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The 2006 California Secretary of State election occurred on 7 November 2006. The primary elections took place on 6 June 2006. State Senator Debra Bowen, the Democratic nominee, narrowly defeated the incumbent, Republican Bruce McPherson.
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.
The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature, the lower house being the California State Assembly. The State Senate convenes, along with the State Assembly, at the California State Capitol in Sacramento.
Debra Lynn Bowen, a member of the Democratic Party, was the Secretary of State of California from 2007 to 2015. Previously, she was a member of the California State Legislature from 1992 to 2006. In March 2008, she was given the Profile in Courage Award by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.
A bar graph of statewide results in this contest are available here.
Results by county are available here and here.
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Debra Bowen | 1,316,542 | 60.84 | |
Deborah Ortiz | 847,419 | 39.16 | |
Total votes | 2,163,961 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bruce McPherson | 1,593,019 | 100.00 | |
Green | Forrest Hill | 31,764 | 100.00 | |
Libertarian | Gail Lightfoot | 16,870 | 100.00 | |
American Independent | Glenn McMillon | 32,289 | 100.00 | |
Peace and Freedom | Margie Akin | 3,929 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Debra Bowen | 4,032,553 | 48.09 | |||
Republican | Bruce McPherson (incumbent) | 3,772,951 | 44.99 | |||
Green | Forrest Hill | 181,369 | 2.16 | |||
Libertarian | Gail Lightfoot | 171,393 | 2.04 | |||
American Independent | Glenn McMillon | 135,824 | 1.62 | |||
Peace and Freedom | Margie Akin | 91,483 | 1.09 | |||
Invalid or blank votes | 513,486 | 5.77 | ||||
Total votes | 8,385,573 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | 39.29 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
Results from the Secretary of State of California: [1]
County | Bowen | Votes | McPherson | Votes | Hill | Votes | Lightfoot | Votes | Others | Votes |
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San Francisco | 72.97% | 169,080 | 17.78% | 41,190 | 5.16% | 11,947 | 1.79% | 4,158 | 2.30% | 5,329 |
Alameda | 67.80% | 267,088 | 25.06% | 98,721 | 3.46% | 13,634 | 1.63% | 6,418 | 2.05% | 8,059 |
Marin | 61.34% | 62,248 | 31.69% | 32,162 | 3.19% | 3,239 | 1.60% | 1,625 | 2.18% | 2,211 |
San Mateo | 60.29% | 119,037 | 32.99% | 65,141 | 2.87% | 5,666 | 1.67% | 3,290 | 2.19% | 4,318 |
Los Angeles | 58.46% | 1,100,865 | 34.66% | 652,662 | 2.03% | 38,177 | 2.06% | 38,806 | 2.80% | 52,680 |
Sonoma | 55.67% | 94,424 | 34.84% | 59,092 | 4.08% | 6,918 | 2.25% | 3,824 | 3.16% | 4,364 |
Santa Clara | 55.21% | 229,135 | 38.20% | 158,550 | 2.32% | 9,643 | 1.98% | 8,228 | 2.28% | 9,448 |
Contra Costa | 54.61% | 159,819 | 39.44% | 115,408 | 2.10% | 6,152 | 1.75% | 5,111 | 2.10% | 6,151 |
Mendocino | 53.49% | 15,995 | 34.05% | 10,181 | 5.85% | 1,748 | 2.71% | 811 | 3.90% | 1,167 |
Solano | 52.98% | 53,721 | 41.06% | 41,629 | 1.69% | 1,710 | 1.78% | 1,804 | 2.49% | 2,531 |
Yolo | 52.65% | 27,862 | 41.53% | 21,978 | 2.63% | 1,390 | 1.59% | 843 | 1.61% | 850 |
Imperial | 51.83% | 11,256 | 39.98% | 8,684 | 1.63% | 355 | 2.33% | 506 | 4.23% | 918 |
Napa | 50.83% | 21,060 | 40.76% | 16,889 | 3.66% | 1,518 | 2.03% | 842 | 2.71% | 1,124 |
Humboldt | 49.60% | 23,242 | 38.04% | 17,823 | 6.32% | 2,962 | 2.84% | 1,330 | 3.20% | 1,499 |
Santa Cruz | 46.97% | 41,835 | 46.53% | 41,440 | 3.18% | 2,836 | 1.42% | 1,268 | 1.89% | 1,682 |
Lake | 46.48% | 8,895 | 43.35% | 8,297 | 3.71% | 711 | 2.45% | 468 | 4.02% | 768 |
Alpine | 45.81% | 235 | 46.39% | 238 | 2.73% | 14 | 3.12% | 16 | 1.95% | 10 |
Santa Barbara | 44.89% | 52,958 | 47.58% | 56,126 | 2.31% | 2,729 | 2.36% | 2,781 | 2.86% | 3,366 |
Sacramento | 43.01% | 149,784 | 50.90% | 177,259 | 1.91% | 6,668 | 1.88% | 6,531 | 2.30% | 8,031 |
Ventura | 42.86% | 91,274 | 49.94% | 106,370 | 2.05% | 4,356 | 2.49% | 5,302 | 2.67% | 5,679 |
Monterey | 41.94% | 36,571 | 53.13% | 46,330 | 1.55% | 1,349 | 1.42% | 1,240 | 1.95% | 1,703 |
San Joaquin | 41.59% | 56,203 | 51.77% | 69,954 | 1.52% | 2,059 | 2.16% | 2,919 | 2.96% | 4,000 |
San Diego | 41.29% | 310,049 | 52.81% | 396,565 | 1.53% | 11,503 | 1.81% | 13,610 | 2.57% | 19,246 |
San Bernardino | 40.31% | 134,751 | 51.88% | 173,448 | 1.62% | 5,431 | 2.77% | 9,263 | 3.42% | 11,422 |
Merced | 39.83% | 16,292 | 53.16% | 21,747 | 1.55% | 634 | 2.29% | 935 | 3.18% | 1,299 |
Del Norte | 39.66% | 2,608 | 50.67% | 3,332 | 2.42% | 159 | 3.10% | 204 | 4.16% | 273 |
Mono | 39.69% | 1,453 | 51.43% | 1,883 | 3.55% | 130 | 2.62% | 96 | 2.71% | 99 |
San Benito | 39.37% | 5,600 | 55.65% | 7,916 | 1.32% | 188 | 1.68% | 239 | 1.98% | 282 |
Riverside | 38.13% | 143,015 | 54.99% | 206,247 | 1.36% | 5,090 | 2.28% | 8,564 | 3.24% | 12,173 |
Stanislaus | 38.12% | 38,864 | 56.37% | 57,465 | 1.45% | 1,483 | 1.49% | 1,515 | 2.57% | 2,624 |
Trinity | 38.13% | 2,157 | 50.29% | 2,845 | 3.94% | 223 | 4.15% | 235 | 3.48% | 197 |
San Luis Obispo | 37.87% | 35,595 | 55.66% | 52,318 | 1.91% | 1,797 | 2.21% | 2,074 | 2.35% | 2,208 |
Nevada | 37.14% | 15,600 | 55.59% | 23,351 | 3.06% | 1,285 | 2.27% | 955 | 1.94% | 812 |
Butte | 35.61% | 24,016 | 55.66% | 37,535 | 2.68% | 1,807 | 2.54% | 1,715 | 3.51% | 2,364 |
Fresno | 35.68% | 61,297 | 58.21% | 100,019 | 1.75% | 3,003 | 1.83% | 3,138 | 2.54% | 4,357 |
Siskiyou | 35.49% | 5,777 | 56.37% | 9,177 | 1.84% | 299 | 2.52% | 410 | 3.79% | 616 |
Mariposa | 34.08% | 2,561 | 58.06% | 4,363 | 2.49% | 187 | 2.37% | 178 | 3.01% | 226 |
Orange | 34.04% | 239,447 | 58.56% | 411,943 | 1.67% | 11,762 | 2.36% | 16,571 | 3.37% | 23,700 |
Tuolumne | 33.47% | 6,945 | 58.93% | 12,227 | 2.39% | 495 | 2.30% | 477 | 2.91% | 604 |
Inyo | 33.11% | 2,097 | 57.89% | 3,667 | 2.37% | 150 | 3.19% | 202 | 3.45% | 218 |
Plumas | 32.81% | 2,848 | 60.04% | 5,211 | 2.04% | 177 | 1.87% | 162 | 3.24% | 281 |
Kings | 32.69% | 7,324 | 60.46% | 13,544 | 1.49% | 334 | 2.17% | 486 | 3.19% | 714 |
Calaveras | 31.84% | 5,585 | 59.65% | 10,462 | 2.33% | 408 | 2.91% | 510 | 3.28% | 575 |
Amador | 31.22% | 4,568 | 61.94% | 9,063 | 1.70% | 249 | 2.21% | 323 | 2.93% | 429 |
Madera | 31.09% | 9,242 | 62.21% | 18,490 | 1.69% | 502 | 2.04% | 606 | 2.97% | 882 |
Sutter | 30.83% | 7,206 | 63.44% | 14,825 | 1.16% | 271 | 1.87% | 436 | 2.71% | 632 |
Tulare | 30.72% | 20,885 | 64.14% | 43,613 | 1.27% | 863 | 1.52% | 1,033 | 2.35% | 1,598 |
Yuba | 30.61% | 4,181 | 60.72% | 8,294 | 1.77% | 242 | 2.88% | 394 | 4.02% | 549 |
Kern | 30.13% | 44,350 | 63.14% | 92,930 | 1.34% | 1,972 | 2.20% | 3,241 | 3.18% | 4,681 |
Tehama | 30.13% | 5,369 | 62.25% | 11,094 | 1.57% | 280 | 2.51% | 447 | 3.54% | 631 |
El Dorado | 30.18% | 19,998 | 63.19% | 41,866 | 2.17% | 1,435 | 2.10% | 1,389 | 2.37% | 1,570 |
Placer | 29.95% | 36,015 | 64.68% | 77,761 | 1.64% | 1,967 | 1.70% | 2,047 | 2.03% | 2,443 |
Shasta | 29.69% | 17,175 | 63.63% | 36,803 | 1.39% | 804 | 2.02% | 1,171 | 3.26% | 1,888 |
Colusa | 29.34% | 1,421 | 65.91% | 3,192 | 1.14% | 55 | 1.53% | 74 | 2.09% | 101 |
Sierra | 28.77% | 450 | 62.79% | 982 | 2.43% | 38 | 3.26% | 51 | 2.75% | 43 |
Glenn | 27.41% | 2,023 | 65.97% | 4,869 | 1.41% | 104 | 1.80% | 133 | 3.42% | 252 |
Lassen | 27.07% | 2,277 | 63.77% | 5,363 | 2.33% | 196 | 3.20% | 269 | 3.63% | 305 |
Modoc | 25.34% | 925 | 66.22% | 2,417 | 1.78% | 65 | 3.26% | 119 | 3.40% | 124 |
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