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The 2006 California lieutenant gubernatorial election occurred on November 7, 2006. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi, the Democratic nominee, defeated the Republican nominee, State Senator Tom McClintock, to succeed incumbent Cruz Bustamante, who was term-limited and ran for Insurance Commissioner.
The primary elections took place on June 6. A bar graph of statewide results in this contest are available at https://web.archive.org/web/20070517094419/http://primary2006.ss.ca.gov/Returns/ltg/00.htm.
Results by county are available here and here.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Garamendi | 1,045,130 | 42.53 | |
| Jackie Speier | 975,547 | 39.70 | |
| Liz Figueroa | 436,868 | 17.78 | |
| Total votes | 2,457,545 | 100.00 | |
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom McClintock | 1,760,667 | 93.75 | |
| Tony Farmer | 117,335 | 6.25 | |
| Total votes | 1,878,002 | 100.00 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Donna Warren | 31,162 | 100.00 | |
| American Independent | Jim King | 29,014 | 100.00 | |
| Libertarian | Lynette Shaw | 16,128 | 100.00 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Stewart Alexander | 3,549 | 100.00 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John Garamendi | 4,189,584 | 49.12% | |
| Republican | Tom McClintock | 3,845,858 | 45.09% | |
| Green | Donna Warren | 239,107 | 2.80% | |
| Libertarian | Lynnette Shaw | 142,851 | 1.67% | |
| American Independent | Jim King | 68,446 | 0.80% | |
| Peace and Freedom | Stewart Alexander | 43,319 | 0.51% | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 369,894 | 4.16% | ||
| Total votes | 8,529,165 | 100.00% | ||
| Turnout | 39.29% | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
Results from the Secretary of State of California: [1]
| County | Garamendi | Votes | McClintock | Votes | Warren | Votes | Others | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 74.15% | 175,882 | 17.65% | 41,871 | 5.32% | 12,629 | 2.87% | 6,828 |
| Alameda | 68.48% | 270,885 | 25.46% | 100,689 | 4.49% | 17,777 | 2.72% | 10,741 |
| Marin | 64.85% | 67,170 | 28.94% | 29,978 | 3.98% | 4,126 | 3.05% | 3,159 |
| Santa Cruz | 63.30% | 55,352 | 28.59% | 25,001 | 5.64% | 4,935 | 3.56% | 3,117 |
| San Mateo | 62.67% | 125,199 | 32.50% | 64,934 | 3.52% | 7,033 | 2.24% | 4,482 |
| Sonoma | 60.70% | 103,019 | 32.59% | 55,320 | 4.60% | 7,808 | 3.51% | 5,962 |
| Los Angeles | 58.82% | 1,116,151 | 37.03% | 702,553 | 2.50% | 47,463 | 3.19% | 60,531 |
| Santa Clara | 57.61% | 238,352 | 37.56% | 155,389 | 2.91% | 12,050 | 3.27% | 13,509 |
| Contra Costa | 56.90% | 167,965 | 38.81% | 114,567 | 2.84% | 8,387 | 2.62% | 7,751 |
| Yolo | 54.05% | 28,845 | 40.83% | 21,793 | 3.72% | 1,983 | 1.94% | 1,035 |
| Mendocino | 54.09% | 16,179 | 35.58% | 10,641 | 7.11% | 2,128 | 4.76% | 1,422 |
| Monterey | 53.67% | 45,809 | 41.29% | 35,239 | 3.21% | 2,742 | 3.34% | 2,852 |
| Solano | 53.22% | 54,105 | 42.87% | 43,590 | 2.45% | 2,493 | 2.61% | 2,653 |
| Napa | 52.81% | 21,858 | 41.89% | 17,337 | 3.62% | 1,500 | 2.88% | 1,195 |
| Humboldt | 50.21% | 23,595 | 39.56% | 18,592 | 7.31% | 3,435 | 4.27% | 2,005 |
| Alpine | 48.95% | 257 | 42.67% | 224 | 4.76% | 25 | 3.81% | 20 |
| Imperial | 49.16% | 10,334 | 44.58% | 9,372 | 4.10% | 862 | 5.47% | 1,151 |
| San Benito | 48.32% | 6,745 | 47.31% | 6,604 | 2.62% | 366 | 3.51% | 489 |
| San Joaquin | 47.97% | 65,145 | 48.43% | 65,762 | 2.01% | 2,731 | 2.84% | 3,857 |
| Lake | 47.51% | 9,018 | 45.55% | 8,647 | 4.27% | 811 | 4.58% | 867 |
| Sacramento | 47.19% | 165,252 | 48.34% | 169,300 | 2.89% | 10,129 | 2.89% | 10,124 |
| Santa Barbara | 44.69% | 53,443 | 50.41% | 60,275 | 3.03% | 3,625 | 2.92% | 3,489 |
| Mono | 44.58% | 1,636 | 49.65% | 1,822 | 3.16% | 116 | 3.96% | 145 |
| Merced | 44.50% | 18,089 | 51.61% | 20,977 | 2.01% | 817 | 3.83% | 1,559 |
| Stanislaus | 43.19% | 44,106 | 53.75% | 54,885 | 1.84% | 1,878 | 2.29% | 2,330 |
| Del Norte | 42.58% | 2,761 | 51.62% | 3,347 | 3.01% | 195 | 4.85% | 315 |
| Calaveras | 42.21% | 7,513 | 53.67% | 9,553 | 2.38% | 424 | 2.82% | 502 |
| San Diego | 41.60% | 311,988 | 54.10% | 405,673 | 2.58% | 19,369 | 2.94% | 22,008 |
| Ventura | 41.32% | 89,988 | 55.14% | 120,089 | 2.03% | 4,429 | 2.48% | 5,397 |
| San Bernardino | 41.45% | 138,032 | 54.29% | 180,824 | 2.37% | 7,909 | 3.64% | 12,126 |
| Tuolumne | 40.65% | 8,491 | 55.14% | 11,517 | 2.56% | 534 | 2.66% | 555 |
| San Luis Obispo | 39.68% | 37,591 | 55.46% | 52,536 | 3.13% | 2,964 | 2.69% | 2,545 |
| Nevada | 39.07% | 16,613 | 54.73% | 23,275 | 4.11% | 1,749 | 2.60% | 1,105 |
| Fresno | 39.14% | 67,506 | 57.15% | 98,580 | 2.20% | 3,792 | 2.84% | 4,882 |
| Trinity | 38.74% | 2,199 | 51.92% | 2,947 | 5.39% | 306 | 5.06% | 287 |
| Amador | 38.72% | 5,697 | 57.41% | 8,448 | 2.26% | 333 | 2.78% | 409 |
| Riverside | 38.72% | 144,014 | 57.42% | 213,564 | 2.07% | 7,712 | 3.52% | 13,119 |
| Butte | 37.53% | 25,282 | 56.07% | 37,774 | 4.15% | 2,797 | 3.70% | 2,497 |
| Mariposa | 36.81% | 2,749 | 57.97% | 4,330 | 3.07% | 229 | 3.54% | 264 |
| Kings | 35.59% | 7,925 | 61.11% | 13,608 | 1.90% | 422 | 3.04% | 678 |
| Siskiyou | 35.12% | 5,700 | 59.16% | 9,602 | 3.04% | 493 | 4.32% | 700 |
| Plumas | 35.01% | 3,047 | 60.00% | 5,221 | 2.86% | 249 | 3.51% | 305 |
| Orange | 34.41% | 244,176 | 61.94% | 439,549 | 2.10% | 14,911 | 2.69% | 19,038 |
| Inyo | 34.55% | 2,165 | 59.14% | 3,706 | 3.42% | 214 | 4.90% | 307 |
| El Dorado | 33.96% | 22,634 | 61.48% | 40,982 | 2.77% | 1,845 | 2.71% | 1,808 |
| Placer | 33.58% | 40,770 | 62.67% | 76,098 | 2.27% | 2,759 | 2.31% | 2,795 |
| Madera | 33.67% | 9,988 | 62.92% | 18,665 | 1.85% | 550 | 2.83% | 839 |
| Tulare | 32.83% | 22,240 | 64.29% | 43,553 | 1.66% | 1,122 | 2.55% | 1,722 |
| Yuba | 31.70% | 4,283 | 62.69% | 8,470 | 3.42% | 462 | 3.96% | 534 |
| Lassen | 30.97% | 2,613 | 63.71% | 5,376 | 2.89% | 244 | 3.65% | 308 |
| Sutter | 30.81% | 7,166 | 65.99% | 15,347 | 1.80% | 419 | 2.80% | 653 |
| Colusa | 30.42% | 1,470 | 66.73% | 3,225 | 1.82% | 88 | 2.44% | 118 |
| Kern | 30.36% | 44,516 | 66.17% | 97,035 | 1.96% | 2,869 | 2.94% | 4,319 |
| Tehama | 30.55% | 5,345 | 65.47% | 11,454 | 1.85% | 324 | 4.15% | 726 |
| Shasta | 30.08% | 17,231 | 65.76% | 37,668 | 2.18% | 1,249 | 3.52% | 2,016 |
| Sierra | 29.60% | 462 | 63.61% | 993 | 4.16% | 65 | 4.16% | 65 |
| Glenn | 28.00% | 2,052 | 68.27% | 5,003 | 1.87% | 137 | 3.36% | 246 |
| Modoc | 26.87% | 986 | 67.68% | 2,484 | 2.56% | 94 | 4.22% | 155 |
