California lieutenant governor election, 2006

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

nominee1 = John Garamendi
party1 = California Democratic Party
popular_vote1 = 4,189,584
percentage1 = 49.12

nominee2 = Tom McClintock
party2 = California Republican Party
popular_vote2 = 3,845,858
percentage2 = 45.09

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map_size = 250px
map_caption = Electoral results by county

title = Lt. Governor
before_election = Cruz Bustamante
after_election = John Garamendi
before_party = Democratic Party (United States)
after_party = Democratic Party (United States)

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 Democrat Cruz Bustamante, who was term-limited and ran for Insurance Commissioner.

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 [http://primary2006.ss.ca.gov/Returns/ltg/00.htm#cty here] and [http://sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2006_primary/sov_detail_primary_ltgov.pdf here] .

Democratic

Election box winning candidate no party no change
candidate = John Garamendi
votes = 1,045,130
percentage = 42.53Election box candidate no party no change
candidate = Jackie Speier
votes = 975,547
percentage = 39.70Election box candidate no party no change
candidate = Liz Figueroa
votes = 436,868
percentage = 17.78Election box total no party no change
votes = 2,457,545
percentage = 100.00

Republican

Election box winning candidate no party no change
candidate = Tom McClintock
votes = 1,760,667
percentage = 93.75Election box candidate no party no change
candidate = Tony Farmer
votes = 117,335
percentage = 6.25Election box total no party no change
votes = 1,878,002
percentage = 100.00

Others

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Green Party of California
candidate = Donna Warren
votes = 31,162
percentage = 100.00Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Jim King
votes = 29,014
percentage = 100.00Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party of California
candidate = Lynette Shaw
votes = 16,128
percentage = 100.00Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
candidate = Stewart Alexander
votes = 3,549
percentage = 100.00

Results

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = California Democratic Party
candidate = John Garamendi
votes = 4,189,584
percentage = 49.12Election box candidate with party link no change
party = California Republican Party
candidate = Tom McClintock
votes = 3,845,858
percentage = 45.09Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Green Party of California
candidate = Donna Warren
votes = 239,107
percentage = 2.80Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party of California
candidate = Lynnette Shaw
votes = 142,851
percentage = 1.67Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Jim King
votes = 68,446
percentage = 0.80Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
candidate = Stewart Alexander
votes = 43,319
percentage = 0.51Election box invalid no change
votes = 369,894
percentage = 4.16Election box total no change
votes = 8,899,059
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = 39.29Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = California Democratic Party

Results by county

Results from the Secretary of State of California:

ee also

*California state elections, 2006
*State of California
*Lieutenant Governor of California
*List of Lieutenant Governors of California

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.ltg.ca.gov/ Official Homepage of the Lieutenant Governor of California]