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| election_name = 2006 California Attorney General election |
| election_name = 2006 California Attorney General election |
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| election_date = November 7, 2006 |
| election_date = November 7, 2006 |
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| nominee1 = '''[[Jerry Brown]]''' |
| nominee1 = '''[[Jerry Brown]]''' |
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| party1 = Democratic Party (United States) |
| party1 = Democratic Party (United States) |
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| popular_vote1 = '''4,756,184''' |
| popular_vote1 = '''4,756,184''' |
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| percentage1 = '''56.3%''' |
| percentage1 = '''56.3%''' |
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| image2 = Image:Poochigian Portrait (cropped).jpg |
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| nominee2 = [[Chuck Poochigian]] |
| nominee2 = [[Chuck Poochigian]] |
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| party2 = Republican Party (United States) |
| party2 = Republican Party (United States) |
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| popular_vote2 = 3,220,429 |
| popular_vote2 = 3,220,429 |
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| percentage2 = 38.1% |
| percentage2 = 38.1% |
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| map_caption = County results<br/>'''Brown:''' {{legend0|#a5b0ff|40–50%}} {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#6674de|60–70%}} {{legend0|#584cde|70–80%}}<br/> |
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| map_caption = Election results by county |
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'''Poochigian:''' {{legend0|#ffb2b2|40–50%}} {{legend0|#e27f7f|50–60%}} {{legend0|#d75d5d|60–70%}} |
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| title = [[Attorney General of California|Attorney General]] |
| title = [[Attorney General of California|Attorney General]] |
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| before_election = [[Bill Lockyer]] |
| before_election = [[Bill Lockyer]] |
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The '''2006 [[California Attorney General]] election''' occurred on November 7, 2006. The [[primary elections]] took place on June 6, 2006. Former and future [[Governor of California|Governor]] [[Jerry Brown]], the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] nominee, easily defeated the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] nominee, [[California State Senate|State Senator]] [[Chuck Poochigian]], for the office previously held by Democrat [[Bill Lockyer]], who was term-limited and ran for [[California State Treasurer election |
The '''2006 [[California Attorney General]] election''' occurred on November 7, 2006. The [[primary elections]] took place on June 6, 2006. Former and future [[Governor of California|Governor]] [[Jerry Brown]], the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] nominee, easily defeated the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] nominee, [[California State Senate|State Senator]] [[Chuck Poochigian]], for the office previously held by Democrat [[Bill Lockyer]], who was term-limited and ran for [[2006 California State Treasurer election|Treasurer]]. |
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==Primary results== |
==Primary results== |
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==Results== |
==Results== |
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{{Election box begin no change | title=California Attorney General election, 2006<ref name="results">{{cite web |url=http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2006_general/ag.pdf |title=Secretary of State | |
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Results from the [[Secretary of State of California]]:<ref name="results"/> |
Results from the [[Secretary of State of California]]:<ref name="results"/> |
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*[[California|State of California]] |
*[[California|State of California]] |
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*[[California Attorney General]] |
*[[California Attorney General]] |
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*[[List of |
*[[List of attorneys general of California]] |
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==References== |
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070517222320/http://primary2006.ss.ca.gov/Returns/atg/00.htm Bar graph of statewide results] |
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070517222320/http://primary2006.ss.ca.gov/Returns/atg/00.htm Bar graph of statewide results] |
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[[Category:2006 California elections]] |
[[Category:2006 California elections]] |
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[[Category:California Attorney General elections]] |
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[[Category:2006 United States Attorney General elections|California]] |
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[[Category:Jerry Brown|2006]] |
[[Category:Jerry Brown|2006]] |
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The 2006 California Attorney General election occurred on November 7, 2006. The primary elections took place on June 6, 2006. Former and future Governor Jerry Brown, the Democratic nominee, easily defeated the Republican nominee, State Senator Chuck Poochigian, for the office previously held by Democrat Bill Lockyer, who was term-limited and ran for Treasurer.
Primary results
[edit]Results by county are available here and here.
Democratic
[edit]| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Brown | 1,552,949 | 63.23 | |
| Rocky Delgadillo | 903,549 | 36.77 | |
| Total votes | 2,456,498 | 100.00 | |
Others
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Chuck Poochigian | 1,553,604 | 100.00 | |
| Green | Michael Wyman | 31,018 | 100.00 | |
| Libertarian | Kenneth Weissman | 16,567 | 100.00 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Jack Harrison | 3,736 | 100.00 | |
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jerry Brown | 4,756,184 | 56.29 | |
| Republican | Chuck Poochigian | 3,220,429 | 38.11 | |
| Green | Michael Wyman | 195,130 | 2.31 | |
| Libertarian | Kenneth Weissman | 177,469 | 2.10 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Jack Harrison | 100,797 | 1.19 | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 449,050 | 5.05 | ||
| Total votes | 8,450,009 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | 39.29 | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
Results by county
[edit]Results from the Secretary of State of California:[1]
| County | Brown | Votes | Poochigian | Votes | Wyman | Votes | Weissman | Votes | Harrison | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 79.73% | 188,409 | 11.65% | 27,523 | 5.70% | 13,479 | 1.78% | 4,208 | 1.14% | 2,686 |
| Santa Cruz | 75.01% | 66,560 | 19.12% | 16,962 | 3.29% | 2,922 | 1.70% | 1,512 | 0.88% | 777 |
| Marin | 73.45% | 76,182 | 21.08% | 21,868 | 3.23% | 3,354 | 1.50% | 1,559 | 0.72% | 751 |
| Alameda | 73.10% | 290,072 | 18.43% | 73,120 | 5.23% | 20,740 | 1.72% | 6,824 | 1.52% | 6,036 |
| San Mateo | 70.78% | 141,617 | 23.91% | 47,828 | 2.91% | 5,815 | 1.53% | 3,067 | 0.87% | 1,747 |
| Sonoma | 68.66% | 116,443 | 24.57% | 41,663 | 3.40% | 5,765 | 2.00% | 3,385 | 1.38% | 2,343 |
| Santa Clara | 66.69% | 279,105 | 27.78% | 116,284 | 2.41% | 10,072 | 2.15% | 8,983 | 0.98% | 4,094 |
| Mendocino | 66.20% | 20,045 | 25.78% | 7,807 | 4.30% | 1,301 | 2.47% | 747 | 1.25% | 379 |
| Contra Costa | 66.21% | 196,765 | 29.28% | 87,008 | 2.18% | 6,479 | 1.32% | 3,929 | 1.00% | 2,981 |
| Monterey | 65.07% | 56,367 | 30.18% | 26,138 | 1.87% | 1,623 | 1.81% | 1,567 | 1.07% | 926 |
| Los Angeles | 64.48% | 1,222,860 | 30.20% | 572,820 | 1.86% | 35,245 | 2.20% | 41,759 | 1.26% | 23,881 |
| Napa | 63.55% | 26,731 | 31.01% | 13,042 | 2.59% | 1,089 | 1.87% | 785 | 0.98% | 413 |
| Solano | 61.43% | 62,774 | 33.48% | 34,219 | 1.90% | 1,938 | 2.11% | 2,157 | 1.08% | 1,105 |
| Yolo | 60.06% | 31,930 | 33.79% | 17,963 | 3.30% | 1,756 | 2.20% | 1,169 | 0.65% | 346 |
| San Benito | 59.39% | 8,374 | 35.61% | 5,022 | 1.63% | 230 | 2.33% | 329 | 1.04% | 146 |
| Humboldt | 58.61% | 27,643 | 32.28% | 15,224 | 5.26% | 2,479 | 2.46% | 1,158 | 1.39% | 657 |
| Lake | 56.65% | 10,795 | 36.07% | 6,873 | 2.97% | 566 | 2.51% | 478 | 1.81% | 344 |
| Imperial | 55.98% | 12,152 | 37.23% | 8,082 | 1.88% | 409 | 2.26% | 490 | 2.65% | 576 |
| Santa Barbara | 54.33% | 64,823 | 40.03% | 47,760 | 2.28% | 2,716 | 2.27% | 2,705 | 1.09% | 1,304 |
| Alpine | 54.27% | 286 | 37.19% | 196 | 3.61% | 19 | 3.80% | 20 | 1.14% | 6 |
| Sacramento | 52.58% | 184,560 | 42.52% | 149,246 | 2.09% | 7,341 | 1.71% | 6,001 | 1.11% | 3,888 |
| Ventura | 51.58% | 111,773 | 43.67% | 94,635 | 1.53% | 3,323 | 2.14% | 4,636 | 1.07% | 2,329 |
| San Bernardino | 49.63% | 167,145 | 44.73% | 150,659 | 1.76% | 5,932 | 2.53% | 8,524 | 1.35% | 4,555 |
| San Diego | 49.60% | 374,717 | 45.25% | 341,832 | 1.98% | 14,926 | 2.10% | 15,879 | 1.08% | 8,156 |
| San Joaquin | 49.13% | 67,219 | 45.40% | 62,122 | 1.86% | 2,548 | 1.95% | 2,670 | 1.66% | 2,267 |
| Mono | 48.49% | 1,785 | 44.47% | 1,637 | 2.99% | 110 | 2.93% | 108 | 1.11% | 41 |
| Trinity | 48.27% | 2,729 | 42.84% | 2,422 | 3.29% | 186 | 3.86% | 218 | 1.75% | 99 |
| Del Norte | 48.29% | 3,192 | 44.81% | 2,962 | 2.57% | 170 | 3.10% | 205 | 1.23% | 81 |
| Nevada | 48.19% | 20,449 | 46.42% | 19,697 | 2.67% | 1,134 | 2.04% | 867 | 0.67% | 286 |
| San Luis Obispo | 47.21% | 44,512 | 47.38% | 44,668 | 2.16% | 2,032 | 2.25% | 2,123 | 1.00% | 946 |
| Riverside | 47.00% | 176,341 | 47.90% | 179,692 | 1.69% | 6,331 | 2.09% | 7,854 | 1.32% | 4,956 |
| Stanislaus | 45.43% | 46,375 | 50.03% | 51,071 | 1.55% | 1,580 | 1.68% | 1,713 | 1.31% | 1,341 |
| Butte | 45.22% | 30,300 | 48.90% | 32,768 | 3.11% | 2,083 | 2.65% | 1,779 | 0.12% | 82 |
| Inyo | 44.33% | 2,818 | 48.97% | 3,113 | 2.89% | 184 | 2.61% | 166 | 1.20% | 76 |
| Merced | 44.30% | 18,277 | 50.50% | 20,834 | 1.60% | 661 | 2.07% | 855 | 1.53% | 631 |
| Tuolumne | 43.21% | 9,023 | 51.45% | 10,743 | 2.06% | 430 | 2.06% | 431 | 1.22% | 255 |
| Plumas | 42.83% | 3,744 | 51.49% | 4,501 | 2.11% | 184 | 2.30% | 201 | 1.27% | 111 |
| Amador | 41.98% | 6,133 | 52.62% | 7,688 | 2.18% | 319 | 2.18% | 318 | 1.05% | 153 |
| Calaveras | 42.23% | 7,419 | 52.71% | 9,260 | 2.17% | 382 | 2.77% | 486 | 0.13% | 22 |
| Orange | 41.46% | 293,982 | 52.89% | 375,038 | 1.77% | 12,525 | 2.62% | 18,571 | 1.27% | 8,973 |
| Siskiyou | 41.21% | 6,731 | 51.78% | 8,456 | 2.11% | 344 | 3.42% | 559 | 1.48% | 242 |
| El Dorado | 40.56% | 26,966 | 53.89% | 35,829 | 2.39% | 1,587 | 2.34% | 1,553 | 0.83% | 554 |
| Placer | 40.44% | 48,800 | 54.74% | 66,051 | 2.00% | 2,415 | 2.10% | 2,530 | 0.72% | 866 |
| Sierra | 38.87% | 608 | 53.84% | 842 | 2.43% | 38 | 3.90% | 61 | 0.96% | 15 |
| Colusa | 38.03% | 1,848 | 58.06% | 2,821 | 1.28% | 62 | 1.77% | 86 | 0.86% | 42 |
| Tehama | 37.64% | 6,672 | 56.22% | 9,965 | 1.82% | 322 | 2.82% | 500 | 1.51% | 267 |
| Mariposa | 37.51% | 2,834 | 56.31% | 4,254 | 2.57% | 194 | 2.30% | 174 | 1.31% | 99 |
| Yuba | 36.96% | 5,067 | 55.90% | 7,664 | 2.17% | 298 | 3.31% | 454 | 1.66% | 227 |
| Sutter | 36.60% | 8,591 | 58.56% | 13,746 | 1.57% | 369 | 1.90% | 446 | 1.37% | 321 |
| Shasta | 36.02% | 20,866 | 58.43% | 33,846 | 1.74% | 1,009 | 2.47% | 1,431 | 1.33% | 772 |
| Fresno | 35.55% | 61,932 | 60.20% | 104,877 | 1.66% | 2,884 | 1.41% | 2,457 | 1.19% | 2,076 |
| Glenn | 35.69% | 2,607 | 60.41% | 4,412 | 1.62% | 118 | 2.15% | 157 | 0.14% | 10 |
| Kings | 34.05% | 7,720 | 61.84% | 14,019 | 1.24% | 282 | 1.69% | 384 | 1.17% | 266 |
| Lassen | 33.84% | 2,856 | 57.84% | 4,881 | 2.41% | 203 | 4.48% | 378 | 1.43% | 121 |
| Modoc | 33.72% | 1,238 | 58.62% | 2,152 | 2.02% | 74 | 4.20% | 154 | 1.44% | 53 |
| Kern | 32.18% | 47,771 | 61.60% | 91,441 | 1.99% | 2,957 | 2.82% | 4,179 | 1.41% | 2092 |
| Tulare | 31.18% | 21,296 | 64.86% | 44,304 | 1.49% | 1,020 | 1.52% | 1,041 | 0.95% | 647 |
| Madera | 31.02% | 9,199 | 64.19% | 19,035 | 1.94% | 576 | 1.65% | 489 | 1.20% | 355 |
See also
[edit]- California state elections, 2006
- State of California
- California Attorney General
- List of attorneys general of California
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Secretary of State" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. December 16, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 24, 2008. Retrieved July 22, 2008.
- ^ "Registration and Participation" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. December 18, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2008. Retrieved July 16, 2008.