California Attorney General election, 2006

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California Attorney General election, 2006
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Nominee Jerry Brown Chuck Poochigian
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote4,756,1843,220,429
Percentage56.3%38.1%
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Election results by county
Attorney General before election

Bill Lockyer
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Jerry Brown
Democratic

The 2006 California Attorney General election occurred on November 7, 2006. The primary elections took place on June 6, 2006. Former and future Governor Jerry Brown, the Democratic nominee, easily defeated the Republican nominee, State Senator Chuck Poochigian, for the office previously held by Democrat Bill Lockyer, who was term-limited and ran for Treasurer.

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Primary results

A bar graph of statewide results in this contest are available at http://primary2006.ss.ca.gov/Returns/atg/00.htm.

Results by county are available here and here.

Democratic

California Attorney General Democratic primary, 2006
CandidateVotes%
Jerry Brown 1,552,94963.23
Rocky Delgadillo 903,54936.77
Total votes2,456,498100.00

Others

California Attorney General primary, 2006 (Others)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Chuck Poochigian 1,553,604100.00
Green Michael Wyman31,018100.00
Libertarian Kenneth Weissman16,567100.00
Peace and Freedom Jack Harrison3,736100.00

Results

California Attorney General election, 2006 [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jerry Brown 4,756,18456.29
Republican Chuck Poochigian 3,220,42938.11
Green Michael Wyman195,1302.31
Libertarian Kenneth Weissman177,4692.10
Peace and Freedom Jack Harrison100,7971.19
Invalid or blank votes449,0505.05
Total votes8,450,009100.00
Turnout  39.29
Democratic hold

Results by county

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

Secretary of State of California chief elections officer of California, United States

The Secretary of State of California is the chief clerk of the U.S. State of California, overseeing a department of 500 people. The Secretary of State is elected for four year terms, like the state's other constitutional officers, and is restricted by term limits to only two terms. The current Secretary of State, Alex Padilla, took office on January 5, 2015.

County Brown Votes Poochigian VotesWymanVotesWeissmanVotesHarrisonVotes
San Francisco 79.73%188,40911.65%27,5235.70%13,4791.78%4,2081.14%2,686
Santa Cruz 75.01%66,56019.12%16,9623.29%2,9221.70%1,5120.88%777
Marin 73.45%76,18221.08%21,8683.23%3,3541.50%1,5590.72%751
Alameda 73.10%290,07218.43%73,1205.23%20,7401.72%6,8241.52%6,036
San Mateo 70.78%141,61723.91%47,8282.91%5,8151.53%3,0670.87%1,747
Sonoma 68.66%116,44324.57%41,6633.40%5,7652.00%3,3851.38%2,343
Santa Clara 66.69%279,10527.78%116,2842.41%10,0722.15%8,9830.98%4,094
Mendocino 66.20%20,04525.78%7,8074.30%1,3012.47%7471.25%379
Contra Costa 66.21%196,76529.28%87,0082.18%6,4791.32%3,9291.00%2,981
Monterey 65.07%56,36730.18%26,1381.87%1,6231.81%1,5671.07%926
Los Angeles 64.48%1,222,86030.20%572,8201.86%35,2452.20%41,7591.26%23,881
Napa 63.55%26,73131.01%13,0422.59%1,0891.87%7850.98%413
Solano 61.43%62,77433.48%34,2191.90%1,9382.11%2,1571.08%1,105
Yolo 60.06%31,93033.79%17,9633.30%1,7562.20%1,1690.65%346
San Benito 59.39%8,37435.61%5,0221.63%2302.33%3291.04%146
Humboldt 58.61%27,64332.28%15,2245.26%2,4792.46%1,1581.39%657
Lake 56.65%10,79536.07%6,8732.97%5662.51%4781.81%344
Imperial 55.98%12,15237.23%8,0821.88%4092.26%4902.65%576
Santa Barbara 54.33%64,82340.03%47,7602.28%2,7162.27%2,7051.09%1,304
Alpine 54.27%28637.19%1963.61%193.80%201.14%6
Sacramento 52.58%184,56042.52%149,2462.09%7,3411.71%6,0011.11%3,888
Ventura 51.58%111,77343.67%94,6351.53%3,3232.14%4,6361.07%2,329
San Bernardino 49.63%167,14544.73%150,6591.76%5,9322.53%8,5241.35%4,555
San Diego 49.60%374,71745.25%341,8321.98%14,9262.10%15,8791.08%8,156
San Joaquin 49.13%67,21945.40%62,1221.86%2,5481.95%2,6701.66%2,267
Mono 48.49%1,78544.47%1,6372.99%1102.93%1081.11%41
Trinity 48.27%2,72942.84%2,4223.29%1863.86%2181.75%99
Del Norte 48.29%3,19244.81%2,9622.57%1703.10%2051.23%81
Nevada 48.19%20,44946.42%19,6972.67%1,1342.04%8670.67%286
San Luis Obispo 47.21%44,51247.38%44,6682.16%2,0322.25%2,1231.00%946
Riverside 47.00%176,34147.90%179,6921.69%6,3312.09%7,8541.32%4,956
Stanislaus 45.43%46,37550.03%51,0711.55%1,5801.68%1,7131.31%1,341
Butte 45.22%30,30048.90%32,7683.11%2,0832.65%1,7790.12%82
Inyo 44.33%2,81848.97%3,1132.89%1842.61%1661.20%76
Merced 44.30%18,27750.50%20,8341.60%6612.07%8551.53%631
Tuolumne 43.21%9,02351.45%10,7432.06%4302.06%4311.22%255
Plumas 42.83%3,74451.49%4,5012.11%1842.30%2011.27%111
Amador 41.98%6,13352.62%7,6882.18%3192.18%3181.05%153
Calaveras 42.23%7,41952.71%9,2602.17%3822.77%4860.13%22
Orange 41.46%293,98252.89%375,0381.77%12,5252.62%18,5711.27%8,973
Siskiyou 41.21%6,73151.78%8,4562.11%3443.42%5591.48%242
El Dorado 40.56%26,96653.89%35,8292.39%1,5872.34%1,5530.83%554
Placer 40.44%48,80054.74%66,0512.00%2,4152.10%2,5300.72%866
Sierra 38.87%60853.84%8422.43%383.90%610.96%15
Colusa 38.03%1,84858.06%2,8211.28%621.77%860.86%42
Tehama 37.64%6,67256.22%9,9651.82%3222.82%5001.51%267
Mariposa 37.51%2,83456.31%4,2542.57%1942.30%1741.31%99
Yuba 36.96%5,06755.90%7,6642.17%2983.31%4541.66%227
Sutter 36.60%8,59158.56%13,7461.57%3691.90%4461.37%321
Shasta 36.02%20,86658.43%33,8461.74%1,0092.47%1,4311.33%772
Fresno 35.55%61,93260.20%104,8771.66%2,8841.41%2,4571.19%2,076
Glenn 35.69%2,60760.41%4,4121.62%1182.15%1570.14%10
Kings 34.05%7,72061.84%14,0191.24%2821.69%3841.17%266
Lassen 33.84%2,85657.84%4,8812.41%2034.48%3781.43%121
Modoc 33.72%1,23858.62%2,1522.02%744.20%1541.44%53
Kern 32.18%47,77161.60%91,4411.99%2,9572.82%4,1791.41%2092
Tulare 31.18%21,29664.86%44,3041.49%1,0201.52%1,0410.95%647
Madera 31.02%9,19964.19%19,0351.94%5761.65%4891.20%355

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References

  1. 1 2 "Secretary of State" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. 2006-12-16. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
  2. ↑ "Registration and Participation" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. 2006-12-18. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
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