2006 California State Controller election
The primary elections took place on June 6, 2006.Board of Equalization Chair John Chiang, the Democratic nominee, defeated the Republican nominee, Assemblyman Tony Strickland, for the office previously held by Democrat Steve Westly, who ran for governor.A bar graph of statewide results in this contest are available at https://web.archive.org/web/20070517222238/http://primary2006.ss.ca.gov/Returns/ctl/00.htm.Results by county are available here and here[permanent dead link].Results from the Secretary of State of California:[1]