California

OPEN SEAT

Filing Deadline: March 12, 2010

Primary Date: June 8, 2010

Current Governor: Arnold Schwarzenegger (R)

Republican Candidates:

- Steve Poizner, Insurance Commissioner

- Meg Whitman, Former eBay CEO

- Ken Miller, Businessman

- William Morrison

- Larry Naritelli, Corporate Accounting Manager

Democratic Candidate:

- Jerry Brown, Attorney General

- Richard Aguirre, Economist

- Fred Medill, College Student

- Joe Symmon, Pastor

Latest Polls:

Rasmussen
1/19/10; 500 likely voters, 4.5% margin of error

2010 Governor
43% Brown (D), 39% Whitman (R)
45% Brown (D), 35% Poizner (R)
43% Feinstein (D), 42% Whitman (R)
43% Feinstein (D), 39% Poizner (R)

Field Poll
1/5-17/10; 958 likely voters, 3.3% margin of error

2010 Governor: General Election
Brown 46%, Whitman 36%
Brown 48%, Poizner 31%