California State Senate elections, 2006

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The 2006 California State Senate election was held on November 7, 2006. Senate seats of even-numbered districts were up for election. Senate terms are staggered so that half the membership is elected every two years. Senators serve four-year terms and are limited to two terms. As was expected, the Democratic Party held on to the majority of the seats.

Contents 1 Senate composition 2 Results 2.1 District 2 2.2 District 4 2.3 District 6 2.4 District 8 2.5 District 10 2.6 District 12 2.7 District 14 2.8 District 16 2.9 District 18 2.10 District 20 2.11 District 22 2.12 District 24 2.13 District 26 2.14 District 28 2.15 District 30 2.16 District 32 2.17 District 34 2.18 District 36 2.19 District 38 2.20 District 40 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Senate composition

State Senate: pre-election		Seats
	Democratic-held	25
	Republican-held	15
Total		40

2006 Elections
	Democratic held and uncontested	13
	Contested	13
	Republican held and uncontested	14
Total		40

State Senate: post-election		Seats
	Democratic-held	25
	Republican-held	15
Total		40

[edit] Results

Final results from the California Secretary of State:^[1]

[edit] District 2

2006 State Senate District 2 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Patricia “Pat” Wiggins	173,053	66.1%
	Republican	Lawrence R. Wiesner	88,960	33.9%
Total votes			262,013	100.0%
Majority			84,093	32.2%
Turnout

[edit] District 4

2006 State Senate District 4 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Samuel Aanestad (incumbent)	161,516	61.0%
	Democratic	Paul R. Singh	87,926	33.1%
	Libertarian	Tony Munroe	8,246	3.1%
	Green	Robert Wells Vizzard	7,456	2.8%
Total votes			265,144	100.0%
Majority			73,590	27.9%
Turnout

[edit] District 6

2006 State Senate District 6 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Darrell S. Steinberg	115,628	58.7%
	Republican	Paul R. Green, Jr.	71,051	36.1%
	Libertarian	Alana N. Garberoglio	4,774	2.4%
	Peace and Freedom	C.T. Weber	5,573	2.8%
Total votes			197,026	100.0%
Majority			44,577	22.6%
Turnout

[edit] District 8

2006 State Senate District 8 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Leland Yee	173,196	78.2%
	Republican	Michael Skipakevich	48,538	21.8%
Total votes			221,734	100.0%
Majority			124,658	56.4%
Turnout

[edit] District 10

2006 State Senate District 10 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ellen Corbett	136,565	73.4%
	Republican	Lou Filipovich	49,549	26.6%
Total votes			186,114	100.0%
Majority			87,016	46.8%
Turnout

[edit] District 12

2006 State Senate District 12 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jeff Denham (incumbent)	91,701	59.8%
	Democratic	Wiley Nickel	61,747	40.2%
Total votes			153,448	100.0%
Majority			29,954	19.6%
Turnout

[edit] District 14

2006 State Senate District 14 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dave Cogdill, Sr	165,120	67.0%
	Democratic	Wesley W. Firch	81,345	33.0%
Total votes			246,465	100.0%
Majority			83,775	34.0%
Turnout

[edit] District 16

2006 State Senate District 16 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Dean Florez (incumbent)	76,969	100.0%
Total votes			76,969	100.0%
Majority			76,969	100.0%
Turnout

[edit] District 18

2006 State Senate District 18 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Roy Ashburn (incumbent)	141,470	69.9%
	Democratic	Fred B. Davis	56,334	27.9%
	Green	Matthew Rick	4,634	2.2%
Total votes			202,438	100.0%
Majority			85,136	42.0%
Turnout

[edit] District 20

2006 State Senate District 20 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Alex Padilla	84,182	74.9%
	Libertarian	Pamela J. Brown	28,294	25.1%
Total votes			112,476	100.0%
Majority			55,888	49.8%
Turnout

[edit] District 22

2006 State Senate District 22 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gilbert Cedillo (incumbent)	70,584	76.3%
	Republican	Mike Ten	18,494	20.0%
	Libertarian	Murray Levy	3,438	3.7%
Total votes			92,516	100.0%
Majority			52,090	56.3%
Turnout

[edit] District 24

2006 State Senate District 24 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gloria Romero (incumbent)	92,033	74.1%
	Republican	Robert Carver	32,264	25.9%
Total votes			124,297	100.0%
Majority			59,769	48.2%
Turnout

[edit] District 26

2006 State Senate District 26 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Mark Ridley-Thomas	132,400	89.1%
	Libertarian	Bud Raymond	16,221	10.9%
Total votes			148,621	100.0%
Majority			116,179	78.2%
Turnout

[edit] District 28

2006 State Senate District 28 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jenny Oropeza	128,649	61.7%
	Republican	Cherryl Liddle	72,440	34.8%
	Libertarian	Peter “Pedro” De Baets	7,446	3.5%
Total votes			208,535	100.0%
Majority			56,209	26.9%
Turnout

[edit] District 30

2006 State Senate District 30 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ron Calderon	93,436	71.0%
	Republican	Selma H. Minerd	38,340	29.0%
Total votes			131,776	100.0%
Majority			55,096	42.0%
Turnout

[edit] District 32

2006 State Senate District 32 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gloria Negrete McLeod	82,458	100.0%
Total votes			82,458	100.0%
Majority			82,458	100.0%
Turnout

[edit] District 34

2006 State Senate District 34 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Lou Correa	56,534	50.3%
	Republican	Lynn Daucher	55,142	49.0%
Total votes			111,676	100.0%
Majority			1,392	1.3%
Turnout

[edit] District 36

2006 State Senate District 36 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dennis Hollingsworth (incumbent)	163,834	63.5%
	Democratic	Mark Hanson	85,590	33.1%
	Libertarian	Joseph B. Shea	8,983	3.4%
Total votes			258,407	100.0%
Majority			78,244	30.4%
Turnout

[edit] District 38

2006 State Senate District 38 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mark Wyland	161,865	74.4%
	Libertarian	Brian A. Klea	55,863	25.6%
Total votes			217,728	100.0%
Majority			106,002	48.8%
Turnout

[edit] District 40

2006 State Senate District 40 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Denise Moreno Ducheny (incumbent)	84,571	62.2%
	Republican	David K. Walden	47,502	34.9%
	Libertarian	Jesse Thomas	3,968	2.9%
Total votes			136,041	100.0%
Majority			37,069	27.3%
Turnout

[edit] See also

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

[edit] References

California 2006 Elections
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