2006 California lieutenant gubernatorial election


The 2006 California lieutenant gubernatorial election occurred on November 7, 2006. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi, the Democratic nominee, narrowly defeated the Republican nominee, State Senator Tom McClintock, to succeed incumbent Cruz Bustamante, who was term-limited and ran for Insurance Commissioner.

Primary results

The primary elections took place on June 6. A bar graph of statewide results in this contest are available at https://web.archive.org/web/20070517094419/http://primary2006.ss.ca.gov/Returns/ltg/00.htm.
Results by county are available and .

Democratic

Republican

Others

Results

Results by county

Results from the Secretary of State of California:
CountyGaramendiVotesMcClintockVotesWarrenVotesOthersVotes
San Francisco74.15%175,88217.65%41,8715.32%12,6292.87%6,828
Alameda68.48%270,88525.46%100,6894.49%17,7772.72%10,741
Marin64.85%67,17028.94%29,9783.98%4,1263.05%3,159
Santa Cruz63.30%55,35228.59%25,0015.64%4,9353.56%3,117
San Mateo62.67%125,19932.50%64,9343.52%7,0332.24%4,482
Sonoma60.70%103,01932.59%55,3204.60%7,8083.51%5,962
Los Angeles58.82%1,116,15137.03%702,5532.50%47,4633.19%60,531
Santa Clara57.61%238,35237.56%155,3892.91%12,0503.27%13,509
Contra Costa56.90%167,96538.81%114,5672.84%8,3872.62%7,751
Yolo54.05%28,84540.83%21,7933.72%1,9831.94%1,035
Mendocino54.09%16,17935.58%10,6417.11%2,1284.76%1,422
Monterey53.67%45,80941.29%35,2393.21%2,7423.34%2,852
Solano53.22%54,10542.87%43,5902.45%2,4932.61%2,653
Napa52.81%21,85841.89%17,3373.62%1,5002.88%1,195
Humboldt50.21%23,59539.56%18,5927.31%3,4354.27%2,005
Alpine48.95%25742.67%2244.76%253.81%20
Imperial49.16%10,33444.58%9,3724.10%8625.47%1,151
San Benito48.32%6,74547.31%6,6042.62%3663.51%489
San Joaquin47.97%65,14548.43%65,7622.01%2,7312.84%3,857
Lake47.51%9,01845.55%8,6474.27%8114.58%867
Sacramento47.19%165,25248.34%169,3002.89%10,1292.89%10,124
Santa Barbara44.69%53,44350.41%60,2753.03%3,6252.92%3,489
Mono44.58%1,63649.65%1,8223.16%1163.96%145
Merced44.50%18,08951.61%20,9772.01%8173.83%1,559
Stanislaus43.19%44,10653.75%54,8851.84%1,8782.29%2,330
Del Norte42.58%2,76151.62%3,3473.01%1954.85%315
Calaveras42.21%7,51353.67%9,5532.38%4242.82%502
San Diego41.60%311,98854.10%405,6732.58%19,3692.94%22,008
Ventura41.32%89,98855.14%120,0892.03%4,4292.48%5,397
San Bernardino41.45%138,03254.29%180,8242.37%7,9093.64%12,126
Tuolumne40.65%8,49155.14%11,5172.56%5342.66%555
San Luis Obispo39.68%37,59155.46%52,5363.13%2,9642.69%2,545
Nevada39.07%16,61354.73%23,2754.11%1,7492.60%1,105
Fresno39.14%67,50657.15%98,5802.20%3,7922.84%4,882
Trinity38.74%2,19951.92%2,9475.39%3065.06%287
Amador38.72%5,69757.41%8,4482.26%3332.78%409
Riverside38.72%144,01457.42%213,5642.07%7,7123.52%13,119
Butte37.53%25,28256.07%37,7744.15%2,7973.70%2,497
Mariposa36.81%2,74957.97%4,3303.07%2293.54%264
Kings35.59%7,92561.11%13,6081.90%4223.04%678
Siskiyou35.12%5,70059.16%9,6023.04%4934.32%700
Plumas35.01%3,04760.00%5,2212.86%2493.51%305
Orange34.41%244,17661.94%439,5492.10%14,9112.69%19,038
Inyo34.55%2,16559.14%3,7063.42%2144.90%307
El Dorado33.96%22,63461.48%40,9822.77%1,8452.71%1,808
Placer33.58%40,77062.67%76,0982.27%2,7592.31%2,795
Madera33.67%9,98862.92%18,6651.85%5502.83%839
Tulare32.83%22,24064.29%43,5531.66%1,1222.55%1,722
Yuba31.70%4,28362.69%8,4703.42%4623.96%534
Lassen30.97%2,61363.71%5,3762.89%2443.65%308
Sutter30.81%7,16665.99%15,3471.80%4192.80%653
Colusa30.42%1,47066.73%3,2251.82%882.44%118
Kern30.36%44,51666.17%97,0351.96%2,8692.94%4,319
Tehama30.55%5,34565.47%11,4541.85%3244.15%726
Shasta30.08%17,23165.76%37,6682.18%1,2493.52%2,016
Sierra29.60%46263.61%9934.16%654.16%65
Glenn28.00%2,05268.27%5,0031.87%1373.36%246
Modoc26.87%98667.68%2,4842.56%944.22%155