2010 California Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 2010 California Gubernatorial Election?

Jerry Brown won the 2010 California Gubernatorial Election. Jerry Brown received 5,428,149 popular votes (53.77%). The main challenger was Meg Whitman (40.88%).

See the full head-to-head between Brown and Whitman

Brown +12.9 pts · won by 1,300,758 votes

Jerry Brown DemocraticWINNER53.77%

5,428,149 votes

Meg Whitman Republican40.88%

4,127,391 votes

Other candidates received the remaining 5.3% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.

Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.