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

November 6, 2018
 
Candidate Ricardo Lara Steve Poizner
Party Democratic No party preference
Popular vote 6,186,039 5,515,293
Percentage 52.9% 47.1%

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

Declared

Declined

Declared

Declared

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

Endorsements

Ricardo Lara (D)
Federal-level officials
State-level Officials
Local-level officials
Organizations
Steve Poizner (NPP)
Newspapers
International-level officials
Federal-level officials
State-level officials
Local-level officials
Individuals
Organizations
Asif Mahmood (D)
Federal-level officials
State-level officials
Local-level officials
Individuals
Nathalie Hrizi (PFP)

Polling

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

Results

Nonpartisan blanket primary results[34]
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

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.[34] 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

Endorsements

Ricardo Lara (D)
Federal-level officials
State-level Officials
Local-level officials
Organizations
Steve Poizner (NPP)
Newspapers
International-level officials
Federal-level officials
State-level officials
Local-level officials
Individuals
Organizations

Polling

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

Results

California Insurance Commissioner election, 2018[36]
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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