2006 California gubernatorial election

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.

2006 California gubernatorial election

← 2003 (recall) November 7, 2006 2010 →
Turnout	32.77% 28.43pp
Nominee Arnold Schwarzenegger Phil Angelides Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 4,850,157 3,376,732 Percentage 55.88% 38.91%
County results Congressional district results Schwarzenegger:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Angelides:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Governor before election Arnold Schwarzenegger Republican Elected Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Republican

Under the state constitution, the Governor serves a four-year term, with a maximum or minimum term limit of two four-year terms for life, regardless of whether or not they are consecutive or nonconsecutive. Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected in a 2003 recall election and served out the remainder of predecessor Gray Davis's term ending in 2007; Schwarzenegger was therefore eligible to serve until 2011.^[1] As of 2024, this along with the concurrent Insurance Commissioner election was the last time Republicans won a statewide election in California and marked the last time a Republican was officially elected California Governor as well as the last election in which a California governor and lieutenant governor of opposite political parties were elected.

Exit polls showed Schwarzenegger won the vote of White (63%–32%) and Asian Americans (62%–37%), while Angelides won among African Americans (70%–27%) and Latinos (56%–39%).^{[citation needed]}

Primary election

Bar graph of statewide results^[2]

Results by county^[3]

The period for candidate nominations closed on March 24, 2006.

Democratic

Candidates

• Phil Angelides – California State Treasurer; former State Democratic Chair and developer
• Barbara Becnel – Executive Director of Neighborhood House of North Richmond; founder of Save Stanley Tookie Williams campaign
• Joe Brouilette – high school teacher
• Edie Bukewihge – writer and publisher
• Jerald Gerst – physician
• Vibert Greene – engineer
• Frank Macaluso – medical doctor
• Michael Strimling – attorney
• Steve Westly – California State Controller; former Internet executive

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.^[4] 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.^[5] 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.^[6] 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.^[7] 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%,^[8] far below the 38% predicted by the Secretary of State,^[9] with the turnout of valid ballots cast on election day at 28%.^[10]

Polling

Source	Date	Westly	Angelides
Survey USA[11]	June 5, 2006	36%	44%
Survey USA[12]	June 2, 2006	37%	41%
Field Poll[13]	June 2, 2006	35%	34%
LA Times Poll[14]	May 27, 2006	34%	37%
Survey USA[15]	May 25, 2006	32%	44%
Public Policy Institute of California[16]	May 25, 2006	32%	35%
Survey USA[17]	May 8, 2006	31%	41%
LA Times Poll[18]	April 29, 2006	33%	20%
Public Policy Institute of California[19]	April 27, 2006	26%	20%
Field Poll[13]	April 17, 2006	37%	26%
Public Policy Institute of California[20]	March 30, 2006	23%	22%
Field Poll[13]	November 3, 2005	26%	37%
Field Poll[13]	September 7, 2005	22%	32%
Field Poll[13]	June 29, 2005	28%	37%
Field Poll[13]	February 25, 2005	11%	15%

Results

Democratic primary results by county

  Angelides

•   40–50%
•   50–60%

  Westly

•   40–50%
•   50–60%
•   60–70%

Democratic primary results by congressional district

  Angelides

•   40–50%
•   50–60%
•   60–70%

  Westly

•   40–50%
•   50–60%

Democratic primary results^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Phil Angelides	1,202,884	48.00%
	Democratic	Steve Westly	1,081,971	43.17%
	Democratic	Barbara Becnel	66,550	2.66%
	Democratic	Joe Brouillette	42,077	1.68%
	Democratic	Michael Strimling	35,122	1.40%
	Democratic	Frank A. Macaluso Jr.	30,871	1.23%
	Democratic	Vibert Greene	25,747	1.03%
	Democratic	Jerald Robert Gerst	21,039	0.84%
Total votes			2,506,261	100.00%

Republican

Candidates

• Jeffrey Burns – general contractor
• Bill Chambers – railroad switchman
• Robert C. Newman II – psychologist and farmer
• Arnold Schwarzenegger – incumbent Governor of California

Republican Schwarzenegger faced token opposition and won overwhelmingly in the primary held on June 6, 2006.

Results

Republican primary results^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Arnold Schwarzenegger (incumbent)	1,724,296	89.99%
	Republican	Robert C. Newman II	68,663	3.58%
	Republican	Bill Chambers	65,488	3.42%
	Republican	Jeffrey R. Burns	57,652	3.01%
Total votes			1,916,099	100.00%

Minor parties

Green

Green primary results^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Peter Miguel Camejo	33,546	100.00%
Total votes			33,546	100.00%

American Independent

American Independent primary results^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	American Independent	Edward C. Noonan	25,096	100.00%
Total votes			25,096	100.00%

Libertarian

Libertarian primary^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Art Olivier	16,445	100.00%
Total votes			16,445	100.00%

Peace and Freedom

Peace and Freedom primary^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Peace and Freedom	Janice Jordan	3,849	100.00%
Total votes			3,849	100.00%

General election

Candidates

• Phil Angelides (Democratic) – California State Treasurer, Ex-State Democratic Chair & Developer
• Peter Camejo (Green) – 2002/2003 Green Party gubernatorial candidate, 2004 independent vice presidential candidate (Ralph Nader's running mate)
• Janice Jordan (Peace and Freedom) – 2004 Peace and Freedom Party vice presidential candidate (Leonard Peltier's running mate)
• Edward C. Noonan (American Independent) – computer shop owner
• Art Olivier (Libertarian) – former mayor of Bellflower, 2000 Libertarian Party vice presidential candidate (Harry Browne's running mate)
• Arnold Schwarzenegger (Republican) – incumbent Governor of California, actor, businessman

Campaign

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% by April 2006,^[22] 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,^[23] 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.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[24]	Lean R	November 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball[25]	Likely R	November 6, 2006
Rothenberg Political Report[26]	Safe R	November 2, 2006
Real Clear Politics[27]	Likely R	November 6, 2006

Polling

Source	Date	Arnold Schwarzenegger (R)	Phil Angelides (D)	Peter Camejo (G)	Art Olivier (L)
Field Poll[28]	November 1, 2006	49%	33%
Zogby/WSJ[29]	October 17, 2006	47%	40%
Zogby/WSJ[29]	September 28, 2006	43%	34%	8%	4%
Field Poll[30]	September 27, 2006	44%	34%
Rasmussen[31]	September 12, 2006	47%	39%
Zogby/WSJ[29]	September 11, 2006	40%	35%	6%	4%
Rasmussen[32]	August 31, 2006	48%	42%
Public Policy Institute of California[33]	August 30, 2006	45%	32%
Survey USA[34]	August 28, 2006	52%	38%
Zogby/WSJ[29]	August 28, 2006	45%	40%
Rasmussen[35]	August 1, 2006	47%	41%
Public Policy Institute of California[36]	July 26, 2006	43%	30%
Field Poll[37]	July 25, 2006	45%	37%
Zogby/WSJ[29]	July 24, 2006	42%	44%
Rasmussen[38]	July 13, 2006	44%	46%
Survey & Policy Institute[39]	July 6, 2006	44%	37%
Zogby/WSJ[29]	June 21, 2006	45%	45%
Field Poll[13]	June 2, 2006	46%	39%
LA Times Poll[40]	May 28, 2006	45%	46%
Public Policy Institute of California[16]	May 25, 2006	38%	38%
Rasmussen[41]	May 23, 2006	45%	45%
LA Times Poll[42]	April 29, 2006	43%	43%
Rasmussen[43]	April 17, 2006	49%	36%
Field Poll[13]	April 14, 2006	44%	40%
Public Policy Institute of California[20]	March 30, 2006	41%	29%
Rasmussen[44]	March 23, 2006	44%	45%
Field Poll[13]	March 2, 2006	39%	39%
Rasmussen[45]	February 13, 2006	40%	41%
Rasmussen[46]	January 25, 2006	39%	41%
Rasmussen[47]	December 16, 2005	40%	44%
Field Poll[13]	November 3, 2005	41%	47%
Field Poll[13]	August 29, 2005	40%	43%
Field Poll[13]	June 13, 2005	42%	46%
Field Poll[13]	February 25, 2005	52%	35%

Source	Date	Schwarzenegger (R)	Westly (D)
Field Poll[48]	June 2, 2006	44%	42%
LA Times Poll[40]	May 28, 2006	40%	50%
Public Policy Institute of California[16]	May 25, 2006	36%	36%
Rasmussen[49]	May 23, 2006	44%	46%
LA Times Poll[42]	April 29, 2006	39%	48%
Rasmussen[50]	April 17, 2006	48%	40%
Field Poll[51]	April 14, 2006	43%	43%
Public Policy Institute of California[20]	March 30, 2006	39%	31%
Rasmussen[44]	March 23, 2006	44%	45%
Field Poll[51]	March 2, 2006	37%	41%
Rasmussen[52]	February 13, 2006	39%	34%
Field Poll[51]	February 2, 2006	52%	33%
Rasmussen[46]	January 25, 2006	39%	40%
Rasmussen[47]	December 16, 2005	39%	46%
Field Poll[51]	November 3, 2005	40%	46%
Field Poll[51]	August 29, 2005	39%	42%
Field Poll[51]	June 13, 2005	40%	44%

Hypothetical polling

Schwarzenegger v Westly

Results

California gubernatorial election, 2006^[53][54]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Arnold Schwarzenegger (incumbent)	4,850,157	55.88%	+7.30%
	Democratic	Phil Angelides	3,376,732	38.91%	+7.43%
	Green	Peter Miguel Camejo	205,995	2.37%	−0.42%
	Libertarian	Art Olivier	114,329	1.32%	−0.84%
	Peace and Freedom	Janice Jordan	69,934	0.81%
	American Independent	Edward C. Noonan	61,901	0.71%	−1.00%
	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)	36	0.00%
	Independent	Vibert Greene (write-in)	18	0.00%
	Independent	Dealphria Tarver (write-in)	6	0.00%
Majority			1,473,425	16.98%
Total votes			8,679,416	100.00%
	Republican hold		Swing	+0.13%

Results by county

Results showed Schwarzenegger won 52 counties while Angelides won six; Schwarzenegger won an absolute majority in 48 counties and a plurality in four others, while Angelides won a majority in two counties and a plurality in four more. 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.^[53]

County	Arnold Schwarzenegger Republican		Phil Angelides Democratic		Peter Camejo Green		Art Olivier Libertarian		Janice Jordan PFP		Edward C. Noonan AIP		All Others Write-in		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Alameda	148,322	36.59%	229,217	56.54%	18,236	4.50%	3,784	0.93%	3,569	0.88%	2,231	0.55%	19	0.00%	-80,895	-19.96%	405,378
Alpine	295	54.23%	218	40.07%	14	2.57%	8	1.47%	6	1.10%	3	0.55%	0	0.00%	77	14.15%	544
Amador	10,755	72.09%	3,354	22.48%	390	2.61%	148	0.99%	100	0.67%	172	1.15%	0	0.00%	7,401	49.61%	14,919
Butte	45,591	65.82%	18,672	26.96%	2,912	4.20%	856	1.24%	640	0.92%	593	0.86%	4	0.01%	26,919	38.86%	69,268
Calaveras	12,691	70.44%	4,268	23.69%	490	2.72%	238	1.32%	130	0.72%	199	1.10%	0	0.00%	8,423	46.75%	18,016
Colusa	3,665	73.76%	1,104	22.22%	94	1.89%	46	0.93%	30	0.60%	30	0.60%	0	0.00%	2,561	51.54%	4,969
Contra Costa	158,565	52.42%	128,578	42.50%	8,529	2.82%	2,725	0.90%	2,169	0.72%	1,932	0.64%	15	0.00%	29,987	9.91%	302,513
Del Norte	3,639	54.85%	2,531	38.15%	133	2.00%	121	1.82%	85	1.28%	125	1.88%	0	0.00%	1,108	16.70%	6,634
El Dorado	49,771	73.37%	14,535	21.43%	1,911	2.82%	752	1.11%	365	0.54%	500	0.74%	3	0.00%	35,236	51.94%	67,837
Fresno	116,534	66.08%	53,605	30.39%	2,324	1.32%	1,449	0.82%	1,418	0.80%	1,031	0.58%	2	0.00%	62,929	35.68%	176,363
Glenn	5,775	76.50%	1,421	18.82%	110	1.46%	102	1.35%	70	0.93%	71	0.94%	0	0.00%	4,354	57.68%	7,549
Humboldt	23,282	48.22%	20,070	41.56%	3,241	6.71%	702	1.45%	572	1.18%	419	0.87%	0	0.00%	3,212	6.65%	48,286
Imperial	10,363	46.73%	10,024	45.21%	706	3.18%	273	1.23%	569	2.57%	239	1.08%	0	0.00%	339	1.53%	22,174
Inyo	4,180	64.39%	1,892	29.14%	132	2.03%	130	2.00%	66	1.02%	92	1.42%	0	0.00%	2,288	35.24%	6,492
Kern	108,253	72.06%	35,512	23.64%	1,752	1.17%	1,988	1.32%	1,287	0.86%	1,421	0.95%	9	0.01%	72,741	48.42%	150,222
Kings	15,683	68.47%	6,344	27.70%	219	0.96%	247	1.08%	244	1.07%	167	0.73%	0	0.00%	9,339	40.77%	22,904
Lake	10,930	56.26%	7,031	36.19%	615	3.17%	323	1.66%	275	1.42%	255	1.31%	0	0.00%	3,899	20.07%	19,429
Lassen	5,665	66.03%	2,353	27.42%	158	1.84%	197	2.30%	96	1.12%	111	1.29%	0	0.00%	3,312	38.60%	8,580
Los Angeles	907,919	46.06%	967,149	49.07%	37,029	1.88%	28,429	1.44%	16,001	0.81%	14,519	0.74%	30	0.00%	-59,230	-3.00%	1,971,076
Madera	21,416	71.12%	7,473	24.82%	353	1.17%	324	1.08%	253	0.84%	285	0.95%	9	0.03%	13,943	46.30%	30,113
Marin	48,439	45.81%	50,441	47.70%	4,724	4.47%	1,060	1.00%	670	0.63%	408	0.39%	1	0.00%	-2,002	-1.89%	105,743
Mariposa	5,074	66.82%	1,985	26.14%	204	2.69%	139	1.83%	73	0.96%	118	1.55%	0	0.00%	3,089	40.68%	7,593
Mendocino	14,002	45.41%	13,790	44.72%	1,869	6.06%	463	1.50%	401	1.30%	309	1.00%	0	0.00%	212	0.69%	30,834
Merced	26,231	62.52%	14,027	33.43%	543	1.29%	378	0.90%	425	1.01%	355	0.85%	0	0.00%	12,204	29.09%	41,959
Modoc	2,829	75.20%	723	19.22%	47	1.25%	71	1.89%	57	1.52%	35	0.93%	0	0.00%	2,106	55.98%	3,762
Mono	2,315	61.83%	1,176	31.41%	100	2.67%	87	2.32%	31	0.83%	35	0.93%	0	0.00%	1,139	30.42%	3,744
Monterey	46,882	53.33%	35,769	40.69%	2,646	3.01%	928	1.06%	852	0.97%	829	0.94%	0	0.00%	11,113	12.64%	87,906
Napa	23,187	54.57%	16,504	38.84%	1,559	3.67%	520	1.22%	366	0.86%	352	0.83%	0	0.00%	6,683	15.73%	42,488
Nevada	28,570	66.03%	11,833	27.35%	1,982	4.58%	461	1.07%	236	0.55%	183	0.42%	3	0.01%	16,737	38.68%	43,268
Orange	507,413	69.70%	185,388	25.46%	9,646	1.32%	15,328	2.11%	5,419	0.74%	4,825	0.66%	12	0.00%	322,025	44.23%	728,031
Placer	91,972	74.38%	26,723	21.61%	2,501	2.02%	1,098	0.89%	588	0.48%	770	0.62%	0	0.00%	65,249	52.77%	123,652
Plumas	6,160	69.53%	2,194	24.76%	232	2.62%	97	1.09%	70	0.79%	107	1.21%	0	0.00%	3,966	44.76%	8,860
Riverside	251,962	65.49%	115,803	30.10%	4,314	1.12%	6,224	1.62%	3,070	0.80%	3,327	0.86%	44	0.01%	136,159	35.39%	384,744
Sacramento	218,889	60.45%	123,685	34.16%	11,170	3.08%	2,942	0.81%	2,636	0.73%	2,754	0.76%	19	0.01%	95,204	26.29%	362,095
San Benito	8,208	57.08%	5,400	37.55%	335	2.33%	159	1.11%	126	0.88%	151	1.05%	0	0.00%	2,808	19.53%	14,379
San Bernardino	212,200	61.63%	114,388	33.22%	4,387	1.27%	6,455	1.87%	3,539	1.03%	3,278	0.95%	54	0.02%	97,812	28.41%	344,301
San Diego	509,059	65.49%	234,938	30.22%	13,653	1.76%	9,444	1.21%	5,425	0.70%	4,732	0.61%	54	0.01%	274,121	35.27%	777,305
San Francisco	72,722	29.75%	153,335	62.72%	13,186	5.39%	2,390	0.98%	1,911	0.78%	913	0.37%	11	0.00%	-80,613	-32.97%	244,468
San Joaquin	83,952	60.32%	49,868	35.83%	2,026	1.46%	1,138	0.82%	1,174	0.84%	1,007	0.72%	3	0.00%	34,084	24.49%	139,168
San Luis Obispo	61,842	63.56%	30,568	31.42%	2,319	2.38%	1,135	1.17%	764	0.79%	660	0.68%	4	0.00%	31,274	32.14%	97,292
San Mateo	96,478	47.12%	97,092	47.42%	6,822	3.33%	2,048	1.00%	1,335	0.65%	975	0.48%	14	0.01%	-614	-0.30%	204,764
Santa Barbara	73,677	60.01%	42,880	34.92%	3,149	2.56%	1,365	1.11%	1,054	0.86%	654	0.53%	2	0.00%	30,797	25.08%	122,781
Santa Clara	225,132	52.16%	185,037	42.87%	10,932	2.53%	5,034	1.17%	2,942	0.68%	2,559	0.59%	19	0.00%	40,095	9.29%	431,655
Santa Cruz	37,866	41.99%	43,619	48.36%	6,156	6.83%	1,154	1.28%	801	0.89%	587	0.65%	6	0.01%	-5,753	-6.38%	90,189
Shasta	43,436	73.92%	12,434	21.16%	808	1.38%	802	1.36%	627	1.07%	655	1.11%	1	0.00%	31,002	52.76%	58,763
Sierra	1,131	70.60%	353	22.03%	62	3.87%	34	2.12%	9	0.56%	13	0.81%	0	0.00%	778	48.56%	1,602
Siskiyou	10,916	65.64%	4,615	27.75%	383	2.30%	321	1.93%	173	1.04%	222	1.33%	1	0.01%	6,301	37.89%	16,631
Solano	55,130	53.15%	43,501	41.94%	2,194	2.12%	1,092	1.05%	973	0.94%	835	0.81%	1	0.00%	11,629	11.21%	103,726
Sonoma	81,608	47.03%	77,392	44.60%	8,647	4.98%	2,360	1.36%	2,099	1.21%	1,404	0.81%	4	0.00%	4,216	2.43%	173,514
Stanislaus	67,427	64.91%	31,981	30.79%	1,589	1.53%	937	0.90%	974	0.94%	954	0.92%	10	0.01%	35,446	34.12%	103,872
Sutter	17,393	72.73%	5,487	22.95%	357	1.49%	249	1.04%	209	0.87%	218	0.91%	0	0.00%	11,906	49.79%	23,913
Tehama	13,442	74.66%	3,666	20.36%	217	1.21%	248	1.38%	191	1.06%	241	1.34%	0	0.00%	9,776	54.30%	18,005
Trinity	3,819	64.61%	1,614	27.31%	243	4.11%	113	1.91%	85	1.44%	37	0.63%	0	0.00%	2,205	37.30%	5,911
Tulare	48,607	70.72%	17,571	25.57%	801	1.17%	535	0.78%	458	0.67%	757	1.10%	1	0.00%	31,036	45.16%	68,730
Tuolumne	14,836	70.18%	5,105	24.15%	569	2.69%	234	1.11%	180	0.85%	216	1.02%	1	0.00%	9,731	46.03%	21,141
Ventura	134,862	61.03%	75,790	34.30%	3,329	1.51%	3,773	1.71%	1,525	0.69%	1,680	0.76%	6	0.00%	59,072	26.73%	220,965
Yolo	29,073	53.39%	21,733	39.91%	2,602	4.78%	483	0.89%	391	0.72%	170	0.31%	6	0.01%	7,340	13.48%	54,458
Yuba	10,122	72.62%	2,973	21.33%	344	2.47%	188	1.35%	130	0.93%	181	1.30%	0	0.00%	7,149	51.29%	13,938
Total	4,850,157	55.88%	3,376,732	38.910%	205,995	2.37%	114,329	1.32%	69,934	0.81%	61,901	0.71%	368	0.00%	1,473,425	16.98%	8,679,416

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Mendocino (largest municipality: Ukiah)
• Santa Clara (largest municipality: San Jose)
• Sonoma (largest municipality: Santa Rosa)

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Los Angeles (largest municipality: Los Angeles)

Results by congressional district

Schwarzenegger won 37 districts, including 13 held by Democrats, while Angelides won 16.^[55]

District	Schwarzenegger	Angelides	Representative
1st	51.0%	40.9%	Mike Thompson
2nd	70.5%	23.7%	Wally Herger
3rd	68.6%	26.8%	Dan Lungren
4th	72.2%	22.8%	John Doolittle
5th	49.6%	43.8%	Doris Matsui
6th	45.9%	46.4%	Lynn Woolsey
7th	44.0%	50.4%	George Miller
8th	27.9%	64.3%	Nancy Pelosi
9th	24.0%	67.3%	Barbara Lee
10th	56.2%	38.7%	Ellen Tauscher
11th	65.3%	31.1%	Richard Pombo (109th Congress)
			Jerry McNerney (110th Congress)
12th	44.2%	50.5%	Tom Lantos
13th	42.4%	52.1%	Pete Stark
14th	50.9%	42.7%	Anna Eshoo
15th	53.6%	41.3%	Mike Honda
16th	49.6%	46.1%	Zoe Lofgren
17th	48.1%	44.6%	Sam Farr
18th	55.7%	39.7%	Dennis Cardoza
19th	69.3%	26.6%	George Radanovich
20th	53.7%	41.5%	Jim Costa
21st	71.6%	25.0%	Devin Nunes
22nd	73.8%	22.0%	Bill Thomas (109th Congress)
			Kevin McCarthy (110th Congress)
23rd	53.6%	41.1%	Lois Capps
24th	65.8%	29.6%	Elton Gallegly
25th	66.4%	28.5%	Buck McKeon
26th	65.1%	30.5%	David Dreier
27th	52.7%	42.3%	Brad Sherman
28th	40.2%	54.7%	Howard Berman
29th	50.3%	44.4%	Adam Schiff
30th	49.8%	45.9%	Henry Waxman
31st	26.8%	66.8%	Xavier Becerra
32nd	41.5%	53.8%	Hilda Solis
33rd	25.6%	69.4%	Diane Watson
34th	32.4%	62.6%	Lucille Roybal-Allard
35th	27.9%	67.3%	Maxine Waters
36th	52.5%	42.6%	Jane Harman
37th	33.9%	60.6%	Juanita Millender-McDonald
38th	37.1%	58.3%	Grace Napolitano
39th	46.1%	49.3%	Linda Sánchez
40th	69.0%	26.0%	Ed Royce
41st	68.6%	26.6%	Jerry Lewis
42nd	71.1%	24.6%	Gary Miller
43rd	45.4%	48.7%	Joe Baca
44th	66.8%	28.4%	Ken Calvert
45th	65.2%	31.0%	Mary Bono
46th	68.9%	26.3%	Dana Rohrabacher
47th	53.6%	40.3%	Loretta Sanchez
48th	71.5%	24.0%	John B. T. Campbell III
49th	71.4%	24.1%	Darrell Issa
50th	69.9%	26.3%	Brian Bilbray
51st	51.6%	43.1%	Bob Filner
52nd	72.4%	24.3%	Duncan L. Hunter
53rd	53.4%	40.6%	Susan Davis

See also

• United States gubernatorial elections, 2006
• State of California
• Governors of California
• California Victory 2006, Republican field campaign

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External links

Democratic candidates

• Phil Angelides
• Barbara Becnel
• Edie Bukewihge
• Steve Westly

Republican candidates

• Bill Chambers
• Robert C. Newman II
• Arnold Schwarzenegger

Third-party and Independent candidates

• Peter Camejo
• George Fellows
• Janice Jordan
• Edward Noonan
• Art Olivier

Other sites with relevant information

• VoteCircle.com Non-partisan resources & vote sharing network for Californians
• Information on the elections from California's Secretary of State
• Video of the debate
• Election Volunteer – Complete List of 2006 Gubernatorial candidates
• Official Homepage of the Governor of California
• 2007 Governor's Inaugural Committee