California State Treasurer election, 2006

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The 2006 California State Treasurer election occurred on November 7, 2006. The primary elections took place on June 6, 2006. Attorney General Bill Lockyer, the Democratic nominee, easily defeated the Republican nominee, Board of Equalization member Claude Parrish, for the office previously held by Phil Angelides, who lost the governor's race in that same election. Mehul Thakker was the Green Party nominee, Gerald Sanders was the Peace and Freedom Party nominee, Marian Smithson was the Libertarian Party nominee, and E. Justin Noonan was the American Independent Party nominee.

Lockyer was unopposed in the primary, while Parrish faced Assemblyman Keith Richman. Parrish won with 56% of the vote to Richman's 44%. ^[1]

Contents 1 Candidates 2 Primary Election 2.1 Democratic Party 2.2 Republican 2.3 Green 2.4 Libertarian 2.5 American Independent 2.6 Peace and Freedom 3 Primary Results 3.1 Republican Party 3.2 Democratic and Other Parties 4 General Election Results 4.1 By County 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Candidates

• Bill Lockyer (Democratic) - Attorney General, Ex-State Senate President Pro Tem, Ex-State Assemblyman
• E. Justin Noonan (American Independent Party)
• Claude Parrish (Republican) - Board of Equalization Member, District 3
• Gerald Sanders (Peace and Freedom)
• Marian Smithson (Libertarian) - 2002 Libertarian Party State Treasurer candidate
• Mehul Thakker (Green) - Investment Advisor

[edit] Primary Election

[edit] Democratic Party

• Bill Lockyer - Attorney General, Ex-State Senate President Pro Tem, Ex-State Assemblyman

[edit] Republican

• Claude Parrish - Board of Equalization Member, District 3
• Keith Richman - State Assemblyman, medical doctor, 2004 Radical Centrist of the Year recipient

[edit] Green

• Mehul Thakker - Investment Advisor

[edit] Libertarian

• Marian Smithson - 2002 Libertarian Party State Treasurer candidate

[edit] American Independent

• E. Justin Noonan

[edit] Peace and Freedom

• Gerald Sanders

[edit] Primary Results

A bar graph of statewide results in this contest are available at http://primary2006.ss.ca.gov/Returns/trs/00.htm.

Results by county are available at http://primary2006.ss.ca.gov/Returns/trs/00.htm#cty.

[edit] Republican Party

Candidate	# of votes	%
Claude Parrish	912,818	56.3
Keith Richman	709,734	43.7

[edit] Democratic and Other Parties

Candidate	# of votes	%
Bill Lockyer (D)	2,079,963	100.0
Mehul Thakker (G)	31,178	100.0
E. Justin Noonan (AI)	30,684	100.0
Marian Smithson (L)	16,745	100.0
Jack Harrison (PF)	3,681	100.0

[edit] General Election Results

Final results from the Secretary of State of California:^[2]

2006 State Treasurer election, California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bill Lockyer	4,523,854	54.4	+5.0
	Republican	Claude Parrish	3,095,615	37.3	-3.3
	Libertarian	Marian Smithson	334,056	4.0	+1.7
	Green	Mehul Thakker	201,670	2.4	-2.5
	American Independent	E. Justin Noonan	93,281	1.1	-0.2
	Peace and Freedom	Jack Harrison	71,726	0.8	+0.8
Total votes			8,320,202	100.0
Majority			1,428,239	18.1	+8.3
Turnout			8,899,059	39.3	-3.8
	Democratic hold		Swing	+8.3

[edit] By County

Results from the Secretary of State of California:^[3]

County	Lockyer (D)		Parrish (R)		Smithson (L)		Thakker (G)		Noonan (AI)		Sanders (PF)
Alameda	285,210	72.5%	74,424	19.0%	10,899	2.7%	17,547	4.4%	2,850	0.7%	2,799	0.7%
Alpine	260	50.6%	190	37.0%	38	7.4%	17	3.4%	3	0.5%	6	1.1%
Amador	6,145	42.5%	7,087	49.0%	593	4.1%	310	2.2%	233	1.6%	100	0.6%
Butte	28,926	43.2%	31,197	46.6%	3,256	4.9%	2,281	3.4%	915	1.3%	420	0.6%
Calaveras	7,213	41.4%	8,438	48.4%	878	5.0%	438	2.5%	338	1.9%	146	0.8%
Colusa	1,909	40.0%	2,579	54.0%	125	2.7%	57	1.1%	65	1.4%	41	0.8%
Contra Costa	179,451	61.8%	92,760	32.0%	7,593	2.6%	6,052	2.0%	2,915	1.0%	1,915	0.6%
Del Norte	3,049	46.5%	2,829	43.1%	309	4.8%	175	2.6%	151	2.2%	58	0.8%
El Dorado	25,406	38.9%	33,916	51.9%	3,144	4.9%	1,780	2.7%	844	1.2%	284	0.4%
Fresno	78,401	46.3%	78,147	46.1%	6,714	4.0%	2,528	1.5%	1,975	1.1%	1,759	1.0%
Glenn	2,714	37.1%	4,055	55.5%	275	3.8%	110	1.5%	115	1.5%	50	0.6%
Humboldt	24,928	53.6%	15,226	32.8%	2,029	4.3%	3,263	7.1%	687	1.4%	397	0.8%
Imperial	12,235	56.5%	7,508	34.7%	850	3.9%	348	1.6%	272	1.2%	463	2.1%
Inyo	2,503	40.1%	3,128	50.1%	291	4.7%	186	2.9%	97	1.5%	44	0.7%
Kern	56,558	38.5%	78,875	53.8%	6,026	4.1%	1,913	1.3%	2,214	1.5%	1,282	0.8%
Kings	9,517	42.7%	11,189	50.2%	778	3.5%	278	1.2%	304	1.3%	248	1.1%
Lake	10,021	53.2%	6,750	35.9%	822	4.4%	635	3.3%	400	2.1%	220	1.1%
Lassen	2,994	35.7%	4,533	54.1%	510	6.1%	191	2.3%	100	1.1%	64	0.7%
Los Angeles	1,158,447	61.9%	559,876	30.0%	74,839	4.0%	39,080	2.1%	20,291	1.0%	19,175	1.0%
Madera	11,299	38.7%	15,733	53.9%	1,002	3.5%	494	1.6%	399	1.3%	297	1.0%
Marin	69,678	68.9%	23,218	23.0%	3,407	3.3%	3,750	3.7%	672	0.6%	525	0.5%
Mariposa	3,058	40.9%	3,751	50.2%	296	4.0%	186	2.4%	129	1.7%	66	0.8%
Mendocino	17,773	59.8%	7,903	26.6%	1,465	4.9%	1,840	6.2%	463	1.5%	298	1.0%
Merced	20,265	49.8%	17,284	42.5%	1,372	3.4%	592	1.4%	481	1.1%	728	1.8%
Modoc	1,159	32.1%	2,052	56.8%	251	7.0%	79	2.1%	45	1.2%	32	0.8%
Mono	1,615	44.3%	1,621	44.4%	200	5.5%	133	3.6%	59	1.6%	24	0.6%
Monterey	51,554	60.3%	27,271	31.9%	3,113	3.7%	2,073	2.4%	898	1.0%	665	0.7%
Napa	23,926	58.0%	13,743	33.3%	1,460	3.6%	1,352	3.2%	557	1.3%	267	0.6%
Nevada	18,298	44.1%	19,226	46.4%	2,022	4.9%	1,535	3.7%	288	0.6%	129	0.3%
Orange	274,675	39.4%	364,291	52.2%	33,114	4.8%	12,418	1.7%	8,061	1.1%	5,594	0.8%
Placer	47,338	40.0%	61,815	52.3%	5,190	4.4%	2,291	2.0%	1,280	1.0%	447	0.3%
Plumas	3,489	40.5%	4,367	50.7%	346	4.1%	223	2.5%	152	1.7%	46	0.5%
Riverside	165,096	44.4%	177,775	47.8%	15,428	4.2%	5,889	1.6%	4,718	1.2%	3,338	0.8%
Sacramento	178,296	52.0%	135,211	39.5%	14,343	4.2%	8,222	2.4%	4,072	1.1%	2,910	0.8%
San Benito	7,650	55.3%	4,977	36.0%	594	4.3%	281	2.0%	189	1.3%	160	1.1%
San Bernardino	156,425	47.0%	148,668	44.6%	14,510	4.4%	6,014	1.8%	4,664	1.3%	3,138	0.9%
San Diego	353,622	47.6%	329,914	44.4%	31,155	4.2%	14,032	1.9%	7,879	1.0%	7,064	0.9%
San Francisco	176,013	76.2%	29,485	12.8%	8,026	3.5%	13,366	5.8%	1,847	0.7%	2,354	1.0%
San Joaquin	68,594	51.0%	54,786	40.8%	5,825	4.4%	2,277	1.7%	1,858	1.3%	1,159	0.8%
San Luis Obispo	41,653	45.0%	43,238	46.8%	3,725	4.1%	2,494	2.6%	946	1.0%	526	0.5%
San Mateo	130,002	66.5%	51,018	26.1%	5,772	3.0%	5,702	2.9%	1,837	0.9%	1,289	0.6%
Santa Barbara	59,354	50.9%	46,274	39.7%	6,039	5.2%	3,086	2.6%	1,130	0.9%	818	0.7%
Santa Clara	251,172	61.3%	120,919	29.5%	19,188	4.7%	11,440	2.7%	4,300	1.0%	3,373	0.8%
Santa Cruz	58,193	67.5%	18,850	21.9%	3,383	3.9%	4,517	5.3%	744	0.8%	591	0.6%
Shasta	21,589	37.6%	31,241	54.4%	2,405	4.2%	1,011	1.8%	853	1.4%	374	0.6%
Sierra	549	35.5%	797	51.5%	124	8.1%	57	3.6%	16	1.0%	6	0.3%
Siskiyou	6,512	40.3%	8,104	50.2%	767	4.8%	405	2.5%	274	1.6%	111	0.6%
Solano	60,413	59.7%	33,317	32.9%	3,703	3.7%	1,866	1.8%	1,295	1.2%	755	0.7%
Sonoma	106,638	63.9%	43,025	25.8%	6,623	3.9%	7,024	4.2%	2,249	1.3%	1,579	0.9%
Stanislaus	49,112	48.6%	45,475	45.0%	3,043	3.1%	1,493	1.4%	1,245	1.2%	806	0.7%
Sutter	8,871	38.2%	12,731	54.7%	818	3.6%	412	1.7%	313	1.3%	133	0.5%
Tehama	6,932	39.2%	9,283	52.4%	701	4.0%	291	1.6%	336	1.8%	178	1.0%
Trinity	2,521	45.3%	2,276	40.9%	413	7.4%	242	4.3%	77	1.3%	45	0.8%
Tulare	25,953	38.5%	37,411	55.5%	1,870	2.8%	880	1.3%	782	1.1%	568	0.8%
Tuolumne	8,748	42.5%	9,912	48.2%	925	4.5%	467	2.3%	372	1.8%	163	0.7%
Ventura	103,110	48.7%	92,565	43.7%	8,821	4.1%	3,876	1.8%	2,383	1.1%	1,382	0.6%
Yolo	31,755	60.7%	16,320	31.2%	1,937	3.7%	1,864	3.5%	315	0.6%	193	0.3%
Yuba	5,067	37.3%	7,061	52.0%	711	5.2%	307	2.2%	334	2.4%	124	0.9%

[edit] See also

• California state elections, 2006
• State of California
• California State Treasurer

[edit] External links

• VoteCircle.com Non-partisan resources & vote sharing network for Californians
• Information on the elections from California's Secretary of State
• Official Homepage of the California State Treasurer

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