Electoral History
| Public Offices | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office | Type | Location | Elected | Term began | Term ended |
| State Assemblyman | Legislature | Sacramento | 1993 | May 3, 1993 | December 5, 1994 |
| State Assemblyman | Legislature | Sacramento | 1994 | December 5, 1994 | December 2, 1996 |
| Speaker of the Assembly | Legislature | Sacramento | 1996 | December 2, 1996 | December 7, 1998 |
| Lieutenant Governor | Executive | Sacramento | 1998 | January 4, 1999 | January 6, 2003 |
| Lieutenant Governor | Executive | Sacramento | 2002 | January 6, 2003 | January 8, 2007 |
| California State Assembly service | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Session | Majority | Governor | Committees | District |
| 1993–1994 | Democratic | Pete Wilson | 31 | |
| 1995–1996 | Republican | Pete Wilson | 31 | |
| 1997–1998 | Democratic | Pete Wilson | 31 | |
| California Lieutenant Governor general election, 1998 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Cruz Bustamante | 4,290,473 | 52.7% | |
| Republican | Tim Leslie | 3,161,031 | 38.8% | |
| Green | Sara Amir | 247,897 | 3.0% | |
| Libertarian | Thomas M. Tryon | 167,523 | 2.1% | |
| Peace and Freedom | Jaime Luis Gomez | 109,888 | 1.4% | |
| American Independent | George M. McCoy | 92,349 | 1.1% | |
| Reform | James G. Mangia | 74,180 | 0.9% | |
| Totals | 8,143,341 | % | ||
| Majority | 1,129,442 | 14.9 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| California Lieutenant Governor general election, 2002 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Cruz Bustamante | 3,658,942 | 49.4 | -3.3 | |
| Republican | Bruce McPherson | 3,094,392 | 41.8 | +3.0 | |
| Green | Donna Warren | 307,254 | 4.1 | +1.1 | |
| Libertarian | Pat Wright | 107,127 | 1.4 | -0.7 | |
| American Independent | James King | 93,026 | 1.3 | +0.2 | |
| Reform | Paul Jerry Hanosh | 82,053 | 1.1 | +0.2 | |
| Natural Law | Kalee Przybylak | 68,366 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
| Total votes | 7,411,160 | % | |||
| Majority | 564,540 | 7.6 | -7.3 | ||
| Democratic hold | Swing | -7.3 | |||
| California recall election, 2003 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Arnold Schwarzenegger | 4,206,284 | 48.6% | |
| Democratic | Cruz Bustamante | 2,724,874 | 31.5% | |
| Republican | Tom McClintock | 1,161,287 | 13.5% | |
| Green | Peter Miguel Camejo | 242,247 | 2.8% | |
| California Insurance Commissioner primary election, 2006 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Cruz Bustamante | 1,651,858 | 70.4% | |
| Democratic | John Kraft | 693,662 | 29.6% | |
| Totals | 2,345,520 | % | ||
| Majority | 958,196 | 40.8 | ||
| California Insurance Commissioner general election, 2006 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Steve Poizner | 4,233,986 | 50.8% | |
| Democratic | Cruz Bustamante | 3,204,536 | 38.5% | |
| Libertarian | Dale Ogden | 305,772 | 3.7% | |
| Green | Larry Cafiero | 270,218 | 3.2% | |
| Peace and Freedom | Tom Condit | 187,618 | 2.3% | |
| American Independent | Jay Earl Burden | 127,267 | 1.5% | |
| Totals | 8,329,397 | % | ||
| Majority | 1,029,450 | 12.3 | ||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||
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