1998 United States Senate election in California

1998 United States Senate election in California
	County results ; Boxer: 40-50% 50–60% 60–70% ; Fong: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
U.S. senator before election; Barbara Boxer; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Barbara Boxer; Democratic

The 1998 United States Senate election in California was held November 2, 1998. Incumbent Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer won re-election to a second term.

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Barbara Boxer, incumbent U.S. Senator
John Pinkerton

Results[]

1998 United States Senate Democratic primary, California
Candidate	Votes	%
Barbara Boxer (Incumbent)	2,574,264	92.15%
John Pinkerton	219,250	7.85%
Total votes	2,793,514	100.00%

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

John M. Brown, businessman
Linh Dao, activist
Matt Fong, State Treasurer
Darrell Issa, businessman
Mark Raus, pharmacist
Frank Riggs, U.S. Representative

Results[]

1998 United States Senate Republican primary, California
Candidate	Votes	%
Matt Fong	1,292,662	45.28%
Darrell Issa	1,142,567	40.02%
Frank Riggs	295,886	10.36%
John M. Brown	48,941	1.71%
	45,480	1.59%
	29,241	1.02%
Total votes	2,854,777	100.00%

Other primaries[]

1998 United States Senate primary, California (Others)
	Candidate	Votes	%
Libertarian	Ted Brown	67,408	100.00%
Peace and Freedom		52,306	100.00%
Reform		45,601	100.00%
American Independent		24,026	100.00%
Natural Law		23,945	100.00%

General election[]

Candidates[]

Ophie C. Beltran (PF)
Barbara Boxer (D), incumbent U.S. Senator
Ted Brown (L), perennial candidate
Timothy R. Erich (Reform)
Matt Fong (R), State Treasurer
Joseph Perrin, Sr. (American Independent)
Brian M. Rees (Natural Law)

Results[]

Although the race was predicted to be fairly close, Boxer still defeated Fong by a ten-point margin. As expected, Boxer did very well in Los Angeles County and the San Francisco Bay Area.

1998 United States Senate election, California^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara Boxer (Incumbent)	4,410,056	53.06%
	Republican	Matt Fong	3,575,078	43.01%
	Libertarian	Ted Brown	93,926	1.13%
	Reform		82,918	1.00%
	American Independent		54,699	0.66%
	Peace and Freedom		48,685	0.56%
	Natural Law		46,543	0.59%
Total votes			8,311,905	100.00%
Turnout
	Democratic hold

Results by county[]

Final results from the Secretary of State of California.^[2]

County	Boxer	Votes	Fong	Votes	Others	Votes
San Francisco	75.23%	179,889	21.93%	52,443	2.83%	6,777
Alameda	69.62%	266,329	27.37%	104,699	3.00%	11,520
Marin	65.41%	66,160	31.76%	32,118	2.83%	2,861
San Mateo	63.14%	130,064	33.87%	69,776	2.98%	6,146
Santa Cruz	62.75%	53,363	32.09%	27,293	5.16%	4,391
Sonoma	61.14%	96,170	34.14%	53,695	4.72%	7,424
Los Angeles	60.84%	1,198,403	35.78%	704,782	3.37%	66,603
Yolo	58.12%	28,491	38.10%	18,680	3.78%	1,852
Santa Clara	57.81%	242,600	38.21%	160,350	3.99%	16,733
Mendocino	57.73%	16,346	35.84%	10,147	6.44%	1,822
Contra Costa	57.52%	172,595	39.30%	117,922	3.18%	9,519
Solano	56.29%	56,772	39.71%	40,051	3.98%	4,027
Lake	54.84%	10,104	40.19%	7,406	4.97%	916
Napa	54.48%	22,654	41.01%	17,052	4.50%	1,874
Monterey	53.17%	46,651	42.63%	37,399	4.19%	3,688
Imperial	51.45%	11,597	41.47%	9,346	7.09%	1,596
San Benito	51.05%	6,428	44.02%	5,543	4.93%	620
Humboldt	50.60%	23,342	44.16%	20,371	5.25%	2,414
Sacramento	50.46%	180,389	45.86%	163,957	3.68%	13,144
Santa Barbara	49.53%	60,911	46.77%	57,512	3.71%	4,554
Merced	48.39%	19,008	47.45%	18,638	4.17%	1,634
San Joaquin	48.00%	59,312	48.10%	59,434	3.91%	4,830
San Bernardino	47.47%	155,093	47.32%	154,591	5.21%	17,033
Stanislaus	47.41%	47,238	48.74%	48,560	3.86%	3,841
Ventura	46.88%	97,207	48.92%	101,440	4.21%	8,716
San Diego	46.21%	339,658	49.22%	361,812	4.58%	33,575
Alpine	45.86%	249	49.17%	267	4.96%	27
Riverside	45.78%	151,287	49.63%	164,019	4.58%	15,152
Fresno	44.28%	75,570	51.81%	88,412	3.91%	6,670
San Luis Obispo	44.16%	37,178	51.93%	43,719	3.92%	3,293
Tuolumne	43.74%	8,752	51.43%	10,289	4.82%	966
Mono	42.84%	1,404	52.46%	1,719	4.70%	154
Kings	42.75%	9,338	52.87%	11,547	4.38%	957
Amador	42.21%	5,614	54.11%	7,197	3.68%	489
Del Norte	41.79%	2,992	52.84%	3,783	5.36%	384
Calaveras	41.44%	6,502	53.04%	8,321	5.53%	866
Nevada	41.17%	15,903	54.88%	21,200	3.95%	1,525
Yuba	41.01%	5,355	53.38%	6,971	5.60%	732
Butte	40.73%	26,540	53.89%	35,112	5.36%	3,503
Trinity	39.27%	1,875	52.06%	2,486	8.66%	414
Siskiyou	39.22%	6,162	55.17%	8,669	5.62%	882
Tulare	39.16%	28,284	56.99%	41,167	3.84%	2,782
Orange	39.05%	276,594	56.75%	401,960	4.19%	29,734
Placer	38.60%	34,160	57.70%	51,063	3.71%	3,278
El Dorado	38.54%	21,697	57.46%	32,345	4.00%	2,254
Mariposa	38.23%	2,690	56.05%	3,944	5.72%	402
Madera	37.55%	9,715	58.13%	15,042	4.32%	1,118
Inyo	37.25%	2,443	57.40%	3,764	5.35%	351
Colusa	37.08%	1,734	58.97%	2,758	3.95%	185
Tehama	36.98%	6,598	56.68%	10,112	6.34%	1,131
Kern	36.58%	51,476	59.25%	83,391	4.17%	5,870
Sutter	35.58%	7,716	60.81%	13,188	3.61%	783
Sierra	34.36%	582	59.50%	1,008	6.14%	104
Shasta	33.97%	17,790	60.01%	31,428	6.03%	3,151
Plumas	33.05%	2,718	61.52%	5,059	5.43%	446
Lassen	32.92%	2,624	60.34%	4,810	6.75%	538
Glenn	31.97%	2,321	62.47%	4,536	5.57%	404
Modoc	31.80%	1,068	60.99%	2,048	7.21%	242

References[]

^ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-25. Retrieved 2008-07-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links[]

JoinCalifornia 1998 General Election
SmartVoter.org page on the California Senate race.^{[permanent dead link]}

[1] "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".

[2] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-25. Retrieved 2008-07-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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1998 United States Senate election in California

Contents

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Results[]

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Results[]

Other primaries[]

General election[]

Candidates[]

Results[]

Results by county[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]