The 2006

California Insurance Commissioner The California insurance commissioner has been an elected executive office position in California since 1991. Prior to that time, the insurance commissioner was appointed by the governor. The officeholder is in charge of the California Departm ...

election occurred on November 7, 2006. The

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took place on June 6, 2006. Businessman

Steve Poizner Stephen Leo Poizner (born January 4, 1957) is an American businessman, technology entrepreneur, and former Republican California Insurance Commissioner and Gubernatorial candidate. Poizner also was an independent candidate in the 2018 Californ ...

, the

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nominee, defeated

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Cruz Bustamante Cruz Miguel Bustamante (born January 4, 1953) is an American politician. He previously served as the 45th lieutenant governor of California from 1999 to 2007, serving under governors Gray Davis and Arnold Schwarzenegger. A member of the Democrat ...

, the Democratic nominee, for the office previously held by Democrat

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, who was term-limited and ran for lieutenant governor. Poizner is the only Republican other than Governor

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to win a statewide election in California since 1998. As of 2022, this is the last time a Republican was elected 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 availabl
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Results by county

Results from the

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References

External links

VoteCircle.com Non-partisan resources & vote sharing network for Californians
* ttp://www.insurance.ca.gov/ Official Homepage of the California Department of Insurance{{CA2006elections 2006 California elections California Insurance Commissioner elections

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