California Statewide Office Candidates
WHERE DO THE CANDIDATES STAND ON LIFE?
The candidates' positions on the following issues are determined from signed questionnaires, previous voting records, or confirmed public statements:
1) Does the office seeker support the legal protection for uborn children?
2) Does the office seeker support requiring parental consent before an abortion can be
performed on a minor child?
3) Does the office seeker oppose efforts promoting a state policy of euthanasia such as
"physician assisted suicide"?
[Y=Yes] [N=No] [?= Unclear Position] [No Resp= No Response]
*Candidate is endorsed by the California ProLife Council
Candidates of the five minor parties are listed only if their responses differ from the standard party positions on questions 1, 2, and 3, which are:
American Independent (AI) YYY
Green (G) NN?
Libertarian (L) NYN
Natural Law (NL) NY?
Peace & Freedom (PF) NNN
Governor
| Candidate's Name | Political Party | Position |
| Jerry Brown | Democrat | NN? |
| Joe Symmon | Democrat | YYY |
| Ken Miller | Republican | YYY |
| Larry Naritelli | Republican | YYY |
| Robert Newman | Republican | YYY |
| Steve Poizner | Republican | ?Y? |
| Meg Whitman | Republican | NY? |
Lieutenant Governor
| Candidate's Name | Political Party | Position | |
| Sam Aanestad* | Republican | YYY | |
| Janice Hahn | Democrat | NN? | |
| Gavin Newsom | Democrat | NNN | |
| Abel Maldonado | Republican | ?YY |
Secretary of State
| Candidate's Name | Political Party | Position |
| Debra Bowen | Democrat | NN? |
| Damon Dunn* | Republican | YYY |
Attorney General
| Candidate's Name | Political Party | Position | |
| John Eastman* | Republican | YYY | |
| Tom Harman | Republican | YYY | |
| Rocky Delgadillo | Democrat | NN? | |
| Kamala Harris | Democrat | NNN | |
| Chris Kelly | Democrat | NN? | |
| Ted Lieu | Democrat | NN? | |
| Pedro Nava | Democrat | NNN | |
| Alberto Torrico | Democrat | NNN | |
| Steve Cooley | Repulican | N?? |
Controller
| Candidate's Name | Political Party | Position |
| John Chiang | Democrat | NN? |
| Tony Strickland* | Republican | YYY |
Treasurer
| Candidate's Name | Political Party | Position |
| Bill Lockyer | Democrat | NNN |
| Mimi Walters* | Republican | YYY |
Insurance Commisioner
| Candidate's Name | Political Party | Positon | |
| Mike Villines* | Republican | YYY | |
| Hector De La Torre | Democrat | NNY | |
| Dave Jones | Democrat | NNN |
Superintendent of Public Instruction
| Candidate's Name | Position |
| Alexia Deligianni | YYY |
| Lydia Gutierrez | YYY |
| Diane Lenning | YYY |
| Gloria Romero | NNN |
| Tom Torlakson | NNN |
Board of Equalization
| District | Candidate's Name | Political Party | Position | |
| 1 | Betty Yee | Democrat | NN? | |
| 2 | Paul Avila | Democrat | YYY | |
| 2 | Barbara Alby | Republican | YYY | |
| 2 | Alan Nakanishi | Republican | YYY | |
| 2 | George Runner | Republican | YYY | |
| 3 | Michelle Steel* | Republican | YYY | |
| 4 | Jerome Horton | Democrat | NN? |