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The 2006 California Secretary of State election occurred on November 7, 2006. The primary elections took place on June 6, 2006. State Senator Debra Bowen, the Democratic nominee, narrowly defeated the incumbent, Republican Bruce McPherson. Forrest Hill was the Green Party nominee, Margie Akin was the Peace and Freedom Party nominee, Gail Lightfoot was the Libertarian Party nominee, and Glenn McMillon was the American Independent Party nominee.
McPherson was unopposed in the primary, while Bowen faced State Senator Deborah Ortiz. Bowen won with 61% of the vote to Ortiz's 39%. [1]
[edit] Candidates
[edit] General Election
[edit] Primary Election
[edit] Democrats
[edit] Republican
[edit] Libertarian
- Gail Lightfoot - Retired nurse, 2002 Libertarian Party Secretary of State candidate
[edit] American Independent
[edit] Peace and Freedom
[edit] Primary Results
A bar graph of statewide results in this contest are available at http://primary2006.ss.ca.gov/Returns/sec/00.htm.
Results by county are available at http://primary2006.ss.ca.gov/Returns/sec/00.htm#cty.
[edit] Democratic Party
[edit] Republican and Other Parties
[edit] General Election Results
Final results from the Secretary of State of California:[2]
| 2006 Secretary of State election, California |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Democratic |
Debra Bowen |
4,032,533 |
48.1 |
+1.8 |
|
Republican |
Bruce McPherson |
3,772,951 |
45.0 |
+2.6 |
|
Green |
Forrest Hill |
181,369 |
2.2 |
-1.7 |
|
Libertarian |
Gail Lightfoot |
171,393 |
2.1 |
-0.7 |
|
American Independent |
Glenn McMillon |
135,824 |
1.6 |
+0.4 |
|
Peace and Freedom |
Margie Akin |
91,483 |
1.0 |
+1.0 |
| Total votes |
8,385,573 |
100.0 |
|
| Majority |
259,582 |
3.1 |
-0.8 |
| Turnout |
8,899,059 |
39.3 |
-3.8 |
|
Democratic gain from Republican |
Swing |
-0.8 |
|
[edit] By County
Results from the Secretary of State of California: [3]
| County |
Bowen (D) |
McPherson (R) |
Hill (G) |
Lightfoot (L) |
McMillon (AI) |
Akin (PF) |
| Alameda |
267,088
|
67.9%
|
98,721
|
25.1%
|
13,634
|
3.5%
|
6,418
|
1.6%
|
4,209
|
1.0%
|
3,850
|
0.9%
|
| Alpine |
235
|
45.9%
|
238
|
46.4%
|
14
|
2.7%
|
16
|
3.2%
|
6
|
1.1%
|
4
|
0.7%
|
| Amador |
4,568
|
31.2%
|
9,063
|
62.0%
|
249
|
1.7%
|
323
|
2.2%
|
323
|
2.2%
|
106
|
0.7%
|
| Butte |
24,016
|
35.7%
|
37,535
|
55.7%
|
1,807
|
2.7%
|
1,715
|
2.5%
|
1,497
|
2.2%
|
867
|
1.2%
|
| Calaveras |
5,585
|
31.9%
|
10,462
|
59.7%
|
408
|
2.3%
|
510
|
2.9%
|
395
|
2.2%
|
180
|
1.0%
|
| Colusa |
1,421
|
29.4%
|
3,192
|
66.0%
|
55
|
1.1%
|
74
|
1.5%
|
70
|
1.4%
|
31
|
0.6%
|
| Contra Costa |
159,819
|
54.7%
|
115,408
|
39.5%
|
6,152
|
2.1%
|
5,111
|
1.7%
|
4,070
|
1.3%
|
2,081
|
0.7%
|
| Del Norte |
2,608
|
39.7%
|
3,332
|
50.7%
|
159
|
2.4%
|
204
|
3.1%
|
199
|
3.0%
|
74
|
1.1%
|
| El Dorado |
19,998
|
30.2%
|
41,866
|
63.2%
|
1,435
|
2.2%
|
1,389
|
2.1%
|
1,036
|
1.5%
|
534
|
0.8%
|
| Fresno |
61,297
|
35.7%
|
100,019
|
58.3%
|
3,003
|
1.7%
|
3,138
|
1.9%
|
2,537
|
1.4%
|
1,820
|
1.0%
|
| Glenn |
2,023
|
27.5%
|
4,869
|
66.0%
|
104
|
1.4%
|
133
|
1.8%
|
202
|
2.7%
|
50
|
0.6%
|
| Humboldt |
23,242
|
49.7%
|
17,823
|
38.1%
|
2,962
|
6.3%
|
1,330
|
2.8%
|
844
|
1.8%
|
655
|
1.3%
|
| Imperial |
11,256
|
51.9%
|
8,684
|
40.0%
|
355
|
1.6%
|
506
|
2.3%
|
510
|
2.4%
|
408
|
1.8%
|
| Inyo |
2,097
|
33.2%
|
3,667
|
57.9%
|
150
|
2.3%
|
202
|
3.2%
|
141
|
2.2%
|
77
|
1.2%
|
| Kern |
44,350
|
30.2%
|
92,930
|
63.2%
|
1,972
|
1.3%
|
3,241
|
2.2%
|
3,140
|
2.1%
|
1,541
|
1.0%
|
| Kings |
7,324
|
32.7%
|
13,544
|
60.5%
|
334
|
1.5%
|
486
|
2.2%
|
425
|
1.9%
|
289
|
1.2%
|
| Lake |
8,895
|
46.5%
|
8,297
|
43.4%
|
711
|
3.8%
|
468
|
2.4%
|
512
|
2.6%
|
256
|
1.3%
|
| Lassen |
2,277
|
27.1%
|
5,363
|
63.8%
|
196
|
2.3%
|
269
|
3.2%
|
216
|
2.6%
|
89
|
1.0%
|
| Los Angeles |
1,100,865
|
58.5%
|
652,662
|
34.7%
|
38,177
|
2.0%
|
38,806
|
2.1%
|
29,096
|
1.5%
|
23,584
|
1.2%
|
| Madera |
9,242
|
31.1%
|
18,490
|
62.3%
|
502
|
1.6%
|
606
|
2.1%
|
541
|
1.8%
|
341
|
1.1%
|
| Marin |
62,248
|
61.4%
|
32,162
|
31.7%
|
3,239
|
3.2%
|
1,625
|
1.6%
|
924
|
0.9%
|
1,287
|
1.2%
|
| Mariposa |
2,561
|
34.1%
|
4,363
|
58.1%
|
187
|
2.5%
|
178
|
2.4%
|
153
|
2.0%
|
73
|
0.9%
|
| Mendocino |
15,995
|
53.5%
|
10,181
|
34.1%
|
1,748
|
5.9%
|
811
|
2.7%
|
607
|
2.0%
|
560
|
1.8%
|
| Merced |
16,292
|
39.9%
|
21,747
|
53.2%
|
634
|
1.5%
|
935
|
2.3%
|
761
|
1.8%
|
538
|
1.3%
|
| Modoc |
925
|
25.4%
|
2,417
|
66.3%
|
65
|
1.7%
|
119
|
3.3%
|
82
|
2.2%
|
42
|
1.1%
|
| Mono |
1,453
|
39.7%
|
1,883
|
51.5%
|
130
|
3.6%
|
96
|
2.6%
|
50
|
1.3%
|
49
|
1.3%
|
| Monterey |
36,571
|
42.0%
|
46,330
|
53.2%
|
1,349
|
1.5%
|
1,240
|
1.4%
|
976
|
1.1%
|
727
|
0.8%
|
| Napa |
21,060
|
50.9%
|
16,889
|
40.8%
|
1,518
|
3.7%
|
842
|
2.0%
|
716
|
1.7%
|
408
|
0.9%
|
| Nevada |
15,600
|
37.2%
|
23,351
|
55.6%
|
1,285
|
3.1%
|
955
|
2.3%
|
448
|
1.0%
|
364
|
0.8%
|
| Orange |
239,447
|
34.1%
|
411,943
|
58.6%
|
11,762
|
1.6%
|
16,571
|
2.4%
|
15,544
|
2.2%
|
8,156
|
1.1%
|
| Placer |
36,015
|
30.0%
|
77,761
|
64.7%
|
1,967
|
1.6%
|
2,047
|
1.8%
|
1,653
|
1.3%
|
790
|
0.6%
|
| Plumas |
2,848
|
32.9%
|
5,211
|
60.1%
|
177
|
2.0%
|
162
|
1.8%
|
188
|
2.2%
|
93
|
1.0%
|
| Riverside |
143,015
|
38.2%
|
206,247
|
55.0%
|
5,090
|
1.3%
|
8,564
|
2.3%
|
7,480
|
2.0%
|
4,693
|
1.2%
|
| Sacramento |
149,784
|
43.1%
|
177,259
|
50.9%
|
6,668
|
1.9%
|
6,531
|
1.8%
|
5,231
|
1.5%
|
2,801
|
0.8%
|
| San Benito |
5,600
|
39.4%
|
7,916
|
55.7%
|
188
|
1.3%
|
239
|
1.7%
|
159
|
1.1%
|
123
|
0.8%
|
| San Bernardino |
134,751
|
40.4%
|
173,448
|
51.9%
|
5,431
|
1.6%
|
9,263
|
2.8%
|
7,446
|
2.2%
|
3,976
|
1.1%
|
| San Diego |
310,049
|
41.3%
|
396,565
|
52.9%
|
11,503
|
1.5%
|
13,610
|
1.9%
|
11,762
|
1.5%
|
7,484
|
0.9%
|
| San Francisco |
169,080
|
73.0%
|
41,190
|
17.8%
|
11,947
|
5.2%
|
4,158
|
1.8%
|
2,130
|
0.9%
|
3,199
|
1.3%
|
| San Joaquin |
56,203
|
41.6%
|
69,954
|
51.8%
|
2,059
|
1.5%
|
2,919
|
2.2%
|
2,625
|
1.9%
|
1,375
|
1.0%
|
| San Luis Obispo |
35,595
|
37.9%
|
52,318
|
55.7%
|
1,797
|
1.9%
|
2,074
|
2.3%
|
1,363
|
1.4%
|
845
|
0.8%
|
| San Mateo |
119,037
|
60.3%
|
65,141
|
33.0%
|
5,666
|
2.9%
|
3,290
|
1.7%
|
2,643
|
1.3%
|
1,675
|
0.8%
|
| Santa Barbara |
52,958
|
44.9%
|
56,126
|
47.6%
|
2,729
|
2.4%
|
2,781
|
2.4%
|
1,965
|
1.6%
|
1,401
|
1.1%
|
| Santa Clara |
229,135
|
55.3%
|
158,550
|
38.3%
|
9,643
|
2.3%
|
8,228
|
1.9%
|
5,209
|
1.2%
|
4,239
|
1.0%
|
| Santa Cruz |
41,835
|
47.0%
|
41,440
|
46.6%
|
2,836
|
3.2%
|
1,268
|
1.4%
|
784
|
0.8%
|
898
|
1.0%
|
| Shasta |
17,175
|
29.7%
|
36,803
|
63.7%
|
804
|
1.3%
|
1,171
|
2.0%
|
1,309
|
2.3%
|
579
|
1.0%
|
| Sierra |
450
|
28.8%
|
982
|
62.8%
|
38
|
2.4%
|
51
|
3.3%
|
30
|
1.9%
|
13
|
0.8%
|
| Siskiyou |
5,777
|
35.5%
|
9,177
|
56.4%
|
299
|
1.8%
|
410
|
2.5%
|
462
|
2.9%
|
154
|
0.9%
|
| Solano |
53,721
|
53.0%
|
41,629
|
41.1%
|
1,710
|
1.7%
|
1,804
|
1.8%
|
1,707
|
1.6%
|
824
|
0.8%
|
| Sonoma |
94,424
|
55.7%
|
59,092
|
34.9%
|
6,918
|
4.1%
|
3,824
|
2.3%
|
2,839
|
1.6%
|
2,525
|
1.4%
|
| Stanislaus |
38,864
|
38.2%
|
57,465
|
56.4%
|
1,483
|
1.4%
|
1,515
|
1.5%
|
1,815
|
1.8%
|
809
|
0.7%
|
| Sutter |
7,206
|
30.9%
|
14,825
|
63.5%
|
271
|
1.1%
|
436
|
1.8%
|
448
|
2.0%
|
184
|
0.7%
|
| Tehama |
5,369
|
30.2%
|
11,094
|
62.3%
|
280
|
1.5%
|
447
|
2.5%
|
485
|
2.7%
|
146
|
0.8%
|
| Trinity |
2,157
|
38.2%
|
2,845
|
50.3%
|
223
|
3.9%
|
235
|
4.2%
|
119
|
2.1%
|
78
|
1.3%
|
| Tulare |
20,885
|
30.8%
|
43,613
|
64.2%
|
863
|
1.2%
|
1,033
|
1.5%
|
1,028
|
1.5%
|
570
|
0.8%
|
| Tuolumne |
6,945
|
33.5%
|
12,227
|
59.0%
|
495
|
2.4%
|
477
|
2.3%
|
388
|
1.8%
|
216
|
1.0%
|
| Ventura |
91,274
|
42.9%
|
106,370
|
50.0%
|
4,356
|
2.0%
|
5,302
|
2.5%
|
3,452
|
1.6%
|
2,227
|
1.0%
|
| Yolo |
27,862
|
52.7%
|
21,978
|
41.6%
|
1,390
|
2.7%
|
843
|
1.5%
|
459
|
0.8%
|
391
|
0.7%
|
| Yuba |
4,181
|
30.7%
|
8,294
|
60.8%
|
242
|
1.7%
|
394
|
2.8%
|
415
|
3.1%
|
134
|
0.9%
|
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