2001 California's 32nd congressional district special election

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2001 California's 32nd congressional district special election
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  2000 June 5, 2001 (2001-06-05) 2002  

California's 32nd congressional district
Turnout15.27%
  Diane Watson congressional portrait.jpg No image.svg
Nominee Diane Watson Noel Hentschel
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote72,99519,403
Percentage74.8%19.9%

U.S. Representative before election

Julian Dixon
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Diane Watson
Democratic

A special election was held on June 5, 2001 to elect a member of the United States House of Representatives from California's 32nd congressional district to replace Julian Dixon, who died on December 8, 2000 of a heart attack.

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A special open primary election was held on June 1, 2001, of which Democratic Ambassador Diane Watson won nearly a third of the vote in a field of sixteen candidates. She handily defeated her main challenger, Republican Noel Hentschel, in the general election. Watson was redistricted to 33rd district for the 2002 election, in which she was re-elected.

Background

Located mainly in the Culver City area of Los Angeles County, the 32nd district was considered a Democratic stronghold. It voted strongly Democratic in the past few presidential elections, giving Al Gore a lead of 70 percentage points over George W. Bush in the 2000 election. [1]

Julian Dixon was first elected in the 1978 election to represent the 28th district . He never faced serious competition during his tenure, and would serve eleven terms. Before starting his twelfth term, of which he was elected to with 83.5% of the vote, he died in Los Angeles of a heart attack. [2]

Candidates

Democratic Party

Republican Party

Green Party

Reform Party

Endorsements

Tad Daley (D)
Noel Hentschel (R)

Results

Primary

Special election [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Diane Watson 29,524 32.87
Democratic Kevin Murray 23,69726.38
Democratic Nate Holden 15,00516.70
Republican Noel Hentschel 4,806 5.35
Democratic Leo Terrell 4,3874.88
Democratic Philip A. Lowe2,7423.05
Republican Mike Schaefer 2,3152.58
Democratic Tad Daley1,4071.57
Green Donna J. Warren 1,167 1.30
Democratic Jules Bagneris1,1451.28
Republican Mike Cyrus9821.09
Democratic Kirsten W. Albrecht7680.86
Democratic Wanda James5720.64
Democratic Blair H. Taylor5580.62
Reform Ezola Foster 514 0.57
Democratic Frank Evans III2440.27
Total votes89,833 100.00
Turnout 3.51

General

Special election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Diane Watson 72,995 74.81
Republican Noel Hentschel19,40319.89
Green Donna J. Warren3,6613.75
Reform Ezola Foster 1,5121.55
Majority53,59254.93
Total votes97,571 100.00
Turnout 15.27
Democratic hold

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References

  1. Statement of Vote (2000 President)
  2. Simon, Richard; Anderson, Nick (December 9, 2000). "Respected lawmaker Julian Dixon dies". Los Angeles Times.
  3. Tad Daley (April 13, 2001). "2001 Congressional Campaign: Platform". Daley Planet.
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  5. newsmeat.com
  6. "CA District 32 - Special Election Race - Apr 10, 2001". Our Campaigns. January 29, 2012.

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