1990 California Insurance Commissioner election

1990 California election 1990 California Insurance Commissioner election California presidential no 1994 California Insurance Commissioner election 1994 November 6, 1990 File:John Garamendi (cropped).jpg 150x150px John Garamendi Democratic Party (United States) 3,770,717 52.22% 3x4.svg Wes Bannister Republican Party (United States) 2,736,577 37.90% 1990 California insurance commissioner election results map by county.svg 300px County resultsGaramendi: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70%Bannister: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi Democratic Party (United States) The 1990 California Insurance Commissioner election occurred on November 6, 1990, with the primary elections taking place on June 5, 1990.https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/1990-primary/sov-complete.pdf STATEMENT OF VOTE - JUNE 5, 1990 Secretary of State of California September 16, 2025https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/1990-general/sov-complete.pdf STATEMENT OF VOTE - General Election November 6, 1990 Secretary of State of California September 16, 2025 The Democratic nominee, John Garamendi, defeated the Republican nominee, Huntington Beach mayor Wes Bannister.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-11-08-mn-5432-story.html CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS: INSURANCE COMMISSIONER : Garamendi to Focus on Prop. 103, Cost Cuts Los Angeles Times November 8, 1990 September 16, 2025 Garamendi was the first person elected to the position of Insurance Commissioner due to the passage of Proposition 103 in 1988. Proposition 103 changed the Insurance Commissioner position from a governor-appointed position to an elected position.https://laweconcenter.org/resources/rethinking-prop-103s-approach-to-insurance-regulation/ Rethinking Prop 103's Approach to Insurance Regulation International Center for Law & Politics November 6, 2023 September 16, 2025https://www.insurance.ca.gov/0500-about-us/02-department/index.cfm About the Department California Department of Insurance September 16, 20259 https://www.ibew1245.com/files/UtilityReporter/UR_1990_05_XXXIX_05_150dpi.pdf Utility Reporter IBEW Local 1245 May 1990 September 20, 2025https://openyls.law.yale.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/a8ed637c-3626-44d2-9e9f-336d7e649846/content Judicial Review of Direct Democracy The Yale Law Journal 1569 Julian N. Eule September 20, 2025 Primary election Democratic Party results 1990 California Insurance Commissioner Democratic primaryhttps://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/1990-primary/insurance-commissioner.pdf June 5, 1990, Primary Election - Insurance Commissioner Secretary of State of California August 21, 2025 California Democratic Party John Garamendi 849,678 35.52 California Democratic Party Bill Press 675,273 28.22 California Democratic Party Conway Collis 398,503 16.66 California Democratic Party Walter A. Zelman 199,565 8.34 California Democratic Party Ray Bourhis 118,490 4.95 California Democratic Party Larry Murphy 79,763 3.33 California Democratic Party Michael Blanco 71,291 2.98 2,392,563 100.00 Republican Party results 1990 California Insurance Commissioner Republican primary California Republican Party Wes Bannister 500,461 28.19 California Republican Party John S. Parise 446,062 25.13 California Republican Party Thomas A. Scornia 379,721 21.39 California Republican Party John L. "Jack" Harden 330,825 18.64 California Republican Party Joseph D. Dunlop 118,121 6.65 1,775,190 100.00 Peace and Freedom Party results 1990 California Insurance Commissioner Peace and Freedom primary Peace and Freedom Party Tom Condit 3,084 57.11 Peace and Freedom Party B. Kwaku Duren 2,316 42.89 5,400 100.00 Libertarian Party results 1990 California Insurance Commissioner Libertarian primary Libertarian Party of California Ted Brown 11,663 100.00 11,663 100.00 General election Results 1990 California Insurance Commissioner general electionhttps://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/1990-general/insurance-commissioner.pdf November 6, 1990, General Election - Insurance Commissioner Secretary of State of California August 21, 2025 California Democratic Party John Garamendi 3,770,717 52.22 California Republican Party Wes Bannister 2,736,577 37.90 Libertarian Party of California Ted Brown 431,317 5.97 Peace and Freedom Party Tom Condit 281,276 3.90 John J. "Jack" Harden (write-in) 553 0.01 Eli Green (write-in) 68 0.00 7,220,508 100.00 California Democratic Party Results by county County Garamendi (D) Bannister (R) Brown (L) Condit (P&F) Write-in (WI) Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes Alameda 218,629 63.86% 88,033 25.71% 19,137 5.59% 16,542 4.83% 11 0.00% 342,352 Alpine 198 46.59% 169 39.76% 36 8.47% 22 5.18% 0 0.00% 425 Amador 6,191 52.33% 4,483 37.90% 794 6.71% 362 3.06% 0 0.00% 11,830 Butte 29,549 49.21% 24,859 41.40% 3,930 6.55% 1,706 2.84% 0 0.00% 60,044 Calaveras 6,683 52.24% 4,556 35.61% 1,084 8.47% 471 3.68% 0 0.00% 12,794 Colusa 2,034 47.71% 1,906 44.71% 233 5.47% 90 2.11% 0 0.00% 4,263 Contra Costa 138,378 55.28% 88,947 35.54% 15,391 6.15% 7,583 3.03% 8 0.00% 250,307 Del Norte 2,877 44.45% 2,869 44.33% 428 6.61% 298 4.60% 0 0.00% 6,472 El Dorado 22,434 49.17% 19,121 41.91% 2,624 5.75% 1,444 3.17% 0 0.00% 45,623 Fresno 75,624 53.96% 52,586 37.52% 6,035 4.31% 5,905 3.64% 1 0.00% 140,151 Glenn 3,021 43.85% 3,215 46.67% 434 6.30% 219 3.18% 0 0.00% 6,889 Humboldt 22,831 50.47% 16,228 35.87% 3,104 6.86% 3,074 6.80% 1 0.00% 45,238 Imperial 8,441 49.32% 6,996 40.88% 888 5.19% 819 4.79% 0 0.00% 17,114 Inyo 3,317 47.68% 3,099 44.55% 354 5.09% 187 2.69% 0 0.00% 6,957 Kern 55,068 47.40% 51,741 44.54% 6,346 5.46% 3,011 2.59% 5 0.00% 116,171 Kings 8,379 51.04% 6,691 40.76% 844 5.14% 502 3.06% 0 0.00% 16,416 Lake 9,385 55.17% 5,814 34.18% 1,184 6.96% 625 3.67% 3 0.02% 17,011 Lassen 3,795 47.35% 3,229 40.29% 623 7.77% 368 4.59% 0 0.00% 8,015 Los Angeles 1,012,783 57.15% 601,552 33.94% 88,452 4.99% 69,291 4.02% 198 0.11% 1,772,276 Madera 9,103 49.02% 7,868 42.37% 971 5.23% 627 3.38% 0 0.00% 18,569 Marin 49,327 55.51% 29,958 33.71% 5,650 6.36% 3,931 4.42% 1 0.00% 88,867 Mariposa 3,043 48.99% 2,404 38.71% 401 6.46% 363 5.84% 0 0.00% 6,211 Mendocino 12,305 46.01% 9,360 35.00% 2,239 8.37% 2,841 10.62% 1 0.00% 26,746 Merced 15,180 49.75% 10,649 34.90% 1,610 5.28% 3,074 10.07% 0 0.00% 30,513 Modoc 1,433 41.56% 1,598 46.35% 268 7.77% 149 4.32% 0 0.00% 3,448 Mono 1,464 49.93% 1,182 40.31% 188 6.41% 98 3.34% 0 0.00% 2,932 Monterey 38,259 49.65% 30,685 39.82% 5,209 6.76% 2,909 3.77% 4 0.00% 77,062 Napa 18,479 49.10% 15,198 40.39% 2,426 6.45% 1,529 4.06% 0 0.00% 37,632 Nevada 14,797 45.23% 14,583 44.57% 2,266 6.93% 1,070 3.27% 1 0.00% 32,717 Orange 251,088 40.22% 321,873 51.56% 35,490 10.94% 15,784 2.53% 72 0.01% 624,307 Placer 29,366 47.78% 26,488 43.09% 3,695 6.01% 1,908 3.10% 10 0.02% 61,467 Plumas 4,114 53.16% 2,846 36.77% 516 6.67% 263 3.40% 0 0.00% 7,739 Riverside 129,403 49.36% 112,709 42.99% 12,559 4.79% 7,490 2.86% 1 0.00% 262,162 Sacramento 181,103 56.12% 114,735 35.56% 16,316 5.06% 10,494 3.25% 31 0.01% 322,679 San Benito 4,014 48.73% 3,242 39.35% 588 7.14% 394 4.78% 0 0.00% 8,238 San Bernardino 147,030 50.47% 118,131 40.55% 16,197 5.56% 9,957 3.42% 24 0.01% 291,339 San Diego 244,820 39.26% 297,963 47.79% 53,537 8.59% 27,099 4.35% 114 0.02% 623,533 San Francisco 124,648 67.70% 32,423 17.61% 14,001 7.61% 13,042 7.08% 2 0.00% 184,116 San Joaquin 63,668 58.06% 38,148 34.79% 4,589 4.18% 3,257 2.97% 1 0.00% 109,663 San Luis Obispo 32,848 48.19% 28,961 42.48% 4,083 5.99% 2,275 3.34% 3 0.00% 68,170 San Mateo 95,746 54.92% 58,100 33.33% 13,585 7.79% 6,905 3.96% 1 0.00% 174,337 Santa Barbara 51,459 49.95% 41,987 40.76% 6,282 6.10% 3,202 3.11% 85 0.08% 103,015 Santa Clara 205,683 52.93% 139,117 35.80% 28,252 7.27% 15,526 4.00% 3 0.00% 388,581 Santa Cruz 44,955 59.44% 20,799 27.50% 5,317 7.03% 4,557 6.03% 1 0.00% 75,629 Shasta 20,410 43.57% 21,605 46.12% 3,156 6.74% 1,677 3.58% 0 0.00% 46,848 Sierra 795 52.65% 543 35.96% 114 7.55% 58 3.84% 0 0.00% 1,510 Siskiyou 6,764 45.90% 6,221 42.22% 1,068 7.25% 682 4.63% 0 0.00% 14,735 Solano 47,589 57.53% 26,667 32.24% 5,165 6.24% 3,300 3.99% 0 0.00% 82,721 Sonoma 70,432 53.40% 44,120 33.45% 9,271 7.03% 8,046 6.10% 33 0.03% 131,902 Stanislaus 47,825 56.77% 27,984 33.22% 3,879 4.61% 4,553 5.40% 0 0.00% 84,241 Sutter 7,978 43.45% 9,063 49.36% 891 4.85% 429 2.34% 0 0.00% 18,361 Tehama 6,919 44.60% 6,509 41.95% 1,459 9.40% 628 4.05% 0 0.00% 15,515 Trinity 2,329 44.19% 2,154 40.87% 468 8.88% 320 6.07% 0 0.00% 5,271 Tulare 30,982 49.72% 26,821 43.04% 2,765 4.44% 1,747 2.80% 0 0.00% 62,315 Tuolumne 10,720 55.81% 6,517 33.93% 1,184 6.16% 788 4.10% 0 0.00% 19,209 Ventura 84,155 48.09% 74,415 42.53% 10,848 6.20% 5,558 3.18% 5 0.00% 174,981 Yolo 25,158 60.91% 12,331 29.86% 1,940 4.70% 1,871 4.53% 1 0.00% 41,301 Yuba 5,709 48.08% 5,056 42.58% 753 6.34% 356 3.00% 0 0.00% 11,874 Totals 3,770,717 52.22% 2,736,577 37.90% 431,317 5.97% 281,276 3.90% 621 0.01% 7,220,508 References Category:1990 California elections