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 Tom Torlakson, incumbent superintendent of public instruction Marshall Tuck, educator, former CEO of Partnership for LA Schools and former president of Green Dot Public Schools

Results

General election Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error TomTorlakson MarshallTuck UndecidedGQR/American ViewpointGQR/American Viewpoint October 22–29, 2014 1,162 ± 3.3% 32% 29% 40%Field PollField Poll October 15–28, 2014 941 ± 3.4% 28% 28% 44%Field PollField Poll August 14–28, 2014 467 ± 4.8% 28% 31% 41%

Results

By county Blue represents counties won by Torlakson. Cyan represents counties won by Tuck.

County Torlakson # Torlakson % Tuck # Tuck % Margin # Margin % Total Alameda 203,080 68.36 93,993 31.64 109,087 36.72 297,073 Alpine 241 62.92 142 37.08 99 25.85 383 Amador 4,648 43.01 6,160 56.99 -1,512 -13.99 10,808 Butte 24,898 47.97 27,005 52.03 -2,107 -4.06 51,903 Calaveras 6,032 45.37 7,264 54.63 -1,232 -9.27 13,296 Colusa 1,560 44.38 1,955 55.62 -395 -11.24 3,515 Contra Costa 154,581 66.38 78,277 33.62 76,304 32.77 232,858 Del Norte 3,050 50.35 3,007 49.65 43 0.71 6,057 El Dorado 21,335 41.66 29,883 58.34 -8,548 -16.69 51,218 Fresno 64,640 45.93 76,086 54.07 -11,446 -8.13 140,726 Glenn 2,073 40.59 3,034 59.41 -961 -18.82 5,107 Humboldt 19,157 65.44 10,115 34.56 9,042 30.89 29,272 Imperial 9,483 52.33 8,639 47.67 844 4.66 18,122 Inyo 2,223 50.23 2,203 49.77 20 0.45 4,426 Kern 49,431 41.13 70,745 58.87 -21,314 -17.74 120,176 Kings 8,155 41.20 11,638 58.80 -3,483 -17.60 19,793 Lake 9,276 60.80 5,981 39.20 3,295 21.60 15,257 Lassen 2,989 52.13 2,745 47.87 244 4.26 5,734 Los Angeles 628,498 50.61 613,313 49.39 15,185 1.22 1,241,811 Madera 10,466 43.83 13,414 56.17 -2,948 -12.35 23,880 Marin 42,402 61.51 26,535 38.49 15,867 23.02 68,937 Mariposa 2,511 44.57 3,123 55.43 -612 -10.86 5,634 Mendocino 13,623 68.37 6,301 31.63 7,322 36.75 19,924 Merced 16,544 50.64 16,124 49.36 420 1.29 32,668 Modoc 1,031 42.18 1,413 57.82 -382 -15.63 2,444 Mono 1,409 56.86 1,069 43.14 340 13.72 2,478 Monterey 37,305 60.41 24,453 39.59 12,852 20.81 61,758 Napa 20,430 62.88 12,062 37.12 8,368 25.75 32,492 Nevada 14,728 49.50 15,023 50.50 -295 -0.99 29,751 Orange 223,784 43.39 291,929 56.61 -68,145 -13.21 515,713 Placer 39,370 41.43 55,666 58.57 -16,296 -17.15 95,036 Plumas 2,670 45.73 3,169 54.27 -499 -8.55 5,839 Riverside 130,214 46.48 149,923 53.52 -19,709 -7.04 280,137 Sacramento 132,673 48.32 141,912 51.68 -9,239 -3.36 274,585 San Benito 6,720 57.77 4,912 42.23 1,808 15.54 11,632 San Bernardino 108,389 46.06 126,950 53.94 -18,561 -7.89 235,339 San Diego 240,986 44.14 305,028 55.86 -64,042 -11.73 546,014 San Francisco 109,199 70.18 46,408 29.82 62,791 40.35 155,607 San Joaquin 52,905 50.72 51,398 49.28 1,507 1.44 104,303 San Luis Obispo 39,768 58.42 28,299 41.58 11,469 16.85 68,067 San Mateo 82,844 63.55 47,510 36.45 35,334 27.11 130,354 Santa Barbara 54,840 62.59 32,783 37.41 22,057 25.17 87,623 Santa Clara 185,455 59.38 126,842 40.62 58,613 18.77 312,297 Santa Cruz 38,304 66.19 19,565 33.81 18,739 32.38 57,869 Shasta 19,986 42.51 27,031 57.49 -7,045 -14.98 47,017 Sierra 629 49.88 632 50.12 -3 -0.24 1,261 Siskiyou 6,103 55.34 4,925 44.66 1,178 10.68 11,028 Solano 45,070 57.94 32,713 42.06 12,357 15.89 77,783 Sonoma 78,083 65.33 41,442 34.67 36,641 30.66 119,525 Stanislaus 42,182 54.52 35,185 45.48 6,997 9.04 77,367 Sutter 7,737 43.62 10,001 56.38 -2,264 -12.76 17,738 Tehama 5,600 42.26 7,650 57.74 -2,050 -15.47 13,250 Trinity 1,590 47.93 1,727 52.07 -137 -4.13 3,317 Tulare 24,274 45.57 28,992 54.43 -4,718 -8.86 53,266 Tuolumne 6,682 48.19 7,183 51.81 -501 -3.61 13,865 Ventura 80,084 49.45 81,866 50.55 -1,782 -1.10 161,950 Yolo 20,833 54.55 17,361 45.45 3,472 9.09 38,194 Yuba 4,439 41.39 6,285 58.61 -1,846 -17.21 10,724Totals 3,167,212 52.14 2,906,989 47.86 260,223 4.28 6,074,201

See also California Department of Education

References

External links Candidate information VoteCircle.com Non-partisan resources & vote sharing network for Californians Information on the elections from California's Secretary of State