California State Senate elections, 2006

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The 2006 California State Senate election was held on November 7, 2006. Senate seats of even-numbered districts were up for election. Senate terms are staggered so that half the membership is elected every two years. Senators serve four-year terms and are limited to two terms. As was expected, the Democratic Party held on to the majority of the seats.

Contents

State Senate: pre-election Seats
  Democratic-held 25
  Republican-held 15
 Total
 40
2006 Elections
  Democratic held and uncontested 13
  Contested 13
  Republican held and uncontested 14
 Total
 40
State Senate: post-election Seats
  Democratic-held 25
  Republican-held 15
 Total
 40

Final results from the California Secretary of State:[1]

2006 State Senate District 2 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Patricia “Pat” Wiggins 173,053 66.1%
Republican Lawrence R. Wiesner 88,960 33.9%
Total votes 262,013 100.0%
Majority 84,093 32.2%
Turnout

2006 State Senate District 4 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Samuel Aanestad (incumbent) 161,516 61.0%
Democratic Paul R. Singh 87,926 33.1%
Libertarian Tony Munroe 8,246 3.1%
Green Robert Wells Vizzard 7,456 2.8%
Total votes 265,144 100.0%
Majority 73,590 27.9%
Turnout

2006 State Senate District 6 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Darrell S. Steinberg 115,628 58.7%
Republican Paul R. Green, Jr. 71,051 36.1%
Libertarian Alana N. Garberoglio 4,774 2.4%
Peace and Freedom C.T. Weber 5,573 2.8%
Total votes 197,026 100.0%
Majority 44,577 22.6%
Turnout

2006 State Senate District 8 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Leland Yee 179,556 78.0%
Republican Michael Skipakevich 50,670 22.0%
Total votes 230,226 100.0%
Majority 124,658 56.4%
Turnout

2006 State Senate District 10 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ellen Corbett 136,565 73.4%
Republican Lou Filipovich 49,549 26.6%
Total votes 186,114 100.0%
Majority 87,016 46.8%
Turnout

2006 State Senate District 12 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jeff Denham (incumbent) 91,701 59.8%
Democratic Wiley Nickel 61,747 40.2%
Total votes 153,448 100.0%
Majority 29,954 19.6%
Turnout

2006 State Senate District 14 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Dave Cogdill, Sr 165,120 67.0%
Democratic Wesley W. Firch 81,345 33.0%
Total votes 246,465 100.0%
Majority 83,775 34.0%
Turnout

2006 State Senate District 16 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Dean Florez (incumbent) 76,969 100.0%
Total votes 76,969 100.0%
Majority 76,969 100.0%
Turnout

2006 State Senate District 18 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Roy Ashburn (incumbent) 141,470 69.9%
Democratic Fred B. Davis 56,334 27.9%
Green Matthew Rick 4,634 2.2%
Total votes 202,438 100.0%
Majority 85,136 42.0%
Turnout

2006 State Senate District 20 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Alex Padilla 84,182 74.9%
Libertarian Pamela J. Brown 28,294 25.1%
Total votes 112,476 100.0%
Majority 55,888 49.8%
Turnout

2006 State Senate District 22 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Gilbert Cedillo (incumbent) 70,584 76.3%
Republican Mike Ten 18,494 20.0%
Libertarian Murray Levy 3,438 3.7%
Total votes 92,516 100.0%
Majority 52,090 56.3%
Turnout

2006 State Senate District 24 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Gloria Romero (incumbent) 92,033 74.1%
Republican Robert Carver 32,264 25.9%
Total votes 124,297 100.0%
Majority 59,769 48.2%
Turnout

2006 State Senate District 26 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Mark Ridley-Thomas 132,400 89.1%
Libertarian Bud Raymond 16,221 10.9%
Total votes 148,621 100.0%
Majority 116,179 78.2%
Turnout

2006 State Senate District 28 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Jenny Oropeza 128,649 61.7%
Republican Cherryl Liddle 72,440 34.8%
Libertarian Peter “Pedro” De Baets 7,446 3.5%
Total votes 208,535 100.0%
Majority 56,209 26.9%
Turnout

2006 State Senate District 30 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ron Calderon 93,436 71.0%
Republican Selma H. Minerd 38,340 29.0%
Total votes 131,776 100.0%
Majority 55,096 42.0%
Turnout

2006 State Senate District 32 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Gloria Negrete McLeod 82,458 100.0%
Total votes 82,458 100.0%
Majority 82,458 100.0%
Turnout

2006 State Senate District 34 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Lou Correa 56,534 50.3%
Republican Lynn Daucher 55,142 49.0%
Total votes 111,676 100.0%
Majority 1,392 1.3%
Turnout

2006 State Senate District 36 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Dennis Hollingsworth (incumbent) 163,834 63.5%
Democratic Mark Hanson 85,590 33.1%
Libertarian Joseph B. Shea 8,983 3.4%
Total votes 258,407 100.0%
Majority 78,244 30.4%
Turnout

2006 State Senate District 38 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Mark Wyland 161,865 74.4%
Libertarian Brian A. Klea 55,863 25.6%
Total votes 217,728 100.0%
Majority 106,002 48.8%
Turnout

2006 State Senate District 40 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Denise Moreno Ducheny (incumbent) 84,571 62.2%
Republican David K. Walden 47,502 34.9%
Libertarian Jesse Thomas 3,968 2.9%
Total votes 136,041 100.0%
Majority 37,069 27.3%
Turnout

  1. ^ State Senate All Districts. California Secretary of State (2006-12-04). Retrieved on 2006-12-05.


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