Election results for Congress made the biggest headlines last week, but Washington, D.C. wasn't the only focus of insurance industry political operatives on Election Day, as state races across the country directly and indirectly impacted the future of the business.
In California, Republican Steve Poizner won the insurance commissioner's post, turning back a challenge from Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante and taking half the vote, against about 39 percent for his opponent.
In other state races, incumbent insurance commissioners kept their jobs in Georgia, Kansas and Oklahoma. In Arkansas, Colorado, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York and Ohio, Democrats took the governor's office from a Republican, which will in all likelihood lead to the appointment of new insurance regulators.
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