1992 United States Senate special election in California

none the other Senate election in California held in parallel 1992 United States Senate election in California related races 1992 United States Senate elections March 2026 September 2023 1992 United States Senate special election in California California presidential no 1988 United States Senate election in California 1988 1994 United States Senate election in California 1994 November 3, 1992 145x145px Dianne Feinstein congressional portrait.jpg Dianne Feinstein Democratic Party (United States) 5,853,651 54.29% File:John Seymour 1991.png John Seymour Republican Party (United States) 4,093,501 37.96% 300px County results Feinstein: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80%Seymour: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% U.S. Senator John Seymour Republican Party (United States) Dianne Feinstein Democratic Party (United States) The 1992 United States Senate special election in California took place on November 3, 1992, at the same time as the regular election to the United States Senate in California. Dianne Feinstein defeated future California governor Gray Davis in the Democratic primary, while John Seymour defeated William E. Dannemeyer in the Republican primary. In this special election to complete the unexpired term of Republican Pete Wilson, who resigned to become Governor of California, incumbent Republican Senator John Seymour was defeated by former San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein, whom Wilson defeated in the 1990 gubernatorial election. Feinstein subsequently held seniority over fellow Democrat Barbara Boxer, who was elected on the same day; because Feinstein was elected to complete an unexpired term, she took office on November 4, only 1 day after the election, while Boxer's term commenced with the beginning of the next session of Congress in January 1993. These elections marked the first time in history that two women simultaneously served in the Senate from the same state. Since Seymour's death in April 2026, this is the most recent U.S. Senate election in California and latest U.S. Senate election of any state in the nation where both major party Senate nominees are deceased.2026-04-21 John Seymour, former Anaheim mayor and U.S. senator, dies at age 88 https://www.ocregister.com/2026/04/21/john-seymour-former-anaheim-mayor-and-u-s-senator-dies-at-age-88/ 2026-04-23 Orange County Register en-USMouchard Andre April 22, 2026 John Seymour, California's last Republican US senator, dies at 88 https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article315503046.html April 23, 2026 The Sacramento BeeKarni Annie 2023-09-29 Senator Dianne Feinstein Dies at 90 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/29/us/politics/dianne-feinstein-dead-senate.html 2023-09-29 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331U.S. Senate: Senators Who Have Died in Office https://www.senate.gov/senators/SenatorsDiedinOffice.htm 2023-09-29 www.senate.gov Background The seat became vacant after incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Pete Wilson won the 1990 gubernatorial election, defeating Democrat Dianne Feinstein. Wilson appointed John Seymour to the Senate to replace himself. Democratic primary Candidates Joseph Alioto Jr., attorney and son of former San Francisco mayor Joseph AliotoThe Chicago Tribune March 17, 1992 https://www.chicagotribune.com/1992/03/17/tax-lien-plagues-candidate/ Tax Lien Plagues Candidate Gray Davis, California state controller Dianne Feinstein, former mayor of San Francisco (1978–88) and 1990 nominee for governor David Kearns Results 1992 Democratic special U.S. Senate primaryJune 2, 1992, Primary Election, Statement of Vote https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/1992-primary/sov-complete.pdf 25 Democratic Party (United States) Dianne Feinstein 1,775,124 54.74% Democratic Party (United States) Gray Davis 1,009,761 32.85% Democratic Party (United States) David Kearns 149,918 4.88% Democratic Party (United States) Joseph Alioto 139,410 4.54% 3,074,213 100.00% Republican primary Candidates William B. Allen, former chair of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, 1986 candidate for Senate, and 1990 candidate for governor William E. Dannemeyer, U.S. representative from Fullerton John Seymour, incumbent U.S. senator since January 1991 (appointed by Pete Wilson) Jim Trinity, retired Glendale dentistLos Angeles Times 13 Mar 1992 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-13-mn-3825-story.html 17 Aug 2021 CAMPAIGN JOURNAL : Instead of Door to Door, It's Now VCR to VCR Feldman Paul And two others vying for the same Republican Senate nomination as Dannemeyer--underfunded Claremont college professor Bill Allen and retired Glendale dentist Jim Trinity, a political unknown--have mailed campaign videos to leading Republicans and reporters in attempts to establish credibility for their long-shot campaigns. Results 1992 Republican special U.S. Senate primary Republican Party (United States) John Seymour (incumbent) 1,216,096 51.17% Republican Party (United States) William E. Dannemeyer 638,279 26.86% Republican Party (United States) Jim Trinity 306,182 12.88% Republican Party (United States) William B. Allen 216,177 9.10% 2,376,734 100.00 General election Candidates Richard Benjamin Boddie (Libertarian) Dianne Feinstein, former mayor of San Francisco (1978–88) and 1990 nominee for governor (Democratic) Gerald Horne, professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara (Peace and Freedom) Paul Meeuwenberg (American Independent) John Seymour, incumbent U.S. senator since January 1991 (Republican) Results 1992 United States Senate special election in Californiahttps://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/1992-general/us-senator.pdf 1992 U.S. Senate Election Results for California elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov July 7, 2023 Democratic Party (US) Dianne Feinstein 5,853,651 54.29% Republican Party (US) John Seymour (incumbent) 4,093,501 37.96% Peace and Freedom Party (US) Gerald Horne 305,697 2.84% American Independent Party Paul Meeuwenberg 281,973 2.62% Libertarian Party (US) Richard Benjamin Boddie 247,799 2.30% Write-ins 122 0.00 591,822 5.20% 11,374,565 100.00% 54.52 Democratic Party (US) Republican Party (US) By county County Feinstein Seymour Horne Meeuwenberg Boddie Write-in share votes share votes share votes share votes share votes share votes Alameda 72.56% 374,675 21.93% 113,223 2.30% 11,866 1.61% 8,323 1.60% 8,257 0.00% 23 Alpine 47.91% 287 42.07% 252 3.01% 18 4.51% 27 2.50% 15 0.00% 0 Amador 48.29% 7,319 42.64% 6,463 2.40% 364 4.07% 617 2.60% 394 0.00% 0 Butte 44.72% 37,396 45.57% 38,111 2.96% 2,477 3.56% 2,980 3.19% 2,666 0.00% 0 Calaveras 46.64% 7,839 42.00% 7,059 2.32% 390 5.38% 905 3.65% 614 0.00% 0 Colusa 37.58% 2,083 54.37% 3,014 2.53% 140 3.18% 176 2.35% 130 0.00% 0 Contra Costa 62.96% 229,988 31.62% 115,507 1.92% 7,011 1.77% 6,470 1.73% 6,320 0.00% 2 Del Norte 50.92% 4,696 39.66% 3,658 2.56% 236 4.98% 459 1.89% 174 0.00% 0 El Dorado 45.34% 28,957 45.56% 29,101 2.37% 1,512 3.80% 2,427 2.93% 1,873 0.00% 0 Fresno 45.07% 94,988 48.48% 102,172 2.32% 4,888 2.25% 4,740 1.88% 3,959 0.00% 4 Glenn 33.10% 2,864 56.73% 4,908 2.51% 217 4.81% 416 2.85% 247 0.00% 0 Humboldt 59.81% 35,178 33.18% 19,513 2.99% 1,756 2.13% 1,253 1.90% 1,117 0.00% 0 Imperial 48.77% 12,433 43.42% 11,070 3.77% 962 2.55% 651 1.48% 378 0.00% 0 Inyo 37.41% 3,067 52.66% 4,318 2.68% 220 4.34% 356 2.90% 238 0.00% 0 Kern 36.31% 63,661 54.46% 95,483 3.22% 5,640 3.59% 6,289 2.43% 4,258 0.00% 3 Kings 40.70% 9,805 50.29% 12,115 3.74% 901 3.57% 860 1.70% 410 0.00% 0 Lake 55.10% 12,732 35.04% 8,096 3.12% 721 3.96% 916 2.77% 641 0.00% 0 Lassen 40.39% 4,005 47.64% 4,724 3.29% 326 5.59% 554 3.10% 307 0.00% 0 Los Angeles 58.72% 1,552,223 34.03% 899,656 3.18% 84,093 2.09% 55,380 1.97% 52,123 0.00% 20 Madera 39.79% 11,682 52.14% 15,309 2.94% 862 3.63% 1,066 1.50% 441 0.00% 0 Marin 71.26% 92,205 24.61% 31,846 1.45% 1,880 0.88% 1,142 1.80% 2,328 0.00% 0 Mariposa 45.38% 3,681 43.98% 3,568 3.09% 251 5.07% 411 2.48% 201 0.00% 0 Mendocino 60.59% 22,000 30.28% 10,993 3.55% 1,290 2.86% 1,039 2.72% 988 0.00% 0 Merced 47.61% 22,010 43.79% 20,246 2.79% 1,289 2.95% 1,365 2.86% 1,323 0.00% 0 Modoc 35.77% 1,572 52.95% 2,327 3.00% 132 5.21% 229 3.07% 135 0.00% 0 Mono 45.11% 1,931 44.64% 1,911 2.83% 121 3.95% 169 3.48% 149 0.00% 0 Monterey 58.89% 66,417 34.74% 39,182 2.10% 2,369 2.30% 2,590 1.96% 2,216 0.00% 0 Napa 57.01% 29,875 35.38% 18,539 2.46% 1,288 2.93% 1,537 2.22% 1,161 0.00% 0 Nevada 46.04% 20,044 44.73% 19,476 2.90% 1,261 3.32% 1,444 3.02% 1,313 0.00% 0 Orange 39.87% 377,170 50.93% 481,810 2.86% 27,056 3.42% 32,316 2.93% 27,729 0.00% 0 Placer 45.75% 40,511 45.73% 40,497 2.38% 2,109 3.30% 2,920 2.84% 2,518 0.00% 0 Plumas 46.44% 4,647 43.64% 4,367 2.30% 230 4.53% 453 3.10% 310 0.00% 0 Riverside 44.56% 187,548 45.44% 191,258 3.52% 14,808 3.95% 16,632 2.54% 10,689 0.00% 0 Sacramento 53.77% 237,722 38.07% 168,318 2.99% 13,228 2.88% 12,716 2.29% 10,113 0.00% 1 San Benito 55.51% 6,938 37.10% 4,637 2.34% 293 2.88% 360 2.16% 270 0.00% 0 San Bernardino 44.35% 200,979 45.67% 206,969 3.64% 16,511 3.71% 16,804 2.61% 11,825 0.01% 48 San Diego 46.97% 442,855 43.63% 411,362 3.21% 30,287 3.09% 29,149 3.10% 29,212 0.00% 3 San Francisco 80.60% 250,972 15.79% 49,165 1.63% 5,062 0.62% 1,919 1.36% 4,233 0.00% 10 San Joaquin 48.90% 76,607 43.11% 67,531 2.78% 4,360 3.27% 5,123 1.94% 3,043 0.00% 1 San L. Obispo 47.47% 48,376 43.94% 44,775 2.54% 2,587 3.08% 3,134 2.97% 3,030 0.00% 0 San Mateo 67.25% 181,990 27.89% 75,470 1.84% 4,983 1.29% 3,478 1.73% 4,684 0.00% 0 Santa Barbara 49.63% 77,900 42.71% 67,043 3.43% 5,386 2.25% 3,535 1.98% 3,101 0.00% 0 Santa Clara 62.19% 364,997 30.98% 181,858 2.15% 12,646 2.20% 12,912 2.47% 14,518 0.00% 2 Santa Cruz 67.88% 76,327 25.40% 28,562 2.49% 2,801 1.84% 2,072 2.39% 2,686 0.00% 1 Shasta 37.81% 25,111 51.48% 34,192 2.90% 1,928 4.62% 3,070 3.19% 2,116 0.00% 0 Sierra 45.12% 818 44.57% 808 2.48% 45 3.47% 63 4.36% 79 0.00% 0 Siskiyou 44.35% 8,963 45.42% 9,180 2.34% 473 5.16% 1,043 2.73% 551 0.00% 0 Solano 59.83% 77,739 32.30% 41,970 2.75% 3,571 2.84% 3,696 2.28% 2,960 0.00% 0 Sonoma 62.84% 121,471 29.38% 56,793 3.02% 5,846 2.43% 4,702 2.33% 4,502 0.00% 0 Stanislaus 50.11% 62,110 41.59% 51,549 2.84% 3,519 3.49% 4,325 1.98% 2,450 0.00% 0 Sutter 36.43% 9,135 53.54% 13,427 2.38% 596 5.24% 1,313 2.42% 606 0.00% 0 Tehama 39.31% 8,253 48.19% 10,116 2.99% 627 5.43% 1,140 4.08% 856 0.00% 0 Trinity 42.41% 2,743 43.66% 2,824 3.80% 246 6.29% 407 3.83% 248 0.00% 0 Tulare 35.71% 30,665 56.46% 48,493 2.72% 2,332 3.11% 2,674 2.00% 1,720 0.00% 0 Tuolumne 50.56% 11,895 40.59% 9,550 2.90% 682 3.40% 801 2.54% 597 0.01% 2 Ventura 45.30% 119,366 46.32% 122,064 2.72% 7,167 3.04% 8,019 2.61% 6,882 0.00% 1 Yolo 61.68% 37,340 31.70% 19,191 2.18% 1,319 2.27% 1,376 2.17% 1,311 0.00% 1 Yuba 40.76% 6,890 46.63% 7,882 3.07% 518 6.09% 1,030 3.45% 584 0.00% 0 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Amador Alpine Contra Costa Imperial Calaveras Los Angeles San Benito Monterey Napa Nevada Mariposa San Luis Obispo Lake Tuolumne Merced Placer Santa Barbara Sacramento San Diego San Joaquin Stanislaus Mono Plumas Sierra See also 1992 United States Senate elections 1992 United States Senate election in California References External links JoinCalifornia 1992 Special Election 1992 special California special California 1992 United States Senate special California United States Senate 1992 Category:Dianne Feinstein