California Insurance Commissioner election, 2006

Infobox Election
election_name = California Insurance Commissioner election, 2006
country = California
type = presidential
ongoing = no
previous_election = California Insurance Commissioner election, 2002
previous_year = 2002
next_election = California Insurance Commissioner election, 2010
next_year = 2010
election_date = November 7 2006

nominee1 = Steve Poizner
party1 = California Republican Party
popular_vote1 = 4,229,986
percentage1 = 50.81

nominee2 = Cruz Bustamante
party2 = California Democratic Party
popular_vote2 = 3,204,536
percentage2 = 38.49

map_

map_size = 250px
map_caption = Election results by county

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

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.

Primary Results

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

Results by county are available [http://primary2006.ss.ca.gov/Returns/ins/00.htm#cty here] and [http://sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2006_primary/sov_detail_primary_inscomm.pdf here] .

Democratic

Election box winning candidate no party no change
candidate = Cruz Bustamante
votes = 1,651,858
percentage = 70.43Election box candidate no party no change
candidate = John Kraft
votes = 693,662
percentage = 29.57Election box total no party no change
votes = 2,345,520
percentage = 100.00

Others

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = California Republican Party
candidate = Steve Poizner
votes = 1,519,054
percentage = 100.00Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Green Party of California
candidate = Larry Cafiero
votes = 30,742
percentage = 100.00Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Jay Earl Burden
votes = 29,278
percentage = 100.00Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party of California
candidate = Dale Ogden
votes = 16,760
percentage = 100.00Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
candidate = Tom Condit
votes = 3,850
percentage = 100.00

Results

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = California Republican Party
candidate = Steve Poizner
votes = 4,229,986
percentage = 50.81Election box candidate with party link no change
party = California Democratic Party
candidate = Cruz Bustamante
votes = 3,204,536
percentage = 38.49Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party of California
candidate = Dale Ogden
votes = 305,772
percentage = 3.67Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Green Party of California
candidate = Larry Cafiero
votes = 270,218
percentage = 3.25Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Peace and Freedom Party
candidate = Tom Condit
votes = 187,618
percentage = 2.25Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Jay Earl Burden
votes = 127,267
percentage = 1.53Election box invalid no change
votes = 573,662
percentage = 6.45Election box total no change
votes = 8,899,059
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = 39.29Election box gain with party link without swing
winner = California Republican Party
loser = California Democratic Party

Results by county

Results from the Secretary of State of California:

ee also

*California state elections, 2006
*State of California
*California Insurance Commissioner

References

External links

* [http://www.votecircle.com VoteCircle.com Non-partisan resources & vote sharing network for Californians]
* [http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/elections.htm Information on the elections from California's Secretary of State]
* [http://www.insurance.ca.gov/ Official Homepage of the California Department of Insurance]