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Registered | 14,723,784 [1] | |
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Turnout | 60.45% ( 14.87 pp) [1] | |
Elections in California |
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California's state elections were held November 8, 1994. Necessary primary elections were held on June 7. Up for election were all the seats of the California State Assembly, 20 seats of the California Senate, seven constitutional officers, all the seats of the California Board of Equalization, as well as votes on retention of two Supreme Court justices and various appeals court judges. Ten ballot measures were also up for approval. Municipal offices were also included in the election. [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Pete Wilson (incumbent) | 4,781,766 | 55.2 | |
Democratic | Kathleen Brown | 3,519,766 | 40.6 | |
Libertarian | Richard Rider | 149,281 | 1.7 | |
American Independent | Jerome McCready | 133,870 | 1.5 | |
Peace and Freedom | Gloria Estela LaRiva | 80,440 | 0.9 | |
No party | Write-ins | 219 | 0.0 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 235,261 | 2.64 | ||
Total votes | 8,900,603 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Gray Davis | 4,441,429 | 52.42 | |
Republican | Cathie Wright | 3,412,777 | 40.28 | |
Peace and Freedom | Jaime Luis Gomez | 185,254 | 2.19 | |
Libertarian | Bob New | 180,896 | 2.13 | |
Green | Daniel Moses | 160,093 | 1.89 | |
American Independent | Robert W. Lewis | 92,642 | 1.09 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 427,545 | 4.80 | ||
Total votes | 8,473,091 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Bill Jones | 3,727,894 | 45.27 | |||
Democratic | Tony Miller | 3,690,841 | 44.82 | |||
Green | Margaret Garcia | 315,079 | 3.83 | |||
Libertarian | Peggy Christensen | 248,748 | 3.02 | |||
American Independent | Dorothy Kreiss Robbins | 151,720 | 1.84 | |||
Peace and Freedom | Israel Feuer | 99,916 | 1.21 | |||
Invalid or blank votes | 666,438 | 7.49 | ||||
Total votes | 8,900,636 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kathleen Connell | 3,983,053 | 48.32 | |
Republican | Tom McClintock | 3,796,387 | 46.06 | |
Peace and Freedom | Elizabeth Nakano | 182,836 | 2.22 | |
American Independent | Nathan E. Johnson | 152,356 | 1.85 | |
Libertarian | Cullene Marie Lang | 128,378 | 1.56 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 657,626 | 7.39 | ||
Total votes | 8,900,636 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Matt Fong | 3,970,308 | 48.46 | |||
Democratic | Phil Angelides | 3,488,891 | 42.58 | |||
Libertarian | John Petersen | 335,452 | 4.09 | |||
American Independent | George M. McCoy | 203,419 | 2.48 | |||
Peace and Freedom | Jan B. Tucker | 195,667 | 2.39 | |||
No party | Write-ins | 47 | 0.00 | |||
Invalid or blank votes | 706,852 | 7.94 | ||||
Total votes | 8,900,636 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dan Lungren (incumbent) | 4,438,733 | 53.86 | |
Democratic | Tom Umberg | 3,256,070 | 39.51 | |
Libertarian | Richard N. Burns | 274,335 | 3.33 | |
Peace and Freedom | Robert J. Evans | 271,459 | 3.29 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 680,039 | 7.42 | ||
Total votes | 8,920,636 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Chuck Quackenbush | 4,015,858 | 48.82 | |||
Democratic | Art Torres | 3,567,996 | 43.38 | |||
Libertarian | Ted Brown | 346,007 | 4.21 | |||
Peace and Freedom | Tom Condit | 150,844 | 1.83 | |||
American Independent | A. Jacques | 144,782 | 1.76 | |||
Invalid or blank votes | 675,149 | 7.59 | ||||
Total votes | 8,900,636 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Delaine Eastin | 3,892,681 | 55.60 | |
Maureen DiMarco | 3,108,221 | 44.40 | |
Hal Rice (write-in) | 20 | 0.00 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 1,899,714 | 21.34% | |
Total votes | 8,900,636 | 100.0 | |
Voter turnout | % |
California Board of Equalization elections, 1994 | |||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
Republican | 3,684,744 | 48.04% | 2 | 0 | |
Democratic | 3,388,312 | 44.17% | 2 | 0 | |
Libertarian | 327,040 | 4.26% | 0 | 0 | |
American Independent | 140,030 | 1.83% | 0 | 0 | |
Peace and Freedom | 130,761 | 1.70% | 0 | 0 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 1,180,321 | 13.34% | — | — | |
Totals | 8,851,208 | 100.00% | 4 | — |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Johan Klehs | 1,107,750 | 51.47 | |
Republican | Robert "Bob" Strawn | 835,235 | 41.13 | |
Libertarian | Kennita Watson | 159,144 | 7.39 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 420,165 | 16.33 | ||
Total votes | 2,522,294 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dean Andal | 1,129,995 | 54.13 | |
Democratic | Robert Presley | 817,539 | 39.16 | |
American Independent | Ernest Vance | 140,030 | 6.71 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 239,140 | 10.28 | ||
Total votes | 2,326,704 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ernest J. Dronenburg (incumbent) | 1,179,103 | 59.23 | |
Democratic | Mary Christian-Heising | 660,596 | 33.19 | |
Libertarian | Ken Mason | 103,711 | 5.21 | |
Peace and Freedom | Maxine Bell Quirk | 47,226 | 2.37 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 295,344 | 12.92 | ||
Total votes | 2,285,980 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Brad Sherman (incumbent) | 802,427 | 53.83 | |
Republican | Ernie Dynda | 540,411 | 36.26 | |
Peace and Freedom | Shirley Rachel Isaacson | 83,535 | 5.60 | |
Libertarian | Lawrence D. Goldberg | 64,185 | 2.84 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 225,672 | 13.15 | ||
Total votes | 1,716,230 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Associate Justice Ronald George, Seat 1 | ||||||
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Vote on retention | Votes | % | ||||
Yes | 3,153,849 | 57.02 | ||||
No | 2,376,799 | 42.98 | ||||
Invalid | 3,369,988 | 37.85 | ||||
Total votes | 8,900,636 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout |
Associate Justice Joyce Kennard, Seat 2 | ||||||
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Vote on retention | Votes | % | ||||
Yes | 3,336,442 | 58.67 | ||||
No | 2,350,567 | 41.33 | ||||
Invalid | 3,213,627 | 36.11 | ||||
Total votes | 8,900,636 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout |
Associate Justice Kathryn Werdegar, Seat 3 | ||||||
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Vote on retention | Votes | % | ||||
Yes | 3,423,582 | 61.34 | ||||
No | 2,158,181 | 38.66 | ||||
Invalid | 3,318,873 | 37.29 | ||||
Total votes | 8,900,636 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout |
There are 40 seats in the State Senate. For this election, candidates running in even-numbered districts ran for four-year terms.
California State Senate - 1994 | Seats | |
Democratic-Held | 21 | |
Republican-Held | 17 | |
Independent Held | 2 | |
1994 Elections | ||
Republican Held and Uncontested | 11 | |
Contested | 20 | |
Democratic Held and Uncontested | 8 | |
Independent Held and Uncontested | 1 | |
Total | 40 | |
All 80 biennially elected seats of the State Assembly were up for election this year. Each seat has a two-year term. The Republicans took narrow control of the State Assembly.
California State Assembly - 1994 | Seats | |
Republican-Held | 41 | |
Democratic-Held | 39 | |
1994 Elections | ||
Democratic Incumbent and Uncontested | 34 | |
Republican Incumbent and Uncontested | 23 | |
Contested, Open Seats | 23 | |
Total | 80 | |
Ten ballot propositions qualified to be listed on the general election ballot in California. Eight measures passed while four failed.
(Passenger Rail and Clean Air Bond Act of 1994.) Proposition 181 failed with 34.92% of the vote.
Passed by voters, but courts struck it down.
(Recall Elections. State Officers.) Proposition 183 passed with 67.47% of the vote.
(Increased Sentences. Repeat Offenders (Three Strikes)) Proposition 184 passed with 71.85% of the vote.
(Public Transportation Trust Funds. Gasoline Sales Tax. Initiative Statute.) Proposition 185 failed with 19.47% of the vote.
(Health Services. Taxes.) Proposition 186 failed with 26.58% of the vote.
(Illegal Aliens. Ineligibility for Public Services. Verification and Reporting.) Proposition 187 passed with 58.93% of the vote.
(Smoking and Tobacco Products. Local Preemption. Statewide Regulation.) Proposition 188 failed with 29.31% of the vote.
(Bail Exception. Felony Sexual Assault.) Proposition 189 passed with 79.41% of the vote.
(Commission on Judicial Performance) Proposition 190 passed with 63.87% of the vote.
(Abolish Justice Courts) Proposition 191 passed with 61.05% of the vote.
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