1994 United States Senate election in California

none March 2026 September 2023 1994 United States Senate election in California California presidential no 1992 United States Senate special election in California 1992 (special) 2000 United States Senate election in California 2000 November 8, 1994 145x145px Senator Feinstein (1).jpg Dianne Feinstein Democratic Party (United States) 3,979,152 46.74% Michael Huffington Dod (cropped).jpg Michael Huffington Republican Party (United States) 3,817,025 44.83% 300px County results Feinstein: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80%Huffington: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein Democratic Party (United States) Dianne Feinstein Democratic Party (United States) The 1994 United States Senate election in California was held November 8, 1994. Democratic incumbent Dianne Feinstein won re-election to a second term in office over Republican congressman Michael Huffington. Feinstein won by a margin of 1.89 percentage points, making this the closest election of the 1994 Senate elections. This was the first time that any Democratic incumbent was re-elected to this seat. Democratic primary Candidates Ted J. Andromedas, Los Angeles sales consultantDefying the Odds? The Los Angeles Times 74 https://www.newspapers.com/image/158931579/ subscription 26 May 2023 Dianne Feinstein, incumbent U.S. senator since 1992 Daniel O'Dowd, founder and president of Green Hills Software Results Democratic primaryhttp://vote96.sos.ca.gov/Vote96/html/stats/SOVp94.htm 1996 California Voter Information: Statement vote96.sos.ca.gov 15 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20081222153313/http://vote96.sos.ca.gov/Vote96/html/stats/SOVp94.htm 22 December 2008 dead Democratic Party (United States) Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) 1,635,837 74.20% Democratic Party (United States) Ted J. Andromedas 297,128 13.48% Democratic Party (United States) Daniel O'Dowd 271,615 12.32% 2,204,580 100.00% Republican primary Candidates John M. Brown, Stockton salesman Wolf G. Dalichau, Los Angeles baker William E. Dannemeyer, former U.S. representative from Fullerton and 1992 candidate for Senate Michael Huffington, U.S. representative from Santa Barbara Kate Squires, Corona attorney and businesswomanCitizen Kate: an Election Race Against Conventional Wisdom 4 Apr 1994 The Los Angeles Times 59 https://www.newspapers.com/image/158931426/ subscription 26 May 2023 Results Republican primary Republican Party (United States) Michael Huffington 1,072,358 55.43% Republican Party (United States) William E. Dannemeyer 565,864 29.25% Republican Party (United States) Kate Squires 202,950 10.49% Republican Party (United States) Wolf G. Dalichau 58,307 3.01% Republican Party (United States) John M. Brown 35,212 1.82% 1,934,691 100.00 Other nominations Peace & Freedom Party Peace & Freedom primary Peace and Freedom Party Elizabeth Cervantes Barron 3,487 70.70 Peace and Freedom Party Larry D. Hampshire 1,445 29.30 4,932 100.00 Libertarian Party Libertarian primary Libertarian Party (United States) Richard Boddie 120,622 100.00 120,622 100.00 American Independent Party American Independent primary American Independent Party Paul Meeuwenberg 13,596 100.00 13,596 100.00 Green Party While there was no primary election for the Green Party, Barbara Blong got the nomination of the party and represented them in the general election. General election Candidates Elizabeth Cervantes Barron, San Jose special education teacher (Peace and Freedom) Barbara Blong, San Francisco teacher (Green) Richard Benjamin Boddie, Huntington Beach public speaker (Libertarian) Dianne Feinstein, incumbent U.S. senator since 1992 (Democratic) Michael Huffington, U.S. representative from Santa Barbara (Republican) Paul Meeuwenberg, Los Angeles marketing consultant (American Independent) Campaign After one term in the House representing Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, Huffington spent $8 million by the end of August and a total of $28 million during the entire campaign. He became wealthy off oil and gas. The race saw personal attacks on Huffington's wife, Arianna Huffington, who was very involved in the race (the media dubbed her the "Sir Edmund Hillary of social climbing," according to The Almanac of American Politics). Huffington was called a hypocrite for supporting Proposition 187 and then breaking the law for employing illegal aliens, a story which came out in the race's final days.B. Drummond Ayres Jr. October 27, 1994 THE 1994 CAMPAIGN: CALIFORNIA; Huffington Admits Hiring Illegal Alien The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/27/us/the-1994-campaign-california-huffington-admits-hiring-illegal-alien.html?pagewanted=1 $44 million was spent in the election. At the time, it was the most expensive campaign in a non-presidential election in American history. Chris Cillizza of The Washington Post named the election one of the nastiest senate elections in modern history.Chris Cillizza Chris Cillizza July 1, 2010 The 10 nastiest Senate races The Washington Post The Fix blog http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/senate/the-10-nastiest-senate-races.html?wprss=thefix https://web.archive.org/web/20120929112853/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/senate/the-10-nastiest-senate-races.html?wprss=thefix dead September 29, 2012 Results On election day it was a very close race, but Feinstein won Los Angeles County, which may have pulled her ahead. Her sizable win in the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area may also be credited to her slim statewide victory. A large number of absentee ballots left the results in doubt for over two weeks. On November 18, Senator Feinstein declared victory. At that time, she was ahead by 147,404 votes, with only 156,210 remaining uncounted ballots.B. Drummond Ayres Jr. November 19, 1994 THE NEW CONGRESS: CALIFORNIA; Feinstein Claims Victory in Senate Race The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/19/us/the-new-congress-california-feinstein-claims-victory-in-senate-race.html Huffington had not conceded at that point, saying that there was evidence of voter fraud and calling for an investigation. He had already filed a legal complaint, which had already been dismissed. As of December 23, Huffington still contended that there may have been voting fraud and had not conceded.B. Drummond Ayres Jr. December 26, 1994 Nov. 8 Is Long Gone, but the California Election Lingers On, and On and On The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/26/us/nov-8-is-long-gone-but-the-california-election-lingers-on-and-on-and-on.html 1994 United States Senate election in CaliforniaClerk of the United States House of Representatives Clerk of the United States House of Representatives STATISTICS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION OF NOVEMBER 8, 1994 https://history.house.gov/Institution/Election-Statistics/1994election/ United States House of Representatives 16 November 2020 3,6 PDF Democratic Party (United States) Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) 3,979,152 46.74% Republican Party (United States) Michael Huffington 3,817,025 44.83% Peace and Freedom Party (United States) Elizabeth Cervantes Barron 255,301 3.00% Libertarian Party (United States) Richard Benjamin Boddie 179,100 2.10% American Independent Party Paul Meeuwenberg 142,771 1.68% Green Party (United States) Barbara Blong 140,567 1.65% 173 <0.01% 386,547 4.34%"Votes not cast" as a percentage of votes cast anywhere statewide, which numbered 8,900,593. 162,127 1.90% 8,514,089 100.00% 44.94%As a percentage of the voting eligible population (VEP), estimated at 18.946 million. Democratic Party (United States) By county Final results from the Secretary of State.Jones Bill Bill Jones (California politician) STATEMENT OF VOTE: November 8, 1994, General Election https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/1994-general/sov-complete.pdf Office of the California Secretary of State 17 November 2020 xii,37 1994-12-16 County Feinstein Votes Huffington Votes Barron Votes Boddie Votes Others Votes San Francisco 79.16% 185,543 15.39% 36,083 1.90% 4,452 1.05% 2,472 2.50% 5,854 Marin 70.86% 74,664 24.42% 25,733 1.31% 1,380 1.39% 1,462 2.02% 2,125 Alameda 68.34% 271,456 25.21% 100,120 2.35% 9,323 1.45% 5,778 2.65% 10,539 San Mateo 64.24% 136,686 29.94% 63,702 2.05% 4,362 1.50% 3,187 2.28% 4,850 Contra Costa 57.94% 170,256 36.02% 105,854 2.06% 6,056 1.51% 4,437 2.47% 7,268 Sonoma 57.53% 91,164 34.04% 53,938 2.94% 4,653 2.01% 3,178 3.48% 5,519 Santa Cruz 57.07% 52,056 32.31% 29,466 3.96% 3,613 2.49% 2,267 4.17% 3,807 Santa Clara 55.79% 245,232 35.93% 157,922 2.96% 13,029 2.14% 9,403 3.18% 13,983 Yolo 54.87% 26,793 36.56% 17,851 3.18% 1,553 1.86% 906 3.54% 1,729 Los Angeles 51.53% 1,046,026 40.38% 819,594 3.35% 67,993 1.97% 39,952 2.78% 56,332 Solano 51.01% 49,920 41.03% 40,158 2.90% 2,834 1.68% 1,645 3.38% 3,312 Napa 50.73% 21,340 41.33% 17,388 2.33% 982 1.82% 766 3.78% 1,592 Mendocino 50.27% 15,008 39.90% 11,912 3.20% 955 2.72% 812 3.92% 1,169 Sacramento 47.85% 168,073 43.88% 154,128 2.85% 9,994 1.84% 6,446 3.58% 12,584 Santa Barbara 47.16% 60,811 43.29% 55,825 2.84% 3,664 2.29% 2,956 4.41% 5,686 Alpine 46.72% 313 42.09% 282 4.93% 33 2.24% 15 4.03% 27 Monterey 46.52% 42,246 43.94% 39,905 4.20% 3,814 1.55% 1,411 3.79% 3,439 Humboldt 46.04% 21,817 43.77% 20,742 2.54% 1,202 2.31% 1,093 5.35% 2,534 Lake 44.76% 8,675 46.66% 9,043 2.32% 449 2.33% 451 3.94% 763 San Benito 40.89% 4,735 47.28% 5,476 5.32% 616 2.13% 247 4.38% 507 San Joaquin 39.89% 50,218 52.00% 65,466 2.88% 3,622 1.55% 1,954 3.69% 4,646 Fresno 39.70% 69,892 52.73% 92,818 3.33% 5,866 1.38% 2,426 2.86% 5,033 Tuolumne 39.54% 7,693 52.26% 10,169 2.46% 479 2.11% 410 3.63% 706 Merced 39.02% 15,092 52.67% 20,372 3.44% 1,329 1.59% 616 3.29% 1,272 Stanislaus 38.93% 38,414 51.91% 51,224 3.21% 3,169 1.68% 1,658 4.27% 4,217 Ventura 38.57% 82,472 50.98% 108,993 3.59% 7,671 2.70% 5,773 4.16% 8,891 San Luis Obispo 38.36% 32,777 51.83% 44,285 2.74% 2,345 2.49% 2,127 4.57% 3,905 Imperial 38.33% 9,086 49.46% 11,724 7.32% 1,735 1.38% 328 3.51% 832 Amador 38.25% 4,950 53.32% 6,900 1.94% 251 2.23% 288 4.26% 551 San Diego 37.82% 279,249 53.17% 392,529 3.08% 22,745 2.48% 18,314 3.45% 25,441 Nevada 37.37% 13,987 53.64% 20,076 2.06% 771 2.73% 1,023 4.19% 1,570 Placer 36.93% 27,934 54.28% 41,058 2.33% 1,759 2.20% 1,666 4.27% 3,231 El Dorado 36.77% 19,888 54.37% 29,402 2.05% 1,109 2.46% 1,331 4.35% 2,352 Plumas 36.53% 3,082 54.03% 4,559 2.71% 229 2.61% 220 4.12% 348 Mono 35.98% 1,263 53.25% 1,869 2.42% 85 2.48% 87 5.87% 206 Mariposa 35.53% 2,520 55.20% 3,915 2.23% 158 2.26% 160 4.78% 339 Calaveras 35.17% 5,467 54.30% 8,441 2.32% 360 2.90% 450 5.31% 826 Siskiyou 34.58% 6,256 55.50% 10,040 2.92% 529 2.59% 468 4.41% 798 Del Norte 34.51% 2,553 56.16% 4,154 2.16% 160 2.22% 164 4.95% 366 Butte 34.45% 23,317 57.03% 38,600 2.64% 1,789 2.20% 1,492 3.68% 2,490 Sierra 34.25% 548 54.31% 869 3.06% 49 3.94% 63 4.44% 71 Kings 33.98% 7,592 56.96% 12,725 3.79% 846 1.45% 323 3.82% 854 Riverside 33.95% 115,333 56.11% 190,615 3.41% 11,582 2.58% 8,755 3.96% 13,438 San Bernardino 33.34% 114,027 55.95% 191,343 3.73% 12,752 2.89% 9,876 4.09% 13,986 Madera 32.56% 8,613 59.26% 15,675 2.84% 750 1.71% 452 3.63% 960 Lassen 32.44% 2,639 56.51% 4,597 2.83% 230 2.79% 227 5.43% 442 Orange 31.88% 239,010 58.87% 441,398 2.71% 20,308 2.92% 21,901 3.62% 27,175 Trinity 31.87% 1,703 54.53% 2,914 3.71% 198 3.89% 208 6.01% 321 Tulare 31.45% 24,244 59.77% 46,074 3.72% 2,871 1.76% 1,359 3.29% 2,535 Yuba 29.70% 4,158 59.75% 8,365 3.06% 429 2.44% 341 5.05% 707 Colusa 29.34% 1,449 63.29% 3,126 2.77% 137 1.48% 73 3.12% 154 Tehama 27.94% 5,142 61.55% 11,329 2.84% 522 2.67% 492 5.00% 921 Shasta 27.83% 15,077 62.99% 34,129 2.51% 1,362 2.21% 1,200 4.46% 2,417 Sutter 27.23% 5,958 65.09% 14,242 2.55% 559 1.63% 357 3.50% 766 Kern 26.63% 39,987 63.61% 95,504 3.43% 5,153 2.15% 3,229 4.17% 6,259 Inyo 25.96% 1,841 64.95% 4,606 2.51% 178 2.14% 152 4.44% 315 Modoc 24.77% 951 63.72% 2,447 2.55% 98 3.23% 124 5.73% 220 Glenn 24.68% 1,956 67.51% 5,351 2.01% 159 1.63% 129 4.18% 331 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Amador Imperial Calaveras Del Norte San Benito Nevada Mariposa San Luis Obispo Lake Tuolumne Merced Placer San Diego San Joaquin Stanislaus Mono Plumas Sierra 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% 300px County flips Legend Democratic #92c5de Hold Republican #f48882 Hold #ca0120 Flip See also 1994 United States Senate elections References External links JoinCalifornia 1994 General Election 1994 California Category:1994 California elections Category:Dianne Feinstein