The Green Papers: General Election 2000

Copyright www.flags.net/UNST.htm California
Primary: Tuesday, March 7, 2000
2000 Electoral Votes:54(10.04% of 538)
Governor:1(Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2000 Representatives:52(11.95% of 435)
1990 Census: 29,785,857(11.97% of 248,765,170)
Registered Voters (Nov 98): 14,983,950
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98): 23,665,000 
Tuesday, November 7, 2000 Polls Close: 8 PM PST (0400 UTC)
Candidates seeking office
American Independent:1
Democrat:52
Green:6
Libertarian:47
Natural Law:53
Reform:9
Republican:52
"Write-In":1
(scatter):1
Last modified
States Alphabetically    States Chronologically    California Links
  President (short)    President (long)    Governors    Senate    House  
      
President  Electoral votes: 54, Term limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime; Electors: How Appointed, Meeting Place, How they voted; Total Popular Vote: 10,965,856; List of States: Short, Long
 CandidateReform 44,987 0.41% Pat Buchanan
 CandidateAmerican Independent 17,042 0.16% Howard Phillips
 WinnerDemocrat 5,861,203 53.45% Vice President Albert A. "Al" Gore, Jr.
(54 Electoral Votes)
 CandidateGreen418,707 3.82% Ralph Nader
 CandidateNatural Law 10,934 0.10% John Hagelin
 CandidateLibertarian 45,520 0.42% Harry Browne
 CandidateRepublican 4,567,429 41.65% Governor George W. Bush
 Candidate"Write-In" 28 0.00% David McReynolds
Running under the banner of the Socialist Party.
 Candidate(scatter) 6 0.00% Write-In
Governor  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, Current Governors  
 Democrat  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).
Senate  6-year term, Current Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 1Democrat  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
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateGreen  Medea Susan Benjamin
 CandidateReform  Jose Luis Camahort
 CandidateRepublican  Congressman Tom Campbell
 WinnerDemocrat  Senator Dianne Feinstein
 CandidateLibertarian  Gail Katherine Lightfoot
 CandidateNatural Law  Brian Rees
Class 3Democrat  Barbara Boxer
First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.
House of Representatives  2 year term, Current House  
27 Democrats
25 Republicans
CD 1Democrat  Mike Thompson
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateRepublican  Russel Chase
 CandidateReform  Pamela Elizondo
 CandidateNatural Law  Cheryl Kreier
 CandidateLibertarian  Emil Rossi
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Mike Thompson
CD 2Republican  Wally Herger
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Wally Herger
 CandidateLibertarian  Charles Martin
 CandidateNatural Law  John McDermott
 CandidateDemocrat  Stan Morgan
CD 3Republican  Doug Ose
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateNatural Law  Channing E. Jones
 CandidateDemocrat  Bob Kent
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Doug Ose
 CandidateLibertarian  Douglas Tuma
CD 4Republican  John Doolittle
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman John Doolittle
 CandidateLibertarian  William Fritz Frey
 CandidateDemocrat  Mark Norberg
 CandidateNatural Law  Robert E. Ray
CD 5Democrat  Robert Matsui
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateGreen  Ken Adams
 CandidateNatural Law  Charles Kersey
 CandidateLibertarian  Cullene Lang
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Robert Matsui
 CandidateRepublican  Ken Payne
CD 6Democrat  Lynn Woolsey
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateNatural Law  Alan Barreca
 CandidateLibertarian  Richard Barton
 CandidateRepublican  Ken McAuliffe
 CandidateGreen  Justin Moscoso
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Lynn Woolsey
CD 7Democrat  George Miller
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateRepublican  Christopher Hoffman
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman George Miller
 CandidateNatural Law  J. Martin Sproul
CD 8Democrat  Nancy Pelosi
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateLibertarian  Erik Bauman
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Nancy Pelosi
 CandidateNatural Law  David Smithstein
 CandidateRepublican  Adam Sparks
CD 9Democrat  Barbara Lee
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateLibertarian  Fred Foldvary
 CandidateNatural Law  Ellen Jefferds
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Barbara Lee
 CandidateRepublican  Arneze Washington
CD 10Democrat  Ellen Tauscher
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateRepublican  Claude Hutchinson, Jr.
 CandidateNatural Law  Valerie Janlois
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Ellen Tauscher
CD 11Republican  Richard Pombo
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateNatural Law  Jon A. Kurey
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Richard Pombo
 CandidateLibertarian  Kathryn Russow
 CandidateDemocrat  Tom Santos
CD 12Democrat  Tom Lantos
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateRepublican  Mike Garza
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Tom Lantos
 CandidateLibertarian  Barbara Less
 CandidateNatural Law  Rifkin Young
CD 13Democrat  Pete Stark
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateRepublican  Jim Goetz
 CandidateNatural Law  Timothy R. Hoerner
 CandidateLibertarian  Howard Mora
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Pete Stark
CD 14Democrat  Anna Eshoo
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateNatural Law  John Black
 CandidateLibertarian  Joseph Dehn, 3d
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Anna Eshoo
 CandidateRepublican  Bill Quraishi
CD 15Republican  Tom Campbell
Open Seat. Congressman Tom Campbell sought- and won- Republican Senate nomination 7 March 2000.
 CandidateRepublican  Jim Cunneen
 CandidateNatural Law  Douglas C. Gorney
 WinnerDemocrat  Mike Honda
 CandidateLibertarian  Ed Wimmers
CD 16Democrat  Zoe Lofgren
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateNatural Law  Edward J. Klein
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Zoe Lofgren
 CandidateRepublican  Gene Thayn
 CandidateLibertarian  Dennis Michael Umphress
CD 17Democrat  Sam Farr
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateGreen  E. Craig Coffin
 CandidateRepublican  Clint Engler
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Sam Farr
 CandidateReform  Larry Fenton
 CandidateLibertarian  Rick Garrett
 CandidateNatural Law  Scott R. Hartley
CD 18Democrat  Gary Condit
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Gary Condit
 CandidateNatural Law  Page Roth Riskin
 CandidateRepublican  Steve Wilson
CD 19Republican  George Radanovich
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateNatural Law  Bob Miller
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman George Radanovich
 CandidateDemocrat  Dan Rosenberg
 CandidateLibertarian  Elizabeth Taylor
CD 20Democrat  Cal Dooley
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Cal Dooley
 CandidateLibertarian  Arnold Kriegbaum
 CandidateRepublican  Rich Rodriguez
 CandidateNatural Law  Walter Kenneth Ruehlig
CD 21Republican  Bill Thomas
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateLibertarian  James Manion
 CandidateDemocrat  Pedro "Pete" Martinez, Jr.
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Bill Thomas
CD 22Democrat  Lois Capps
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateNatural Law  J. Carlos Aguirre
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Lois Capps
 CandidateLibertarian  Joe Furcinite
 CandidateReform  Dick Porter
 CandidateRepublican  Mike Stoker
CD 23Republican  Elton Gallegly
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateDemocrat  Michael Case
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Elton Gallegly
 CandidateNatural Law  Stephen P. Hospodar
 CandidateLibertarian  Roger Peebles
 CandidateReform  Cary Savitch
CD 24Democrat  Brad Sherman
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateNatural Law  Michael Cuddehe
 CandidateRepublican  Jerry Doyle
 CandidateLibertarian  Juan Carlos Rios
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Brad Sherman
CD 25Republican  Buck McKeon
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateLibertarian  Bruce Acker
 CandidateDemocrat  Sid Gold
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Buck McKeon
 CandidateNatural Law  Mews Small
CD 26Democrat  Howard Berman
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Howard Berman
 CandidateNatural Law  David L. Cossak
 CandidateLibertarian  Bill Farley
CD 27Republican  James Rogan
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateLibertarian  Ted Brown
 CandidateNatural Law  Miriam R. Hospodar
 CandidateRepublican  Congressman James Rogan
 WinnerDemocrat  Adam Schiff
CD 28Republican  David Dreier
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateNatural Law  Lawrence Allison
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman David Dreier
 CandidateDemocrat  Janice Nelson
 CandidateLibertarian  Randall Weissbuch
CD 29Democrat  Henry Waxman
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateLibertarian  Jack Anderson
 CandidateNatural Law  Bruce Currivan
 CandidateRepublican  Jim Scileppi
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Henry Waxman
CD 30Democrat  Xavier Becerra
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Xavier Becerra
 CandidateRepublican  Tony Goss
 CandidateNatural Law  Gary D. Hearne
 CandidateLibertarian  Jason Heath
CD 31Republican  Matthew G. "Marty" Martinez
Lost Primary - Lost 7 March 2000 Democratic PRIMARY to Hilda Solis
 CandidateNatural Law  Richard D. Griffin
 CandidateGreen  Krista Lieberg-Wong
 CandidateLibertarian  Michael McGuire
 WinnerDemocrat  Hilda Solis
 Congressman Martinez was elected a Democrat. He switched his affiliation to the Republican Party on July 26, 2000.
CD 32Democrat  Julian Dixon
Vacant Office. Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
 CandidateDemocrat  Congressman Julian Dixon
 CandidateNatural Law  Rashied Jibri
 CandidateLibertarian  Bob Weber
 CandidateRepublican  Kathy Williamson
 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 Governor Davis is likely to call for such an election late this Winter or early Spring. California has a nonpartisan special primary/special election system.
CD 33Democrat  Lucille Roybal-Allard
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateLibertarian  Nathan Thomas Craddock
 CandidateNatural Law  William Harpur
 CandidateRepublican  Wayne Miller
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Lucille Roybal-Allard
CD 34Democrat  Grace Flores Napolitano
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateRepublican  Robert Canales
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Grace Flores Napolitano
 CandidateNatural Law  Julia F. Simon
CD 35Democrat  Maxine Waters
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateNatural Law  Rick Dunstan
 CandidateRepublican  Carl McGill
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Maxine Waters
CD 36Republican  Steven Kuykendall
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 WinnerDemocrat  Jane Harman
 CandidateReform  John Konopka
 CandidateRepublican  Congressman Steven Kuykendall
 CandidateNatural Law  Matt Ornati
 CandidateLibertarian  Daniel Sherman
CD 37Democrat  Juanita Millender-McDonald
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateNatural Law  Margaret Glazer
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Juanita Millender-McDonald
 CandidateLibertarian  Herb Peters
 CandidateRepublican  Vernon Van
CD 38Republican  Steve Horn
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateNatural Law  Karen Blasdell-Wilkinson
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Steve Horn
 CandidateLibertarian  Jack Neglia
 CandidateDemocrat  Gerrie Schipske
 with 88% of the precincts reporting: Congressman Steve Horn (Republican) 74,083 to Gerrie Schipske (Democrat) 71,237
CD 39Republican  Ed Royce
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateLibertarian  Keith Gann
 CandidateNatural Law  Ron Jevning
 CandidateDemocrat  Gill Kanel
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Ed Royce
CD 40Republican  Jerry Lewis
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Jerry Lewis
 CandidateLibertarian  Marion Lindberg
 CandidateNatural Law  Frank N. Schmit
CD 41Republican  Gary Miller
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateDemocrat  Rodolfo Favila
 CandidateNatural Law  David Kramer
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Gary Miller
CD 42Democrat  Joe Baca
Democrat Joe Baca was elected to fill this seat on 16 November 1999 (special election), sworn 18 November 1999. (Democratic Congressman George E. Brown, Jr. passed away 7/15/1999.)
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Joe Baca
 CandidateLibertarian  Scott Ballard
 CandidateNatural Law  Gwyn Hartley
 CandidateRepublican  Elia Pirozzi
CD 43Republican  Ken Calvert
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateNatural Law  Nat Adam
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Ken Calvert
 CandidateLibertarian  Bill Reed
CD 44Republican  Mary Bono
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Mary Bono
 CandidateNatural Law  Jim Meuer
 CandidateDemocrat  Ron Oden
 CandidateReform  Gene Smith
CD 45Republican  Dana Rohrabacher
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateNatural Law  Constance Betton
 CandidateDemocrat  Ted Crisell
 CandidateLibertarian  Don Hull
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Dana Rohrabacher
CD 46Democrat  Loretta Sanchez
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateLibertarian  Richard Boddie
 CandidateNatural Law  Larry Engwall
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Loretta Sanchez
 CandidateRepublican  Gloria Matta Tuchman
CD 47Republican  Christopher Cox
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateNatural Law  Iris Adam
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Christopher Cox
 CandidateDemocrat  John Graham
 CandidateLibertarian  David Nolan
CD 48Republican  Ron Packard
Open Seat. Congressman Ron Packard did not seek re-election.
 CandidateLibertarian  Joe Michael Cobb
 WinnerRepublican  Darrell Issa
 CandidateDemocrat  Peter Kouvelis
 CandidateNatural Law  Sharon K. Miles
 CandidateReform  Eddie Rose
CD 49Republican  Brian Bilbray
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateLibertarian  Doris Ball
 CandidateNatural Law  Tahir I. Bhatti
 CandidateRepublican  Congressman Brian Bilbray
 WinnerDemocrat  Susan Davis
CD 50Democrat  Bob Filner
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateRepublican  Bob Divine
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Bob Filner
 CandidateNatural Law  Leeann S. Kendall
 CandidateLibertarian  David Willoughby
CD 51Republican  Duke Cunningham
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateDemocrat  Jorge Barraza
 CandidateNatural Law  Eric Hunter Bourdette
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Duke Cunningham
 CandidateLibertarian  Daniel Muhe
CD 52Republican  Duncan Hunter
Renominated - 7 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateDemocrat  Craig Barkacs
 CandidateLibertarian  Michael Benoit
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Duncan Hunter
 CandidateNatural Law  Robert A. Sherman
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