California Secretary of State election, 2006

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


nominee1 = Debra Bowen
party1 = California Democratic Party
popular_vote1 = 4,032,533
percentage1 = 48.09


nominee2 = Bruce McPherson
party2 = California Republican Party
popular_vote2 = 3,772,951
percentage2 = 44.99
map_

map_size = 350px
map_caption = Election results by county
title = Secretary
before_election = Bruce McPherson
before_party = California Republican Party
after_election = Debra Bowen
after_party = California Democratic Party

The 2006 California Secretary of State election occurred on November 7 2006. The primary elections took place on June 6 2006. State Senator Debra Bowen, the Democratic nominee, narrowly defeated the incumbent, Republican Bruce McPherson.

Primary results

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

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

Democratic

Election box winning candidate no party no change
candidate = Debra Bowen
votes = 1,316,542
percentage = 60.84Election box candidate no party no change
candidate = Deborah Ortiz
votes = 847,419
percentage = 39.16Election box total no party no change
votes = 2,163,961
percentage = 100.00

Others

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = California Republican Party
candidate = Bruce McPherson
votes = 1,593,019
percentage = 100.00Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Green Party of California
candidate = Forrest Hill
votes = 31,764
percentage = 100.00Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party of California
candidate = Gail Lightfoot
votes = 16,870
percentage = 100.00Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Glenn McMillon
votes = 32,289
percentage = 100.00Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
candidate = Margie Akin
votes = 3,929
percentage = 100.00

Results

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = California Democratic Party
candidate = Debra Bowen
votes = 4,032,553
percentage = 48.09Election box candidate with party link no change
party = California Republican Party
candidate = Bruce McPherson (incumbent)
votes = 3,772,951
percentage = 44.99Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Green Party of California
candidate = Forrest Hill
votes = 181,369
percentage = 2.16Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party of California
candidate = Gail Lightfoot
votes = 171,393
percentage = 2.04Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Glenn McMillon
votes = 135,824
percentage = 1.62Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Peace and Freedom Party
candidate = Margie Akin
votes = 91,483
percentage = 1.09Election box invalid no change
votes = 513,486
percentage = 5.77Election 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 Democratic Party
loser = California Republican Party

Results by county

Results from the Secretary of State of California:

ee also

*California state elections, 2006
*State of California
*Secretary of State of California

References

External links

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