United_States_Senate_election_in_California,_2000
The 2000 U.S. Senate election in California was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democrat Dianne Feinstein won her second full term.
For related races, see 2000 United States Senate elections.
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Candidates
- Dianne Feinstein, incumbent Senator since 1992
- Michael Schmier, Emeryville attorney and candidate for California Attorney General in 1998
Results
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) | 3,759,560 | 95.50% | |
| Democratic | Michael Schmier | 181,104 | 4.50% | |
| Total votes | 3,940,664 | 100.00% | ||
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Candidates
- John M. Brown
- Tom Campbell, U.S. Representative from Campbell
- Linh Dao
- James Peter Gough
- Bill Horn, San Diego County Supervisor
- Ray Haynes, State Senator from Murrieta
Results
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Tom Campbell | 1,697,208 | 56.17% | |
| Republican | Ray Haynes | 679,034 | 22.47% | |
| Republican | Bill Horn | 453,630 | 15.01% | |
| Republican | John M. Brown | 68,415 | 2.26% | |
| Republican | Linh Dao | 64,559 | 2.14% | |
| Republican | James Peter Gough | 58,853 | 1.95% | |
| Total votes | 3,021,699 | 100.00% | ||
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Green
Reform
Libertarian
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Libertarian | Gail Lightfoot | 120,622 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 120,622 | 100.00% | ||
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American Independent
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| American Independent | Diane Beall Templin | 38,836 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 38,836 | 100.00% | ||
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Natural Law
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Natural Law | Brian M. Rees | 26,382 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 26,382 | 100.00% | ||
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Campaign
Despite touting his service as a moderate Republican representing a strongly Democratic district, Campbell was underfunded and a decided underdog against the popular, heavily financed Feinstein. By February, he spent barely $1 million without any PAC money.[2] Campbell has generally supported gay rights and abortion.[3] He also opposes the War on Drugs and calls himself a "maverick", similar to U.S. Senator John McCain.[4] Campbell was easily defeated, losing by over 19 points.
Debates
- Complete video of debate, October 24, 2000
- Complete video of debate, October 27, 2000
Results
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) | 5,932,522 | 55.84% | |
| Republican | Tom Campbell | 3,886,853 | 36.59% | |
| Green | Medea Susan Benjamin | 326,828 | 3.08% | |
| Libertarian | Gail Lightfoot | 187,718 | 1.77% | |
| American Independent | Diane Beall Templin | 134,598 | 1.27% | |
| Reform | Jose Luis Olivares Camahort | 96,552 | 0.91% | |
| Natural Law | Brian M. Rees | 58,537 | 0.55% | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 519,233 | 4.66% | ||
| Total votes | 11,142,841 | 100.00% | ||
| Turnout | 51.92 | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
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Results breakdown
Final results from the Secretary of State of California.[5]
More information County, Feinstein ...
| County | Feinstein | Campbell | Benjamin | Others | ||||
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| Share | Votes | Share | Votes | Share | Votes | Share | Votes | |
| Alameda | 67.66% | 328,355 | 22.57% | 109,517 | 6.74% | 32,701 | 3.03% | 14,726 |
| Alpine | 43.62% | 253 | 41.72% | 242 | 4.48% | 26 | 10.17% | 59 |
| Amador | 43.85% | 6,671 | 49.32% | 7,502 | 1.70% | 259 | 5.13% | 780 |
| Butte | 41.52% | 34,117 | 47.41% | 38,961 | 5.52% | 4,540 | 5.54% | 4,555 |
| Calaveras | 42.31% | 7,852 | 48.42% | 8,986 | 2.42% | 449 | 6.85% | 1,271 |
| Colusa | 41.16% | 2,250 | 53.70% | 2,936 | 0.91% | 50 | 4.23% | 231 |
| Contra Costa | 61.60% | 232,109 | 33.23% | 125,188 | 2.30% | 8,670 | 2.87% | 10,821 |
| Del Norte | 44.91% | 3,670 | 44.93% | 3,672 | 3.10% | 253 | 7.06% | 577 |
| El Dorado | 40.70% | 28,873 | 51.72% | 36,684 | 2.52% | 1,785 | 5.06% | 3,591 |
| Fresno | 52.87% | 113,228 | 40.39% | 86,502 | 1.50% | 3,210 | 5.25% | 11,235 |
| Glenn | 38.18% | 3,282 | 54.26% | 4,664 | 1.54% | 132 | 6.03% | 518 |
| Humboldt | 46.99% | 25,788 | 36.23% | 19,882 | 11.20% | 6,145 | 5.59% | 3,069 |
| Imperial | 56.17% | 15,937 | 34.07% | 9,666 | 1.62% | 461 | 8.14% | 2,311 |
| Inyo | 35.15% | 2,711 | 57.02% | 4,397 | 2.71% | 209 | 5.12% | 395 |
| Kern | 43.26% | 77,676 | 50.44% | 90,564 | 1.09% | 1,949 | 5.21% | 9,360 |
| Kings | 48.49% | 13,402 | 44.31% | 12,246 | 0.93% | 256 | 6.28% | 1,735 |
| Lake | 54.74% | 11,410 | 37.55% | 7,826 | 3.15% | 656 | 4.56% | 951 |
| Lassen | 35.56% | 3,673 | 54.39% | 5,618 | 1.60% | 165 | 8.46% | 874 |
| Los Angeles | 64.40% | 1,677,668 | 28.55% | 743,872 | 2.78% | 72,312 | 4.28% | 111,402 |
| Madera | 43.55% | 14,123 | 48.75% | 15,810 | 1.70% | 550 | 6.01% | 1,950 |
| Marin | 65.25% | 79,421 | 26.35% | 32,077 | 6.33% | 7,699 | 2.07% | 2,524 |
| Mariposa | 40.49% | 3,195 | 48.63% | 3,837 | 2.72% | 215 | 8.15% | 643 |
| Mendocino | 50.99% | 16,981 | 31.54% | 10,503 | 12.14% | 4,044 | 5.32% | 1,773 |
| Merced | 51.92% | 25,426 | 40.04% | 19,612 | 1.47% | 721 | 6.57% | 3,216 |
| Modoc | 30.81% | 1,221 | 60.91% | 2,414 | 1.56% | 62 | 6.71% | 266 |
| Mono | 42.56% | 1,818 | 47.68% | 2,037 | 4.12% | 176 | 5.64% | 241 |
| Monterey | 57.96% | 67,401 | 35.36% | 41,113 | 2.94% | 3,420 | 3.74% | 4,350 |
| Napa | 56.70% | 28,884 | 36.20% | 18,442 | 3.24% | 1,652 | 3.85% | 1,961 |
| Nevada | 41.41% | 19,354 | 49.41% | 23,095 | 4.78% | 2,235 | 4.40% | 2,057 |
| Orange | 42.72% | 403,123 | 49.95% | 471,410 | 1.85% | 17,452 | 5.48% | 51,743 |
| Placer | 40.95% | 47,169 | 52.25% | 60,182 | 1.97% | 2,264 | 4.83% | 5,569 |
| Plumas | 40.76% | 4,075 | 51.23% | 5,122 | 2.57% | 257 | 5.44% | 544 |
| Riverside | 48.28% | 210,235 | 44.80% | 195,085 | 1.52% | 6,632 | 5.39% | 23,484 |
| Sacramento | 54.27% | 228,992 | 38.71% | 163,343 | 2.61% | 11,001 | 4.41% | 18,623 |
| San Benito | 55.04% | 9,170 | 39.29% | 6,545 | 1.83% | 305 | 3.84% | 640 |
| San Bernardino | 49.13% | 200,558 | 43.40% | 177,158 | 1.81% | 7,376 | 5.67% | 23,145 |
| San Diego | 51.34% | 466,461 | 40.76% | 370,287 | 2.24% | 20,340 | 5.66% | 51,443 |
| San Francisco | 72.26% | 222,787 | 15.27% | 47,072 | 10.50% | 32,377 | 1.97% | 6,082 |
| San Joaquin | 52.65% | 86,731 | 41.23% | 67,907 | 1.29% | 2,130 | 4.83% | 7,954 |
| San Luis Obispo | 45.14% | 47,976 | 46.15% | 49,055 | 3.59% | 3,814 | 5.13% | 5,448 |
| San Mateo | 64.80% | 165,216 | 29.92% | 76,273 | 2.85% | 7,278 | 2.43% | 6,191 |
| Santa Barbara | 49.93% | 75,357 | 40.03% | 60,417 | 5.78% | 8,718 | 4.26% | 6,422 |
| Santa Clara | 59.62% | 320,400 | 34.97% | 187,953 | 2.29% | 12,329 | 3.12% | 16,747 |
| Santa Cruz | 56.78% | 60,853 | 30.36% | 32,537 | 9.63% | 10,321 | 3.22% | 3,453 |
| Shasta | 36.84% | 24,027 | 55.01% | 35,884 | 1.56% | 1,016 | 6.59% | 4,299 |
| Sierra | 36.63% | 666 | 53.91% | 980 | 2.59% | 47 | 6.88% | 125 |
| Siskiyou | 38.40% | 7,476 | 51.61% | 10,048 | 2.14% | 417 | 7.85% | 1,529 |
| Solano | 60.03% | 74,414 | 33.43% | 41,449 | 1.87% | 2,316 | 4.67% | 5,791 |
| Sonoma | 60.96% | 118,455 | 29.46% | 57,244 | 6.05% | 11,765 | 3.52% | 6,839 |
| Stanislaus | 48.24% | 60,610 | 44.51% | 55,919 | 1.54% | 1,937 | 5.71% | 7,171 |
| Sutter | 39.51% | 10,326 | 55.08% | 14,394 | 1.10% | 288 | 4.30% | 1,125 |
| Tehama | 38.27% | 7,870 | 52.81% | 10,859 | 1.42% | 291 | 7.50% | 1,543 |
| Trinity | 40.35% | 2,307 | 48.47% | 2,771 | 4.62% | 264 | 6.56% | 375 |
| Tulare | 45.52% | 40,117 | 47.19% | 41,587 | 1.02% | 901 | 6.26% | 5,519 |
| Tuolumne | 42.97% | 10,028 | 48.78% | 11,385 | 2.40% | 560 | 5.85% | 1,366 |
| Ventura | 50.22% | 138,836 | 42.85% | 118,463 | 2.20% | 6,073 | 4.73% | 13,067 |
| Yolo | 58.18% | 35,193 | 32.28% | 19,528 | 5.06% | 3,060 | 4.48% | 2,709 |
| Yuba | 40.18% | 6,345 | 51.49% | 8,131 | 1.88% | 297 | 6.44% | 1,017 |
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Trend by county
Legend
- Republican — >15%
- Republican — +12.5−15%
- Republican — +10−12.5%
- Republican — +7.5−10%
- Republican — +5−7.5%
- Republican — +2.5−5%
- Republican — +0−2.5%
- Democratic — +0−2.5%
- Democratic — +2.5−5%
- Democratic — +5−7.5%
- Democratic — +7.5-10%
- Democratic — +10−12.5%
- Democratic — +12.5−15%
- Democratic — >15%
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
- Fresno (largest town: Fresno)
- Imperial (largest municipality: El Centro)
- Kings (largest municipality: Avenal)
- Lake (largest municipality: Clearlake)
- Merced (largest community: Merced)
- Riverside (largest city: Riverside)
- San Bernardino (largest town: San Bernardino)
- San Diego (largest community: San Diego)
- San Joaquin (largest city: Stockton)
- Stanislaus (largest community: Modesto)
- Ventura (largest city: Ventura)
Green Party candidate Medea Susan Benjamin finished second (ahead of Republican Tom Campbell) in six Northern California municipalities, most of which are in the San Francisco Bay Area: Oakland (10.18%), Emeryville (13.35%), Albany (14.37%), Fairfax (15.99%), Berkeley (22.23%), and Arcata (26.77%). She tied with Jones for second place in Point Arena with 21.71% of the vote.[6]
- "Archived copy" (PDF). www.sos.ca.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 14, 2008. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - Krikorian, Greg; Pyle, Amy (February 17, 2000). "CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS / U.S. SENATE; Republican Seeks to Enliven Race With Multimedia Ads; Rep. Campbell, seeking the GOP nomination for a chance to challenge Feinstein, will use TV commercials to direct viewers to more economical Internet campaign". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
- "SENATE CANDIDATE PROMOTES MORE TOLERANT REPUBLICAN IMAGE TOM CAMPBELL WILL SPEAK PRO-CHOICE AT CONVENTION. ..." The Fresno Bee. July 27, 2000.
- "CAMPBELL SPEAKS TO NATIONAL AUDIENCE". The Sacramento Bee. July 31, 2000.
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 14, 2008. Retrieved August 11, 2008.
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