2006 California State Senate election

The 2006 California State Senate elections were held on November 7, 2006. Voters in the 20 even-numbered districts of the California State Senate voted for their representatives. The California Democratic Party retained its majority and its 25 seats. The California Republican Party retained control of the remaining 15 seats. Neither party lost nor gained any seats.

2006 California State Senate election

November 7, 2006
20 seats from even-numbered districts in the California State Senate
Leader Don Perata Dick Ackerman Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat 9th–Oakland 33rd–Irvine Last election 25 15 Seats won 25 15 Seat change Popular vote 1,903,307 1,450,607 Percentage 54.19% 41.30%
Electoral results by State Senate district
President pro tempore before election Don Perata Democratic President pro tempore designate Don Perata Democratic

Overview

California State Senate elections, 2006[1][2]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Not up	Incumbents	Open	Before	After
	Democratic	1,903,307	54.19%	11	4	10	25	25
	Republican	1,450,607	41.30%	9	4	2	15	15
	Libertarian	138,669	3.95%	0	0	0	0	0
	Green	13,443	0.38%	0	0	0	0	0
	Peace and Freedom	5,573	0.16%	0	0	0	0	0
	Independent	911	0.03%	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		3,512,510	100.00%	20	8	12	40	40

Results

Final results from the California Secretary of State:[3]

District 2 • District 4 • District 6 • District 8 • District 10 • District 12 • District 14 • District 16 • District 18 • District 20 • District 22 • District 24 • District 26 • District 28 • District 30 • District 32 • District 34 • District 36 • District 38 • District 40

District 2

California's 2nd State Senate district election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat Wiggins	173,053	65.71
	Republican	Lawrence Wiesner	97,611	34.29
Total votes			284,646	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 4

California's 4th State Senate district election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sam Aanestad (incumbent)	182,494	60.91
	Democratic	Paul Singh	99,293	33.14
	Libertarian	Tony Munroe	9,300	3.10
	Green	Robert Vizzard	8,520	2.84
Total votes			299,607	100.00
	Republican hold

District 6

California's 6th State Senate district election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Darrell Steinberg	115,628	58.69
	Republican	Paul Green	71,051	36.06
	Peace and Freedom	C. T. Weber	5,573	2.83
	Libertarian	Alana Garberoglio	4,774	2.42
Total votes			197,026	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 8

California's 8th State Senate district election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leland Yee	179,556	77.99
	Republican	Michael Skipakevich	50,670	22.01
Total votes			230,226	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 10

California's 10th State Senate district election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ellen Corbett	136,846	73.38
	Republican	Lou Filipovich	49,638	26.62
Total votes			186,484	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 12

California's 12th State Senate district election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Denham (incumbent)	92,879	59.76
	Democratic	Wiley Nickel	62,539	40.24
Total votes			155,418	100.00
	Republican hold

District 14

California's 14th State Senate district election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dave Cogdill	167,804	66.99
	Democratic	Wesley Firch	82,679	33.01
Total votes			250,483	100.00
	Republican hold

District 16

California's 16th State Senate district election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dean Florez (incumbent)	78,146	100.00
Total votes			78,146	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 18

California's 18th State Senate district election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roy Ashburn (incumbent)	147,767	69.74
	Democratic	Fred Davis	59,187	27.93
	Green	Matthew Rick	4,923	2.32
Total votes			211,877	100.00
	Republican hold

District 20

California's 20th State Senate district election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alex Padilla	84,459	74.85
	Libertarian	Pamela Brown	28,377	25.15
Total votes			112,836	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 22

California's 22nd State Senate district election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gilbert Cedillo (incumbent)	71,199	76.35
	Republican	Mike Ten	18,581	19.93
	Libertarian	Murray Levy	3,469	3.72
Total votes			93,249	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 24

California's 24th State Senate district election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gloria Romero (incumbent)	92,498	74.07
	Republican	Robert Carver	32,388	25.93
Total votes			124,886	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 26

California's 26th State Senate district election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark Ridley-Thomas	133,309	89.09
	Libertarian	Bud Raymond	16,317	10.91
Total votes			149,626	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 28

California's 28th State Senate district election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jenny Oropeza	129,151	61.73
	Republican	Cherryl Liddle	72,570	34.69
	Libertarian	Peter De Baets	7,485	3.58
Total votes			209,206	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 30

California's 30th State Senate district election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ron Calderon	93,436	70.91
	Republican	Selma Minerd	38,340	29.09
Total votes			131,776	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 32

California's 32nd State Senate district election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gloria Negrete McLeod	85,301	100.00
Total votes			85,301	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 34

California's 34th State Senate district election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lou Correa	56,534	50.21
	Republican	Lynn Daucher	55,142	48.98
	Independent	Otto Bade (write-in)	911	0.81
Total votes			112,587	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 36

California's 36th State Senate district election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dennis Hollingsworth (incumbent)	164,025	63.40
	Democratic	Mark Hanson	85,706	33.13
	Libertarian	Joseph Shea	9,001	3.48
Total votes			258,732	100.00
	Republican hold

District 38

California's 38th State Senate district election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Wyland	162,046	74.33
	Libertarian	Brian Klea	55,964	25.67
Total votes			218,010	100.00
	Republican hold

District 40

California's 40th State Senate district election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Denise Ducheny (incumbent)	84,787	62.17
	Republican	David Walden	47,601	34.91
	Libertarian	Jesse Thomas	3,982	2.92
Total votes			136,370	100.00
	Democratic hold

See also

• California State Assembly elections, 2006
• California state elections, 2006

References

1. "State Senate" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. 2007-01-18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
2. "Registration and Participation" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. 2006-12-18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-07-17. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
3. "State Senate All Districts". California Secretary of State. 2006-12-04. Archived from the original on 2006-07-16. Retrieved 2006-12-05.