John G. Schmitz - Electoral History

Electoral History

California's 45th congressional district special election, 1970

• John G. Schmitz (R) – 103,127 (49.30%)
• David N. Hartman (D) – 19,163 (9.16%)
• John A. Steiger (R) – 30,191 (14.43%)
• William M. Wilcoxen (R) – 27,016 (12.91%)
• Thomas Lenhart (R) – 16,378 (7.83%)
• John D. Ratterree (R) – 7,881 (3.77%)
• Maggie Meggs (R) – 5,440 (2.60%)

Note: All candidates ran in the same primary. Since no candidate won a majority, the top two finishers from both parties (Schmitz and Hartman) went to a runoff election.

California's 45th congressional district special election, 1970 (Runoff)

• John G. Schmitz (R) – 67,209 (72.37%)
• David N. Hartman (D) – 25,655 (27.63%)

California's 45th congressional district election, 1970

• John G. Schmitz (R, inc.) – 192,765 (67.04%)
• Thomas Lenhart (D) – 87,019 (30.27%)
• Francis R. Halpern (Peace & Freedom) – 7,742 (2.69%)

California's 45th congressional district Republican primary election, 1972

• Andrew J. Hinshaw – 42,782 (45.63%)
• John G. Schmitz – 40,261 (42.94%)
• Earl H. Carraway – 9,116 (9.72%)
• Larry Denna – 1,597 (1.70%)

1972 American Independent Party National Convention

• John G. Schmitz – 330 (71.74%)
• George L. Garfield – 56 (12.17%)
• Allen Grear – 26 (5.65%)
• Thomas J. Anderson – 24 (5.22%)
• Richard B. Kay – 16 (3.48%)
• George Wallace – 8 (1.74%)

United States presidential election, 1972

• Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew (Republican) – 47,168,710 (60.7%) and 520 electoral votes (49 states carried)
• George McGovern/Sargent Shriver (Democratic) – 29,173,222 (37.5%) and 17 electoral votes (1 state and D.C. carried)
• John Hospers/Theodora Nathan (Libertarian) – 3,674 votes (00.0%) and 1 electoral votes (faithless elector)
• John G. Schmitz/Thomas J. Anderson (American Independent) – 1,100,868 (1.4%) and 0 electoral votes