1992 United States Senate special election in California
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Template:Elections in California 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. Feinstein defeated future California governor Gray Davis in the Democratic primary, while 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 existing term, she took office on November 10, only 7 days 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.
Contents
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
- Gray Davis, California State Controller
- Dianne Feinstein, former Mayor of San Francisco (1978–88) and nominee for Governor in 1990
- David Kearns
Results
1992 Democratic special U.S. Senate primary[1] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Dianne Feinstein | 1,775,124 | 54.74% | |
Democratic | Gray Davis | 1,009,761 | 32.85% | |
Democratic | David Kearns | 149,918 | 4.88% | |
Democratic | Joseph Alioto | 139,410 | 4.54% | |
Total votes | 3,074,213 | 100.00% |
Republican primary
Candidates
- William B. Allen, former Chair of the United States Commission on Civil Rights and candidate for Senator in 1986 and Governor in 1990
- William E. Dannemeyer, U.S. Representative from Fullerton
- John Seymour, incumbent U.S. Senator since January 1991 (appointed by Governor Pete Wilson)
- Jim Trinity, retired Glendale dentist[2]
Results
1992 Republican special U.S. Senate primary[1] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | John Seymour (incumbent) | 1,216,096 | 51.17% | |
Republican | William E. Dannemeyer | 638,279 | 26.86% | |
Republican | Jim Trinity | 306,182 | 12.88% | |
Republican | William B. Allen | 216,177 | 9.10% | |
Total votes | 2,376,734 | 100.00 |
General election
Results
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1992 United States Senate special election in California | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
Democratic | Dianne Feinstein | 5,853,651 | 54.29% | |||
Republican | John Seymour (incumbent) | 4,093,501 | 37.96% | |||
style="background-color: Template:Peace and Freedom Party (US)/meta/color; width: 2px;" | | [[Peace and Freedom Party (US)|Template:Peace and Freedom Party (US)/meta/shortname]] | Gerald Horne | 305,697 | 2.84% | ||
American Independent | Paul Meeuwenberg | 281,973 | 2.62% | |||
Libertarian | Richard Benjamin Boddie | 247,799 | 2.30% | |||
No party | Write-ins | 122 | 0.00% | |||
Invalid or blank votes | 591,822 | 5.20%% | ||||
Total votes | 11,374,565 | 100.00% | ||||
Voter turnout | 54.52% | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
By county
County | Feinstein | Seymour | Horne | Meeuwenberg | Boddie | Write-in | ||||||
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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 |
See also
References
External links
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