California lieutenant governor election, 2006

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California lieutenant governor election, 2006
November 7, 2006
Nominee John Garamendi Tom McClintock
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 4,189,584 3,845,858
Percentage 49.2% 45.1%
California lieutenant governor election, 2006

Electoral results by county
Incumbent Lt. Governor
Cruz Bustamante
Democratic
Lt. Governor-Elect
John Garamendi
Democratic

The 2006 California lieutenant governor election occurred on November 7, 2006. The primary elections took place on June 6, 2006. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi, the Democratic nominee, narrowly defeated the Republican nominee, State Senator Tom McClintock, for the office previously held by term-limited incumbent Cruz Bustamante, who lost the Insurance Commissioner race in that same election. Donna Warren was the Green Party nominee, Stewart Alexander was the Peace and Freedom Party nominee, Lynnette Shaw was the Libertarian Party nominee, and Jim King was the American Independent Party nominee.

McClintock faced token opposition in the Republican primary, while Garamendi and State Senator Jackie Speier were the frontrunners in the Democratic primary. Garamendi won with 42.6% of the vote to Speier's 39.7%. State Senator Liz Figueroa took 17.7%. [1]

Contents

[edit] Candidates

[edit] General Election

[edit] Primary Election

[edit] Democrats

[edit] Republicans

  • Tony Farmer - Realtor
  • Tom McClintock - State Senator, former State Assemblyman, 2003 Republican Party gubernatorial candidate, 1994/2002 Republican Party Controller candidate

[edit] Green

  • Donna Warren

[edit] Libertarian

  • Lynnette Shaw

[edit] American Independent

  • Jim King

[edit] Peace and Freedom

  • Stewart Alexander

[edit] Primary Results

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

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

[edit] Democratic Party

Candidate # of votes  %
John Garamendi 1,045,130 42.6
Jackie Speier 975,547 39.7
Liz Figueroa 436,868 17.7

[edit] Republican Party

Candidate # of votes  %
Tom McClintock 1,760,667 93.8
Tony Farmer 117,335 6.2

[edit] Other Parties

Candidate # of votes  %
Donna Warren (G) 31,162 100.0
Lynnette Shaw (L) 16,128 100.0
Jim King (AI) 29,014 100.0
Stewart Alexander (PF) 3,549 100.0

[edit] General Election Results

Election results by county.
Election results by county.

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

2006 lieutenant governor election, California
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic John Garamendi 4,189,584 49.2 -0.2
Republican Tom McClintock 3,845,858 45.1 +3.3
Green Donna Warren 239,107 2.8 -1.4
Libertarian Lynnette Shaw 142,851 1.6 +0.2
American Independent Jim King 68,446 0.8 +0.1
Peace and Freedom Stewart Alexander 43,319 0.5 +0.5
Total votes 8,529,165 100.0
Majority 343,726 4.1 -3.5
Turnout 8,899,059 39.3 -3.8
Democratic hold Swing -3.5

[edit] By County

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

County DEM # DEM % GOP # GOP % GRN # GRN % LIB # LIB % AI # AI % PF # PF %
Alameda
270,885
67.8%
100,689
25.2%
17,777
4.4%
6,198
1.5%
2,475
0.6%
2,068
0.5%
Alpine
257
48.9%
224
42.6%
25
4.8%
19
3.6%
1
0.1%
0
0.0%
Amador
5,697
38.3%
8,448
56.8%
333
2.3%
237
1.6%
128
0.8%
44
0.2%
Butte
25,282
37.0%
37,774
55.3%
2,797
4.1%
1,517
2.3%
683
0.9%
297
0.4%
Calaveras
7,513
41.8%
9,553
53.1%
424
2.4%
308
1.7%
144
0.8%
50
0.2%
Colusa
1,470
30.0%
3,225
65.9%
88
1.8%
50
1.1%
44
0.8%
24
0.4%
Contra Costa
167,965
56.3%
114,567
38.4%
8,387
2.9%
4,292
1.4%
2,059
0.6%
1,400
0.4%
Del Norte
2,761
41.8%
3,347
50.6%
195
3.0%
181
2.7%
104
1.5%
30
0.4%
El Dorado
22,634
33.7%
40,982
61.0%
1,845
2.8%
1,195
1.7%
434
0.6%
179
0.2%
Fresno
67,506
38.7%
98,580
56.5%
3,792
2.2%
2,617
1.4%
1,338
0.7%
927
0.5%
Glenn
2,052
27.6%
5,003
67.3%
137
1.9%
136
1.8%
79
1.0%
31
0.4%
Humboldt
23,595
49.6%
18,592
39.1%
3,435
7.3%
1,375
2.8%
393
0.8%
237
0.4%
Imperial
10,334
47.6%
9,372
43.2%
862
4.0%
454
2.1%
303
1.3%
394
1.8%
Inyo
2,165
33.9%
3,706
58.0%
214
3.4%
181
2.8%
77
1.2%
49
0.7%
Kern
44,516
30.0%
97,035
65.3%
2,869
2.0%
2,219
1.4%
1,362
0.9%
738
0.4%
Kings
7,925
35.1%
13,608
60.2%
422
1.9%
314
1.3%
261
1.1%
103
0.4%
Lake
9,018
46.7%
8,647
44.8%
811
4.2%
506
2.6%
248
1.2%
113
0.5%
Lassen
2,613
30.6%
5,376
63.0%
244
2.9%
205
2.4%
72
0.8%
31
0.3%
Los Angeles
1,116,151
58.0%
702,553
36.5%
47,463
2.5%
31,305
1.6%
16,712
0.8%
12,514
0.6%
Madera
9,988
33.3%
18,665
62.2%
550
1.9%
464
1.5%
240
0.7%
135
0.4%
Marin
67,170
64.4%
29,978
28.8%
4,126
3.9%
2,300
2.2%
586
0.5%
273
0.2%
Mariposa
2,749
36.4%
4,330
57.2%
229
3.1%
161
2.1%
74
0.9%
29
0.3%
Mendocino
16,179
53.3%
10,641
35.1%
2,128
7.1%
962
3.1%
292
0.9%
168
0.5%
Merced
18,089
43.7%
20,977
50.7%
817
1.9%
766
1.8%
460
1.1%
333
0.8%
Modoc
986
26.6%
2484
66.8%
94
2.5%
106
2.9%
29
0.7%
20
0.5%
Mono
1,636
44.0%
1,822
49.0%
116
3.2%
96
2.5%
30
0.8%
19
0.5%
Monterey
45,809
52.9%
35,239
40.7%
2,742
3.2%
1,561
1.8%
712
0.8%
579
0.6%
Napa
21,858
52.2%
17,337
41.4%
1,500
3.6%
693
1.7%
323
0.7%
179
0.4%
Nevada
16,613
38.9%
23,275
54.5%
1,749
4.1%
889
2.1%
139
0.3%
77
0.1%
Orange
244,176
34.1%
439,549
61.3%
14,911
2.1%
10,978
1.5%
4,961
0.6%
3,099
0.4%
Placer
40,770
33.4%
76,098
62.2%
2,759
2.2%
1,793
1.4%
749
0.6%
253
0.2%
Plumas
3,047
34.6%
5,221
59.2%
249
2.9%
185
2.0%
92
1.0%
28
0.3%
Riverside
144,014
38.1%
213,564
56.5%
7,712
2.1%
6,671
1.7%
4,178
1.1%
2,270
0.5%
Sacramento
165,252
46.6%
169,300
47.8%
10,129
2.9%
5,526
1.5%
2,870
0.8%
1,728
0.4%
San Benito
6,745
47.5%
6,604
46.5%
366
2.6%
244
1.8%
142
0.9%
103
0.7%
San Bernardino
138,032
40.8%
180,824
53.4%
7,909
2.4%
6,282
1.8%
3,711
1.0%
2,133
0.6%
San Diego
311,988
41.2%
405,673
53.5%
19,369
2.6%
12,879
1.6%
6,297
0.8%
2,832
0.3%
San Francisco
175,882
74.2%
41,871
17.7%
12,629
5.3%
3,869
1.6%
1,670
0.7%
1,289
0.5%
San Joaquin
65,145
47.4%
65,762
47.9%
2,731
2.0%
2,162
1.6%
1,009
0.7%
686
0.4%
San Luis Obispo
37,591
39.4%
52,536
55.0%
2,964
3.0%
1,645
1.7%
574
0.6%
326
0.3%
San Mateo
125,199
62.1%
64,934
32.3%
7,033
3.5%
2,617
1.2%
1,038
0.5%
827
0.4%
Santa Barbara
53,443
44.3%
60,275
49.9%
3,625
3.1%
2,236
1.8%
713
0.5%
540
0.4%
Santa Clara
238,352
56.9%
155,389
37.1%
12,050
2.8%
7,972
1.9%
3,423
0.8%
2,114
0.5%
Santa Cruz
55,352
62.7%
25,001
28.3%
4,935
5.6%
2,159
2.4%
499
0.5%
459
0.5%
Shasta
17,231
29.7%
37,668
64.8%
1,249
2.2%
1,132
1.9%
631
1.0%
253
0.4%
Sierra
462
29.2%
993
62.7%
65
4.1%
41
2.5%
16
1.0%
8
0.5%
Siskiyou
5,700
34.6%
9,602
58.3%
493
3.0%
436
2.6%
195
1.1%
69
0.4%
Solano
54,105
52.7%
43,590
42.4%
2,493
2.5%
1484
1.4%
762
0.7%
407
0.3%
Sonoma
103,019
59.9%
55,320
32.2%
7,808
4.6%
3584
2.1%
1,525
0.8%
853
0.4%
Stanislaus
44,106
42.8%
54,885
53.2%
1,878
1.9%
1241
1.2%
695
0.6%
394
0.3%
Sutter
7,166
30.4%
15,347
65.1%
419
1.8%
324
1.4%
245
1.0%
84
0.3%
Tehama
5,345
30.0%
11,454
64.2%
324
1.8%
371
2.1%
246
1.3%
109
0.6%
Trinity
2,199
38.4%
2,947
51.4%
306
5.3%
224
3.9%
38
0.6%
25
0.4%
Tulare
22,240
32.5%
43,553
63.5%
1,122
1.6%
830
1.2%
526
0.7%
366
0.5%
Tuolumne
8,491
40.3%
11,517
54.6%
534
2.6%
346
1.6%
145
0.6%
64
0.3%
Ventura
89,988
41.0%
120,089
54.7%
4,429
2.0%
3,267
1.4%
1,364
0.6%
766
0.3%
Yolo
28,845
53.8%
21,793
40.7%
1,983
3.7%
749
1.3%
163
0.3%
123
0.2%
Yuba
4,283
31.2%
8,470
61.7%
462
3.3%
297
2.1%
167
1.2%
70
0.5%

[edit] See also

[edit] External links


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