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2006 California Insurance Commissioner election

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Field	Value
election_name	2006 California Insurance Commissioner election
country	California
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	2002 California Insurance Commissioner election
previous_year	2002
next_election	2010 California Insurance Commissioner election
next_year	2010
election_date	November 7, 2006
image1	Image:Steve Poizner.jpg
image_size	150x150px
nominee1	Steve Poizner
party1	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1	4,229,986
percentage1	50.81%
image2	Image:Cruz Bustamante .10.06.jpg
nominee2	Cruz Bustamante
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2	3,204,536
percentage2	38.49%
map_image	2006 California Insurance Commissioner election results map by county.svg
map_size	300px
map_caption	County results

title	Com.
before_election	John Garamendi
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Steve Poizner
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

Poizner:
Bustamante:

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 Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante, the Democratic nominee, for the office previously held by Democrat John Garamendi, who was term-limited and ran for lieutenant governor. Poizner is the only Republican other than Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to win a statewide election in California since 1998. This is the most recent time a Republican was elected the state’s Insurance Commissioner.

Primary results

A bar graph of statewide results in this contest are available at https://web.archive.org/web/20070517094430/http://primary2006.ss.ca.gov/Returns/ins/00.htm.

Results by county are available here and here.

Democratic

Others

Results

Results by county

Results from the Secretary of State of California:

County	Poizner	Votes	Bustamante	Votes	Ogden	Votes	Cafiero	Votes	Condit	Votes	Burden	Votes
Glenn	67.32%	4,919	23.21%	1,696	3.82%	279	1.63%	119	1.74%	127	2.29%	167
Placer	66.29%	78,613	23.91%	28,355	3.84%	4,553	2.65%	3,148	1.97%	2,334	1.34%	1,587
Shasta	65.85%	37,735	23.98%	13,742	3.99%	2,288	2.02%	1,158	1.98%	1,137	2.17%	1,241
Colusa	65.88%	3,047	27.01%	1,249	2.68%	124	1.28%	59	1.51%	70	1.64%	76
Madera	64.67%	19,121	25.78%	7,622	3.24%	959	2.05%	607	2.73%	806	1.53%	453
Tulare	64.64%	43,806	28.12%	19,057	2.56%	1,736	1.57%	1,066	1.69%	1,145	1.42%	961
Kern	64.61%	95,434	27.01%	39,891	3.60%	5,317	1.39%	2,057	1.46%	2,157	1.93%	2,853
Tehama	64.53%	11,425	24.14%	4,275	4.19%	742	2.04%	361	2.21%	392	2.89%	511
Sutter	64.39%	14,963	26.62%	6,186	3.52%	818	1.70%	395	1.64%	380	2.13%	496
El Dorado	64.10%	41,865	24.28%	15,859	4.06%	2,650	3.70%	2,417	2.35%	1,538	1.51%	986
Orange	63.62%	447,911	26.36%	185,561	4.19%	29,487	2.19%	15,384	2.12%	14,896	1.53%	10,789
Modoc	63.54%	2,293	23.72%	856	5.85%	211	2.77%	100	2.22%	80	1.91%	69
Amador	62.84%	9,100	25.30%	3,664	4.11%	595	2.97%	430	2.99%	433	1.80%	260
Kings	61.93%	13,883	30.38%	6,811	3.46%	776	1.20%	268	1.63%	366	1.40%	314
Yuba	61.25%	8,321	26.43%	3,591	4.39%	596	2.74%	372	2.45%	333	2.75%	373
Plumas	60.54%	5,202	27.85%	2,393	4.07%	350	3.37%	290	2.34%	201	1.83%	157
Calaveras	60.41%	10,561	25.75%	4,502	5.46%	954	3.83%	669	2.58%	451	1.97%	344
Riverside	59.62%	223,693	31.42%	117,904	3.33%	12,488	1.94%	7,264	2.09%	7,854	1.60%	5,999
Tuolumne	59.69%	12,251	27.62%	5,668	4.74%	973	3.12%	641	3.11%	638	1.72%	352
Fresno	59.51%	102,290	31.81%	54,678	3.18%	5,461	2.04%	3,501	2.36%	4,054	1.11%	1,907
Mariposa	58.71%	4,372	28.13%	2,095	5.08%	378	3.40%	253	2.95%	220	1.73%	129
Butte	58.63%	39,400	28.26%	18,993	4.29%	2,881	3.99%	2,681	2.65%	1,781	2.18%	1,466
Inyo	57.84%	3,617	29.19%	1,825	4.69%	293	3.60%	225	2.72%	170	1.97%	123
Nevada	57.46%	23,782	29.72%	12,302	4.47%	1,852	5.05%	2,091	1.98%	818	1.31%	542
Lassen	57.06%	4,787	31.53%	2,645	5.33%	447	1.94%	163	1.94%	163	2.21%	185
San Bernardino	56.83%	190,127	33.07%	110,614	3.73%	12,475	1.99%	6,648	2.20%	7,365	2.18%	7,305
Stanislaus	56.78%	57,298	33.64%	33,946	3.35%	3,378	1.76%	1,771	2.88%	2,903	1.59%	1,609
Sierra	56.76%	878	27.47%	425	6.40%	99	4.07%	63	2.97%	46	2.33%	36
San Luis Obispo	56.76%	52,958	32.57%	30,386	3.60%	3,362	3.05%	2,847	2.32%	2,166	1.69%	1,580
San Diego	56.28%	417,746	33.97%	252,140	3.95%	29,354	2.51%	18,667	1.85%	13,745	1.43%	10,594
Ventura	56.16%	119,880	34.10%	72,781	4.10%	8,747	2.51%	5,360	1.81%	3,873	1.32%	2,809
Sacramento	54.53%	189,051	34.03%	117,965	3.21%	11,137	3.54%	12,287	2.99%	10,351	1.70%	5,896
Merced	54.51%	22,358	35.67%	14,629	2.34%	959	2.14%	879	4.09%	1,677	1.25%	514
Siskiyou	54.28%	8,781	33.31%	5,389	4.85%	784	2.57%	416	2.57%	415	2.42%	391
San Joaquin	52.06%	70,429	38.06%	51,497	3.44%	4,651	2.13%	2,882	2.51%	3,397	1.80%	2,440
Trinity	52.00%	2,892	30.49%	1,696	7.35%	409	5.50%	306	2.84%	158	1.82%	101
San Benito	51.04%	7,176	38.42%	5,402	3.61%	508	2.80%	393	2.77%	389	1.36%	191
Santa Clara	50.81%	211,203	39.00%	162,095	3.61%	15,001	3.21%	13,330	2.19%	9,099	1.19%	4,948
Napa	50.83%	20,989	36.81%	15,199	4.23%	1,748	4.54%	1,875	2.19%	905	1.39%	576
Del Norte	50.75%	3,335	37.81%	2,485	4.98%	327	2.78%	183	1.77%	116	1.92%	126
Mono	49.82%	1,806	37.60%	1,363	4.97%	180	3.64%	132	2.70%	98	1.27%	46
Contra Costa	49.74%	144,933	39.83%	116,051	2.59%	7,557	3.73%	10,882	2.61%	7,598	1.50%	4,362
Lake	49.61%	9,452	35.91%	6,842	4.84%	923	4.24%	808	3.12%	595	2.26%	431
Santa Barbara	49.44%	57,791	39.64%	46,336	4.08%	4,773	3.25%	3,802	2.26%	2,640	1.34%	1,561
Monterey	47.27%	40,443	41.34%	35,364	3.79%	3,239	3.55%	3,033	2.47%	2,115	1.59%	1,356
Marin	47.14%	47,497	40.19%	40,497	3.83%	3,860	5.67%	5,714	2.39%	2,410	0.78%	785
Solano	46.85%	46,939	42.31%	42,393	4.02%	4,028	2.62%	2,625	2.22%	2,222	1.98%	1,984
San Mateo	46.90%	91,929	42.69%	83,693	2.86%	5,599	4.11%	8,050	2.34%	4,593	1.10%	2,162
Yolo	45.20%	23,305	42.11%	21,711	4.12%	2,122	5.38%	2,775	2.08%	1,070	1.12%	576
Sonoma	44.88%	75,160	40.25%	67,410	4.36%	7,300	5.77%	9,664	3.25%	5,436	1.49%	2,493
Los Angeles	42.01%	786,131	47.64%	891,354	3.66%	68,543	3.02%	56,563	2.06%	38,601	1.60%	29,893
Humboldt	41.71%	19,411	41.95%	19,523	4.36%	2,031	7.87%	3,663	2.61%	1,217	1.49%	695
Mendocino	40.01%	11,900	42.67%	12,689	5.13%	1,526	7.13%	2,119	3.37%	1,001	1.70%	505
Alpine	39.29%	200	46.37%	236	5.70%	29	3.34%	17	3.54%	18	1.77%	9
Santa Cruz	38.80%	33,445	45.44%	39,168	3.94%	3,394	7.20%	6,208	3.12%	2,690	1.49%	1,287
Imperial	38.35%	8,383	52.74%	11,529	2.96%	646	1.41%	308	2.53%	552	2.03%	443
Alameda	34.19%	132,311	52.29%	202,363	3.21%	12,410	6.15%	23,820	2.81%	10,894	1.35%	5,222
San Francisco	27.94%	61,458	58.16%	127,945	3.39%	7,465	7.46%	16,409	2.15%	4,719	0.91%	2,001

References

(2006-12-16). "Secretary of State". [[Secretary of State of California]].
(2006-12-18). "Registration and Participation". [[Secretary of State of California]].

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County	Poizner	Votes	Bustamante	Votes	Ogden	Votes	Cafiero	Votes	Condit	Votes	Burden	Votes
Glenn	67.32%	4,919	23.21%	1,696	3.82%	279	1.63%	119	1.74%	127	2.29%	167
Placer	66.29%	78,613	23.91%	28,355	3.84%	4,553	2.65%	3,148	1.97%	2,334	1.34%	1,587
Shasta	65.85%	37,735	23.98%	13,742	3.99%	2,288	2.02%	1,158	1.98%	1,137	2.17%	1,241
Colusa	65.88%	3,047	27.01%	1,249	2.68%	124	1.28%	59	1.51%	70	1.64%	76
Madera	64.67%	19,121	25.78%	7,622	3.24%	959	2.05%	607	2.73%	806	1.53%	453
Tulare	64.64%	43,806	28.12%	19,057	2.56%	1,736	1.57%	1,066	1.69%	1,145	1.42%	961
Kern	64.61%	95,434	27.01%	39,891	3.60%	5,317	1.39%	2,057	1.46%	2,157	1.93%	2,853
Tehama	64.53%	11,425	24.14%	4,275	4.19%	742	2.04%	361	2.21%	392	2.89%	511
Sutter	64.39%	14,963	26.62%	6,186	3.52%	818	1.70%	395	1.64%	380	2.13%	496
El Dorado	64.10%	41,865	24.28%	15,859	4.06%	2,650	3.70%	2,417	2.35%	1,538	1.51%	986
Orange	63.62%	447,911	26.36%	185,561	4.19%	29,487	2.19%	15,384	2.12%	14,896	1.53%	10,789
Modoc	63.54%	2,293	23.72%	856	5.85%	211	2.77%	100	2.22%	80	1.91%	69
Amador	62.84%	9,100	25.30%	3,664	4.11%	595	2.97%	430	2.99%	433	1.80%	260
Kings	61.93%	13,883	30.38%	6,811	3.46%	776	1.20%	268	1.63%	366	1.40%	314
Yuba	61.25%	8,321	26.43%	3,591	4.39%	596	2.74%	372	2.45%	333	2.75%	373
Plumas	60.54%	5,202	27.85%	2,393	4.07%	350	3.37%	290	2.34%	201	1.83%	157
Calaveras	60.41%	10,561	25.75%	4,502	5.46%	954	3.83%	669	2.58%	451	1.97%	344
Riverside	59.62%	223,693	31.42%	117,904	3.33%	12,488	1.94%	7,264	2.09%	7,854	1.60%	5,999
Tuolumne	59.69%	12,251	27.62%	5,668	4.74%	973	3.12%	641	3.11%	638	1.72%	352
Fresno	59.51%	102,290	31.81%	54,678	3.18%	5,461	2.04%	3,501	2.36%	4,054	1.11%	1,907
Mariposa	58.71%	4,372	28.13%	2,095	5.08%	378	3.40%	253	2.95%	220	1.73%	129
Butte	58.63%	39,400	28.26%	18,993	4.29%	2,881	3.99%	2,681	2.65%	1,781	2.18%	1,466
Inyo	57.84%	3,617	29.19%	1,825	4.69%	293	3.60%	225	2.72%	170	1.97%	123
Nevada	57.46%	23,782	29.72%	12,302	4.47%	1,852	5.05%	2,091	1.98%	818	1.31%	542
Lassen	57.06%	4,787	31.53%	2,645	5.33%	447	1.94%	163	1.94%	163	2.21%	185
San Bernardino	56.83%	190,127	33.07%	110,614	3.73%	12,475	1.99%	6,648	2.20%	7,365	2.18%	7,305
Stanislaus	56.78%	57,298	33.64%	33,946	3.35%	3,378	1.76%	1,771	2.88%	2,903	1.59%	1,609
Sierra	56.76%	878	27.47%	425	6.40%	99	4.07%	63	2.97%	46	2.33%	36
San Luis Obispo	56.76%	52,958	32.57%	30,386	3.60%	3,362	3.05%	2,847	2.32%	2,166	1.69%	1,580
San Diego	56.28%	417,746	33.97%	252,140	3.95%	29,354	2.51%	18,667	1.85%	13,745	1.43%	10,594
Ventura	56.16%	119,880	34.10%	72,781	4.10%	8,747	2.51%	5,360	1.81%	3,873	1.32%	2,809
Sacramento	54.53%	189,051	34.03%	117,965	3.21%	11,137	3.54%	12,287	2.99%	10,351	1.70%	5,896
Merced	54.51%	22,358	35.67%	14,629	2.34%	959	2.14%	879	4.09%	1,677	1.25%	514
Siskiyou	54.28%	8,781	33.31%	5,389	4.85%	784	2.57%	416	2.57%	415	2.42%	391
San Joaquin	52.06%	70,429	38.06%	51,497	3.44%	4,651	2.13%	2,882	2.51%	3,397	1.80%	2,440
Trinity	52.00%	2,892	30.49%	1,696	7.35%	409	5.50%	306	2.84%	158	1.82%	101
San Benito	51.04%	7,176	38.42%	5,402	3.61%	508	2.80%	393	2.77%	389	1.36%	191
Santa Clara	50.81%	211,203	39.00%	162,095	3.61%	15,001	3.21%	13,330	2.19%	9,099	1.19%	4,948
Napa	50.83%	20,989	36.81%	15,199	4.23%	1,748	4.54%	1,875	2.19%	905	1.39%	576
Del Norte	50.75%	3,335	37.81%	2,485	4.98%	327	2.78%	183	1.77%	116	1.92%	126
Mono	49.82%	1,806	37.60%	1,363	4.97%	180	3.64%	132	2.70%	98	1.27%	46
Contra Costa	49.74%	144,933	39.83%	116,051	2.59%	7,557	3.73%	10,882	2.61%	7,598	1.50%	4,362
Lake	49.61%	9,452	35.91%	6,842	4.84%	923	4.24%	808	3.12%	595	2.26%	431
Santa Barbara	49.44%	57,791	39.64%	46,336	4.08%	4,773	3.25%	3,802	2.26%	2,640	1.34%	1,561
Monterey	47.27%	40,443	41.34%	35,364	3.79%	3,239	3.55%	3,033	2.47%	2,115	1.59%	1,356
Marin	47.14%	47,497	40.19%	40,497	3.83%	3,860	5.67%	5,714	2.39%	2,410	0.78%	785
Solano	46.85%	46,939	42.31%	42,393	4.02%	4,028	2.62%	2,625	2.22%	2,222	1.98%	1,984
San Mateo	46.90%	91,929	42.69%	83,693	2.86%	5,599	4.11%	8,050	2.34%	4,593	1.10%	2,162
Yolo	45.20%	23,305	42.11%	21,711	4.12%	2,122	5.38%	2,775	2.08%	1,070	1.12%	576
Sonoma	44.88%	75,160	40.25%	67,410	4.36%	7,300	5.77%	9,664	3.25%	5,436	1.49%	2,493
Los Angeles	42.01%	786,131	47.64%	891,354	3.66%	68,543	3.02%	56,563	2.06%	38,601	1.60%	29,893
Humboldt	41.71%	19,411	41.95%	19,523	4.36%	2,031	7.87%	3,663	2.61%	1,217	1.49%	695
Mendocino	40.01%	11,900	42.67%	12,689	5.13%	1,526	7.13%	2,119	3.37%	1,001	1.70%	505
Alpine	39.29%	200	46.37%	236	5.70%	29	3.34%	17	3.54%	18	1.77%	9
Santa Cruz	38.80%	33,445	45.44%	39,168	3.94%	3,394	7.20%	6,208	3.12%	2,690	1.49%	1,287
Imperial	38.35%	8,383	52.74%	11,529	2.96%	646	1.41%	308	2.53%	552	2.03%	443
Alameda	34.19%	132,311	52.29%	202,363	3.21%	12,410	6.15%	23,820	2.81%	10,894	1.35%	5,222
San Francisco	27.94%	61,458	58.16%	127,945	3.39%	7,465	7.46%	16,409	2.15%	4,719	0.91%	2,001