2006 California Insurance Commissioner election

none February 2026 September 2023 2006 California Insurance Commissioner election California presidential no 2002 California Insurance Commissioner election 2002 2010 California Insurance Commissioner election 2010 November 7, 2006 Image:Steve Poizner.jpg 150x150px Steve Poizner Republican Party (United States) 4,229,986 50.81% Image:Cruz Bustamante .10.06.jpg Cruz Bustamante Democratic Party (United States) 3,204,536 38.49% 2006 California Insurance Commissioner election results map by county.svg 300px County results Poizner: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70%Bustamante: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% Com. John Garamendi Democratic Party (United States) Steve Poizner Republican Party (United States) 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. Democratic California Insurance Commissioner Democratic primary, 2006 Cruz Bustamante 1,651,858 70.43 John Kraft 693,662 29.57 2,345,520 100.00 Others California Insurance Commissioner primary, 2006 (Others) California Republican Party Steve Poizner 1,519,054 100.00 Green Party of California Larry Cafiero 30,742 100.00 American Independent Party Jay Earl Burden 29,278 100.00 Libertarian Party of California Dale Ogden 16,760 100.00 Peace and Freedom Party (United States) Tom Condit 3,850 100.00 Results California Insurance Commissioner election, 2006http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2006_general/inscomm.pdf Secretary of State 2008-07-22 2006-12-16 PDF Secretary of State of California https://web.archive.org/web/20080724030821/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2006_general/inscomm.pdf# 2008-07-24 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 Republican Party (United States) Steve Poizner 4,229,986 50.81 Democratic Party (United States) Cruz Bustamante 3,204,536 38.49 Libertarian Party (United States) Dale Ogden 305,772 3.67 Green Party of the United States Larry Cafiero 270,218 3.25 Peace and Freedom Party Tom Condit 187,618 2.25 American Independent Party Jay Earl Burden 127,267 1.53 573,662 6.45 8,325,397 100.00 39.29 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) 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 collapsed Category:2006 California elections Category:California Insurance Commissioner elections California