1998 United States Senate election in California

none March 2026 September 2023 1998 United States Senate election in California California presidential no 1992 United States Senate election in California 1992 2004 United States Senate election in California 2004 November 3, 1998 Barbara Boxer Hshot (cropped).jpg Barbara Boxer Democratic Party (United States) 4,411,705 53.06% Mattfong.jpg Matt Fong Republican Party (United States) 3,576,351 43.01% 300px County results Boxer: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584CDE 70–80%Fong: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer Democratic Party (United States) Barbara Boxer Democratic Party (United States) The 1998 United States Senate election in California was held November 3, 1998. Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer was re-elected to a second term in office over Republican Matt Fong. Democratic primary Candidates Barbara Boxer, incumbent U.S. senator since 1993 John Pinkerton Results 1998 California Democratic primaryAugust 2023 Barbara Boxer (incumbent) Democratic Party (US) 2,574,264 92.15% John Pinkerton Democratic Party (US) 219,250 7.85% 2,793,514 100.00% Republican primary Candidates John M. Brown, businessman Linh Dao, activist Matt Fong, California state treasurer Darrell Issa, businessman and activist Mark Raus, pharmacist Frank Riggs, U.S. representative from Windsor Results 1998 California Republican primaryAugust 2023 Matt Fong Republican Party (US) 1,292,662 45.28% Darrell Issa Republican Party (US) 1,142,567 40.02% Frank Riggs Republican Party (US) 295,886 10.36% John M. Brown Republican Party (US) 48,941 1.71% Mark Raus Republican Party (US) 45,480 1.59% Linh Dao Republican Party (US) 29,241 1.02% 2,854,777 100.00% Other primaries 1998 United States Senate primary, California (Others) Libertarian Party (California) Ted Brown 67,408 100.00% Peace and Freedom Party (United States) Ophie C. Beltran 52,306 100.00% Reform Party (United States) Timothy R. Erich 45,601 100.00% American Independent Party Joseph Perrin, Sr. 24,026 100.00% Natural Law Party Brian M. Rees 23,945 100.00% General election Candidates Ophie C. Beltran (Peace & Freedom) Barbara Boxer, incumbent U.S. senator since 1993 (Democratic) Ted Brown, perennial candidate (Libertarian) Timothy R. Erich (Reform) Matt Fong, California state treasurer (Republican) Joseph Perrin Sr. (American Independent) Brian M. Rees (Natural Law) Pollingolling Poll sourceDate(s)Sample sizeBarbara Boxer (D)Matt Fong (R)Other / undecidedCalculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined. pollingSurveyUSAFiveThirtyEight's Pollster Ratings Raw Polls File https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fivethirtyeight/data/refs/heads/master/pollster-ratings/2023/raw-polls.csv October 15, 2026 GitHub FiveThirtyEightNovember 1, 199880053%43%4%Harris Insights & AnalyticsOctober 30, 19985,73548%46%6%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyOctober 27, 199880945%43%12%Field Research Corp.October 25, 199867851%42%7%Harris Insights & AnalyticsOctober 20, 19984,53146%45%9%Los Angeles TimesOctober 19, 199888349%44%7% Results Although most polling suggested a fairly close race, Boxer 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, Californiahttp://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1998/98Stat.htm STATISTICS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION OF NOVEMBER 3, 1998 Clerk.House.gov August 7, 2023 Democratic Party (United States) Barbara Boxer (incumbent) 4,410,056 53.06% Republican Party (United States) Matt Fong 3,575,078 43.01% Libertarian Party (United States) Ted Brown 93,926 1.13% Reform Party (United States) Timothy R. Erich 82,918 1.00% American Independent Party Joseph Perrin, Sr. 54,699 0.66% Peace and Freedom Party (United States) Ophie C. Beltran 48,685 0.56% Natural Law Party Brian M. Rees 46,543 0.59% 8,311,905 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) Results by county Final results from the Secretary of State of California.http://vote98.sos.ca.gov/Final/sov/SOV25-27.pdf Archived copy 2008-07-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20090325193947/http://vote98.sos.ca.gov/Final/sov/SOV25-27.pdf 2009-03-25 dead 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 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Merced San Bernardino San Benito Santa Barbara Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Alpine right 300px Shift by county 300px Trend by county Legend #d40000 Republican — >15% #ff0000 Republican — +12.5−15% #ff2a2a Republican — +10−12.5% #ff5555 Republican — +7.5−10% #ff8080 Republican — +5−7.5% #ffaaaa Republican — +2.5−5% #ffd5d5 Republican — +0−2.5% #d5f6ff Democratic — +0−2.5% #aaeeff Democratic — +2.5−5% #77e3ff Democratic — +5−7.5% #4bdbff Democratic — +7.5-10% #09ceff Democratic — +10−12.5% #00bdec Democratic — +12.5−15% #00a1c8 Democratic — >15% 300px County flips Legend Democratic #92c5de Hold #0671b0 Flip Republican #f48882 Hold #ca0120 Flip See also 1998 United States Senate elections Notes References External links JoinCalifornia 1998 General Election SmartVoter.org page on the California Senate race.February 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes United States Senate 1998 California United States Senate