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Parents > United States > California > Senate Class III
OfficeSenate
TypePrimary Election
Filing Deadline May 03, 1986 - 12:00pm
Polls Open June 03, 1986 - 06:00am
Polls Close June 03, 1986 - 11:00pm
Term Start January 03, 1987 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 1993 - 12:00pm
ContributorPatrick
Last ModifiedRob Ritchie February 04, 2025 08:53am
Data SourcesAmerica Votes 1986 Richard Scammon
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyDemocratic Won11/04/1980
NameAlan Cranston Votes4,705,399 (56.50%)
Term01/03/1981 - 01/03/1987 Margin1,611,973 (+19.36%)
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

05/01/1985 05/05/1986

CANDIDATES
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Name Rep. Ed Zschau Bruce Herschensohn Supervisor Michael D. "Mike" Antonovich Rep. Bobbi Fiedler St. Sen. Edward M. "Ed" Davis St. Rep. Robert W. Naylor Arthur B. Laffer
PartyRepublican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican
Votes737,384 (37.12%) 587,852 (29.59%) 180,010 (9.06%) 143,032 (7.20%) 130,309 (6.56%) 60,820 (3.06%) 47,288 (2.38%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -149,532 (-7.53%) -557,374 (-28.06%) -594,352 (-29.92%) -607,075 (-30.56%) -676,564 (-34.06%) -690,096 (-34.74%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Field Poll 
05/01-05/05		 15.00% (+12.0) 18.00% (+8.0) 8.00% (-3.0) 8.00% (-1.0) 15.00% (+3.0) 8.00% (+4.0) 8.00% (+4.0)
Field Poll 
11/01-11/05		 3.00% (+0.0) 10.00% (-2.0) 11.00% (+0.0) 9.00% (-2.0) 12.00% (-3.0) 4.00% (+0.0) 4.00% (-3.0)
Field Poll 
08/01-08/05		 3.00% (+0.0) 12.00% (+0.0) 11.00% (+1.0) 11.00% (+3.0) 15.00% (+2.0) 4.00% (-2.0) 7.00% (+3.0)
Field Poll 
05/01-05/05		 0.00% (+0.0) 12.00% (+0.0) 10.00% (+0.0) 8.00% (+0.0) 13.00% (+0.0) 6.00% (+0.0) 4.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
R Hikikomori Blitzkrieg!
R Jesse A. Helms
C William F. Buckley, Jr. [L]
R Pat Robertson
R Kyle
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name Joseph W. Knowland Eldridge Cleaver George Montgomery William Allen William H. Pemberton John W. Spring
PartyRepublican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican
Votes35,987 (1.81%) 23,152 (1.17%) 16,374 (0.82%) 12,990 (0.65%) 6,698 (0.34%) 4,478 (0.23%)
Margin-701,397 (-35.31%) -714,232 (-35.96%) -721,010 (-36.30%) -724,394 (-36.47%) -730,686 (-36.78%) -732,906 (-36.90%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Field Poll 
05/01-05/05		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Field Poll 
11/01-11/05		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Field Poll 
08/01-08/05		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Field Poll 
05/01-05/05		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
F Blue Republican

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
May 20, 1986 09:00am News Cook Political Report  Not Available Rob Ritchie 
May 12, 1986 10:55pm Election Guide California's Crazy Primary  Article Karma Policeman 

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