2018 California Insurance Commissioner election

2018 California Insurance Commissioner election
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	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

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.

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

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%

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%

County	Hrizi (PFP)		Lara (D)		Mahmood (D)		Poizner (NPP)
County	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Alameda	17,147	5.8%	133,124	45.0%	58,868	19.9%	86,517	29.3%
Alpine	14	3.9%	148	41.5%	52	14.6%	143	40.1%
Amador	612	5.3%	2,580	22.3%	1,403	12.1%	6,961	60.2%
Butte	3,355	6.9%	14,716	30.3%	6,888	14.2%	23,637	48.6%
Calaveras	763	5.5%	3,100	22.3%	1,665	12.0%	8,373	60.2%
Colusa	177	5.8%	797	26.0%	341	11.1%	1,751	57.1%
Contra Costa	11,081	5.2%	77,385	36.2%	32,203	15.1%	92,885	43.5%
Del Norte	367	7.8%	1,527	32.6%	509	10.9%	2,275	48.6%
El Dorado	2,385	4.8%	12,415	24.9%	6,077	12.2%	28,890	58.1%
Fresno	6,786	5.7%	41,331	35.0%	13,866	11.7%	56,205	47.6%
Glenn	300	6.9%	891	20.5%	411	9.5%	2,741	63.1%
Humboldt	2,052	7.6%	11,995	44.2%	4,734	17.4%	8,383	30.9%
Imperial	808	4.6%	9,841	55.6%	1,547	8.7%	5,488	31.0%
Inyo	346	7.1%	1,541	31.6%	559	11.5%	2,431	49.8%
Kern	5,398	5.1%	30,758	28.8%	8,401	7.9%	62,207	58.3%
Kings	636	4.3%	4,332	29.2%	1,286	8.7%	8,570	57.8%
Lake	758	6.2%	3,749	30.4%	2,148	17.4%	5,658	46.0%
Lassen	497	9.4%	1,186	22.5%	415	7.9%	3,164	60.1%
Los Angeles	61,597	4.7%	697,795	53.6%	167,348	12.8%	375,658	28.8%
Madera	989	4.6%	6,066	28.0%	1,772	8.2%	12,814	58.2%
Marin	2,919	4.0%	31,388	42.6%	12,091	16.4%	27,200	37.0%
Mariposa	332	6.0%	1,440	26.2%	483	8.8%	3,237	58.9%
Mendocino	1,460	7.8%	7,776	41.5%	3,992	21.3%	5,488	29.3%
Merced	1,547	5.4%	11,275	39.3%	2,411	8.4%	13,484	47.0%
Modoc	231	10.1%	474	20.6%	221	9.6	1,372	59.7%
Mono	165	5.6%	1,109	38.0%	372	12.7%	1,276	43.7%
Monterey	2,479	4.5%	30,645	50.9%	5,535	9.2%	21,511	35.8%
Napa	1,439	4.5%	10,671	33.2%	6,464	20.1%	13,554	42.25%
Nevada	1,822	5.5%	9,958	30.0%	6,188	18.6%	15,221	45.9%
Orange	23,160	4.2%	188,970	34.1%	61,759	11.1%	280,356	50.6%
Placer	5,102	5.3%	25,945	26.8%	11,515	11.9%	54,208	56.0%
Plumas	374	6.6%	1,372	24.4%	925	16.4%	2,957	52.5%
Riverside	13,804	4.5%	108,203	35.1%	32,895	10.7%	153,157	49.7%
Sacramento	12,183	4.4%	101,947	36.5%	43,282	15.5%	121,841	43.6%
San Benito	635	5.7%	4,647	42.0%	1,131	10.2%	4,654	42.1%
San Bernardino	12,723	5.0%	90,705	35.7%	26,223	10.3%	124,324	49.0%
San Diego	23,397	3.9%	236,429	39.2%	77,311	12.8%	266,318	44.1%
San Francisco	29,487	14.1%	85,107	40.8%	33,001	15.8%	61,044	29.3%
San Joaquin	5,427	5.5%	34,626	35.3%	13,673	13.9%	44,395	45.2%
San Luis Obispo	3,998	5.2%	25,898	34.0%	9,912	13.0%	36,411	47.8%
San Mateo	6,436	4.2%	63,588	42.0%	25,588	16.9%	55,930	36.9%
Santa Barbara	3,374	4.2%	33,840	42.1%	9,821	12.2%	33,303	41.5%
Santa Clara	12,742	4.0%	122,582	38.2%	54,958	17.1%	130,320	40.6%
Santa Cruz	3,373	5.2%	31,192	48.3%	10,239	15.9%	19,728	30.6%
Shasta	2,626	6.3%	8,153	19.7%	3,593	8.7%	27,077	65.3%
Sierra	108	8.9%	311	25.6%	167	13.8%	627	51.7%
Siskiyou	705	6.9%	2,802	27.6%	1,121	11.0%	5,523	54.4%
Solano	4,310	5.8%	28,514	38.4%	12,225	16.4%	29,277	39.4%
Sonoma	5,550	4.7%	52,719	45.0%	22,399	19.1%	36,463	31.1%
Stanislaus	3,755	4.7%	26,116	32.8%	10,487	13.2%	39,346	49.4%
Sutter	1,187	6.4%	4,277	23.2%	2,694	14.6%	10,258	55.7%
Tehama	1,024	8.0%	2,645	20.7%	1,087	8.5%	8,042	62.8%
Trinity	382	11.1%	1,031	30.0%	490	14.2%	1,536	44.7%
Tulare	2,568	5.1%	16,495	32.4%	3,615	7.1%	28,167	55.4%
Tuolumne	811	5.8%	3,464	24.8%	1,865	13.3%	7,843	56.1%
Ventura	5,875	4.0%	57,286	38.7%	16,715	11.3%	68,059	46.0%
Yolo	1,777	4.3%	17,219	41.5%	7,799	18.8%	14,688	35.4%
Yuba	786	7.3%	2,382	22.2%	1,283	12.0%	6,274	58.5%
Totals	316,149	5.0%	2,538,478	40.5%	846,023	13.5%	2,569,254	41.0%

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%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ricardo Lara	6,186,039	52.87%	−4.65%
	No party preference	Steve Poizner	5,515,293	47.13%	N/A
Total votes			11,701,332	100%	N/A
	Democratic hold

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