Blakeslee defeats Laird for Senate District 15
By Lindsay Bryant
Aug 18, 2010

In a repeat race of state Senate District 15 after no candidate won the primary outright, this time Republican Sam Blakeslee was victorious.

Blakeslee beat former Santa Cruz Assemblyman and Democrat John Laird with 48 percent of the vote (77,107 votes) to 44 percent (69,649 votes). Jim Fitzgerald, an independent, took 5 percent of the vote (8,014 votes) and Morgan Hill small businessman and Libertarian Mike Hinkle reeled in 2 percent (3,162 votes).

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