California Attorney General election, 2006

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The 2006 California Attorney General election occurred on November 7, 2006. The primary elections took place on June 6, 2006. Former Governor Jerry Brown, the Democratic nominee, easily defeated the Republican nominee, State Senator Chuck Poochigian, for the office previously held by Bill Lockyer, who won the Treasurer's race in that same election. Michael Wyman was the Green Party nominee, Jack Harrison was the Peace and Freedom Party nominee, and Kenneth Weissman was the Libertarian Party nominee.

Poochigian was unopposed in the primary, while Brown faced Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo. Brown won with 63% of the vote to Delgadillo's 37%. [1]

Contents

[edit] Candidates

[edit] Primary Election

[edit] Democratic Party

[edit] Republican

[edit] Green

  • Michael Wyman

[edit] Libertarian

  • Kenneth Weissman

[edit] Peace and Freedom

  • Jack Harrison

[edit] Primary Results

A bar graph of statewide results in this contest are available at http://primary2006.ss.ca.gov/Returns/atg/00.htm.

Results by county are available at http://primary2006.ss.ca.gov/Returns/atg/00.htm#cty.

[edit] Democratic Party

Candidate # of votes  %
Jerry Brown 1,552,949 63.3
Rocky Delgadillo 903,549 36.7

[edit] Republican and Other Parties

Candidate # of votes  %
Chuck Poochigian (R) 1,553,604 100.0
Michael Wyman (G) 31,018 100.0
Kenneth Weissman (L) 16,567 100.0
Jack Harrison (PF) 3,736 100.0

[edit] General Election Results

Final results from the Secretary of State of California:[2]

2006 Attorney General election, California
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Jerry Brown 4,756,184 56.3 +4.9
Republican Chuck Poochigian 3,220,429 38.2 -2.2
Green Michael Wyman 195,130 2.3 -1.6
Libertarian Kenneth Weissman 177,469 2.1 +0.4
Peace and Freedom Jack Harrison 100,797 1.1 +1.1
Total votes 8,450,009 100.0
Majority 1,535,755 18.1 +7.1
Turnout 8,899,059 39.3 -3.8
Democratic hold Swing +7.1
Election results by county.
Election results by county.

[edit] By County

Results from the Secretary of State of California:[3]

County Brown (D) Poochigian (R) Wyman (G) Weissman (L) Harrison (PF)
Alameda
290,072
73.2%
73,120
18.4%
20,740
5.2%
6,824
1.7%
6,036
1.5%
Alpine
286
54.3%
196
37.2%
19
3.6%
20
3.8%
6
1.1%
Amador
6,133
42.0%
7,688
52.7%
319
2.2%
318
2.1%
153
1.0%
Butte
30,300
44.8%
32,768
48.4%
2,083
3.0%
1,779
2.6%
820
1.2%
Calaveras
7,419
41.8%
9,260
52.2%
382
2.1%
486
2.7%
220
1.2%
Colusa
1,848
38.1%
2,821
58.1%
62
1.2%
86
1.8%
42
0.8%
Contra Costa
196,765
66.3%
87,008
29.3%
6,479
2.1%
3,929
1.3%
2,981
1.0%
Del Norte
3,192
48.3%
2,962
44.9%
170
2.5%
205
3.1%
81
1.2%
El Dorado
26,966
40.6%
35,829
53.9%
1,587
2.4%
1,553
2.3%
554
0.8%
Fresno
61,932
35.6%
104,877
60.2%
2,884
1.7%
2,457
1.4%
2,076
1.1%
Glenn
2,607
35.3%
4,412
59.7%
118
1.5%
157
2.2%
100
1.3%
Humboldt
27,643
58.7%
15,224
32.3%
2,479
5.3%
1,158
2.4%
657
1.3%
Imperial
12,152
56.0%
8,082
37.3%
409
1.8%
490
2.2%
576
2.7%
Inyo
2,818
44.4%
3,113
49.0%
184
2.9%
166
2.6%
76
1.1%
Kern
47,771
32.2%
91,441
61.7%
2,957
1.9%
4,179
2.8%
2,092
1.4%
Kings
7,720
34.1%
14,019
61.9%
282
1.2%
384
1.7%
266
1.1%
Lake
10,795
56.7%
6,873
36.1%
566
2.9%
478
2.5%
344
1.8%
Lassen
2,856
33.9%
4,881
57.9%
203
2.4%
378
4.4%
121
1.4%
Los Angeles
1,222,860
64.5%
572,820
30.3%
35,245
1.8%
41,759
2.2%
23,881
1.2%
Madera
9,199
31.1%
19,035
64.2%
576
2.0%
489
1.6%
355
1.1%
Marin
76,182
73.5%
21,868
21.1%
3,354
3.2%
1,559
1.5%
751
0.7%
Mariposa
2,834
37.5%
4,254
56.4%
194
2.5%
174
2.3%
99
1.3%
Mendocino
20,045
66.3%
7,807
25.8%
1,301
4.3%
747
2.4%
379
1.2%
Merced
18,277
44.3%
20,834
50.5%
661
1.6%
855
2.1%
631
1.5%
Modoc
1,238
33.8%
2,152
58.7%
74
2.0%
154
4.1%
53
1.4%
Mono
1,785
48.5%
1,637
44.5%
110
3.0%
108
2.9%
41
1.1%
Monterey
56,367
65.1%
26,138
30.2%
1,623
1.9%
1,567
1.8%
926
1.0%
Napa
26,731
63.6%
13,042
31.1%
1,089
2.6%
785
1.8%
413
0.9%
Nevada
20,449
48.2%
19,697
46.5%
1,134
2.7%
867
2.0%
286
0.6%
Orange
293,982
41.5%
375,038
52.9%
12,525
1.7%
18,571
2.7%
8,973
1.2%
Placer
48,800
40.5%
66,051
54.8%
2,415
2.0%
2,530
2.0%
866
0.7%
Plumas
3,744
42.9%
4,501
51.5%
184
2.1%
201
2.3%
111
1.2%
Riverside
176,341
47.1%
179,692
47.9%
6,331
1.6%
7,854
2.1%
4,956
1.3%
Sacramento
184,560
52.6%
149,246
42.6%
7,341
2.0%
6,001
1.7%
3,888
1.1%
San Benito
8,374
59.4%
5,022
35.7%
230
1.6%
329
2.3%
146
1.0%
San Bernardino
167,145
49.7%
150,659
44.8%
5,932
1.7%
8,524
2.5%
4,555
1.3%
San Diego
374,717
49.6%
341,832
45.3%
14,926
1.9%
15,879
2.2%
8,156
1.0%
San Francisco
188,409
79.8%
27,523
11.7%
13,479
5.7%
4,208
1.7%
2,686
1.1%
San Joaquin
67,219
49.2%
62,122
45.5%
2,548
1.8%
2,670
1.9%
2,267
1.6%
San Luis Obispo
44,512
47.4%
44,668
47.3%
2,032
2.1%
2,123
2.2%
946
1.0%
San Mateo
141,617
70.8%
47,828
24.0%
5,815
2.9%
3,067
1.5%
1,747
0.8%
Santa Barbara
64,823
54.4%
47,760
40.1%
2,716
2.3%
2,705
2.2%
1,304
1.0%
Santa Clara
279,105
66.7%
116,284
27.8%
10,072
2.5%
8,983
2.1%
4,094
0.9%
Santa Cruz
66,560
75.1%
16,962
19.2%
2,922
3.2%
1,512
1.7%
777
0.8%
Shasta
20,866
36.1%
33,846
58.5%
1,009
1.7%
1,431
2.4%
772
1.3%
Sierra
608
38.9%
842
53.9%
38
2.4%
61
3.9%
15
0.9%
Siskiyou
6,731
41.3%
8,456
51.8%
344
2.1%
559
3.4%
242
1.4%
Solano
62,774
61.5%
34,219
33.5%
1,938
1.8%
2,157
2.2%
1,105
1.0%
Sonoma
116,443
68.7%
41,663
24.6%
5,765
3.4%
3,385
2.0%
2,343
1.3%
Stanislaus
46,375
45.5%
51,071
50.1%
1,580
1.5%
1,713
1.6%
1,341
1.3%
Sutter
8,591
36.6%
13,746
58.6%
369
1.5%
446
2.0%
321
1.3%
Tehama
6,672
37.6%
9,965
56.3%
322
1.8%
500
2.8%
267
1.5%
Trinity
2,729
48.3%
2,422
42.9%
186
3.2%
218
3.9%
99
1.7%
Tulare
21,296
31.2%
44,304
64.9%
1,020
1.4%
1,041
1.6%
647
0.9%
Tuolumne
9,023
43.3%
10,743
51.5%
430
2.0%
431
2.0%
255
1.2%
Ventura
111,773
51.6%
94,635
43.7%
3,323
1.5%
4,636
2.2%
2,329
1.0%
Yolo
31,930
60.1%
17,963
33.8%
1,756
3.4%
1,169
2.1%
346
0.6%
Yuba
5,067
37.0%
7,664
56.0%
298
2.1%
454
3.3%
227
1.6%

[edit] See also

[edit] External links


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