California Insurance Commissioner election, 2006

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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 Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamante, the Democratic nominee, for the office previously held by John Garamendi, who won the Lt. Governor race in that same election. Larry Cafeiro was the Green Party nominee, Tom Condit was the Peace and Freedom Party nominee, Dale Ogden was the Libertarian Party nominee, and Jay Earl Burden was the American Independent Party nominee.

Poizner was unopposed in the primary, while Bustamante faced John Kraft. Bustamante won with 70.5% of the vote to Kraft's 29.5%. [1]

Contents

[edit] Candidates

[edit] Primary Election

[edit] Democratic Party

[edit] Republican

[edit] Green

  • Larry Cafeiro

[edit] Libertarian

  • Dale Ogden - 2002 Libertarian Party State Insurance Commissioner candidate

[edit] American Independent

  • Jay Earl Burden

[edit] Peace and Freedom

  • Tom Condit

[edit] Primary Results

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

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

[edit] Democratic Party

Candidate # of votes  %
Cruz Bustamante 1,651,858 70.5
John Kraft 693,662 29.5

[edit] Republican and Other Parties

Candidate # of votes  %
Steve Poizner (D) 1,519,054 100.0
Larry Cafeiro (G) 30,742 100.0
Jay Earl Burden (AI) 29,278 100.0
Dale Ogden (L) 16,760 100.0
Tom Condit (PF) 3,850 100.0

[edit] General Election Results

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

2006 State Treasurer election, California
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Steve Poizner 4,229,986 50.9 +9.2
Democratic Cruz Bustamante 3,204,536 38.5 -8.0
Libertarian Dale Ogden 305,772 3.7 +0.4
Green Larry Cafeiro 270,218 3.2 -0.6
Peace and Freedom Tom Condit 187,618 2.2 +2.2
American Independent Jay Earl Burden 127,627 1.5 -0.5
Total votes 8,325,757 100.0
Majority 1,025,450 12.4 +17.2
Turnout 8,899,059 39.3 -3.8
Republican gain from Democratic Swing +17.2
Election results by county.
Election results by county.

[edit] By County

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

County Poizner (R) Bustamante (D) Cafiero (G) Ogden (L) Condit (PF) Burden (AI)
Alameda
132,311
34.2%
202,363
52.3%
12,410
3.2%
23,820
6.2%
10,894
2.8%
5,222
1.3%
Alpine
200
39.3%
236
46.4%
29
5.7%
17
3.3%
18
3.6%
9
1.7%
Amador
9,100
62.9%
3,664
25.4%
595
4.2%
430
2.9%
433
2.9%
260
1.7%
Butte
39,400
58.7%
18,993
28.3%
2,881
4.3%
2,681
4.0%
1,781
2.6%
1,466
2.1%
Calaveras
10,561
60.5%
4,502
25.8%
954
5.5%
669
3.8%
451
2.5%
344
1.9%
Colusa
3,047
65.9%
1,249
27.1%
124
2.7%
59
1.2%
70
1.5%
76
1.6%
Contra Costa
144,933
49.8%
116,051
39.9%
7,557
2.5%
10,882
3.8%
7,598
2.6%
4,362
1.4%
Del Norte
3,335
50.8%
2,485
37.9%
327
5.0%
183
2.7%
116
1.7%
126
1.9%
El Dorado
41,865
64.1%
15,859
24.3%
2,650
4.1%
2,417
3.7%
1,538
2.3%
986
1.5%
Fresno
102,290
59.6%
54,678
31.9%
5,461
3.1%
3,501
2.0%
4,054
2.3%
1,907
1.1%
Glenn
4,919
67.4%
1,696
23.3%
279
3.8%
119
1.6%
127
1.7%
167
2.2%
Humboldt
19,411
41.8%
19,523
42.0%
2,031
4.3%
3,663
7.9%
1,217
2.6%
695
1.4%
Imperial
8,383
38.4%
11,529
52.8%
646
2.9%
308
1.4%
552
2.5%
443
2.0%
Inyo
3,617
57.9%
1,825
29.2%
293
4.7%
225
3.6%
170
2.7%
123
1.9%
Kern
95,434
64.7%
39,891
27.1%
5,317
3.6%
2,057
1.3%
2,157
1.4%
2,853
1.9%
Kings
13,883
62.0%
6,811
30.4%
776
3.5%
268
1.1%
366
1.6%
314
1.4%
Lake
9,452
49.7%
6,842
36.0%
923
4.8%
808
4.2%
595
3.1%
431
2.2%
Lassen
4,787
57.1%
2,645
31.6%
447
5.3%
163
1.9%
163
1.9%
185
2.2%
Los Angeles
786,131
42.1%
891,354
47.7%
68,543
3.7%
56,563
3.0%
38,601
2.0%
29,893
1.5%
Madera
19,121
64.7%
7,622
25.8%
959
3.3%
607
2.0%
806
2.7%
453
1.5%
Marin
47,497
47.2%
40,497
40.2%
3,860
3.9%
5,714
5.7%
2,410
2.3%
785
0.7%
Mariposa
4,372
58.8%
2,095
28.2%
378
5.1%
253
3.3%
220
2.9%
129
1.7%
Mendocino
11,900
40.1%
12,689
42.7%
1,526
5.1%
2,119
7.2%
1,001
3.3%
505
1.6%
Merced
22,358
54.6%
14,629
35.7%
959
2.3%
879
2.1%
1,677
4.1%
514
1.2%
Modoc
2,293
63.6%
856
23.8%
211
5.8%
100
2.7%
80
2.2%
69
1.9%
Mono
1,806
49.9%
1,363
37.7%
180
4.9%
132
3.6%
98
2.7%
46
1.2%
Monterey
40,443
47.3%
35,364
41.4%
3,239
3.8%
3,033
3.6%
2,115
2.4%
1,356
1.5%
Napa
20,989
50.9%
15,199
36.9%
1,748
4.2%
1,875
4.6%
905
2.1%
576
1.3%
Nevada
23,782
57.5%
12,302
29.8%
1,852
4.4%
2,091
5.1%
818
1.9%
542
1.3%
Orange
447,911
63.7%
185,561
26.4%
29,487
4.2%
15,384
2.1%
14,896
2.1%
10,789
1.5%
Placer
78,613
66.3%
28,355
24.0%
4,553
3.9%
3,148
2.6%
2,334
1.9%
1,587
1.3%
Plumas
5,202
60.6%
2,393
27.9%
350
4.1%
290
3.3%
201
2.3%
157
1.8%
Riverside
223,693
59.7%
117,904
31.5%
12,488
3.4%
7,264
1.9%
7,854
2.0%
5,999
1.5%
Sacramento
189,051
54.6%
117,965
34.1%
11,137
3.2%
12,287
3.5%
10,351
2.9%
5,896
1.7%
San Benito
7,176
51.1%
5,402
38.5%
508
3.7%
393
2.7%
389
2.7%
191
1.3%
San Bernardino
190,127
56.9%
110,614
33.1%
12,475
3.8%
6,648
1.9%
7,365
2.2%
7,305
2.1%
San Diego
417,746
56.3%
252,140
34.0%
29,354
4.0%
18,667
2.5%
13,745
1.8%
10,594
1.4%
San Francisco
61,458
28.0%
127,945
58.2%
7,465
3.3%
16,409
7.5%
4,719
2.1%
2,001
0.9%
San Joaquin
70,429
52.1%
51,497
38.1%
4,651
3.4%
2,882
2.1%
3,397
2.5%
2,440
1.8%
San Luis Obispo
30,386
56.8%
52,958
32.6%
3,362
3.7%
2,847
3.0%
2,166
2.3%
1,580
1.6%
San Mateo
91,929
46.9%
83,693
42.7%
5,599
2.8%
8,050
4.2%
4,593
2.3%
2,162
1.1%
Santa Barbara
57,791
49.5%
46,336
39.7%
4,773
4.1%
3,802
3.2%
2,640
2.2%
1,561
1.3%
Santa Clara
211,203
50.9%
162,095
39.0%
15,001
3.7%
13,330
3.2%
9,099
2.1%
4,948
1.1%
Santa Cruz
33,445
38.9%
39,168
45.5%
3,394
3.9%
6,208
7.2%
2,690
3.1%
1,287
1.4%
Shasta
37,735
65.9%
13,742
24.0%
2,288
4.0%
1,158
2.0%
1,137
1.9%
1,241
2.2%
Sierra
878
56.8%
425
27.5%
99
6.4%
63
4.1%
46
2.9%
36
2.3%
Siskiyou
8,781
54.3%
5,389
33.4%
784
4.9%
416
2.5%
415
2.5%
391
2.4%
Solano
46,939
46.9%
42,393
42.4%
4,028
4.0%
2,625
2.6%
2,222
2.2%
1,984
1.9%
Sonoma
75,160
44.9%
67,410
40.3%
7,300
4.4%
9,664
5.8%
5,436
3.2%
2,493
1.4%
Stanislaus
57,298
56.8%
33,946
33.7%
3,378
3.4%
1,771
1.7%
2,903
2.9%
1,609
1.5%
Sutter
14,963
64.4%
6,186
26.7%
818
3.6%
395
1.6%
380
1.6%
496
2.1%
Tehama
11,425
64.6%
4,275
24.2%
742
4.2%
361
2.0%
392
2.2%
511
2.8%
Trinity
2,892
52.0%
1,696
30.5%
409
7.4%
306
5.5%
158
2.8%
101
1.8%
Tulare
43,806
64.7%
19,057
28.2%
1,736
2.6%
1,066
1.5%
1,145
1.6%
961
1.4%
Tuolumne
12,251
59.7%
5,668
27.7%
973
4.7%
641
3.1%
638
3.1%
352
1.7%
Ventura
119,880
56.2%
72,781
34.1%
8,747
4.1%
5,360
2.5%
3,873
1.8%
2,809
1.3%
Yolo
23,305
45.3%
21,711
42.2%
2,122
4.1%
2,775
5.3%
1,070
2.0%
576
1.1%
Yuba
8,321
61.3%
3,591
26.5%
596
4.4%
372
2.7%
333
2.4%
373
2.7%

[edit] See also

[edit] External links


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