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List of Candidates for Statewide Elective Office Proposition 34, approved by voters in November 2000, established voluntary spending limits for candidates running for statewide office. Candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Controller, Treasurer, Attorney General, Insurance Commissioner, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Board of Equalization who choose to keep their campaign expenses under specified dollar amounts may purchase space in this guide for a 250-word candidate statement. The expenditure limit for candidates running for Governor in the June 8, 2010, Statewide Direct Primary Election is $7,768,000. The expenditure limit for candidates running for Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State,...

On June 8, 2004 we will have the opportunity to experience a very rare celestial phenomenon. So rare, in fact, that no living person has ever observed it before, since the last transit of Venus happened over 120 years ago, in 1882. We will get another chance again, however, in 2012.