2006 California Insurance Commissioner election
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 Party|Republican] nominee, defeated Lieutenant [Governor of California|Lieutenant Governor] Cruz Bustamante, the Democratic nominee, for the office previously held by Democrat John Garamendi, who was term-limited and 2006 [California lieutenant gubernatorial election|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 and .
Results
Results by county
Results from the Secretary of State of California:| County | Poizner | Votes | Bustamante | Votes | Ogden | Votes | Cafiero | Votes | Condit | Votes | Burden | Votes |
| Glenn | 67.32% | 4,919 | 23.21% | 1,696 | 3.82% | 279 | 1.63% | 119 | 1.74% | 127 | 2.29% | 167 |
| Placer | 66.29% | 78,613 | 23.91% | 28,355 | 3.84% | 4,553 | 2.65% | 3,148 | 1.97% | 2,334 | 1.34% | 1,587 |
| Shasta | 65.85% | 37,735 | 23.98% | 13,742 | 3.99% | 2,288 | 2.02% | 1,158 | 1.98% | 1,137 | 2.17% | 1,241 |
| Colusa | 65.88% | 3,047 | 27.01% | 1,249 | 2.68% | 124 | 1.28% | 59 | 1.51% | 70 | 1.64% | 76 |
| Madera | 64.67% | 19,121 | 25.78% | 7,622 | 3.24% | 959 | 2.05% | 607 | 2.73% | 806 | 1.53% | 453 |
| Tulare | 64.64% | 43,806 | 28.12% | 19,057 | 2.56% | 1,736 | 1.57% | 1,066 | 1.69% | 1,145 | 1.42% | 961 |
| Kern | 64.61% | 95,434 | 27.01% | 39,891 | 3.60% | 5,317 | 1.39% | 2,057 | 1.46% | 2,157 | 1.93% | 2,853 |
| Tehama | 64.53% | 11,425 | 24.14% | 4,275 | 4.19% | 742 | 2.04% | 361 | 2.21% | 392 | 2.89% | 511 |
| Sutter | 64.39% | 14,963 | 26.62% | 6,186 | 3.52% | 818 | 1.70% | 395 | 1.64% | 380 | 2.13% | 496 |
| El Dorado | 64.10% | 41,865 | 24.28% | 15,859 | 4.06% | 2,650 | 3.70% | 2,417 | 2.35% | 1,538 | 1.51% | 986 |
| Orange | 63.62% | 447,911 | 26.36% | 185,561 | 4.19% | 29,487 | 2.19% | 15,384 | 2.12% | 14,896 | 1.53% | 10,789 |
| Modoc | 63.54% | 2,293 | 23.72% | 856 | 5.85% | 211 | 2.77% | 100 | 2.22% | 80 | 1.91% | 69 |
| Amador | 62.84% | 9,100 | 25.30% | 3,664 | 4.11% | 595 | 2.97% | 430 | 2.99% | 433 | 1.80% | 260 |
| Kings | 61.93% | 13,883 | 30.38% | 6,811 | 3.46% | 776 | 1.20% | 268 | 1.63% | 366 | 1.40% | 314 |
| Yuba | 61.25% | 8,321 | 26.43% | 3,591 | 4.39% | 596 | 2.74% | 372 | 2.45% | 333 | 2.75% | 373 |
| Plumas | 60.54% | 5,202 | 27.85% | 2,393 | 4.07% | 350 | 3.37% | 290 | 2.34% | 201 | 1.83% | 157 |
| Calaveras | 60.41% | 10,561 | 25.75% | 4,502 | 5.46% | 954 | 3.83% | 669 | 2.58% | 451 | 1.97% | 344 |
| Riverside | 59.62% | 223,693 | 31.42% | 117,904 | 3.33% | 12,488 | 1.94% | 7,264 | 2.09% | 7,854 | 1.60% | 5,999 |
| Tuolumne | 59.69% | 12,251 | 27.62% | 5,668 | 4.74% | 973 | 3.12% | 641 | 3.11% | 638 | 1.72% | 352 |
| Fresno | 59.51% | 102,290 | 31.81% | 54,678 | 3.18% | 5,461 | 2.04% | 3,501 | 2.36% | 4,054 | 1.11% | 1,907 |
| Mariposa | 58.71% | 4,372 | 28.13% | 2,095 | 5.08% | 378 | 3.40% | 253 | 2.95% | 220 | 1.73% | 129 |
| Butte | 58.63% | 39,400 | 28.26% | 18,993 | 4.29% | 2,881 | 3.99% | 2,681 | 2.65% | 1,781 | 2.18% | 1,466 |
| Inyo | 57.84% | 3,617 | 29.19% | 1,825 | 4.69% | 293 | 3.60% | 225 | 2.72% | 170 | 1.97% | 123 |
| Nevada | 57.46% | 23,782 | 29.72% | 12,302 | 4.47% | 1,852 | 5.05% | 2,091 | 1.98% | 818 | 1.31% | 542 |
| Lassen | 57.06% | 4,787 | 31.53% | 2,645 | 5.33% | 447 | 1.94% | 163 | 1.94% | 163 | 2.21% | 185 |
| San Bernardino | 56.83% | 190,127 | 33.07% | 110,614 | 3.73% | 12,475 | 1.99% | 6,648 | 2.20% | 7,365 | 2.18% | 7,305 |
| Stanislaus | 56.78% | 57,298 | 33.64% | 33,946 | 3.35% | 3,378 | 1.76% | 1,771 | 2.88% | 2,903 | 1.59% | 1,609 |
| Sierra | 56.76% | 878 | 27.47% | 425 | 6.40% | 99 | 4.07% | 63 | 2.97% | 46 | 2.33% | 36 |
| San Luis Obispo | 56.76% | 52,958 | 32.57% | 30,386 | 3.60% | 3,362 | 3.05% | 2,847 | 2.32% | 2,166 | 1.69% | 1,580 |
| San Diego | 56.28% | 417,746 | 33.97% | 252,140 | 3.95% | 29,354 | 2.51% | 18,667 | 1.85% | 13,745 | 1.43% | 10,594 |
| Ventura | 56.16% | 119,880 | 34.10% | 72,781 | 4.10% | 8,747 | 2.51% | 5,360 | 1.81% | 3,873 | 1.32% | 2,809 |
| Sacramento | 54.53% | 189,051 | 34.03% | 117,965 | 3.21% | 11,137 | 3.54% | 12,287 | 2.99% | 10,351 | 1.70% | 5,896 |
| Merced | 54.51% | 22,358 | 35.67% | 14,629 | 2.34% | 959 | 2.14% | 879 | 4.09% | 1,677 | 1.25% | 514 |
| Siskiyou | 54.28% | 8,781 | 33.31% | 5,389 | 4.85% | 784 | 2.57% | 416 | 2.57% | 415 | 2.42% | 391 |
| San Joaquin | 52.06% | 70,429 | 38.06% | 51,497 | 3.44% | 4,651 | 2.13% | 2,882 | 2.51% | 3,397 | 1.80% | 2,440 |
| Trinity | 52.00% | 2,892 | 30.49% | 1,696 | 7.35% | 409 | 5.50% | 306 | 2.84% | 158 | 1.82% | 101 |
| San Benito | 51.04% | 7,176 | 38.42% | 5,402 | 3.61% | 508 | 2.80% | 393 | 2.77% | 389 | 1.36% | 191 |
| Santa Clara | 50.81% | 211,203 | 39.00% | 162,095 | 3.61% | 15,001 | 3.21% | 13,330 | 2.19% | 9,099 | 1.19% | 4,948 |
| Napa | 50.83% | 20,989 | 36.81% | 15,199 | 4.23% | 1,748 | 4.54% | 1,875 | 2.19% | 905 | 1.39% | 576 |
| Del Norte | 50.75% | 3,335 | 37.81% | 2,485 | 4.98% | 327 | 2.78% | 183 | 1.77% | 116 | 1.92% | 126 |
| Mono | 49.82% | 1,806 | 37.60% | 1,363 | 4.97% | 180 | 3.64% | 132 | 2.70% | 98 | 1.27% | 46 |
| Contra Costa | 49.74% | 144,933 | 39.83% | 116,051 | 2.59% | 7,557 | 3.73% | 10,882 | 2.61% | 7,598 | 1.50% | 4,362 |
| Lake | 49.61% | 9,452 | 35.91% | 6,842 | 4.84% | 923 | 4.24% | 808 | 3.12% | 595 | 2.26% | 431 |
| Santa Barbara | 49.44% | 57,791 | 39.64% | 46,336 | 4.08% | 4,773 | 3.25% | 3,802 | 2.26% | 2,640 | 1.34% | 1,561 |
| Monterey | 47.27% | 40,443 | 41.34% | 35,364 | 3.79% | 3,239 | 3.55% | 3,033 | 2.47% | 2,115 | 1.59% | 1,356 |
| Marin | 47.14% | 47,497 | 40.19% | 40,497 | 3.83% | 3,860 | 5.67% | 5,714 | 2.39% | 2,410 | 0.78% | 785 |
| Solano | 46.85% | 46,939 | 42.31% | 42,393 | 4.02% | 4,028 | 2.62% | 2,625 | 2.22% | 2,222 | 1.98% | 1,984 |
| San Mateo | 46.90% | 91,929 | 42.69% | 83,693 | 2.86% | 5,599 | 4.11% | 8,050 | 2.34% | 4,593 | 1.10% | 2,162 |
| Yolo | 45.20% | 23,305 | 42.11% | 21,711 | 4.12% | 2,122 | 5.38% | 2,775 | 2.08% | 1,070 | 1.12% | 576 |
| Sonoma | 44.88% | 75,160 | 40.25% | 67,410 | 4.36% | 7,300 | 5.77% | 9,664 | 3.25% | 5,436 | 1.49% | 2,493 |
| Los Angeles | 42.01% | 786,131 | 47.64% | 891,354 | 3.66% | 68,543 | 3.02% | 56,563 | 2.06% | 38,601 | 1.60% | 29,893 |
| Humboldt | 41.71% | 19,411 | 41.95% | 19,523 | 4.36% | 2,031 | 7.87% | 3,663 | 2.61% | 1,217 | 1.49% | 695 |
| Mendocino | 40.01% | 11,900 | 42.67% | 12,689 | 5.13% | 1,526 | 7.13% | 2,119 | 3.37% | 1,001 | 1.70% | 505 |
| Alpine | 39.29% | 200 | 46.37% | 236 | 5.70% | 29 | 3.34% | 17 | 3.54% | 18 | 1.77% | 9 |
| Santa Cruz | 38.80% | 33,445 | 45.44% | 39,168 | 3.94% | 3,394 | 7.20% | 6,208 | 3.12% | 2,690 | 1.49% | 1,287 |
| Imperial | 38.35% | 8,383 | 52.74% | 11,529 | 2.96% | 646 | 1.41% | 308 | 2.53% | 552 | 2.03% | 443 |
| Alameda | 34.19% | 132,311 | 52.29% | 202,363 | 3.21% | 12,410 | 6.15% | 23,820 | 2.81% | 10,894 | 1.35% | 5,222 |
| San Francisco | 27.94% | 61,458 | 58.16% | 127,945 | 3.39% | 7,465 | 7.46% | 16,409 | 2.15% | 4,719 | 0.91% | 2,001 |