California's state elections were held November 3, 1998. Necessary primary elections were held on March 3. 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. Twelve ballot measures were also up for approval. Municipal offices were also included in the election. [1]
California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States. With 39.6 million residents, California is the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area. The state capital is Sacramento. The Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous urban regions, with 18.7 million and 8.8 million residents respectively. Los Angeles is California's most populous city, and the country's second most populous, after New York City. California also has the nation's most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County. The City and County of San Francisco is both the country's second-most densely populated major city after New York City and the fifth-most densely populated county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs.
A primary election is the process by which voters, either the general public or members of a political party, can indicate their preference for a candidate in an upcoming general election or by-election, thus narrowing the field of candidates.
The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature, the upper house being the California State Senate. The Assembly convenes, along with the State Senate, at the California State Capitol in Sacramento.
Final results from Secretary of State. [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Gray Davis | 4,860,702 | 58.0 | |||
Republican | Dan Lungren | 3,218,030 | 38.4 | |||
Green | Dan Hamburg | 104,179 | 1.2 | |||
Libertarian | Steve Kubby | 73,845 | 0.9 | |||
Peace and Freedom | Gloria Estela LaRiva | 59,218 | 0.7 | |||
American Independent | Nathan E. Johnson | 37,964 | 0.5 | |||
Natural Law | Harold H. Bloomfield | 31,237 | 0.4 | |||
No party | Write-ins | 21 | 0.0% | |||
Invalid or blank votes | 235,925 | 2.74 | ||||
Total votes | 8,621,121 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | 41.4 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
Final results from the Secretary of State of California [3]
The Secretary of State of California is the chief clerk of the U.S. State of California, overseeing a department of 500 people. The Secretary of State is elected for four year terms, like the state's other constitutional officers, and is restricted by term limits to only two terms. The current Secretary of State, Alex Padilla, took office on January 5, 2015.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Cruz Bustamante | 4,290,473 | 52.7 | |
Republican | Tim Leslie | 3,161,031 | 38.8 | |
Green | Sara Amir | 247,897 | 3.0 | |
Libertarian | Thomas Tryon | 167,523 | 2.1 | |
Peace and Freedom | Jaime Luis Gomez | 109,888 | 1.4 | |
American Independent | George McCoy | 92,349 | 1.1 | |
Reform | James Mangia | 74,180 | 0.9 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 477,780 | 5.54 | ||
Total votes | 8,621,121 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | 41.4 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Final results from the Secretary of State of California. [4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Jones | 3,785,069 | 47.00 | |
Democratic | Michela Alioto | 3,695,344 | 45.89 | |
Libertarian | Gail Lightfoot | 216,853 | 2.69 | |
Natural Law | Jane Ann Bialosky | 103,631 | 1.29 | |
American Independent | Carolyn Rae Short | 100,265 | 1.25 | |
Peace and Freedom | Israel Feuer | 78,837 | 0.98 | |
Reform | Valli Sharpe-Geisler | 72,949 | 0.91 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 568,173 | 6.59 | ||
Total votes | 8,621,121 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | 41.4 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Final results from the Secretary of State of California. [5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Kathleen Connell (incumbent) | 4,875,969 | 60.91 | |
Republican | Ruben Barrales | 2,653,153 | 33.14 | |
Libertarian | Pamela Pescosolido | 147,397 | 1.84 | |
American Independent | Alfred "Al" L. Burgess | 108,847 | 1.36 | |
Reform | Denise L. Jackson | 100,683 | 1.26 | |
Peace and Freedom | C. T. Weber | 68,738 | 0.86 | |
Natural Law | Iris Adam | 50,990 | 0.64 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 615,344 | 7.14 | ||
Total votes | 8,621,121 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | 41.4 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Final results from the Secretary of State of California. [6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Phil Angelides | 4,166,206 | 52.60 | |||
Republican | Curt Pringle | 3,159,898 | 39.90 | |||
Libertarian | John Petersen | 183,436 | 2.32 | |||
Natural Law | Carlos Aguirre | 172,844 | 2.18 | |||
Peace and Freedom | Jan B. Tucker | 146,226 | 1.85 | |||
American Independent | Edmon V. Kaiser | 91,801 | 1.16 | |||
Invalid or blank votes | 700,710 | 8.13 | ||||
Total votes | 8,621,121 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | 41.4 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
Final results from the Secretary of State of California. [7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Bill Lockyer | 4,119,139 | 51.50 | |||
Republican | Dave Stirling | 3,389,709 | 42.38 | |||
American Independent | Diane Beall Templin | 194,077 | 2.43 | |||
Libertarian | Joseph S. Farina | 149,430 | 1.87 | |||
Peace and Freedom | Robert J. Evans | 145,379 | 1.82 | |||
Invalid or blank votes | 623,387 | 7.23 | ||||
Total votes | 8,621,121 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | 41.4 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
Final results from the Secretary of State of California. [8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Chuck Quackenbush (incumbent) | 4,006,762 | 49.86 | |
Democratic | Diane Martinez | 3,519,453 | 43.80 | |
Libertarian | Dale F. Ogden | 169,922 | 2.11 | |
Natural Law | Barbara Bourdette | 130,834 | 1.63 | |
Peace and Freedom | Gary R. Ramos | 116,091 | 1.44 | |
American Independent | Merton D. Short | 92,975 | 1.16 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 585,084 | 6.79 | ||
Total votes | 8,621,121 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | 41.4 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Final results from the California Secretary of State:
California Board of Equalization elections, 1998 | |||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
Democratic | 3,974,343 | 55.79% | 2 | 0 | |
Republican | 2,507,252 | 35.19% | 2 | 0 | |
Libertarian | 509,288 | 7.15% | 0 | 0 | |
Peace and Freedom | 75,012 | 1.05% | 0 | 0 | |
Green | 58,480 | 0.82% | 0 | 0 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 1,596,255 | 18.30% | — | — | |
Totals | 8,720,630 | 100.00% | 4 | — |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Johan Klehs (incumbent) | 1,440,370 | 78.42 | |
Libertarian | Kennita Watson | 396,346 | 21.58 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 665,707 | 26.60 | ||
Total votes | 2,597,630 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dean Andal (incumbent) | 1,041,933 | 55.20 | |
Democratic | Tom Y. Santos | 845,533 | 44.80 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 377,911 | 16.68 | ||
Total votes | 2,265,377 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Claude Parrish | 1,028,148 | 53.10 | |
Democratic | Mary Christian-Heising | 806,716 | 41.66 | |
Libertarian | J. R. Graham | 71,428 | 3.69 | |
Peace and Freedom | Maxine Bell Quirk | 29,908 | 1.54 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 357,795 | 15.60 | ||
Total votes | 2,293,995 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John Chiang | 881,724 | 60.23 | |
Republican | Joe H. Adams, Jr. | 437,171 | 29.86 | |
Green | Glenn Trujillo Bailey | 58,480 | 3.99 | |
Peace and Freedom | Shirley Rachel Isaacson | 45,104 | 3.08 | |
Libertarian | William R. Jennings | 41,514 | 2.84 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 194,842 | 11.75 | ||
Total votes | 1,658,835 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
Final results from the California Secretary of State:
Chief Justice Ronald George | ||||||
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Vote on retention | Votes | % | ||||
Yes | 4,656,520 | 75.49% | ||||
No | 1,511,953 | 24.51% | ||||
Invalid | 2,452,648 | 28.45% | ||||
Total votes | 8,621,121 | 100.0% | ||||
Majority | 3,144,567 | 49.98% | ||||
Turnout |
Associate Justice Janice Rogers Brown, Seat 1 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vote on retention | Votes | % | ||||
Yes | 4,376,553 | 75.91% | ||||
No | 1,389,053 | 24.09% | ||||
Invalid | 2,855,515 | 33.12% | ||||
Total votes | 8,621,121 | 100.0% | ||||
Majority | 987,500 | 51.82% | ||||
Turnout |
Associate Justice Ming Chin, Seat 2 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vote on retention | Votes | % | ||||
Yes | 4,203,767 | 69.26% | ||||
No | 1,865,420 | 30.74% | ||||
Invalid | 2,551,934 | 29.60% | ||||
Total votes | 8,621,121 | 100.0% | ||||
Majority | 2,338,347 | 38.42% | ||||
Turnout |
Associate Justice Stanley Mosk, Seat 3 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vote on retention | Votes | % | ||||
Yes | 4,158,457 | 70.51% | ||||
No | 1,739,471 | 29.49% | ||||
Invalid | 2,723,193 | 31.59% | ||||
Total votes | 8,621,121 | 100.0% | ||||
Majority | 2,418,986 | 45.2% | ||||
Turnout |
There are 40 seats in the State Senate. For this election, candidates running in even-numbered districts ran for four-year terms. [9]
California State Senate - 1998 | Seats | |
Democratic-Held | 23 | |
Republican-Held | 16 | |
Independent Held | 1 | |
1998 Elections | ||
Democratic Held and Uncontested | 8 | |
Contested | 20 | |
Republican Held and Uncontested | 11 | |
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 Democrats retained control of the State Assembly. [10]
California State Assembly - 1998 | Seats | |
Democratic-Held | 43 | |
Republican-Held | 37 | |
1998 Elections | ||
Democratic Incumbent and Uncontested | 32 | |
Republican Incumbent and Uncontested | 23 | |
Contested, Open Seats | 25 | |
Total | 80 | |
Twelve ballot propositions qualified to be listed on the general election ballot in California. Eight measures passed while four failed. [11] [12]
Proposition 1A would provide for a bond of $9.2 billion for funding for at least four years for class size reduction, to relieve overcrowding and accommodate student enrollment growth and to repair older schools and for wiring and cabling for education technology; and to upgrade and build new classrooms in California Community Colleges, California State University, and University of California systems. Proposition 1A passed with 62.5% approval.
Proposition 1 would amend Article XIII A of the Constitution, added by Proposition 13, to allow repair or replacement of environmentally-contaminated property or structures without increasing the tax valuation of original or replacement property. Proposition 1 passed with 71.1% of the vote.
Proposition 2 would impose repayment conditions on loans of transportation revenues to the General Fund and local entities; and designate local transportation funds as trust funds and require a transportation purpose for their use. Proposition 2 passed with 75.4% approval.
Proposition 3 would change existing open primary law to require closed, partisan primaries for purposes of selecting delegates to national presidential nominating conventions, limiting voting for such delegates to voters registered by political party. Proposition 3 failed with 46.1% approval.
Proposition 4 would prohibit trapping fur-bearing or non-game mammals with specified traps, such as poison and steel-jawed leghold traps, and would prohibit commerce in fur of such animals. Proposition 4 passed with 57.5% approval.
Proposition 5 would specify terms and conditions of mandatory compact between state and Indian tribes for gambling on tribal land. Proposition 5 passed with 62.4% approval.
Proposition 6 would make possession, transfer, or receipt of horses for slaughter for human consumption a felony, and would make the sale of horse meat for human consumption a misdemeanor. Proposition 6 passed with 59.4% approval.
Proposition 7 would authorize $218 million in state tax credits annually, until January 2011, to encourage air-emissions reductions through the acquisition, conversion, and retrofitting of vehicles and equipment. Proposition 7 failed with 43.6% approval.
Proposition 8 called for permanent class size reduction funding for districts establishing parent-teacher councils, testing for teacher credentialing, and pupil suspension for drug possession. Proposition 8 failed with 36.8% approval.
Proposition 9 would prohibit assessment of taxes, bonds, and surcharges to pay costs of nuclear power plants. Proposition 9 failed with 26.5% approval.
Proposition 10 would create state and county commissions to establish early childhood development and smoking prevention programs, and impose additional taxes on cigarettes and tobacco products. Proposition 10 passed with 50.5% approval.
Proposition 11 would authorize local governments to voluntarily enter into sales tax revenue sharing agreements by a two-thirds vote of the local city council or board of supervisors of each participating jurisdiction. Proposition 11 passed with 53.4% approval.
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