Electoral History
| California 12th Congressional District Primary election, June 7, 1988 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Tom Campbell | 41,867 | 58.1% | |
| Republican | Ernie Konnyu (incumbent) | 30,162 | 41.9% | |
| Totals | 72,029 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1988 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Tom Campbell | 136,384 | 51.7% | |
| Democratic | Anna Eshoo | 121,523 | 46.0% | |
| Libertarian | Tom Grey | 6,023 | 2.3% | |
| Totals | 263,930 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1990 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Tom Campbell (incumbent) | 125,157 | 60.8% | |
| Democratic | Robert Palmer | 69,270 | 33.7% | |
| Libertarian | Chuck Olson | 11,271 | 5.5% | |
| Totals | 205,698 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| United States Senatorial Republican Primary election (full seat), June, 1992 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Bruce Herschensohn | 956,136 | 38.2% | |
| Republican | Tom Campbell | 895,970 | 35.8% | |
| Republican | Sonny Bono | 417,848 | 16.7% | |
| Republican | Isaac Park Yonker | 95,344 | 3.8% | |
| Republican | Alexander Swift Eagle Justice | 60,110 | 2.4% | |
| Republican | John W. Spring | 54,941 | 2.2% | |
| Republican | John M. Brown | 20,710 | 0.9% | |
| Totals | 2,501,069 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| California State Senate District 11 Special election, November 2, 1993 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Tom Campbell | 100,804 | 60.2% | |
| Democratic | Hal Plotkin | 18,095 | 10.8% | |
| Democratic | Amal B. Winter | 15,244 | 9.1% | |
| Republican | Virgil McVicker | 11,251 | 6.7% | |
| Democratic | Phil Stokes | 8,085 | 4.9% | |
| Libertarian | Jon Petersen | 5,423 | 3.2% | |
| Independent | Nancy Jewell Cross | 4,322 | 2.6% | |
| Democratic | John J. "Jack" Hickey | 4,240 | 2.5% | |
| Totals | 167,464 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| California Congressional District 15 Special election, December 12, 1995 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |||
| Republican | Tom Campbell | 54,372 | 58.9% | |||
| Democratic | Jerry Estruth | 33,051 | 35.8% | |||
| Independent | Linh Kieu Dao | 4,922 | 5.3% | |||
| Independent | Connor Vlakancic (write-in) | 42 | 0.0% | |||
| Totals | 92,387 | 100.0% | ||||
| Voter turnout | % | |||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1996 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Tom Campbell (incumbent) | 132,737 | 58.6% | |
| Democratic | Dick Lane | 79,048 | 34.8% | |
| Reform | Valli Sharpe-Geisler | 6,230 | 2.7% | |
| Libertarian | Ed Wimmers | 5,481 | 2.4% | |
| Natural Law | Bruce Currivan | 3,372 | 1.5% | |
| Totals | 226,868 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1998 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Tom Campbell (incumbent) | 111,876 | 60.6% | |
| Democratic | Dick Lane | 70,059 | 37.9% | |
| Natural Law | Frank Strutner | 2,843 | 1.5% | |
| Totals | 184,778 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| United States Senatorial Republican Primary election, March 7, 2000 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Tom Campbell | 1,697,208 | 56.2% | |
| Republican | Ray Haynes | 679,034 | 22.5% | |
| Republican | Bill Horn | 453,630 | 15.1% | |
| Republican | John M. Brown | 68,415 | 2.2% | |
| Republican | Linh Dao | 64,559 | 2.1% | |
| Republican | James Peter Gough | 58,853 | 1.9% | |
| Totals | 3,021,699 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| United States Senate elections, 2000 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) | 5,932,522 | 55.9% | |
| Republican | Tom Campbell | 3,886,853 | 36.6% | |
| Green | Medea Benjamin | 326,828 | 3.1% | |
| Libertarian | Gail Lightfoot | 187,718 | 1.8% | |
| American Independent | Diane Beall Templin | 134,598 | 1.2% | |
| Reform | Jose Luis "Joe" Olivares Camahort | 96,552 | 0.9% | |
| Natural Law | Brian M. Rees | 58,537 | 0.5% | |
| Totals | 10,623,608 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| California Republican United States Senate primary, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Carly Fiorina | 1,315,429 | 56.4% | ||
| Tom Campbell | 504,289 | 21.7% | ||
| Chuck DeVore | 452,577 | 19.3% | ||
| Al Ramirez | 42,149 | 1.8% | ||
| Tim Kalemkarian | 19,598 | 0.8% | ||
| Total votes | 2,334,042 | 100% | ||
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