United States Senate election in California, 1994
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The 1994 United States Senate election in California was held on November 8, 1994. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein is the senior U.S. Senator from California. A member of the Democratic Party, she has served in the Senate since 1992. She also served as 38th Mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988....

 won re-election to her first full term.

Primary results

From the Secretary of State of California

Democratic

Republican

Peace & Freedom

Others

Major

  • Dianne Feinstein
    Dianne Feinstein
    Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein is the senior U.S. Senator from California. A member of the Democratic Party, she has served in the Senate since 1992. She also served as 38th Mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988....

     (D), incumbent U.S. Senator
  • Michael Huffington
    Michael Huffington
    Michael Huffington is an American politician, bisexual activist, and film producer. He was a member of the Republican Party, and a member of the United States House of Representatives for one term, 1993–1995, from California...

     (R), U.S. Congressman

Minor

  • Elizabeth Cervantes Barron
    Elizabeth Cervantes Barron
    Elizabeth Cervantes Barron is a frequent candidate for political offices on the Peace and Freedom Party ticket.A native of Los Angeles, California, she ran for U.S. Representative from California in 1974...

     (PF)
  • Barbara Blong (G)
  • Richard Benjamin Boddie (L)
  • Paul Meeuwenberg (AI)

Campaign

After one term in the House representing Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara County, California
Santa Barbara County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California, on the Pacific coast. As of 2010 the county had a population of 423,895. The county seat is Santa Barbara and the largest city is Santa Maria.-History:...

 and San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo County, California
San Luis Obispo County is a county located along the Pacific Ocean in the Central Coast of the U.S. state of California, between Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2010 census its population was 269,637, up from 246,681 at the 2000 census...

 counties, Huffington spent $8 million by the end of August and a total of $28 million during the entire campaign. He became wealthy off oil and gas. The race saw personal attacks on Huffington's wife, Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington is a Greek American author and syndicated columnist. She is best known as co-founder of the news website The Huffington Post. A popular conservative commentator in the mid-1990s, she adopted more liberal political beliefs in the late 1990s...

, who was very involved in the race (the media dubbed her the "Sir Edmund Hillary of social climbing," according to the Almanac of American Politics
Almanac of American Politics
The Almanac of American Politics is a reference work published biennially by the National Journal Group. It aims to provide a detailed look at the politics of the United States through an approach of profiling individual leaders and areas of the country....

).

Huffington was called a hypocrite for supporting Proposition 187 and then breaking the law for employing illegal aliens, a story which came out in the race's final days. A grand total of $44 million was spent in the election. At the time, it was the most expensive campaign in a non-presidential election in American history. Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post named the election one of the nastiest senate elections in modern history.

Overall

By county

Final results from the Secretary of State.
County Feinstein
Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein is the senior U.S. Senator from California. A member of the Democratic Party, she has served in the Senate since 1992. She also served as 38th Mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988....

Votes Huffington
Michael Huffington
Michael Huffington is an American politician, bisexual activist, and film producer. He was a member of the Republican Party, and a member of the United States House of Representatives for one term, 1993–1995, from California...

Votes Barron
Elizabeth Cervantes Barron
Elizabeth Cervantes Barron is a frequent candidate for political offices on the Peace and Freedom Party ticket.A native of Los Angeles, California, she ran for U.S. Representative from California in 1974...

Votes Boddie Votes Others Votes
San Francisco 79.16% 185,543 15.39% 36,083 1.90% 4,452 1.05% 2,472 2.50% 5,854
Marin
Marin County, California
Marin County is a county located in the North San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. As of 2010, the population was 252,409. The county seat is San Rafael and the largest employer is the county government. Marin County is well...

70.86% 74,664 24.42% 25,733 1.31% 1,380 1.39% 1,462 2.02% 2,125
Alameda
Alameda County, California
Alameda County is a county in the U.S. state of California. It occupies most of the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 1,510,271, making it the 7th most populous county in the state...

68.34% 271,456 25.21% 100,120 2.35% 9,323 1.45% 5,778 2.65% 10,539
San Mateo
San Mateo County, California
San Mateo County is a county located in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. It covers most of the San Francisco Peninsula just south of San Francisco, and north of Santa Clara County. San Francisco International Airport is located at the northern end of the county, and...

64.24% 136,686 29.94% 63,702 2.05% 4,362 1.50% 3,187 2.28% 4,850
Contra Costa
Contra Costa County, California
Contra Costa County is a primarily suburban county in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 1,049,025...

57.94% 170,256 36.02% 105,854 2.06% 6,056 1.51% 4,437 2.47% 7,268
Sonoma
Sonoma County, California
Sonoma County, located on the northern coast of the U.S. state of California, is the largest and northernmost of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties. Its population at the 2010 census was 483,878. Its largest city and county seat is Santa Rosa....

57.53% 91,164 34.04% 53,938 2.94% 4,653 2.01% 3,178 3.48% 5,519
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz County, California
Santa Cruz County is a county located on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California, on the California Central Coast. The county forms the northern coast of the Monterey Bay. . As of the 2010 U.S. Census, its population was 262,382. The county seat is Santa Cruz...

57.07% 52,056 32.31% 29,466 3.96% 3,613 2.49% 2,267 4.17% 3,807
Santa Clara
Santa Clara County, California
Santa Clara County is a county located at the southern end of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. As of 2010 it had a population of 1,781,642. The county seat is San Jose. The highly urbanized Santa Clara Valley within Santa Clara County is also known as Silicon Valley...

55.79% 245,232 35.93% 157,922 2.96% 13,029 2.14% 9,403 3.18% 13,983
Yolo
Yolo County, California
Yolo County is a county located in the northern part of the U.S. state of California, bordered by the other counties of Sacramento, Solano, Napa, Lake, Colusa, and Sutter. The city of Woodland is its county seat, though Davis is its largest city....

54.87% 26,793 36.56% 17,851 3.18% 1,553 1.86% 906 3.54% 1,729
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of 2010 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 9,818,605, making it the most populous county in the United States. Los Angeles County alone is more populous than 42 individual U.S. states...

51.53% 1,046,026 40.38% 819,594 3.35% 67,993 1.97% 39,952 2.78% 56,332
Solano
Solano County, California
Solano County is a county located in Bay-Delta region of the U.S. state of California, about halfway between San Francisco and Sacramento and is one of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties. The county's population was reported by the U.S. Census to be 413,344 in 2010...

51.01% 49,920 41.03% 40,158 2.90% 2,834 1.68% 1,645 3.38% 3,312
Napa
Napa County, California
Napa County is a county located north of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is coterminous with the Napa, California, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010 the population is 136,484. The county seat is Napa....

50.73% 21,340 41.33% 17,388 2.33% 982 1.82% 766 3.78% 1,592
Mendocino
Mendocino County, California
Mendocino County is a county located on the north coast of the U.S. state of California, north of the greater San Francisco Bay Area and west of the Central Valley. As of the 2010 census, the population was 87,841, up from 86,265 at the 2000 census...

50.27% 15,008 39.90% 11,912 3.20% 955 2.72% 812 3.92% 1,169
Sacramento
Sacramento County, California
Sacramento County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Sacramento, which is also the state capital. As of 2010 the county had a population of 1,418,788....

47.85% 168,073 43.88% 154,128 2.85% 9,994 1.84% 6,446 3.58% 12,584
Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara County, California
Santa Barbara County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California, on the Pacific coast. As of 2010 the county had a population of 423,895. The county seat is Santa Barbara and the largest city is Santa Maria.-History:...

47.16% 60,811 43.29% 55,825 2.84% 3,664 2.29% 2,956 4.41% 5,686
Alpine
Alpine County, California
Alpine County is the smallest county, by population, in the U.S. state of California. As of 2010, it had a population of 1,175, all rural. There are no incorporated cities in the county. The county seat is Markleeville...

46.72% 313 42.09% 282 4.93% 33 2.24% 15 4.03% 27
Monterey
Monterey County, California
Monterey County is a county located on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California, its northwestern section forming the southern half of Monterey Bay. The northern half of the bay is in Santa Cruz County. As of 2010, the population was 415,057. The county seat and largest city is Salinas...

46.52% 42,246 43.94% 39,905 4.20% 3,814 1.55% 1,411 3.79% 3,439
Humboldt
Humboldt County, California
Humboldt County is a county in the U.S. state of California, located on the far North Coast 200 miles north of San Francisco. According to 2010 Census Data, the county’s population was 134,623...

46.04% 21,817 43.77% 20,742 2.54% 1,202 2.31% 1,093 5.35% 2,534
Lake
Lake County, California
Lake County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of California, north of the San Francisco Bay Area. It takes its name from Clear Lake, the dominant geographic feature in the county and the largest natural lake wholly within California...

44.76% 8,675 46.66% 9,043 2.32% 449 2.33% 451 3.94% 763
San Benito
San Benito County, California
San Benito County is a county located in the Coast Range Mountains of the U.S. state of California, south of San Jose. As of 2010 the population was 55,269. The county seat is Hollister, which includes nearly two-thirds of the county's population. El Camino Real passes through the county and...

40.89% 4,735 47.28% 5,476 5.32% 616 2.13% 247 4.38% 507
San Joaquin
San Joaquin County, California
San Joaquin County is a county located in Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, just east of the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 685,306. The county seat is Stockton.-History:...

39.89% 50,218 52.00% 65,466 2.88% 3,622 1.55% 1,954 3.69% 4,646
Fresno
Fresno County, California
Fresno County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, south of Stockton and north of Bakersfield. As of the 2010 census, it is the tenth most populous county in California with a population of 930,450, and the sixth largest in size with an area of . The county...

39.70% 69,892 52.73% 92,818 3.33% 5,866 1.38% 2,426 2.86% 5,033
Tuolumne
Tuolumne County, California
Tuolumne County is a county in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California. The northern half of Yosemite National Park is located in the eastern part of the county. As of the 2010 census, the population was 55,365, up from 54,501 at the 2000 census...

39.54% 7,693 52.26% 10,169 2.46% 479 2.11% 410 3.63% 706
Merced
Merced County, California
Merced County , is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, north of Fresno and southeast of San Jose. As of the 2010 census, the population was 255,793, up from 210,554 at the 2000 census. The county seat is Merced...

39.02% 15,092 52.67% 20,372 3.44% 1,329 1.59% 616 3.29% 1,272
Stanislaus
Stanislaus County, California
Stanislaus County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. As the price of housing has increased in the San Francisco Bay Area, many people who work in the southern reaches of the Bay Area have opted for the longer commute and moved to Stanislaus County for the...

38.93% 38,414 51.91% 51,224 3.21% 3,169 1.68% 1,658 4.27% 4,217
Ventura
Ventura County, California
Ventura County is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of California. It is located on California's Pacific coast. It is often referred to as the Gold Coast, and has a reputation of being one of the safest populated places and one of the most affluent places in the country...

38.57% 82,472 50.98% 108,993 3.59% 7,671 2.70% 5,773 4.16% 8,891
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo County, California
San Luis Obispo County is a county located along the Pacific Ocean in the Central Coast of the U.S. state of California, between Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2010 census its population was 269,637, up from 246,681 at the 2000 census...

38.36% 32,777 51.83% 44,285 2.74% 2,345 2.49% 2,127 4.57% 3,905
Imperial
Imperial County, California
Imperial County is a county located in the Imperial Valley, in the far southeast of the U.S. state of California, bordering both Arizona and Mexico. It is part of the El Centro Metropolitan Area, which encompasses all of Imperial County. The population as of 2000 was 142,361. The county seat is the...

38.33% 9,086 49.46% 11,724 7.32% 1,735 1.38% 328 3.51% 832
Amador
Amador County, California
Amador County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 38,091. The county seat is Jackson.Amador County bills itself as "The Heart of the Mother Lode" and lies within the Gold Country...

38.25% 4,950 53.32% 6,900 1.94% 251 2.23% 288 4.26% 551
San Diego
San Diego County, California
San Diego County is a large county located in the southwestern corner of the US state of California. Hence, San Diego County is also located in the southwestern corner of the 48 contiguous United States. Its county seat and largest city is San Diego. Its population was about 2,813,835 in the 2000...

37.82% 279,249 53.17% 392,529 3.08% 22,745 2.48% 18,314 3.45% 25,441
Nevada
Nevada County, California
Nevada County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of California, in the Mother Lode country. As of 2010 its population was 98,764. The county seat is Nevada City.-History:Nevada County was created in 1851 from parts of Yuba County....

37.37% 13,987 53.64% 20,076 2.06% 771 2.73% 1,023 4.19% 1,570
Placer
Placer County, California
Placer County is a county located in both the Sacramento Valley and Sierra Nevada regions of the U.S. state of California, in what is known as the Gold Country. It stretches from the suburbs of Sacramento to Lake Tahoe and the Nevada border. Because of the expansion of the Greater Sacramento,...

36.93% 27,934 54.28% 41,058 2.33% 1,759 2.20% 1,666 4.27% 3,231
El Dorado
El Dorado County, California
El Dorado County is a county located in the historic Gold Country in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and foothills of the U.S. state of California. The 2010 population was 181,058. The El Dorado county seat is in Placerville....

36.77% 19,888 54.37% 29,402 2.05% 1,109 2.46% 1,331 4.35% 2,352
Plumas
Plumas County, California
Plumas County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California. The county gets its name from the Spanish words for the Feather River , which flows through the county. As of the 2010 census, the population 20,007, down from 20,824 at the 2000 census...

36.53% 3,082 54.03% 4,559 2.71% 229 2.61% 220 4.12% 348
Mono
Mono County, California
Mono County is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of California, to the east of the Sierra Nevada between Yosemite National Park and Nevada. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,202, up from 12,853 at the 2000 census...

35.98% 1,263 53.25% 1,869 2.42% 85 2.48% 87 5.87% 206
Mariposa
Mariposa County, California
Mariposa County is a county in the U.S. state of California, located in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. It lies north of Fresno, east of Merced, and southeast of Stockton. As of the 2010 census, the population was 18,251 up from 17,130 at the 2000 census...

35.53% 2,520 55.20% 3,915 2.23% 158 2.26% 160 4.78% 339
Calaveras
Calaveras County, California
Calaveras County is a county located in the Gold Country of the U.S. state of California. Calaveras is the Spanish word for skulls; the county was reportedly named for the remains of Native Americans discovered by the Spanish explorer Captain Gabriel Moraga. As of the 2010 census, the county had a...

35.17% 5,467 54.30% 8,441 2.32% 360 2.90% 450 5.31% 826
Siskiyou
Siskiyou County, California
Siskiyou County is a county located in the far northernmost part of the U.S. state of California, in the Shasta Cascade region on the Oregon border. Yreka is the county seat. Because of its substantial natural beauty, outdoor recreation opportunities, and Gold Rush era history, it is an important...

34.58% 6,256 55.50% 10,040 2.92% 529 2.59% 468 4.41% 798
Del Norte
Del Norte County, California
Del Norte County is a county located at the far northwest corner of the U.S. state of California on the Pacific adjacent to the Oregon border. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 28,610. The county seat is Crescent City, the county's only incorporated city. Del Norte is the abbreviated...

34.51% 2,553 56.16% 4,154 2.16% 160 2.22% 164 4.95% 366
Butte
Butte County, California
Butte County is a county located in the Central Valley of the US state of California, north of the state capital of Sacramento. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 220,000. The county seat is Oroville. Butte County is the "Land of Natural Wealth and Beauty."Butte County is watered by the...

34.45% 23,317 57.03% 38,600 2.64% 1,789 2.20% 1,492 3.68% 2,490
Sierra
Sierra County, California
Sierra County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California, northeast of Sacramento on the border with Nevada. As of the 2010 census the population was 3,240, down from 3,555 at the 2000 census. The county seat is Downieville....

34.25% 548 54.31% 869 3.06% 49 3.94% 63 4.44% 71
Kings
Kings County, California
Kings County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. It is located in a rich agricultural region. Kings County is also home to NAS Lemoore, which is the U.S. Navy's newest and largest master jet air station. The county seat is Hanford...

33.98% 7,592 56.96% 12,725 3.79% 846 1.45% 323 3.82% 854
Riverside
Riverside County, California
Riverside County is a county in the U.S. state of California. One of 58 California counties, it covers in the southern part of the state, and stretches from Orange County to the Colorado River, which forms the state border with Arizona. The county derives its name from the city of Riverside,...

33.95% 115,333 56.11% 190,615 3.41% 11,582 2.58% 8,755 3.96% 13,438
San Bernardino
San Bernardino County, California
San Bernardino County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,035,210, up from 1,709,434 as of the 2000 census...

33.34% 114,027 55.95% 191,343 3.73% 12,752 2.89% 9,876 4.09% 13,986
Madera
Madera County, California
Madera County is a county of the U.S. state of California, located in the Central Valley and the Sierra Nevada north of Fresno County. It comprises the Madera-Chowchilla, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census the population was 150,865...

32.56% 8,613 59.26% 15,675 2.84% 750 1.71% 452 3.63% 960
Lassen
Lassen County, California
Lassen County is a county located in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 34,895, up from 33,828 at the 2000 census...

32.44% 2,639 56.51% 4,597 2.83% 230 2.79% 227 5.43% 442
Orange
Orange County, California
Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...

31.88% 239,010 58.87% 441,398 2.71% 20,308 2.92% 21,901 3.62% 27,175
Trinity
Trinity County, California
Trinity County is a large, rugged and mountainous, heavily forested county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of California, along the Trinity River and within the Salmon/Klamath Mountains. It covers an area of over two million acres , and as of the 2010 census its population...

31.87% 1,703 54.53% 2,914 3.71% 198 3.89% 208 6.01% 321
Tulare
Tulare County, California
Tulare County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, south of Fresno. Sequoia National Park is located in the county, as are part of Kings Canyon National Park, in its northeast corner , and part of Mount Whitney, on its eastern border...

31.45% 24,244 59.77% 46,074 3.72% 2,871 1.76% 1,359 3.29% 2,535
Yuba
Yuba County, California
Yuba County is a county located in the U.S. state of California's Central Valley, north of Sacramento, along the Feather River. As of the 2010 census, its population was 72,155. The county seat is Marysville. Yuba County is part of the Greater Sacramento area.-History:Yuba County was one of the...

29.70% 4,158 59.75% 8,365 3.06% 429 2.44% 341 5.05% 707
Colusa
Colusa County, California
Colusa County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, northwest of state capital Sacramento. As of the 2010 census, its population was 21,419. The county seat is Colusa.-History:...

29.34% 1,449 63.29% 3,126 2.77% 137 1.48% 73 3.12% 154
Tehama
Tehama County, California
Tehama County is a county located in the northern part of the U.S. state of California. It is bisected by the Sacramento River. As of 2010 its population was 63,463, up from 56,039 as of 2000. The county seat is Red Bluff.-History:...

27.94% 5,142 61.55% 11,329 2.84% 522 2.67% 492 5.00% 921
Shasta
Shasta County, California
Shasta County is a county located in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The county occupies the northern reaches of the Sacramento Valley, with portions extending into the southern reaches of the Cascade Range. As of the 2010 census, the population was 177,223, up from 163,256...

27.83% 15,077 62.99% 34,129 2.51% 1,362 2.21% 1,200 4.46% 2,417
Sutter
Sutter County, California
Sutter County is a county located along the Sacramento River in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, north of state capital Sacramento. Sutter County is part of the Greater Sacramento CSA....

27.23% 5,958 65.09% 14,242 2.55% 559 1.63% 357 3.50% 766
Kern
Kern County, California
Spreading across the southern end of the California Central Valley, Kern County is the fifth-largest county by population in California. Its economy is heavily linked to agriculture and to petroleum extraction, and there is a strong aviation and space presence. Politically, it has generally...

26.63% 39,987 63.61% 95,504 3.43% 5,153 2.15% 3,229 4.17% 6,259
Inyo
Inyo County, California
-National protected areas:* Death Valley National Park * Inyo National Forest * Manzanar National Historic Site-Major highways:* U.S. Route 6* U.S. Route 395* State Route 127* State Route 136* State Route 168* State Route 178...

25.96% 1,841 64.95% 4,606 2.51% 178 2.14% 152 4.44% 315
Modoc
Modoc County, California
Modoc County is a county located in the far northeast corner of the U.S. state of California, bounded by the state of Oregon to the north and the state of Nevada to the east. As of the 2010 census, its population was 9,686, up from 9,449 at the 2000 census. The current county seat is Alturas, the...

24.77% 951 63.72% 2,447 2.55% 98 3.23% 124 5.73% 220
Glenn
Glenn County, California
Glenn County is in the California Central Valley. As of 2010, it had a population of 28,122. The county seat is the city of Willows.-History:Glenn County was formed in 1891 from parts of Colusa County. It was named for Dr. Hugh J...

24.68% 1,956 67.51% 5,351 2.01% 159 1.63% 129 4.18% 331

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