2010 United States Senate election in California

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2010 United States Senate election in California
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Nominee Barbara Boxer Carly Fiorina
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote5,218,1374,217,386
Percentage52.18%42.17%
2010 United States Senate election in California results map by county.svg
2010 United States Senate election in California by congressional district.svg
Boxer:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Fiorina:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
U.S. senator before election

Barbara Boxer
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Barbara Boxer
Democratic

The 2010 United States Senate election in California took place on November 2, 2010. The election was held alongside 33 other United States Senate elections in addition to congressional, state, and various local elections. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer won re-election to a fourth term.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Campaign

In 2009, Boxer was criticized for correcting a general who called her "ma'am". Brigadier General Michael Walsh was testifying on the Louisiana coastal restoration process in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and answered Boxer's query with "ma'am" when Boxer interrupted him. "Do me a favor," Boxer said. "can you say 'senator' instead of 'ma'am?'" "Yes, ma'am," Walsh interjected. "It's just a thing, I worked so hard to get that title, so I'd appreciate it. Thank you," she said. The Army's guide to protocol instructs service members to call members of the U.S. Senate "sir", "ma'am" or "senator". [2] [3] [4] Fiorina used this incident prominently in campaign ads, as did David Zucker, who directed a humorous commercial for RightChange.com titled 'Call Me Senator'.

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Barbara Boxer (incumbent) 1,957,920 81.0
Democratic Brian Quintana338,44213.9
Democratic Mickey Kaus123,5735.1
Total votes2,419,935 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Declined

Campaign

Through 2009, the race largely shaped up as a campaign between former Hewlett-Packard executive Carly Fiorina and Irvine assemblyman Chuck DeVore. In November 2009, the Los Angeles Times reported that Fiorina had failed to vote in most elections. Fiorina apologized by saying, "I'm a lifelong registered Republican but I haven't always voted, and I will provide no excuse for it. You know, people die for the right to vote. And there are many, many Californians and Americans who exercise that civic duty on a regular basis. I didn't. Shame on me." [5] [6]

In January 2010, Tom Campbell joined the race. He had previously been running for governor and had run unsuccessful campaigns for Senate in 1992 and 2000. Campbell led in initial public polling over Fiorina and DeVore. However, his campaign declined after sustained negative attacks from Fiorina and controversy over his past support for and association with Sami Al-Arian.

In February, Fiorina put out a campaign ad attacking Campbell as a wolf in sheep's clothing for his relatively liberal voting record. The ad, which became known as the Demon Sheep ad, gained international, mostly negative, publicity for its bizarre visuals, including a man in a sheep costume with glowing red eyes. [7] [8]

Fiorina was more successful in attacking Campbell in February over his associations with Sami Al-Arian, a computer engineering professor at the University of South Florida who had pleaded guilty in 2006 after a lengthy trial for conspiracy to help the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a designated terrorist group. [9] [10] In 2000, Campbell had received campaign contributions from Al-Arian, and in January 2002, Campbell wrote a letter opposing academic discipline for Al-Arian. [11] [12] [13]

Campbell initially denied that he had received contributions from Al-Arian, which proved to be untrue. [14] He defended the letter by arguing that he had not been aware of the charges against Al-Arian when he wrote it and had also not been aware of comments Al-Arian had recorded in Cleveland, Ohio in 1988, when he shouted, "Jihad is our path. Victory to Islam. Death to Israel." Al-Arian had previously defended the remarks on a September 26, 2001 episode of The O'Reilly Factor; Campbell initially claimed that his letter had been sent before the O'Reilly interview, but Al-Arian was placed on initial academic leave shortly after the interview. [14] Despite this, Campbell maintained,

I did not hear, I did not read, I was not aware of statements Sami Al-Arian had made relative to Israel. And I would not have written the letter had I known about those. ... To say 'Death to Israel' is abhorrent; it's horrible. [15]

As a result of his Al-Arian associations, Fiorina accused Campbell of being unfriendly to the interests of Israel. In late February, former California Secretary of State and state senator Bruce McPherson claimed that Fiorina campaign manager Marty Wilson, a longtime Sacramento political operative, had called Campbell an antisemite and expressed surprise that McPherson was endorsing Campbell. [16] Wilson strongly denied McPherson's charge.

A live March 5 debate between the three main candidates was hosted by KTKZ in Sacramento and focused on the issue at Campbell's behest. [17] Campbell responded strongly to Fiorina's accusations, saying, "I called for this debate today so that both of my opponents can bring up absolutely any charge they want. Air it, and let me respond to it. But there's no place for calling me antisemitic, then denying it. That whispering campaign, that 'silent slander,' stops today." [18] Campbell maintained that he had not been aware of Al-Arian's statements and attributed his earlier inaccurate claims to failures of memory, [14] but he apologized for not researching the matter more thoroughly before writing the letter. [11] [15] [19] [20]

After the March debate, Campbell appeared to maintain his lead in polling, with polls throughout the spring showing him leading Fiorina in the primary and leading or even with Boxer in the general election. However, Fiorina surged into the lead in May after dedicating a significant portion of her personal fortune, including a $5.5 million loan to her campaign, to a late advertising push. She additionally secured the endorsement of Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, who remained popular with rank-and-file Republican voters.

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Tom CampbellCarly FiorinaChuck DeVoreOtherUndecided
The Field Poll (report)Feb. 20 – March 1, 2009298±3.6%—31%19%—36%
The Field Poll (report)Sept. 18 – October 6, 2009373±4.5%—21%20%—59%
Los Angeles Times (report)Oct. 27 – November 3, 2009499——27%27%2%40%
The Field Poll (report)January 5–17, 2010202±7.1%30%25%6%—39%
PPIC (report)January 27, 20102,001±2.0%27%16%8%1%48%
M4 Strategies (report)February 26, 2010427—32%19%11%—39%
Research 2000 (report)March 10, 2010400±5.0%33%24%7%—36%
PPIC (report)March 24, 20102,002±2.0%23%24%8%1%44%
Los Angeles Times (report)March 23–30, 20101,515±2.6%29%25%9%4%33%
Survey USA (report)April 19–21, 2010538±4.3%34%27%14%3%23%
Survey USA (report)May 6–9, 2010548±4.3%35%24%15%3%23%
Research 2000 (report)May 17–19, 2010400±5.0%37%22%14%—27%
PPIC (report)May 9–16, 20101,168±3.0%23%25%16%—36%
Public Policy Polling (report)May 21–23, 2010417±4.8%21%41%16%—18%
Survey USA (report)May 21–23, 2010612±4.3%23%46%14%6%11%
Los Angeles Times (report)May 19–26, 20101,506±2.6%23%38%16%23%
Survey USA (report)June 3–6, 2010569±4.2%22%48%16%9%

Results

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Results by county:
  Fiorina
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  Campbell
  •   40–50%
Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Carly Fiorina 1,315,429 56.4
Republican Tom Campbell504,28921.7
Republican Chuck DeVore452,57719.3
Republican Al Ramirez42,1491.8
Republican Tim Kalemkarian19,5980.8
Total votes2,334,042 100.0

Third party primaries

Candidates

American Independent

California American Independent Senate primary, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
American Independent Edward Noonan 16,704 39.5
American Independent Don Grundmann14,17033.5
American Independent Al Salehi11,42327.0
Total votes42,297 100.0

Green

California Green Senate primary, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Green Duane Roberts 19,983 100.00%
Total votes19,983 100.0

Libertarian

California Libertarian Senate primary, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Libertarian Gail Lightfoot 17,791 100.00%
Total votes17,791 100.0

Peace and Freedom

California Peace and Freedom Senate primary, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Peace and Freedom Marsha Feinland 4,070 100.00%
Total votes4,070 100.0

General election

Candidates

The following were certified by the California Secretary of State as candidates in the general election for Senator. [21]

Campaign

Boxer criticized Fiorina's choice "to become a CEO, lay off 30,000 workers, ship jobs overseas [and] have two yachts." A spokesman for Fiorina responded that the Fiorinas were a two-yacht family because they spent time in both California and Washington, D.C. [22] Boxer also claimed that Fiorina "skirted the law" by selling equipment to Iran during her tenure as HP's CEO, also claiming that the equipment may have ended up in the hands of the Iranian military. [23]

Debate

The only debate took place on September 1 at Saint Mary's College of California in Moraga. It was sponsored by San Francisco Chronicle, KTVU, and KQED. [24]

2010 United States Senate election in California debate
No.DateHostModeratorLink Democratic Republican
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
BoxerFiorina
1Sep. 1, 2010 KQED-FM
KTVU
San Francisco Chronicle 		Randy Shandobil C-SPAN PP

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Cook Political Report [25] TossupOctober 26, 2010
Rothenberg [26] Tilt DOctober 22, 2010
RealClearPolitics [27] TossupOctober 26, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball [28] Lean DOctober 21, 2010
CQ Politics [29] Lean DOctober 26, 2010

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Barbara Boxer (D)Carly Fiorina (R)OtherUndecided
The Field Poll (report)Feb. 20 – March 1, 2009761± 3.6%55%25%—20%
Rasmussen Reports (report)March 9, 2009500± 4.5%47%38%10%5%
Rasmussen Reports (report)July 22, 2009500± 4.5%45%41%7%7%
Research 2000 (report)August 9–12, 2009600± 4.0%52%31%—17%
Rasmussen Reports (report)September 23, 2009500± 4.5%49%39%4%8%
The Field Poll (report)Sept. 18 – October 6, 20091,005± 3.2%49%35%—16%
Rasmussen Reports (report)November 17, 2009500± 4.5%46%37%5%12%
Rasmussen Reports (report)January 14, 2010500± 4.5%46%43%3%8%
The Field Poll (report)January 5–17, 20101,005± 3.2%50%35%—15%
PPIC (report)January 27, 20102,001± 2.0%48%40%—12%
Rasmussen Reports (report)February 11, 2010500± 4.5%46%42%7%5%
Research 2000 (report)March 10, 2010600± 4.0%49%40%—11%
Rasmussen Reports (report)March 11, 2010500± 4.5%46%40%4%10%
The Field Poll (report)March 18, 2010748± 3.7%45%44%—11%
PPIC (report)March 24, 20102,002± 2.0%44%43%—13%
Rasmussen Reports (report)April 12, 2010500± 4.5%42%38%7%13%
Rasmussen Reports (report)May 12, 2010500± 4.5%45%38%4%12%
PPIC (report)May 9–16, 20102,003± 2.0%48%39%—13%
Research 2000 (report)May 17–19, 2010600± 4.0%48%39%——
Los Angeles Times (report)May 19–26, 2010——44%38%——
Public Policy Polling (report)May 21–23, 2010921± 3.2%45%42%—13%
Rasmussen Reports (report)June 9, 2010500± 4.5%48%43%5%5%
Reuters (report)June 30, 2010600± 4.5%45%41%1%13%
Survey USA (report)July 8–11, 2010614± 4.0%45%47%3%5%
Rasmussen Reports (report)July 12, 2010500± 4.5%49%42%4%5%
Public Policy Polling (report)July 23–25, 2010614± 3.95%49%40%—11%
Rasmussen Reports (report)August 3, 2010750± 4.0%45%40%5%10%
Survey USA/CBS 5 (report)August 9–11, 2010602± 4.0%42%47%—11%
Rasmussen Reports (report)August 24, 2010750± 4.0%44%43%5%8%
Survey USA (report)August 31 – September 1, 2010569± 4.2%46%48%5%1%
CNN(report Archived September 9, 2010, at the Wayback Machine )September 2–7, 2010866± 3.5%48%44%5%3%
Rasmussen Reports (report)September 6, 2010750± 4.0%42%47%——
Rasmussen Reports (report)September 6, 2010750± 4.0%47%48%2%3%
Fox News (report)September 11, 20101,000± 3.0%46%44%4%6%
Public Policy Polling (report)September 14–16, 2010630± 3.9%50%42%—8%
Fox News/Pulse Opinion Research (report)September 18, 20101,000± 3.0%47%46%3%4%
Rasmussen Reports (report)September 20, 2010750± 4.0%47%43%4%6%
Survey USA (report)September 19–21, 2010610± 4.0%49%43%6%2%
CNN/Time/Opinion Research Corporation (report)September 24–28, 2010786± 3.5%52%43%3%2%
PPIC report September 19–26, 20101,104± 3%42%35%6%17%
USC poll report September 27, 20101,003—39%34%—23%
Rasmussen Reports (report)October 3, 2010750± 4.0%49%45%2%5%
Angus Reid Public Opinion (report [ usurped ])October 6, 2010501± 4.5%55%39%6%—
Rasmussen Reports (report)October 13, 2010750± 4.0%49%46%2%3%
Reuters (report)October 12–14, 2010601± 4.0%46%45%2%6%
PPIC (report)October 10–17, 20101,067± 3.5%43%38%6%13%
Tarrance Group (report)October 17–19, 2010—± 4.1%44%44%6%5%
USC/LA Times (report)October 13–20, 2010878± 3.2%50%42%4%4%
Rasmussen Reports (report)October 21, 2010750± 4.0%48%46%3%3%
Public Policy Polling (report)October 21–23, 2010622± 3.2%52%43%0%5%
Fox/Pulse Opinion Research (report)October 23, 20101,000± 3.0%48%44%5%3%
Suffolk University (report Archived November 4, 2010, at the Wayback Machine )October 21–24, 2010600± 4.0%52%43%4%2%
SurveyUSA (report)October 21–25, 2010594± 4.1%45%40%7%8%
Field Poll (report)October 14–26, 20101,501± 3.2%49%41%—10%
CNN/Time/Opinion Research (report)October 20–26, 20101,527± 2.5%50%45%1%—
Rasmussen Reports (report)October 27, 2010750± 4.0%49%46%2%3%
Angus Reid Public Opinion (report [ usurped ])October 28–29, 2010485± 4.5%51%44%5%—
SurveyUSA (report)October 26–31, 2010587± 4.1%46%38%6%10%
Public Policy Polling (report)October 29–31, 2010882± 3.3%50%46%—3%
Hypothetical polling
Poll sourceDates administeredBarbara BoxerChuck DeVore
Research 2000 [30] August 9–12, 200953%29%
Rasmussen Reports [31] September 23, 200946%37%
The Field Poll [32] September 18 – October 6, 200950%33%
Rasmussen Reports [33] November 17, 200946%36%
Rasmussen Reports [34] January 14, 201046%40%
The Field Poll [35] January 5–17, 201051%34%
PPIC [36] January 27, 201047%39%
Rasmussen Reports [37] February 11, 201047%42%
Research 2000 [38] March 10, 201049%39%
Rasmussen Reports [39] March 11, 201046%40%
Field Research [40] March 18, 201045%41%
PPIC [41] March 24, 201046%40%
Rasmussen Reports [42] April 12, 201042%39%
Rasmussen Reports [42] May 12, 201046%40%
Public Policy Institute of California (Report)May 201050%39%
Research 2000 [43] May 17–19, 201047%38%
Public Policy Polling [44] May 21–23, 201046%40%
USC/Los Angeles Times (Report)May 19–26, 201046%36%
Poll sourceDates administeredBarbara BoxerTom Campbell
Rasmussen Reports [34] January 14, 201046%42%
The Field Poll [35] January 5–17, 201048%38%
PPIC [36] January 27, 201045%41%
Rasmussen Reports [37] February 11, 201045%41%
Research 2000 [38] March 10, 201047%43%
Rasmussen Reports [39] March 11, 201043%41%
Field Research [40] March 18, 201043%44%
PPIC [41] March 24, 201043%44%
Rasmussen Reports [42] April 12, 201042%41%
Rasmussen Reports [42] May 12, 201042%41%
Public Policy Institute of California (Report)May 201046%40%
Research 2000 [43] May 17–19, 201047%40%
Public Policy Polling [44] May 21–23, 201047%40%
USC/Los Angeles Times (Report)May 19–26, 201038%45%

Fundraising

Candidate (party)ReceiptsDisbursementsCash on handDebt
Barbara Boxer (D)$20,314,189$22,178,746$2,271,034$0
Carly Fiorina (R)$17,935,605$16,664,055$1,271,550$805,844
Jerry Carroll (I)$140$140$10$1,305
Marsha Feinland (P&F)$0$0$0$0
Neil Goldberg (I)$0$0$0$0
Gail Lightfoot (L)$0$0$0$0
Edward Noonan (AI)$0$0$0$0
Duane Roberts (G)$0$0$0$12,562
Source: Federal Election Commission (FEC) [45]
(Note that some candidates filed with the FEC, but did not pursue their candidacy.)

Results

Despite the last poll before the election showed Fiorina only trailing by 4 points, on election night Boxer defeated Fiorina by a ten-point margin, and around a one million vote majority. Boxer performed extremely well in Los Angeles County, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Boxer was declared the winner shortly after the polls closed. Fiorina conceded defeat to Boxer at 11:38 P.M.

United States Senate election in California, 2010 [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Barbara Boxer (incumbent) 5,218,137 52.18% −5.53%
Republican Carly Fiorina 4,217,38642.17%+4.37%
Libertarian Gail Lightfoot175,2351.75%−0.05%
Peace and Freedom Marsha Feinland135,0881.35%−0.67%
Green Duane Roberts128,5121.29%N/A
American Independent Edward Noonan125,4351.25%+0.58%
Write-in 670.00%±0.00%
Total votes9,999,860 100.0%
Democratic hold

By county

Results from the Secretary of State of California. [47]

County Boxer Votes Fiorina VotesNoonanVotesRobertsVotesLightfootVotesFeinlandVotes
Alameda 73.9%338,63222.1%100,9890.7%3,3621.3%5,5601.1%5,3340.9%4,537
Alpine 50.9%28244.0%2440.7%40.7%42.5%141.2%7
Amador 31.9%5,13759.6%9,6172.3%3641.2%2093.0%4802.0%334
Butte 37.0%27,82754.5%40,9581.8%1,3931.9%1,4352.9%2,1811.9%1,456
Calaveras 32.1%6,29458.6%11,4953.0%5931.6%3263.1%6171.6%324
Colusa 30.3%1,56763.4%3,2881.4%761.2%672.2%1091.5%81
Contra Costa 59.8%206,27035.9%123,9341.0%3,4921.0%3,6071.4%4,9960.9%3,181
Del Norte 39.4%3,21252.0%4,2402.1%1771.8%1543.0%2451.7%139
El Dorado 32.7%25,08561.0%46,7711.3%1,0431.1%9102.4%1,8221.5%1,129
Fresno 37.5%74,70557.0%113,5831.3%2,6331.2%2,4311.5%3,0671.5%3,079
Glenn 25.5%2,02066.3%5,2572.1%1741.6%1282.7%2081.8%143
Humboldt 54.6%27,08137.6%18,6590.8%4203.2%1,5742.5%1,2841.3%653
Imperial 55.6%14,80237.2%9,8871.2%3411.9%5161.9%5112.2%570
Inyo 33.8%2,35356.2%3,9092.4%1691.7%1203.5%2412.4%170
Kern 30.0%51,36462.0%106,4481.9%3,3021.4%2,4352.6%4,5222.1%3,641
Kings 30.0%7,81662.7%16,3622.2%5601.1%3091.9%5202.1%542
Lake 49.0%10,26540.8%8,5342.8%5852.4%5053.0%6252.0%440
Lassen 24.0%2,20066.7%6,1271.6%1551.7%1574.0%3742.0%185
Los Angeles 62.3%1,432,45032.6%749,3531.0%23,1981.2%29,3231.5%33,4311.4%32,168
Madera 30.3%10,30862.9%21,4131.7%6011.3%4621.9%6321.9%630
Marin 69.3%78,23627.5%31,0010.6%7560.9%9821.1%1,2370.6%710
Mariposa 31.8%2,59360.4%4,9391.9%1581.7%1472.8%2231.4%118
Mendocino 61.6%19,42229.9%9,4262.0%6432.8%8672.3%7491.4%472
Merced 40.2%19,05853.4%25,2801.7%8271.2%5761.8%8541.7%831
Modoc 20.9%78770.6%2,6662.2%841.4%563.1%1161.8%68
Mono 43.5%1,15550.1%1,4551.7%1541.5%812.1%761.1%556
Monterey 59.1%58,57435.0%34,7211.1%1,1821.3%1,3152.0%1,9141.5%1,497
Napa 56.2%26,19438.1%17,7431.4%6581.5%7321.8%8361.0%511
Nevada 40.9%18,50452.7%23,8750.6%3101.8%8603.1%1,3670.9%424
Orange 37.1%323,47757.7%502,7561.1%10,4321.1%10,1371.7%14,6251.3%10,904
Placer 33.6%47,33160.2%84,9051.5%2,1421.0%1,5182.2%3,2391.5%2,132
Plumas 32.1%2,93460.3%5,5211.7%1611.4%1312.8%2571.7%160
Riverside 40.7%195,41853.2%255,7381.6%8,1171.2%6,0461.8%8,3211.5%7,404
Sacramento 50.4%210,16443.5%181,3001.6%6,8331.1%4,9812.1%8,6671.3%5,560
San Benito 49.7%7,90943.8%6,9771.3%2151.1%1912.2%3371.9%307
San Bernardino 42.7%185,16449.9%216,4411.8%8,1111.4%6,3022.4%10,4241.8%7,926
San Diego 43.5%389,80650.7%454,3011.3%11,7251.3%11,8081.8%16,5781.4%12,585
San Francisco 80.0%213,25216.2%43,1080.6%1,6301.5%3,8631.0%2,7800.7%1,937
San Joaquin 44.5%70,03148.5%76,3421.6%2,6081.3%2,1222.1%3,3582.0%3,175
San Luis Obispo 42.8%44,79951.2%53,6951.2%1,3471.1%1,2502.5%2,5211.2%1,293
San Mateo 66.5%146,53729.9%65,8030.8%1,8661.0%2,2081.2%2,6050.6%1,480
Santa Barbara 49.8%64,77145.2%58,8171.0%1,4251.0%1,4321.8%2,2431.2%1,578
Santa Clara 63.3%320,73432.0%161,9861.0%5,1051.1%5,7111.6%8,1481.0%5,295
Santa Cruz 68.6%65,04925.4%24,0650.9%9231.6%1,5792.2%2,0482.3%1,257
Shasta 26.4%17,20466.1%43,0562.0%1,2661.3%9022.6%1,6831.6%1,060
Sierra 29.1%52962.3%1,1352.4%451.4%272.8%512.0%37
Siskiyou 33.7%6,13257.2%10,4302.2%4051.4%2703.6%6481.9%360
Solano 55.1%64,65839.2%45,9951.3%1,6001.2%1,4292.0%2,2891.2%1,460
Sonoma 64.3%116,99629.5%53,6781.4%2,6861.5%2,8062.1%3,7201.2%2,281
Stanislaus 39.6%47,15853.6%63,8141.6%2,0071.5%1,7892.0%2,4551.7%2,029
Sutter 31.9%8,12161.2%15,6061.9%4871.1%2922.4%6071.5%408
Tehama 26.6%5,35264.3%12,9502.6%5241.5%3213.1%6221.9%397
Trinity 37.1%2,02951.4%2,8132.0%1123.5%1924.4%2421.6%90
Tulare 30.6%24,74262.9%50,8561.5%1,2641.1%9211.8%1,5092.1%1,625
Tuolumne 33.4%7,43058.6%13,0572.6%5761.6%3592.5%5641.3%304
Ventura 44.8%115,33749.9%128,6191.3%3,3941.1%3,0951.8%4,5861.12,965
Yolo 59.0%34,92535.9%21,2631.1%6831.2%7641.7%9731.1%677
Yuba 32.4%5,21258.6%9,4522.4%3941.4%2313.3%5361.9%210
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California counties trend 2004-2010 senate.svg
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Boxer won 33 of 53 congressional districts, with the remaining 20 going to Fiorina, including one that elected a Democrat. [48]

DistrictBoxerFiorinaRepresentative
1st 57%36% Mike Thompson
2nd 32%60% Wally Herger
3rd 41%53% Dan Lungren
4th 34%60% Tom McClintock
5th 62%31% Doris Matsui
6th 67%28% Lynn Woolsey
7th 65%29% George Miller
8th 81%15% Nancy Pelosi
9th 85%12% Barbara Lee
10th 56%39% John Garamendi
11th 44%51% Jerry McNerney
12th 68%28% Jackie Speier
13th 69%26% Pete Stark
14th 65%30% Anna Eshoo
15th 62%33% Mike Honda
16th 64%31% Zoe Lofgren
17th 63%31% Sam Farr
18th 48%45% Dennis Cardoza
19th 34%59% George Radanovich (111th Congress)
Jeff Denham (112th Congress)
20th 48%43% Jim Costa
21st 30%64% Devin Nunes
22nd 29%64% Kevin McCarthy
23rd 56%38% Lois Capps
24th 40%55% Elton Gallegly
25th 39%54% Buck McKeon
26th 42%53% David Dreier
27th 58%37% Brad Sherman
28th 70%25% Howard Berman
29th 61%35% Adam Schiff
30th 63%34% Henry Waxman
31st 78%16% Xavier Becerra
32nd 64%30% Judy Chu
33rd 83%13% Diane Watson (111th Congress)
Karen Bass (112th Congress)
34th 71%23% Lucille Roybal-Allard
35th 79%16% Maxine Waters
36th 56%39% Jane Harman
37th 74%21% Laura Richardson
38th 67%26% Grace Napolitano
39th 60%34% Linda Sánchez
40th 37%57% Ed Royce
41st 35%57% Jerry Lewis
42nd 34%61% Gary Miller
43rd 60%32% Joe Baca
44th 39%55% Ken Calvert
45th 42%52% Mary Bono
46th 38%56% Dana Rohrabacher
47th 56%37% Loretta Sanchez
48th 36%59% John B. T. Campbell III
49th 34%59% Darrell Issa
50th 40%55% Brian Bilbray
51st 56%37% Bob Filner
52nd 35%59% Duncan L. Hunter
53rd 58%36% Susan Davis

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