1998 United States Senate election in California

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

1998 United States Senate election in California

November 3, 1998

Nominee Barbara Boxer Matt Fong Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 4,411,705 3,576,351 Percentage 53.1% 43.0%

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

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%
Mark Raus		45,480	1.59%
Linh Dao		29,241	1.02%
Total votes		2,854,777	100.00%

Other primaries

1998 United States Senate primary, California (Others)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Ted Brown	67,408	100.00%
	Peace and Freedom	Ophie C. Beltran	52,306	100.00%
	Reform	Timothy R. Erich	45,601	100.00%
	American Independent	Joseph Perrin, Sr.	24,026	100.00%
	Natural Law	Brian M. Rees	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. Boxer as expected 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	Timothy R. Erich	82,918	1.00%
	American Independent	Joseph Perrin, Sr.	54,699	0.66%
	Peace and Freedom	Ophie C. Beltran	48,685	0.56%
	Natural Law	Brian M. Rees	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

See also

• 1998 United States Senate elections

References

1. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1998/98Stat.htm
2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-25. Retrieved 2008-07-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

• JoinCalifornia 1998 General Election
• SmartVoter.org page on the California Senate race.