1998 California elections

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1998 California elections
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  1996 November 3, 1998 2000  
Registered14,969,185 [1]
Turnout57.59% (Decrease2.svg 7.94 pp) [1]

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. [2]

Contents

Constitutional Offices

Governor

Final results from Secretary of State. [3]

1998 California gubernatorial election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Gray Davis 4,860,702 58.0
Republican Dan Lungren 3,218,03038.4
Green Dan Hamburg 104,1791.2
Libertarian Steve Kubby 73,8450.9
Peace and Freedom Gloria Estela LaRiva 59,2180.7
American Independent Nathan E. Johnson37,9640.5
Natural Law Harold H. Bloomfield31,2370.4
No party Write-ins 210.0
Invalid or blank votes235,9252.74
Total votes8,621,121 100.0
Turnout  41.4
Democratic gain from Republican

Lieutenant Governor

Final results from the Secretary of State of California [4]

1998 Lieutenant Governor of California election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Cruz Bustamante 4,290,473 52.7
Republican Tim Leslie3,161,03138.8
Green Sara Amir247,8973.0
Libertarian Thomas Tryon167,5232.1
Peace and Freedom Jaime Luis Gomez109,8881.4
American Independent George McCoy 92,3491.1
Reform James Mangia74,1800.9
Invalid or blank votes477,7805.54
Total votes8,621,121 100.0
Turnout  41.4
Democratic hold

Secretary of State

Final results from the Secretary of State of California. [5]

1998 California Secretary of State election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bill Jones 3,785,069 47.00
Democratic Michela Alioto 3,695,34445.89
Libertarian Gail Lightfoot216,8532.69
Natural Law Jane Ann Bialosky103,6311.29
American Independent Carolyn Rae Short100,2651.25
Peace and Freedom Israel Feuer78,8370.98
Reform Valli Sharpe-Geisler72,9490.91
Invalid or blank votes568,1736.59
Total votes8,621,121 100.00
Turnout  41.4
Republican hold

Controller

Final results from the Secretary of State of California. [6]

1998 California State Controller election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kathleen Connell (incumbent) 4,875,969 60.91
Republican Ruben Barrales2,653,15333.14
Libertarian Pamela Pescosolido147,3971.84
American Independent Alfred "Al" L. Burgess108,8471.36
Reform Denise L. Jackson100,6831.26
Peace and Freedom C. T. Weber68,7380.86
Natural Law Iris Adam50,9900.64
Invalid or blank votes615,3447.14
Total votes8,621,121 100.00
Turnout  41.4
Democratic hold

Treasurer

Final results from the Secretary of State of California. [7]

1998 California State Treasurer election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Phil Angelides 4,166,206 52.60
Republican Curt Pringle 3,159,89839.90
Libertarian John Petersen183,4362.32
Natural Law Carlos Aguirre172,8442.18
Peace and Freedom Jan B. Tucker146,2261.85
American Independent Edmon V. Kaiser91,8011.16
Invalid or blank votes700,7108.13
Total votes8,621,121 100.00
Turnout  41.4
Democratic gain from Republican

Attorney General

Final results from the Secretary of State of California. [8]

1998 California Attorney General election
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 votes623,3877.23
Total votes8,621,121 100.0
Turnout  41.4
Democratic gain from Republican

Insurance Commissioner

Final results from the Secretary of State of California. [9]

1998 California Insurance Commissioner election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Chuck Quackenbush (incumbent) 4,006,762 49.86
Democratic Diane Martinez 3,519,45343.80
Libertarian Dale F. Ogden169,9222.11
Natural Law Barbara Bourdette130,8341.63
Peace and Freedom Gary R. Ramos116,0911.44
American Independent Merton D. Short92,9751.16
Invalid or blank votes585,0846.79
Total votes8,621,121 100.0
Turnout  41.4
Republican hold

Board of Equalization

Final results from the California Secretary of State:

Overview

California Board of Equalization elections, 1998
PartyVotesPercentageSeats+/–
Democratic 3,974,34355.79%20
Republican 2,507,25235.19%20
Libertarian 509,2887.15%00
Peace and Freedom 75,0121.05%00
Green 58,4800.82%00
Invalid or blank votes1,596,25518.30%
Totals8,720,630100.00%4

District 1

1998 State Board of Equalization District 1 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Johan Klehs (incumbent) 1,440,370 78.42
Libertarian Kennita Watson396,34621.58
Invalid or blank votes665,70726.60
Total votes2,597,630 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 2

1998 State Board of Equalization District 2 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dean Andal (incumbent) 1,041,933 55.20
Democratic Tom Y. Santos845,53344.80
Invalid or blank votes377,91116.68
Total votes2,265,377 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 3

1998 State Board of Equalization District 3 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Claude Parrish 1,028,148 53.10
Democratic Mary Christian-Heising806,71641.66
Libertarian J. R. Graham71,4283.69
Peace and Freedom Maxine Bell Quirk29,9081.54
Invalid or blank votes357,79515.60
Total votes2,293,995 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 4

1998 State Board of Equalization District 4 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John Chiang 881,724 60.23
Republican Joe H. Adams, Jr.437,17129.86
Green Glenn Trujillo Bailey58,4803.99
Peace and Freedom Shirley Rachel Isaacson45,1043.08
Libertarian William R. Jennings41,5142.84
Invalid or blank votes194,84211.75
Total votes1,658,835 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

Judicial system

Supreme Court of California

Final results from the California Secretary of State:

Chief Justice Ronald George
Vote on retentionVotes%
Yes4,656,52075.49%
No1,511,95324.51%
Invalid2,452,64828.45%
Total votes8,621,121100.0%
Majority3,144,56749.98%
Turnout
Associate Justice Janice Rogers Brown, Seat 1
Vote on retentionVotes%
Yes4,376,55375.91%
No1,389,05324.09%
Invalid2,855,51533.12%
Total votes8,621,121100.0%
Majority987,50051.82%
Turnout
Associate Justice Ming Chin, Seat 2
Vote on retentionVotes%
Yes4,203,76769.26%
No1,865,42030.74%
Invalid2,551,93429.60%
Total votes8,621,121100.0%
Majority2,338,34738.42%
Turnout
Associate Justice Stanley Mosk, Seat 3
Vote on retentionVotes%
Yes4,158,45770.51%
No1,739,47129.49%
Invalid2,723,19331.59%
Total votes8,621,121100.0%
Majority2,418,98645.2%
Turnout

California Courts of Appeal

See 1998 California Courts of Appeal elections.

California State Legislature elections

State Senate

There are 40 seats in the State Senate. For this election, candidates running in even-numbered districts ran for four-year terms. [10]

California State Senate - 1998Seats
  Democratic-Held23
  Republican-Held16
 Independent Held1
1998 Elections
 Democratic Held and Uncontested8
 Contested20
 Republican Held and Uncontested11
 Independent Held and Uncontested1
 Total
40

State Assembly

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. [11]

California State Assembly - 1998Seats
 Democratic-Held43
 Republican-Held37
1998 Elections
 Democratic Incumbent and Uncontested32
 Republican Incumbent and Uncontested23
 Contested, Open Seats25
 Total
80

Statewide ballot propositions

Twelve ballot propositions qualified to be listed on the general election ballot in California. Eight measures passed while four failed. [12] [13]

Proposition 1A

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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