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Date Type Results
Nov 05, 2024 General Election
 Adam Schiff
8,607,208
59.10% 		 Steve Garvey
5,956,381
40.90%
Nov 05, 2024 Special Election
 Adam Schiff
5,322,817
57.40% 		 Steve Garvey
3,950,520
42.60%
Oct 01, 2023 Appointment
 Laphonza Butler
1
100.00%
Nov 06, 2018 General Election
 Dianne Feinstein(I)
6,019,422
54.16% 		 Kevin de León
5,093,942
45.84%
Nov 06, 2012 General Election
 Dianne Feinstein(I)
7,864,624
62.52% 		 Elizabeth Emken
4,713,887
37.48%
Nov 07, 2006 General Election
 Dianne Feinstein(I)
5,076,289
59.43% 		 Richard L. "Dick" Mountjoy
2,990,822
35.02% 		 Todd Chretien
147,074
1.72% 		 Michael S. Metti
133,851
1.57% 		 Marsha Feinland
117,764
1.38% 		 Don J. Grundmann
75,350
0.88% 		 Kent P. Mesplay (W)
160
0.00%
  Jeffrey Mackler (W)
108
0.00% 		 Lea Sherman (W)
47
0.00% 		 Connor Vlakancic (W)
11
0.00%
Nov 07, 2000 General Election
 Dianne Feinstein(I)
5,932,522
55.84% 		 Tom Campbell
3,886,853
36.59% 		 Medea Benjamin
326,828
3.08% 		 Gail K. Lightfoot
187,718
1.77% 		 Diane Beall Templin
134,598
1.27% 		 Jose Luis "Joe" Camahort
96,552
0.91% 		 Brian M. Rees
58,537
0.55%
  John Emery Jones (W)
6
0.00%
Nov 08, 1994 General Election
 Dianne Feinstein(I)
3,979,152
46.74% 		 Michael Huffington
3,817,025
44.83% 		 Elizabeth Cervantes Barron
255,301
3.00% 		 Richard B. Boddie
179,100
2.10% 		 Paul Meeuwenberg
142,771
1.68% 		 Barbara Blong
140,567
1.65% 		 Robert Hamming (W)
102
0.00%
  Kathryn J. Crowder (W)
47
0.00% 		 Linh Dao (W)
11
0.00% 		 Jerry L. Carroll (W)
11
0.00% 		 Tim Kalemkarian (W)
2
0.00%
Nov 03, 1992 Special Election
 Dianne Feinstein
5,853,651
54.29% 		 John Seymour(I)
4,093,501
37.96% 		 Gerald Horne
305,697
2.84% 		 Paul Meeuwenberg
281,973
2.62% 		 Richard B. Boddie
247,799
2.30% 		 Joseph R. Swanson (W)
85
0.00% 		 Jerry L. Carroll (W)
37
0.00%
Jan 07, 1991 Appointment
 John Seymour
1
100.00%
Nov 08, 1988 General Election
 Pete Wilson(I)
5,143,400
52.79% 		 Leo T. McCarthy
4,287,241
44.00% 		 Maria Elizabeth Muñoz
166,600
1.71% 		 Jack Dean
79,997
0.82% 		 Merton D. Short
66,291
0.68% 		 Joel Britton (W)
51
0.00%
Nov 02, 1982 General Election
 Pete Wilson
4,022,565
51.53% 		 Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Jr.
3,494,968
44.78% 		 Joseph Fuhrig
107,720
1.38% 		 David Wald
96,388
1.23% 		 Theresa F. Dietrich
83,809
1.07% 		 Thomas E. Kendall (W)
36
0.00% 		 Ben Leonik (W)
34
0.00%
  John Hancock Abbott (W)
7
0.00% 		 Rafael D. Cortes (W)
5
0.00% 		 Jim Green (W)
4
0.00% 		 Roger A. Sack (W)
2
0.00%
Nov 02, 1976 General Election
 Samuel I. "S.I." Hayakawa
3,748,973
50.17% 		 John V. Tunney(I)
3,502,862
46.88% 		 David Wald
104,383
1.40% 		 Jack McCoy
82,739
1.11% 		 Omari Musa
31,629
0.42% 		 Lynn Kinsky (W)
907
0.01% 		 Lois T. Bodle (W)
457
0.01%
  Robert Bills (W)
160
0.00% 		 Nancy Jewel Cross (W)
158
0.00%
Jan 02, 1971 Appointment
 John V. Tunney
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1970 General Election
 John V. Tunney
3,496,558
53.86% 		 George L. Murphy(I)
2,877,617
44.32% 		 Charles C Ripley
61,251
0.94% 		 Robert Scheer
56,731
0.87%
Jan 01, 1965 Appointment
 George L. Murphy
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1964 General Election
 George L. Murphy
3,628,552
51.54% 		 Pierre Salinger(I)
3,411,915
48.46%
Aug 03, 1964 Appointment
 Pierre Salinger
1
100.00%
Nov 04, 1958 General Election
 Clair Engle
2,927,693
57.01% 		 Goodwin J. Knight
2,204,337
42.93% 		  Scattering (W)
2,018
0.04% 		 Jesse M Ritchie (W)
892
0.02% 		 Ray B Pollard (W)
281
0.01%
Nov 04, 1952 General Election
 William F. Knowland(I)
3,982,448
87.67% 		 Reuben W. Borough
542,270
11.94% 		 Helen Gahagan Douglas (W)
11,812
0.26% 		  Write-In (W)
5,910
0.13%
Nov 05, 1946 General Election
 William F. Knowland(I)
1,428,067
54.10% 		 Will Rogers, Jr.
1,167,161
44.22% 		 Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan
42,683
1.62% 		  Write-In (W)
1,398
0.05% 		 Herbert Steiner (W)
156
0.01%
Nov 05, 1946 Special Election
 William F. Knowland(I) (W)
425,273
74.31% 		 Will Rogers, Jr. (W)
90,723
15.85% 		  Others (W)
23,619
4.13% 		 George H. McLain (W)
17,883
3.12% 		 Ellis E. Patterson (W)
3,889
0.68% 		 Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan (W)
2,464
0.43% 		 Vic Paulsen (W)
1,616
0.28%
  Moody Staten (W)
1,494
0.26% 		 Hartley F Peart (W)
1,383
0.24% 		 George C Highley (W)
1,268
0.22% 		 James Moran (W)
918
0.16% 		 Ben Rinaldo (W)
765
0.13% 		 Aubrey D. Lewis (W)
519
0.09%
  Frank F. Merriam (W)
507
0.09%
Aug 13, 1945 Appointment
 William F. Knowland
1
100.00%
Nov 05, 1940 General Election
 Hiram W. Johnson(I)
2,238,899
82.62% 		 Fred Dyster
366,044
13.51% 		 Anita Whitney
97,478
3.60% 		 John Anson Ford (W)
7,415
0.27%
Nov 06, 1934 General Election
 Hiram W. Johnson(I)
1,946,572
94.66% 		 George Ross Kirkpatrick
108,748
5.29% 		 Pat Chambers (W)
1,025
0.05%
Nov 06, 1928 General Election
 Hiram W. Johnson(I)
1,148,397
74.10% 		 Minor Moore
282,411
18.22% 		 Charles H. Randall
92,106
5.94% 		 Lena Morrow Lewis
26,624
1.72% 		 Anita Whitney (W)
154
0.01%
Nov 07, 1922 General Election
 Hiram W. Johnson(I)
564,422
62.17% 		 William J. Pearson
215,748
23.76% 		 Henry Clay Needham
70,748
7.79% 		 Upton Sinclair
56,982
6.28%
Nov 07, 1916 General Election
 Hiram W. Johnson
574,667
61.09% 		 George S. Patton, Sr.
277,852
29.54% 		 Walter Thomas Mills
49,341
5.25% 		 Marshall W. Atwood
38,797
4.12%
Nov 08, 1910 General Election
 John Downey Works
92
76.67% 		  Others
28
23.33%
Jan 11, 1905 General Election
 Frank P. Flint
111
93.28% 		 Theodore Arlington Bell
8
6.72%
Feb 06, 1900 General Election
 Thomas Robert Bard
1
100.00%
Jan 18, 1893 General Election
 Stephen M. White
61
50.83% 		  Others
20
16.67% 		 George Clement Perkins
12
10.00% 		 Charles Norton Felton(I)
11
9.17% 		 Thomas Robert Bard
9
7.50% 		 Thomas V. Cator
7
5.83%
Mar 17, 1891 Special Election
 Charles Norton Felton
1
100.00%
Nov 02, 1886 General Election
 George Hearst
1
100.00%
Aug 03, 1886 Special Election
 Abram Pease Williams
1
100.00%
Mar 22, 1886 Appointment
 George Hearst
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1880 General Election
 John Franklin Miller
1
100.00%
Nov 04, 1874 General Election
 Newton Booth
1
100.00%
Nov 23, 1873 Special Election
 John Sharpenstein Hager
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1868 General Election
 Eugene Casserly
1
100.00%
Nov 04, 1862 General Election
 John Conness
1
100.00%
Jan 11, 1860 Special Election
 Milton Slocum Latham
1
100.00%
Nov 02, 1859 Appointment
 Henry Peter Haun
1
100.00%
Jan 09, 1857 General Election
 David Colbreth Broderick
79
71.82% 		 James Wood Coffroth
17
15.45% 		 Edward Stanly
14
12.73%
Feb 00, 1852 General Election
 John B. Weller
1
100.00% 		 David Colbreth Broderick
0
0.00% 		 Whig Primary Winner
0
0.00%
Dec 18, 1849 General Election
 John C. Frémont
29
31.52% 		 William McKendree Gwin
22
23.91% 		 Henry W. Halleck
12
13.04% 		 Thomas J. Henley
10
10.87% 		 Thomas B. King
10
10.87% 		 John White Geary
6
6.52% 		 Robert Semple
3
3.26%

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