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Steve Poizner
3,718,911 votes
51.0%
- Party: Republican
- Occupation: Businessman/Entrepreneur
- "Rookie Teacher of the Year"
Priorities:
- I'll vigorously enforce the law to ban "Use it and Lose it."
- I will aggressively seek prosecution of all those who are profiteering through fraudulent claims.
- I will crack down on uninsured drivers and work to get them off of our highways.
Cruz M. Bustamante
2,810,416 votes
38.5%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: California Lt. Governor
Priorities:
- I will make insurance rates affordable.
- I will guarantee access to insurance for all Californians.
- I will bring health insurance under the regulatory authority of the Insurance Commissioner.
Dale F. Ogden
267,695 votes
3.7%
- Party: Libertarian
- Occupation: Actuary/Insurance Consultant
- Associate Casualty Actuarial Society
- Associate Society of Actuaries
- Member American Academy of Actuaries
- Member International Actuarial Association
- Consultant to California Guaranty Association
- Libertarian Candidate for Insurance Commissioner 1998 & 2002
Priorities:
- Enhance Solvency Regulation to reduce cost of insurance company failures
- Cut administrative bloat to reduce Insurance Department budget by $100 million
- Reform the Conservation and Liquidation Office to save $billions
Larry Cafiero
232,035 votes
3.1%
- Party: Green
- Occupation: Newspaper Editor
- Liaison to the Secretary of State, Green Party of California
- County Council Member, Green Party of Santa Cruz County
- Chairperson, Green Party of San Lorenzo Valley
Priorities:
- Fix Workers' Compensation So-Called 'Reform'
- Facilitate Introduction of Single Payer Health Care
- Commissioner must be a Consumer Advocate, not an industry "rubber stamp"
Tom Condit
161,232 votes
2.2%
- Party: Peace and Freedom
- Occupation: Writer
- Received 281,276 votes (3.9%) as Peace & Freedom Party candidate for Insurance Commissioner in 1990
- Founding West Coast member, Teamsters for a Democratic Union
- Member of Peace and Freedom Party since 1967
Priorities:
- Crack down on insurance company discrimination, redlining and fraudulent denial of claims
- A single public system of health care for all, without insurance company profits
- A state automobile liability insurance program to cover every car and driver on the road
Jay Earl Burden
111,077 votes
1.5%
- Party: American Independent
- Occupation: Student
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