| Election Name: | 2006 California lieutenant gubernatorial election |
| Country: | California |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2002 California lieutenant gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 2002 |
| Next Election: | 2010 California lieutenant gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
| Election Date: | November 7, 2006 |
| Image1: | File:John Garamendi (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | John Garamendi |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 4,189,584 |
| Percentage1: | 49.12% |
| Nominee2: | Tom McClintock |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 3,845,858 |
| Percentage2: | 45.09% |
| Lt. Governor | |
| Before Election: | Cruz Bustamante |
| After Election: | John Garamendi |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 2006 California lieutenant gubernatorial election occurred on November 7, 2006. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi, the Democratic nominee, defeated the Republican nominee, State Senator Tom McClintock, to succeed incumbent Cruz Bustamante, who was term-limited and ran for Insurance Commissioner.
The primary elections took place on June 6. A bar graph of statewide results in this contest are available at https://web.archive.org/web/20070517094419/http://primary2006.ss.ca.gov/Returns/ltg/00.htm.
Results by county are available here and here.
Results from the Secretary of State of California:
| County | Garamendi | Votes | McClintock | Votes | Warren | Votes | Others | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 74.15% | 175,882 | 17.65% | 41,871 | 5.32% | 12,629 | 2.87% | 6,828 | ||
| Alameda | 68.48% | 270,885 | 25.46% | 100,689 | 4.49% | 17,777 | 2.72% | 10,741 | ||
| Marin | 64.85% | 67,170 | 28.94% | 29,978 | 3.98% | 4,126 | 3.05% | 3,159 | ||
| Santa Cruz | 63.30% | 55,352 | 28.59% | 25,001 | 5.64% | 4,935 | 3.56% | 3,117 | ||
| San Mateo | 62.67% | 125,199 | 32.50% | 64,934 | 3.52% | 7,033 | 2.24% | 4,482 | ||
| Sonoma | 60.70% | 103,019 | 32.59% | 55,320 | 4.60% | 7,808 | 3.51% | 5,962 | ||
| Los Angeles | 58.82% | 1,116,151 | 37.03% | 702,553 | 2.50% | 47,463 | 3.19% | 60,531 | ||
| Santa Clara | 57.61% | 238,352 | 37.56% | 155,389 | 2.91% | 12,050 | 3.27% | 13,509 | ||
| Contra Costa | 56.90% | 167,965 | 38.81% | 114,567 | 2.84% | 8,387 | 2.62% | 7,751 | ||
| Yolo | 54.05% | 28,845 | 40.83% | 21,793 | 3.72% | 1,983 | 1.94% | 1,035 | ||
| Mendocino | 54.09% | 16,179 | 35.58% | 10,641 | 7.11% | 2,128 | 4.76% | 1,422 | ||
| Monterey | 53.67% | 45,809 | 41.29% | 35,239 | 3.21% | 2,742 | 3.34% | 2,852 | ||
| Solano | 53.22% | 54,105 | 42.87% | 43,590 | 2.45% | 2,493 | 2.61% | 2,653 | ||
| Napa | 52.81% | 21,858 | 41.89% | 17,337 | 3.62% | 1,500 | 2.88% | 1,195 | ||
| Humboldt | 50.21% | 23,595 | 39.56% | 18,592 | 7.31% | 3,435 | 4.27% | 2,005 | ||
| Alpine | 48.95% | 257 | 42.67% | 224 | 4.76% | 25 | 3.81% | 20 | ||
| Imperial | 49.16% | 10,334 | 44.58% | 9,372 | 4.10% | 862 | 5.47% | 1,151 | ||
| San Benito | 48.32% | 6,745 | 47.31% | 6,604 | 2.62% | 366 | 3.51% | 489 | ||
| San Joaquin | 47.97% | 65,145 | 48.43% | 65,762 | 2.01% | 2,731 | 2.84% | 3,857 | ||
| Lake | 47.51% | 9,018 | 45.55% | 8,647 | 4.27% | 811 | 4.58% | 867 | ||
| Sacramento | 47.19% | 165,252 | 48.34% | 169,300 | 2.89% | 10,129 | 2.89% | 10,124 | ||
| Santa Barbara | 44.69% | 53,443 | 50.41% | 60,275 | 3.03% | 3,625 | 2.92% | 3,489 | ||
| Mono | 44.58% | 1,636 | 49.65% | 1,822 | 3.16% | 116 | 3.96% | 145 | ||
| Merced | 44.50% | 18,089 | 51.61% | 20,977 | 2.01% | 817 | 3.83% | 1,559 | ||
| Stanislaus | 43.19% | 44,106 | 53.75% | 54,885 | 1.84% | 1,878 | 2.29% | 2,330 | ||
| Del Norte | 42.58% | 2,761 | 51.62% | 3,347 | 3.01% | 195 | 4.85% | 315 | ||
| Calaveras | 42.21% | 7,513 | 53.67% | 9,553 | 2.38% | 424 | 2.82% | 502 | ||
| San Diego | 41.60% | 311,988 | 54.10% | 405,673 | 2.58% | 19,369 | 2.94% | 22,008 | ||
| Ventura | 41.32% | 89,988 | 55.14% | 120,089 | 2.03% | 4,429 | 2.48% | 5,397 | ||
| San Bernardino | 41.45% | 138,032 | 54.29% | 180,824 | 2.37% | 7,909 | 3.64% | 12,126 | ||
| Tuolumne | 40.65% | 8,491 | 55.14% | 11,517 | 2.56% | 534 | 2.66% | 555 | ||
| San Luis Obispo | 39.68% | 37,591 | 55.46% | 52,536 | 3.13% | 2,964 | 2.69% | 2,545 | ||
| Nevada | 39.07% | 16,613 | 54.73% | 23,275 | 4.11% | 1,749 | 2.60% | 1,105 | ||
| Fresno | 39.14% | 67,506 | 57.15% | 98,580 | 2.20% | 3,792 | 2.84% | 4,882 | ||
| Trinity | 38.74% | 2,199 | 51.92% | 2,947 | 5.39% | 306 | 5.06% | 287 | ||
| Amador | 38.72% | 5,697 | 57.41% | 8,448 | 2.26% | 333 | 2.78% | 409 | ||
| Riverside | 38.72% | 144,014 | 57.42% | 213,564 | 2.07% | 7,712 | 3.52% | 13,119 | ||
| Butte | 37.53% | 25,282 | 56.07% | 37,774 | 4.15% | 2,797 | 3.70% | 2,497 | ||
| Mariposa | 36.81% | 2,749 | 57.97% | 4,330 | 3.07% | 229 | 3.54% | 264 | ||
| Kings | 35.59% | 7,925 | 61.11% | 13,608 | 1.90% | 422 | 3.04% | 678 | ||
| Siskiyou | 35.12% | 5,700 | 59.16% | 9,602 | 3.04% | 493 | 4.32% | 700 | ||
| Plumas | 35.01% | 3,047 | 60.00% | 5,221 | 2.86% | 249 | 3.51% | 305 | ||
| Orange | 34.41% | 244,176 | 61.94% | 439,549 | 2.10% | 14,911 | 2.69% | 19,038 | ||
| Inyo | 34.55% | 2,165 | 59.14% | 3,706 | 3.42% | 214 | 4.90% | 307 | ||
| El Dorado | 33.96% | 22,634 | 61.48% | 40,982 | 2.77% | 1,845 | 2.71% | 1,808 | ||
| Placer | 33.58% | 40,770 | 62.67% | 76,098 | 2.27% | 2,759 | 2.31% | 2,795 | ||
| Madera | 33.67% | 9,988 | 62.92% | 18,665 | 1.85% | 550 | 2.83% | 839 | ||
| Tulare | 32.83% | 22,240 | 64.29% | 43,553 | 1.66% | 1,122 | 2.55% | 1,722 | ||
| Yuba | 31.70% | 4,283 | 62.69% | 8,470 | 3.42% | 462 | 3.96% | 534 | ||
| Lassen | 30.97% | 2,613 | 63.71% | 5,376 | 2.89% | 244 | 3.65% | 308 | ||
| Sutter | 30.81% | 7,166 | 65.99% | 15,347 | 1.80% | 419 | 2.80% | 653 | ||
| Colusa | 30.42% | 1,470 | 66.73% | 3,225 | 1.82% | 88 | 2.44% | 118 | ||
| Kern | 30.36% | 44,516 | 66.17% | 97,035 | 1.96% | 2,869 | 2.94% | 4,319 | ||
| Tehama | 30.55% | 5,345 | 65.47% | 11,454 | 1.85% | 324 | 4.15% | 726 | ||
| Shasta | 30.08% | 17,231 | 65.76% | 37,668 | 2.18% | 1,249 | 3.52% | 2,016 | ||
| Sierra | 29.60% | 462 | 63.61% | 993 | 4.16% | 65 | 4.16% | 65 | ||
| Glenn | 28.00% | 2,052 | 68.27% | 5,003 | 1.87% | 137 | 3.36% | 246 | ||
| Modoc | 26.87% | 986 | 67.68% | 2,484 | 2.56% | 94 | 4.22% | 155 |