California State Controller election, 2006

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The 2006 California State Controller election occurred on November 7, 2006. The primary elections took place on June 6, 2006. Board of Equalization Chair John Chiang, the Democratic nominee, defeated the Republican nominee, Assemblyman Tony Strickland, for the office previously held by Steve Westly, who lost the primary in the governor's race. Laura Wells was the Green Party nominee, Elizabeth Cervantes Barron was the Peace and Freedom Party nominee, Donna Tello was the Libertarian Party nominee, and Warren Campbell was the American Independent Party nominee.

Chiang faced State Senator Joe Dunn in the primary, winning 53% to Dunn's 47%. Strickland and State Senator Abel Maldonado were the frontrunners in a five-way primary. Strickland won with 40.7% of the vote to Maldonado's 37%. Jim Stieringer took 12.4%, Bret Davis 5.4%, and David Harris 4.5%. [1]

Contents

[edit] Candidates

[edit] Primary Election

[edit] Democratic Party

[edit] Republican

  • Bret Davis
  • David Harris
  • Abel Maldonado - State Senator, Ex-State Assemblyman
  • Jim Stieringer
  • Tony Strickland - State Assemblyman

[edit] Green

  • Laura Wells - 2002 Green California State Controller candidate

[edit] Libertarian

  • Donna Tello

[edit] American Independent

  • Warren Campbell

[edit] Peace and Freedom

  • Elizabeth Cervantes Barron - Retired teacher, 1974 Peace and Freedom U.S. House candidate, 1978 Peace and Freedom State Controller candidate, 1980 Peace and Freedom U.S. Vice Presidential candidate, 1994 Peace and Freedom U.S. Senate candidate

[edit] Primary Results

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

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

[edit] Democratic Party

Candidate # of votes  %
John Chiang 1,157,760 53.3
Joe Dunn 1,014,451 46.7

[edit] Republican Party

Candidate # of votes  %
Tony Strickland 689,071 40.7
Abel Maldonado 626,559 37.0
Jim Stieringer 210,691 12.4
Bret Davis 91,760 5.4
David Harris 76,310 4.5

[edit] Other Parties

Candidate # of votes  %
Laura Wells (G) 32,092 100.0
Warren Campbell (AI) 30,632 100.0
Donna Tello (L) 16,700 100.0
Elizabeth Cervantes Barron (PF) 4,047 100.0

[edit] General Election Results

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

2006 State Treasurer election, California
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic John Chiang 4,232,313 50.7 +5.3
Republican Tony Strickland 3,360,611 40.2 -4.9
Green Laura Wells 260,047 3.2 -2.6
Peace and Freedom Elizabeth Cervantes Barron 212,383 2.5 +2.5
Libertarian Donna Tello 188,934 2.2 +2.2
American Independent Warren Campbell 106,761 1.2 -0.1
Total votes 8,361,049 100.0
Majority 871,702 10.5 +10.2
Turnout 8,899,059 39.3 -3.8
Democratic hold Swing +10.2
Election results by county.
Election results by county.

[edit] By County

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

County Chiang (D) Strickland (R) Wells (G) Tello (L) Barron (PF) Campbell (AI)
Alameda
270,660
69.2%
82,330
21.1%
20,048
5.1%
7,448
1.9%
7,401
1.8%
3,652
0.9%
Alpine
238
47.6%
203
40.6%
23
4.6%
12
2.3%
17
3.4%
8
1.5%
Amador
5,860
40.2%
7,649
52.4%
405
2.8%
166
1.1%
280
1.9%
239
1.6%
Butte
26,252
39.2%
33,587
50.1%
2,735
4.1%
1,537
2.2%
1,734
2.6%
1,219
1.8%
Calaveras
6,884
39.4%
9,010
51.5%
551
3.2%
310
1.7%
473
2.7%
271
1.5%
Colusa
1,794
37.6%
2,667
55.8%
73
1.5%
97
2.0%
63
1.3%
90
1.8%
Contra Costa
165,894
57.0%
102,723
35.3%
9,012
3.1%
4,642
1.5%
5,604
1.9%
3,522
1.2%
Del Norte
2,774
42.6%
3,046
46.8%
225
3.4%
145
2.2%
180
2.7%
150
2.3%
El Dorado
25,016
38.0%
36,005
54.7%
2,012
3.1%
710
1.0%
1,449
2.2%
715
1.0%
Fresno
74,781
43.7%
83,517
48.8%
3,301
1.9%
4,872
2.9%
3,245
1.8%
1,589
0.9%
Glenn
2,292
31.5%
4,388
60.3%
140
1.9%
172
2.4%
143
1.9%
153
2.0%
Humboldt
23,001
49.7%
16,335
35.3%
3,733
8.1%
1,274
2.7%
1,334
2.9%
612
1.3%
Imperial
11,234
51.8%
7,441
34.3%
513
2.3%
1,549
7.1%
523
2.4%
459
2.1%
Inyo
2,196
35.2%
3,367
54.0%
271
4.4%
129
2.0%
177
2.9%
99
1.5%
Kern
55,538
37.7%
80,558
54.6%
2,523
1.7%
3,627
2.5%
2,773
1.8%
2,644
1.7%
Kings
8,711
38.7%
12,410
55.1%
307
1.3%
496
2.3%
306
1.3%
297
1.3%
Lake
9,344
49.6%
7,248
38.5%
816
4.4%
600
3.1%
493
2.6%
346
1.8%
Lassen
2,624
31.4%
4,849
57.9%
298
3.6%
163
1.9%
267
3.1%
180
2.1%
Los Angeles
1,089,306
57.6%
621,387
32.9%
53,797
2.8%
63,723
3.4%
41,583
2.1%
23,669
1.2%
Madera
10,844
36.8%
16,498
55.9%
554
1.9%
691
2.4%
520
1.7%
412
1.3%
Marin
64,585
64.6%
26,160
26.2%
4,952
5.0%
1,540
1.5%
2,282
2.2%
549
0.5%
Mariposa
2,989
40.0%
3,868
51.8%
237
3.2%
109
1.4%
161
2.1%
113
1.5%
Mendocino
16,264
55.0%
8,709
29.5%
2,306
7.8%
933
3.1%
924
3.1%
462
1.5%
Merced
19,263
47.1%
18,418
45.1%
707
1.7%
1,281
3.2%
772
1.8%
486
1.1%
Modoc
1,014
28.1%
2,184
60.5%
118
3.3%
85
2.3%
136
3.8%
74
2.0%
Mono
1,485
40.9%
1,726
47.5%
159
4.4%
85
2.3%
139
3.8%
42
1.1%
Monterey
46,017
54.0%
30,722
36.0%
3,037
3.6%
2,125
2.4%
2,051
2.4%
1,409
1.6%
Napa
21,710
53.2%
14,859
36.4%
1,700
4.1%
1,046
2.5%
1,025
2.5%
544
1.3%
Nevada
18,223
43.7%
20,062
48.1%
1,767
4.2%
472
1.1%
966
2.3%
284
0.6%
Orange
231,448
33.1%
400,206
57.2%
18,271
2.6%
20,999
3.0%
18,784
2.6%
10,702
1.5%
Placer
45,028
37.8%
65,781
55.2%
2,995
2.5%
1,684
1.4%
2,498
2.0%
1,364
1.1%
Plumas
3,417
39.6%
4,573
52.9%
236
2.8%
121
1.3%
176
2.0%
122
1.4%
Riverside
145,586
39.1%
193,518
52.0%
8,635
2.3%
10,397
2.8%
8,538
2.2%
6,051
1.6%
Sacramento
181,890
51.8%
144,901
41.3%
8,806
2.6%
5,539
1.5%
6,161
1.7%
4,079
1.1%
San Benito
6,479
46.8%
5,760
41.6%
471
3.3%
526
3.8%
379
2.7%
253
1.8%
San Bernardino
134,620
40.4%
165,498
49.6%
8,147
2.4%
10,615
3.2%
8,384
2.5%
6,477
1.9%
San Diego
362,343
48.4%
334,607
44.7%
15,917
2.1%
13,679
1.8%
16,106
2.1%
7,296
0.9%
San Francisco
171,170
74.4%
31,265
13.6%
15,288
6.7%
5,436
2.3%
5,184
2.2%
1,914
0.8%
San Joaquin
65,203
48.2%
58,840
43.5%
2,949
2.1%
3,903
2.9%
2,687
1.9%
1,934
1.4%
San Luis Obispo
36,817
39.8%
47,712
51.6%
3,172
3.5%
1,507
1.6%
2,180
2.3%
1,159
1.2%
San Mateo
120,634
61.9%
54,876
28.2%
7,865
4.1%
5,149
2.6%
4,374
2.2%
2,088
1.0%
Santa Barbara
50,931
44.0%
52,228
45.2%
4,500
3.9%
3,017
2.6%
3,686
3.1%
1,410
1.2%
Santa Clara
233,076
57.1%
132,570
32.5%
15,887
3.9%
9,116
2.2%
12,015
2.9%
5,850
1.4%
Santa Cruz
53,633
62.5%
21,362
24.9%
5,398
6.3%
2,068
2.4%
2,429
2.8%
987
1.1%
Shasta
18,087
31.7%
34,073
59.6%
1,413
2.4%
1,020
1.7%
1,431
2.6%
1,193
2.0%
Sierra
553
35.4%
834
53.4%
71
4.6%
25
1.5%
63
4.1%
17
1.0%
Siskiyou
6,138
38.0%
8,542
52.9%
469
2.8%
254
1.5%
474
3.0%
297
1.8%
Solano
57,241
56.6%
36,158
35.8%
2,551
2.6%
1,966
1.9%
1,921
1.8%
1,343
1.3%
Sonoma
99,046
59.5%
48,153
28.9%
8,735
5.3%
4,672
2.8%
4,297
2.5%
1,797
1.0%
Stanislaus
47,275
46.5%
47,371
46.6%
1,713
1.6%
2,536
2.5%
1,599
1.5%
1,349
1.3%
Sutter
8,130
35.0%
13,407
57.8%
417
1.7%
505
2.2%
422
1.8%
351
1.5%
Tehama
5,691
32.3%
10,297
58.4%
424
2.4%
433
2.4%
406
2.2%
410
2.3%
Trinity
2,219
39.9%
2,554
45.9%
326
5.8%
157
2.8%
230
4.1%
86
1.5%
Tulare
25,288
37.3%
38,351
56.5%
1,109
1.6%
1,268
1.8%
908
1.3%
1,031
1.5%
Tuolumne
8,388
40.7%
10,622
51.5%
592
2.9%
346
1.6%
426
2.0%
274
1.3%
Ventura
88,769
41.3%
110,132
51.3%
5,012
2.3%
4,219
1.9%
4,995
2.3%
1,944
0.9%
Yolo
31,636
60.1%
17,017
32.4%
1,951
3.7%
914
1.7%
821
1.5%
338
0.6%
Yuba
4,784
35.1%
7,477
54.9%
407
3.0%
273
2.0%
339
2.4%
356
2.6%

[edit] See also

[edit] External links


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