1994 California elections
California's state elections were held November 8, 1994. Necessary primary elections were held on June 7. Up for election were all the seats of the California State Assembly, 20 seats of the California Senate, seven constitutional officers, all the seats of the California Board of Equalization, as well as votes on retention of two Supreme Court justices and various appeals court judges. Ten ballot measures were also up for approval. Municipal offices were also included in the election.[2]
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| Registered | 14,723,784[1] | |
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| Turnout | 60.45% ( 14.87 pp)[1] | |
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| Elections in California |
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Constitutional Offices
Governor
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Pete Wilson (incumbent) | 4,781,766 | 55.2 | |
| Democratic | Kathleen Brown | 3,519,766 | 40.6 | |
| Libertarian | Richard Rider | 149,281 | 1.7 | |
| American Independent | Jerome McCready | 133,870 | 1.5 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Gloria Estela LaRiva | 80,440 | 0.9 | |
| No party | Write-ins | 219 | 0.0 | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 235,261 | 2.64 | ||
| Total votes | 8,900,603 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
Lieutenant governor
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Gray Davis | 4,441,429 | 52.42 | |
| Republican | Cathie Wright | 3,412,777 | 40.28 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Jaime Luis Gomez | 185,254 | 2.19 | |
| Libertarian | Bob New | 180,896 | 2.13 | |
| Green | Daniel Moses | 160,093 | 1.89 | |
| American Independent | Robert W. Lewis | 92,642 | 1.09 | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 427,545 | 4.80 | ||
| Total votes | 8,473,091 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
Secretary of State
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bill Jones | 3,727,894 | 45.27 | |||
| Democratic | Tony Miller | 3,690,841 | 44.82 | |||
| Green | Margaret Garcia | 315,079 | 3.83 | |||
| Libertarian | Peggy Christensen | 248,748 | 3.02 | |||
| American Independent | Dorothy Kreiss Robbins | 151,720 | 1.84 | |||
| Peace and Freedom | Israel Feuer | 99,916 | 1.21 | |||
| Invalid or blank votes | 666,438 | 7.49 | ||||
| Total votes | 8,900,636 | 100.00 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
Controller
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Kathleen Connell | 3,983,053 | 48.32 | |
| Republican | Tom McClintock | 3,796,387 | 46.06 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Elizabeth Nakano | 182,836 | 2.22 | |
| American Independent | Nathan E. Johnson | 152,356 | 1.85 | |
| Libertarian | Cullene Marie Lang | 128,378 | 1.56 | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 657,626 | 7.39 | ||
| Total votes | 8,900,636 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
Treasurer
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Matt Fong | 3,970,308 | 48.46 | |||
| Democratic | Phil Angelides | 3,488,891 | 42.58 | |||
| Libertarian | John Petersen | 335,452 | 4.09 | |||
| American Independent | George M. McCoy | 203,419 | 2.48 | |||
| Peace and Freedom | Jan B. Tucker | 195,667 | 2.39 | |||
| No party | Write-ins | 47 | 0.00 | |||
| Invalid or blank votes | 706,852 | 7.94 | ||||
| Total votes | 8,900,636 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
Attorney general
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Dan Lungren (incumbent) | 4,438,733 | 53.86 | |
| Democratic | Tom Umberg | 3,256,070 | 39.51 | |
| Libertarian | Richard N. Burns | 274,335 | 3.33 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Robert J. Evans | 271,459 | 3.29 | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 680,039 | 7.42 | ||
| Total votes | 8,920,636 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
Insurance Commissioner
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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| Republican | Chuck Quackenbush | 4,015,858 | 48.82 | |||
| Democratic | Art Torres | 3,567,996 | 43.38 | |||
| Libertarian | Ted Brown | 346,007 | 4.21 | |||
| Peace and Freedom | Tom Condit | 150,844 | 1.83 | |||
| American Independent | A. Jacques | 144,782 | 1.76 | |||
| Invalid or blank votes | 675,149 | 7.59 | ||||
| Total votes | 8,900,636 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
Superintendent of Public Instruction
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Delaine Eastin | 3,892,681 | 55.60 | |
| Maureen DiMarco | 3,108,221 | 44.40 | |
| Hal Rice (write-in) | 20 | 0.00 | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 1,899,714 | 21.34% | |
| Total votes | 8,900,636 | 100.0 | |
| Voter turnout | % | ||
Board of Equalization
Overview
| California Board of Equalization elections, 1994 | |||||
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| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
| Republican | 3,684,744 | 48.04% | 2 | 0 | |
| Democratic | 3,388,312 | 44.17% | 2 | 0 | |
| Libertarian | 327,040 | 4.26% | 0 | 0 | |
| American Independent | 140,030 | 1.83% | 0 | 0 | |
| Peace and Freedom | 130,761 | 1.70% | 0 | 0 | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 1,180,321 | 13.34% | — | — | |
| Totals | 8,851,208 | 100.00% | 4 | — | |
District 1
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Johan Klehs | 1,107,750 | 51.47 | |
| Republican | Robert "Bob" Strawn | 835,235 | 41.13 | |
| Libertarian | Kennita Watson | 159,144 | 7.39 | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 420,165 | 16.33 | ||
| Total votes | 2,522,294 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 2
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Dean Andal | 1,129,995 | 54.13 | |
| Democratic | Robert Presley | 817,539 | 39.16 | |
| American Independent | Ernest Vance | 140,030 | 6.71 | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 239,140 | 10.28 | ||
| Total votes | 2,326,704 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 3
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Ernest J. Dronenburg (incumbent) | 1,179,103 | 59.23 | |
| Democratic | Mary Christian-Heising | 660,596 | 33.19 | |
| Libertarian | Ken Mason | 103,711 | 5.21 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Maxine Bell Quirk | 47,226 | 2.37 | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 295,344 | 12.92 | ||
| Total votes | 2,285,980 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 4
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Brad Sherman (incumbent) | 802,427 | 53.83 | |
| Republican | Ernie Dynda | 540,411 | 36.26 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Shirley Rachel Isaacson | 83,535 | 5.60 | |
| Libertarian | Lawrence D. Goldberg | 64,185 | 2.84 | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 225,672 | 13.15 | ||
| Total votes | 1,716,230 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
Judicial system
Supreme Court of California
| Associate Justice Ronald George, Seat 1 | ||||||
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| Vote on retention | Votes | % | ||||
| Yes | 3,153,849 | 57.02 | ||||
| No | 2,376,799 | 42.98 | ||||
| Invalid | 3,369,988 | 37.85 | ||||
| Total votes | 8,900,636 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Associate Justice Joyce Kennard, Seat 2 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vote on retention | Votes | % | ||||
| Yes | 3,336,442 | 58.67 | ||||
| No | 2,350,567 | 41.33 | ||||
| Invalid | 3,213,627 | 36.11 | ||||
| Total votes | 8,900,636 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Associate Justice Kathryn Werdegar, Seat 3 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vote on retention | Votes | % | ||||
| Yes | 3,423,582 | 61.34 | ||||
| No | 2,158,181 | 38.66 | ||||
| Invalid | 3,318,873 | 37.29 | ||||
| Total votes | 8,900,636 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
Legislature elections
State Senate
There are 40 seats in the State Senate. For this election, candidates running in even-numbered districts ran for four-year terms.
| California State Senate - 1994 | Seats | |
| Democratic-Held | 21 | |
| Republican-Held | 17 | |
| Independent Held | 2 | |
| 1994 Elections | ||
| Republican Held and Uncontested | 11 | |
| Contested | 20 | |
| Democratic Held and Uncontested | 8 | |
| Independent Held and Uncontested | 1 | |
| Total |
40 | |
State Assembly
All 80 biennially elected seats of the State Assembly were up for election this year. Each seat has a two-year term. The Republicans took narrow control of the State Assembly.
| California State Assembly - 1994 | Seats | |
| Republican-Held | 41 | |
| Democratic-Held | 39 | |
| 1994 Elections | ||
| Democratic Incumbent and Uncontested | 34 | |
| Republican Incumbent and Uncontested | 23 | |
| Contested, Open Seats | 23 | |
| Total |
80 | |
Statewide ballot propositions
Ten ballot propositions qualified to be listed on the general election ballot in California. Eight measures passed while four failed.
Proposition 181
(Passenger Rail and Clean Air Bond Act of 1994.) Proposition 181 failed with 34.92% of the vote.
Proposition 182
Passed by voters, but courts struck it down.
Proposition 183
(Recall Elections. State Officers.) Proposition 183 passed with 67.47% of the vote.
Proposition 184
(Increased Sentences. Repeat Offenders (Three Strikes)) Proposition 184 passed with 71.85% of the vote.
Proposition 185
(Public Transportation Trust Funds. Gasoline Sales Tax. Initiative Statute.) Proposition 185 failed with 19.47% of the vote.
Proposition 186
(Health Services. Taxes.) Proposition 186 failed with 26.58% of the vote.
Proposition 187
(Illegal Aliens. Ineligibility for Public Services. Verification and Reporting.) Proposition 187 passed with 58.93% of the vote.
Proposition 188
(Smoking and Tobacco Products. Local Preemption. Statewide Regulation.) Proposition 188 failed with 29.31% of the vote.
Proposition 189
(Bail Exception. Felony Sexual Assault.) Proposition 189 passed with 79.41% of the vote.
Proposition 190
(Commission on Judicial Performance) Proposition 190 passed with 63.87% of the vote.
Proposition 191
(Abolish Justice Courts) Proposition 191 passed with 61.05% of the vote.
See also
External links
- "Historical Voter Registration and Participation" (PDF). California Secretary of State.
- "Statement of Vote to the 1994 general election" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 30, 2008. Retrieved August 14, 2008.
- Election Results from the Secretary of State