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United States Senate election in California, 2006

United States Senate election in California, 2006
California
← 2000 November 7, 2006 2012 →
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Nominee Dianne Feinstein Dick Mountjoy
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 5,076,289 2,990,822
Percentage 59.43% 35.02%

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County results

U.S. Senator before election

Dianne Feinstein
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Dianne Feinstein
Democratic


Dianne Feinstein
Democratic

Dianne Feinstein
Democratic

The 2006 United States Senate election in California was held on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein won re-election to her third full term.

Feinstein stood against Republican Dick Mountjoy, who had never held a statewide elected position, but had been a state senator for several years. Also running was Libertarian Michael Metti, Don Grundmann of the American Independent Party, Todd Chretien of the Green Party and Marsha Feinland of the Peace and Freedom Party.

Because California is a state that requires a large amount of money to wage a competitive statewide campaign, it is not unusual - as was the case for this race - for a popular incumbent to have no significant opponent. Several prominent Republicans, such as Bill Jones, Matt Fong, and others, declined to run, and a previous announced challenger, businessman Bill Mundell, withdrew his declaration after determining he would not be a self-funded candidate (like Michael Huffington was in the 1994 election).

Lost in primary

Lost in primary

Link to primary results


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