2006 California Insurance Commissioner election
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Poizner: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
Bustamante: 40–50% 50–60% |
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The2006California Insurance Commissioner election occurred on November 7, 2006. Theprimary elections took place on June 6, 2006. BusinessmanSteve Poizner, theRepublican nominee, defeatedLieutenant GovernorCruz Bustamante, theDemocratic nominee, for the office previously held by DemocratJohn Garamendi, who was term-limited andran for lieutenant governor. Poizner is the only Republican other than GovernorArnold Schwarzenegger to win a statewide election in California since 1998. This is the most recent time a Republican was elected the state’s Insurance Commissioner.
A bar graph of statewide results in this contest are available athttps://web.archive.org/web/20070517094430/http://primary2006.ss.ca.gov/Returns/ins/00.htm.
Results by county are availablehere andhere.
California Insurance Commissioner Democratic primary, 2006| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Cruz Bustamante | 1,651,858 | 70.43 |
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| John Kraft | 693,662 | 29.57 |
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| Total votes | 2,345,520 | 100.00 |
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California Insurance Commissioner election, 2006[1][2]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Republican | Steve Poizner | 4,229,986 | 50.81 |
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| Democratic | Cruz Bustamante | 3,204,536 | 38.49 |
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| Libertarian | Dale Ogden | 305,772 | 3.67 |
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| Green | Larry Cafiero | 270,218 | 3.25 |
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| Peace and Freedom | Tom Condit | 187,618 | 2.25 |
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| American Independent | Jay Earl Burden | 127,267 | 1.53 |
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| Invalid or blank votes | 573,662 | 6.45 |
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| Total votes | 8,325,397 | 100.00 |
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| Turnout | | 39.29 |
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| Republicangain fromDemocratic |
Results from theSecretary of State of California:[1]
| County | Poizner | Votes | Bustamante | Votes | Ogden | Votes | Cafiero | Votes | Condit | Votes | Burden | Votes |
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| Glenn | 67.32% | 4,919 | 23.21% | 1,696 | 3.82% | 279 | 1.63% | 119 | 1.74% | 127 | 2.29% | 167 |
| Placer | 66.29% | 78,613 | 23.91% | 28,355 | 3.84% | 4,553 | 2.65% | 3,148 | 1.97% | 2,334 | 1.34% | 1,587 |
| Shasta | 65.85% | 37,735 | 23.98% | 13,742 | 3.99% | 2,288 | 2.02% | 1,158 | 1.98% | 1,137 | 2.17% | 1,241 |
| Colusa | 65.88% | 3,047 | 27.01% | 1,249 | 2.68% | 124 | 1.28% | 59 | 1.51% | 70 | 1.64% | 76 |
| Madera | 64.67% | 19,121 | 25.78% | 7,622 | 3.24% | 959 | 2.05% | 607 | 2.73% | 806 | 1.53% | 453 |
| Tulare | 64.64% | 43,806 | 28.12% | 19,057 | 2.56% | 1,736 | 1.57% | 1,066 | 1.69% | 1,145 | 1.42% | 961 |
| Kern | 64.61% | 95,434 | 27.01% | 39,891 | 3.60% | 5,317 | 1.39% | 2,057 | 1.46% | 2,157 | 1.93% | 2,853 |
| Tehama | 64.53% | 11,425 | 24.14% | 4,275 | 4.19% | 742 | 2.04% | 361 | 2.21% | 392 | 2.89% | 511 |
| Sutter | 64.39% | 14,963 | 26.62% | 6,186 | 3.52% | 818 | 1.70% | 395 | 1.64% | 380 | 2.13% | 496 |
| El Dorado | 64.10% | 41,865 | 24.28% | 15,859 | 4.06% | 2,650 | 3.70% | 2,417 | 2.35% | 1,538 | 1.51% | 986 |
| Orange | 63.62% | 447,911 | 26.36% | 185,561 | 4.19% | 29,487 | 2.19% | 15,384 | 2.12% | 14,896 | 1.53% | 10,789 |
| Modoc | 63.54% | 2,293 | 23.72% | 856 | 5.85% | 211 | 2.77% | 100 | 2.22% | 80 | 1.91% | 69 |
| Amador | 62.84% | 9,100 | 25.30% | 3,664 | 4.11% | 595 | 2.97% | 430 | 2.99% | 433 | 1.80% | 260 |
| Kings | 61.93% | 13,883 | 30.38% | 6,811 | 3.46% | 776 | 1.20% | 268 | 1.63% | 366 | 1.40% | 314 |
| Yuba | 61.25% | 8,321 | 26.43% | 3,591 | 4.39% | 596 | 2.74% | 372 | 2.45% | 333 | 2.75% | 373 |
| Plumas | 60.54% | 5,202 | 27.85% | 2,393 | 4.07% | 350 | 3.37% | 290 | 2.34% | 201 | 1.83% | 157 |
| Calaveras | 60.41% | 10,561 | 25.75% | 4,502 | 5.46% | 954 | 3.83% | 669 | 2.58% | 451 | 1.97% | 344 |
| Riverside | 59.62% | 223,693 | 31.42% | 117,904 | 3.33% | 12,488 | 1.94% | 7,264 | 2.09% | 7,854 | 1.60% | 5,999 |
| Tuolumne | 59.69% | 12,251 | 27.62% | 5,668 | 4.74% | 973 | 3.12% | 641 | 3.11% | 638 | 1.72% | 352 |
| Fresno | 59.51% | 102,290 | 31.81% | 54,678 | 3.18% | 5,461 | 2.04% | 3,501 | 2.36% | 4,054 | 1.11% | 1,907 |
| Mariposa | 58.71% | 4,372 | 28.13% | 2,095 | 5.08% | 378 | 3.40% | 253 | 2.95% | 220 | 1.73% | 129 |
| Butte | 58.63% | 39,400 | 28.26% | 18,993 | 4.29% | 2,881 | 3.99% | 2,681 | 2.65% | 1,781 | 2.18% | 1,466 |
| Inyo | 57.84% | 3,617 | 29.19% | 1,825 | 4.69% | 293 | 3.60% | 225 | 2.72% | 170 | 1.97% | 123 |
| Nevada | 57.46% | 23,782 | 29.72% | 12,302 | 4.47% | 1,852 | 5.05% | 2,091 | 1.98% | 818 | 1.31% | 542 |
| Lassen | 57.06% | 4,787 | 31.53% | 2,645 | 5.33% | 447 | 1.94% | 163 | 1.94% | 163 | 2.21% | 185 |
| San Bernardino | 56.83% | 190,127 | 33.07% | 110,614 | 3.73% | 12,475 | 1.99% | 6,648 | 2.20% | 7,365 | 2.18% | 7,305 |
| Stanislaus | 56.78% | 57,298 | 33.64% | 33,946 | 3.35% | 3,378 | 1.76% | 1,771 | 2.88% | 2,903 | 1.59% | 1,609 |
| Sierra | 56.76% | 878 | 27.47% | 425 | 6.40% | 99 | 4.07% | 63 | 2.97% | 46 | 2.33% | 36 |
| San Luis Obispo | 56.76% | 52,958 | 32.57% | 30,386 | 3.60% | 3,362 | 3.05% | 2,847 | 2.32% | 2,166 | 1.69% | 1,580 |
| San Diego | 56.28% | 417,746 | 33.97% | 252,140 | 3.95% | 29,354 | 2.51% | 18,667 | 1.85% | 13,745 | 1.43% | 10,594 |
| Ventura | 56.16% | 119,880 | 34.10% | 72,781 | 4.10% | 8,747 | 2.51% | 5,360 | 1.81% | 3,873 | 1.32% | 2,809 |
| Sacramento | 54.53% | 189,051 | 34.03% | 117,965 | 3.21% | 11,137 | 3.54% | 12,287 | 2.99% | 10,351 | 1.70% | 5,896 |
| Merced | 54.51% | 22,358 | 35.67% | 14,629 | 2.34% | 959 | 2.14% | 879 | 4.09% | 1,677 | 1.25% | 514 |
| Siskiyou | 54.28% | 8,781 | 33.31% | 5,389 | 4.85% | 784 | 2.57% | 416 | 2.57% | 415 | 2.42% | 391 |
| San Joaquin | 52.06% | 70,429 | 38.06% | 51,497 | 3.44% | 4,651 | 2.13% | 2,882 | 2.51% | 3,397 | 1.80% | 2,440 |
| Trinity | 52.00% | 2,892 | 30.49% | 1,696 | 7.35% | 409 | 5.50% | 306 | 2.84% | 158 | 1.82% | 101 |
| San Benito | 51.04% | 7,176 | 38.42% | 5,402 | 3.61% | 508 | 2.80% | 393 | 2.77% | 389 | 1.36% | 191 |
| Santa Clara | 50.81% | 211,203 | 39.00% | 162,095 | 3.61% | 15,001 | 3.21% | 13,330 | 2.19% | 9,099 | 1.19% | 4,948 |
| Napa | 50.83% | 20,989 | 36.81% | 15,199 | 4.23% | 1,748 | 4.54% | 1,875 | 2.19% | 905 | 1.39% | 576 |
| Del Norte | 50.75% | 3,335 | 37.81% | 2,485 | 4.98% | 327 | 2.78% | 183 | 1.77% | 116 | 1.92% | 126 |
| Mono | 49.82% | 1,806 | 37.60% | 1,363 | 4.97% | 180 | 3.64% | 132 | 2.70% | 98 | 1.27% | 46 |
| Contra Costa | 49.74% | 144,933 | 39.83% | 116,051 | 2.59% | 7,557 | 3.73% | 10,882 | 2.61% | 7,598 | 1.50% | 4,362 |
| Lake | 49.61% | 9,452 | 35.91% | 6,842 | 4.84% | 923 | 4.24% | 808 | 3.12% | 595 | 2.26% | 431 |
| Santa Barbara | 49.44% | 57,791 | 39.64% | 46,336 | 4.08% | 4,773 | 3.25% | 3,802 | 2.26% | 2,640 | 1.34% | 1,561 |
| Monterey | 47.27% | 40,443 | 41.34% | 35,364 | 3.79% | 3,239 | 3.55% | 3,033 | 2.47% | 2,115 | 1.59% | 1,356 |
| Marin | 47.14% | 47,497 | 40.19% | 40,497 | 3.83% | 3,860 | 5.67% | 5,714 | 2.39% | 2,410 | 0.78% | 785 |
| Solano | 46.85% | 46,939 | 42.31% | 42,393 | 4.02% | 4,028 | 2.62% | 2,625 | 2.22% | 2,222 | 1.98% | 1,984 |
| San Mateo | 46.90% | 91,929 | 42.69% | 83,693 | 2.86% | 5,599 | 4.11% | 8,050 | 2.34% | 4,593 | 1.10% | 2,162 |
| Yolo | 45.20% | 23,305 | 42.11% | 21,711 | 4.12% | 2,122 | 5.38% | 2,775 | 2.08% | 1,070 | 1.12% | 576 |
| Sonoma | 44.88% | 75,160 | 40.25% | 67,410 | 4.36% | 7,300 | 5.77% | 9,664 | 3.25% | 5,436 | 1.49% | 2,493 |
| Los Angeles | 42.01% | 786,131 | 47.64% | 891,354 | 3.66% | 68,543 | 3.02% | 56,563 | 2.06% | 38,601 | 1.60% | 29,893 |
| Humboldt | 41.71% | 19,411 | 41.95% | 19,523 | 4.36% | 2,031 | 7.87% | 3,663 | 2.61% | 1,217 | 1.49% | 695 |
| Mendocino | 40.01% | 11,900 | 42.67% | 12,689 | 5.13% | 1,526 | 7.13% | 2,119 | 3.37% | 1,001 | 1.70% | 505 |
| Alpine | 39.29% | 200 | 46.37% | 236 | 5.70% | 29 | 3.34% | 17 | 3.54% | 18 | 1.77% | 9 |
| Santa Cruz | 38.80% | 33,445 | 45.44% | 39,168 | 3.94% | 3,394 | 7.20% | 6,208 | 3.12% | 2,690 | 1.49% | 1,287 |
| Imperial | 38.35% | 8,383 | 52.74% | 11,529 | 2.96% | 646 | 1.41% | 308 | 2.53% | 552 | 2.03% | 443 |
| Alameda | 34.19% | 132,311 | 52.29% | 202,363 | 3.21% | 12,410 | 6.15% | 23,820 | 2.81% | 10,894 | 1.35% | 5,222 |
| San Francisco | 27.94% | 61,458 | 58.16% | 127,945 | 3.39% | 7,465 | 7.46% | 16,409 | 2.15% | 4,719 | 0.91% | 2,001 |
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