Electoral History
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1998 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Barbara Lee | 140,722 | 82.8% | |
| Republican | Claiborne "Clay" Sanders | 22,431 | 13.2% | |
| Peace and Freedom | Gerald Sanders | 4,767 | 2.8% | |
| Natural Law | Walter Ruehlig | 1,975 | 1.2% | |
| Totals | 169,895 | 100% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| United States House of Representatives elections, 2000 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Barbara Lee (incumbent) | 182,352 | 85.0% | |
| Republican | Arneze Washington | 21,033 | 9.8% | |
| Libertarian | Fred E. Foldvary | 7,051 | 3.3% | |
| Natural Law | Ellen Jefferds | 4,214 | 1.9% | |
| Totals | 214,650 | 100% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| United States House of Representatives elections, 2002 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Barbara Lee (incumbent) | 135,893 | 81.5% | |
| Republican | Jerald Udinsky | 25,333 | 15.1% | |
| Libertarian | James M. Eyer | 5,685 | 3.4% | |
| Independent | Hector Reyna | (write-in) 6 | 0.0% | |
| Totals | 166,917 | 100% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| United States House of Representatives elections, 2004 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Barbara Lee (incumbent) | 215,630 | 84.6% | |
| Republican | Claudia Bermudez | 31,278 | 12.3% | |
| Libertarian | Jim Eyer | 8,131 | 3.1% | |
| Totals | 255,039 | 100% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| United States House of Representatives elections, 2006 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Barbara Lee (incumbent) | 167,245 | 86.4% | |
| Republican | John "J.D." denDulk | 20,786 | 10.7% | |
| Libertarian | James Eyer | 5,655 | 2.9% | |
| Totals | 193,686 | 100% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| United States House of Representatives elections, 2008 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Barbara Lee (incumbent) | 238,915 | 86.1% | |
| Republican | Charles Hargrave | 26,917 | 9.7% | |
| Libertarian | James M. Eyer | 11,704 | 4.2% | |
| Green | David Heller | (write-in) 37 | 0.0% | |
| Republican | Christopher Kula | (write-in) 27 | 0.0% | |
| Totals | 277,600 | 100% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| United States House of Representatives elections, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Barbara Lee (incumbent) | 180,400 | 84.27% | |
| Republican | Gerald Hashimito | 23,054 | 10.77% | |
| Green | Dave Heller | 4,848 | 2.27% | |
| Libertarian | James M. Eyer | 4,113 | 1.92% | |
| Peace and Freedom | Larry Allen | 1,670 | 0.78% | |
| Totals | 214,085 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
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