2006 California Assembly - summary of winners

Because we have no way to guarantee an accurate sampling of voters, it's not safe to assume that these candidates would win in a real election; these results are here mostly for entertainment. But it is likely to be a good measure of how many voters win with ranked choice voting.


Assembly members from Northern California (District 1)
  • Thomas Reed, Small Business Owner (Libertarian)
  • Phil Dynan, Communications Consultant (Peace and Freedom)
  • Cat Woods, Community Volunteer (Green)
  • Richard Olmstead, Business Owner (Libertarian)
  • John Gould, Tax Consultant/Realtor (Republican)
Voters with satisfactory representation: 93.8%

Assembly members from the San Francisco peninsula (District 2)
  • Barry Hermanson, Small Business Owner (Green)
  • Mark Leno, Assemblyman (Democratic)
  • Ramiro Maldonado, Jr., Nonprofit Office Administrator (Republican)
  • Virginia Kiraly, Community Volunteer (Republican)
  • Sally Lieber, State Assemblywoman (Democratic)
Voters with satisfactory representation: 92%

Assembly members from San Jose/Monterey (District 3)
  • Ken Nishimura, Electrical Engineer (Republican)
  • Jim Beall, Member, Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors (Democratic)
  • Lionel Silva, Information Technology Manager (Libertarian)
  • John Laird, State Assemblymember (Democratic)
  • Colin Morrison, Councilmember/Business Manager (Republican)
Voters with satisfactory representation: 100%

Assembly members from Santa Barbara/SLO (District 4)
  • Sam Blakeslee, State Assemblyman (Republican)
  • Audra Strickland, Member of the State Assembly (Republican)
  • Rick Montaine, Systems Analyst (Republican)
  • Tony Dolz, National Security Analyst (Republican)
  • Conrad Frankowski, Human Resources Executive (Libertarian)
Voters with satisfactory representation: 90.9%

Assembly members from Santa Clarita (District 5)
  • Lyn Shaw, Human Services Administrator (Democratic)
  • Peggy Christensen, Educator (Libertarian)
  • Richard Alarcon, Senator (Democratic)
  • Michael Agbaba, Environmental Safety Consultant (Republican)
  • Ricardo Costa, Motion Picture Projectionist (Green)
Voters with satisfactory representation: 100%

Assembly members from Santa Monica (District 6)
  • Colin Goldman, Screenwriter (Libertarian)
  • Karen Bass, Member of the State Assembly 47th District (Democratic)
  • Carl Swinney, Certified Radiologic Technologist (Libertarian)
  • Peter Thottam, Attorney (Green)
  • Karl Abrams, College Professor (Peace and Freedom)
Voters with satisfactory representation: 100%

Assembly members from Los Angeles (District 7)
  • Fabian Nunez, California Assembly Speaker (Democratic)
  • Gladys Miller, Local Government Employee (Republican)
  • Mervyn Dymally, Member of the Assembly (Democratic)
  • Tony Mendoza, Teacher/City Councilman (Democratic)
  • Grace Hu, Businessowner (Republican)
Voters with satisfactory representation: 100%

Assembly members from the Riverside area (District 8)
  • Laura Brown, Teacher/Writer (Libertarian)
  • Robert "Bob" Huff, Assemblyman/Business Owner (Republican)
  • Nell Soto, State Senator (Democratic)
  • Benjamin Lopez, Legislative Analyst/Consultant (Republican)
  • Brian Cross, Contractor (Libertarian)
Voters with satisfactory representation: 100%

Assembly members from the Long Beach area (District 9)
  • Betty Karnette, California State Assemblymember (Democratic)
  • Michael Jackson, Satellite Project Manager (Republican)
  • Margherita Underhill, Attorney/Businessowner/Mother (Republican)
  • Jim Silva, Orange County Supervisor (Republican)
  • Van Tran, California State Assemblyman (Republican)
Voters with satisfactory representation: 100%

Assembly members from around Oceanside (District 10)
  • Charles DeVore, Assemblyman/Military Officer (Republican)
  • Irene "Charlie" LaChance, Community Organization Chairperson (Democratic)
  • Mimi Walters, Assemblywoman, 73rd District (Republican)
  • Andrew Favor, Certified Public Accountant (Libertarian)
  • Roxana Folescu, Educator (Democratic)
Voters with satisfactory representation: 100%

Assembly members from near San Diego (District 11)
  • Edward Teyssier, Hi-Tech Entrepreneur/Attorney (Libertarian)
  • Lori Saldana, Assemblymember/College Professor (Democratic)
  • Rich Belitz, Small Business Owner (Libertarian)
  • Shirley Horton, State Legislator (Republican)
  • Geof Gibson, Engineer (Libertarian)
Voters with satisfactory representation: 100%

Assembly members from the Inland Empire (District 12)
  • Marjory Mendoza-Ware, Board Member CJUSD (Republican)
  • Paul Rasso, School District Employee (Democratic)
  • John Benoit, State Assembly Member, 64th District (Republican)
  • Jon Taleb, Teacher (Peace and Freedom)
  • Bonnie Garcia, Assemblywoman/Educator (Republican)
Voters with satisfactory representation: 100%

Assembly members from Central California (District 13)
  • Danny Gilmore, Retired Highway Patrolman (Republican)
  • Desmond Farrelly, Information Systems Manager (Democratic)
  • Robert Bynum, School Board Trustee (Democratic)
  • Anthony Adams, Legislative Director/Businessman (Republican)
  • Jill Stone, Business Owner/ Mother (Libertarian)
Voters with satisfactory representation: 98.7%

Assembly members from the San Joaquin valley (District 14)
  • Gerard "Gerry" Machado, Businessman/School Trustee (Republican)
  • Benjamin Avila, Educator (Democratic)
  • Mike Villines, Member California Assembly (Republican)
  • Jonathan Zwickel, Insurance Agent (Libertarian)
  • John Crockford, Retired Law Officer (Peace and Freedom)
Voters with satisfactory representation: 100%

Assembly members from Oakland and Contra Costa (District 15)
  • Arne Simonsen, Antioch City Council Member (Republican)
  • Loni Hancock, Incumbent (Democratic)
  • Guy Houston, Businessman/State Legislator (Republican)
  • Sandre Swanson, Trustee, Pension Fund (Democratic)
  • Edward Ytuarte, Radio Producer (Peace and Freedom)
Voters with satisfactory representation: 100%

Assembly members from Sacramento and north Sierras (District 16)
  • Michael Harrington, Labor Council President (Democratic)
  • Gerald Fritts, Retired Social Worker (Green)
  • Michael Lopez, Printer (Peace and Freedom)
  • Janice Bonser, Lawn Artist (Libertarian)
  • Albert Troyer, Union Contract Negotiator (Peace and Freedom)
Voters with satisfactory representation: 90%
Party totals:
Voters with satisfactory representation (overall): 97.2%
751 total votes