Electoral history of Dianne Feinstein

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Senator Dianne Feinstein

The electoral history of Dianne Feinstein. Feinstein previously served as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Mayor of San Francisco, and was a United States Senator.

San Francisco mayoral elections

1971

San Francisco mayoral election, 1971[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Joseph Alioto 95,744 38.6
Nonpartisan Harold Dobbs 68,637 27.7
Nonpartisan Dianne Feinstein 53,911 21.8
Nonpartisan Fred Selinger 13,902 5.6
Nonpartisan Scott Newhall 8,534 3.4
Nonpartisan Tony Serra 2,724 1.1
Nonpartisan Nathan Weinstein 1,541 0.6
Nonpartisan John C. Diamante 1,477 0.6
Nonpartisan Stanley Lee Cotton 670 0.3
Nonpartisan John Gardner Brent 661 0.3
Nonpartisan Jeffrey R. Chaskin 304 0.1
Total votes 248,105 100.0

1975

San Francisco mayoral election, 1975[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan George Moscone 66,195 31.5
Nonpartisan John Barbagelata 40,540 19.3
Nonpartisan Dianne Feinstein 39,344 18.7
Nonpartisan John A. Ertola 30,360 14.5
Nonpartisan Milton Marks 27,910 13.3
Nonpartisan John C. Diamante 2,218 1.1
Nonpartisan Roland Sheppard 1,080 0.5
Nonpartisan Ray Cunningham 1,061 0.5
Nonpartisan Josie-Lee Kuhlman 477 0.2
Nonpartisan Donald Donaldson 433 0.2
Nonpartisan Nicholas F. Benton 362 0.2
Total votes 209,980 100.0

1979

San Francisco mayoral election, 1979[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) 81,115 46.6
Nonpartisan Quentin Kopp 77,784 44.7
Nonpartisan Jello Biafra 6,591 3.8
Nonpartisan Sylvia Weinstein 3,529 2.0
Nonpartisan Cesar Ascarrunz 1,739 1.0
Nonpartisan Steve L. Calitri 1,285 0.7
Nonpartisan Tibor Uskert 739 0.4
Nonpartisan Joe Hughes 601 0.4
Nonpartisan Patricia Dolbeare 573 0.3
Total votes 173,956 100.0
San Francisco mayoral runoff election, 1979[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) 102,233 54.0
Nonpartisan Quentin Kopp 87,226 46.0
Total votes 189,459 100.0

1983

San Francisco mayoral election, 1983[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) 117,489 80.1
Nonpartisan Cesar Ascarrunz 10,713 7.3
Nonpartisan Gloria La Riva 7,644 5.2
Nonpartisan Patricia Wright 4,566 3.1
Nonpartisan Brian Lantz 3,537 2.4
Nonpartisan Carrie Drake 2,700 1.8
Nonpartisan James Bond Zero (write-in) 12 0.0
Nonpartisan Ellis Keyes (write-in) 9 0.0
Nonpartisan Bobby Venegas (write-in) 9 0.0
Total votes 146,679 100.0

California gubernatorial elections

1990

California gubernatorial primary election, 1990[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dianne Feinstein 1,361,360 56.3
Democratic John Van de Kamp 1,067,899 41.0
Democratic Frank L. Thomas 35,900 1.4
Democratic Charles Pineda Jr. 25,396 1.0
Democratic Franklin R. Geraty 24,251 0.9
Democratic John Hancock Abbott 19,697 0.8
Democratic Charles A. Mahon III 17,987 0.7
Democratic F. Frank Wong 16,280 0.6
Democratic Eileen Anderson 16,116 0.6
Democratic Lydon Byrne 11,975 0.5
Democratic Mark Calney 7,923 0.3
Democratic Sue Lockard Digre (write-in) 68 0.0
Total votes 2,604,852 100.0
California gubernatorial general election, 1990[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Pete Wilson 3,791,904 49.3
Democratic Dianne Feinstein 3,525,197 45.8
Libertarian Dennis Thompson 145,628 1.9
American Independent Jerome McCready 139,661 1.8
Peace and Freedom Maria Elizabeth Muñoz 96,842 1.3
Total votes 7,699,232 100.0
Republican hold

United States Senate elections

1992

United States Senate special primary election in California, 1992[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dianne Feinstein 1,775,124 57.7
Democratic Gray Davis 1,009,751 32.8
Democratic Davis Kearms 149,918 4.9
Democratic Joseph Alioto 139,410 4.5
Total votes 3,074,203 100.0
United States Senate special general election in California, 1992[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dianne Feinstein 5,853,651 54.3
Republican John F. Seymour (incumbent) 4,093,501 38.0
Peace and Freedom Gerald Horne 305,697 2.8
American Independent Paul Meeuwenberg 281,973 2.6
Libertarian Richard Benjamin Boddie 247,799 2.3
Total votes 10,782,621 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

1994

United States Senate primary election in California, 1994[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) 1,635,837 74.2
Democratic Ted J. Andromedas 297,128 13.5
Democratic Daniel O'Dowd 271,615 12.3
Total votes 2,204,580 100.0
United States Senate general election in California, 1994[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) 3,979,152 46.7
Republican Michael Huffington 3,817,025 44.8
Peace and Freedom Elizabeth Cervantes Barron 255,301 3.0
Libertarian Richard Benjamin Boddie 179,100 2.1
American Independent Paul Meeuwenberg 142,771 1.7
Green Barbara Blong 140,567 1.7
Total votes 8,513,916 100.0
Democratic hold

2000

United States Senate primary election in California, 2000[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) 3,759,560 95.5
Democratic Michael Schmier 181,104 4.5
Total votes 3,940,664 100.0
United States Senate general election in California, 2000[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dianne Feinstein (Incumbent) 5,932,522 55.8
Republican Tom Campbell 3,886,853 36.6
Green Medea Susan Benjamin 326,828 3.1
Libertarian Gail Lightfoot 187,718 1.8
American Independent Diane Beall Templin 134,598 1.3
Reform Jose Luis Olivares Camahort 96,552 0.9
Natural Law Brian M. Rees 58,537 0.6
Independent John Emery Jones (write-in) 6 0.0
Total votes 10,623,614 100.0
Democratic hold

2006

United States Senate primary election in California, 2006[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) 2,176,888 87.0
Democratic Colleen Fernald 199,180 8.0
Democratic Martin Luther Church 127,301 5.0
Total votes 2,503,369 100.0
United States Senate general election in California, 2006[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) 5,076,289 59.4
Republican Dick Mountjoy 2,990,822 35.0
Green Todd Chretien 147,074 1.7
Libertarian Michael S. Metti 133,851 1.6
Peace and Freedom Marsha Feinland 117,764 1.4
American Independent Don Grundmann 75,350 0.9
Green Kent Mesplay (write-in) 160 0.0
Independent Jeffrey Mackler (write-in) 108 0.0
Independent Lea Sherman (write-in) 47 0.0
Independent Connor Vlakancic (write-in) 11 0.0
Total votes 8,541,472 100.0
Democratic hold

2012

United States Senate primary election in California, 2012[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) 2,392,822 49.3
Republican Elizabeth Emken 613,613 12.6
Republican Dan Hughes 323,840 6.7
Republican Rick Williams 157,946 3.3
Republican Orly Taitz 154,781 3.2
Republican Dennis Jackson 137,120 2.8
Republican Greg Conlon 135,421 2.8
Republican Al Ramirez 109,399 2.3
Libertarian Gail Lightfoot 101,648 2.1
Democratic Diane Stewart 97,782 2.0
Democratic Mike Strimling 97,024 2.0
Democratic David Levitt 76,482 1.6
Republican Oscar Braun 75,842 1.6
Republican Robert Lauten 57,720 1.2
Peace and Freedom Marsha Feinland 54,129 1.2
Democratic Colleen Shea Fernald 51,623 1.1
Republican Donald Krampe 39,035 0.8
American Independent Don J. Grundmann 33,037 0.7
Republican Dirk Allen Konopik 29,997 0.6
Republican John Boruff 29,357 0.6
Democratic Nak Shah 27,203 0.6
Republican Rogelio T. Gloria 22,529 0.5
Republican Nachum Shifren 21,762 0.4
Peace and Freedom Kabiruddin Karim Ali 12,269 0.3
Republican Linda R. Price (write-in) 25 0.0
Total votes 4,852,406 100.0
United States Senate general election in California, 2012[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) 7,864,624 62.5
Republican Elizabeth Emken 4,713,887 37.5
Total votes 12,578,511 100.0
Democratic hold

2018

United States Senate primary election in California, 2018[18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) 2,947,035 44.2%
Democratic Kevin de León 805,446 12.1%
Republican James P. Bradley 556,252 8.3%
Republican Arun K. Bhumitra 350,815 5.3%
Republican Paul A. Taylor 323,533 4.9%
Republican Erin Cruz 267,494 4.0%
Republican Tom Palzer 205,183 3.1%
Democratic Alison Hartson 147,061 2.2%
Republican Rocky De La Fuente 135,278 2.0%
Democratic Pat Harris 126,947 1.9%
Republican John "Jack" Crew 93,806 1.4%
Republican Patrick Little 89,867 1.3%
Republican Kevin Mottus 87,646 1.3%
Republican Jerry Joseph Laws 67,140 1.0%
Libertarian Derrick Michael Reid 59,999 0.9%
Democratic Adrienne Nicole Edwards 56,172 0.8%
Democratic Douglas Howard Pierce 42,671 0.6%
Republican Mario Nabliba 39,209 0.6%
Democratic David Hildebrand 30,305 0.5%
Democratic Donnie O. Turner 30,101 0.5%
Democratic Herbert G. Peters 27,468 0.4%
No party preference David Moore 24,614 0.4%
No party preference Ling Ling Shi 23,506 0.4%
Peace and Freedom John Thompson Parker 22,825 0.3%
No party preference Lee Olson 20,393 0.3%
Democratic Gerald Plummer 18,234 0.3%
No party preference Jason M. Hanania 18,171 0.3%
No party preference Don J. Grundmann 15,125 0.2%
No party preference Colleen Shea Fernald 13,536 0.2%
No party preference Rash Bihari Ghosh 12,557 0.2%
No party preference Tim Gildersleeve 8,482 0.1%
No party preference Michael Fahmy Girgis 2,986 0.0%
Green Michael V. Ziesing (write-in) 842 0.0%
No party preference Ursula M. Schilling (write-in) 17 0.0%
Democratic Seelam Prabhakar Reddy (write-in) 4 0.0%
Total votes 6,670,720 100.0%
United States Senate election in California, 2018[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) 5,976,440 54.2% -8.12%
Democratic Kevin de León 5,047,268 45.8% N/A
Total votes 11,023,708 100.0% N/A
Democratic hold

References

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  2. ^ "San Francisco Mayor Race - November 4, 1975". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  3. ^ "San Francisco Mayor Race - November 6, 1979". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  4. ^ "San Francisco Mayor Race - Runoff - December 11, 1979". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  5. ^ "San Francisco Mayor Race - November 8, 1983". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  6. ^ "California guberatorial summary (1990 primary)" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  7. ^ "California guberatorial summary (1990 general)" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  8. ^ "United States Senate summary (1992 primary)" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  9. ^ "United States Senate summary (1992 primary)" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  10. ^ "United States Senate summary (1994 primary)" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  11. ^ "United States Senate summary (1994 general)" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  12. ^ "United States Senate summary (2000 primary)" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  13. ^ "United States Senate summary (2000 general)" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  14. ^ "United States Senate summary (2006 primary)" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  15. ^ "United States Senate summary (2006 general)" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  16. ^ "Statement of Vote (June 5, 2012, Presidential Primary Election)" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  17. ^ "Statement of Vote (November 6, 2012, General Election)" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  18. ^ "Statement of Vote" (PDF). Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  19. ^ "Statement of Vote" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved 16 October 2023.