1998 California Insurance Commissioner election

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1998 California Insurance Commissioner election
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  1994 November 3, 1998 2002  
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Nominee Chuck Quackenbush Diane Martinez
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote4,006,7623,519,453
Percentage49.86%43.80%

1998 California Insurance Commissioner election results map by county.svg
County results
Quackenbush:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Martinez:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

Ins. Comm. before election

Chuck Quackenbush
Republican

Elected Ins. Comm.

Chuck Quackenbush
Republican

The 1998 California Insurance Commissioner election occurred on November 3, 1998. The primary elections took place on June 3, 1998. The Republican incumbent, Chuck Quackenbush, narrowly defeated the Democratic nominee, State Assemblywoman Diane Martinez.

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Primary results

Final results from the Secretary of State of California [1]

Democratic

California Insurance Commissioner Democratic primary, 1998
CandidateVotes %
Diane Martinez 1,343,73657.42
Hal Brown996,35642.58
Total votes2,340,092 100.00

Peace & Freedom

California Insurance Commissioner Peace & Freedom primary, 1998
CandidateVotes %
Gary R. Ramos86,77254.47
Tom Condit72,53545.53
Total votes159,307 100.00

Others

California Insurance Commissioner primary, 1998 (Others)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Chuck Quackenbush 2,586,052 100.00
Libertarian Dale F. Ogden 131,636 100.00
Natural Law Barbara Bourdette 113,877 100.00
American Independent Merton D. Short 72,959 100.00

Election results

Final results from the Secretary of State of California. [2]

California Insurance Commissioner election, 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Chuck Quackenbush (incumbent) 4,006,762 49.86
Democratic Diane Martinez 3,519,45343.80
Libertarian Dale F. Ogden169,9222.11
Natural Law Barbara Bourdette130,8341.63
Peace and Freedom Gary R. Ramos116,0911.44
American Independent Merton D. Short92,9751.16
Invalid or blank votes585,1016.79
Total votes8,036,037 100.00
Turnout  41.23
Republican hold

Results by county

County Martinez Votes Quackenbush VotesOgdenVotesOthersVotes
San Francisco 71.85%153,21121.05%44,8802.22%4,7404.88%10,409
Alameda 63.40%227,33229.33%105,1772.20%7,8905.06%18,144
Marin 59.05%56,04134.40%32,6492.52%2,3924.02%3,817
San Mateo 56.75%110,19136.50%70,8762.56%4,9764.19%8,137
Santa Cruz 51.71%42,29739.02%31,9183.33%2,7265.93%4,849
Sonoma 51.02%77,91539.93%60,9792.84%4,3346.22%9,501
Contra Costa 50.58%145,71542.67%122,9392.39%6,8944.35%12,553
Santa Clara 50.49%199,57642.24%166,9622.81%11,1034.47%17,651
Los Angeles 50.41%959,74843.95%836,8341.73%32,8463.92%74,548
Solano 49.76%48,89644.05%43,2851.95%1,9214.23%4,162
Yolo 49.28%24,28745.23%22,2901.69%8353.79%1,868
Mendocino 47.68%12,85640.19%10,8363.42%9238.71%2,349
Imperial 47.47%11,12745.10%10,5711.32%3106.10%1,430
Napa 47.09%19,43945.13%18,6292.50%1,0325.27%2,178
Monterey 45.00%39,95448.40%42,9682.07%1,8404.53%4,019
Lake 43.71%8,02149.12%9,0132.35%4314.82%884
San Benito 42.51%5,41750.07%6,3812.55%3254.87%621
Sacramento 41.24%143,97253.15%185,5631.87%6,5223.75%13,071
Merced 41.00%15,78153.17%20,4651.47%5674.35%1,674
San Joaquin 40.06%48,52554.59%66,1311.39%1,6843.96%4,803
Santa Barbara 38.69%45,75054.93%64,9422.02%2,3874.36%5,156
Fresno 38.59%63,42655.98%92,0171.68%2,7563.76%6,178
Stanislaus 38.57%37,81856.61%55,5091.53%1,5053.28%3,217
Alpine 38.53%21052.11%2842.75%156.60%36
Kings 38.42%8,51555.27%12,2511.45%3214.86%1,078
Humboldt 38.33%16,94352.68%23,2852.94%1,3016.04%2,672
Del Norte 37.17%2,67554.55%3,9262.31%1665.98%430
San Luis Obispo 36.49%30,35456.36%46,8802.70%2,2444.45%3,701
Siskiyou 36.05%5,79355.69%8,9483.34%5374.92%790
San Bernardino 36.05%116,47758.12%187,7771.79%5,7734.04%13,056
San Diego 35.84%249,31556.72%394,5932.96%20,5714.48%31,165
Ventura 35.61%71,99758.32%117,9191.99%4,0254.08%8,241
Trinity 34.74%1,68953.06%2,5804.15%2028.03%391
Tuolumne 34.31%6,72960.17%11,8011.82%3573.70%725
Riverside 34.02%112,93660.63%201,2831.49%4,9373.87%12,857
Butte 33.53%21,39559.50%37,9632.31%1,4734.65%2,969
Tulare 33.11%23,53361.78%43,9091.55%1,1013.56%2,528
Mono 32.99%1,10559.16%1,9823.01%1014.83%162
Yuba 32.17%4,27460.68%8,0612.32%3084.82%641
Madera 32.15%8,26561.49%15,8052.03%5234.33%1,112
Lassen 31.76%2,56059.19%4,7712.56%2066.50%524
Plumas 31.50%2,63362.22%5,2012.27%1904.01%335
Calaveras 31.11%4,94560.70%9,6474.03%6414.16%661
Nevada 31.06%11,69762.89%23,6862.45%9233.59%1,354
Amador 30.94%4,03664.06%8,3571.69%2213.31%431
Tehama 30.93%5,61561.40%11,1452.49%4525.18%940
Mariposa 30.26%2,10361.08%4,2452.69%1875.97%415
El Dorado 29.67%16,76663.89%36,0992.29%1,2964.15%2,343
Colusa 29.59%1,40965.94%3,1401.49%712.98%142
Kern 29.23%40,67465.56%91,2161.53%2,1253.68%5,118
Placer 29.18%25,25164.84%56,1162.03%1,7613.94%3,415
Shasta 29.04%15,03663.66%32,9602.58%1,3364.72%2,444
Modoc 28.60%97161.09%2,0743.18%1087.13%242
Orange 28.47%196,23265.58%452,0812.14%14,7333.82%26,301
Sierra 28.34%48160.87%1,0334.83%825.95%101
Inyo 27.94%1,84765.64%4,3392.24%1484.18%276
Sutter 26.96%5,80667.85%14,6101.70%3653.48%751
Glenn 25.59%1,89167.41%4,9812.48%1834.51%334

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References

  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2008-08-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. CA Secretary of State - Statement of Votes - 1998 General Election [ permanent dead link ]