- 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 = 38.49map_
map_size = 250px
map_caption = Election results by countytitle = 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 onNovember 7 2006 . Theprimary elections took place onJune 6 2006 . BusinessmanSteve Poizner , the Republican nominee, defeated Lieutenant GovernorCruz Bustamante , the Democratic nominee, for the office previously held by DemocratJohn 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 = 100.00Others
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 = 100.00Results
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 PartyResults by county
Results from the
Secretary of State of California :ee also
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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]
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