California Superintendent of Public Instruction election, 2014

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California Superintendent of Public Instruction election, 2014

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Nominee Tom Torlakson Marshall Tuck
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 3,167,212 2,906,989
Percentage 52.14 47.86

Superintendent before election

Tom Torlakson
Nonpartisan

Elected Superintendent

Tom Torlakson
Nonpartisan

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 2014 California Superintendent of Public Instruction election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the Superintendent of Public Instruction of California. Unlike most other elections in California, the Superintendent is not elected under the state's "top-two primary". Instead, the officially nonpartisan position is elected via a nonpartisan primary election, with a runoff only held if no candidate receives a majority of the vote.

Incumbent Superintendent Tom Torlakson ran for re-election to a second term in office. In the primary election on June 3, 2014, no candidate received a majority of the vote, so the top two finishers, Torlakson and Marshall Tuck, contested a general election, which Torlakson won.

Primary election

Candidates

  • Lydia Gutierrez, teacher, Coastal San Pedro Neighborhood Councilwoman and candidate for Superintendent in 2010[1]
  • Tom Torlakson, incumbent Superintendent of Public Instruction[2]
  • Marshall Tuck, businessman, former CEO of Partnership for LA Schools and former President of Green Dot Public Schools[3]

Results

California Superintendent of Public Instruction primary election, 2014[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Tom Torlakson 1,767,257 46.54
Nonpartisan Marshall Tuck 1,098,441 28.93
Nonpartisan Lydia Gutierrez 931,719 24.54
Total votes 3,797,417 100
Voter turnout 12.86%

General election

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Tom
Torlakson
Marshall
Tuck
Undecided
GQR/American Viewpoint October 22–29, 2014 1,162 ± 3.3% 32% 29% 40%
Field Poll October 15–28, 2014 941 ± 3.4% 28% 28% 44%
Field Poll August 14–28, 2014 467 ± 4.8% 28% 31% 41%

Results

California Superintendent of Public Instruction general election, 2014[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Tom Torlakson 3,167,212 52.14
Nonpartisan Marshall Tuck 2,906,989 47.86
Total votes 6,074,201 100

See also

References

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