1998_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_California

1998 United States House of Representatives elections in California
All 52 California seats to the United States House of Representatives
	Results:; Democratic hold Democratic gain; Republican hold Republican gain

1998 United States House of Representatives elections in California

House elections in California for the 106th U.S. Congress

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1998 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 3, 1998. Democrats gained the 1st district but lost the 3rd and 36th (which they would gain back in 2000) districts for a net loss of one seat.

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This was the last time until a special election in 2020 where a Republican flipped a Democrat-held U.S. House seat in California, and also the last time until 2020 that Republicans flipped a Democrat-held seat in a general election.

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United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1998
Party		Votes	%	Before	After	+/–
	Democratic	4,131,092	51.41%	29	28	-1
	Republican	3,527,244	43.90%	23	24	+1
	Libertarian	202,542	2.52%	0	0	0
	Natural Law	113,601	1.41%	0	0	0
	Green	23,906	0.30%	0	0	0
	American Independent	14,587	0.18%	0	0	0
	Peace and Freedom	14,070	0.18%	0	0	0
	Reform	7,628	0.09%	0	0	0
	Write-ins	793	0.01%	0	0	0
Invalid or blank votes		628,189	7.25%	—	—	—
Totals		8,662,859	100.00%	52	52	—

Date	District	Reason & Result	Candidates
March 10, 1998	California 22	Walter Capps (D) died October 28, 1997 Democratic hold Winner was subsequently re-elected in November	Lois Capps (D) Tom Bordonaro (R) Robert Bakhaus (L)
April 7, 1998	California 9	Ron Dellums (D) resigned February 6, 1998 Democratic hold Winner was subsequently re-elected in November	Barbara Lee (D) Greg Harper (D) Claiborne Sanders (R) Randal Stewart (D)
April 7, 1998	California 44	Sonny Bono (R) died January 5, 1998 Republican hold Winner was subsequently re-elected in November	Mary Bono (R) Ralph Waite (D) Anna Nevenich (D) John W. J. Overman (D) Tom Hamey (R) Bud Mathewson (R)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Thompson	121,713	61.85
	Republican	Mark Luce	64,622	32.84
	Libertarian	Emil Rossi	5,404	2.75
	Peace and Freedom	Ernest K. Jones, Jr.	4,996	2.54
	No party	Lawrence R. Weisner (write-in)	37	0.02
Invalid or blank votes			11,017	5.30
Total votes			207,789	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wally Herger (incumbent)	128,372	62.51
	Democratic	Roberts "Rob" Braden	70,837	34.49
	Natural Law	Patrice Thiessen	6,138	2.99
	No party	Stephen F. Scott (write-in)	20	0.01
Invalid or blank votes			10,185	4.73
Total votes			215,552	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug Ose	100,621	52.41
	Democratic	Sandie Dunn	86,471	45.04
	Libertarian	Ross Crain	4,914	2.56
Invalid or blank votes			12,040	5.90
Total votes			204,046	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Doolittle (incumbent)	155,306	62.57
	Democratic	David Shapiro	85,394	34.40
	Libertarian	Dan Winterrowd	7,524	3.03
Invalid or blank votes			15,715	5.95
Total votes			263,939	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Matsui (incumbent)	130,715	71.89
	Republican	Robert Dinsmore	47,307	26.02
	Libertarian	Douglas Arthur Tuma	3,746	2.06
	No party	Ken Adams (write-in)	70	0.04
Invalid or blank votes			9,856	5.14
Total votes			191,694	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lynn Woolsey (incumbent)	158,446	68.01
	Republican	Ken McAuliffe	69,295	29.74
	Natural Law	Alan R. Barreca	5,240	2.25
Invalid or blank votes			10,861	4.45
Total votes			243,842	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Miller (incumbent)	125,842	76.67
	Republican	Norman H. Reece	38,290	23.33
Invalid or blank votes			10,178	5.84
Total votes			174,310	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nancy Pelosi (incumbent)	148,027	85.83
	Republican	David J. Martz	20,781	12.05
	Natural Law	David Smithstein	3,654	2.12
Invalid or blank votes			20,405	10.58
Total votes			195,996	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara Lee (incumbent)	140,722	82.83
	Republican	Claiborne "Clay" Sanders	22,431	13.20
	Peace and Freedom	Gerald Sanders	4,767	2.81
	Natural Law	Walter Ruehlig	1,975	1.16
Invalid or blank votes			14,602	7.91
Total votes			184,497	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ellen Tauscher (incumbent)	127,134	53.46
	Republican	Charles Ball	103,299	43.44
	Natural Law	Valerie Janlois	3,941	1.66
	Reform	John Place	3,435	1.44
Invalid or blank votes			12,418	4.96
Total votes			250,227	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Pombo (incumbent)	95,496	61.43
	Democratic	Robert L. Figueroa	56,345	36.25
	Libertarian	Jesse Baird	3,608	2.32
Invalid or blank votes			12,653	7.53
Total votes			168,102	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Lantos (incumbent)	128,135	73.98
	Republican	Robert H. Evans, Jr.	36,562	21.11
	Libertarian	Michael J. Moloney	8,515	4.92
Invalid or blank votes			14,592	7.77
Total votes			187,804	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Stark (incumbent)	101,671	71.20
	Republican	James R. Goetz	38,050	26.65
	Natural Law	Karnig Beylikjian	3,066	2.15
Invalid or blank votes			11,847	7.66
Total votes			154,634	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

California's 28th congressional district election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Dreier (incumbent)	90,607	57.64
	Democratic	Janice M. Nelson	61,721	39.26
	Libertarian	Jerry R. Douglas	2,099	1.34
	Green	Walt Contreras Sheasby	1,954	1.24
	Natural Law	M. Lawrence Allison	819	0.52
Invalid or blank votes			10,620	6.33
Total votes			167,820	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

California's 29th congressional district election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Waxman (incumbent)	131,561	73.87
	Republican	Mike Gottlieb	40,282	22.62
	Libertarian	Mike Binkley	3,534	1.98
	Natural Law	Karen Blasdell-Wilkinson	2,717	1.53
Invalid or blank votes			11,809	6.22
Total votes			189,903	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

California's 31st congressional district election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matthew G. Martinez (incumbent)	61,173	70.02
	Republican	Frank C. Moreno	19,786	22.65
	Green	Krista Lieberg-Wong	4,377	5.01
	Libertarian	Michael B. Everling	1,121	1.28
	Natural Law	Gary Hearne	903	1.03
Invalid or blank votes			7,683	8.08
Total votes			95,043	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anna Eshoo (incumbent)	129,663	68.64
	Republican	John C. "Chris" Haugen	53,719	28.44
	Libertarian	Joseph W. Dehn III	3,166	1.68
	Natural Law	Anna Currivan	2,362	1.25
Invalid or blank votes			9,744	4.91
Total votes			198,654	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Campbell (incumbent)	111,876	60.54
	Democratic	Dick Lane	70,059	37.91
	Natural Law	Frank Strutner	2,843	1.54
	No party	Constant Vlakancic (write-in)	8	0.00
Invalid or blank votes			12,654	6.41
Total votes			197,440	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Zoe Lofgren (incumbent)	85,503	72.82
	Republican	Horace Eugene Thayn	27,494	23.42
	Natural Law	John H. Black	4,417	3.76
Invalid or blank votes			8,511	6.76
Total votes			125,925	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sam Farr (incumbent)	103,719	64.55
	Republican	Bill McCampbell	52,470	32.65
	Libertarian	Rick Garrett	2,791	1.74
	Natural Law	Scott R. Hartley	1,710	1.06
Invalid or blank votes			9,020	5.31
Total votes			169,710	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gary Condit (incumbent)	118,842	86.79
	Libertarian	Linda M. Degroat	18,089	13.21
Invalid or blank votes			10,790	7.30
Total votes			147,721	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George Radanovich (incumbent)	131,105	79.4
	Libertarian	Jonathan Richter	34,044	20.6
Invalid or blank votes			18,249	9.95
Total votes			183,398	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cal Dooley (incumbent)	60,599	60.73
	Republican	Cliff Unruh	39,183	39.27
Invalid or blank votes			6,181	5.83
Total votes			105,963	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Thomas (incumbent)	115,989	78.91
	Reform	John Evans	30,994	21.09
Invalid or blank votes			14,516	8.99
Total votes			161,499	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lois Capps (incumbent)	111,388	55.09
	Republican	Tom J. Bordonaro Jr.	86,921	42.99
	Libertarian	Robert Bakhaus	2,618	1.29
	Reform	Richard D. "Dick" Porter	1,263	0.62
Invalid or blank votes			6,575	3.15
Total votes			208,765	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elton Gallegly (incumbent)	96,362	60.06
	Democratic	Daniel "Dan" Gonzalez	64,068	39.94
Invalid or blank votes			10,739	6.27
Total votes			171,169	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Republican hold

1998_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_California

Overview

Separate elections

Results

District 1

District 2

District 3

District 4

District 5

District 6

District 7

District 8

District 9

District 10

District 11

District 12

District 13

District 14

District 15

District 16

District 17

District 18

District 19

District 20

District 21

District 22

District 23

District 24

District 25

District 26

District 27

District 28

District 29

District 30

District 31

District 32

District 33

District 34

District 35

District 36

District 37

District 38

District 39

District 40

District 41

District 42

District 43

District 44

District 45

District 46

District 47

District 48

District 49

District 50

District 51

District 52

See also

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brad Sherman (incumbent)	103,491	57.31
	Republican	Randy Hoffman	69,501	38.49
	Natural Law	Catherine Carter	3,033	1.68
	Libertarian	Erich D. Miller	2,695	1.49
	Peace and Freedom	Ralph Shroyer	1,860	1.03
Invalid or blank votes			11,710	6.09
Total votes			192,290	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Howard McKeon (incumbent)	114,013	74.67
	Libertarian	Bruce Acker	38,669	25.33
Invalid or blank votes			19,092	11.11
Total votes			171,774	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Howard Berman (incumbent)	69,000	82.47
	Libertarian	Juan Carlos Ros	6,556	7.84
	Green	Maria Armoudian	4,858	5.81
	Natural Law	David L. Cossak	3,248	3.88
Invalid or blank votes			9,803	10.49
Total votes			93,465	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Rogan (incumbent)	80,702	50.73
	Democratic	Barry A. Gordon	73,875	46.44
	Libertarian	Bob New	4,489	2.82
Invalid or blank votes			10,853	6.39
Total votes			169,919	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Xavier Becerra (incumbent)	58,230	81.25
	Republican	Patricia Parker	13,441	18.75
Invalid or blank votes			6,325	8.11
Total votes			77,996	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julian C. Dixon (incumbent)	112,253	86.69
	Republican	Laurence Ardito	14,622	11.29
	Libertarian	Velko Milosevich	2,617	2.02
Invalid or blank votes			11,836	8.37
Total votes			141,328	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lucille Roybal-Allard (incumbent)	43,310	87.19
	Republican	Wayne Miller	6,364	12.81
Invalid or blank votes			4,996	9.14
Total votes			54,670	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Grace Napolitano	76,471	67.63
	Republican	Ed Perez	32,321	28.58
	Libertarian	Jason Heath	2,195	1.94
	American Independent	Walter Scott	2,088	1.85
Invalid or blank votes			9,381	7.66
Total votes			122,456	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maxine Waters (incumbent)	78,732	89.32
	American Independent	Gordon Michael Mego	9,413	10.68
Invalid or blank votes			9,079	9.34
Total votes			117,567	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steven T. Kuykendall	88,843	48.89
	Democratic	Janice Hahn	84,624	46.57
	Green	Robin Barrett	3,612	1.99
	Libertarian	Kerry Welsh	3,066	1.69
	Reform	John R. Konopka	1,561	0.86
Invalid or blank votes			13,140	6.74
Total votes			194,846	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Republican gain from Democratic