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1986 United States Senate election in California

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Field	Value
election_name	1986 United States Senate election in California
country	California
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1980 United States Senate election in California
previous_year	1980
next_election	1992 United States Senate election in California
next_year	1992
election_date
image1	Walter Mondale with Senator Alan Cranston - NARA - 176249 (crop 2).jpg
nominee1	Alan Cranston
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1	3,646,672
percentage1	49.29%
image2	Ed Zschau, campaign mailer, 1986 (cropped).jpg
nominee2	Ed Zschau
party2	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote2	3,541,804
percentage2	47.87%
map_image	1986 United States Senate election in California results map by county.svg
map_caption	County results
Cranston:

map_size	300px
title	U.S. Senator
before_election	Alan Cranston
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Alan Cranston
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)

Cranston:

Zschau:
The 1986 United States Senate election in California took place on November 4, 1986. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Alan Cranston narrowly won re-election to a fourth and final term over Republican U.S. Congressman Ed Zschau. This was the last time where both major party nominees for the Class 3 Senate seat in California were men until 2022.

Democratic primary

Candidates

John Hancock Abbott, perennial candidate
Robert John Banuelos, resident of Costa Mesa
Alan Cranston, incumbent Senator
Charles Greene
Brian Lantz, candidate for Mayor of San Francisco in 1983

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

William B. Allen, professor at Harvey Mudd College and member of the National Council on the Humanities
Michael D. Antonovich, Los Angeles County Supervisor and former State Assemblyman
Eldridge Cleaver, author and former Black Panther
Edward M. Davis, State Senator and former chief of the Los Angeles Police Department
Bobbi Fiedler, U.S. Representative from Encino
Bruce Herschensohn, political commentator for KABC-TV in Los Angeles
Joe Knowland, actor, publisher of The Oakland Tribune and son of former Senator William Knowland
Art Laffer, economic advisor to President Ronald Reagan
George Montgomery
Robert W. Naylor, State Assemblyman from Menlo Park
William H. Pemberton, candidate for Senate in 1982
John W. Spring
Ed Zschau, U.S. Representative from Los Altos

Results

Peace and Freedom primary

Candidates

Lenni Brenner, Trotskyist anti-war activist and writer
Paul Kangas, private investigator and perennial candidate

Results

General election

Results

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