California Insurance Commissioner election, 1998

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California Insurance Commissioner election, 1998

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  1994 November 3, 1998 2002  

 
Nominee Chuck Quackenbush Diane Martinez
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote4,006,7623,519,453
Percentage49.8643.80

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Election results by county

Ins. Comm. before election

Chuck Quackenbush
Republican

Elected Ins. Comm.

Chuck Quackenbush
Republican

The 1998 California Insurance Commissioner election occurred on November 3, 1998. The primary elections took place on June 3, 1998. The Republican incumbent, Chuck Quackenbush, narrowly defeated the Democratic nominee, State Assemblywoman Diane Martinez.

California Insurance Commissioner

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.

The California Republican Party (CAGOP) is the California affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party is based in Sacramento, and is led by Chairwoman Jessica Patterson.

The incumbent is the current holder of an office. This term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent(s). For example, in the Hungarian presidential election, 2017, János Áder was the incumbent, because he had been the president in the term before the term for which the election sought to determine the president. A race without an incumbent is referred to as an open seat.

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Primary results

Final 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.

Democratic

California Insurance Commissioner Democratic primary, 1998
CandidateVotes%
Diane Martinez 1,343,73657.42
Hal Brown996,35642.58
Total votes2,340,092100.00

Peace & Freedom

California Insurance Commissioner Peace & Freedom primary, 1998
CandidateVotes%
Gary R. Ramos86,77254.47
Tom Condit72,53545.53
Total votes159,307100.00

Others

California Insurance Commissioner primary, 1998 (Others)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Chuck Quackenbush 2,586,052100.00
Libertarian Dale F. Ogden131,636100.00
Natural Law Barbara Bourdette113,877100.00
American Independent Merton D. Short72,959100.00

Election results

Final results from the Secretary of State of California. [2]

California Insurance Commissioner election, 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Chuck Quackenbush (incumbent)4,006,76249.86
Democratic Diane Martinez 3,519,45343.80
Libertarian Dale F. Ogden169,9222.11
Natural Law Barbara Bourdette130,8341.63
Peace and Freedom Gary R. Ramos116,0911.44
American Independent Merton D. Short92,9751.16
Invalid or blank votes585,1016.79
Total votes8,036,037100.00
Turnout {{{votes}}}41.23
Republican hold

Results by county

County Quackenbush Votes Martinez VotesOgdenVotesOthersVotes
San Francisco 71.85%153,21121.05%44,8802.22%4,7404.88%10,409
Alameda 63.40%227,33229.33%105,1772.20%7,8905.06%18,144
Marin 59.05%56,04134.40%32,6492.52%2,3924.02%3,817
San Mateo 56.75%110,19136.50%70,8762.56%4,9764.19%8,137
Santa Cruz 51.71%42,29739.02%31,9183.33%2,7265.93%4,849
Sonoma 51.02%77,91539.93%60,9792.84%4,3346.22%9,501
Contra Costa 50.58%145,71542.67%122,9392.39%6,8944.35%12,553
Santa Clara 50.49%199,57642.24%166,9622.81%11,1034.47%17,651
Los Angeles 50.41%959,74843.95%836,8341.73%32,8463.92%74,548
Solano 49.76%48,89644.05%43,2851.95%1,9214.23%4,162
Yolo 49.28%24,28745.23%22,2901.69%8353.79%1,868
Mendocino 47.68%12,85640.19%10,8363.42%9238.71%2,349
Imperial 47.47%11,12745.10%10,5711.32%3106.10%1,430
Napa 47.09%19,43945.13%18,6292.50%1,0325.27%2,178
Monterey 45.00%39,95448.40%42,9682.07%1,8404.53%4,019
Lake 43.71%8,02149.12%9,0132.35%4314.82%884
San Benito 42.51%5,41750.07%6,3812.55%3254.87%621
Sacramento 41.24%143,97253.15%185,5631.87%6,5223.75%13,071
Merced 41.00%15,78153.17%20,4651.47%5674.35%1,674
San Joaquin 40.06%48,52554.59%66,1311.39%1,6843.96%4,803
Santa Barbara 38.69%45,75054.93%64,9422.02%2,3874.36%5,156
Fresno 38.59%63,42655.98%92,0171.68%2,7563.76%6,178
Stanislaus 38.57%37,81856.61%55,5091.53%1,5053.28%3,217
Alpine 38.53%21052.11%2842.75%156.60%36
Kings 38.42%8,51555.27%12,2511.45%3214.86%1,078
Humboldt 38.33%16,94352.68%23,2852.94%1,3016.04%2,672
Del Norte 37.17%2,67554.55%3,9262.31%1665.98%430
San Luis Obispo 36.49%30,35456.36%46,8802.70%2,2444.45%3,701
Siskiyou 36.05%5,79355.69%8,9483.34%5374.92%790
San Bernardino 36.05%116,47758.12%187,7771.79%5,7734.04%13,056
San Diego 35.84%249,31556.72%394,5932.96%20,5714.48%31,165
Ventura 35.61%71,99758.32%117,9191.99%4,0254.08%8,241
Trinity 34.74%1,68953.06%2,5804.15%2028.03%391
Tuolumne 34.31%6,72960.17%11,8011.82%3573.70%725
Riverside 34.02%112,93660.63%201,2831.49%4,9373.87%12,857
Butte 33.53%21,39559.50%37,9632.31%1,4734.65%2,969
Tulare 33.11%23,53361.78%43,9091.55%1,1013.56%2,528
Mono 32.99%1,10559.16%1,9823.01%1014.83%162
Yuba 32.17%4,27460.68%8,0612.32%3084.82%641
Madera 32.15%8,26561.49%15,8052.03%5234.33%1,112
Lassen 31.76%2,56059.19%4,7712.56%2066.50%524
Plumas 31.50%2,63362.22%5,2012.27%1904.01%335
Calaveras 31.11%4,94560.70%9,6474.03%6414.16%661
Nevada 31.06%11,69762.89%23,6862.45%9233.59%1,354
Amador 30.94%4,03664.06%8,3571.69%2213.31%431
Tehama 30.93%5,61561.40%11,1452.49%4525.18%940
Mariposa 30.26%2,10361.08%4,2452.69%1875.97%415
El Dorado 29.67%16,76663.89%36,0992.29%1,2964.15%2,343
Colusa 29.59%1,40965.94%3,1401.49%712.98%142
Kern 29.23%40,67465.56%91,2161.53%2,1253.68%5,118
Placer 29.18%25,25164.84%56,1162.03%1,7613.94%3,415
Shasta 29.04%15,03663.66%32,9602.58%1,3364.72%2,444
Modoc 28.60%97161.09%2,0743.18%1087.13%242
Orange 28.47%196,23265.58%452,0812.14%14,7333.82%26,301
Sierra 28.34%48160.87%1,0334.83%825.95%101
Inyo 27.94%1,84765.64%4,3392.24%1484.18%276
Sutter 26.96%5,80667.85%14,6101.70%3653.48%751
Glenn 25.59%1,89167.41%4,9812.48%1834.51%334

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