California_Insurance_Commissioner_election,_2006
The 2006 California Insurance Commissioner election occurred on November 7, 2006. The primary elections took place on June 6, 2006. Businessman Steve Poizner, the Republican nominee, defeated Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante, the Democratic nominee, for the office previously held by Democrat John Garamendi, who was term-limited and ran for lieutenant governor. Poizner is the only Republican other than Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to win a statewide election in California since 1998. As of 2023, this is the last time a Republican was elected Insurance Commissioner.
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A bar graph of statewide results in this contest are available at https://web.archive.org/web/20070517094430/http://primary2006.ss.ca.gov/Returns/ins/00.htm.
Results by county are available here and here.
Democratic
More information Candidate, Votes ...
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Cruz Bustamante | 1,651,858 | 70.43 | |
| John Kraft | 693,662 | 29.57 | |
| Total votes | 2,345,520 | 100.00 | |
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Others
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Steve Poizner | 1,519,054 | 100.00 | |
| Green | Larry Cafiero | 30,742 | 100.00 | |
| American Independent | Jay Earl Burden | 29,278 | 100.00 | |
| Libertarian | Dale Ogden | 16,760 | 100.00 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Tom Condit | 3,850 | 100.00 | |
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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| Republican | Steve Poizner | 4,229,986 | 50.81 | |||
| Democratic | Cruz Bustamante | 3,204,536 | 38.49 | |||
| Libertarian | Dale Ogden | 305,772 | 3.67 | |||
| Green | Larry Cafiero | 270,218 | 3.25 | |||
| Peace and Freedom | Tom Condit | 187,618 | 2.25 | |||
| American Independent | Jay Earl Burden | 127,267 | 1.53 | |||
| Invalid or blank votes | 573,662 | 6.45 | ||||
| Total votes | 8,325,397 | 100.00 | ||||
| Turnout | {{{votes}}} | 39.29 | ||||
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Results by county
Results from the Secretary of State of California:[1]
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| 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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- "Secretary of State" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. December 16, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 24, 2008. Retrieved July 22, 2008.
- "Registration and Participation" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. December 18, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2008. Retrieved July 16, 2008.