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The 1994 California Insurance Commissioner election occurred on November 8, 1994. The primary elections took place on March 8, 1994. The Republican nominee, Chuck Quackenbush, narrowly defeated the Democratic nominee, State Senator Art Torres, for the office previously held by incumbent John Garamendi, who chose not to seek re-election in favor of running for governor.
Final results from the California Secretary of State [1]
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Torres | 935,764 | 46.22 | |
| Burt Margolin | 687,624 | 33.96 | |
| John Kraft | 401,261 | 19.82 | |
| Total votes | 2,024,649 | 100.00 | |
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Quackenbush | 675,242 | 37.93 | |
| Wes Bannister | 370,202 | 20.79 | |
| Jim Conran | 341,869 | 19.20 | |
| Jack Harden | 243,479 | 13.68 | |
| Jim Stieringer | 97,157 | 5.46 | |
| Glen J. Dulac | 52,500 | 2.95 | |
| Total votes | 1,780,449 | 100.00 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libertarian | Ted Brown | 346,007 | 100.00 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Tom Condit | 150,844 | 100.00 | |
| American Independent | A. Jacques | 17,848 | 100.00 | |
Final results from the Secretary of State of California. [2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Chuck Quackenbush | 4,015,858 | 48.82 | |||
| Democratic | Art Torres | 3,567,996 | 43.38 | |||
| Libertarian | Ted Brown | 346,007 | 4.21 | |||
| Peace and Freedom | Tom Condit | 150,844 | 1.83 | |||
| American Independent | A. Jacques | 144,782 | 1.76 | |||
| Invalid or blank votes | 676,149 | 7.59 | ||||
| Total votes | 8,225,487 | 100.00 | ||||
| Turnout | 46.98 | |||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
| County | Quackenbush | Votes | Torres | Votes | Brown | Votes | Condit | Votes | Jacques | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn | 69.37% | 5,459 | 24.23% | 1,907 | 3.20% | 252 | 1.17% | 92 | 2.02% | 159 |
| Sutter | 66.70% | 14,325 | 26.68% | 5,730 | 3.55% | 762 | 1.35% | 290 | 1.72% | 370 |
| Inyo | 65.10% | 4,587 | 27.42% | 1,932 | 3.38% | 238 | 1.90% | 134 | 2.20% | 155 |
| Colusa | 65.08% | 3,204 | 28.62% | 1,409 | 3.35% | 165 | 1.40% | 69 | 1.54% | 76 |
| Shasta | 63.97% | 34,084 | 27.03% | 14,401 | 4.41% | 2,349 | 1.51% | 804 | 3.09% | 1,644 |
| Kern | 63.21% | 92,392 | 29.26% | 42,772 | 3.83% | 5,603 | 1.40% | 2,046 | 2.29% | 3,349 |
| Orange | 62.98% | 453,349 | 29.62% | 213,223 | 4.39% | 31,580 | 1.27% | 9,141 | 1.74% | 12,527 |
| Tehama | 61.99% | 11,307 | 29.12% | 5,311 | 4.71% | 860 | 1.78% | 324 | 2.41% | 439 |
| Tulare | 61.58% | 46,080 | 31.76% | 23,768 | 3.51% | 2,625 | 1.48% | 1,106 | 1.67% | 1,252 |
| Madera | 60.89% | 15,781 | 31.60% | 8,191 | 3.43% | 889 | 1.89% | 490 | 2.18% | 566 |
| Butte | 59.85% | 39,455 | 32.19% | 21,222 | 4.09% | 2,693 | 1.85% | 1,219 | 2.02% | 1,329 |
| Placer | 59.04% | 42,967 | 32.65% | 23,761 | 4.42% | 3,216 | 2.06% | 1,496 | 1.83% | 1,330 |
| San Luis Obispo | 59.03% | 49,252 | 32.43% | 27,058 | 4.47% | 3,728 | 2.22% | 1,854 | 1.85% | 1,541 |
| El Dorado | 58.62% | 31,130 | 32.38% | 17,198 | 4.79% | 2,542 | 1.97% | 1,044 | 2.24% | 1,191 |
| Yuba | 58.61% | 8,216 | 31.38% | 4,398 | 4.47% | 626 | 3.97% | 326 | 5.49% | 451 |
| Nevada | 58.57% | 21,393 | 32.72% | 11,949 | 4.82% | 1,760 | 1.97% | 720 | 1.92% | 701 |
| Mono | 57.32% | 1,903 | 32.62% | 1,083 | 5.60% | 186 | 2.29% | 76 | 2.17% | 72 |
| Mariposa | 56.97% | 3,929 | 33.45% | 2,307 | 3.97% | 274 | 3.38% | 233 | 2.23% | 154 |
| Riverside | 56.81% | 186,544 | 35.02% | 115,007 | 4.28% | 14,067 | 1.45% | 4,775 | 2.43% | 7,971 |
| Kings | 56.70% | 12,523 | 36.35% | 8,029 | 3.16% | 697 | 1.94% | 429 | 1.84% | 407 |
| San Diego | 56.63% | 396,350 | 34.52% | 241,566 | 5.07% | 35,486 | 1.62% | 11,342 | 2.16% | 15,122 |
| Fresno | 56.57% | 98,244 | 36.79% | 63,883 | 3.00% | 5,211 | 2.22% | 3,853 | 1.42% | 2,463 |
| Ventura | 56.43% | 117,105 | 36.00% | 74,706 | 4.32% | 8,967 | 1.46% | 3,028 | 1.80% | 3,730 |
| Amador | 56.21% | 7,184 | 36.04% | 4,606 | 4.09% | 523 | 1.60% | 204 | 2.07% | 364 |
| Modoc | 56.12% | 2,085 | 29.04% | 1,079 | 6.78% | 252 | 2.96% | 110 | 5.09% | 189 |
| San Bernardino | 55.87% | 188,041 | 35.82% | 120,550 | 4.44% | 14,950 | 1.56% | 5,262 | 2.30% | 7,748 |
| Del Norte | 55.72% | 4,074 | 34.55% | 2,526 | 5.16% | 377 | 2.07% | 151 | 2.52% | 184 |
| Calaveras | 55.67% | 8,587 | 34.51% | 5,323 | 5.07% | 782 | 2.57% | 397 | 2.17% | 335 |
| Merced | 55.32% | 21,124 | 36.11% | 13,788 | 3.43% | 1,308 | 3.50% | 1,335 | 1.66% | 632 |
| Plumas | 55.12% | 4,557 | 35.21% | 2,911 | 4.72% | 390 | 2.37% | 196 | 2.59% | 214 |
| San Joaquin | 54.53% | 66,775 | 38.77% | 47,471 | 3.39% | 4,147 | 1.57% | 1,923 | 1.75% | 2,140 |
| Santa Barbara | 54.42% | 67,590 | 38.00% | 47,194 | 4.03% | 5,011 | 1.89% | 2,349 | 1.65% | 2,047 |
| Tuolumne | 54.34% | 10,429 | 37.73% | 7,242 | 4.03% | 773 | 2.42% | 465 | 1.48% | 284 |
| Lassen | 52.72% | 4,171 | 34.14% | 2,701 | 6.62% | 524 | 2.31% | 183 | 4.20% | 332 |
| Sierra | 52.44% | 818 | 35.19% | 549 | 6.09% | 95 | 2.69% | 42 | 3.59% | 56 |
| Siskiyou | 51.30% | 9,009 | 36.37% | 6,388 | 6.58% | 1,156 | 2.68% | 471 | 3.07% | 539 |
| Stanislaus | 50.44% | 49,295 | 39.81% | 38,902 | 3.23% | 3,155 | 4.94% | 4,827 | 1.59% | 1,551 |
| Trinity | 50.29% | 2,651 | 33.96% | 1,790 | 7.68% | 405 | 4.21% | 222 | 3.85% | 203 |
| San Benito | 48.45% | 5,529 | 42.45% | 4,844 | 4.53% | 517 | 2.51% | 287 | 2.06% | 235 |
| Sacramento | 48.28% | 166,795 | 43.59% | 150,596 | 4.49% | 15,509 | 1.78% | 6,156 | 1.85% | 6,398 |
| Napa | 48.00% | 19,870 | 43.96% | 18,199 | 4.15% | 1,720 | 2.05% | 848 | 1.83% | 759 |
| Monterey | 47.87% | 42,474 | 43.45% | 38,551 | 4.29% | 3,802 | 2.28% | 2,019 | 2.11% | 1,875 |
| Humboldt | 47.81% | 21,982 | 41.97% | 19,296 | 4.74% | 2,179 | 3.82% | 1,758 | 1.66% | 764 |
| Alpine | 47.56% | 302 | 36.22% | 230 | 8.35% | 53 | 4.25% | 27 | 3.62% | 23 |
| Lake | 46.68% | 8,855 | 44.52% | 8,445 | 4.91% | 932 | 1.88% | 357 | 2.00% | 379 |
| Santa Clara | 45.30% | 191,957 | 46.37% | 196,525 | 4.53% | 19,191 | 1.83% | 7,758 | 1.97% | 8,360 |
| Solano | 43.86% | 41,928 | 47.31% | 45,220 | 4.16% | 3,980 | 1.94% | 1,856 | 2.72% | 2,602 |
| Imperial | 43.85% | 10,265 | 46.41% | 10,863 | 3.69% | 864 | 4.17% | 975 | 1.89% | 442 |
| Contra Costa | 43.09% | 119,755 | 49.70% | 138,127 | 4.15% | 11,545 | 1.67% | 4,640 | 1.38% | 3,833 |
| Los Angeles | 42.97% | 848,443 | 50.21% | 991,476 | 3.82% | 75,415 | 1.53% | 30,296 | 1.46% | 28,870 |
| Yolo | 40.52% | 19,208 | 51.38% | 24,356 | 3.65% | 1,728 | 6.79% | 1,304 | 4.21% | 808 |
| San Mateo | 40.36% | 81,559 | 52.99% | 107,090 | 3.72% | 7,518 | 1.68% | 3,386 | 1.26% | 2,537 |
| Sonoma | 38.87% | 59,352 | 51.80% | 79,090 | 5.00% | 7,637 | 2.76% | 4,210 | 1.58% | 2,408 |
| Mendocino | 38.52% | 11,054 | 48.23% | 13,842 | 6.69% | 1,920 | 4.69% | 1,345 | 1.88% | 539 |
| Santa Cruz | 38.02% | 32,846 | 51.23% | 44,255 | 5.33% | 4,602 | 3.78% | 4,367 | 1.64% | 1,421 |
| Marin | 36.17% | 36,048 | 56.49% | 56,299 | 4.50% | 4,486 | 1.97% | 1,965 | 0.86% | 861 |
| Alameda | 29.74% | 113,052 | 62.71% | 238,353 | 3.80% | 14,461 | 2.33% | 8,863 | 1.41% | 5,348 |
| San Francisco | 22.55% | 48,615 | 68.90% | 148,508 | 4.33% | 9,324 | 3.02% | 6,499 | 1.21% | 2,603 |
