Garamendi Wins CA-10 Open Primary

Lt. Governor John Garamendi
Photo by Luke Thomas

September 2, 2009

With all 176 precincts reporting, Lt. Governor John Garamendi has won the CA-10 open primary in the special election race to replace Rep. Ellen Tauscher.

Garamendi, a Democrat, won with 26.15 percent of the vote. He will face Republican Party candidate David Harmer (20.58 percent), Green Party candidate Jeremy Cloward (0.52 percent), American Independent Party candidate Jerome Denham (0.29 percent) and Peace and Freedom Party candidate Mary McIlroy (0.27 percent) in the runoff election in November.

Garamendi’s victory eliminates fellow Democrats Senator Mark DeSaulnier (17.55 percent), Assemblymember Joan Buchanan (12 percent), Anthony Woods (8.48 percent), and Adriel Hampton (0.36 percent).

Harmer’s victory eliminates fellow Republicans Chris Bunch (4.59 percent), Gary Clift (3.99 percent), John Toth (3.22 percent), David Peterson (1.59 percent), and Mark Loos (0.39 percent).

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2 Responses to “Garamendi Wins CA-10 Open Primary”

Ruth R. Snave, on September 3rd, 2009 at 8:58 am Said:

I was sorry to see that Adriel Hampton got only one-third of one percent of the vote in the Democratic primary. He is a good person with many talents.

He was outspent and outgunned, which is often the fate of candidates who are trying to make a breakthrough into the system.
GenaD, on September 3rd, 2009 at 6:39 pm Said:

Yes, good guys finish last.