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2000 United States Senate election in California

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election_name2000 United States Senate election in California
countryCalifornia
typepresidential
ongoingno
previous_election1994 United States Senate election in California
previous_year1994
next_election2006 United States Senate election in California
next_year2006
election_date
image_sizex150px
image1DianneFeinstein.jpg
nominee1**Dianne Feinstein**
party1Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1**5,932,522**
percentage1**55.84%**
image2Tom Campbell 106th Congress (cropped).jpg
nominee2Tom Campbell
party2Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote23,886,853
percentage236.59%
map_image
map_caption**Feinstein:**
**Campbell:**
titleU.S. Senator
before_electionDianne Feinstein
before_partyDemocratic Party (United States)
after_electionDianne Feinstein
after_partyDemocratic Party (United States)

Campbell:
The 2000 U.S. Senate election in California was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democrat Dianne Feinstein won her second full term.

Democratic primary

Candidates

  • Dianne Feinstein, incumbent Senator since 1992
  • Michael Schmier, Emeryville attorney and candidate for California Attorney General in 1998

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

  • John M. Brown
  • Tom Campbell, U.S. Representative from Campbell
  • Linh Dao
  • James Peter Gough
  • Bill Horn, San Diego County Supervisor
  • Ray Haynes, State Senator from Murrieta

Results

Other nominations

Green

Reform

Libertarian

American Independent

Natural Law

General election

Campaign

Despite touting his service as a moderate Republican representing a strongly Democratic district, Campbell was underfunded and a decided underdog against the popular, heavily financed Feinstein. By February, he spent barely $1 million without any PAC money. Campbell has generally supported gay rights and abortion.{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=FB&p_theme=fb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAE7E0A39B78DE7&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=SENATE CANDIDATE PROMOTES MORE TOLERANT REPUBLICAN IMAGE TOM CAMPBELL WILL SPEAK PRO-CHOICE AT CONVENTION. ...

Debates

Results

Results breakdown

Final results from the Secretary of State of California.

CountyFeinsteinCampbellBenjaminOthersShareVotesShareVotesShareVotesShareVotes
Alameda67.66%328,35522.57%109,5176.74%32,7013.03%14,726
Alpine43.62%25341.72%2424.48%2610.17%59
Amador43.85%6,67149.32%7,5021.70%2595.13%780
Butte41.52%34,11747.41%38,9615.52%4,5405.54%4,555
Calaveras42.31%7,85248.42%8,9862.42%4496.85%1,271
Colusa41.16%2,25053.70%2,9360.91%504.23%231
Contra Costa61.60%232,10933.23%125,1882.30%8,6702.87%10,821
Del Norte44.91%3,67044.93%3,6723.10%2537.06%577
El Dorado40.70%28,87351.72%36,6842.52%1,7855.06%3,591
Fresno52.87%113,22840.39%86,5021.50%3,2105.25%11,235
Glenn38.18%3,28254.26%4,6641.54%1326.03%518
Humboldt46.99%25,78836.23%19,88211.20%6,1455.59%3,069
Imperial56.17%15,93734.07%9,6661.62%4618.14%2,311
Inyo35.15%2,71157.02%4,3972.71%2095.12%395
Kern43.26%77,67650.44%90,5641.09%1,9495.21%9,360
Kings48.49%13,40244.31%12,2460.93%2566.28%1,735
Lake54.74%11,41037.55%7,8263.15%6564.56%951
Lassen35.56%3,67354.39%5,6181.60%1658.46%874
Los Angeles64.40%1,677,66828.55%743,8722.78%72,3124.28%111,402
Madera43.55%14,12348.75%15,8101.70%5506.01%1,950
Marin65.25%79,42126.35%32,0776.33%7,6992.07%2,524
Mariposa40.49%3,19548.63%3,8372.72%2158.15%643
Mendocino50.99%16,98131.54%10,50312.14%4,0445.32%1,773
Merced51.92%25,42640.04%19,6121.47%7216.57%3,216
Modoc30.81%1,22160.91%2,4141.56%626.71%266
Mono42.56%1,81847.68%2,0374.12%1765.64%241
Monterey57.96%67,40135.36%41,1132.94%3,4203.74%4,350
Napa56.70%28,88436.20%18,4423.24%1,6523.85%1,961
Nevada41.41%19,35449.41%23,0954.78%2,2354.40%2,057
Orange42.72%403,12349.95%471,4101.85%17,4525.48%51,743
Placer40.95%47,16952.25%60,1821.97%2,2644.83%5,569
Plumas40.76%4,07551.23%5,1222.57%2575.44%544
Riverside48.28%210,23544.80%195,0851.52%6,6325.39%23,484
Sacramento54.27%228,99238.71%163,3432.61%11,0014.41%18,623
San Benito55.04%9,17039.29%6,5451.83%3053.84%640
San Bernardino49.13%200,55843.40%177,1581.81%7,3765.67%23,145
San Diego51.34%466,46140.76%370,2872.24%20,3405.66%51,443
San Francisco72.26%222,78715.27%47,07210.50%32,3771.97%6,082
San Joaquin52.65%86,73141.23%67,9071.29%2,1304.83%7,954
San Luis Obispo45.14%47,97646.15%49,0553.59%3,8145.13%5,448
San Mateo64.80%165,21629.92%76,2732.85%7,2782.43%6,191
Santa Barbara49.93%75,35740.03%60,4175.78%8,7184.26%6,422
Santa Clara59.62%320,40034.97%187,9532.29%12,3293.12%16,747
Santa Cruz56.78%60,85330.36%32,5379.63%10,3213.22%3,453
Shasta36.84%24,02755.01%35,8841.56%1,0166.59%4,299
Sierra36.63%66653.91%9802.59%476.88%125
Siskiyou38.40%7,47651.61%10,0482.14%4177.85%1,529
Solano60.03%74,41433.43%41,4491.87%2,3164.67%5,791
Sonoma60.96%118,45529.46%57,2446.05%11,7653.52%6,839
Stanislaus48.24%60,61044.51%55,9191.54%1,9375.71%7,171
Sutter39.51%10,32655.08%14,3941.10%2884.30%1,125
Tehama38.27%7,87052.81%10,8591.42%2917.50%1,543
Trinity40.35%2,30748.47%2,7714.62%2646.56%375
Tulare45.52%40,11747.19%41,5871.02%9016.26%5,519
Tuolumne42.97%10,02848.78%11,3852.40%5605.85%1,366
Ventura50.22%138,83642.85%118,4632.20%6,0734.73%13,067
Yolo58.18%35,19332.28%19,5285.06%3,0604.48%2,709
Yuba40.18%6,34551.49%8,1311.88%2976.44%1,017

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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

  • Fresno (largest town: Fresno)
  • Imperial (largest municipality: El Centro)
  • Kings (largest municipality: Avenal)
  • Lake (largest municipality: Clearlake)
  • Merced (largest community: Merced)
  • Riverside (largest city: Riverside)
  • San Bernardino (largest town: San Bernardino)
  • San Diego (largest community: San Diego)
  • San Joaquin (largest city: Stockton)
  • Stanislaus (largest community: Modesto)
  • Ventura (largest city: Ventura)

Green Party candidate Medea Susan Benjamin finished second (ahead of Republican Tom Campbell) in six Northern California municipalities, most of which are in the San Francisco Bay Area: Oakland (10.18%), Emeryville (13.35%), Albany (14.37%), Fairfax (15.99%), Berkeley (22.23%), and Arcata (26.77%). She tied with Jones for second place in Point Arena with 21.71% of the vote.

By congressional district

Feinstein won 43 of 52 congressional districts, including 11 that elected Republicans.

DistrictFeinsteinCampbellRepresentative
**53%**36%Mike Thompson
40%**51%**Wally Herger
**49%**43%Doug Ose
42%**51%**John Doolittle
**62%**31%Bob Matsui
**63%**28%Lynn Woolsey
**69%**24%George Miller
**73%**14%Nancy Pelosi
**73%**12%Barbara Lee
**56%**40%Ellen Tauscher
**52%**42%Richard Pombo
**68%**26%Tom Lantos
**67%**27%Pete Stark
**61%**33%Anna Eshoo
**55%**40%Tom Campbell
Mike Honda
**64%**30%Zoe Lofgren
**58%**33%Sam Farr
**49%**44%Gary Condit
**48%**45%George Radanovich
**58%**35%Cal Dooley
40%**53%**Bill Thomas
**51%**41%Lois Capps
**48%**47%Elton Gallegly
**59%**35%Brad Sherman
**47%**46%Buck McKeon
**70%**22%Howard Berman
**57%**36%Jim Rogan
Adam Schiff
**51%**42%David Dreier
**70%**21%Henry Waxman
**73%**17%Xavier Becerra
**70%**22%Matthew G. Martínez
Hilda Solis
**82%**12%Diane Watson
**82%**11%Lucille Roybal-Allard
**69%**24%Grace Napolitano
**86%**10%Maxine Waters
**53%**39%Steven T. Kuykendall
Jane Harman
**83%**12%Juanita Millender-McDonald
**60%**33%Steve Horn
46%**47%**Ed Royce
42%**50%**Jerry Lewis
**48%**45%Gary Miller
**58%**34%Joe Baca
**47%**46%Ken Calvert
**51%**43%Mary Bono
42%**50%**Dana Rohrabacher
**55%**36%Loretta Sánchez
41%**52%**Christopher Cox
39%**53%**Ron Packard
Darrell Issa
**59%**34%Brian Bilbray
Susan Davis
**64%**28%Bob Filner
46%**47%**Duke Cunningham
**47%**44%Duncan Hunter

References

References

  1. "Archived copy".
  2. Krikorian, Greg. (Feb 17, 2000). "CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS / U.S. SENATE; Republican Seeks to Enliven Race With Multimedia Ads; Rep. Campbell, seeking the GOP nomination for a chance to challenge Feinstein, will use TV commercials to direct viewers to more economical Internet campaign.". Los Angeles Times.
  3. "Archived copy".
  4. "Archived copy".
  5. "Archived copy".
  6. (7 November 2000). "Counties by Congressional Districts for US Senator".
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