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
Others
Results
Results by county
Results from the Secretary of State of California:
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
