2006 California State Assembly election
November 7, 2006
All 80 seats in the California State Assembly
41 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Fabian Núñez George Plescia
(retired as leader)
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat 46th–Los Angeles 75th–San Diego
Last election 48 32
Seats won 48 32
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 4,406,601 3,524,702
Percentage 54.36% 43.48%
Electoral results by State Assembly district
Speaker before election

Fabian Núñez
Democratic

 Elected Speaker

Fabian Núñez
Democratic

The 2006 California State Assembly elections were held on November 7, 2006. Voters in all 80 districts of the California State Assembly voted for their representatives. The California Democratic Party retained its majority with 48 seats. The California Republican Party retained control of the remaining 32 seats. Neither party lost or gained any seats.

Overview

California State Assembly elections, 2006[1][2]
Party Votes Percentage Incumbents Open Before After +/–
Democratic 4,406,601 54.36% 36 12 48 48 0
Republican 3,524,702 43.48% 18 14 31 32 +1
Libertarian 122,036 1.51% 0 0 0 0 0
Peace and Freedom 29,726 0.37% 0 0 0 0 0
Green 22,472 0.28% 0 0 0 0 0
Independent 51 0.00% 0 0 0 0 0
Vacant[A] — — — — 1 0 –1
Invalid or blank votes 793,471 8.92% — — — — —
Totals 8,899,059 100.00% 54 26 80 80 —
A The 67th State Assembly district was left vacant after Republican Tom Harman won a special election to fill the 35th State Senate district on June 12, 2006. There was not enough time to schedule a special election for the Assembly seat, but Republican Jim Silva succeeded him after winning this election.
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48 32
Democratic Republican

Results

The following are the final results from the Secretary of State of California.[1]

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District 1

California's 1st State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Patty Berg (incumbent) 99,626 64.74
Republican Ray Tyrone 47,196 30.67
Libertarian Thomas Reed 7,011 4.56
Independent Robert Parker (write-in) 51 0.03
Total votes 153,884 100.00
Turnout   66.32
Democratic hold

District 2

California's 2nd State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Doug LaMalfa (incumbent) 95,723 68.07
Democratic Melvin Smith 41,425 29.46
Peace and Freedom Phil Dynan 3,474 2.47
Total votes 140,622 100.00
Turnout   64.24
Republican hold

District 3

California's 3rd State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rick Keene (incumbent) 87,758 61.00
Democratic Michael J. Harrington 56,101 39.00
Total votes 143,859 100.00
Turnout   62.09
Republican hold

District 4

California's 4th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ted Gaines 96,958 58.83
Democratic Robert Haswell 57,401 34.83
Libertarian Michael Murphy 5,423 3.29
Green Gerald Fritts 5,025 3.05
Total votes 164,807 100.00
Turnout   66.07
Republican hold

District 5

California's 5th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Roger Niello (incumbent) 84,334 61.68
Democratic Brandon Bell 48,325 35.34
Peace and Freedom Mike Lopez 4,068 2.98
Total votes 136,727 100.00
Turnout   57.74
Republican hold

District 6

California's 6th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jared Huffman 106,589 65.84
Republican Michael Hartnett 43,864 27.09
Green Cat Woods 6,922 4.28
Libertarian Richard Olmstead 4,519 2.79
Total votes 161,894 100.00
Turnout   72.50
Democratic hold

District 7

California's 7th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Noreen Evans (incumbent) 99,262 98.55
Republican Raylene Wiesner (write-in) 1,464 1.45
Total votes 100,726 100.00
Turnout   57.39
Democratic hold

District 8

California's 8th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lois Wolk (incumbent) 78,171 66.02
Republican John Gould 40,238 33.98
Total votes 118,409 100.00
Turnout   61.78
Democratic hold

District 9

California's 9th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dave Jones (incumbent) 61,932 69.91
Republican William Chan 26,652 30.09
Total votes 88,584 100.00
Turnout   50.64
Democratic hold

District 10

California's 10th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Alan Nakanishi (incumbent) 84,455 60.79
Democratic Jim Cook 46,858 33.73
Libertarian Janice Bonser 4,636 3.34
Peace and Freedom Albert Troyer 1,974 1.42
Total votes 138,923 100.00
Turnout   58.43
Republican hold

District 11

California's 11th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mark DeSaulnier 69,054 66.50
Republican Arne Simonsen 31,048 29.90
Libertarian Cory Nott 3,743 3.60
Total votes 104,845 100.00
Turnout   59.10
Democratic hold

District 12

California's 12th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Fiona Ma 73,922 71.00
Republican Howard Epstein 17,020 16.35
Green Barry Hermanson 13,174 12.65
Total votes 104,116 100.00
Turnout   50.90
Democratic hold

District 13

California's 13th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mark Leno (incumbent) 110,937 86.88
Republican Ramiro Maldonado 16,760 13.12
Total votes 127,697 100.00
Turnout   53.48
Democratic hold

District 14

California's 14th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Loni Hancock (incumbent) 116,879 81.72
Republican Leigh Wolf 26,140 18.28
Total votes 143,019 100.00
Turnout   64.92
Democratic hold

District 15

California's 15th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Guy Houston (incumbent) 89,039 54.79
Democratic Terry Coleman 73,466 45.21
Total votes 157,505 100.00
Turnout   62.31
Republican hold

District 16

California's 16th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sandré Swanson 91,696 90.10
Peace and Freedom Edward Ytuarte 10,071 9.90
Total votes 101,767 100.00
Turnout   53.52
Democratic hold

District 17

California's 17th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cathleen Galgiani 47,675 59.76
Republican Gerald Machado 32,107 40.24
Total votes 79,782 100.00
Turnout   44.50
Democratic hold

District 18

California's 18th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mary Hayashi 69,411 67.85
Republican Jill Buck 32,897 32.15
Total votes 102,308 100.00
Turnout   55.96
Democratic hold

District 19

California's 19th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gene Mullin (incumbent) 88,849 74.19
Republican Elsie Gufler 30,908 25.81
Total votes 119,757 100.00
Turnout   61.03
Democratic hold

District 20

California's 20th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alberto Torrico (incumbent) 61,238 65.30
Republican Ken Nishimura 32,548 34.70
Total votes 93,786 100.00
Turnout   53.57
Democratic hold

District 21

California's 21st State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ira Ruskin (incumbent) 95,104 67.77
Republican Virginia Kiraly 45,314 32.23
Total votes 140,418 100.00
Turnout   64.06
Democratic hold

District 22

California's 22nd State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sally Lieber (incumbent) 66,941 68.79
Republican Roger Riffenburgh 30,369 31.21
Total votes 97,310 100.00
Turnout   59.56
Democratic hold

District 23

California's 23rd State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joe Coto (incumbent) 49,977 73.88
Republican Mark Patrosso 17,671 26.12
Total votes 67,648 100.00
Turnout   51.58
Democratic hold

District 24

California's 24th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jim Beall 75,769 65.25
Republican Lawrence Hileman 36,425 31.37
Libertarian Lionel Silva 3,934 3.39
Total votes 116,128 100.00
Turnout   60.13
Democratic hold

District 25

California's 25th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Berryhill 79,594 62.24
Democratic James Bufford 42,158 32.97
Libertarian Michael Dell'Orto 6,123 4.79
Total votes 127,875 100.00
Turnout   57.56
Republican hold

District 26

California's 26th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Greg Aghazarian (incumbent) 54,703 58.39
Democratic Kenneth Goeken 38,990 41.61
Total votes 93,693 100.00
Turnout   48.65
Republican hold

District 27

California's 27th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Laird (incumbent) 99,530 70.12
Republican Michael Morrison 42,411 29.88
Total votes 141,941 100.00
Turnout   48.65
Democratic hold

District 28

California's 28th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Anna Caballero 43,570 57.42
Republican Ignacio Velazquez 32,303 42.58
Total votes 75,873 100.00
Turnout   55.76
Democratic hold

District 29

California's 29th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Villines (incumbent) 76,719 65.49
Democratic Benjamin Avila 35,163 30.02
Peace and Freedom John Crockford 3,784 3.23
Libertarian Jonathan Zwickel 1,479 1.26
Total votes 117,145 100.00
Turnout   59.15
Republican hold

District 30

California's 30th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Nicole Parra (incumbent) 28,244 51.56
Republican Danny Gilmore 26,527 48.44
Total votes 54,771 100.00
Turnout   46.16
Democratic hold

District 31

California's 31st State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Juan Arambula (incumbent) 45,004 100.00
Turnout   44.65
Democratic hold

District 32

California's 32nd State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jean Fuller 85,055 71.69
Democratic Maribel Vega 33,594 28.31
Total votes 118,649 100.00
Turnout   56.18
Republican hold

District 33

California's 33rd State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Sam Blakeslee (incumbent) 91,393 67.01
Democratic Robert Cuthbert 44,991 32.99
Total votes 136,384 100.00
Turnout   62.01
Republican hold

District 34

California's 34th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Maze (incumbent) 56,880 68.33
Democratic Desmond Farrelly 23,575 28.32
Green David Silva 2,793 3.36
Total votes 83,248 100.00
Turnout   51.67
Republican hold

District 35

California's 35th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Pedro Nava (incumbent) 77,868 68.32
Republican Cristina Martin 36,109 31.68
Total votes 113,977 100.00
Turnout   61.46
Democratic hold

District 36

California's 36th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Sharon Runner (incumbent) 55,712 61.51
Democratic Robert Bynum 34,863 38.49
Total votes 90,575 100.00
Turnout   48.12
Republican hold

District 37

California's 37th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Audra Strickland (incumbent) 78,493 57.38
Democratic Ferial Masry 58,305 42.62
Total votes 136,798 100.00
Turnout   57.87
Republican hold

District 38

California's 38th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Cameron Smyth 70,193 56.50
Democratic Lyn Shaw 46,926 37.77
Libertarian Peggy Christensen 7,116 5.73
Total votes 124,235 100.00
Turnout   55.42
Republican hold

District 39

California's 39th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Richard Alarcón 40,603 100.00
Turnout   47.96
Democratic hold

District 40

California's 40th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lloyd Levine (incumbent) 50,807 63.40
Republican Rick Montaine 29,325 36.60
Total votes 80,132 100.00
Turnout   53.42
Democratic hold

District 41

California's 41st State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Julia Brownley 78,380 61.74
Republican Tony Dolz 44,543 35.09
Libertarian Conrad Frankowski 4,027 3.17
Total votes 126,950 100.00
Turnout   53.72
Democratic hold

District 42

California's 42nd State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael Feuer 94,619 88.22
Republican Steven Sion 27,539 25.68
Libertarian Colin Goldman 6,101 5.69
Total votes 107,259 100.00
Turnout   51.27
Democratic hold

District 43

California's 43rd State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Paul Krekorian 55,871 62.99
Republican Michael Agbaba 26,530 29.91
Libertarian Steve Myers 6,296 7.10
Total votes 88,697 100.00
Turnout   48.32
Democratic hold

District 44

California's 44th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Anthony Portantino 66,206 58.31
Republican Scott Carwile 37,699 33.20
Libertarian Barron Yanaga 4,969 4.38
Green Ricardo Costa 4,662 4.11
Total votes 113,536 100.00
Turnout   53.03
Democratic hold

District 45

California's 45th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kevin de León 45,106 83.24
Republican Samantha Allen-Newman 9,082 16.76
Total votes 54,188 100.00
Turnout   43.97
Democratic hold

District 46

California's 46th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Fabian Núñez (incumbent) 30,518 100.00
Turnout   34.67
Democratic hold

District 47

California's 47th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Karen Bass (incumbent) 84,674 84.87
Republican Jeffers Dodge 15,096 15.13
Total votes 99,770 100.00
Turnout   48.63
Democratic hold

District 48

California's 48th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike Davis 43,310 88.77
Republican Brenda Green 5,479 11.23
Total votes 48,789 100.00
Turnout   39.24
Democratic hold

District 49

California's 49th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike Eng 39,326 63.21
Republican Esthela Siegrist 18,021 28.97
Libertarian Laura Brown 4,865 7.82
Total votes 62,212 100.00
Turnout   43.78
Democratic hold

District 50

California's 50th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Hector De La Torre (incumbent) 39,019 77.68
Republican Gladys Miller 11,210 22.32
Total votes 50,229 100.00
Turnout   42.61
Democratic hold

District 51

California's 51st State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Curren Price 52,671 73.94
Republican Ross Moen 16,241 22.80
Libertarian Carl Swinney 2,322 3.26
Total votes 71,234 100.00
Turnout   44.72
Democratic hold

District 52

California's 52nd State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mervyn Dymally (incumbent) 37,959 100.00
Turnout   30.15
Democratic hold

District 53

California's 53rd State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ted Lieu (incumbent) 75,491 59.40
Republican Mary Ford 47,534 37.40
Green Peter Thottam 3,070 2.42
Peace and Freedom Karl Abrams 2,997 2.36
Total votes 127,092 100.00
Turnout   53.65
Democratic hold

District 54

California's 54th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Betty Karnette (incumbent) 69,890 60.76
Republican Michael Jackson 45,128 39.24
Total votes 115,018 100.00
Turnout   51.07
Democratic hold

District 55

California's 55th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Laura Richardson 50,006 68.10
Republican Margherita Underhill 23,421 31.90
Total votes 83,427 100.00
Turnout   43.14
Democratic hold

District 56

California's 56th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tony Mendoza 43,666 57.72
Republican Grace Hu 31,991 42.28
Total votes 75,657 100.00
Turnout   44.42
Democratic hold

District 57

California's 57th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Edward Hernandez 44,025 63.06
Republican Holly Carver 25,790 36.94
Total votes 69,815 100.00
Turnout   45.01
Democratic hold

District 58

California's 58th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Charles Calderon 53,879 69.39
Republican Jim Kleinpell 23,766 30.61
Total votes 77,645 100.00
Turnout   46.41
Democratic hold

District 59

California's 59th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Anthony Adams 67,499 55.78
Democratic Elliott Barkan 45,655 37.73
Libertarian Jill Stone 7,845 6.48
Total votes 120,999 100.00
Turnout   50.82
Republican hold

District 60

California's 60th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Huff (incumbent) 74,721 69.96
Democratic Van Tamom 32,090 30.04
Total votes 106,811 100.00
Turnout   47.54
Republican hold

District 61

California's 61st State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Nell Soto 36,482 62.77
Republican Benjamin Lopez 21,639 37.23
Total votes 58,121 100.00
Turnout   40.92
Democratic hold

District 62

California's 62nd State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Wilmer Carter 33,747 68.24
Republican Marge Mendoza-Ware 15,704 31.76
Total votes 49,451 100.00
Turnout   34.54
Democratic hold

District 63

California's 63rd State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Emmerson (incumbent) 59,340 55.52
Democratic Mark Westwood 47,534 44.48
Total votes 106,874 100.00
Turnout   45.16
Republican hold

District 64

California's 64th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Benoit (incumbent) 66,501 61.11
Democratic Paul Rasso 42,314 38.89
Total votes 108,815 100.00
Turnout   49.76
Republican hold

District 65

California's 65th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Cook 67,669 59.92
Democratic Rita Ramirez-Dean 41,906 37.11
Peace and Freedom Jon Taleb 3,358 2.97
Total votes 112,933 100.00
Turnout   50.47
Republican hold

District 66

California's 66th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kevin Jeffries 62,582 61.56
Democratic Laurel Nicholson 39,081 38.44
Total votes 101,663 100.00
Turnout   49.29
Republican hold

District 67

California's 67th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Silva 75,001 64.05
Democratic Ray Roberts 42,103 35.95
Total votes 117,104 100.00
Turnout   46.73
Republican hold

District 68

California's 68th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Van Tran (incumbent) 55,155 61.67
Democratic Paul Lucas 34,277 38.33
Total votes 89,432 100.00
Turnout   43.44
Republican hold

District 69

California's 69th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jose Solorio 28,339 65.61
Republican Ryan Williams 14,854 34.39
Total votes 43,193 100.00
Turnout   36.90
Democratic hold

District 70

California's 70th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Chuck DeVore (incumbent) 78,724 71.04
Democratic Michael Glover 32,090 28.96
Total votes 110,814 100.00
Turnout   47.91
Republican hold

District 71

California's 71st State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Todd Spitzer (incumbent) 83,645 71.63
Democratic Irene LaChance 33,135 28.37
Total votes 116,780 100.00
Turnout   47.74
Republican hold

District 72

California's 72nd State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Michael Duvall 55,664 59.14
Democratic John MacMurray 35,352 37.56
Libertarian Brian Cross 3,114 3.31
Total votes 94,120 100.00
Turnout   45.47
Republican hold

District 73

California's 73rd State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mimi Walters (incumbent) 75,600 73.39
Libertarian Andrew Favor 27,412 26.61
Total votes 103,012 100.00
Turnout   45.47
Republican hold

District 74

California's 74th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Martin Garrick 72,980 58.05
Democratic Roxana Folescu 52,747 41.95
Total votes 125,727 100.00
Turnout   56.05
Republican hold

District 75

California's 75th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican George Plescia (incumbent) 77,921 57.87
Democratic Scott Meyer 52,881 39.27
Libertarian Edward Teyssier 3,856 2.86
Total votes 134,658 100.00
Turnout   56.23
Republican hold

District 76

California's 76th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lori Saldaña (incumbent) 73,932 64.40
Republican Ralph Denney 39,530 34.43
Republican Kim Tran (write-in) 1,335 1.16
Total votes 114,797 100.00
Turnout   50.22
Democratic hold

District 77

California's 77th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Joel Anderson 69,426 60.56
Democratic Christopher Larkin 41,292 36.02
Libertarian Rich Belitz 3,921 3.42
Total votes 114,639 100.00
Turnout   52.85
Republican hold

District 78

California's 78th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Shirley Horton (incumbent) 51,983 50.89
Democratic Maxine Sherard 46,846 45.86
Libertarian Geof Gibson 3,324 3.25
Total votes 102,153 100.00
Turnout   48.03
Republican hold

District 79

California's 79th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mary Salas 39,437 62.77
Republican Jean Roesch 23,395 37.23
Total votes 62,832 100.00
Turnout   43.83
Democratic hold

District 80

California's 80th State Assembly district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bonnie Garcia (incumbent) 42,459 51.52
Democratic Steve Clute 39,946 48.48
Total votes 82,405 100.00
Turnout   47.25
Republican hold

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "State Assembly" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. December 16, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 11, 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
  2. ↑ "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.
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