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.

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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 VotesGlenn67.32%4,91923.21%1,6963.82%2791.63%1191.74%1272.29%167Placer66.29%78,61323.91%28,3553.84%4,5532.65%3,1481.97%2,3341.34%1,587Shasta65.85%37,73523.98%13,7423.99%2,2882.02%1,1581.98%1,1372.17%1,241Colusa65.88%3,04727.01%1,2492.68%1241.28%591.51%701.64%76Madera64.67%19,12125.78%7,6223.24%9592.05%6072.73%8061.53%453Tulare64.64%43,80628.12%19,0572.56%1,7361.57%1,0661.69%1,1451.42%961Kern64.61%95,43427.01%39,8913.60%5,3171.39%2,0571.46%2,1571.93%2,853Tehama64.53%11,42524.14%4,2754.19%7422.04%3612.21%3922.89%511Sutter64.39%14,96326.62%6,1863.52%8181.70%3951.64%3802.13%496El Dorado64.10%41,86524.28%15,8594.06%2,6503.70%2,4172.35%1,5381.51%986Orange63.62%447,91126.36%185,5614.19%29,4872.19%15,3842.12%14,8961.53%10,789Modoc63.54%2,29323.72%8565.85%2112.77%1002.22%801.91%69Amador62.84%9,10025.30%3,6644.11%5952.97%4302.99%4331.80%260Kings61.93%13,88330.38%6,8113.46%7761.20%2681.63%3661.40%314Yuba61.25%8,32126.43%3,5914.39%5962.74%3722.45%3332.75%373Plumas60.54%5,20227.85%2,3934.07%3503.37%2902.34%2011.83%157Calaveras60.41%10,56125.75%4,5025.46%9543.83%6692.58%4511.97%344Riverside59.62%223,69331.42%117,9043.33%12,4881.94%7,2642.09%7,8541.60%5,999Tuolumne59.69%12,25127.62%5,6684.74%9733.12%6413.11%6381.72%352Fresno59.51%102,29031.81%54,6783.18%5,4612.04%3,5012.36%4,0541.11%1,907Mariposa58.71%4,37228.13%2,0955.08%3783.40%2532.95%2201.73%129Butte58.63%39,40028.26%18,9934.29%2,8813.99%2,6812.65%1,7812.18%1,466Inyo57.84%3,61729.19%1,8254.69%2933.60%2252.72%1701.97%123Nevada57.46%23,78229.72%12,3024.47%1,8525.05%2,0911.98%8181.31%542Lassen57.06%4,78731.53%2,6455.33%4471.94%1631.94%1632.21%185San Bernardino56.83%190,12733.07%110,6143.73%12,4751.99%6,6482.20%7,3652.18%7,305Stanislaus56.78%57,29833.64%33,9463.35%3,3781.76%1,7712.88%2,9031.59%1,609Sierra56.76%87827.47%4256.40%994.07%632.97%462.33%36San Luis Obispo56.76%52,95832.57%30,3863.60%3,3623.05%2,8472.32%2,1661.69%1,580San Diego56.28%417,74633.97%252,1403.95%29,3542.51%18,6671.85%13,7451.43%10,594Ventura56.16%119,88034.10%72,7814.10%8,7472.51%5,3601.81%3,8731.32%2,809Sacramento54.53%189,05134.03%117,9653.21%11,1373.54%12,2872.99%10,3511.70%5,896Merced54.51%22,35835.67%14,6292.34%9592.14%8794.09%1,6771.25%514Siskiyou54.28%8,78133.31%5,3894.85%7842.57%4162.57%4152.42%391San Joaquin52.06%70,42938.06%51,4973.44%4,6512.13%2,8822.51%3,3971.80%2,440Trinity52.00%2,89230.49%1,6967.35%4095.50%3062.84%1581.82%101San Benito51.04%7,17638.42%5,4023.61%5082.80%3932.77%3891.36%191Santa Clara50.81%211,20339.00%162,0953.61%15,0013.21%13,3302.19%9,0991.19%4,948Napa50.83%20,98936.81%15,1994.23%1,7484.54%1,8752.19%9051.39%576Del Norte50.75%3,33537.81%2,4854.98%3272.78%1831.77%1161.92%126Mono49.82%1,80637.60%1,3634.97%1803.64%1322.70%981.27%46Contra Costa49.74%144,93339.83%116,0512.59%7,5573.73%10,8822.61%7,5981.50%4,362Lake49.61%9,45235.91%6,8424.84%9234.24%8083.12%5952.26%431Santa Barbara49.44%57,79139.64%46,3364.08%4,7733.25%3,8022.26%2,6401.34%1,561Monterey47.27%40,44341.34%35,3643.79%3,2393.55%3,0332.47%2,1151.59%1,356Marin47.14%47,49740.19%40,4973.83%3,8605.67%5,7142.39%2,4100.78%785Solano46.85%46,93942.31%42,3934.02%4,0282.62%2,6252.22%2,2221.98%1,984San Mateo46.90%91,92942.69%83,6932.86%5,5994.11%8,0502.34%4,5931.10%2,162Yolo45.20%23,30542.11%21,7114.12%2,1225.38%2,7752.08%1,0701.12%576Sonoma44.88%75,16040.25%67,4104.36%7,3005.77%9,6643.25%5,4361.49%2,493Los Angeles42.01%786,13147.64%891,3543.66%68,5433.02%56,5632.06%38,6011.60%29,893Humboldt41.71%19,41141.95%19,5234.36%2,0317.87%3,6632.61%1,2171.49%695Mendocino40.01%11,90042.67%12,6895.13%1,5267.13%2,1193.37%1,0011.70%505Alpine39.29%20046.37%2365.70%293.34%173.54%181.77%9Santa Cruz38.80%33,44545.44%39,1683.94%3,3947.20%6,2083.12%2,6901.49%1,287Imperial38.35%8,38352.74%11,5292.96%6461.41%3082.53%5522.03%443Alameda34.19%132,31152.29%202,3633.21%12,4106.15%23,8202.81%10,8941.35%5,222San Francisco27.94%61,45858.16%127,9453.39%7,4657.46%16,4092.15%4,7190.91%2,001

See also 2006 California elections State of California California Insurance Commissioner

References

External links VoteCircle.com Non-partisan resources & vote sharing network for Californians Information on the elections from California's Secretary of State Official Homepage of the California Department of Insurance