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2018 California Insurance Commissioner election

The 2018 California Insurance Commissioner election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the Insurance Commissioner of California. Under California's nonpartisan blanket primary law, all candidates appear on the same ballot, regardless of party. In the primary, voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation. The top two finishers — regardless of party — advance to the general election in November, even if a candidate manages to receive a majority of the votes cast in the primary election.

2018 California Insurance Commissioner election
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Candidate Ricardo Lara Steve Poizner
Party Democratic No party preference
Popular vote 6,186,039 5,515,293
Percentage 52.87% 47.13%
County results
Lara:      50–60%      60–70%
Poizner:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Commissioner before election

Dave Jones
Democratic

 Elected Commissioner

Ricardo Lara
Democratic

Incumbent Democratic commissioner Dave Jones was term-limited and could not seek a third term.

Primary election

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Democratic Party

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Declared

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Declined

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No party preference

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Declared

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Peace and Freedom Party

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Declared

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  • Nathalie Hrizi, teacher and 2014 candidate for Insurance Commissioner[7]

Endorsements

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Ricardo Lara (D)

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Steve Poizner (NPP)

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Asif Mahmood (D)

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Nathalie Hrizi (PFP)

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Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Ricardo
Lara (D)		 Asif
Mahmood (D)		 Steve
Poizner (NPP)		 Nathalie
Hrizi (PFP)		 Undecided
Gravis Marketing[34] May 4–5, 2018 525 18% 7% 26% 6% 43%
Probolsky Research[35] April 16–18, 2018 900 14% 6% 21% 6% 53%
Sexton Strategies and Research (D-Mahmood)[36] March 24–27, 2018 800 18% 18% 49% – 15%

Results

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Nonpartisan blanket primary results[37]
Party Candidate Votes %
No party preference Steve Poizner 2,569,254 41.0%
Democratic Ricardo Lara 2,538,478 40.5%
Democratic Asif Mahmood 846,023 13.5%
Peace and Freedom Nathalie Hrizi 316,149 5.0%
Total votes 6,269,904 100%

Results by county

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Results by county:
  Poizner—60–70%
  Poizner—50–60%
  Poizner—40–50%
  Poizner—30–40%
  Lara—40–50%
  Lara—50–60%

Primary results by county.[37] Gray represents counties won by Poizner. Blue represents counties won by Lara.

CountyHrizi (PFP)Lara (D)Mahmood (D)Poizner (NPP)
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
Alameda17,1475.8%133,12445.0%58,86819.9%86,51729.3%
Alpine143.9%14841.5%5214.6%14340.1%
Amador6125.3%2,58022.3%1,40312.1%6,96160.2%
Butte3,3556.9%14,71630.3%6,88814.2%23,63748.6%
Calaveras7635.5%3,10022.3%1,66512.0%8,37360.2%
Colusa1775.8%79726.0%34111.1%1,75157.1%
Contra Costa11,0815.2%77,38536.2%32,20315.1%92,88543.5%
Del Norte3677.8%1,52732.6%50910.9%2,27548.6%
El Dorado2,3854.8%12,41524.9%6,07712.2%28,89058.1%
Fresno6,7865.7%41,33135.0%13,86611.7%56,20547.6%
Glenn3006.9%89120.5%4119.5%2,74163.1%
Humboldt2,0527.6%11,99544.2%4,73417.4%8,38330.9%
Imperial8084.6%9,84155.6%1,5478.7%5,48831.0%
Inyo3467.1%1,54131.6%55911.5%2,43149.8%
Kern5,3985.1%30,75828.8%8,4017.9%62,20758.3%
Kings6364.3%4,33229.2%1,2868.7%8,57057.8%
Lake7586.2%3,74930.4%2,14817.4%5,65846.0%
Lassen4979.4%1,18622.5%4157.9%3,16460.1%
Los Angeles61,5974.7%697,79553.6%167,34812.8%375,65828.8%
Madera9894.6%6,06628.0%1,7728.2%12,81458.2%
Marin2,9194.0%31,38842.6%12,09116.4%27,20037.0%
Mariposa3326.0% 1,44026.2%4838.8%3,23758.9%
Mendocino1,4607.8%7,77641.5%3,99221.3%5,48829.3%
Merced1,5475.4%11,27539.3%2,4118.4%13,48447.0%
Modoc23110.1%47420.6%2219.61,37259.7%
Mono1655.6%1,10938.0%37212.7%1,27643.7%
Monterey2,4794.5%30,64550.9%5,5359.2%21,51135.8%
Napa1,4394.5%10,67133.2%6,46420.1%13,55442.25%
Nevada1,8225.5%9,95830.0%6,18818.6%15,22145.9%
Orange23,1604.2%188,97034.1%61,75911.1%280,35650.6%
Placer5,1025.3%25,94526.8%11,51511.9%54,20856.0%
Plumas3746.6%1,37224.4%92516.4%2,95752.5%
Riverside13,8044.5%108,20335.1%32,89510.7%153,15749.7%
Sacramento12,1834.4%101,94736.5%43,28215.5%121,84143.6%
San Benito6355.7%4,64742.0%1,13110.2%4,65442.1%
San Bernardino12,7235.0%90,70535.7%26,22310.3%124,32449.0%
San Diego23,3973.9%236,42939.2%77,31112.8%266,31844.1%
San Francisco29,48714.1%85,10740.8%33,00115.8%61,04429.3%
San Joaquin5,4275.5%34,62635.3%13,67313.9% 44,39545.2%
San Luis Obispo3,9985.2%25,89834.0%9,91213.0%36,41147.8%
San Mateo6,4364.2%63,58842.0%25,58816.9%55,93036.9%
Santa Barbara3,3744.2%33,84042.1%9,82112.2%33,30341.5%
Santa Clara12,7424.0%122,58238.2%54,95817.1%130,32040.6%
Santa Cruz3,3735.2%31,19248.3%10,23915.9%19,72830.6%
Shasta2,6266.3%8,15319.7%3,5938.7%27,07765.3%
Sierra1088.9%31125.6%16713.8%62751.7%
Siskiyou7056.9%2,80227.6%1,12111.0%5,52354.4%
Solano4,3105.8%28,51438.4%12,22516.4%29,27739.4%
Sonoma5,5504.7%52,71945.0%22,39919.1%36,46331.1%
Stanislaus3,7554.7%26,11632.8%10,48713.2%39,34649.4%
Sutter1,1876.4%4,27723.2%2,69414.6%10,25855.7%
Tehama1,0248.0%2,64520.7% 1,0878.5%8,04262.8%
Trinity38211.1%1,03130.0%49014.2%1,53644.7%
Tulare2,5685.1%16,49532.4%3,6157.1%28,16755.4%
Tuolumne8115.8%3,46424.8%1,86513.3%7,84356.1%
Ventura5,8754.0%57,28638.7%16,71511.3%68,05946.0%
Yolo1,7774.3%17,21941.5%7,79918.8%14,68835.4%
Yuba7867.3%2,38222.2%1,28312.0%6,27458.5%
Totals316,1495.0%2,538,47840.5%846,02313.5%2,569,25441.0%

General election

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Endorsements

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Ricardo Lara (D)

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Steve Poizner (NPP)

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Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Ricardo
Lara (D)		 Steve
Poizner (NPP)		 Undecided
Thomas Partners Strategies[39] October 25–27, 2018 1,068 ± 3.5% 44% 45% 11%
UC Berkeley[40] October 19–26, 2018 1,339 ± 4.0% 44% 49% 7%
Thomas Partners Strategies[41] October 12–14, 2018 1,068 ± 3.5% 39% 47% 15%
Thomas Partners Strategies[42] September 28–30, 2018 1,068 ± 3.5% 37% 45% 15%
Thomas Partners Strategies[43] September 21–23, 2018 1,068 ± 3.5% 40% 45% 15%
Thomas Partners Strategies[44] September 14–16, 2018 1,040 ± 3.5% 27% 34% 40%
Thomas Partners Strategies[45] September 7–9, 2018 1,227 ± 3.3% 27% 34% 39%

Results

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2018 California Insurance Commissioner election[46]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ricardo Lara 6,186,039 52.87%
No party preference Steve Poizner 5,515,293 47.13%
Total votes 11,701,332 100.00%
Democratic hold

By county

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Blue represents counties won by Lara. Gray represents counties won by Poizner.[47]

CountyLara (DEM)Poizner (NPP)MarginTotal
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes
Alameda357,81865.66%187,13234.34%170,68631.32%492,582
Alpine30652.22%28047.78%264.44%586
Amador4,78829.32%11,54070.68%-6,752-41.35%16,328
Butte34,18441.62%47,94858.38%-13,764-16.76%82,132
Calaveras5,97230.08%13,88569.92%-7,913-39.85%19,857
Colusa1,97037.38%3,30062.62%-1,330-25.24%5,270
Contra Costa208,05952.70%186,77447.30%21,2855.39%394,833
Del Norte3,03438.08%4,93361.92%-1,899-23.84%7,967
El Dorado27,87534.03%54,02865.97%-26,153-31.93%81,903
Fresno114,45148.47%121,67251.53%-7,221-3.06%236,123
Glenn2,30430.26%5,31069.74%-3,006-39.48%7,614
Humboldt27,56955.90%21,74944.10%5,82011.80%49,318
Imperial21,13365.51%11,12434.49%10,00931.03%32,257
Inyo2,54638.02%4,15161.98%-1,605-23.97%6,697
Kern73,37438.00%119,70862.00%-46,334-24.00%193,082
Kings11,52840.74%16,76859.26%-5,240-18.52%28,296
Lake8,79243.86%11,25256.14%-2,460-12.27%20,044
Lassen2,03724.79%6,18175.21%-4,144-50.43%8,218
Los Angeles1,709,47562.11%1,042,98037.89%666,49524.21%2,752,455
Madera13,64637.61%22,63762.39%-8,991-24.78%36,283
Marin70,70558.56%50,04441.44%20,66117.11%120,749
Mariposa2,55333.22%5,13166.78%-2,578-33.55%7,684
Mendocino17,79656.72%13,57843.28%4,21813.44%31,374
Merced28,32850.63%27,62149.37%7071.26%55,949
Modoc79625.97%2,26974.03%-1,473-48.06%3,065
Mono2,04545.25%2,47454.75%-429-9.49%4,519
Monterey65,58858.71%46,11841.29%19,47017.43%111,706
Napa27,66551.83%25,71548.17%1,9503.65%53,380
Nevada22,32544.17%28,21855.83%-5,893-11.66%50,543
Orange433,45742.85%578,04957.15%-144,592-14.29%1,011,506
Placer54,08733.56%107,08166.44%-52,994-32.88%161,168
Plumas2,86935.03%5,32164.97%-2,452-29.94%8,190
Riverside280,17346.42%323,45153.58%-43,278-7.17%603,624
Sacramento236,34548.66%249,39251.34%-13,047-2.69%485,737
San Benito9,99652.02%9,22047.98%7764.04%19,216
San Bernardino241,67847.08%271,67252.92%-29,994-5.84%513,350
San Diego541,73050.67%527,45549.33%14,2751.34%1,069,185
San Francisco235,29969.68%102,36430.32%132,93539.37%337,663
San Joaquin90,06948.88%94,21151.12%-4,142-2.25%184,280
San Luis Obispo50,15042.91%66,71357.09%-16,563-14.17%116,863
San Mateo151,90856.32%117,83643.68%34,07212.63%269,744
Santa Barbara77,37253.18%68,11646.82%9,2566.36%145,488
Santa Clara315,50454.25%266,06545.75%49,4398.50%581,569
Santa Cruz71,80863.91%40,55036.09%31,25827.82%112,358
Shasta17,53526.80%47,90373.20%-30,368-46.41%65,438
Sierra49131.58%1,06468.42%-573-36.85%1,555
Siskiyou5,97835.32%10,94964.68%-4,971-29.37%16,927
Solano74,59053.46%64,93946.54%9,6516.92%139,529
Sonoma115,37557.78%84,30542.22%31,07015.56%199,680
Stanislaus65,75444.54%81,86055.46%-16,106-10.91%147,614
Sutter9,73535.09%18,00864.91%-8,273-29.82%27,743
Tehama5,43728.13%13,89071.87%-8,453-43.74%19,327
Trinity1,95739.72%2,97060.28%-1,013-20.56%4,927
Tulare38,61041.16%55,18858.84%-16,578-17.67%93,798
Tuolumne7,18433.00%14,58767.00%-7,403-34.00%21,771
Ventura137,53847.05%154,76052.95%-17,222-5.89%292,298
Yolo38,61655.43%31,05244.57%7,56410.86%69,668
Yuba6,13234.19%11,80265.81%-5,670-31.62%17,934
Totals6,186,03952.87%5,515,29347.13%670,7465.73%11,701,332

References

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  1. ↑ McGreevy, Patrick (March 21, 2017). "California state Sen. Ricardo Lara announces he's running for state insurance commissioner in 2018". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 McGreevy, Patrick (March 22, 2017). "Former Assemblywoman Susan Bonilla won't run for state insurance commissioner". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
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