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November 7, 2006 |
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Nominee | Arnold Schwarzenegger | Phil Angelides | |
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Party | Republican | Democratic | |
Popular vote | 4,850,157 | 3,376,732 | |
Percentage | 55.9% | 38.9% |
Governor before election | Elected Governor |
The 2006 California gubernatorial election occurred on November 7, 2006. The primary elections took place on June 6, 2006. The incumbent Republican Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, won re-election for his first and only full term. His main opponent was California State Treasurer Phil Angelides, the California Democratic Party nominee. Peter Camejo was the California Green Party nominee, Janice Jordan was the Peace and Freedom Party nominee, Art Olivier was the California Libertarian Party nominee, and Edward C. Noonan was the California American Independent Party nominee.
Under the California Constitution, the Governor serves a four-year term, with a maximum limit of two consecutive terms. Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected during the 2003 California recall and served out the remainder of Gray Davis's term; he was eligible to serve until 2011. [1] As of 2018, this is the most recent election in which a Republican was elected Governor of California.
Exit polls showed Schwarzenegger won Anglos (63%-32%) and Asian Americans (62%-37%) and other minorities (53%-38%), while Angelides won African Americans (70%-27%) and Latinos (56%-39%).
Bar graph of statewide results [2]
Results by county [3]
The period for candidate nominations closed on March 24, 2006. [4]
The two front-runners for the Democratic nomination were Angelides and California State Controller Steve Westly. A pre-election poll had Westly leading Angelides by six percentage points. [5] The Field Poll conducted on April 17, 2006 showed that both Democratic candidates had low recognition factors amongst the state's electorate, with only 45% having any opinion on Angelides and 40% for Westly. Of registered Democrats surveyed, 59% said they didn't know enough about Angelides to have any opinion about him, with 58% saying the same for Westly. [6] The Los Angeles Times reported that the race for the Democratic nomination was a virtual tie, with Angelides leading Westly by three percentage points (37%-34%), within the 3% margin of error. Unusually, 28% of Democratic voters were undecided, and both candidates tried to earn the undecided vote.
Angelides reported a recent increase in support for his campaign and gained union support as well as support from the "core" liberal constituency. The California Democratic Party endorsed him prior to the primary, despite most polls showing that Westly would fare much better against Schwarzenegger in the general election. [7] However, many registered Democrats believed that Westly had a greater chance of winning against incumbent governor Schwarzenegger and felt that he had a slightly "more positive" image. [8] In the end, Angelides won 47.9% of the vote to Westly's 43.4%. The turnout for the primary, was a record low 33.6%, [9] far below the 38% predicted by the Secretary of State, [10] with the turnout of valid ballots cast on election day at 28%. [11]
Source | Date | Westly | Angelides |
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Survey USA | June 5, 2006 | ||
Survey USA | June 2, 2006 | ||
Field Poll | June 2, 2006 | ||
LA Times Poll | May 27, 2006 | ||
Survey USA | May 25, 2006 | ||
Public Policy Institute of California | May 25, 2006 | ||
Survey USA | May 8, 2006 | ||
LA Times Poll | April 29, 2006 | ||
Public Policy Institute of California | April 27, 2006 | ||
Field Poll | April 17, 2006 | ||
Public Policy Institute of California | March 30, 2006 | ||
Field Poll | November 3, 2005 | ||
Field Poll | September 7, 2005 | ||
Field Poll | June 29, 2005 | ||
Field Poll | February 25, 2005 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Phil Angelides | 1,202,851 | 48.00 | |
Steve Westly | 1,081,940 | 43.18 | |
Barbara Becnel | 66,550 | 2.66 | |
Joe Brouillette | 42,075 | 1.68 | |
Michael Strimling | 35,121 | 1.40 | |
Frank A. Macaluso, Jr. | 30,867 | 1.23 | |
Vibert Greene | 25,475 | 1.02 | |
Jerald Robert Gerst | 21,039 | 0.84 | |
Total votes | 2,505,918 | 100.00 |
Republican Schwarzenegger faced token opposition and won overwhelmingly in the primary held on June 6, 2006.
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Arnold Schwarzenegger | 1,724,281 | 89.99 | |
Robert C. Newman II | 68,660 | 3.58 | |
Bill Chambers | 65,487 | 3.42 | |
Jeffrey R. Burns | 57,652 | 3.01 | |
Total votes | 1,916,080 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Peter Camejo | 33,545 | 100.00 | |
American Independent | Edward C. Noonan | 29,094 | 100.00 | |
Libertarian | Art Olivier | 16,445 | 100.00 | |
Peace and Freedom | Janice Jordan | 3,849 | 100.00 |
Schwarzenegger's decision to call the 2005 special election, as well as his propositions dealing with teachers' and nurses' unions and other political missteps, brought his approval rating down to 39% April 2006, [12] though he ended up solidly defeating his opponents. During his first two years, he came under fire from some conservatives for supporting several taxes on Californians,[ citation needed ] and from some liberals for refusing to sign a bill allowing gay marriage, and his support for several controversial propositions in 2005. Later, Schwarzenegger's popularity with voters rebounded and he won reelection by a wide margin.
Source | Date | Schwarzenegger (R) | Angelides (D) | Camejo (G) | Olivier (L) |
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Field Poll | November 1, 2006 | ||||
Zogby/WSJ | October 17, 2006 | ||||
Zogby/WSJ | September 28, 2006 | ||||
Field Poll | September 27, 2006 | ||||
Rasmussen | September 12, 2006 | ||||
Zogby/WSJ | September 11, 2006 | ||||
Rasmussen | August 31, 2006 | ||||
Public Policy Institute of California | August 30, 2006 | ||||
Survey USA | August 28, 2006 | ||||
Zogby/WSJ | August 28, 2006 | ||||
Rasmussen | August 1, 2006 | ||||
Public Policy Institute of California | July 26, 2006 | ||||
Field Poll | July 25, 2006 | ||||
Zogby/WSJ | July 24, 2006 | ||||
Rasmussen | July 13, 2006 | ||||
Survey & Policy Institute | July 6, 2006 | ||||
Zogby/WSJ | June 21, 2006 | ||||
Field Poll | June 2, 2006 | ||||
LA Times Poll | May 28, 2006 | ||||
Public Policy Institute of California | May 25, 2006 | ||||
Rasmussen | May 23, 2006 | ||||
LA Times Poll | April 29, 2006 | ||||
Rasmussen | April 17, 2006 | ||||
Field Poll | April 14, 2006 | ||||
Public Policy Institute of California | March 30, 2006 | ||||
Rasmussen | March 23, 2006 | ||||
Field Poll | March 2, 2006 | ||||
Rasmussen | February 13, 2006 | ||||
Rasmussen | January 25, 2006 | ||||
Rasmussen | December 16, 2005 | ||||
Field Poll | November 3, 2005 | ||||
Field Poll | August 29, 2005 | ||||
Field Poll | June 13, 2005 | ||||
Field Poll | February 25, 2005 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Arnold Schwarzenegger (inc.) | 4,850,157 | 55.88 | |
Democratic | Phil Angelides | 3,376,732 | 38.91 | |
Green | Peter Camejo | 205,995 | 2.37 | |
Libertarian | Art Olivier | 114,329 | 1.32 | |
Peace and Freedom | Janice Jordan | 69,934 | 0.81 | |
American Independent | Edward Noonan | 61,901 | 0.71 | |
Republican | Robert Newman (write-in) | 219 | 0.00 | |
Independent | James Harris (write-in) | 46 | 0.00 | |
Independent | Donald Etkes (write-in) | 43 | 0.00 | |
Independent | Elisha Shapiro (write-in) | 43 | 0.00 | |
Independent | Vibert Greene (write-in) | 18 | 0.00 | |
Independent | Dealphria Tarver (write-in) | 6 | 0.00 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 219,643 | 2.47 | ||
Total votes | 8,679,423 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | 32.77 | |||
Republican hold | ||||
Results by county
Results showed Schwarzenegger won 52 counties while Angelides won 6 (Schwarzenegger won an absolute majority in 48 counties and a plurality in 4 counties while Angelides won an absolute majority in 2 counties and a plurality in 4 counties). Schwarzenegger won large majorities in California's rural counties, the populous Southern California counties of San Diego, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura, as well as populous Sacramento, Fresno, and Kern counties in the Central Valley. The results were closely contested in Los Angeles County and in Bay Area suburban counties. Angelides won substantially only in Alameda and San Francisco counties. [13]
County | Schwarzenegger | Votes | Angelides | Votes | Camejo | Votes | Others | Votes |
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Glenn | 76.50% | 5,775 | 18.82% | 1,421 | 1.46% | 110 | 3.22% | 243 |
Modoc | 75.20% | 2,829 | 19.22% | 723 | 1.25% | 47 | 4.33% | 163 |
Tehama | 74.66% | 13,442 | 20.36% | 3,666 | 1.21% | 217 | 3.78% | 680 |
Placer | 74.38% | 91,972 | 21.61% | 26,723 | 2.02% | 2,501 | 1.99% | 2,456 |
Shasta | 73.92% | 43,436 | 21.16% | 12,434 | 1.38% | 808 | 3.55% | 2,085 |
Colusa | 73.76% | 3,665 | 22.22% | 1,104 | 1.89% | 94 | 2.13% | 106 |
El Dorado | 73.37% | 49,771 | 21.43% | 14,535 | 2.82% | 1,911 | 2.39% | 1,620 |
Sutter | 72.73% | 17,393 | 22.95% | 5,487 | 1.49% | 357 | 2.83% | 676 |
Yuba | 72.62% | 10,122 | 21.33% | 2,973 | 2.47% | 344 | 3.58% | 499 |
Amador | 72.09% | 10,755 | 22.48% | 3,354 | 2.61% | 390 | 2.82% | 420 |
Kern | 72.06% | 108,253 | 23.64% | 35,512 | 1.17% | 1,752 | 3.13% | 4,705 |
Madera | 71.12% | 21,416 | 24.82% | 7,473 | 1.17% | 353 | 2.89% | 871 |
Tulare | 70.72% | 48,607 | 25.57% | 17,571 | 1.17% | 801 | 2.55% | 1,751 |
Sierra | 70.60% | 1,131 | 22.03% | 353 | 3.87% | 62 | 3.50% | 56 |
Calaveras | 70.44% | 12,691 | 23.69% | 4,268 | 2.72% | 490 | 3.15% | 567 |
Tuolumne | 70.18% | 14,836 | 24.15% | 5,105 | 2.69% | 569 | 2.98% | 631 |
Orange | 69.70% | 507,413 | 25.46% | 185,388 | 1.32% | 9,646 | 3.51% | 25,584 |
Plumas | 69.53% | 6,160 | 24.76% | 2,194 | 2.62% | 232 | 3.09% | 274 |
Kings | 68.47% | 15,683 | 27.70% | 6,344 | 0.96% | 219 | 2.87% | 658 |
Mariposa | 66.82% | 5,074 | 26.14% | 1,985 | 2.69% | 204 | 4.35% | 330 |
Lassen | 66.03% | 5,665 | 27.42% | 2,353 | 1.84% | 158 | 4.71% | 404 |
Fresno | 66.08% | 116,534 | 30.39% | 53,605 | 1.32% | 2,324 | 2.21% | 3,900 |
Nevada | 66.03% | 28,570 | 27.35% | 11,833 | 4.58% | 1,982 | 2.04% | 883 |
Butte | 65.82% | 45,591 | 26.96% | 18,672 | 4.20% | 2,912 | 3.02% | 2,093 |
Siskiyou | 65.64% | 10,916 | 27.75% | 4,615 | 2.30% | 383 | 4.31% | 717 |
Riverside | 65.49% | 251,962 | 30.10% | 115,803 | 1.12% | 4,314 | 3.29% | 12,665 |
San Diego | 65.49% | 509,059 | 30.22% | 234,938 | 1.76% | 13,653 | 2.53% | 19,655 |
Stanislaus | 64.91% | 67,427 | 30.79% | 31,981 | 1.53% | 1,589 | 2.77% | 2,875 |
Trinity | 64.61% | 3,819 | 27.31% | 1,614 | 4.11% | 243 | 3.98% | 235 |
Inyo | 64.39% | 4,180 | 29.14% | 1,892 | 2.03% | 132 | 4.44% | 288 |
San Luis Obispo | 63.56% | 61,842 | 31.42% | 30,568 | 2.38% | 2,319 | 2.63% | 2,563 |
Merced | 62.52% | 26,231 | 33.43% | 14,027 | 1.29% | 543 | 2.76% | 1,158 |
Mono | 61.83% | 2,315 | 31.41% | 1,176 | 2.67% | 100 | 4.09% | 153 |
San Bernardino | 61.63% | 212,200 | 33.22% | 114,388 | 1.27% | 4,387 | 3.87% | 13,326 |
Ventura | 61.03% | 134,862 | 34.30% | 75,790 | 1.51% | 3,329 | 3.16% | 6,984 |
Sacramento | 60.45% | 218,889 | 34.16% | 123,685 | 3.08% | 11,170 | 2.31% | 8,351 |
San Joaquin | 60.32% | 83,952 | 35.83% | 49,868 | 1.46% | 2,026 | 2.39% | 3,322 |
Santa Barbara | 60.01% | 73,677 | 34.92% | 42,880 | 2.56% | 3,149 | 2.50% | 3,075 |
San Benito | 57.08% | 8,208 | 37.55% | 5,400 | 2.33% | 335 | 3.03% | 436 |
Lake | 56.26% | 10,930 | 36.19% | 7,031 | 3.17% | 615 | 4.39% | 853 |
Del Norte | 54.85% | 3,639 | 38.15% | 2,531 | 2.00% | 133 | 4.99% | 331 |
Napa | 54.57% | 23,187 | 38.84% | 16,504 | 3.67% | 1,559 | 2.91% | 1,238 |
Alpine | 54.23% | 295 | 40.07% | 218 | 2.57% | 14 | 3.13% | 17 |
Yolo | 53.39% | 29,073 | 39.91% | 21,733 | 4.78% | 2,602 | 1.93% | 1,050 |
Monterey | 53.33% | 46,882 | 40.69% | 35,769 | 3.01% | 2,646 | 2.97% | 2,609 |
Solano | 53.15% | 55,130 | 41.94% | 43,501 | 2.12% | 2,194 | 2.80% | 2,901 |
Contra Costa | 52.42% | 158,565 | 42.50% | 128,578 | 2.82% | 8,529 | 2.26% | 6,841 |
Santa Clara | 52.16% | 225,132 | 42.87% | 185,037 | 2.53% | 10,932 | 2.45% | 10,554 |
Humboldt | 48.22% | 23,282 | 41.56% | 20,070 | 6.71% | 3,241 | 3.51% | 1,693 |
San Mateo | 47.12% | 96,478 | 47.42% | 97,092 | 3.33% | 6,822 | 2.14% | 4,372 |
Sonoma | 47.03% | 81,608 | 44.60% | 77,392 | 4.98% | 8,647 | 3.38% | 5,867 |
Imperial | 46.73% | 10,363 | 45.21% | 10,024 | 3.18% | 706 | 4.88% | 1,081 |
Los Angeles | 46.06% | 907,919 | 49.07% | 967,149 | 1.88% | 37,029 | 2.99% | 58,979 |
Marin | 45.81% | 48,439 | 47.70% | 50,441 | 4.47% | 4,724 | 2.02% | 2,139 |
Mendocino | 45.41% | 14,002 | 44.72% | 13,790 | 6.06% | 1,869 | 3.80% | 1,173 |
Santa Cruz | 41.99% | 37,866 | 48.36% | 43,619 | 6.83% | 6,156 | 2.83% | 2,548 |
Alameda | 36.59% | 148,322 | 56.54% | 229,217 | 4.50% | 18,236 | 2.37% | 9,603 |
San Francisco | 29.75% | 72,722 | 62.72% | 153,335 | 5.39% | 13,186 | 2.14% | 5,225 |
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