Election Name: | 2006 California State Assembly election |
Country: | California |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2004 California State Assembly election |
Previous Year: | 2004 |
Next Election: | 2008 California State Assembly election |
Next Year: | 2008 |
Seats For Election: | All 80 seats in the California State Assembly |
Majority Seats: | 41 |
Election Date: | November 7, 2006 |
Leader1: | Fabian Núñez |
Party1: | California Democratic Party |
Leaders Seat1: | 46th–Los Angeles |
Last Election1: | 48 seats, 52.61% |
Seats1: | 48 |
Popular Vote1: | 4,406,601 |
Percentage1: | 54.36% |
Leader2: | George Plescia (retired as leader) |
Party2: | California Republican Party |
Leaders Seat2: | 75th–San Diego |
Last Election2: | 32 seats, 44.26% |
Seats2: | 32 |
Popular Vote2: | 3,524,702 |
Percentage2: | 43.48% |
Speaker | |
Before Election: | Fabian Núñez |
Before Party: | California Democratic Party |
After Election: | Fabian Núñez |
After Party: | California Democratic Party |
The 2006 California State Assembly elections were held on November 7, 2006. Voters in all 80 districts of the California State Assembly voted for their representatives. The California Democratic Party retained its majority with 48 seats. The California Republican Party retained control of the remaining 32 seats. Neither party lost or gained any seats.
California State Assembly elections, 2006[1] [2] | |||||||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Incumbents | Open | Before | After | +/– | ||
Democratic | 4,406,601 | 54.36% | 36 | 12 | 48 | 48 | 0 | ||
Republican | 3,524,702 | 43.48% | 18 | 14 | 31 | 32 | +1 | ||
Libertarian | 122,036 | 1.51% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Peace and Freedom | 29,726 | 0.37% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Green | 22,472 | 0.28% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Independent | 51 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Vacant | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | –1 | ||
Invalid or blank votes | 793,471 | 8.92% | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Totals | 8,899,059 | 100.00% | 54 | 26 | 80 | 80 | — |
The 67th State Assembly district was left vacant after Republican Tom Harman won a special election to fill the 35th State Senate district on June 12, 2006. There was not enough time to schedule a special election for the Assembly seat, but Republican Jim Silva succeeded him after winning this election.
48 | 32 | |
Democratic | Republican |
The following are the final results from the Secretary of State of California.[1]
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