2006 California State Assembly election

none July 2026 September 2023 2006 California State Assembly election California legislative no 2004 California State Assembly election 2004 2008 California State Assembly election 2008 All 80 seats in the California State Assembly 41 November 7, 2006 FabianNunez.jpg Fabian Núñez California Democratic Party 46th–Los Angeles 48 seats, 52.61% 48 4,406,601 54.36% George Plescia assembly portrait.jpg George Plescia (retired as leader) California Republican Party 75th–San Diego 32 seats, 44.26% 32 3,524,702 43.48% 400px#92C5DE Democratic hold #F48882 Republican hold Results by gains and holds 400px #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% #0d0596 >90%#e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% Results by winning party vote share Speaker Fabian Núñez California Democratic Party Fabian Núñez California Democratic Party The 2006 California State Assembly elections were held on November 7, 2006. Voters in all 80 districts of the California State Assembly voted for their representatives. The California Democratic Party retained its majority with 48 seats. The California Republican Party retained control of the remaining 32 seats. Neither party lost or gained any seats. 2 Overview California State Assembly elections, 2006http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2006_general/assembly.pdf State Assembly 2008-07-26 2006-12-16 PDF Secretary of State of California https://web.archive.org/web/20091011025635/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2006_general/assembly.pdf 2009-10-11 dead http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2006_general/reg.pdf Registration and Participation 2008-07-16 2006-12-18 PDF Secretary of State of California https://web.archive.org/web/20080717043347/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2006_general/reg.pdf 2008-07-17 dead PartyVotesPercentageIncumbentsOpenBeforeAfter+/– Democratic 4,406,601 54.36% 36 12 48 48 0 Republican 3,524,702 43.48% 18 14 31 32 +1 Libertarian 122,036 1.51% 0 0 0 0 0 Peace and Freedom 29,726 0.37% 0 0 0 0 0 Green 22,472 0.28% 0 0 0 0 0 Independent 51 0.00% 0 0 0 0 0 Vacantvacant A A — — — — 1 0 –1 Invalid or blank votes 793,471 8.92% — — — — — Totals 8,899,059 100.00% 54 26 80 80 — vacant A AThe 67th State Assembly district was left vacant after Republican Tom Harman won a special election to fill the 35th State Senate district on June 12, 2006. There was not enough time to schedule a special election for the Assembly seat, but Republican Jim Silva succeeded him after winning this election. Midpoint4832 Democratic Republican Predictions SourceRankingAs of RothenbergJacobson Louis November 4, 2006 State Legislature Ratings https://www.insideelections.com/news/article/state-legislature-ratings 2024-08-19 www.insideelections.com en | Safe D November 4, 2006 Results The following are the final results from the Secretary of State of California. District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38 • District 39 • District 40 • District 41 • District 42 • District 43 • District 44 • District 45 • District 46 • District 47 • District 48 • District 49 • District 50 • District 51 • District 52 • District 53 • District 54 • District 55 • District 56 • District 57 • District 58 • District 59 • District 60 • District 61 • District 62 • District 63 • District 64 • District 65 • District 66 • District 67 • District 68 • District 69 • District 70 • District 71 • District 72 • District 73 • District 74 • District 75 • District 76 • District 77 • District 78 • District 79 • District 80 __NOTOC__ District 1 California's 1st State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Patty Berg (incumbent) 99,626 64.74 California Republican Party Ray Tyrone 47,196 30.67 Libertarian Party of California Thomas Reed 7,011 4.56 Independent (politician) Robert Parker (write-in) 51 0.03 153,884 100.00 66.32 California Democratic Party District 2 California's 2nd State Assembly district election, 2006 California Republican Party Doug LaMalfa (incumbent) 95,723 68.07 California Democratic Party Melvin Smith 41,425 29.46 Peace and Freedom Party Phil Dynan 3,474 2.47 140,622 100.00 64.24 California Republican Party District 3 California's 3rd State Assembly district election, 2006 California Republican Party Rick Keene (incumbent) 87,758 61.00 California Democratic Party Michael J. Harrington 56,101 39.00 143,859 100.00 62.09 California Republican Party District 4 California's 4th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Republican Party Ted Gaines 96,958 58.83 California Democratic Party Robert Haswell 57,401 34.83 Libertarian Party of California Michael Murphy 5,423 3.29 Green Party of California Gerald Fritts 5,025 3.05 164,807 100.00 66.07 California Republican Party District 5 California's 5th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Republican Party Roger Niello (incumbent) 84,334 61.68 California Democratic Party Brandon Bell 48,325 35.34 Peace and Freedom Party Mike Lopez 4,068 2.98 136,727 100.00 57.74 California Republican Party District 6 California's 6th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Jared Huffman 106,589 65.84 California Republican Party Michael Hartnett 43,864 27.09 Green Party of California Cat Woods 6,922 4.28 Libertarian Party of California Richard Olmstead 4,519 2.79 161,894 100.00 72.50 California Democratic Party District 7 California's 7th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Noreen Evans (incumbent) 99,262 98.55 California Republican Party Raylene Wiesner (write-in) 1,464 1.45 100,726 100.00 57.39 California Democratic Party District 8 California's 8th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Lois Wolk (incumbent) 78,171 66.02 California Republican Party John Gould 40,238 33.98 118,409 100.00 61.78 California Democratic Party District 9 California's 9th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Dave Jones (incumbent) 61,932 69.91 California Republican Party William Chan 26,652 30.09 88,584 100.00 50.64 California Democratic Party District 10 California's 10th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Republican Party Alan Nakanishi (incumbent) 84,455 60.79 California Democratic Party Jim Cook 46,858 33.73 Libertarian Party of California Janice Bonser 4,636 3.34 Peace and Freedom Party Albert Troyer 1,974 1.42 138,923 100.00 58.43 California Republican Party District 11 California's 11th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Mark DeSaulnier 69,054 66.50 California Republican Party Arne Simonsen 31,048 29.90 Libertarian Party of California Cory Nott 3,743 3.60 104,845 100.00 59.10 California Democratic Party District 12 California's 12th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Fiona Ma 73,922 71.00 California Republican Party Howard Epstein 17,020 16.35 Green Party of California Barry Hermanson 13,174 12.65 104,116 100.00 50.90 California Democratic Party District 13 California's 13th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Mark Leno (incumbent) 110,937 86.88 California Republican Party Ramiro Maldonado 16,760 13.12 127,697 100.00 53.48 California Democratic Party District 14 California's 14th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Loni Hancock (incumbent) 116,879 81.72 California Republican Party Leigh Wolf 26,140 18.28 143,019 100.00 64.92 California Democratic Party District 15 California's 15th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Republican Party Guy Houston (incumbent) 89,039 54.79 California Democratic Party Terry Coleman 73,466 45.21 157,505 100.00 62.31 California Republican Party District 16 California's 16th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Sandré Swanson 91,696 90.10 Peace and Freedom Party Edward Ytuarte 10,071 9.90 101,767 100.00 53.52 California Democratic Party District 17 California's 17th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Cathleen Galgiani 47,675 59.76 California Republican Party Gerald Machado 32,107 40.24 79,782 100.00 44.50 California Democratic Party District 18 California's 18th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Mary Hayashi 69,411 67.85 California Republican Party Jill Buck 32,897 32.15 102,308 100.00 55.96 California Democratic Party District 19 California's 19th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Gene Mullin (incumbent) 88,849 74.19 California Republican Party Elsie Gufler 30,908 25.81 119,757 100.00 61.03 California Democratic Party District 20 California's 20th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Alberto Torrico (incumbent) 61,238 65.30 California Republican Party Ken Nishimura 32,548 34.70 93,786 100.00 53.57 California Democratic Party District 21 California's 21st State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Ira Ruskin (incumbent) 95,104 67.77 California Republican Party Virginia Kiraly 45,314 32.23 140,418 100.00 64.06 California Democratic Party District 22 California's 22nd State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Sally Lieber (incumbent) 66,941 68.79 California Republican Party Roger Riffenburgh 30,369 31.21 97,310 100.00 59.56 California Democratic Party District 23 California's 23rd State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Joe Coto (incumbent) 49,977 73.88 California Republican Party Mark Patrosso 17,671 26.12 67,648 100.00 51.58 California Democratic Party District 24 California's 24th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Jim Beall 75,769 65.25 California Republican Party Lawrence Hileman 36,425 31.37 Libertarian Party of California Lionel Silva 3,934 3.39 116,128 100.00 60.13 California Democratic Party District 25 California's 25th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Republican Party Tom Berryhill 79,594 62.24 California Democratic Party James Bufford 42,158 32.97 Libertarian Party of California Michael Dell'Orto 6,123 4.79 127,875 100.00 57.56 California Republican Party District 26 California's 26th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Republican Party Greg Aghazarian (incumbent) 54,703 58.39 California Democratic Party Kenneth Goeken 38,990 41.61 93,693 100.00 48.65 California Republican Party District 27 California's 27th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party John Laird (incumbent) 99,530 70.12 California Republican Party Michael Morrison 42,411 29.88 141,941 100.00 48.65 California Democratic Party District 28 California's 28th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Anna Caballero 43,570 57.42 California Republican Party Ignacio Velazquez 32,303 42.58 75,873 100.00 55.76 California Democratic Party District 29 California's 29th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Republican Party Mike Villines (incumbent) 76,719 65.49 California Democratic Party Benjamin Avila 35,163 30.02 Peace and Freedom Party John Crockford 3,784 3.23 Libertarian Party of California Jonathan Zwickel 1,479 1.26 117,145 100.00 59.15 California Republican Party District 30 California's 30th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Nicole Parra (incumbent) 28,244 51.56 California Republican Party Danny Gilmore 26,527 48.44 54,771 100.00 46.16 California Democratic Party District 31 California's 31st State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Juan Arambula (incumbent) 45,004 100.00 44.65 California Democratic Party District 32 California's 32nd State Assembly district election, 2006 California Republican Party Jean Fuller 85,055 71.69 California Democratic Party Maribel Vega 33,594 28.31 118,649 100.00 56.18 California Republican Party District 33 California's 33rd State Assembly district election, 2006 California Republican Party Sam Blakeslee (incumbent) 91,393 67.01 California Democratic Party Robert Cuthbert 44,991 32.99 136,384 100.00 62.01 California Republican Party District 34 California's 34th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Republican Party Bill Maze (incumbent) 56,880 68.33 California Democratic Party Desmond Farrelly 23,575 28.32 Green Party of California David Silva 2,793 3.36 83,248 100.00 51.67 California Republican Party District 35 California's 35th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Pedro Nava (incumbent) 77,868 68.32 California Republican Party Cristina Martin 46,109 31.68 123,977 100.00 61.46 California Democratic Party District 36 California's 36th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Republican Party Sharon Runner (incumbent) 55,712 61.51 California Democratic Party Robert Bynum 34,863 38.49 90,575 100.00 48.12 California Republican Party District 37 California's 37th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Republican Party Audra Strickland (incumbent) 78,493 57.38 California Democratic Party Ferial Masry 58,305 42.62 136,798 100.00 57.87 California Republican Party District 38 California's 38th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Republican Party Cameron Smyth 70,193 56.50 California Democratic Party Lyn Shaw 46,926 37.77 Libertarian Party of California Peggy Christensen 7,116 5.73 124,235 100.00 55.42 California Republican Party District 39 California's 39th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Richard Alarcón 40,603 100.00 47.96 California Democratic Party District 40 California's 40th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Lloyd Levine (incumbent) 50,807 63.40 California Republican Party Rick Montaine 29,325 36.60 80,132 100.00 53.42 California Democratic Party District 41 California's 41st State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Julia Brownley 78,380 61.74 California Republican Party Tony Dolz 44,543 35.09 Libertarian Party of California Conrad Frankowski 4,027 3.17 126,950 100.00 53.72 California Democratic Party District 42 California's 42nd State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Michael Feuer 94,619 73.77 California Republican Party Steven Sion 27,539 21.47 Libertarian Party of California Colin Goldman 6,101 4.76 128,259 100.00 51.27 California Democratic Party District 43 California's 43rd State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Paul Krekorian 55,871 63.12 California Republican Party Michael Agbaba 26,350 29.77 Libertarian Party of California Steve Myers 6,296 7.11 88,517 100.00 48.32 California Democratic Party District 44 California's 44th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Anthony Portantino 66,206 58.31 California Republican Party Scott Carwile 37,699 33.20 Libertarian Party of California Barron Yanaga 4,969 4.38 Green Party of California Ricardo Costa 4,662 4.11 113,536 100.00 53.03 California Democratic Party District 45 California's 45th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Kevin de León 45,106 83.24 California Republican Party Samantha Allen-Newman 9,082 16.76 54,188 100.00 43.97 California Democratic Party District 46 California's 46th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Fabian Núñez (incumbent) 30,518 100.00 34.67 California Democratic Party District 47 California's 47th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Karen Bass (incumbent) 84,674 84.87 California Republican Party Jeffers Dodge 15,096 15.13 99,770 100.00 48.63 California Democratic Party District 48 California's 48th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Mike Davis 43,310 88.77 California Republican Party Brenda Green 5,479 11.23 48,789 100.00 39.24 California Democratic Party District 49 California's 49th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Mike Eng 39,326 63.21 California Republican Party Esthela Siegrist 18,021 28.97 Libertarian Party of California Laura Brown 4,865 7.82 62,212 100.00 43.78 California Democratic Party District 50 California's 50th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Hector De La Torre (incumbent) 39,019 77.68 California Republican Party Gladys Miller 11,210 22.32 50,229 100.00 42.61 California Democratic Party District 51 California's 51st State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Curren Price 52,671 73.94 California Republican Party Ross Moen 16,241 22.80 Libertarian Party of California Carl Swinney 2,322 3.26 71,234 100.00 44.72 California Democratic Party District 52 California's 52nd State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Mervyn Dymally (incumbent) 37,959 100.00 30.15 California Democratic Party District 53 California's 53rd State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Ted Lieu (incumbent) 75,491 58.47 California Republican Party Mary Ford 47,534 36.82 Green Party of California Peter Thottam 3,070 2.38 Peace and Freedom Party Karl Abrams 2,997 2.32 129,092 100.00 53.65 California Democratic Party District 54 California's 54th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Betty Karnette (incumbent) 69,890 60.76 California Republican Party Michael Jackson 45,128 39.24 115,018 100.00 51.07 California Democratic Party District 55 California's 55th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Laura Richardson 50,006 68.10 California Republican Party Margherita Underhill 23,421 31.90 83,427 100.00 43.14 California Democratic Party District 56 California's 56th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Tony Mendoza 43,666 57.72 California Republican Party Grace Hu 31,991 42.28 75,657 100.00 44.42 California Democratic Party District 57 California's 57th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Edward Hernandez 44,025 63.06 California Republican Party Holly Carver 25,790 36.94 69,815 100.00 45.01 California Democratic Party District 58 California's 58th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Charles Calderon 53,879 69.39 California Republican Party Jim Kleinpell 23,766 30.61 77,645 100.00 46.41 California Democratic Party District 59 California's 59th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Republican Party Anthony Adams 67,499 55.78 California Democratic Party Elliott Barkan 45,655 37.73 Libertarian Party of California Jill Stone 7,845 6.48 120,999 100.00 50.82 California Republican Party District 60 California's 60th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Republican Party Bob Huff (incumbent) 74,721 69.96 California Democratic Party Van Tamom 32,090 30.04 106,811 100.00 47.54 California Republican Party District 61 California's 61st State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Nell Soto 36,482 62.77 California Republican Party Benjamin Lopez 21,639 37.23 58,121 100.00 40.92 California Democratic Party District 62 California's 62nd State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Wilmer Carter 33,747 68.24 California Republican Party Marge Mendoza-Ware 15,704 31.76 49,451 100.00 34.54 California Democratic Party District 63 California's 63rd State Assembly district election, 2006 California Republican Party Bill Emmerson (incumbent) 59,340 59.94 California Democratic Party Mark Westwood 39,655 40.06 98,995 100.00 45.16 California Republican Party District 64 California's 64th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Republican Party John Benoit (incumbent) 66,501 61.11 California Democratic Party Paul Rasso 42,314 38.89 108,815 100.00 49.76 California Republican Party District 65 California's 65th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Republican Party Paul Cook 67,669 59.92 California Democratic Party Rita Ramirez-Dean 41,906 37.11 Peace and Freedom Party Jon Taleb 3,358 2.97 112,933 100.00 50.47 California Republican Party District 66 California's 66th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Republican Party Kevin Jeffries 62,582 61.56 California Democratic Party Laurel Nicholson 39,081 38.44 101,663 100.00 49.29 California Republican Party District 67 California's 67th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Republican Party Jim Silva 75,001 64.05 California Democratic Party Ray Roberts 42,103 35.95 117,104 100.00 46.73 California Republican Party District 68 California's 68th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Republican Party Van Tran (incumbent) 55,155 61.67 California Democratic Party Paul Lucas 34,277 38.33 89,432 100.00 43.44 California Republican Party District 69 California's 69th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Jose Solorio 28,339 65.61 California Republican Party Ryan Williams 14,854 34.39 43,193 100.00 36.90 California Democratic Party District 70 California's 70th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Republican Party Chuck DeVore (incumbent) 78,724 60.47 California Democratic Party Michael Glover 51,453 39.53 130,177 100.00 47.91 California Republican Party District 71 California's 71st State Assembly district election, 2006 California Republican Party Todd Spitzer (incumbent) 83,645 71.63 California Democratic Party Irene LaChance 33,135 28.37 116,780 100.00 47.74 California Republican Party District 72 California's 72nd State Assembly district election, 2006 California Republican Party Michael Duvall 55,664 59.14 California Democratic Party John MacMurray 35,352 37.56 Libertarian Party of California Brian Cross 3,114 3.31 94,120 100.00 45.47 California Republican Party District 73 California's 73rd State Assembly district election, 2006 California Republican Party Mimi Walters (incumbent) 75,600 73.39 Libertarian Party of California Andrew Favor 27,412 26.61 103,012 100.00 45.47 California Republican Party District 74 California's 74th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Republican Party Martin Garrick 72,980 58.05 California Democratic Party Roxana Folescu 52,747 41.95 125,727 100.00 56.05 California Republican Party District 75 California's 75th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Republican Party George Plescia (incumbent) 77,921 57.87 California Democratic Party Scott Meyer 52,881 39.27 Libertarian Party of California Edward Teyssier 3,856 2.86 134,658 100.00 56.23 California Republican Party District 76 California's 76th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Lori Saldaña (incumbent) 73,932 64.40 California Republican Party Ralph Denney 39,530 34.43 California Republican Party Kim Tran (write-in) 1,335 1.16 114,797 100.00 50.22 California Democratic Party District 77 California's 77th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Republican Party Joel Anderson 69,436 60.56 California Democratic Party Christopher Larkin 41,292 36.02 Libertarian Party of California Rich Belitz 3,921 3.42 114,649 100.00 52.85 California Republican Party District 78 California's 78th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Republican Party Shirley Horton (incumbent) 51,983 50.89 California Democratic Party Maxine Sherard 46,846 45.86 Libertarian Party of California Geof Gibson 3,324 3.25 102,153 100.00 48.03 California Republican Party District 79 California's 79th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Democratic Party Mary Salas 39,437 62.77 California Republican Party Jean Roesch 23,395 37.23 62,832 100.00 43.83 California Democratic Party District 80 California's 80th State Assembly district election, 2006 California Republican Party Bonnie Garcia (incumbent) 42,459 51.52 California Democratic Party Steve Clute 39,946 48.48 82,405 100.00 47.25 California Republican Party See also California state elections, 2006 California State Senate elections, 2006 References State Assembly 2006 California State Assembly