California State Assembly elections, 2006

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The 2006 California State Assembly election was held November 7, 2006. California's State Assembly in its entirety comes up for election in even numbered years. Each seat has a two-year term and members are limited to three 2-year terms (six years). All 80 biennially elected seats in the Assembly were up for election this year. It was expected that the Democrats would retain control of the Assembly, which they did. While some seats were close races, no opposing party challenges to incumbents were successful on either side and thus, there were no changes to the party balance.

Contents 1 Current Assembly Composition 2 Candidates and Races 3 See Also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Current Assembly Composition

California State Assembly - 2006 pre-election		Seats
	Democratic-Held	48
	Republican-Held	31
	vacant	1

2006 Elections		Seats
	Democratic Incumbent and Uncontested	23
	Republican Incumbent and Uncontested	19
	Contested, Open Seats	38

California Assembly - Post-election		Seats
	Democratic-Held	48
	Republican-Held	32
Total		80

New legislators convene each new two-year session, to organize, in the Assembly Chambers at noon on the first Monday in December following the election. After the organizational meeting, both houses are in recess until the first Monday in January, except when the first Monday is January 1 or January 1 is a Sunday, in which case they meet the following Wednesday.

[edit] Candidates and Races

District	Incumbent	Party	Status	Candidates	Votes	%
1	Patricia A. (Patty) Berg	Democrat	Reelected	Patricia A. (Patty) Berg (D) Ray Tyrone (R) Thomas T. Reed (Lib)	76,624 37,713 5,346	64.1 31.5 4.4
2	Doug La Malfa	Republican	Reelected	Doug La Malfa (R) Melvin Smith (D) Philip E. (Phil) Dynan (P&F)	77,257 33,739 2,724	68.0 29.7 2.3
3	Rick Keene	Republican	Reelected	Rick Keene (R) Michael D. (Mickey) Harrington (D)	68,522 43,509	61.2 38.8
4	Tim Leslie	Republican	Termed out	Ted Gaines(R) Robert Wesley (Rob) Haswell (D) Gerald Milton Fritts (Green) Michael Patrick Murphy (Lib)	72,118 43,542 4,144 3,703	58.4 35.3 3.4 2.9
5	Roger Niello	Republican	Reelected	Roger Niello (R) Brandon Bell (D) Michael Lopez (P&F)	59,390 34,127 2963	61.6 35.4 3.0
6	Joseph (Joe) Nation	Democrat	Termed out	Jared William Huffman (D) Michael Hartnett (R) Cat Woods (Green) Richard Olmstead (Lib)	77508 33538 5099 3382	64.9 28.1 4.2 2.8
7	Noreen M. Evans	Democrat	Reelected	Noreen M. Evans (D)	76,329	100
8	Lois Wolk	Democrat	Reelected	Lois Wolk (D) John S. Gould (R)	65,348 33,684	66.0 34
9	David (Dave) Jones	Democrat	Reelected	David (Dave) Jones (D) William C. Chan (R)	46,356 19,832	70.1 29.9
10	Alan Nakanishi	Republican	Reelected	Alan Nakanishi (R) James A. (Jim) Cook (D) Janice Bonser (Lib) Albert Troyer (P&F)	61,384 34,364 3,413 1462	61.1 34.2 3.3 1.4
11	Joseph Canciamilla	Democrat	Termed out	Mark James DeSaulnier (D) Arne Simonsen (R) Cory Miller Nott (Lib)	59,144 26,839 3261	66.3 30.1 3.6
12	Leland Yee	Democrat	Elected to California Senate 8th SD	Fiona Ma (D) Howard Epstein (R) Barry Hermanson (Green)	49,268 11,541 9070	70.6 16.5 12.9
13	Mark Leno	Democrat	Reelected	Mark Leno (D) Gail E. Neira (R)	77,438 11,438	87.2 12.8
14	Loni Hancock	Democrat	Reelected	Loni Hancock (D) Leigh Noah Wolf (R)	89,874 21,582	80.7 19.3
15	Guy Spencer Houston	Republican	Reelected	Guy Spencer Houston (R) Terry Coleman (D)	70,018 58,543	54.5 45.5
16	Wilma Chan	Democrat	Termed out	Sandré R. Swanson (D) Edward Ytuarte (P&F)	65,124 7,221	90.1 9.9
17	Barbara S. Matthews	Democrat	Termed out	Cathleen Galgiani (D) Gerry Machado (R)	40,437 27,320	59.7 40.3
18	Johan Klehs	Democrat	Termed out. Lost primary for California Senate 10th SD	Mary Hayashi (D) Jill Buck (R)	52,623 25,784	67.2 32.8
19	Gene Mullin	Democrat	Reelected	Gene Mullin (D) Elsie Gufler (R)	69,474 24,726	73.8 26.2
20	Alberto Torrico	Democrat	Reelected	Alberto Torrico (D) Ken Nishimura (R)	47,089 25,233	65.2 34.8
21	Ira Ruskin	Democrat	Reelected	Ira Ruskin (D) Virginia Chang Kiraly (R)	73,773 37,271	67.4 32.6
22	Sally J. Lieber	Democrat	Reelected	Sally J. Lieber (D) Roger Riffenburgh (R)	57,928 26,749	68.5 31.5
23	Joe Coto	Democrat	Reelected	Joe Coto (D) Mark Patrosso (R)	43,156 15,493	73.6 26.4
24	Rebecca Cohn	Democrat	Termed out	James T. Beall, Jr.(D) Lawrence R. Hileman (R) Lionel H. Silva (Lib)	65,799 32,192 3,386	65 31.7 3.3
25	Dave Cogdill	Republican	Termed out	Tom Berryhill (R) James Lex Bufford (D) Michael Ray Dell'Orto (Lib)	65,349 35,506 5,067	61.7 33.6 4.7
26	Greg Aghazarian	Republican	Reelected	Greg Aghazarian (R) Kenneth J. Goeken (D)	42,975 31,166	58 42
27	John Laird	Democrat	Reelected	John Laird (D) Michael C. Morrison (R)	75,600 32,345	70.1 29.9
28	Simon Salinas	Democrat	Termed out	Anna Marie Caballero (D) Ignacio Velazquez (R)	31,272 22,959	57.7 42.3
29	Michael N. Villines	Republican	Reelected	Michael N. Villines (R) Benjamin Avila (D) John Crockford (P&F) Jonathon Zwickel (Lib)	58,761 27,357 2,922 1,154	65.2 30.4 3.2 1.2
30	Nicole Parra	Democrat	Reelected	Nicole Parra (D) Danny D. Gilmore (R)	24,845 23,386	51.6 48.4
31	Juan Arambula	Democrat	Reelected unopposed	Juan Arambula (D)	33,676	100
32	Kevin McCarthy	Republican	Elected to 22nd Congressional District	Jean Fuller (R) Maribel Vega (D)	73,903 29,378	71.6 28.4
33	Sam Blakeslee	Republican	Reelected	Sam Blakeslee (R) Robert Evan Cuthbert (D)	73,635 36,412	67 33
34	Bill Maze	Republican	Reelected	Bill Maze (R) Desmond Farrelly (D) David Minton Silva (Green)	44,314 18,961 2,233	67.7 28.9 3.4
35	Pedro I. Nava	Democrat	Reelected	Pedro I. Nava (D) Cristina Carreno Martin (R)	55,783 33,340	62.6 37.4
36	Sharon Runner	Republican	Reelected	Sharon Runner (R) Robert (Bo) Bynum (D)	46,271 29,143	61.4 38.6
37	Audra Strickland	Republican	Reelected	Audra Strickland (R) Ferial Masry (D)	51,858 40,094	56.4 43.6
38	Keith Richman	Republican	Termed out. Lost primary for California State Treasurer	Cameron Smyth (R) Lyn Shaw (D) Peggy L. Christensen (Lib)	57,804 39,925 5,926	55.8 38.5 5.7
39	Cindy Montañez	Democrat	Lost primary for California Senate 20th SD	Richard Alarcon (D) Senator California Senate 20th SD unopposed	36,733	100
40	Lloyd E. Levine	Democrat	Reelected	Lloyd Levine (D) Richard E. (Rick) Montaine (R)	45,396 26,043	63.6 36.4
41	Fran Pavley	Democrat	Termed out	Julia A. Brownley (D) Tony Dolz (R) Conrad Stefan Frankowski (Lib)	65,133 35,765 3,292	62.6 34.3 3.1
42	Paul Koretz	Democrat	Termed out	Michael N. Feuer (D) Steven Mark Sion (R) Colin Goldman (Lib)	81,753 23,871 5,233	73.8 21.5 4.7
43	Dario Frommer	Democrat	Termed out	Paul Krekorian (D) Michael M. Agbaba(R) Steve Myers (Lib)	48,415 23,133 5,534	62.9 30 7.1
44	Carol Liu	Democrat	Termed out	Anthony J. Portantino (D) Scott Carwile (R) Barron Yanaga (L) Ricardo Costa (Green)	56,731 32,260 4,208 4,003	58.4 33.2 4.1 4.3
45	Jackie Goldberg	Democrat	Termed out	Kevin De Leon (D) Samantha E. Allen-Newman (R)	39,892 8,631	83.4 16.6
46	Fabian Núñez	Democrat	Reelected unopposed	Fabian Núñez (D)	26,435	100
47	Karen Bass	Democrat	Reelected	Karen Bass (D) Jeffers MacArthur Dodge (R)	72,612 12,874	85 15
48	Mark Ridley-Thomas	Democrat	Elected to California Senate 26th SD	Mike Davis (D) Brenda Carol Green (R)	37,343 4,543	89.2 10.8
49	Judy Chu	Democrat	Termed out. Elected to California Board of Equalization 4th District	Mike Eng (D) Esthela G. Torres Siegrist (R) Laura Brown (L)	34,287 15,860 4,302	63 29.1 7.9
50	Hector De La Torre	Democrat	Reelected	Hector De La Torre (D) Gladys O. Miller (R)	34,810 9,877	77.9 22.1
51	Jerome Horton	Democrat	Termed out. Lost primary for California Board of Equalization 4th District	Curren D. Price (D) Ross Moen (R) Carl M. Swinney (Lib)	46,214 14,285 2,029	74 22.8 3.2
52	Mervyn M. Dymally	Democrat	Reelected Unopposed	Mervyn M. Dymally (D)	33,608	100
53	Ted W. Lieu	Democrat	Reelected	Ted W. Lieu (D) Mary Jo Ford (R) Peter Luke Thottam (Green) Karl Abrams (P&F)	65,938 41,308 2,879 2,666	58.5 36.8 2.5 2.2
54	Betty Karnette	Democrat	Reelected	Betty Karnette (D) Michael A. Jackson (R)	60,377 39,416	60.6 39.4
55	Jenny Oropeza	Democrat	Termed out. Elected to California Senate 28th SD	Laura Richardson (D) Margherita Palumbo Underhill (R)	44,401 20,668	68.3 31.7
56	Rudy Bermúdez	Democrat	Lost primary for California Senate 30th SD	Tony Mendoza (D) Grace Hu (R)	37,708 27,210	58.1 41.9
57	Ed Chavez	Democrat	Termed out	Edward P. Hernandez (D) Holly E. Carver (R)	39,250 22,732	63.4 36.6
58	Ronald S. Calderon	Democrat	Elected to California Senate 30th SD	Charles M. Calderon (D) Jim Kleinpell (R)	48,524 21,218	69.6 30.4
59	Dennis Mountjoy	Republican	Termed out	Anthony Adams (R) Elliott Robert Barkan (D) Jill K. Stone (Lib)	56,961 39,165 6,524	55.5 38.2 6.3
60	Robert (Bob) Huff	Republican	Reelected	Robert (Bob) Huff (R) Vannarith T. (Van Tamom (D)	60,391 26,751	69.4 30.6
61	Gloria Negrete McLeod	Democrat	Termed out. Elected to California Senate 32nd SD	Nell Soto (D) Benjamin Lopez (R)	30,420 17,558	63.5 36.5
62	Joe Baca, Jr.	Democrat	Lost Primary for California Senate 32nd SD Elected to Rialto City Council	Wilmer D. Amina Carter (D) Marge Mendoza-Ware (R)	28,028 12,771	68.7 31.3
63	Bill Emmerson	Republican	Reelected	Bill Emmerson (R) Mark Westwood (D)	46,438 31,901	59.3 40.7
64	John J. Benoit	Republican	Reelected	John J. Benoit (R) Paul M. Rasso (D)	43,895 29,804	59.6 40.4
65	Russ Bogh	Republican	Termed out	Paul J. Cook (R) Rita Ramirez-Dean (D) Jon Taleb (P&F)	44,757 28,734 2,261	59.1 38 2.9
66	Ray Haynes	Republican	Termed out. Lost primary for California Board of Equalization 3rd District	Kevin D. Jeffries (R) Laurel Nicholson (D)	44,584 29,102	60.6 39.4
67	Vacant			James W. (Jim) Silva (R) Ray Roberts (D)	58,110 33,273	63.6 36.4
68	Van Tran	Republican	Reelected	Van Tran (R) John (Paul) Lucas (D)	39,012 26,246	59.8 40.2
69	Tom Umberg	Democrat	Termed out. Lost primary for California Senate 34th SD	Jose Solorio (D) Ryan Gene Williams (R)	18,497 10,117	64.7 35.3
70	Charles S. (Chuck) DeVore	Republican	Reelected	Charles S. (Chuck) DeVore (R) Michael G. Glover (D)	58,140 39,253	59.7 40.3
71	Todd Spitzer	Republican	Reelected	Todd Spitzer (R) Irene (Charlie) LaChance (D)	60,976 25,354	70.7 29.3
72	Lynn Daucher	Republican	Termed out. Lost general election for California Senate 34th SD	Michael Duvall (R) John MacMurray (D) Brian Lee Cross (Lib)	43,382 27,773 2,496	59 37.7 3.3
73	Mimi Walters	Republican	Reelected	Mimi Walters (R) Andrew H. Favor (Lib)	57,244 21,446	72.8 27.2
74	Mark Wyland	Republican	Termed out. Elected to California Senate 38th SD	Martin W. Garrick (R) Roxana Folescu (D)	56,709 40,773	58.2 41.8
75	George A. Plescia	Republican	Reelected	George A. Plescia (R) Scott H. Meyer (D) Edward M. Teyssier (Lib)	60,977 41,103 2,995	58.1 39.1 2.8
76	Lori Rae Saldaña	Democrat	Reelected	Lori Rae Saldaña (D) Ralph Denney (R)	56,217 30,987	64.5 35.5
77	Jay La Suer	Republican	Termed out	Joel Anderson (R) Christopher R. Larkin (D) Rich G. Belitz (Lib)	54,456 32,129 3,077	60.8 35.8 3.4
78	Shirley Horton	Republican	Reelected	Shirley Horton (R) Maxine Sherard (D) Geof C. Gibson (Lib)	40,397 35,240 2,556	51.7 45.1 3.2
79	Juan Vargas	Democrat	Termed out. Lost primary for 51st Congressional District	Mary Salas (D) Jean Roesch (R)	28,110 17,989	61 39
80	Bonnie Garcia	Republican	Reelected	Bonnie Garcia (R) Steve W. Clute (D)	28,010 26,875	51.1 48.9

[edit] See Also

• California Senate
• California Senate elections, 2006
• California State Assembly Districts
• California state elections, 2006
• Districts in California
• Political party strength in U.S. states

[edit] References

• http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/survey/S_1006MBS.pdf - Poll results, October 2006
• http://vote.ss.ca.gov/ - Live Election Results as of Nov 9, 2006 at 11:17 am; 100.0% ( 592 of 592 ) precincts reporting

[edit] External links

• California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)
• RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions

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