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Steve Poizner

No Party Preference

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Date Party Office Votes Result
11-02-2004 Republican AD-21 92118 Loss
11-07-2006 Republican Insurance Commissioner 4229986 Win
11-06-2018 No Party Preference Insurance Commissioner 5515293 Loss
 

Candidate Biography:

Stephen L. Poizner
Born: January 4, 1957 in Houston, Texas
Married: Carol
Child: Rebecca

2001-2002: Director of Critical Infrastructure Protection, National Security Council (White House Fellow)
2004-2006: Member, Board of Directors, California Charter School Association
2005: Appointed to the California Public Utilities Commission (withdrew)
2005: Chair, "Yes on Proposition 77" Campaign Committee [Redistricting reform initiative] (Lost; 40.3%)
2006-Present: Life Member, Council on Foreign Relations
2008: Opponent, Proposition 93 [Amending Term Limits] (Failed; 46.5%)
2008: State Co-Chair, John McCain for President campaign
2008: Delegate, Republican National Convention
2010: Primary Candidate for Governor (Lost; 26.9%)
2016: National Co-Chair and California State Chair, John Kasich for President campaign