2006 California State Controller election

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2006 California State Controller election
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  2002 November 7, 2006 2010  
  John Chiang 2007.jpg Tony Strickland (2).jpg
Nominee John Chiang Tony Strickland
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote4,232,3133,360,611
Percentage50.6%40.2%

2006 California State Controller election results map by county.svg
County results
Chiang:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Strickland:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%

Controller before election

Steve Westly
Democratic

Elected Controller

John Chiang
Democratic

The 2006 California State Controller election occurred on November 7, 2006. The primary elections took place on June 6, 2006. Board of Equalization Chair John Chiang, the Democratic nominee, defeated the Republican nominee, Assemblyman Tony Strickland, for the office previously held by Democrat Steve Westly, who ran for governor.

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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 available here and here [ permanent dead link ].

Democratic

California State Controller Democratic primary, 2006
CandidateVotes %
John Chiang 1,157,76053.30
Joe Dunn 1,014,45146.70
Total votes2,172,211 100.00

Republican

California State Controller Republican primary, 2006
CandidateVotes %
Tony Strickland 689,07140.67
Abel Maldonado 626,55937.98
Jim Stieringer210,69112.43
Bret Davis91,7605.42
David Harris76,3104.50
Total votes1,694,391 100.00

Others

California State Controller primary, 2006 (Others)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Green Laura Wells 32,092 100.00
American Independent Warren Campbell 30,632 100.00
Libertarian Donna Tello 16,700 100.00
Peace and Freedom Elizabeth Cervantes Barron 4,047 100.00

Results

California State Controller election, 2006 [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John Chiang 4,232,313 50.62
Republican Tony Strickland 3,360,61140.19
Green Laura Wells 260,0473.11
Peace and Freedom Elizabeth Cervantes Barron 212,3832.54
Libertarian Donna Tello188,9342.26
American Independent Warren Campbell106,7611.28
Invalid or blank votes538,0106.05
Total votes8,361,049 100.00
Turnout  39.29
Democratic hold

Results by county

Results from the Secretary of State of California: [1]

County Chiang Votes Strickland VotesWellsVotesTelloVotes Barron VotesCampbellVotes
San Francisco 74.4%171,17013.6%31,2656.7%15,2882.3%5,4362.2%5,1840.8%1,914
Alameda 69.2%270,66021.1%82,3305.1%20,0481.9%7,4481.8%7,4010.9%3,652
Marin 64.6%64,58526.2%26,1605.0%4,9521.5%1,5402.2%2,2820.5%549
Santa Cruz 62.5%53,63324.9%21,3626.3%5,3982.4%2,0682.8%2,4291.1%987
San Mateo 61.9%120,63428.2%54,8764.1%7,8652.6%5,1492.2%4,3741.0%2,088
Yolo 60.1%31,63632.4%17,0173.7%1,9511.7%9141.5%8210.6%338
Sonoma 59.5%99,04628.9%48,1535.3%8,7352.8%4,6722.5%4,2971.0%1,797
Los Angeles 57.6%1,089,30632.9%621,3872.8%53,7973.4%63,7232.1%41,5831.2%23,669
Santa Clara 57.1%233,07632.5%132,5703.9%15,8872.2%9,1162.9%12,0151.4%5,850
Contra Costa 57.0%165,89435.3%102,7233.1%9,0121.5%4,6421.9%5,6041.2%3,522
Solano 56.6%57,24135.8%36,1582.6%2,5511.9%1,9661.8%1,9211.3%1,343
Mendocino 55.0%16,26429.5%8,7097.8%2,3063.1%9333.1%9241.5%462
Monterey 54.0%46,01736.0%30,7223.6%3,0372.4%2,1252.4%2,0511.6%1,409
Napa 53.2%21,71036.4%14,8594.1%1,7002.5%1,0462.5%1,0251.3%544
Imperial 51.8%11,23434.3%7,4412.3%5137.1%1,5492.4%5232.1%459
Sacramento 51.8%181,89041.3%144,9012.6%8,8061.5%5,5391.7%6,1611.1%4,079
Humboldt 49.7%23,00135.3%16,3358.1%3,7332.7%1,2742.9%1,3341.3%612
Lake 49.6%9,34438.5%7,2484.4%8163.1%6002.6%4931.8%346
San Diego 48.4%362,34344.7%334,6072.1%15,9171.8%13,6792.1%16,1060.9%7,296
San Joaquin 48.2%65,20343.5%58,8402.1%2,9492.9%3,9031.9%2,6871.4%1,934
Alpine 47.6%23840.6%2034.6%232.3%123.4%171.5%8
Merced 47.1%19,26345.1%18,4181.7%7073.2%1,2811.8%7721.1%486
San Benito 46.8%6,47941.6%5,7603.3%4713.8%5262.7%3791.8%253
Stanislaus 46.5%47,27546.6%47,3711.6%1,7132.5%2,5361.5%1,5991.3%1,349
Santa Barbara 44.0%50,93145.2%52,2283.9%4,5002.6%3,0173.1%3,6861.2%1,410
Nevada 43.7%18,22348.1%20,0624.2%1,7671.1%4722.3%9660.6%284
Fresno 43.7%74,78148.8%83,5171.9%3,3012.9%4,8721.8%3,2450.9%1,589
Del Norte 42.6%2,77446.8%3,0463.4%2252.2%1452.7%1802.3%150
Ventura 41.3%88,76951.3%110,1322.3%5,0121.9%4,2192.3%4,9950.9%1,944
Mono 40.9%1,48547.5%1,7264.4%1592.3%853.8%1391.1%42
Tuolumne 40.7%8,38851.5%10,6222.9%5921.6%3462.0%4261.3%274
San Bernardino 40.4%134,62049.6%165,4982.4%8,1473.2%10,6152.5%8,3841.9%6,477
Amador 40.2%5,86052.4%7,6492.8%4051.1%1661.9%2801.6%239
Mariposa 40.0%2,98951.8%3,8683.2%2371.4%1092.1%1611.5%113
Trinity 39.9%2,21945.9%2,5545.8%3262.8%1574.1%2301.5%86
San Luis Obispo 39.8%36,81751.6%47,7123.5%3,1721.6%1,5072.3%2,1801.2%1,159
Plumas 39.6%3,41752.9%4,5732.8%2361.3%1212.0%1761.4%122
Calaveras 39.4%6,88451.5%9,0103.2%5511.7%3102.7%4731.5%271
Butte 39.2%26,25250.1%33,5874.1%2,7352.2%1,5372.6%1,7341.8%1,219
Riverside 39.1%145,58652.0%193,5182.3%8,6352.8%10,3972.2%8,5381.6%6,051
Kings 38.7%8,71155.1%12,4101.3%3072.3%4961.3%3061.3%297
Siskiyou 38.0%6,13852.9%8,5422.8%4691.5%2543.0%4741.8%297
El Dorado 38.0%25,01654.7%36,0053.1%2,0121.0%7102.2%1,4491.0%715
Placer 37.8%45,02855.2%65,7812.5%2,9951.4%1,6842.0%2,4981.1%1,364
Kern 37.7%55,53854.6%80,5581.7%2,5232.5%3,6271.8%2,7731.7%2,644
Colusa 37.6%1,79455.8%2,6671.5%732.0%971.3%631.8%90
Tulare 37.3%25,28856.5%38,3511.6%1,1091.8%1,2681.3%9081.5%1,031
Madera 36.8%10,84455.9%16,4981.9%5542.4%6911.7%5201.3%412
Sierra 35.4%55353.4%8344.6%711.5%254.1%631.0%17
Inyo 35.2%2,19654.0%3,3674.4%2712.0%1292.9%1771.5%99
Yuba 35.1%4,78454.9%7,4773.0%4072.0%2732.4%3392.6%356
Sutter 35.0%8,13057.8%13,4071.7%4172.2%5051.8%4221.5%351
Orange 33.1%231,44857.2%400,2062.6%18,2713.0%20,9992.6%18,7841.5%10,702
Tehama 32.3%5,69158.4%10,2972.4%4242.4%4332.2%4062.3%410
Shasta 31.7%18,08759.6%34,0732.4%1,4131.7%1,0202.6%1,4312.0%1,193
Glenn 31.5%2,29260.3%4,3881.9%1402.4%1721.9%1432.0%153
Lassen 31.4%2,62457.9%4,8493.6%2981.9%1633.1%2672.1%180
Modoc 28.1%1,01460.5%2,1843.3%1182.3%853.8%1362.0%74

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