<b>Photos:</b> 2010 California Primary

Along with Laborers International Union of North America protester Benito Martine, left, Elaine Burn plays “Queen Meg,” James Moy plays “Mr. Goldman Sachs” and Jessica Vaillancourt plays “Princess Carly” during a protest outside the Republicans’ victory breakfast in Anaheim. With them is California Nurses Assn. legislative advocate Bill Gallagher, right, playing along with the satire.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Former California governor and now state Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown -- the Democrats’ nominee for governor in the November general election after having won in Tuesday’s primary -- departs a press conference at the Los Angeles Athletic Club, where he declared that he is looking forward to debating his Republican opponent, Meg Whitman.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Sheriff Sandra Hutchens greets voters in Santa Ana. She said she needed a mandate to quiet critics who have attacked her as an outsider.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown and his wife, Anne Gust, right, were joined Tuesday in Los Angeles by former Gov. Gray Davis, left, L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca. Brown has been secretary of state, governor and Oakland mayor before his current post.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Former Hewlett-Packard chief Carly Fiorina thanks supporters at the Hilton Hotel in Anaheim. Fiorina spent more than $5 million of her own money on ads taking on her chief opponent, former Rep. Tom Campbell. She also won the endorsement of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.  (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

Republican Meg Whitman celebrates her primary victory at the Hilton Hotel in Universal City.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

The former EBay chief spent at least $71 million, a California record. She will meet Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown in November.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner leaves the stage at an Irvine hotel after conceding.  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown delivers a speech at Club Nokia in Los Angeles on Tuesday.  (Anne Cusack /Los Angeles Times)

Voters cast ballots at the Venice United Methodist Church in Venice on Tuesday, June 8, 2010. When polls opened earlier in the day, the election inspector of Precinct 9001554A was a no-show, causing much confusion among poll workers and voters.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

William Smith, left, and Jim Miller work on their primary ballots as they vote in the back room of the Altadena Barber Shop on Tuesday afternoon.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger shakes hands with 4th-grader Katie Lutz after a news conference with Proposition 14 supporters at Kenter Canyon Elementary School in Brentwood.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Poll site inspector Sandra Monahan looks out the window for voters at the Neighborhood Congregational Church in Laguna Beach.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Debra Johnson casts her vote in her car. She recently had surgery and cannot stand, so she had an electronic voting machine brought to her vehicle in the parking lot of Calvary Chapel Bible Fellowship in Temecula.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Voters casting their ballots at Studio E hair salon in Santa Monica share the room with the styling machines and blow dryers.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Mark Rich walks past the flag-draped tree signaling the location of the entrance to the back room of the Altadena Barber Shop to cast his primary ballot.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Voters at Beverly Hills BMW get to do a little window shopping while they vote.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Poll inspector Jacquelyn Walker hangs signs directing voters to a polling station inside a Norm’s restaurant in Bellflower. Low primary election turnout is expected as California voters weigh in on an array of state and local elective offices and measures.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Poll clerk Michelle Wallace helps set up a polling station in the back room of a Norm’s restaurant in Bellflower. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., although many Californians already have cast ballots using the state’s extensive vote-by-mail program.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

A voter casts his ballot at the polling station inside a Norm’s restaurant in Bellflower. California voters head to the polls Tuesday to select nominees for governor and U.S. senator for a state that has been battered by a budget crisis and sinking economy.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, greets voter Vaughn Brewster outside the Brywood Elementary School polling station in Irvine.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger gets instructions from precinct inspector Keta Hodgson after he mistakenly votes for two candidates for U.S. Senate. Schwarzenegger was told that he could void the ballot and vote again, which he did. Immediately after voting at Kenter Canyon Elementary School in Brentwood, the governor joined supporters of Proposition 14, the primary election measure, for a news conference.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Voters show up to cast ballots shortly after the polls open at Kenter Canyon Elementary School in Brentwood. By 9 a.m., 3% of Los Angeles County’s registered voters had shown up at polling places to cast ballots in the primary election, according to the registrar-recorder’s office.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Mike Navaro casts his ballot at Kenter Canyon Elementary School in Brentwood. If history is any indication, turnout will probably be in line with past gubernatorial primaries. In June 2006, about 27% of registered voters showed up in Los Angeles County.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)