Voters voted directly on insurance commissioner candidates in four states Tuesday.
Voters picked governors with the power to appoint insurance commissioners in many other states.
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In some states, voters weighed in on ballot measures that could affect Medicaid and home care programs in their states.
Here’s a look at the election results.
Insurance Commissioner Elections
California
At press time, this race was still close to call.
Ricardo Lara (Democrat): 50.8% of the vote.
Steve Poizner (Independent): 49.2% of the vote,.
About 95.7% of the precincts are reporting results, but California takes several weeks to count all ballots submitted by mail. That means the final outcome for a close race may not be available until December.
The vote tally is here.
Georgia
Jim Beck (Republican): 50.53% of the vote.
Janice Laws (Democrat): 46.82% of the vote.
Donnie Foster (Libertarian): 2.64%.
100% of counties and precincts have reported their results.
The vote tally is here.
Kansas
Nathaniel McLaughlin (Democrat): 37% of the vote.
Vicki Schmidt (Republican): 63% of the vote.
100% of precincts have reported their results.
The vote tally is here.
Oklahoma
Glen Mulready (Republican): 61.97% of the vote.
Kimberly Fobbs (Democrat): 38.03% of the vote.
100% of precincts have reported their results.