2006 California gubernatorial election

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2006 California gubernatorial election
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Nominee Arnold Schwarzenegger Phil Angelides
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote4,850,1573,376,732
Percentage55.88%38.91%
2006 California gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
2006 California gubernatorial election results map by congressional district.svg
Schwarzenegger:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Angelides:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Governor before election

Arnold Schwarzenegger
Republican

Elected Governor

Arnold Schwarzenegger
Republican

The 2006 California gubernatorial election occurred on November 7, 2006. The primary elections took place on June 6, 2006. The incumbent Republican Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, won re-election for his first and only full term. His main opponent was California State Treasurer Phil Angelides, the California Democratic Party nominee. Peter Camejo was the California Green Party nominee, Janice Jordan was the Peace and Freedom Party nominee, Art Olivier was the California Libertarian Party nominee, and Edward C. Noonan was the California American Independent Party nominee.

Contents

Under the state constitution, the Governor serves a four-year term, with a maximum or minimum term limit of two four-year terms for life, regardless of whether or not they are consecutive or nonconsecutive. Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected in a 2003 recall election and served out the remainder of predecessor Gray Davis's term ending in 2007; Schwarzenegger was therefore eligible to serve until 2011. [1] As of 2024, this along with the concurrent Insurance Commissioner election was the last time Republicans won a statewide election in California and marked the last time a Republican was officially elected California Governor as well as the last election in which a California governor and lieutenant governor of opposite political parties were elected.

Exit polls showed Schwarzenegger won White people (63%–32%) and Asian-Americans (62%–37%), while Angelides won African-Americans (70%–27%) and Latinos (56%–39%).[ citation needed ]

Primary election

Bar graph of statewide results [2]

Results by county [3]

The period for candidate nominations closed on March 24, 2006.

Democratic

Candidates

The two front-runners for the Democratic nomination were Angelides and California State Controller Steve Westly. A pre-election poll had Westly leading Angelides by six percentage points. [4] The Field Poll conducted on April 17, 2006, showed that both Democratic candidates had low recognition factors amongst the state's electorate, with only 45% having any opinion on Angelides and 40% for Westly. Of registered Democrats surveyed, 59% said they didn't know enough about Angelides to have any opinion about him, with 58% saying the same for Westly. [5] The Los Angeles Times reported that the race for the Democratic nomination was a virtual tie, with Angelides leading Westly by three percentage points (37%–34%), within the 3% margin of error. Unusually, 28% of Democratic voters were undecided, and both candidates tried to earn the undecided vote.

Angelides reported a recent increase in support for his campaign and gained union support as well as support from the "core" liberal constituency. The California Democratic Party endorsed him prior to the primary, despite most polls showing that Westly would fare much better against Schwarzenegger in the general election. [6] However, many registered Democrats believed that Westly had a greater chance of winning against incumbent governor Schwarzenegger and felt that he had a slightly "more positive" image. [7] In the end, Angelides won 47.9% of the vote to Westly's 43.4%. The turnout for the primary, was a record low 33.6%, [8] far below the 38% predicted by the Secretary of State, [9] with the turnout of valid ballots cast on election day at 28%. [10]

Polling

SourceDateWestlyAngelides
Survey USA June 5, 200636%44%
Survey USA June 2, 200637%41%
Field Poll June 2, 200635%34%
LA Times Poll May 27, 200634%37%
Survey USA May 25, 200632%44%
Public Policy Institute of California May 25, 200632%35%
Survey USA May 8, 200631%41%
LA Times Poll April 29, 200633%20%
Public Policy Institute of California April 27, 200626%20%
Field Poll April 17, 200637%26%
Public Policy Institute of California March 30, 200623%22%
Field Poll November 3, 200526%37%
Field Poll September 7, 200522%32%
Field Poll June 29, 200528%37%
Field Poll February 25, 200511%15%

Results

Democratic primary results by county .mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{} Angelides 40-50% 50-60% Westly 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 2006 California gubernatorial Democratic primary results map by county.svg
Democratic primary results by county
  Angelides
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  Westly
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Democratic primary results by congressional district Angelides 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% Westly 40-50% 50-60% 2006 California gubernatorial Democratic primary results map by congressional district.svg
Democratic primary results by congressional district
  Angelides
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  Westly
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
Democratic primary results [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Phil Angelides 1,202,884 48.00%
Democratic Steve Westly 1,081,97143.17%
Democratic Barbara Becnel 66,5502.66%
Democratic Joe Brouillette42,0771.68%
Democratic Michael Strimling35,1221.40%
Democratic Frank A. Macaluso Jr.30,8711.23%
Democratic Vibert Greene25,7471.03%
Democratic Jerald Robert Gerst21,0390.84%
Total votes2,506,261 100.00%

Republican

Candidates

Republican Schwarzenegger faced token opposition and won overwhelmingly in the primary held on June 6, 2006.

Results

Republican primary results [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger (incumbent) 1,724,296 89.99%
Republican Robert C. Newman II68,6633.58%
Republican Bill Chambers65,4883.42%
Republican Jeffrey R. Burns57,6523.01%
Total votes1,916,099 100.00%

Minor parties

Green

Green primary results [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Green Peter Miguel Camejo 33,546 100.00%
Total votes33,546 100.00%

American Independent

American Independent primary results [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
American Independent Edward C. Noonan 25,096 100.00%
Total votes25,096 100.00%

Libertarian

Libertarian primary [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Libertarian Art Olivier 16,445 100.00%
Total votes16,445 100.00%

Peace and Freedom

Peace and Freedom primary [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Peace and Freedom Janice Jordan 3,849 100.00%
Total votes3,849 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Campaign

Schwarzenegger's decision to call the 2005 special election, as well as his propositions dealing with teachers' and nurses' unions and other political missteps, brought his approval rating down to 39% by April 2006, [12] though he ended up solidly defeating his opponents. During his first two years, he came under fire from some conservatives for supporting several taxes on Californians, [13] and from some liberals for refusing to sign a bill allowing gay marriage, and his support for several controversial propositions in 2005. Later, Schwarzenegger's popularity with voters rebounded and he won reelection by a wide margin.

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [14] Lean RNovember 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball [15] Likely RNovember 6, 2006
Rothenberg Political Report [16] Safe RNovember 2, 2006
Real Clear Politics [17] Likely RNovember 6, 2006

Polling

SourceDateArnold
Schwarzenegger (R)		Phil
Angelides (D)		Peter
Camejo (G)		Art
Olivier (L)
Field Poll November 1, 200649%33%
Zogby/WSJ October 17, 200647%40%
Zogby/WSJ September 28, 200643%34%8%4%
Field Poll September 27, 200644%34%
Rasmussen September 12, 200647%39%
Zogby/WSJ September 11, 200640%35%6%4%
Rasmussen August 31, 200648%42%
Public Policy Institute of California August 30, 200645%32%
Survey USA August 28, 200652%38%
Zogby/WSJ August 28, 200645%40%
Rasmussen Archived 2006-08-03 at the Wayback Machine August 1, 200647%41%
Public Policy Institute of California July 26, 200643%30%
Field Poll July 25, 200645%37%
Zogby/WSJ July 24, 200642%44%
Rasmussen July 13, 200644%46%
Survey & Policy Institute July 6, 200644%37%
Zogby/WSJ June 21, 200645%45%
Field Poll June 2, 200646%39%
LA Times Poll May 28, 200645%46%
Public Policy Institute of California May 25, 200638%38%
Rasmussen May 23, 200645%45%
LA Times Poll April 29, 200643%43%
Rasmussen April 17, 200649%36%
Field Poll April 14, 200644%40%
Public Policy Institute of California March 30, 200641%29%
Rasmussen Archived 2006-04-27 at the Wayback Machine March 23, 200644%45%
Field Poll March 2, 200639%39%
Rasmussen February 13, 200640%41%
Rasmussen January 25, 200639%41%
Rasmussen Archived 2005-12-19 at the Wayback Machine December 16, 200540%44%
Field Poll November 3, 200541%47%
Field Poll August 29, 200540%43%
Field Poll June 13, 200542%46%
Field Poll February 25, 200552%35%
Hypothetical polling
Schwarzenegger v Westly
SourceDateSchwarzenegger (R)Westly (D)
Field Poll June 2, 200644%42%
LA Times Poll May 28, 200640%50%
Public Policy Institute of California May 25, 200636%36%
Rasmussen Archived 2006-05-24 at the Wayback Machine May 23, 200644%46%
LA Times Poll April 29, 200639%48%
Rasmussen Archived 2006-04-21 at the Wayback Machine April 17, 200648%40%
Field Poll Archived 2005-08-30 at the Wayback Machine April 14, 200643%43%
Public Policy Institute of California March 30, 200639%31%
Rasmussen Archived 2006-04-27 at the Wayback Machine March 23, 200644%45%
Field Poll Archived 2005-08-30 at the Wayback Machine March 2, 200637%41%
Rasmussen Archived 2006-02-23 at the Wayback Machine February 13, 200639%34%
Field Poll Archived 2005-08-30 at the Wayback Machine February 2, 200652%33%
Rasmussen January 25, 200639%40%
Rasmussen Archived 2005-12-19 at the Wayback Machine December 16, 200539%46%
Field Poll Archived 2005-08-30 at the Wayback Machine November 3, 200540%46%
Field Poll Archived 2005-08-30 at the Wayback Machine August 29, 200539%42%
Field Poll Archived 2005-08-30 at the Wayback Machine June 13, 200540%44%

Results

California gubernatorial election, 2006 [18] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger (incumbent) 4,850,157 55.88% +7.30%
Democratic Phil Angelides 3,376,73238.91%+7.43%
Green Peter Miguel Camejo 205,9952.37%−0.42%
Libertarian Art Olivier 114,3291.32%−0.84%
Peace and Freedom Janice Jordan 69,9340.81%
American Independent Edward C. Noonan 61,9010.71%−1.00%
Republican Robert Newman (write-in)2190.00%
Independent James Harris (write-in)460.00%
Independent Donald Etkes (write-in)430.00%
Independent Elisha Shapiro (write-in)360.00%
Independent Vibert Greene (write-in)180.00%
Independent Dealphria Tarver (write-in)60.00%
Majority1,473,42516.98%
Total votes8,679,416 100.00%
Republican hold Swing +0.13%

Results by county

Results showed Schwarzenegger won 52 counties while Angelides won 6 (Schwarzenegger won an absolute majority in 48 counties and a plurality in 4 counties while Angelides won an absolute majority in 2 counties and a plurality in 4 counties). Schwarzenegger won large majorities in California's rural counties, the populous Southern California counties of San Diego, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura, as well as populous Sacramento, Fresno, and Kern counties in the Central Valley. The results were closely contested in Los Angeles County and in Bay Area suburban counties. Angelides won substantially only in Alameda and San Francisco counties. [18]

CountyArnold Schwarzenegger
Republican		Phil Angelides
Democratic		Peter Camejo
Green		Art Olivier
Libertarian		Janice Jordan
PFP		Edward C. Noonan
AIP		All Others
Write-in		MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %# %# %# %
Alameda 148,32236.59%229,21756.54%18,2364.50%3,7840.93%3,5690.88%2,2310.55%190.00%-80,895-19.96%405,378
Alpine 29554.23%21840.07%142.57%81.47%61.10%30.55%00.00%7714.15%544
Amador 10,75572.09%3,35422.48%3902.61%1480.99%1000.67%1721.15%00.00%7,40149.61%14,919
Butte 45,59165.82%18,67226.96%2,9124.20%8561.24%6400.92%5930.86%40.01%26,91938.86%69,268
Calaveras 12,69170.44%4,26823.69%4902.72%2381.32%1300.72%1991.10%00.00%8,42346.75%18,016
Colusa 3,66573.76%1,10422.22%941.89%460.93%300.60%300.60%00.00%2,56151.54%4,969
Contra Costa 158,56552.42%128,57842.50%8,5292.82%2,7250.90%2,1690.72%1,9320.64%150.00%29,9879.91%302,513
Del Norte 3,63954.85%2,53138.15%1332.00%1211.82%851.28%1251.88%00.00%1,10816.70%6,634
El Dorado 49,77173.37%14,53521.43%1,9112.82%7521.11%3650.54%5000.74%30.00%35,23651.94%67,837
Fresno 116,53466.08%53,60530.39%2,3241.32%1,4490.82%1,4180.80%1,0310.58%20.00%62,92935.68%176,363
Glenn 5,77576.50%1,42118.82%1101.46%1021.35%700.93%710.94%00.00%4,35457.68%7,549
Humboldt 23,28248.22%20,07041.56%3,2416.71%7021.45%5721.18%4190.87%00.00%3,2126.65%48,286
Imperial 10,36346.73%10,02445.21%7063.18%2731.23%5692.57%2391.08%00.00%3391.53%22,174
Inyo 4,18064.39%1,89229.14%1322.03%1302.00%661.02%921.42%00.00%2,28835.24%6,492
Kern 108,25372.06%35,51223.64%1,7521.17%1,9881.32%1,2870.86%1,4210.95%90.01%72,74148.42%150,222
Kings 15,68368.47%6,34427.70%2190.96%2471.08%2441.07%1670.73%00.00%9,33940.77%22,904
Lake 10,93056.26%7,03136.19%6153.17%3231.66%2751.42%2551.31%00.00%3,89920.07%19,429
Lassen 5,66566.03%2,35327.42%1581.84%1972.30%961.12%1111.29%00.00%3,31238.60%8,580
Los Angeles 907,91946.06%967,14949.07%37,0291.88%28,4291.44%16,0010.81%14,5190.74%300.00%-59,230-3.00%1,971,076
Madera 21,41671.12%7,47324.82%3531.17%3241.08%2530.84%2850.95%90.03%13,94346.30%30,113
Marin 48,43945.81%50,44147.70%4,7244.47%1,0601.00%6700.63%4080.39%10.00%-2,002-1.89%105,743
Mariposa 5,07466.82%1,98526.14%2042.69%1391.83%730.96%1181.55%00.00%3,08940.68%7,593
Mendocino 14,00245.41%13,79044.72%1,8696.06%4631.50%4011.30%3091.00%00.00%2120.69%30,834
Merced 26,23162.52%14,02733.43%5431.29%3780.90%4251.01%3550.85%00.00%12,20429.09%41,959
Modoc 2,82975.20%72319.22%471.25%711.89%571.52%350.93%00.00%2,10655.98%3,762
Mono 2,31561.83%1,17631.41%1002.67%872.32%310.83%350.93%00.00%1,13930.42%3,744
Monterey 46,88253.33%35,76940.69%2,6463.01%9281.06%8520.97%8290.94%00.00%11,11312.64%87,906
Napa 23,18754.57%16,50438.84%1,5593.67%5201.22%3660.86%3520.83%00.00%6,68315.73%42,488
Nevada 28,57066.03%11,83327.35%1,9824.58%4611.07%2360.55%1830.42%30.01%16,73738.68%43,268
Orange 507,41369.70%185,38825.46%9,6461.32%15,3282.11%5,4190.74%4,8250.66%120.00%322,02544.23%728,031
Placer 91,97274.38%26,72321.61%2,5012.02%1,0980.89%5880.48%7700.62%00.00%65,24952.77%123,652
Plumas 6,16069.53%2,19424.76%2322.62%971.09%700.79%1071.21%00.00%3,96644.76%8,860
Riverside 251,96265.49%115,80330.10%4,3141.12%6,2241.62%3,0700.80%3,3270.86%440.01%136,15935.39%384,744
Sacramento 218,88960.45%123,68534.16%11,1703.08%2,9420.81%2,6360.73%2,7540.76%190.01%95,20426.29%362,095
San Benito 8,20857.08%5,40037.55%3352.33%1591.11%1260.88%1511.05%00.00%2,80819.53%14,379
San Bernardino 212,20061.63%114,38833.22%4,3871.27%6,4551.87%3,5391.03%3,2780.95%540.02%97,81228.41%344,301
San Diego 509,05965.49%234,93830.22%13,6531.76%9,4441.21%5,4250.70%4,7320.61%540.01%274,12135.27%777,305
San Francisco 72,72229.75%153,33562.72%13,1865.39%2,3900.98%1,9110.78%9130.37%110.00%-80,613-32.97%244,468
San Joaquin 83,95260.32%49,86835.83%2,0261.46%1,1380.82%1,1740.84%1,0070.72%30.00%34,08424.49%139,168
San Luis Obispo 61,84263.56%30,56831.42%2,3192.38%1,1351.17%7640.79%6600.68%40.00%31,27432.14%97,292
San Mateo 96,47847.12%97,09247.42%6,8223.33%2,0481.00%1,3350.65%9750.48%140.01%-614-0.30%204,764
Santa Barbara 73,67760.01%42,88034.92%3,1492.56%1,3651.11%1,0540.86%6540.53%20.00%30,79725.08%122,781
Santa Clara 225,13252.16%185,03742.87%10,9322.53%5,0341.17%2,9420.68%2,5590.59%190.00%40,0959.29%431,655
Santa Cruz 37,86641.99%43,61948.36%6,1566.83%1,1541.28%8010.89%5870.65%60.01%-5,753-6.38%90,189
Shasta 43,43673.92%12,43421.16%8081.38%8021.36%6271.07%6551.11%10.00%31,00252.76%58,763
Sierra 1,13170.60%35322.03%623.87%342.12%90.56%130.81%00.00%77848.56%1,602
Siskiyou 10,91665.64%4,61527.75%3832.30%3211.93%1731.04%2221.33%10.01%6,30137.89%16,631
Solano 55,13053.15%43,50141.94%2,1942.12%1,0921.05%9730.94%8350.81%10.00%11,62911.21%103,726
Sonoma 81,60847.03%77,39244.60%8,6474.98%2,3601.36%2,0991.21%1,4040.81%40.00%4,2162.43%173,514
Stanislaus 67,42764.91%31,98130.79%1,5891.53%9370.90%9740.94%9540.92%100.01%35,44634.12%103,872
Sutter 17,39372.73%5,48722.95%3571.49%2491.04%2090.87%2180.91%00.00%11,90649.79%23,913
Tehama 13,44274.66%3,66620.36%2171.21%2481.38%1911.06%2411.34%00.00%9,77654.30%18,005
Trinity 3,81964.61%1,61427.31%2434.11%1131.91%851.44%370.63%00.00%2,20537.30%5,911
Tulare 48,60770.72%17,57125.57%8011.17%5350.78%4580.67%7571.10%10.00%31,03645.16%68,730
Tuolumne 14,83670.18%5,10524.15%5692.69%2341.11%1800.85%2161.02%10.00%9,73146.03%21,141
Ventura 134,86261.03%75,79034.30%3,3291.51%3,7731.71%1,5250.69%1,6800.76%60.00%59,07226.73%220,965
Yolo 29,07353.39%21,73339.91%2,6024.78%4830.89%3910.72%1700.31%60.01%7,34013.48%54,458
Yuba 10,12272.62%2,97321.33%3442.47%1881.35%1300.93%1811.30%00.00%7,14951.29%13,938
Total4,850,15755.88%3,376,73238.910%205,9952.37%114,3291.32%69,9340.81%61,9010.71%3680.00%1,473,42516.98%8,679,416

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Results by congressional district

Schwarzenegger won 37 districts, including 13 held by Democrats, while Angelides won 16. [20]

DistrictSchwarzeneggerAngelidesRepresentative
1st 51.0%40.9% Mike Thompson
2nd 70.5%23.7% Wally Herger
3rd 68.6%26.8% Dan Lungren
4th 72.2%22.8% John Doolittle
5th 49.6%43.8% Doris Matsui
6th 45.9%46.4% Lynn Woolsey
7th 44.0%50.4% George Miller
8th 27.9%64.3% Nancy Pelosi
9th 24.0%67.3% Barbara Lee
10th 56.2%38.7% Ellen Tauscher
11th 65.3%31.1% Richard Pombo (109th Congress)
Jerry McNerney (110th Congress)
12th 44.2%50.5% Tom Lantos
13th 42.4%52.1% Pete Stark
14th 50.9%42.7% Anna Eshoo
15th 53.6%41.3% Mike Honda
16th 49.6%46.1% Zoe Lofgren
17th 48.1%44.6% Sam Farr
18th 55.7%39.7% Dennis Cardoza
19th 69.3%26.6% George Radanovich
20th 53.7%41.5% Jim Costa
21st 71.6%25.0% Devin Nunes
22nd 73.8%22.0% Bill Thomas (109th Congress)
Kevin McCarthy (110th Congress)
23rd 53.6%41.1% Lois Capps
24th 65.8%29.6% Elton Gallegly
25th 66.4%28.5% Buck McKeon
26th 65.1%30.5% David Dreier
27th 52.7%42.3% Brad Sherman
28th 40.2%54.7% Howard Berman
29th 50.3%44.4% Adam Schiff
30th 49.8%45.9% Henry Waxman
31st 26.8%66.8% Xavier Becerra
32nd 41.5%53.8% Hilda Solis
33rd 25.6%69.4% Diane Watson
34th 32.4%62.6% Lucille Roybal-Allard
35th 27.9%67.3% Maxine Waters
36th 52.5%42.6% Jane Harman
37th 33.9%60.6% Juanita Millender-McDonald
38th 37.1%58.3% Grace Napolitano
39th 46.1%49.3% Linda Sánchez
40th 69.0%26.0% Ed Royce
41st 68.6%26.6% Jerry Lewis
42nd 71.1%24.6% Gary Miller
43rd 45.4%48.7% Joe Baca
44th 66.8%28.4% Ken Calvert
45th 65.2%31.0% Mary Bono
46th 68.9%26.3% Dana Rohrabacher
47th 53.6%40.3% Loretta Sanchez
48th 71.5%24.0% John B. T. Campbell III
49th 71.4%24.1% Darrell Issa
50th 69.9%26.3% Brian Bilbray
51st 51.6%43.1% Bob Filner
52nd 72.4%24.3% Duncan L. Hunter
53rd 53.4%40.6% Susan Davis

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