The 1994 United States Senate election in California was held November 8, 1994. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein won re-election to her first full term. By a margin of 1.9%, this election was the closest race of the 1994 Senate election cycle.
After one term in the House representing Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo 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, 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).
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.[2] 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.[3]
Results
On election day it was a very close race, but Feinstein won Los Angeles County, which may have pulled her ahead. Her sizable win in the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area may also be credited to her slim statewide victory. A large number of absentee ballots left the results in doubt for over two weeks. On November 18, Senator Feinstein declared victory. At that time, she was ahead by 147,404 votes, with only 156,210 remaining uncounted ballots.[4] Huffington had not conceded at that point, saying that there was evidence of voter fraud and calling for an investigation. He had already filed a legal complaint, which had already been dismissed.[4] As of December 23, Huffington still contended that there may have been voting fraud and had not conceded.[5]
Overall
1994 United States Senate election in California[6][7]
^"Votes not cast" as a percentage of votes cast anywhere statewide, which numbered 8,900,593.[6]
^As a percentage of the voting eligible population (VEP), estimated at 18.946 million.[6]
^ abcde. vote96.sos.ca.gov. Archived from the original on 22 December 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^B. Drummond Ayres Jr. (October 27, 1994). "THE 1994 CAMPAIGN: CALIFORNIA; Huffington Admits Hiring Illegal Alien". The New York Times.
^Chris Cillizza (July 1, 2010). "The 10 nastiest Senate races". The Washington Post The Fix blog.
^ abB. Drummond Ayres Jr. (November 19, 1994). "THE NEW CONGRESS: CALIFORNIA; Feinstein Claims Victory in Senate Race". The New York Times.
^B. Drummond Ayres Jr. (December 26, 1994). "Nov. 8 Is Long Gone, but the California Election Lingers On, and On and On". The New York Times.
^ abcdJones, Bill (1994-12-16). "STATEMENT OF VOTE: November 8, 1994, General Election" (PDF). Office of the California Secretary of State. p. xii,37. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
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The 1994 United States Senate election in California was held November 8 1994 Incumbent Democratic U S Senator Dianne Feinstein won re election to her first full term By a margin of 1 9 this election was the closest race of the 1994 Senate election cycle 1994 United States Senate election in California 1992 special November 8 1994 2000 Nominee Dianne Feinstein Michael HuffingtonParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 3 979 152 3 817 025Percentage 46 7 44 8 County resultsFeinstein 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 Huffington 40 50 50 60 60 70 U S senator before electionDianne FeinsteinDemocratic Elected U S Senator Dianne FeinsteinDemocratic Contents 1 Democratic primary 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Results 2 Republican primary 2 1 Candidates 2 2 Results 3 Other nominations 3 1 Peace amp Freedom Party 3 2 Libertarian Party 3 3 American Independent Party 3 4 Green Party 4 General election 4 1 Candidates 4 2 Campaign 4 3 Results 4 3 1 Overall 4 3 2 By county 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksDemocratic primary EditCandidates Edit Ted J Andromedas Dianne Feinstein incumbent Senator since 1992 Daniel O Dowd founder and president of Green Hills SoftwareResults Edit Democratic primary 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Dianne Feinstein incumbent 1 635 837 74 20 Democratic Ted J Andromedas 297 128 13 48 Democratic Daniel O Dowd 271 615 12 32 Total votes 2 204 580 100 00 Republican primary EditCandidates Edit John M Brown Wolf G Dalichau William E Dannemeyer former U S Representative from Fullerton and candidate for Senate in 1992 Michael Huffington U S Representative from Santa Barbara Kate SquiresResults Edit Republican primary 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican Michael Huffington 1 072 358 55 43 Republican William E Dannemeyer 565 864 29 25 Republican Kate Squires 202 950 10 49 Republican Wolf G Dalichau 58 307 3 01 Republican John M Brown 35 212 1 82 Total votes 1 934 691 100 00Other nominations EditPeace amp Freedom Party Edit Peace amp Freedom primary 1 Party Candidate Votes Peace and Freedom Elizabeth Cervantes Barron 3 487 70 70Peace and Freedom Larry D Hampshire 1 445 29 30Total votes 4 932 100 00Libertarian Party Edit Libertarian primary 1 Party Candidate Votes Libertarian Richard Boddie 120 622 100 00Total votes 120 622 100 00American Independent Party Edit American Independent primary 1 Party Candidate Votes American Independent Paul Meeuwenberg 13 596 100 00Total votes 13 596 100 00Green Party Edit While there was no primary election for the Green Party Barbara Blong got the nomination of the party and represented them in the general election General election EditCandidates Edit Dianne Feinstein D incumbent U S Senator Michael Huffington R U S Representative Elizabeth Cervantes Barron PF Barbara Blong G Richard Benjamin Boddie L Paul Meeuwenberg AI Campaign Edit After one term in the House representing Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo 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 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 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 2 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 3 Results Edit On election day it was a very close race but Feinstein won Los Angeles County which may have pulled her ahead Her sizable win in the nine county San Francisco Bay Area may also be credited to her slim statewide victory A large number of absentee ballots left the results in doubt for over two weeks On November 18 Senator Feinstein declared victory At that time she was ahead by 147 404 votes with only 156 210 remaining uncounted ballots 4 Huffington had not conceded at that point saying that there was evidence of voter fraud and calling for an investigation He had already filed a legal complaint which had already been dismissed 4 As of December 23 Huffington still contended that there may have been voting fraud and had not conceded 5 Overall Edit 1994 United States Senate election in California 6 7 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Dianne Feinstein incumbent 3 979 152 46 74 Republican Michael Huffington 3 817 025 44 83 Peace and Freedom Elizabeth Cervantes Barron 255 301 3 00 Libertarian Richard Benjamin Boddie 179 100 2 10 American Independent Paul Meeuwenberg 142 771 1 68 Green Barbara Blong 140 567 1 65 Write in 173 lt 0 01 Invalid or blank votes 386 547 4 34 a Majority 162 127 1 90 Total votes 8 514 089 100 00 Turnout 44 94 b Democratic holdBy county Edit Final results from the Secretary of State 6 County Feinstein Votes Huffington Votes Barron Votes Boddie Votes Others VotesSan Francisco 79 16 185 543 15 39 36 083 1 90 4 452 1 05 2 472 2 50 5 854Marin 70 86 74 664 24 42 25 733 1 31 1 380 1 39 1 462 2 02 2 125Alameda 68 34 271 456 25 21 100 120 2 35 9 323 1 45 5 778 2 65 10 539San Mateo 64 24 136 686 29 94 63 702 2 05 4 362 1 50 3 187 2 28 4 850Contra Costa 57 94 170 256 36 02 105 854 2 06 6 056 1 51 4 437 2 47 7 268Sonoma 57 53 91 164 34 04 53 938 2 94 4 653 2 01 3 178 3 48 5 519Santa Cruz 57 07 52 056 32 31 29 466 3 96 3 613 2 49 2 267 4 17 3 807Santa Clara 55 79 245 232 35 93 157 922 2 96 13 029 2 14 9 403 3 18 13 983Yolo 54 87 26 793 36 56 17 851 3 18 1 553 1 86 906 3 54 1 729Los Angeles 51 53 1 046 026 40 38 819 594 3 35 67 993 1 97 39 952 2 78 56 332Solano 51 01 49 920 41 03 40 158 2 90 2 834 1 68 1 645 3 38 3 312Napa 50 73 21 340 41 33 17 388 2 33 982 1 82 766 3 78 1 592Mendocino 50 27 15 008 39 90 11 912 3 20 955 2 72 812 3 92 1 169Sacramento 47 85 168 073 43 88 154 128 2 85 9 994 1 84 6 446 3 58 12 584Santa Barbara 47 16 60 811 43 29 55 825 2 84 3 664 2 29 2 956 4 41 5 686Alpine 46 72 313 42 09 282 4 93 33 2 24 15 4 03 27Monterey 46 52 42 246 43 94 39 905 4 20 3 814 1 55 1 411 3 79 3 439Humboldt 46 04 21 817 43 77 20 742 2 54 1 202 2 31 1 093 5 35 2 534Lake 44 76 8 675 46 66 9 043 2 32 449 2 33 451 3 94 763San Benito 40 89 4 735 47 28 5 476 5 32 616 2 13 247 4 38 507San Joaquin 39 89 50 218 52 00 65 466 2 88 3 622 1 55 1 954 3 69 4 646Fresno 39 70 69 892 52 73 92 818 3 33 5 866 1 38 2 426 2 86 5 033Tuolumne 39 54 7 693 52 26 10 169 2 46 479 2 11 410 3 63 706Merced 39 02 15 092 52 67 20 372 3 44 1 329 1 59 616 3 29 1 272Stanislaus 38 93 38 414 51 91 51 224 3 21 3 169 1 68 1 658 4 27 4 217Ventura 38 57 82 472 50 98 108 993 3 59 7 671 2 70 5 773 4 16 8 891San Luis Obispo 38 36 32 777 51 83 44 285 2 74 2 345 2 49 2 127 4 57 3 905Imperial 38 33 9 086 49 46 11 724 7 32 1 735 1 38 328 3 51 832Amador 38 25 4 950 53 32 6 900 1 94 251 2 23 288 4 26 551San Diego 37 82 279 249 53 17 392 529 3 08 22 745 2 48 18 314 3 45 25 441Nevada 37 37 13 987 53 64 20 076 2 06 771 2 73 1 023 4 19 1 570Placer 36 93 27 934 54 28 41 058 2 33 1 759 2 20 1 666 4 27 3 231El Dorado 36 77 19 888 54 37 29 402 2 05 1 109 2 46 1 331 4 35 2 352Plumas 36 53 3 082 54 03 4 559 2 71 229 2 61 220 4 12 348Mono 35 98 1 263 53 25 1 869 2 42 85 2 48 87 5 87 206Mariposa 35 53 2 520 55 20 3 915 2 23 158 2 26 160 4 78 339Calaveras 35 17 5 467 54 30 8 441 2 32 360 2 90 450 5 31 826Siskiyou 34 58 6 256 55 50 10 040 2 92 529 2 59 468 4 41 798Del Norte 34 51 2 553 56 16 4 154 2 16 160 2 22 164 4 95 366Butte 34 45 23 317 57 03 38 600 2 64 1 789 2 20 1 492 3 68 2 490Sierra 34 25 548 54 31 869 3 06 49 3 94 63 4 44 71Kings 33 98 7 592 56 96 12 725 3 79 846 1 45 323 3 82 854Riverside 33 95 115 333 56 11 190 615 3 41 11 582 2 58 8 755 3 96 13 438San Bernardino 33 34 114 027 55 95 191 343 3 73 12 752 2 89 9 876 4 09 13 986Madera 32 56 8 613 59 26 15 675 2 84 750 1 71 452 3 63 960Lassen 32 44 2 639 56 51 4 597 2 83 230 2 79 227 5 43 442Orange 31 88 239 010 58 87 441 398 2 71 20 308 2 92 21 901 3 62 27 175Trinity 31 87 1 703 54 53 2 914 3 71 198 3 89 208 6 01 321Tulare 31 45 24 244 59 77 46 074 3 72 2 871 1 76 1 359 3 29 2 535Yuba 29 70 4 158 59 75 8 365 3 06 429 2 44 341 5 05 707Colusa 29 34 1 449 63 29 3 126 2 77 137 1 48 73 3 12 154Tehama 27 94 5 142 61 55 11 329 2 84 522 2 67 492 5 00 921Shasta 27 83 15 077 62 99 34 129 2 51 1 362 2 21 1 200 4 46 2 417Sutter 27 23 5 958 65 09 14 242 2 55 559 1 63 357 3 50 766Kern 26 63 39 987 63 61 95 504 3 43 5 153 2 15 3 229 4 17 6 259Inyo 25 96 1 841 64 95 4 606 2 51 178 2 14 152 4 44 315Modoc 24 77 951 63 72 2 447 2 55 98 3 23 124 5 73 220Glenn 24 68 1 956 67 51 5 351 2 01 159 1 63 129 4 18 331See also Edit1994 United States Senate electionsReferences Edit Votes not cast as a percentage of votes cast anywhere statewide which numbered 8 900 593 6 As a percentage of the voting eligible population VEP estimated at 18 946 million 6 a b c d e 1996 California Voter Information Statement vote96 sos ca gov Archived from the original on 22 December 2008 Retrieved 15 January 2022 B Drummond Ayres Jr October 27 1994 THE 1994 CAMPAIGN CALIFORNIA Huffington Admits Hiring Illegal Alien The New York Times Chris Cillizza July 1 2010 The 10 nastiest Senate races The Washington Post The Fix blog a b B Drummond Ayres Jr November 19 1994 THE NEW CONGRESS CALIFORNIA Feinstein Claims Victory in Senate Race The New York Times B Drummond Ayres Jr December 26 1994 Nov 8 Is Long Gone but the California Election Lingers On and On and On The New York Times a b c d Jones Bill 1994 12 16 STATEMENT OF VOTE November 8 1994 General Election PDF Office of the California Secretary of State p xii 37 Retrieved 17 November 2020 Clerk of the United States House of Representatives STATISTICS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION OF NOVEMBER 8 1994 PDF United States House of Representatives p 3 6 Retrieved 16 November 2020 External links 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