The 2006 California Secretary of State election occurred on 7 November 2006. The primary elections took place on 6 June 2006. Despite Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 17-point re-election as Governor, State Senator Debra Bowen, the Democratic nominee, narrowly defeated the incumbent, Republican Bruce McPherson.
Primary results A bar graph of statewide results in this contest are available here.
Results by county are available here and here.
Democratic
Candidates
Debra Bowen, State Senator Deborah Ortiz, State Senator
Others
Results
Results by county Results from the Secretary of State of California:
County Bowen Votes McPherson Votes Hill Votes Lightfoot Votes Others VotesSan Francisco72.97%169,08017.78%41,1905.16%11,9471.79%4,1582.30%5,329Alameda67.80%267,08825.06%98,7213.46%13,6341.63%6,4182.05%8,059Marin61.34%62,24831.69%32,1623.19%3,2391.60%1,6252.18%2,211San Mateo60.29%119,03732.99%65,1412.87%5,6661.67%3,2902.19%4,318Los Angeles58.46%1,100,86534.66%652,6622.03%38,1772.06%38,8062.80%52,680Sonoma55.67%94,42434.84%59,0924.08%6,9182.25%3,8243.16%4,364Santa Clara55.21%229,13538.20%158,5502.32%9,6431.98%8,2282.28%9,448Contra Costa54.61%159,81939.44%115,4082.10%6,1521.75%5,1112.10%6,151Mendocino53.49%15,99534.05%10,1815.85%1,7482.71%8113.90%1,167Solano52.98%53,72141.06%41,6291.69%1,7101.78%1,8042.49%2,531Yolo52.65%27,86241.53%21,9782.63%1,3901.59%8431.61%850Imperial51.83%11,25639.98%8,6841.63%3552.33%5064.23%918Napa50.83%21,06040.76%16,8893.66%1,5182.03%8422.71%1,124Humboldt49.60%23,24238.04%17,8236.32%2,9622.84%1,3303.20%1,499Santa Cruz46.97%41,83546.53%41,4403.18%2,8361.42%1,2681.89%1,682Lake46.48%8,89543.35%8,2973.71%7112.45%4684.02%768Alpine45.81%23546.39%2382.73%143.12%161.95%10Santa Barbara44.89%52,95847.58%56,1262.31%2,7292.36%2,7812.86%3,366Sacramento43.01%149,78450.90%177,2591.91%6,6681.88%6,5312.30%8,031Ventura42.86%91,27449.94%106,3702.05%4,3562.49%5,3022.67%5,679Monterey41.94%36,57153.13%46,3301.55%1,3491.42%1,2401.95%1,703San Joaquin41.59%56,20351.77%69,9541.52%2,0592.16%2,9192.96%4,000San Diego41.29%310,04952.81%396,5651.53%11,5031.81%13,6102.57%19,246San Bernardino40.31%134,75151.88%173,4481.62%5,4312.77%9,2633.42%11,422Merced39.83%16,29253.16%21,7471.55%6342.29%9353.18%1,299Del Norte39.66%2,60850.67%3,3322.42%1593.10%2044.16%273Mono39.69%1,45351.43%1,8833.55%1302.62%962.71%99San Benito39.37%5,60055.65%7,9161.32%1881.68%2391.98%282Riverside38.13%143,01554.99%206,2471.36%5,0902.28%8,5643.24%12,173Stanislaus38.12%38,86456.37%57,4651.45%1,4831.49%1,5152.57%2,624Trinity38.13%2,15750.29%2,8453.94%2234.15%2353.48%197San Luis Obispo37.87%35,59555.66%52,3181.91%1,7972.21%2,0742.35%2,208Nevada37.14%15,60055.59%23,3513.06%1,2852.27%9551.94%812Butte35.61%24,01655.66%37,5352.68%1,8072.54%1,7153.51%2,364Fresno35.68%61,29758.21%100,0191.75%3,0031.83%3,1382.54%4,357Siskiyou35.49%5,77756.37%9,1771.84%2992.52%4103.79%616Mariposa34.08%2,56158.06%4,3632.49%1872.37%1783.01%226Orange34.04%239,44758.56%411,9431.67%11,7622.36%16,5713.37%23,700Tuolumne33.47%6,94558.93%12,2272.39%4952.30%4772.91%604Inyo33.11%2,09757.89%3,6672.37%1503.19%2023.45%218Plumas32.81%2,84860.04%5,2112.04%1771.87%1623.24%281Kings32.69%7,32460.46%13,5441.49%3342.17%4863.19%714Calaveras31.84%5,58559.65%10,4622.33%4082.91%5103.28%575Amador31.22%4,56861.94%9,0631.70%2492.21%3232.93%429Madera31.09%9,24262.21%18,4901.69%5022.04%6062.97%882Sutter30.83%7,20663.44%14,8251.16%2711.87%4362.71%632Tulare30.72%20,88564.14%43,6131.27%8631.52%1,0332.35%1,598Yuba30.61%4,18160.72%8,2941.77%2422.88%3944.02%549Kern30.13%44,35063.14%92,9301.34%1,9722.20%3,2413.18%4,681Tehama30.13%5,36962.25%11,0941.57%2802.51%4473.54%631El Dorado30.18%19,99863.19%41,8662.17%1,4352.10%1,3892.37%1,570Placer29.95%36,01564.68%77,7611.64%1,9671.70%2,0472.03%2,443Shasta29.69%17,17563.63%36,8031.39%8042.02%1,1713.26%1,888Colusa29.34%1,42165.91%3,1921.14%551.53%742.09%101Sierra28.77%45062.79%9822.43%383.26%512.75%43Glenn27.41%2,02365.97%4,8691.41%1041.80%1333.42%252Lassen27.07%2,27763.77%5,3632.33%1963.20%2693.63%305Modoc25.34%92566.22%2,4171.78%653.26%1193.40%124
See also California state elections, 1974 State of California Secretary of State of California
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 Secretary of State of California