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Election 2006 Results

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2006 California governor election

Arnold Schwarzenegger (Republican) beat Phil Angelides (Democrat) in California in 2006, 55.9% to 38.9%, a margin of 17.0 points and 1,473,425 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2003, when Arnold Schwarzenegger also won.

Republicans led in 52 of the 58 counties and Democrats in 6. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 1,971,076 votes and went to the Democrat by 3.0 points. The closest was Alpine, where 77 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Arnold Schwarzenegger won Republican 4,850,157 55.9%
Phil Angelides Democratic 3,376,732 38.9%
All other candidates 452,527 5.2%
Total8,679,416

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Los Angeles 967,149 49.1% 907,919 46.1% 96,008 1,971,076 D+3.0
San Diego 234,938 30.2% 509,059 65.5% 33,308 777,305 R+35.3
Orange 185,388 25.5% 507,413 69.7% 35,230 728,031 R+44.2
Santa Clara 185,037 42.9% 225,132 52.2% 21,486 431,655 R+9.3
Alameda 229,217 56.5% 148,322 36.6% 27,839 405,378 D+20.0
Riverside 115,803 30.1% 251,962 65.5% 16,979 384,744 R+35.4
Sacramento 123,685 34.2% 218,889 60.5% 19,521 362,095 R+26.3
San Bernardino 114,388 33.2% 212,200 61.6% 17,713 344,301 R+28.4
Contra Costa 128,578 42.5% 158,565 52.4% 15,370 302,513 R+9.9
San Francisco 153,335 62.7% 72,722 29.7% 18,411 244,468 D+33.0
Ventura 75,790 34.3% 134,862 61.0% 10,313 220,965 R+26.7
San Mateo 97,092 47.4% 96,478 47.1% 11,194 204,764 D+0.3
Fresno 53,605 30.4% 116,534 66.1% 6,224 176,363 R+35.7
Sonoma 77,392 44.6% 81,608 47.0% 14,514 173,514 R+2.4
Kern 35,512 23.6% 108,253 72.1% 6,457 150,222 R+48.4
San Joaquin 49,868 35.8% 83,952 60.3% 5,348 139,168 R+24.5
Placer 26,723 21.6% 91,972 74.4% 4,957 123,652 R+52.8
Santa Barbara 42,880 34.9% 73,677 60.0% 6,224 122,781 R+25.1
Marin 50,441 47.7% 48,439 45.8% 6,863 105,743 D+1.9
Stanislaus 31,981 30.8% 67,427 64.9% 4,464 103,872 R+34.1
Solano 43,501 41.9% 55,130 53.1% 5,095 103,726 R+11.2
San Luis Obispo 30,568 31.4% 61,842 63.6% 4,882 97,292 R+32.1
Santa Cruz 43,619 48.4% 37,866 42.0% 8,704 90,189 D+6.4
Monterey 35,769 40.7% 46,882 53.3% 5,255 87,906 R+12.6
Butte 18,672 27.0% 45,591 65.8% 5,005 69,268 R+38.9
Tulare 17,571 25.6% 48,607 70.7% 2,552 68,730 R+45.2
El Dorado 14,535 21.4% 49,771 73.4% 3,531 67,837 R+51.9
Shasta 12,434 21.2% 43,436 73.9% 2,893 58,763 R+52.8
Yolo 21,733 39.9% 29,073 53.4% 3,652 54,458 R+13.5
Humboldt 20,070 41.6% 23,282 48.2% 4,934 48,286 R+6.7
Nevada 11,833 27.3% 28,570 66.0% 2,865 43,268 R+38.7
Napa 16,504 38.8% 23,187 54.6% 2,797 42,488 R+15.7
Merced 14,027 33.4% 26,231 62.5% 1,701 41,959 R+29.1
Mendocino 13,790 44.7% 14,002 45.4% 3,042 30,834 R+0.7
Madera 7,473 24.8% 21,416 71.1% 1,224 30,113 R+46.3
Sutter 5,487 22.9% 17,393 72.7% 1,033 23,913 R+49.8
Kings 6,344 27.7% 15,683 68.5% 877 22,904 R+40.8
Imperial 10,024 45.2% 10,363 46.7% 1,787 22,174 R+1.5
Tuolumne 5,105 24.1% 14,836 70.2% 1,200 21,141 R+46.0
Lake 7,031 36.2% 10,930 56.3% 1,468 19,429 R+20.1
Calaveras 4,268 23.7% 12,691 70.4% 1,057 18,016 R+46.8
Tehama 3,666 20.4% 13,442 74.7% 897 18,005 R+54.3
Siskiyou 4,615 27.7% 10,916 65.6% 1,100 16,631 R+37.9
Amador 3,354 22.5% 10,755 72.1% 810 14,919 R+49.6
San Benito 5,400 37.6% 8,208 57.1% 771 14,379 R+19.5
Yuba 2,973 21.3% 10,122 72.6% 843 13,938 R+51.3
Plumas 2,194 24.8% 6,160 69.5% 506 8,860 R+44.8
Lassen 2,353 27.4% 5,665 66.0% 562 8,580 R+38.6
Mariposa 1,985 26.1% 5,074 66.8% 534 7,593 R+40.7
Glenn 1,421 18.8% 5,775 76.5% 353 7,549 R+57.7
Del Norte 2,531 38.2% 3,639 54.9% 464 6,634 R+16.7
Inyo 1,892 29.1% 4,180 64.4% 420 6,492 R+35.2
Trinity 1,614 27.3% 3,819 64.6% 478 5,911 R+37.3
Colusa 1,104 22.2% 3,665 73.8% 200 4,969 R+51.5
Modoc 723 19.2% 2,829 75.2% 210 3,762 R+56.0
Mono 1,176 31.4% 2,315 61.8% 253 3,744 R+30.4
Sierra 353 22.0% 1,131 70.6% 118 1,602 R+48.6
Alpine 218 40.1% 295 54.2% 31 544 R+14.2

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

California governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Gavin Newsom (D) D+18.4
2018 Gavin Newsom (D) D+23.9
2014 Edmund G. Brown (D) D+19.9
2010 Edmund G. Brown (D) D+12.9
2006 Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) R+17.0
2003 Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) R+17.1
2002 Gray Davis (D) D+4.9
1998 Gray Davis (D) D+19.6
1994 Pete Wilson (R) R+14.6
1990 Pete Wilson (R) R+3.5
1986 George Deukmejian (R) R+23.2
1982 George Deukmejian (R) R+1.2
1978 Edmund G. Brown Jr. (D) D+19.5
1974 Edmund G. Brown (D) D+2.9
1970 Ronald Reagan (R) R+7.7
1966 Ronald Reagan (R) R+15.3
1962 Edmund G. Brown (D) D+5.1
1958 Edmund G. Brown (D) D+19.6
1954 Goodwin J. Knight (R) R+13.7
1950 Earl Warren (R) R+29.7
1946 Earl Warren (R) R+91.6
1942 Earl Warren (R) R+15.3
1938 Culbert L. Olson (D) D+8.3
1934 Frank F. Merriam (R) R+11.1
1930 James Rolph Jr. (R) R+48.0
1926 Clement C. Young (R) R+46.5
1922 Friend William Richardson (R) R+23.7
1918 William Stephens (R) R+56.3
1914 Hiram W. Johnson (other)
1910 Hiram W. Johnson (R) R+5.8
1906 James Gillett (R) R+2.6
1902 George C. Pardee (R) R+0.8
1898 Henry Gage (R) R+6.7
1894 James H. Budd (D) D+0.4
1890 Henry H. Markham (R) R+3.1
1886 Washington Bartlett (D) D+0.3
1882 George Stoneman (D) D+14.3
1879 George C. Perkins (R) R+12.7
1875 William Irwin (D) D+24.6
1871 Newton Booth (R) R+4.2
1867 Henry H. Haight (D) D+10.3