Republican Steve Poizner won the insurance commissioner's post in California, turning back a challenge from Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante.
In other races, incumbent insurance commissioners kept their jobs in Kansas, Oklahoma and Georgia.
Mr. Poizner rode the coattails of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, and also benefited from a lack of enthusiasm from traditional Democratic quarters for Mr. Bustamante.
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