The Green Papers: Off Year Election 2001

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Special Nonpartisan Primary - District 32: Tuesday, April 10, 2001
Special Nonpartisan General/Runoff - District 32: Tuesday, June 5, 2001
Governor:1(Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2000 Representatives:52(11.95% of 435)
2002 Representatives:53(12.18% of 435)
1990 Census: 29,785,857(11.97% of 248,765,170)
2000 Census: 33,930,798(12.03% of 281,998,273)
Registered Voters (Nov 98): 14,983,950
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98): 23,665,000 
Tuesday, November 6, 2001 Polls Close: 8 PM PST (0400 UTC)
Candidates seeking office
Democrat:1
Green:1
Reform:1
Republican:1
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Governor  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, Current Governors  
 Democrat  Governor Gray Davis
First elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit).
 CandidateGreen  (pending)
Candidates: Peter Miguel Camejo; Laura Molina.
 CandidateLibertarian  (pending)
Candidates: Steven Kubby; Gary Copeland.
 CandidateReform  (pending)
Candidates: Greg Ehlers.
 CandidateRepublican  (pending)
Candidates: Danney Ball; Edie Bukewihge; Jim Dimov; Nick Jesson; California Secretray of State Bill Jones; former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan; Los Angeles investment banker William E. Simon Jr..
 CandidateDemocrat  (pending)
Democratic Candidates: Governor Gray Davis; Mosemarie Boyd; Anselmo A. Chavez; Calvin Ehinger; Charles Pineda, Jr.; Christopher R. Wojciechowski
Senate  6-year term, Current Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 1Democrat  Senator Dianne Feinstein
First elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 1992 [held to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Pete Wilson (Republican): 7 January 1991- which John Seymour (Republican) had been appointed by Governor Pete Wilson (Republican) to fill, 10 January 1991];
Elected to full term: 1994; re-elected 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.
Class 3Democrat  Senator Barbara Boxer
First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.
House of Representatives  2 year term, Current House  
Partisan Composition: 32 Democrats, 20 Republicans
CD 1Democrat  Congressman Mike Thompson
First elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 2Republican  Congressman Wally Herger
First elected: 1986
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 3Republican  Congressman Doug Ose
First elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 4Republican  Congressman John Doolittle
First elected: 1990
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 5Democrat  Congressman Robert Matsui
First elected: 1978
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 6Democrat  Congressman Lynn Woolsey
First elected: 1992
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 7Democrat  Congressman George Miller
First elected: 1974
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 8Democrat  Congressman Nancy Pelosi
First elected: 2 June 1987- in Special Election re: death of Congressman Sala Burton, 1 February 1987
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 9Democrat  Congressman Barbara Lee
First elected: 7 April 1998- in Special Election re: resignation of Congressman Ronald Dellums, 6 February 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 10Democrat  Congressman Ellen Tauscher
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 11Republican  Congressman Richard Pombo
First elected: 1992
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 12Democrat  Congressman Tom Lantos
First elected: 1980
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 13Democrat  Congressman Pete Stark
First elected: 1972
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 14Democrat  Congressman Anna Eshoo
First elected: 1992
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 15Democrat  Congressman Mike Honda
First elected: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 16Democrat  Congressman Zoe Lofgren
First elected: 1994
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 17Democrat  Congressman Sam Farr
First elected: 8 June 1993- in Special Election re: resignation of Congressman Leon Panetta, 21 January 1993
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 18Democrat  Congressman Gary Condit
First elected: 12 September 1989- in Special Election re: resignation of Congressman Tony Coelho, 15 June 1989
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
 CandidateDemocrat  (pending)
Possible candidates: Tom Ciccarelli (October 2001).
 September 2001: CNN and The Washington Post report "Facing widespread criticism for how he has conducted himself since the disappearance of former intern Chandra Levy, Representative Gary Condit has told fellow Democratic colleagues that he is leaning toward retiring from Congress at the end of his current term". The Congressman's office has stated this report is inaccurate.
CD 19Republican  Congressman George Radanovich
First elected: 1994
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 20Democrat  Congressman Cal Dooley
First elected: 1990
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 21Republican  Congressman Bill Thomas
First elected: 1978
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 22Democrat  Congressman Lois Capps
First elected: 10 March 1998- in Special Election re: death of Congressman Walter Capps, 28 October 1997
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 23Republican  Congressman Elton Gallegly
First elected: 1986
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 24Democrat  Congressman Brad Sherman
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 25Republican  Congressman Buck McKeon
First elected: 1992
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 26Democrat  Congressman Howard Berman
First elected: 1982
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 27Democrat  Congressman Adam Schiff
First elected: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 28Republican  Congressman David Dreier
First elected: 1980
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 29Democrat  Congressman Henry Waxman
First elected: 1974
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 30Democrat  Congressman Xavier Becerra
First elected: 1992
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 31Democrat  Congressman Hilda Solis
First elected: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 32Democrat  Congressman Diane E. Watson
First elected: 5 June 2001- in a Special Election re: death of Congressman Julian Dixon, 8 December 2000 (Congressman Dixon had been re-elected 7 November 2000 but had not yet taken office in the 107th Congress at the time of his passing)
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
 CandidateReform  Ezola Foster
 CandidateRepublican  Noel Irwin Hentschel
 CandidateGreen  Donna J. Warren
 WinnerDemocrat  Diane E. Watson
 

Tuesday, 5 June 2001: Special Election results: WINNER: Diane E. Watson (Democrat): 76%, Noel Irwin Hentschel (Republican): 19%, Donna J. Warren (Green): 3%, Ezola Foster (Reform): 1%.

10 April 2001 Primary With 98% of the precincts reporting - DIANE E. WATSON 33%, KEVIN MURRAY 27%, NATE HOLDEN 17%, LEO JAMES TERRELL 5%, PHILIP A. LOWE 3%, TAD DALEY 2%, JULES BAGNERIS 1%, WANDA JAMES 1%, KIRSTEN WONDER ALBRECHT 1%, BLAIR HAMILTON TAYLOR 1%, FRANK EVANS III 0%. Since no candidate received 50% of the vote in the 10 April 2001 Special Nonpartisan Primary, a runoff election will be held Tuesday 5 June 2001.

Friday 8 December 2000: Congressman Julian Dixon, 66, passed away following an apparent heart attack in Los Angeles. He was a member of the Congressional Black Caucus and represented West Los Angeles for 22 years. Representative Dixon was relected to his seat on 7 November 2000. House seats are filled only by Special Election. California has a nonpartisan special primary/special election system.

CD 33Democrat  Congressman Lucille Roybal-Allard
First elected: 1992
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 34Democrat  Congressman Grace Flores Napolitano
First elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 35Democrat  Congressman Maxine Waters
First elected: 1990
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 36Democrat  Congressman Jane Harman
Returned to House: 2000 (First elected: 1992 and served three terms before being defeated for re-election, 1998)
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 37Democrat  Congressman Juanita Millender-McDonald
First elected: 26 March 1996- in Special Election re: the resignation of Congressman Walter Tucker, 15 December 1995
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 38Republican  Congressman Steve Horn
First elected: 1992
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
 6 September 2001: Representative Steve Horn, 70, announced his retirement. (Redistricting has moved District 38 into a Democratic stronghold.)
CD 39Republican  Congressman Ed Royce
First elected: 1992
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 40Republican  Congressman Jerry Lewis
First elected: 1978
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 41Republican  Congressman Gary Miller
First elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 42Democrat  Congressman Joe Baca
First elected: 16 November 1999- in Special Election re: death of Congressman George Brown, 15 July 1999
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 43Republican  Congressman Ken Calvert
First elected: 1992
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 44Republican  Congressman Mary Bono
First elected: 7 April 1998- in Special Election re: death of Congressman Sonny Bono, 5 January 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 45Republican  Congressman Dana Rohrabacher
First elected: 1988
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 46Democrat  Congressman Loretta Sanchez
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 47Republican  Congressman Christopher Cox
First elected: 1988
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 48Republican  Congressman Darrell Issa
First elected: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 49Democrat  Congressman Susan Davis
First elected: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 50Democrat  Congressman Bob Filner
First elected: 1992
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 51Republican  Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham
First elected: 1990
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 52Republican  Congressman Duncan Hunter
First elected: 1980
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
Congressional District

California has 58 Counties and 52 Congressional Districts: 36 counties are wholly within a congressional district; 22 counties are divided among more than one congressional district.

UNDIVIDED COUNTIES (those wholly within one Congressional District):

  • CD # 1: Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino and Napa
  • CD # 2: Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Trinity and Yuba
  • CD # 3: Colusa, Glenn, Sutter, Tehama and Yolo
  • CD # 4: Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mono, Placerand Tuolumne
  • CD # 6: Marin
  • CD # 17: Monterey and San Benito
  • CD # 18: Merced and Stanislaus
  • CD # 19: Mariposa
  • CD # 20: Kings
  • CD # 22: San Luis Obispo
  • CD # 40: Inyo
  • CD # 52: Imperial

DIVIDED COUNTIES (those split among more than one Congressional District):

  • Alameda: CDs 9, 10 and 13 [CD # 9 is wholly within Alameda County]
  • Butte: CDs 2 and 3
  • Contra Costa: CDs 7 and 10
  • Fresno: CDs 18, 19 and 20
  • Kern: CDs 20 and 21
  • Los Angeles: CDs 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 and 41 [CDs # 25, # 26, # 27, # 28, # 29, # 30, # 31, # 32, # 33, # 34, # 35, # 36, # 37 and # 38 are all wholly within Los Angeles County]
  • Madera: CDs 18 and 19
  • Orange: CDs 39, 41, 45, 46, 47 and 48 [CDs # 45, # 46 and # 47 are wholly within Orange County]
  • Riverside: CDs 43, 44 and 48 [CDs # 43 and # 44 are wholly within Riverside County]
  • Sacramento: CDs 3, 4 and 5 [CD # 5 is wholly within Sacramento County]
  • San Bernardino: CDs 40, 41 and 42 [CD # 42 is wholly within San Bernardino County]
  • San Diego: CDs 48, 49, 50, 51 and 52 [CDs # 49, # 50 and # 51 are wholly within San Diego County]
  • San Francisco (coterminous with the City of San Francisco): CDs 8 and 12 [CD # 8 is wholly within the City and County of San Francisco]
  • San Joaquin: CDs 11 and 18
  • San Mateo: CDs 12 and 14
  • Santa Barbara: CDs 22 and 23
  • Santa Clara: CDs 13, 14, 15 and 16 [CD # 16 is wholly within Santa Clara County]
  • Santa Cruz: CDs 15 and 17
  • Solano: CDs 1, 3 and 7
  • Sonoma: CDs 1 and 6
  • Tulare: CDs 19, 20 and 21
  • Ventura: CDs 23 and 24