United States Senate election in California, 2006

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The 2006 U.S. Senate election for the state of California was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Dianne Feinstein was re-elected for another six-year term in Democratic-leaning California. She had faced token Democratic opposition in the primary on June 6, 2006.

Feinstein stood against Republican Richard Mountjoy, who had never held a statewide elected position, but had been a state senator for several years. Also running was Libertarian Michael Metti, Don Grundmann of the American Independent Party, Todd Chretien of the Green Party and Marsha Feinland of the Peace and Freedom Party.

Because California is a state that requires a large amount of money to wage a competitive statewide campaign, it is not unusual - as was the case for this race - for a popular incumbent to have no significant opponent. Several prominent Republicans, such as Bill Jones, Matt Fong, and others, declined to run, and a previous announced challenger, businessman Bill Mundell, withdrew his declaration after determining he would not be a self-funded candidate (like Michael Huffington was in the 1994 election).

1 Candidates
2 Controversies
- 2.1 Incorrect name of naval ship on Mountjoy Web site
3 Opinion polls
4 Election results
- 4.1 By County
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Candidates

[edit] Democratic Party

Dianne Feinstein - U.S. Senator since 1992, former mayor of San Francisco

Lost in primary

Martin Luther Church - retired program manager
Colleen Fernald - mother, artist, entrepreneur

[edit] Republican Party

Richard Mountjoy - former state senator, former state assemblyman, unsuccessful candidate in 1998 for Republican nomination for lieutenant governor

[edit] American Independent Party

Don Grundmann - chiropractor

[edit] Green Party

Todd Chretien - writer

Lost in primary

Tian Harter - green activist and a 1992 Congressional nominee
Kent Mesplay - environmental activist, air quality inspector, and 2004 candidate for Presidential nomination

[edit] Libertarian Party

Michael Metti - businessman and frequent candidate

[edit] Peace and Freedom Party

Marsha Feinland - state party chair, socialist activist, retired teacher, and frequent candidate

[edit] Controversies

[edit] Incorrect name of naval ship on Mountjoy Web site

On September 22, the Los Angeles Times reported that Mountjoy's official biography, as found on his campaign website, falsely asserted that he had served aboard the battleship USS Missouri during the Korean War -- he'd actually served aboard the heavy cruiser USS Bremerton. A review of the ships' logs corroborated this and the website was quickly changed to reflect his service aboard the Bremerton rather than the Missouri.

“	I think it was just something that somebody picked up, it didn't come from me.	”
	— Richard Mountjoy, ^[1]

[edit] Opinion polls

Source	Date	Feinstein (D)	Mountjoy (R)
SurveyUSA	November 5, 2006	60%	31%
Field Poll	November 1, 2006	55%	33%
SurveyUSA	October 26, 2006	59%	33%
Field Poll	October 3, 2006	57%	29%
Mason-Dixon/MSNBC-McClatchy	October 2, 2006	53%	23%
Los Angeles Times Poll	September 29, 2006	54%	36%
SurveyUSA	September 27, 2006	55%	35%
Datamar	September 18, 2006	49%	38.1%
Rasmussen	September 12, 2006	58%	35%
Rasmussen	August 31, 2006	56%	34%
SurveyUSA	August 28, 2006	56%	34%
Field Poll	August 3, 2006	56%	34%
Public Policy Institute of California	July 26, 2006	42%	21%
Rasmussen	July 13, 2006	60%	33%
Field Poll	June 4, 2006	54%	28%
Los Angeles Times Poll	May 28, 2006	59%	30%
Field Poll	April 19, 2006	59%	31%

[edit] Election results

Final results from the Secretary of State of California:^[1]

2006 United States Senate election, California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Dianne Feinstein (incumbent)	4,762,440	59.4	+3.6
	Republican	Richard “Dick” Mountjoy	2,820,197	35.2	-1.4
	Green	Todd Chretien	135,531	1.7	-1.4
	Libertarian	Michael S. Metti	124,310	1.6	-0.2
	Peace and Freedom	Marsha Feinland	108,553	1.3	n/a
	American Independent	Don Grundmann	70,016	0.8	-0.5
Total votes			8,021,047	100.0
Majority			1,942,243	24.2	+2.2
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing	+2.2

Election results by county.

[edit] By County

Final results from the Secretary of State of California. ^[2]

County	Feinstein (D)		Mountjoy (R)		Chretien (G)		Metti (L)		Feinland (PF)		Grundmann (AI)
Alameda	307,495	76.1%	66,550	16.5%	17,606	4.4%	4,417	1.0%	5,757	1.5%	2,335	0.5%
Alpine	303	57.2%	188	35.5%	16	3.1%	9	1.6%	8	1.5%	6	1.1%
Amador	6,534	44.4%	7,382	50.2%	190	1.2%	252	1.7%	183	1.2%	193	1.3%
Butte	32,131	47.1%	31,316	45.9%	1,299	1.9%	1,482	2.2%	1,158	1.6%	952	1.3%
Calaveras	7,860	44.4%	8,642	48.8%	276	1.5%	395	2.2%	267	1.5%	289	1.6%
Colusa	1,994	41.1%	2,647	54.6%	41	0.8%	71	1.5%	43	0.8%	58	1.2%
Contra Costa	205,516	68.5%	80,764	27.0%	5,405	1.9%	3,399	1.1%	2,659	0.8%	2,355	0.7%
Del Norte	3,207	48.2%	2,955	44.4%	118	1.7%	146	2.2%	102	1.5%	138	2.0%
El Dorado	28,915	43.3%	34,091	51.0%	1,012	1.5%	1,339	2.1%	850	1.2%	650	0.9%
Fresno	89,331	51.5%	76,286	44.0%	1,540	0.8%	2,231	1.3%	2,731	1.6%	1,488	0.8%
Glenn	2,813	37.9%	4,219	56.8%	53	0.7%	125	1.7%	105	1.4%	118	1.5%
Humboldt	27,652	58.1%	15,003	31.6%	2,496	5.2%	953	2.0%	867	1.8%	648	1.3%
Imperial	13,182	60.1%	7,338	33.5%	205	0.9%	398	1.8%	567	2.5%	272	1.2%
Inyo	2,641	41.5%	3,281	51.5%	98	1.5%	161	2.6%	121	1.8%	76	1.1%
Kern	58,330	39.3%	81,944	55.2%	1,081	0.7%	2,816	1.9%	2,389	1.7%	1,916	1.2%
Kings	10,660	47.1%	11,016	48.6%	118	0.5%	303	1.3%	316	1.4%	260	1.1%
Lake	10,830	56.5%	6,691	34.9%	472	2.5%	413	2.1%	440	2.2%	353	1.8%
Lassen	2,968	35.1%	4,820	57.0%	121	1.4%	276	3.3%	168	1.9%	113	1.3%
Los Angeles	1,298,820	67.2%	536,200	27.8%	26,758	1.3%	29,237	1.5%	27,926	1.4%	15,696	0.8%
Madera	12,658	42.4%	15,609	52.3%	274	0.9%	453	1.5%	517	1.8%	352	1.1%
Marin	82,025	77.6%	17,788	16.9%	3,187	3.1%	1,351	1.2%	921	0.8%	471	0.4%
Mariposa	3,249	43.0%	3,842	50.9%	124	1.7%	120	1.5%	121	1.6%	103	1.3%
Mendocino	19,645	64.6%	7,662	25.2%	1,458	4.8%	606	1.9%	701	2.3%	384	1.2%
Merced	22,081	53.9%	16,914	41.3%	316	0.7%	441	1.0%	787	2.0%	477	1.1%
Modoc	1,264	34.5%	2,093	57.1%	41	1.1%	128	3.4%	92	2.5%	52	1.4%
Mono	1,829	49.0%	1,657	44.4%	66	1.8%	96	2.6%	50	1.3%	36	0.9%
Monterey	56,887	65.3%	25,400	29.2%	1,329	1.5%	1,490	1.7%	1,325	1.5%	706	0.8%
Napa	27,144	64.1%	12,958	30.6%	830	2.0%	596	1.4%	501	1.1%	350	0.8%
Nevada	21,204	50.0%	18,618	43.9%	1,015	2.4%	899	2.1%	434	1.0%	258	0.6%
Orange	321,646	45.2%	353,924	49.7%	7,108	0.9%	13,644	2.0%	9,509	1.3%	6,820	0.9%
Placer	53,956	44.6%	61,615	50.9%	1,358	1.1%	2,003	1.7%	1,308	1.0%	924	0.7%
Plumas	3,881	44.4%	4,345	49.7%	105	1.2%	140	1.6%	138	1.5%	140	1.6%
Riverside	183,532	48.6%	175,543	46.5%	3,141	0.8%	5,839	1.5%	5,999	1.6%	4,024	1.0%
Sacramento	201,221	56.6%	134,887	38.0%	5,597	1.6%	4,883	1.3%	5,053	1.5%	3,907	1.0%
San Benito	8,626	60.8%	4,768	33.6%	171	1.2%	273	2.0%	238	1.6%	125	0.8%
San Bernardino	167,821	49.5%	153,430	45.2%	2,978	0.8%	5,609	1.6%	5,724	1.7%	4,130	1.2%
San Diego	403,711	53.1%	322,760	42.4%	7,221	0.9%	12,521	1.7%	9,044	1.2%	6,033	0.7%
San Francisco	187,692	80.6%	19,374	8.4%	19,052	8.2%	2,888	1.2%	2,842	1.2%	1,142	0.4%
San Joaquin	75,011	54.8%	54,874	40.1%	1,164	0.8%	2,132	1.5%	2,411	1.7%	1,515	1.1%
San Luis Obispo	47,891	50.1%	42,742	44.8%	1,405	1.4%	1,685	1.8%	1,095	1.1%	786	0.8%
San Mateo	152,082	74.8%	41,043	20.2%	4,500	2.3%	2,577	1.3%	1,897	0.9%	1,213	0.5%
Santa Barbara	68,970	57.1%	44,864	37.1%	1,790	1.4%	2,453	2.0%	1,936	1.6%	978	0.8%
Santa Clara	298,451	69.9%	106,383	24.9%	7,230	1.7%	7,141	1.7%	5,041	1.1%	3,073	0.7%
Santa Cruz	65,214	73.0%	17,279	19.4%	3,385	3.8%	1,670	1.9%	1,298	1.4%	532	0.5%
Shasta	22,097	38.0%	32,876	56.5%	489	0.8%	1,201	2.1%	746	1.2%	830	1.4%
Sierra	641	40.7%	814	51.7%	27	1.7%	50	3.2%	23	1.4%	21	1.3%
Siskiyou	6,752	41.3%	8,433	51.5%	238	1.4%	444	2.7%	235	1.4%	286	1.7%
Solano	64,828	63.1%	32,956	32.1%	1,289	1.2%	1,404	1.4%	1,300	1.2%	1,029	1.0%
Sonoma	119,672	69.5%	39,619	23.1%	5,356	3.2%	2,753	1.5%	3,044	1.7%	1,751	1.0%
Stanislaus	50,656	49.3%	47,513	46.3%	831	0.8%	1,168	1.1%	1,356	1.4%	1,233	1.1%
Sutter	9,297	39.5%	13,113	55.7%	186	0.7%	369	1.6%	320	1.4%	263	1.1%
Tehama	6,914	38.8%	9,865	55.3%	148	0.8%	354	2.0%	263	1.4%	321	1.7%
Trinity	2,824	49.4%	2,356	41.3%	158	2.7%	189	3.3%	127	2.2%	64	1.1%
Tulare	28,694	42.1%	36,526	53.6%	499	0.7%	871	1.3%	926	1.4%	660	0.9%
Tuolumne	9,535	45.6%	10,228	48.9%	285	1.3%	367	1.7%	280	1.3%	252	1.2%
Ventura	115,471	53.3%	91,374	42.2%	2,253	1.0%	3,470	1.6%	2,683	1.2%	1,704	0.7%
Yolo	34,548	64.3%	16,187	30.2%	1,375	2.6%	821	1.5%	570	1.0%	266	0.4%
Yuba	5,487	40.0%	7,257	52.9%	190	1.3%	329	2.4%	252	1.8%	223	1.6%

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ Senate candidate admits wrong info on bio. MSNBC (September 22, 2006). Retrieved on 2006-11-09.

[edit] External links

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