Electoral History
| California gubernatorial election, 1990 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Pete Wilson | 3,791,904 | 49.2 | ||
| Democratic | Dianne Feinstein | 3,525,197 | 45.8 | ||
| Libertarian | Dennis Thompson | 145,628 | 1.9 | ||
| American Independent | Jerome McCready | 139,661 | 1.8 | ||
| Peace and Freedom | Maria Elizabeth Munoz | 96,842 | 1.3 | ||
| Total votes | 7,699,232 | % | |||
| Majority | 266,707 | 3.4 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
| United States Senate special election in California, 1992 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Dianne Feinstein | 5,853,651 | 54.3 | ||
| Republican | John F. Seymour (incumbent) | 4,093,501 | 38.0 | ||
| Peace and Freedom | Gerald Horne | 305,697 | 2.8 | ||
| American Independent | Paul Meeuwenberg | 281,973 | 2.6 | ||
| Libertarian | Richard Benjamin Boddie | 247,799 | 2.3 | ||
| Total votes | 10,782,621 | % | |||
| Majority | 1,760,050 | 16.3 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | Swing | ||||
| United States Senate election in California, 1994 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) | 3,979,152 | 46.7 | −7.6 | |
| Republican | Michael Huffington | 3,817,025 | 44.8 | +6.8 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Elizabeth Cervantes Barron | 255,301 | 3.0 | +0.2 | |
| Libertarian | Richard Benjamin Boddie | 179,100 | 2.1 | −0.6 | |
| American Independent | Paul Meeuwenberg | 142,771 | 1.7 | −0.9 | |
| Green | Barbara Blong | 140,567 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
| Total votes | 8,513,916 | % | |||
| Majority | 162,127 | 1.9 | −14.4 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Democratic hold | Swing | −14.4 | |||
| United States Senate election in California, 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) | 5,932,522 | 55.8 | +9.1 | |
| Republican | Tom Campbell | 3,886,853 | 36.6 | −8.2 | |
| Green | Medea Susan Benjamin | 326,828 | 3.1 | +1.4 | |
| Libertarian | Gail Lightfoot | 187,718 | 1.8 | −0.3 | |
| American Independent | Dianne Beall Templin | 134,598 | 1.3 | −0.4 | |
| Reform | Jose Luis Olivares Camahort | 96,552 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
| Natural Law | Brian M. Rees | 58,537 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
| Total votes | 10,623,608 | % | |||
| Majority | 2,045,669 | 19.2 | +17.3 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Democratic hold | Swing | +17.3 | |||
| United States Senate election in California, 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) | 5,076,289 | 59.4 | +3.6 | |
| Republican | Dick Mountjoy | 2,990,822 | 35.0 | −1.6 | |
| Green | Todd Chretien | 147,074 | 1.7 | −1.4 | |
| Libertarian | Michael S. Metti | 133,851 | 1.6 | −0.2 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Marsha Feinland | 117,764 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
| American Independent | Don J. Grundmann | 75,350 | 0.9 | −0.4 | |
| Total votes | 8,541,150 | % | |||
| Majority | 2,085,467 | 24.4 | +5.2 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Democratic hold | Swing | +5.2 | |||
| United States Senate election in California, 2012 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) | 6,458,944 | 61.7 | +2.3 | |
| Republican | Elizabeth Emken | 4,015,457 | 38.3 | +3.3 | |
| Majority | 2,443,487 | 22.8 | -1.6 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
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