The Candidates: Primary Election, Tuesday June 8, 2010
Hilbert Morales
EL OBSERVADOR
The entire listing of candidates may be viewed online at ‘sccvote.gov’. Citizens may register to vote in this Primary Election up to May 24, 2010. Registered voters are advised to learn about the issues in order to make an informed choice when voting in your own personal best interests. The polls will be open from 7:00 AM until 8:00 PM. Since 67% of all registered voters have elected to vote by mail, those ballots have been mailed out as of Monday, May 10th. Mail in ballots may be delivered to an official polling location up to 8:00 PM on Tuesday, June 8th.
For many elected offices both the Democratic and Republican candidates are presented because each registered voter will receive a ballot listing either Democratic Party candidates or Republican Party candidates. The following are the candidates that in my personal independent judgment would best serve the interests of the entire community:
For Governor: Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown (Dem) Or Meg Whitman (Rep)
For Lieutenant Governor: Gavin Newsom (Dem) Or Abel Maldonado (Rep)
For Secretary of State: Debra Bowen (Dem) Or Damon Donn (Rep)
For Controller:   John Chiang (Dem) Or David Evans (Rep)
For Treasurer:   Bill Lockyear (Dem) Or Mimi Walters (Rep)
For Attorney General: Alberto Torrico (Dem) Or Rocky Delgadillo (Dem)
For Insurance Commissioner: Hector de la Torre (Dem), Steve Poizner (Rep) Or Dina Josephine Padilla (P&F)
State Board of Equalization: Betty Yee (Dem)
U.S. Senate: Barbara Boxer (Dem) Or Brian Quintana (Dem) Or Tom Campbell (Rep)
11th Congressional District: Jerry McNerney (Dem) Or Antonio C. “Tony” Amador (Rep)
14th Congressional District: Anna G. Eshoo (Dem) Or Ronny Santana (Rep)
15th Congressional District: Mike Honda (Dem)
16th Congressional District: Zoe Lofgren (Dem)
10th State Senate District: Ellen M. Cortate (Dem) Or Rob Moffit (Rep)
20th Assembly District: Garrett Yee (Dem) Or Adnan Shahb (Rep)
21st Assembly District: Yoriko Kishimoto (Dem) Or Greg Conlon (Rep)
22nd Assembly District: Paul Fong (Dem) Or T.J. Campbell (Lib)
23rd Assembly District: Nora Campos (Dem) Or Atul Saini (Rep)
24th Assembly District: Jim Beall (Dem) Or Robert Chandler (Rep)
27th Assembly District: Bill Munning (Dem) Or  Linda “Ellie” Black (Rep)
28th Assembly District: Francisco Dominguez (Dem) Or Robert Branasky (Rep)
NOTE: The various County Central Committee candidates are not presented.
For Judge, Superior Court: Office #1….Joyce Allegro
                                    Office #2…..Jacqueline M. Arroyo
                                    Office #3……Thang Nguyen
                                    Office #4…….Griffin Bonini
                                    Office #5…….A. Michael Clark
                                    Office #6…….W. J. Elfving
                                    Office #7……..Thomas Spielbauer
                                    Office #8……..Teresa Guerrero-Daly
                                    Office #9……… James P. Kleinberg
                                    Office #10………Lucy Koh
                                    Office #11………Vanessa A. Zucher
                                    Office #20……….Carrie A. Zepeda
For State Superintendent of Public Instruction: Larry Aceves Or  Gloria Romero
County Supervisor, District One: Peter Arrelllano Or  Teresa Alvarado         
County Supervisor, District Four: Ken Yeager
Assesor: Larry Stone
District Attorney: Dolores Carr Or Jeff Rosen
Sheriff: Richard Calderon
City of San Jose, Mayor: Chuck Reed
City of San Jose, Council member #1……Pete Constant
                            Council member #3……Sam Liccardo
                            Council member #5……J.Manuel Herrera
                            Council member #7……Madison Nguyen
                            Council member #9 ……Donald Rocha