The 2006

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election occurred on November 7, 2006. The

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took place on June 6, 2006. Board of Equalization Chair John Chiang, the Democratic nominee, defeated the

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nominee, Assemblyman

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, for the office previously held by Democrat

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, who ran for governor.

Primary results

A bar graph of statewide results in this contest are available at https://web.archive.org/web/20070517222238/http://primary2006.ss.ca.gov/Returns/ctl/00.htm. Results by county are availabl
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Results

Results by county

Results from the

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References

External links

VoteCircle.com Non-partisan resources & vote sharing network for Californians
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