1998 United States Senate election in California
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Nominee Barbara Boxer Matt Fong
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 4,411,705 3,576,351
Percentage 53.06% 43.01%
County results
Boxer:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Fong:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
U.S. senator before election

Barbara Boxer
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Barbara Boxer
Democratic

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The 1998 United States Senate election in California was held November 3, 1998. Incumbent Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer won re-election to a second term, defeating Republican Matt Fong.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

1998 California Democratic primary[citation needed]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barbara Boxer (incumbent) 2,574,264 92.15%
Democratic John Pinkerton 219,250 7.85%
Total votes 2,793,514 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

1998 California Republican primary[citation needed]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Matt Fong 1,292,662 45.28%
Republican Darrell Issa 1,142,567 40.02%
Republican Frank Riggs 295,886 10.36%
Republican John M. Brown 48,941 1.71%
Republican Mark Raus 45,480 1.59%
Republican 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

Results

Although the race was predicted to be fairly close, Boxer still 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, 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 (({votes))}
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

References

  1. ^ "STATISTICS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION OF NOVEMBER 3, 1998". Clerk.House.gov. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 25, 2009. Retrieved July 31, 2008.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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