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The 2018 California Insurance Commissioner election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the Insurance Commissioner of California. Under California's nonpartisan blanket primary law, all candidates appear on the same ballot, regardless of party. In the primary, voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation. The top two finishers — regardless of party — advance to the general election in November, even if a candidate manages to receive a majority of the votes cast in the primary election.
California Insurance Commissioner has been an elected executive office position in California since 1991. Prior to that time, the Insurance Commissioner was appointed by the Governor. The officeholder is in charge of the California Department of Insurance.
A nonpartisan blanket primary is a primary election in which all candidates for the same elected office, regardless of respective political party, run against each other at once, instead of being segregated by political party. It is also known as a jungle primary, or qualifying primary. In most cases there are two winners who advance to the general election, which must be a normal first-past-the-post election, in this case it is called a top-two primary.
Incumbent Democratic Commissioner Dave Jones was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third term.
David Evan Jones is an American politician who served as California's Insurance Commissioner from 2011 to 2019. He previously represented California's 9th assembly district from December 2004 to 2011 as a member of the Democratic Party.
Ricardo Lara is an American politician who is currently serving as the 8th Insurance Commissioner of California. Lara was elected during the 2018 election, defeating former California insurance commissioner Steve Poizner.
Susan Bonilla is an American politician who served in the California State Assembly, representing the 14th district, encompassing parts of Contra Costa and Solano counties. She is a Democrat. Prior to being elected to the state assembly, she was a member of the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors.
Antonio Mendoza is an American politician who served in the California State Senate. A Democrat, he represented the 32nd Senate District, which encompasses Buena Park and the Gateway Cities of Los Angeles County. In January 2018, the State Senate voted to suspend him for 60 days to investigate allegations of sexual harassment. He could not vote on legislation during that period, while contesting the suspension. Before a vote for expulsion was to be taken by the State Senate due to the released findings of an investigation that determined he likely engaged in a pattern of unwanted advances and sexually suggestive behavior toward six women, including four subordinates, over the last decade, Mendoza resigned on February 22, 2018.
Stephen Leo Poizner is an American businessman, technology entrepreneur and former Republican California Insurance Commissioner and Gubernatorial candidate. Poizner also ran as an independent candidate at November 2018 race for Insurance Commissioner of California to reclaim his seat for second term as well as to be first independent state officeholder in California, only to lose against Democrat Ricardo Lara.
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Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Ricardo Lara (D) | Asif Mahmood (D) | Steve Poizner (NPP) | Nathalie Hrizi (PFP) | Undecided |
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Gravis Marketing | May 4–5, 2018 | 525 | 18% | 7% | 26% | 6% | 43% |
Probolsky Research | April 16-18, 2018 | 900 | 14% | 6% | 21% | 6% | 53% |
Sexton Strategies and Research (D-Mahmood) | March 24–27, 2018 | 800 | 18% | 18% | 49% | – | 15% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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No party preference | Steve Poizner | 2,569,254 | 41.0% | |
Democratic | Ricardo Lara | 2,538,478 | 40.5% | |
Democratic | Asif Mahmood | 846,023 | 13.5% | |
Peace and Freedom | Nathalie Hrizi | 316,149 | 5.0% | |
Total votes | 6,269,904 | 100.0% |
Primary results by county. [109] Yellow represents counties won by Poizner. Blue represents counties won by Lara.
Hrizi | Lara | Mahmood | Poizner | |||||
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County | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % |
Alameda | 17,147 | 5.8% | 133,124 | 45.0% | 58,868 | 19.9% | 86,517 | 29.3% |
Alpine | 14 | 3.9% | 148 | 41.5% | 52 | 14.6% | 143 | 40.1% |
Amador | 612 | 5.3% | 2,580 | 22.3% | 1,403 | 12.1% | 6,961 | 60.2% |
Butte | 3,355 | 6.9% | 14,716 | 30.3% | 6,888 | 14.2% | 23,637 | 48.6% |
Calaveras | 763 | 5.5% | 3,100 | 22.3% | 1,665 | 12.0% | 8,373 | 60.2% |
Colusa | 177 | 5.8% | 797 | 26.0% | 341 | 11.1% | 1,751 | 57.1% |
Contra Costa | 11,081 | 5.2% | 77,385 | 36.2% | 32,203 | 15.1% | 92,885 | 43.5% |
Del Norte | 367 | 7.8% | 1,527 | 32.6% | 509 | 10.9% | 2,275 | 48.6% |
El Dorado | 2,385 | 4.8% | 12,415 | 24.9% | 6,077 | 12.2% | 28,890 | 58.1% |
Fresno | 6,786 | 5.7% | 41,331 | 35.0% | 13,866 | 11.7% | 56,205 | 47.6% |
Glenn | 300 | 6.9% | 891 | 20.5% | 411 | 9.5% | 2,741 | 63.1% |
Humboldt | 2,052 | 7.6% | 11,995 | 44.2% | 4,734 | 17.4% | 8,383 | 30.9% |
Imperial | 808 | 4.6% | 9,841 | 55.6% | 1,547 | 8.7% | 5,488 | 31.0% |
Inyo | 346 | 7.1% | 1,541 | 31.6% | 559 | 11.5% | 2,431 | 49.8% |
Kern | 5,398 | 5.1% | 30,758 | 28.8% | 8,401 | 7.9% | 62,207 | 58.3% |
Kings | 636 | 4.3% | 4,332 | 29.2% | 1,286 | 8.7% | 8,570 | 57.8% |
Lake | 758 | 6.2% | 3,749 | 30.4% | 2,148 | 17.4% | 5,658 | 46.0% |
Lassen | 497 | 9.4% | 1,186 | 22.5% | 415 | 7.9% | 3,164 | 60.1% |
Los Angeles | 61,597 | 4.7% | 697,795 | 53.6% | 167,348 | 12.8% | 375,658 | 28.8% |
Madera | 989 | 4.6% | 6,066 | 28.0% | 1,772 | 8.2% | 12,814 | 58.2% |
Marin | 2,919 | 4.0% | 31,388 | 42.6% | 12,091 | 16.4% | 27,200 | 37.0% |
Mariposa | 332 | 6.0% | 1,440 | 26.2% | 483 | 8.8% | 3,237 | 58.9% |
Mendocino | 1,460 | 7.8% | 7,776 | 41.5% | 3,992 | 21.3% | 5,488 | 29.3% |
Merced | 1,547 | 5.4% | 11,275 | 39.3% | 2,411 | 8.4% | 13,484 | 47.0% |
Modoc | 231 | 10.1% | 474 | 20.6% | 221 | 9.6 | 1,372 | 59.7% |
Mono | 165 | 5.6% | 1,109 | 38.0% | 372 | 12.7% | 1,276 | 43.7% |
Monterey | 2,479 | 4.5% | 30,645 | 50.9% | 5,535 | 9.2% | 21,511 | 35.8% |
Napa | 1,439 | 4.5% | 10,671 | 33.2% | 6,464 | 20.1% | 13,554 | 42.25% |
Nevada | 1,822 | 5.5% | 9,958 | 30.0% | 6,188 | 18.6% | 15,221 | 45.9% |
Orange | 23,160 | 4.2% | 188,970 | 34.1% | 61,759 | 11.1% | 280,356 | 50.6% |
Placer | 5,102 | 5.3% | 25,945 | 26.8% | 11,515 | 11.9% | 54,208 | 56.0% |
Plumas | 374 | 6.6% | 1,372 | 24.4% | 925 | 16.4% | 2,957 | 52.5% |
Riverside | 13,804 | 4.5% | 108,203 | 35.1% | 32,895 | 10.7% | 153,157 | 49.7% |
Sacramento | 12,183 | 4.4% | 101,947 | 36.5% | 43,282 | 15.5% | 121,841 | 43.6% |
San Benito | 635 | 5.7% | 4,647 | 42.0% | 1,131 | 10.2% | 4,654 | 42.1% |
San Bernardino | 12,723 | 5.0% | 90,705 | 35.7% | 26,223 | 10.3% | 124,324 | 49.0% |
San Diego | 23,397 | 3.9% | 236,429 | 39.2% | 77,311 | 12.8% | 266,318 | 44.1% |
San Francisco | 29,487 | 14.1% | 85,107 | 40.8% | 33,001 | 15.8% | 61,044 | 29.3% |
San Joaquin | 5,427 | 5.5% | 34,626 | 35.3% | 13,673 | 13.9% | 44,395 | 45.2% |
San Luis Obispo | 3,998 | 5.2% | 25,898 | 34.0% | 9,912 | 13.0% | 36,411 | 47.8% |
San Mateo | 6,436 | 4.2% | 63,588 | 42.0% | 25,588 | 16.9% | 55,930 | 36.9% |
Santa Barbara | 3,374 | 4.2% | 33,840 | 42.1% | 9,821 | 12.2% | 33,303 | 41.5% |
Santa Clara | 12,742 | 4.0% | 122,582 | 38.2% | 54,958 | 17.1% | 130,320 | 40.6% |
Santa Cruz | 3,373 | 5.2% | 31,192 | 48.3% | 10,239 | 15.9% | 19,728 | 30.6% |
Shasta | 2,626 | 6.3% | 8,153 | 19.7% | 3,593 | 8.7% | 27,077 | 65.3% |
Sierra | 108 | 8.9% | 311 | 25.6% | 167 | 13.8% | 627 | 51.7% |
Siskiyou | 705 | 6.9% | 2,802 | 27.6% | 1,121 | 11.0% | 5,523 | 54.4% |
Solano | 4,310 | 5.8% | 28,514 | 38.4% | 12,225 | 16.4% | 29,277 | 39.4% |
Sonoma | 5,550 | 4.7% | 52,719 | 45.0% | 22,399 | 19.1% | 36,463 | 31.1% |
Stanislaus | 3,755 | 4.7% | 26,116 | 32.8% | 10,487 | 13.2% | 39,346 | 49.4% |
Sutter | 1,187 | 6.4% | 4,277 | 23.2% | 2,694 | 14.6% | 10,258 | 55.7% |
Tehama | 1,024 | 8.0% | 2,645 | 20.7% | 1,087 | 8.5% | 8,042 | 62.8% |
Trinity | 382 | 11.1% | 1,031 | 30.0% | 490 | 14.2% | 1,536 | 44.7% |
Tulare | 2,568 | 5.1% | 16,495 | 32.4% | 3,615 | 7.1% | 28,167 | 55.4% |
Tuolumne | 811 | 5.8% | 3,464 | 24.8% | 1,865 | 13.3% | 7,843 | 56.1% |
Ventura | 5,875 | 4.0% | 57,286 | 38.7% | 16,715 | 11.3% | 68,059 | 46.0% |
Yolo | 1,777 | 4.3% | 17,219 | 41.5% | 7,799 | 18.8% | 14,688 | 35.4% |
Yuba | 786 | 7.3% | 2,382 | 22.2% | 1,283 | 12.0% | 6,274 | 58.5% |
Totals | 316,149 | 5.0% | 2,538,478 | 40.5% | 846,023 | 13.5% | 2,569,254 | 41.0% |
Ricardo Lara (D) |
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Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Ricardo Lara (D) | Steve Poizner (NPP) | Undecided |
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Thomas Partners Strategies | October 25–27, 2018 | 1,068 | ± 3.5% | 43.7% | 45.5% | 10.7% |
UC Berkeley | October 19–26, 2018 | 1,339 | ± 4.0% | 44% | 49% | 7% |
Thomas Partners Strategies | October 12–14, 2018 | 1,068 | ± 3.5% | 39% | 47% | 15% |
Thomas Partners Strategies | September 28–30, 2018 | 1,068 | ± 3.5% | 37% | 45% | 15% |
Thomas Partners Strategies | September 21–23, 2018 | 1,068 | ± 3.5% | 40% | 45% | 15% |
Thomas Partners Strategies | September 14–16, 2018 | 1,040 | ± 3.5% | 27% | 34% | 40% |
Thomas Partners Strategies | September 7–9, 2018 | 1,227 | ± 3.3% | 27% | 34% | 39% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Ricardo Lara | 5,724,957 | 52.4% | ||
No party preference | Steve Poizner | 5,197,384 | 47.6% | ||
Majority | 527,573 | 4.8% | |||
Total votes | 10,922,341 |
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