Most of us are probably paying attention to the governor's race. It's pretty clear Westly is a pro-corporate hack by now (I saw him speak at the state Democratic party convention and boy did he suck). But what about the other statewide races (Lt. Governor, Secretary of State, Controller, Treasurer, Attorney General and Insurance Commissioner)? Personally, I haven't heard of a lot of these people and am having trouble to decide who to vote for.
Use this thread to discuss all information you have on other statewide races for California. If you know who you're voting for, please tell us why. Even though these races don't get much coverage, they are very important and we need to pick the right people. In case you don't know, the candidates are:
Lt. Governor: Jackie Speir, John Garamendi, Liz Figueroa
Secretary of State: Debra Bowen, Deborah Ortiz
Controller: John Chiang, Joe Dunn
Treasurer: Bill Lockyer
Attorney General: Jerry Brown, Rocky Delgadillo
Insurance Commissioner: Cruz Bustamante, John Kraft
Indicate your preference for govenor in the poll.
Update: If you have a preference for the other statewide races, please explain why you support your candidate. If there are candidates you don't like, also, feel free to explain why. (Arrgh, so many similar candidates, so hard to decide...how I long for the general election, when I can vote straight ticket Democrat...)