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.

[edit] Senate composition

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

[edit] Results

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

[edit] District 2

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

[edit] District 4

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

[edit] District 6

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

[edit] District 8

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

[edit] District 10

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

[edit] District 12

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

[edit] District 14

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

[edit] District 16

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

[edit] District 18

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

[edit] District 20

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

[edit] District 22

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

[edit] District 24

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

[edit] District 26

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

[edit] District 28

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

[edit] District 30

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

[edit] District 32

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

[edit] District 34

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

[edit] District 36

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

[edit] District 38

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

[edit] District 40

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

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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

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