1998 United States Senate election in California


The 1998 United States Senate election in California was held November 2, 1998. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer won re-election to a second term.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Republican primary

Candidates

Other primaries

General election

Candidates

Although the race was predicted to be fairly close, Boxer still defeated Fong by a ten-point margin. Boxer as expected did very well in Los Angeles County, and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Results by county

Final results from the Secretary of State of California.
CountyBoxerVotesFongVotesOthersVotes
San Francisco75.23%179,88921.93%52,4432.83%6,777
Alameda69.62%266,32927.37%104,6993.00%11,520
Marin65.41%66,16031.76%32,1182.83%2,861
San Mateo63.14%130,06433.87%69,7762.98%6,146
Santa Cruz62.75%53,36332.09%27,2935.16%4,391
Sonoma61.14%96,17034.14%53,6954.72%7,424
Los Angeles60.84%1,198,40335.78%704,7823.37%66,603
Yolo58.12%28,49138.10%18,6803.78%1,852
Santa Clara57.81%242,60038.21%160,3503.99%16,733
Mendocino57.73%16,34635.84%10,1476.44%1,822
Contra Costa57.52%172,59539.30%117,9223.18%9,519
Solano56.29%56,77239.71%40,0513.98%4,027
Lake54.84%10,10440.19%7,4064.97%916
Napa54.48%22,65441.01%17,0524.50%1,874
Monterey53.17%46,65142.63%37,3994.19%3,688
Imperial51.45%11,59741.47%9,3467.09%1,596
San Benito51.05%6,42844.02%5,5434.93%620
Humboldt50.60%23,34244.16%20,3715.25%2,414
Sacramento50.46%180,38945.86%163,9573.68%13,144
Santa Barbara49.53%60,91146.77%57,5123.71%4,554
Merced48.39%19,00847.45%18,6384.17%1,634
San Joaquin48.00%59,31248.10%59,4343.91%4,830
San Bernardino47.47%155,09347.32%154,5915.21%17,033
Stanislaus47.41%47,23848.74%48,5603.86%3,841
Ventura46.88%97,20748.92%101,4404.21%8,716
San Diego46.21%339,65849.22%361,8124.58%33,575
Alpine45.86%24949.17%2674.96%27
Riverside45.78%151,28749.63%164,0194.58%15,152
Fresno44.28%75,57051.81%88,4123.91%6,670
San Luis Obispo44.16%37,17851.93%43,7193.92%3,293
Tuolumne43.74%8,75251.43%10,2894.82%966
Mono42.84%1,40452.46%1,7194.70%154
Kings42.75%9,33852.87%11,5474.38%957
Amador42.21%5,61454.11%7,1973.68%489
Del Norte41.79%2,99252.84%3,7835.36%384
Calaveras41.44%6,50253.04%8,3215.53%866
Nevada41.17%15,90354.88%21,2003.95%1,525
Yuba41.01%5,35553.38%6,9715.60%732
Butte40.73%26,54053.89%35,1125.36%3,503
Trinity39.27%1,87552.06%2,4868.66%414
Siskiyou39.22%6,16255.17%8,6695.62%882
Tulare39.16%28,28456.99%41,1673.84%2,782
Orange39.05%276,59456.75%401,9604.19%29,734
Placer38.60%34,16057.70%51,0633.71%3,278
El Dorado38.54%21,69757.46%32,3454.00%2,254
Mariposa38.23%2,69056.05%3,9445.72%402
Madera37.55%9,71558.13%15,0424.32%1,118
Inyo37.25%2,44357.40%3,7645.35%351
Colusa37.08%1,73458.97%2,7583.95%185
Tehama36.98%6,59856.68%10,1126.34%1,131
Kern36.58%51,47659.25%83,3914.17%5,870
Sutter35.58%7,71660.81%13,1883.61%783
Sierra34.36%58259.50%1,0086.14%104
Shasta33.97%17,79060.01%31,4286.03%3,151
Plumas33.05%2,71861.52%5,0595.43%446
Lassen32.92%2,62460.34%4,8106.75%538
Glenn31.97%2,32162.47%4,5365.57%404
Modoc31.80%1,06860.99%2,0487.21%242