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1998 California Insurance Commissioner election
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1998 California Insurance Commissioner election California presidential no 1994 California Insurance Commissioner election 1994 2002 California Insurance Commissioner election 2002 November 3, 1998 File:Chuck Quackenbush.jpg 150x150px Chuck Quackenbush Republican Party (United States) 4,006,762 49.86% 3x4.svg Diane Martinez Democratic Party (United States) 3,519,453 43.80% 1998 California Insurance Commissioner election results map by county.svg 300px County results
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The 1998 California Insurance Commissioner election occurred on November 3, 1998. The primary elections took place on June 3, 1998. The Republican incumbent, Chuck Quackenbush, narrowly defeated the Democratic nominee, State Assemblywoman Diane Martinez.
Primary results
Final results from the Secretary of State of Californiahttp://primary98.ss.ca.gov/Final/P98_SOV.pdf Archived copy 2008-08-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20080705083337/http://primary98.ss.ca.gov/Final/P98_SOV.pdf 2008-07-05 dead
Democratic
California Insurance Commissioner Democratic primary, 1998
Diane Martinez
1,343,736
57.42
Hal Brown
996,356
42.58
2,340,092
100.00
Peace & Freedom
California Insurance Commissioner Peace & Freedom primary, 1998
Gary R. Ramos
86,772
54.47
Tom Condit
72,535
45.53
159,307
100.00
Others
California Insurance Commissioner primary, 1998 (Others)
California Republican Party
Chuck Quackenbush
2,586,052
100.00
Libertarian Party of California
Dale F. Ogden
131,636
100.00
Natural Law Party (United States)
Barbara Bourdette
113,877
100.00
American Independent Party
Merton D. Short
72,959
100.00
Election results
Final results from the Secretary of State of California.CA Secretary of State - Statement of Votes - 1998 General ElectionFebruary 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes
California Insurance Commissioner election, 1998
California Republican Party
Chuck Quackenbush (incumbent)
4,006,762
49.86
California Democratic Party
Diane Martinez
3,519,453
43.80
Libertarian Party of California
Dale F. Ogden
169,922
2.11
Natural Law Party (United States)
Barbara Bourdette
130,834
1.63
Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
Gary R. Ramos
116,091
1.44
American Independent Party
Merton D. Short
92,975
1.16
585,101
6.79
8,036,037
100.00
41.23
California Republican Party
Results by county
County Martinez Votes Quackenbush Votes Ogden Votes Others VotesSan Francisco71.85%153,21121.05%44,8802.22%4,7404.88%10,409Alameda63.40%227,33229.33%105,1772.20%7,8905.06%18,144Marin59.05%56,04134.40%32,6492.52%2,3924.02%3,817San Mateo56.75%110,19136.50%70,8762.56%4,9764.19%8,137Santa Cruz51.71%42,29739.02%31,9183.33%2,7265.93%4,849Sonoma51.02%77,91539.93%60,9792.84%4,3346.22%9,501Contra Costa50.58%145,71542.67%122,9392.39%6,8944.35%12,553Santa Clara50.49%199,57642.24%166,9622.81%11,1034.47%17,651Los Angeles50.41%959,74843.95%836,8341.73%32,8463.92%74,548Solano49.76%48,89644.05%43,2851.95%1,9214.23%4,162Yolo49.28%24,28745.23%22,2901.69%8353.79%1,868Mendocino47.68%12,85640.19%10,8363.42%9238.71%2,349Imperial47.47%11,12745.10%10,5711.32%3106.10%1,430Napa47.09%19,43945.13%18,6292.50%1,0325.27%2,178Monterey45.00%39,95448.40%42,9682.07%1,8404.53%4,019Lake43.71%8,02149.12%9,0132.35%4314.82%884San Benito42.51%5,41750.07%6,3812.55%3254.87%621Sacramento41.24%143,97253.15%185,5631.87%6,5223.75%13,071Merced41.00%15,78153.17%20,4651.47%5674.35%1,674San Joaquin40.06%48,52554.59%66,1311.39%1,6843.96%4,803Santa Barbara38.69%45,75054.93%64,9422.02%2,3874.36%5,156Fresno38.59%63,42655.98%92,0171.68%2,7563.76%6,178Stanislaus38.57%37,81856.61%55,5091.53%1,5053.28%3,217Alpine38.53%21052.11%2842.75%156.60%36Kings38.42%8,51555.27%12,2511.45%3214.86%1,078Humboldt38.33%16,94352.68%23,2852.94%1,3016.04%2,672Del Norte37.17%2,67554.55%3,9262.31%1665.98%430San Luis Obispo36.49%30,35456.36%46,8802.70%2,2444.45%3,701Siskiyou36.05%5,79355.69%8,9483.34%5374.92%790San Bernardino36.05%116,47758.12%187,7771.79%5,7734.04%13,056San Diego35.84%249,31556.72%394,5932.96%20,5714.48%31,165Ventura35.61%71,99758.32%117,9191.99%4,0254.08%8,241Trinity34.74%1,68953.06%2,5804.15%2028.03%391Tuolumne34.31%6,72960.17%11,8011.82%3573.70%725Riverside34.02%112,93660.63%201,2831.49%4,9373.87%12,857Butte33.53%21,39559.50%37,9632.31%1,4734.65%2,969Tulare33.11%23,53361.78%43,9091.55%1,1013.56%2,528Mono32.99%1,10559.16%1,9823.01%1014.83%162Yuba32.17%4,27460.68%8,0612.32%3084.82%641Madera32.15%8,26561.49%15,8052.03%5234.33%1,112Lassen31.76%2,56059.19%4,7712.56%2066.50%524Plumas31.50%2,63362.22%5,2012.27%1904.01%335Calaveras31.11%4,94560.70%9,6474.03%6414.16%661Nevada31.06%11,69762.89%23,6862.45%9233.59%1,354Amador30.94%4,03664.06%8,3571.69%2213.31%431Tehama30.93%5,61561.40%11,1452.49%4525.18%940Mariposa30.26%2,10361.08%4,2452.69%1875.97%415El Dorado29.67%16,76663.89%36,0992.29%1,2964.15%2,343Colusa29.59%1,40965.94%3,1401.49%712.98%142Kern29.23%40,67465.56%91,2161.53%2,1253.68%5,118Placer29.18%25,25164.84%56,1162.03%1,7613.94%3,415Shasta29.04%15,03663.66%32,9602.58%1,3364.72%2,444Modoc28.60%97161.09%2,0743.18%1087.13%242Orange28.47%196,23265.58%452,0812.14%14,7333.82%26,301Sierra28.34%48160.87%1,0334.83%825.95%101Inyo27.94%1,84765.64%4,3392.24%1484.18%276Sutter26.96%5,80667.85%14,6101.70%3653.48%751Glenn25.59%1,89167.41%4,9812.48%1834.51%334
See also
California state elections, 1998
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
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