1998 California Attorney General election

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1998 California Attorney General election
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  1994 November 3, 1998 2002  
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Nominee Bill Lockyer Dave Stirling
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote4,119,1393,389,709
Percentage51.5%42.4%

1998 California Attorney General election results map by county.svg
County results
Lockyer:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Stirling:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%

Attorney General before election

Dan Lungren
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Bill Lockyer
Democratic

The 1998 California Attorney General election occurred on November 3, 1998. The primary elections took place on June 3, 1998. The Democratic nominee, Bill Lockyer, defeated the Republican nominee, Dave Stirling, for the office previously held by incumbent Dan Lungren, who chose not to seek re-election in favor of running for governor.

Contents

Primary results

Final results from the Secretary of State of California. [1]

Democratic

Candidates

California Attorney General Democratic primary, 1998
CandidateVotes %
Bill Lockyer 1,294,16647.27
Lynn Schenk 685,16325.03
Charles M. Calderon 645,57423.58
Michael Schmeier112,8754.12
Total votes2,737,778 100.00

Republican

Candidates

  • M. David "Dave" Stirling, Attorney, Former Assemblyman and candidate in 1982
  • Mike Capizzi
California Attorney General Republican primary, 1998
CandidateVotes %
Dave Stirling 1,612,74266.40
Mike Capizzi815,91933.60
Total votes2,428,661 100.00

Peace & Freedom

California Attorney General Peace & Freedom primary, 1998
CandidateVotes %
Robert J. Evans74,04253.69
Gary P. Kast63,87446.31
Total votes137,916 100.00

Others

California Attorney General primary, 1998 (Others)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Libertarian Joseph S. Farina 86,720 100.00
American Independent Diane Beall Templin 78,055 100.00

General election results

Final results from the Secretary of State of California. [2]

California Attorney General election, 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bill Lockyer 4,119,139 51.50
Republican Dave Stirling3,389,70942.38
American Independent Diane Beall Templin194,0772.43
Libertarian Joseph S. Farina149,4301.87
Peace and Freedom Robert J. Evans145,3791.82
Invalid or blank votes623,4047.23
Total votes7,997,734 100.00
Turnout  41.32
Democratic gain from Republican

Results by county

Results from the Secretary of State of California: [2]

County Lockyer VotesStirlingVotesTemplinVotesOthersVotes
San Francisco 75.01%165,88817.38%38,4342.56%5,6595.05%11,163
Alameda 69.43%253,90524.12%88,2092.14%7,8104.31%15,766
Marin 61.95%60,22931.96%31,0742.12%2,0593.97%3,860
San Mateo 61.00%119,36232.85%64,2762.39%4,6743.76%7,369
Los Angeles 60.46%1,134,24534.38%644,9691.89%35,4643.27%61,429
Santa Cruz 57.79%46,92531.47%25,5513.28%2,6617.46%6,058
Yolo 57.12%27,96737.12%18,1721.97%9663.79%1,853
Sonoma 56.91%87,92134.67%53,5663.16%4,8795.26%8,129
Solano 56.55%55,76637.79%37,2642.61%2,5753.05%3,012
Santa Clara 56.09%222,70736.94%146,6602.78%11,0404.19%16,656
Contra Costa 55.63%158,61138.60%110,0602.30%6,5713.46%9,855
Monterey 52.14%46,31541.05%36,4632.78%2,4674.03%3,582
Napa 51.90%21,62141.29%17,1982.85%1,1893.96%1,648
Lake 51.72%9,52141.73%7,6832.75%5063.80%700
Mendocino 51.49%14,14836.57%10,0473.56%9788.38%2,302
San Benito 49.67%6,33742.91%5,4753.14%4004.29%547
Merced 49.30%18,97945.43%17,4882.45%9432.82%1,086
Sacramento 49.17%171,91745.41%158,7842.27%7,9463.15%10,997
Imperial 48.62%11,32541.94%9,7693.17%7396.26%1,459
Stanislaus 46.37%45,54048.81%47,9372.08%2,0422.74%2,691
Santa Barbara 46.14%54,19047.42%55,6992.42%2,8384.02%4,732
San Joaquin 46.12%55,16148.77%58,3242.44%2,9152.68%3,196
San Bernardino 45.87%147,60247.97%154,3572.82%9,0693.34%10,738
Humboldt 45.39%20,15643.33%19,2432.79%1,2408.49%3,771
Fresno 44.61%74,11050.02%83,0822.17%3,5993.20%5,320
Ventura 44.53%88,11049.37%97,6782.55%5,0473.55%7,014
Riverside 43.71%145,03250.45%167,4162.60%8,6353.23%10,743
Kings 42.99%9,55750.77%11,2862.68%5963.56%792
Tuolumne 42.54%8,31151.68%10,0982.55%4993.23%631
Del Norte 42.52%3,08749.60%3,6013.58%2604.30%312
San Luis Obispo 42.22%35,52151.76%43,5422.66%2,2413.35%2,822
San Diego 42.06%289,58051.12%351,9672.92%20,0893.91%26,901
Alpine 41.07%22348.25%2625.52%305.15%28
Amador 41.04%5,33153.80%6,9882.11%2743.05%396
Yuba 40.82%5,42452.17%6,9333.25%4323.76%500
Trinity 40.49%1,96947.48%2,3095.16%2516.87%334
Tehama 39.75%7,22852.65%9,5723.92%7123.69%670
Butte 39.47%24,94953.85%34,0372.87%1,8143.81%2,408
Siskiyou 39.22%6,33152.46%8,4683.57%5774.75%767
Calaveras 39.16%6,17752.34%8,2562.68%4235.82%918
Plumas 38.92%3,25355.13%4,6082.62%2193.33%278
Tulare 38.74%27,66356.23%40,1542.06%1,4722.98%2,123
Mono 38.66%1,30254.10%1,8222.29%774.96%167
Nevada 38.14%14,32755.61%20,8892.54%9553.71%1,390
Orange 37.60%254,44456.50%382,3922.48%16,8033.43%23,159
Kern 37.35%50,57156.51%76,5122.74%3,7133.39%4,588
Madera 36.86%9,52057.06%14,7362.46%6363.61%933
Mariposa 36.85%2,56754.64%3,8063.22%2245.30%369
El Dorado 36.44%20,53157.23%32,2402.63%1,4843.70%2,084
Sierra 36.31%61853.94%9183.58%616.17%105
Lassen 36.04%2,92156.00%4,5383.83%3104.14%335
Placer 36.01%30,48858.11%49,2022.25%1,9033.64%3,077
Shasta 35.84%18,58157.19%29,6533.65%1,8933.32%1,721
Colusa 35.68%1,69559.82%2,8421.60%762.91%138
Inyo 35.36%2,32857.52%3,7873.37%2223.75%247
Glenn 35.17%2,59258.34%4,2993.12%2303.37%248
Sutter 34.04%7,32860.97%13,1262.42%5212.58%554
Modoc 33.03%1,13258.01%1,9884.93%1694.03%138

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References

  1. "CA Secretary of State - Statement of Vote - 1998 Primary Election" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2008. Retrieved August 12, 2008.
  2. 1 2 "CA Secretary of State - Statement of Votes - 1998 General Election" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 25, 2009. Retrieved January 23, 2009.