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Steve Poizner
Steve Poizner (independent) was the California Commissioner of Insurance. He assumed office in 2007. He left office in 2011.
Poizner (independent) ran for election for California Commissioner of Insurance. He lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Poizner served as the state's insurance commissioner from 2007 to 2011. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican Party nomination for Governor of California in 2010.[1]
Biography
Prior to his political career, Poizner worked in the Silicon Valley as a high tech entrepreneur; founding both SnapTrak, Inc. and Strategic Mapping, Inc. SnapTrak was sold for $1.2 billion in 2000. He was a White House Fellow and Director of Critical Infrastructure Protection at the National Security Council from 2001 to 2002. Poizner earned a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Texas in 1978 and an M.B.A. from Stanford University in 1980.
Elections
2018
General election
General election for California Commissioner of Insurance
Ricardo Lara defeated Steve Poizner in the general election for California Commissioner of Insurance on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ricardo Lara (D) | 52.9 | 6,186,039 |
 | Steve Poizner (Independent) | 47.1 | 5,515,293 | |
| Total votes: 11,701,332 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California Commissioner of Insurance
Steve Poizner and Ricardo Lara defeated Asif Mahmood and Nathalie Hrizi in the primary for California Commissioner of Insurance on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Steve Poizner (Independent) | 41.0 | 2,569,254 |
| ✔ | | Ricardo Lara (D) | 40.5 | 2,538,478 |
 | Asif Mahmood (D) | 13.5 | 846,023 | |
 | Nathalie Hrizi (Peace and Freedom Party) | 5.0 | 316,149 | |
| Total votes: 6,269,904 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Peter Kuo (R)
2010
| 2010 Race for Governor - Republican Primary[2] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Percentage | |||
| Bill Chambers (R) | 1.4% | |||
| Douglas R. Hughes (R) | 1.0% | |||
| Ken Miller (R) | 1.5% | |||
| Lawrence 'Larry' Natarelli (R) | 2.3% | |||
| Robert C. Newman, II (R) | 1.7% | |||
| Steve Poizner (R) | 26.7% | |||
| David Tully-Smith (R) | 1.0% | |||
 Meg Whitman (R)
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64.4% | |||
| Total votes | 2,316,071 | |||
Issues
Taxes
- In 2000, Poizner contributed about $200,000 to the campaign to pass Proposition 39. Proposition 39 lowered the threshold required to pass local education taxes from a two-thirds vote to 55 percent.[1]
- Poizner was a critic of California Proposition 1A (2009) and pledged not to raise any taxes if he was elected governor in 2010.[1]
Term limits
A supporter of term limits, Poizner announced in October 2007 that he was donating $1.5 million to the Alliance for California's Renewal, a campaign committee that opposed California's Proposition 93.[3][4]
Proposition 93 would have allowed legislative incumbents to stay in office longer.
See also
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- California Commissioner of Insurance
- California Insurance Commissioner election, 2018
- Governor of California
- California gubernatorial election, 2010
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- California Commissioner of Insurance
- Stevepoizner.com 2010 campaign website
Footnotes
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California Commissioner of Insurance 2007-2011 |
Succeeded by Dave Jones (D) |
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