2006 California Insurance Commissioner election explained

Election Name:2006 California Insurance Commissioner election
Country:California
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2002 California Insurance Commissioner election
Previous Year:2002
Next Election:2010 California Insurance Commissioner election
Next Year:2010
Election Date:November 7, 2006
Image1:Image:Steve Poizner.jpg
Nominee1:Steve Poizner
Party1:Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:4,229,986
Percentage1:50.81%
Nominee2:Cruz Bustamante
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:3,204,536
Percentage2:38.49%
Map Size:300px
Com.
Before Election:John Garamendi
Before Party:Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:Steve Poizner
After Party:Republican Party (United States)

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.

Primary results

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.

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Results

Results by county

Results from the Secretary of State of California:

CountyPoiznerVotesBustamanteVotesOgdenVotesCafieroVotesConditVotesBurdenVotes
Glenn67.32%4,91923.21%1,6963.82%2791.63%1191.74%1272.29%167
Placer66.29%78,61323.91%28,3553.84%4,5532.65%3,1481.97%2,3341.34%1,587
Shasta65.85%37,73523.98%13,7423.99%2,2882.02%1,1581.98%1,1372.17%1,241
Colusa65.88%3,04727.01%1,2492.68%1241.28%591.51%701.64%76
Madera64.67%19,12125.78%7,6223.24%9592.05%6072.73%8061.53%453
Tulare64.64%43,80628.12%19,0572.56%1,7361.57%1,0661.69%1,1451.42%961
Kern64.61%95,43427.01%39,8913.60%5,3171.39%2,0571.46%2,1571.93%2,853
Tehama64.53%11,42524.14%4,2754.19%7422.04%3612.21%3922.89%511
Sutter64.39%14,96326.62%6,1863.52%8181.70%3951.64%3802.13%496
El Dorado64.10%41,86524.28%15,8594.06%2,6503.70%2,4172.35%1,5381.51%986
Orange63.62%447,91126.36%185,5614.19%29,4872.19%15,3842.12%14,8961.53%10,789
Modoc63.54%2,29323.72%8565.85%2112.77%1002.22%801.91%69
Amador62.84%9,10025.30%3,6644.11%5952.97%4302.99%4331.80%260
Kings61.93%13,88330.38%6,8113.46%7761.20%2681.63%3661.40%314
Yuba61.25%8,32126.43%3,5914.39%5962.74%3722.45%3332.75%373
Plumas60.54%5,20227.85%2,3934.07%3503.37%2902.34%2011.83%157
Calaveras60.41%10,56125.75%4,5025.46%9543.83%6692.58%4511.97%344
Riverside59.62%223,69331.42%117,9043.33%12,4881.94%7,2642.09%7,8541.60%5,999
Tuolumne59.69%12,25127.62%5,6684.74%9733.12%6413.11%6381.72%352
Fresno59.51%102,29031.81%54,6783.18%5,4612.04%3,5012.36%4,0541.11%1,907
Mariposa58.71%4,37228.13%2,0955.08%3783.40%2532.95%2201.73%129
Butte58.63%39,40028.26%18,9934.29%2,8813.99%2,6812.65%1,7812.18%1,466
Inyo57.84%3,61729.19%1,8254.69%2933.60%2252.72%1701.97%123
Nevada57.46%23,78229.72%12,3024.47%1,8525.05%2,0911.98%8181.31%542
Lassen57.06%4,78731.53%2,6455.33%4471.94%1631.94%1632.21%185
San Bernardino56.83%190,12733.07%110,6143.73%12,4751.99%6,6482.20%7,3652.18%7,305
Stanislaus56.78%57,29833.64%33,9463.35%3,3781.76%1,7712.88%2,9031.59%1,609
Sierra56.76%87827.47%4256.40%994.07%632.97%462.33%36
San Luis Obispo56.76%52,95832.57%30,3863.60%3,3623.05%2,8472.32%2,1661.69%1,580
San Diego56.28%417,74633.97%252,1403.95%29,3542.51%18,6671.85%13,7451.43%10,594
Ventura56.16%119,88034.10%72,7814.10%8,7472.51%5,3601.81%3,8731.32%2,809
Sacramento54.53%189,05134.03%117,9653.21%11,1373.54%12,2872.99%10,3511.70%5,896
Merced54.51%22,35835.67%14,6292.34%9592.14%8794.09%1,6771.25%514
Siskiyou54.28%8,78133.31%5,3894.85%7842.57%4162.57%4152.42%391
San Joaquin52.06%70,42938.06%51,4973.44%4,6512.13%2,8822.51%3,3971.80%2,440
Trinity52.00%2,89230.49%1,6967.35%4095.50%3062.84%1581.82%101
San Benito51.04%7,17638.42%5,4023.61%5082.80%3932.77%3891.36%191
Santa Clara50.81%211,20339.00%162,0953.61%15,0013.21%13,3302.19%9,0991.19%4,948
Napa50.83%20,98936.81%15,1994.23%1,7484.54%1,8752.19%9051.39%576
Del Norte50.75%3,33537.81%2,4854.98%3272.78%1831.77%1161.92%126
Mono49.82%1,80637.60%1,3634.97%1803.64%1322.70%981.27%46
Contra Costa49.74%144,93339.83%116,0512.59%7,5573.73%10,8822.61%7,5981.50%4,362
Lake49.61%9,45235.91%6,8424.84%9234.24%8083.12%5952.26%431
Santa Barbara49.44%57,79139.64%46,3364.08%4,7733.25%3,8022.26%2,6401.34%1,561
Monterey47.27%40,44341.34%35,3643.79%3,2393.55%3,0332.47%2,1151.59%1,356
Marin47.14%47,49740.19%40,4973.83%3,8605.67%5,7142.39%2,4100.78%785
Solano46.85%46,93942.31%42,3934.02%4,0282.62%2,6252.22%2,2221.98%1,984
San Mateo46.90%91,92942.69%83,6932.86%5,5994.11%8,0502.34%4,5931.10%2,162
Yolo45.20%23,30542.11%21,7114.12%2,1225.38%2,7752.08%1,0701.12%576
Sonoma44.88%75,16040.25%67,4104.36%7,3005.77%9,6643.25%5,4361.49%2,493
Los Angeles42.01%786,13147.64%891,3543.66%68,5433.02%56,5632.06%38,6011.60%29,893
Humboldt41.71%19,41141.95%19,5234.36%2,0317.87%3,6632.61%1,2171.49%695
Mendocino40.01%11,90042.67%12,6895.13%1,5267.13%2,1193.37%1,0011.70%505
Alpine39.29%20046.37%2365.70%293.34%173.54%181.77%9
Santa Cruz38.80%33,44545.44%39,1683.94%3,3947.20%6,2083.12%2,6901.49%1,287
Imperial38.35%8,38352.74%11,5292.96%6461.41%3082.53%5522.03%443
Alameda34.19%132,31152.29%202,3633.21%12,4106.15%23,8202.81%10,8941.35%5,222
San Francisco27.94%61,45858.16%127,9453.39%7,4657.46%16,4092.15%4,7190.91%2,001

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