chase ass't. gen. counsel David Harmer (R) 20.6%,
businessman Christopher Bunch (R) 4.6%, retired police officer Gary Clift (R) 4.0%, physician John Toth (R) 3.2%, businessman David Peterson (R) 1.6%, businessman Mark Loos (R) 0.4%, |
adj. prof. Jeremy Cloward (G) 0.5%, |
| Mary McIlroy (P&F;) 0.3%, |
| Jerry Denham (AI) 0.3%, |
32nd Congressional District, unopposed in '08, 5th term, Hilda L. Solis (D) nominated for Secretary of Labor, Polls,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
Board of Equalization chair Judy Chu (D) 31.9%,
St. Sen. Gil Cedillo (D) 23.38%, ex-cong. aide Emanuel Pleitez (D) 13.54%, retiree Francisco Alonso (D) 2.05%, ex-cong. aide Benita Duran (D) 1.22%, actor Stefan L. "Contreras" Lysenko (D) 0.45%, attorney Nick Juan Mostert (D) 0.45%, businessman Rafael F. Nadal (D) 0.37%, |
City Council member Betty Tom Chu (R) 10.43%,
businesswoman Teresa Hernandez (R) 8.69%, ex-Covina Mayor / police chaplain David A. Truax (R) 6.28%, Larry Dean Scarborough (R/WI), |
businessman Christopher M. Agrella (L) 1.24%,
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1. Link to Predictions:
2. D.C.'s Political Report's stars indicate the rating of the race from 1 star to 5 stars depending on its entertainment value.
The color indicates D.C.'s Political Report's prediction of the winning party.
| = Democrat retain control, |
 = Democrats take over control, |
 = Republican retain control, |
 = Republicans take over control, |
 = Independent / 3rd Party retains control, |
 = Independent / 3rd Party take over control |
| Bold indicates incumbent. |
Yellow district indicates open races. |
| Light Blue boxes indicates Democrats maintained control. |
Light Red boxes indicates Republicans maintained control. |
| Blue boxes indicates Democrats took control. |
Red boxes indicates Republicans took control. |
3. Key to Alaska Political Parties:
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