United States Senate election in California, 1986
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The 1986 United States Senate election in California took place on November 3, 1986. Incumbent Democrat U.S. Senator Alan Cranston
won re-election to a fourth term.
Alan Cranston
Alan MacGregor Cranston was an American journalist and Democratic Senator from California.-Education:Cranston earned his high school diploma from the old Mountain View High School, where among other things, he was a track star...
won re-election to a fourth term.
Republican
- Ed ZschauEd ZschauEdwin Van Wyck Zschau represented California's 12th District in the United States House of Representatives from 1983-1987. In 1986 he ran as the Republican candidate for a seat in the United States Senate...
, U.S. Congressman from the 12th districtCalifornia's 12th congressional districtCalifornia's 12th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California that spans from the southwestern portions of San Francisco in the north down to San Mateo in the south, and from Moss Beach in the west to the edge of San Mateo in the east, where it borders...