The 2014 California Insurance Commissioner election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the Insurance Commissioner of California. Incumbent Democratic Commissioner Dave Jones ran for re-election to a second term in office.

A primary election was held on June 3, 2014. Under California's nonpartisan blanket primary law, all candidates appear on the same ballot, regardless of party. In the primary, voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation. The top two finishers — regardless of party — advance to the general election in November, even if a candidate manages to receive a majority of the votes cast in the primary election. Washington is the only other state with this system, a so-called "top two primary" (Louisiana has a similar "jungle primary"). Jones and Republican Ted Gaines finished first and second, respectively, and contested the general election, which Jones won.

Primary election Candidates Democratic Party Declared Dave Jones, incumbent Insurance Commissioner

Republican Party Declared Ted Gaines, state senator

Withdrew Michael Villines, former Minority Leader of the California State Assembly and nominee for Insurance Commissioner in 2010

Peace and Freedom Party Declared Nathalie Hrizi, teacher and nominee for California's 12th congressional district in 2008

Results

By county County Dave JonesDemocratic Ted GainesRepublican Nathalie HriziPeace and Freedom Margin Total # % # % # % # % Alameda 131,206 72.25% 38,107 20.99% 12,276 6.76% 93,099 51.27% 181,589 Alpine 227 47.89% 202 42.62% 45 9.49% 25 5.27% 474 Amador 3,568 39.21% 5,079 55.82% 452 4.97% -1,511 -16.61% 9,099 Butte 15,523 40.23% 20,360 52.76% 2,705 7.01% -4,837 -12.53% 38,588 Calaveras 4,391 37.76% 6,580 56.59% 657 5.65% -2,189 -18.83% 11,628 Colusa 1,058 32.38% 2,068 63.30% 141 4.32% -1,010 -30.92% 3,267 Contra Costa 84,504 62.11% 45,049 33.11% 6,495 4.77% 39,455 29.00% 136,048 Del Norte 2,209 41.98% 2,702 51.35% 351 6.67% -493 -9.37% 5,262 El Dorado 15,013 37.39% 23,191 57.76% 1,948 4.85% -8,178 -20.37% 40,152 Fresno 45,459 45.20% 50,523 50.24% 4,587 4.56% -5,064 -5.04% 100,569 Glenn 1,505 29.61% 3,372 66.34% 206 4.05% -1,867 -36.73% 5,083 Humboldt 14,175 56.72% 8,886 35.56% 1,929 7.72% 5,289 21.16% 24,990 Imperial 8,896 57.03% 5,604 35.93% 1,098 7.04% 3,292 21.11% 15,598 Inyo 1,440 40.00% 1,946 54.06% 214 5.94% -506 -14.06% 3,600 Kern 23,517 34.03% 42,321 61.23% 3,277 4.74% -18,804 -27.21% 69,115 Kings 5,024 35.24% 8,821 61.87% 413 2.90% -3,797 -26.63% 14,258 Lake 7,316 52.80% 5,173 37.33% 1,367 9.87% 2,143 15.47% 13,856 Lassen 1,514 27.89% 3,668 67.58% 246 4.53% -2,154 -39.68% 5,428 Los Angeles 392,108 60.77% 211,976 32.85% 41,196 6.38% 180,132 27.92% 645,280 Madera 6,290 35.07% 10,846 60.46% 802 4.47% -4,556 -25.40% 17,938 Marin 38,245 71.92% 12,283 23.10% 2,650 4.98% 25,962 48.82% 53,178 Mariposa 1,728 37.61% 2,612 56.84% 255 5.55% -884 -19.24% 4,595 Mendocino 9,287 62.87% 4,130 27.96% 1,354 9.17% 5,157 34.91% 14,771 Merced 9,560 43.27% 11,399 51.59% 1,137 5.15% -1,839 -8.32% 22,096 Modoc 710 27.24% 1,763 67.65% 133 5.10% -1,053 -40.41% 2,606 Mono 1,258 45.38% 1,327 47.87% 187 6.75% -69 -2.49% 2,772 Monterey 28,944 59.86% 16,734 34.61% 2,677 5.54% 12,210 25.25% 48,355 Napa 14,694 57.50% 9,259 36.23% 1,600 6.26% 5,435 21.27% 25,553 Nevada 11,123 44.61% 12,491 50.10% 1,320 5.29% -1,368 -5.49% 24,934 Orange 122,050 39.02% 177,316 56.69% 13,393 4.28% -55,266 -17.67% 312,759 Placer 25,946 38.80% 38,201 57.13% 2,724 4.07% -12,255 -18.33% 66,871 Plumas 1,826 36.76% 2,907 58.53% 234 4.71% -1,081 -21.76% 4,967 Riverside 78,792 42.75% 97,540 52.92% 7,972 4.33% -18,748 -10.17% 184,304 Sacramento 106,555 55.76% 77,134 40.36% 7,412 3.88% 29,421 15.40% 191,101 San Benito 3,554 51.72% 2,967 43.18% 350 5.09% 587 8.54% 6,871 San Bernardino 62,971 42.37% 78,167 52.60% 7,478 5.03% -15,196 -10.23% 148,616 San Diego 183,646 47.40% 189,131 48.81% 14,673 3.79% -5,485 -1.42% 387,450 San Francisco 85,726 76.47% 16,377 14.61% 9,996 8.92% 69,349 61.86% 112,099 San Joaquin 36,483 47.80% 35,081 45.96% 4,766 6.24% 1,402 1.84% 76,330 San Luis Obispo 27,079 47.28% 27,559 48.12% 2,634 4.60% -480 -0.84% 57,272 San Mateo 57,256 66.70% 23,701 27.61% 4,879 5.68% 33,555 39.09% 85,836 Santa Barbara 33,345 49.49% 30,510 45.28% 3,527 5.23% 2,835 4.21% 67,382 Santa Clara 149,552 64.35% 69,137 29.75% 13,725 5.91% 80,415 34.60% 232,414 Santa Cruz 29,235 66.10% 11,264 25.47% 3,732 8.44% 17,971 40.63% 44,231 Shasta 9,586 33.48% 17,525 61.21% 1,522 5.32% -7,939 -27.73% 28,633 Sierra 420 33.49% 732 58.37% 102 8.13% -312 -24.88% 1,254 Siskiyou 4,149 38.98% 5,823 54.71% 671 6.30% -1,674 -15.73% 10,643 Solano 29,922 58.69% 18,395 36.08% 2,664 5.23% 11,527 22.61% 50,981 Sonoma 59,734 66.47% 24,142 26.87% 5,984 6.66% 35,592 39.61% 89,860 Stanislaus 23,563 44.93% 26,254 50.06% 2,631 5.02% -2,691 -5.13% 52,448 Sutter 4,711 32.96% 8,931 62.49% 649 4.54% -4,220 -29.53% 14,291 Tehama 3,820 31.60% 7,539 62.36% 730 6.04% -3,719 -30.76% 12,089 Trinity 1,474 42.37% 1,638 47.08% 367 10.55% -164 -4.71% 3,479 Tulare 14,127 34.02% 25,688 61.85% 1,716 4.13% -11,561 -27.84% 41,531 Tuolumne 4,525 39.96% 6,160 54.40% 639 5.64% -1,635 -14.44% 11,324 Ventura 44,487 45.95% 48,368 49.96% 3,964 4.09% -3,881 -4.01% 96,819 Yolo 18,826 62.52% 9,588 31.84% 1,698 5.64% 9,238 30.68% 30,112 Yuba 2,819 34.15% 4,995 60.51% 441 5.34% -2,176 -26.36% 8,255Totals 2,106,67153.05%1,651,24241.58%212,9915.36%455,42911.47%3,970,904

General election Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror DaveJones (D) TedGaines (R) UndecidedGQR/American ViewpointGQR/American Viewpoint October 22–29, 2014 1,162 ± 3.3% 47% 36% 17%Field PollField Poll October 15–28, 2014 941 ± 3.4% 45% 33% 22%Field PollField Poll August 14–28, 2014 467 ± 4.8% 47% 32% 21%Gravis MarketingGravis Marketing July 22–24, 2014 580 ± 4% 32% 34% 34%

Results

By county County Dave JonesDemocratic Ted GainesRepublican Margin Total votes cast # % # % # %Alameda268,38479.35%69,82720.65%198,55758.71%338,211Alpine25255.26%20444.74%4810.53%456Amador4,91939.48%7,54060.52%-2,621-21.04%12,459Butte26,34044.91%32,31255.09%-5,972-10.18%58,652Calaveras5,97539.37%9,20160.63%-3,226-21.26%15,176Colusa1,46636.32%2,57063.68%-1,104-27.35%4,036Contra Costa157,26464.68%85,86035.32%71,40429.37%243,124Del Norte3,06045.48%3,66854.52%-608-9.04%6,728El Dorado23,55339.44%36,16960.56%-12,616-21.12%59,722Fresno73,72947.60%81,17752.40%-7,448-4.81%154,906Glenn1,78030.61%4,03569.39%-2,255-38.78%5,815Humboldt22,32962.88%13,18037.12%9,14925.77%35,509Imperial12,56461.34%7,91838.66%4,64622.68%20,482Inyo2,20341.85%3,06158.15%-858-16.30%5,264Kern50,64938.50%80,89261.50%-30,243-22.99%131,541Kings8,66539.66%13,18260.34%-4,517-20.68%21,847Lake9,71257.46%7,19042.54%2,52214.92%16,902Lassen1,80826.87%4,92073.13%-3,112-46.25%6,728Los Angeles932,86366.64%466,96333.36%465,90033.28%1,399,826Madera10,03938.26%16,20061.74%-6,161-23.48%26,239Marin61,64575.29%20,23524.71%41,41050.57%81,880Mariposa2,50539.31%3,86760.69%-1,362-21.37%6,372Mendocino15,85268.38%7,33031.62%8,52236.76%23,182Merced17,90048.79%18,79151.21%-891-2.43%36,691Modoc73826.48%2,04973.52%-1,311-47.04%2,787Mono1,48749.29%1,53050.71%-43-1.43%3,017Monterey45,76064.25%25,45935.75%20,30128.51%71,219Napa22,42962.01%13,74037.99%8,68924.02%36,169Nevada18,06848.81%18,94651.19%-878-2.37%37,014Orange253,43342.28%345,98457.72%-92,551-15.44%599,417Placer43,07838.93%67,58661.07%-24,508-22.15%110,664Plumas2,66038.53%4,24361.47%-1,583-22.93%6,903Riverside158,25346.26%183,87853.74%-25,625-7.49%342,131Sacramento183,05757.88%133,22742.12%49,83015.75%316,284San Benito7,60258.20%5,45941.80%2,14316.41%13,061San Bernardino133,17147.51%147,12452.49%-13,953-4.98%280,295San Diego319,42949.47%326,30850.53%-6,879-1.07%645,737San Francisco171,71184.38%31,77515.62%139,93668.77%203,486San Joaquin57,65150.99%55,41449.01%2,2371.98%113,065San Luis Obispo40,66849.43%41,61150.57%-943-1.15%82,279San Mateo107,31270.91%44,02229.09%63,29041.82%151,334Santa Barbara58,31155.03%47,65544.97%10,65610.06%105,966Santa Clara255,19668.70%116,29331.30%138,90337.39%371,489Santa Cruz52,16075.32%17,09524.68%35,06550.63%69,255Shasta18,32933.28%36,75066.72%-18,421-33.44%55,079Sierra55337.31%92962.69%-376-25.37%1,482Siskiyou5,42840.68%7,91659.32%-2,488-18.65%13,344Solano52,88260.86%34,00539.14%18,87721.73%86,887Sonoma96,63870.57%40,29629.43%56,34241.15%136,934Stanislaus41,52647.07%46,70452.93%-5,178-5.87%88,230Sutter7,29136.74%12,55463.26%-5,263-26.52%19,845Tehama4,97332.82%10,17967.18%-5,206-34.36%15,152Trinity1,74546.19%2,03353.81%-288-7.62%3,778Tulare22,72137.48%37,89362.52%-15,172-25.03%60,614Tuolumne6,86841.60%9,64158.40%-2,773-16.80%16,509Ventura98,58851.04%94,56448.96%4,0242.08%193,152Yolo28,47365.33%15,11234.67%13,36130.66%43,585Yuba4,52037.03%7,68562.97%-3,165-25.93%12,205Total4,038,16557.52%2,981,95142.48%1,056,21415.05%7,020,116

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