United States Senate election in California, 1994
United States Senate election in California, 1994
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The 1994 United States Senate election in California was held on November 8, 1994. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein won re-election to her first full term.
Primary results
From the Secretary of State of California
Democratic
1994 United States Senate Democratic primary, California
Candidate |
Votes |
Percentage |
Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) |
1,635,837 |
74.20% |
Ted J. Andromedas |
297,128 |
13.48% |
Daniel O'Dowd |
271,615 |
12.32% |
Total votes |
2,204,580 |
100.00% |
Republican
1994 United States Senate Republican primary, California
Candidate |
Votes |
Percentage |
Michael Huffington |
1,072,358 |
53.79% |
William E. Dannemeyer |
565,864 |
28.38% |
Kate Squires |
202,950 |
10.18% |
James Peter Gough |
58,853 |
2.95% |
Wolf G. Dalichau |
58,307 |
2.92% |
John M. Brown |
35,212 |
1.77% |
Total votes |
1,993,544 |
100.00% |
Peace & Freedom
1994 United States Senate Peace & Freedom primary, California
Candidate |
Votes |
Percentage |
Elizabeth Cervantes Barron |
3,487 |
70.70% |
Larry D. Hampshire |
1,445 |
29.30% |
Total votes |
4,932 |
100.00% |
Others
1994 United States Senate primary, California (Others)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
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Libertarian |
Richard Benjamin Boddie |
120,622 |
100.00 |
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American Independent |
Paul Meeuwenberg |
13,596 |
100.00 |
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Green |
Barbara Blong |
' |
100.00 |
General election
Candidates
Major
Minor
Campaign
After one term in the House representing Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, Huffington spent $8 million by the end of August and a total of $28 million during the entire campaign. He became wealthy off oil and gas. The race saw personal attacks on Huffington's wife, Arianna Huffington, who was very involved in the race (the media dubbed her the "Sir Edmund Hillary of social climbing," according to The Almanac of American Politics).
Huffington was called a hypocrite for supporting Proposition 187 and then breaking the law for employing illegal aliens, a story which came out in the race's final days.[1] A grand total of $44 million was spent in the election. At the time, it was the most expensive campaign in a non-presidential election in American history. Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post named the election one of the nastiest senate elections in modern history.[2]
Results
On election day it was a very close race, but Feinstein won Los Angeles County, which may have pulled her ahead. Her sizable win in the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area may also be credited to her slim statewide victory.
Overall
1994 United States Senate election in California
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
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Democratic |
Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) |
3,979,152 |
46.74 |
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Republican |
Michael Huffington |
3,817,025 |
44.83 |
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Peace and Freedom |
Elizabeth Cervantes Barron |
255,301 |
3.00 |
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Libertarian |
Richard Benjamin Boddie |
179,100 |
2.10 |
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American Independent |
Paul Meeuwenberg |
142,771 |
1.68 |
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Green |
Barbara Blong |
140,567 |
1.65 |
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No party |
Write-ins |
173 |
0.00% |
Invalid or blank votes |
386,547 |
4.48 |
Total votes |
8,636,900 |
100.00 |
Voter turnout |
46.98% |
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Democratic hold |
By county
Final results from the Secretary of State.[3]
County |
Feinstein |
Votes |
Huffington |
Votes |
Barron |
Votes |
Boddie |
Votes |
Others |
Votes |
San Francisco |
79.16% |
185,543 |
15.39% |
36,083 |
1.90% |
4,452 |
1.05% |
2,472 |
2.50% |
5,854 |
Marin |
70.86% |
74,664 |
24.42% |
25,733 |
1.31% |
1,380 |
1.39% |
1,462 |
2.02% |
2,125 |
Alameda |
68.34% |
271,456 |
25.21% |
100,120 |
2.35% |
9,323 |
1.45% |
5,778 |
2.65% |
10,539 |
San Mateo |
64.24% |
136,686 |
29.94% |
63,702 |
2.05% |
4,362 |
1.50% |
3,187 |
2.28% |
4,850 |
Contra Costa |
57.94% |
170,256 |
36.02% |
105,854 |
2.06% |
6,056 |
1.51% |
4,437 |
2.47% |
7,268 |
Sonoma |
57.53% |
91,164 |
34.04% |
53,938 |
2.94% |
4,653 |
2.01% |
3,178 |
3.48% |
5,519 |
Santa Cruz |
57.07% |
52,056 |
32.31% |
29,466 |
3.96% |
3,613 |
2.49% |
2,267 |
4.17% |
3,807 |
Santa Clara |
55.79% |
245,232 |
35.93% |
157,922 |
2.96% |
13,029 |
2.14% |
9,403 |
3.18% |
13,983 |
Yolo |
54.87% |
26,793 |
36.56% |
17,851 |
3.18% |
1,553 |
1.86% |
906 |
3.54% |
1,729 |
Los Angeles |
51.53% |
1,046,026 |
40.38% |
819,594 |
3.35% |
67,993 |
1.97% |
39,952 |
2.78% |
56,332 |
Solano |
51.01% |
49,920 |
41.03% |
40,158 |
2.90% |
2,834 |
1.68% |
1,645 |
3.38% |
3,312 |
Napa |
50.73% |
21,340 |
41.33% |
17,388 |
2.33% |
982 |
1.82% |
766 |
3.78% |
1,592 |
Mendocino |
50.27% |
15,008 |
39.90% |
11,912 |
3.20% |
955 |
2.72% |
812 |
3.92% |
1,169 |
Sacramento |
47.85% |
168,073 |
43.88% |
154,128 |
2.85% |
9,994 |
1.84% |
6,446 |
3.58% |
12,584 |
Santa Barbara |
47.16% |
60,811 |
43.29% |
55,825 |
2.84% |
3,664 |
2.29% |
2,956 |
4.41% |
5,686 |
Alpine |
46.72% |
313 |
42.09% |
282 |
4.93% |
33 |
2.24% |
15 |
4.03% |
27 |
Monterey |
46.52% |
42,246 |
43.94% |
39,905 |
4.20% |
3,814 |
1.55% |
1,411 |
3.79% |
3,439 |
Humboldt |
46.04% |
21,817 |
43.77% |
20,742 |
2.54% |
1,202 |
2.31% |
1,093 |
5.35% |
2,534 |
Lake |
44.76% |
8,675 |
46.66% |
9,043 |
2.32% |
449 |
2.33% |
451 |
3.94% |
763 |
San Benito |
40.89% |
4,735 |
47.28% |
5,476 |
5.32% |
616 |
2.13% |
247 |
4.38% |
507 |
San Joaquin |
39.89% |
50,218 |
52.00% |
65,466 |
2.88% |
3,622 |
1.55% |
1,954 |
3.69% |
4,646 |
Fresno |
39.70% |
69,892 |
52.73% |
92,818 |
3.33% |
5,866 |
1.38% |
2,426 |
2.86% |
5,033 |
Tuolumne |
39.54% |
7,693 |
52.26% |
10,169 |
2.46% |
479 |
2.11% |
410 |
3.63% |
706 |
Merced |
39.02% |
15,092 |
52.67% |
20,372 |
3.44% |
1,329 |
1.59% |
616 |
3.29% |
1,272 |
Stanislaus |
38.93% |
38,414 |
51.91% |
51,224 |
3.21% |
3,169 |
1.68% |
1,658 |
4.27% |
4,217 |
Ventura |
38.57% |
82,472 |
50.98% |
108,993 |
3.59% |
7,671 |
2.70% |
5,773 |
4.16% |
8,891 |
San Luis Obispo |
38.36% |
32,777 |
51.83% |
44,285 |
2.74% |
2,345 |
2.49% |
2,127 |
4.57% |
3,905 |
Imperial |
38.33% |
9,086 |
49.46% |
11,724 |
7.32% |
1,735 |
1.38% |
328 |
3.51% |
832 |
Amador |
38.25% |
4,950 |
53.32% |
6,900 |
1.94% |
251 |
2.23% |
288 |
4.26% |
551 |
San Diego |
37.82% |
279,249 |
53.17% |
392,529 |
3.08% |
22,745 |
2.48% |
18,314 |
3.45% |
25,441 |
Nevada |
37.37% |
13,987 |
53.64% |
20,076 |
2.06% |
771 |
2.73% |
1,023 |
4.19% |
1,570 |
Placer |
36.93% |
27,934 |
54.28% |
41,058 |
2.33% |
1,759 |
2.20% |
1,666 |
4.27% |
3,231 |
El Dorado |
36.77% |
19,888 |
54.37% |
29,402 |
2.05% |
1,109 |
2.46% |
1,331 |
4.35% |
2,352 |
Plumas |
36.53% |
3,082 |
54.03% |
4,559 |
2.71% |
229 |
2.61% |
220 |
4.12% |
348 |
Mono |
35.98% |
1,263 |
53.25% |
1,869 |
2.42% |
85 |
2.48% |
87 |
5.87% |
206 |
Mariposa |
35.53% |
2,520 |
55.20% |
3,915 |
2.23% |
158 |
2.26% |
160 |
4.78% |
339 |
Calaveras |
35.17% |
5,467 |
54.30% |
8,441 |
2.32% |
360 |
2.90% |
450 |
5.31% |
826 |
Siskiyou |
34.58% |
6,256 |
55.50% |
10,040 |
2.92% |
529 |
2.59% |
468 |
4.41% |
798 |
Del Norte |
34.51% |
2,553 |
56.16% |
4,154 |
2.16% |
160 |
2.22% |
164 |
4.95% |
366 |
Butte |
34.45% |
23,317 |
57.03% |
38,600 |
2.64% |
1,789 |
2.20% |
1,492 |
3.68% |
2,490 |
Sierra |
34.25% |
548 |
54.31% |
869 |
3.06% |
49 |
3.94% |
63 |
4.44% |
71 |
Kings |
33.98% |
7,592 |
56.96% |
12,725 |
3.79% |
846 |
1.45% |
323 |
3.82% |
854 |
Riverside |
33.95% |
115,333 |
56.11% |
190,615 |
3.41% |
11,582 |
2.58% |
8,755 |
3.96% |
13,438 |
San Bernardino |
33.34% |
114,027 |
55.95% |
191,343 |
3.73% |
12,752 |
2.89% |
9,876 |
4.09% |
13,986 |
Madera |
32.56% |
8,613 |
59.26% |
15,675 |
2.84% |
750 |
1.71% |
452 |
3.63% |
960 |
Lassen |
32.44% |
2,639 |
56.51% |
4,597 |
2.83% |
230 |
2.79% |
227 |
5.43% |
442 |
Orange |
31.88% |
239,010 |
58.87% |
441,398 |
2.71% |
20,308 |
2.92% |
21,901 |
3.62% |
27,175 |
Trinity |
31.87% |
1,703 |
54.53% |
2,914 |
3.71% |
198 |
3.89% |
208 |
6.01% |
321 |
Tulare |
31.45% |
24,244 |
59.77% |
46,074 |
3.72% |
2,871 |
1.76% |
1,359 |
3.29% |
2,535 |
Yuba |
29.70% |
4,158 |
59.75% |
8,365 |
3.06% |
429 |
2.44% |
341 |
5.05% |
707 |
Colusa |
29.34% |
1,449 |
63.29% |
3,126 |
2.77% |
137 |
1.48% |
73 |
3.12% |
154 |
Tehama |
27.94% |
5,142 |
61.55% |
11,329 |
2.84% |
522 |
2.67% |
492 |
5.00% |
921 |
Shasta |
27.83% |
15,077 |
62.99% |
34,129 |
2.51% |
1,362 |
2.21% |
1,200 |
4.46% |
2,417 |
Sutter |
27.23% |
5,958 |
65.09% |
14,242 |
2.55% |
559 |
1.63% |
357 |
3.50% |
766 |
Kern |
26.63% |
39,987 |
63.61% |
95,504 |
3.43% |
5,153 |
2.15% |
3,229 |
4.17% |
6,259 |
Inyo |
25.96% |
1,841 |
64.95% |
4,606 |
2.51% |
178 |
2.14% |
152 |
4.44% |
315 |
Modoc |
24.77% |
951 |
63.72% |
2,447 |
2.55% |
98 |
3.23% |
124 |
5.73% |
220 |
Glenn |
24.68% |
1,956 |
67.51% |
5,351 |
2.01% |
159 |
1.63% |
129 |
4.18% |
331 |
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