California Secretary of State election, 2006

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California Secretary of State election, 2006
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  2002 November 7, 2006 2010  

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Nominee Debra Bowen Bruce McPherson
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote4,032,5333,772,951
Percentage48.09%44.99%

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Election results by county

Secretary before election

Bruce McPherson
Republican

Elected Secretary

Debra Bowen
Democratic

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.

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.

California State Senate upper house of the California State Legislature

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 Bowen 31st Secretary of State of California, United States

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.

Contents

Primary results

A bar graph of statewide results in this contest are available here.

Results by county are available here and here.

Democratic

California Secretary of State Democratic primary, 2006
CandidateVotes%
Debra Bowen 1,316,54260.84
Deborah Ortiz 847,41939.16
Total votes2,163,961100.00

Others

California Secretary of State primary, 2006 (Others)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bruce McPherson 1,593,019100.00
Green Forrest Hill 31,764100.00
Libertarian Gail Lightfoot16,870100.00
American Independent Glenn McMillon32,289100.00
Peace and Freedom Margie Akin3,929100.00

Results

California Secretary of State election, 2006 [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Debra Bowen 4,032,55348.09
Republican Bruce McPherson (incumbent)3,772,95144.99
Green Forrest Hill 181,3692.16
Libertarian Gail Lightfoot171,3932.04
American Independent Glenn McMillon135,8241.62
Peace and Freedom Margie Akin91,4831.09
Invalid or blank votes513,4865.77
Total votes8,385,573100.00
Turnout {{{votes}}}39.29
Democratic gain from Republican

Results by county

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

County Bowen Votes McPherson VotesHillVotesLightfootVotesOthersVotes
San Francisco 72.97%169,08017.78%41,1905.16%11,9471.79%4,1582.30%5,329
Alameda 67.80%267,08825.06%98,7213.46%13,6341.63%6,4182.05%8,059
Marin 61.34%62,24831.69%32,1623.19%3,2391.60%1,6252.18%2,211
San Mateo 60.29%119,03732.99%65,1412.87%5,6661.67%3,2902.19%4,318
Los Angeles 58.46%1,100,86534.66%652,6622.03%38,1772.06%38,8062.80%52,680
Sonoma 55.67%94,42434.84%59,0924.08%6,9182.25%3,8243.16%4,364
Santa Clara 55.21%229,13538.20%158,5502.32%9,6431.98%8,2282.28%9,448
Contra Costa 54.61%159,81939.44%115,4082.10%6,1521.75%5,1112.10%6,151
Mendocino 53.49%15,99534.05%10,1815.85%1,7482.71%8113.90%1,167
Solano 52.98%53,72141.06%41,6291.69%1,7101.78%1,8042.49%2,531
Yolo 52.65%27,86241.53%21,9782.63%1,3901.59%8431.61%850
Imperial 51.83%11,25639.98%8,6841.63%3552.33%5064.23%918
Napa 50.83%21,06040.76%16,8893.66%1,5182.03%8422.71%1,124
Humboldt 49.60%23,24238.04%17,8236.32%2,9622.84%1,3303.20%1,499
Santa Cruz 46.97%41,83546.53%41,4403.18%2,8361.42%1,2681.89%1,682
Lake 46.48%8,89543.35%8,2973.71%7112.45%4684.02%768
Alpine 45.81%23546.39%2382.73%143.12%161.95%10
Santa Barbara 44.89%52,95847.58%56,1262.31%2,7292.36%2,7812.86%3,366
Sacramento 43.01%149,78450.90%177,2591.91%6,6681.88%6,5312.30%8,031
Ventura 42.86%91,27449.94%106,3702.05%4,3562.49%5,3022.67%5,679
Monterey 41.94%36,57153.13%46,3301.55%1,3491.42%1,2401.95%1,703
San Joaquin 41.59%56,20351.77%69,9541.52%2,0592.16%2,9192.96%4,000
San Diego 41.29%310,04952.81%396,5651.53%11,5031.81%13,6102.57%19,246
San Bernardino 40.31%134,75151.88%173,4481.62%5,4312.77%9,2633.42%11,422
Merced 39.83%16,29253.16%21,7471.55%6342.29%9353.18%1,299
Del Norte 39.66%2,60850.67%3,3322.42%1593.10%2044.16%273
Mono 39.69%1,45351.43%1,8833.55%1302.62%962.71%99
San Benito 39.37%5,60055.65%7,9161.32%1881.68%2391.98%282
Riverside 38.13%143,01554.99%206,2471.36%5,0902.28%8,5643.24%12,173
Stanislaus 38.12%38,86456.37%57,4651.45%1,4831.49%1,5152.57%2,624
Trinity 38.13%2,15750.29%2,8453.94%2234.15%2353.48%197
San Luis Obispo 37.87%35,59555.66%52,3181.91%1,7972.21%2,0742.35%2,208
Nevada 37.14%15,60055.59%23,3513.06%1,2852.27%9551.94%812
Butte 35.61%24,01655.66%37,5352.68%1,8072.54%1,7153.51%2,364
Fresno 35.68%61,29758.21%100,0191.75%3,0031.83%3,1382.54%4,357
Siskiyou 35.49%5,77756.37%9,1771.84%2992.52%4103.79%616
Mariposa 34.08%2,56158.06%4,3632.49%1872.37%1783.01%226
Orange 34.04%239,44758.56%411,9431.67%11,7622.36%16,5713.37%23,700
Tuolumne 33.47%6,94558.93%12,2272.39%4952.30%4772.91%604
Inyo 33.11%2,09757.89%3,6672.37%1503.19%2023.45%218
Plumas 32.81%2,84860.04%5,2112.04%1771.87%1623.24%281
Kings 32.69%7,32460.46%13,5441.49%3342.17%4863.19%714
Calaveras 31.84%5,58559.65%10,4622.33%4082.91%5103.28%575
Amador 31.22%4,56861.94%9,0631.70%2492.21%3232.93%429
Madera 31.09%9,24262.21%18,4901.69%5022.04%6062.97%882
Sutter 30.83%7,20663.44%14,8251.16%2711.87%4362.71%632
Tulare 30.72%20,88564.14%43,6131.27%8631.52%1,0332.35%1,598
Yuba 30.61%4,18160.72%8,2941.77%2422.88%3944.02%549
Kern 30.13%44,35063.14%92,9301.34%1,9722.20%3,2413.18%4,681
Tehama 30.13%5,36962.25%11,0941.57%2802.51%4473.54%631
El Dorado 30.18%19,99863.19%41,8662.17%1,4352.10%1,3892.37%1,570
Placer 29.95%36,01564.68%77,7611.64%1,9671.70%2,0472.03%2,443
Shasta 29.69%17,17563.63%36,8031.39%8042.02%1,1713.26%1,888
Colusa 29.34%1,42165.91%3,1921.14%551.53%742.09%101
Sierra 28.77%45062.79%9822.43%383.26%512.75%43
Glenn 27.41%2,02365.97%4,8691.41%1041.80%1333.42%252
Lassen 27.07%2,27763.77%5,3632.33%1963.20%2693.63%305
Modoc 25.34%92566.22%2,4171.78%653.26%1193.40%124

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References

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