Electoral History
| Public Offices | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office | Type | Location | Elected | Term began | Term ended |
| State Assemblyman | Legislature | Sacramento | 1974 | December 7, 1974 | December 2, 1976 |
| State Senator | Legislature | Sacramento | 1976 | December 2, 1976 | December 8, 1980 |
| State Senator | Legislature | Sacramento | 1980 | December 8, 1980 | December 3, 1984 |
| State Senator | Legislature | Sacramento | 1984 | December 3, 1984 | December 5, 1988 |
| State Senator | Legislature | Sacramento | 1988 | December 5, 1988 | December 3, 1990 |
| Insurance Commissioner | Executive | Sacramento | 1990 | January 7, 1991 | January 2, 1995 |
| Insurance Commissioner | Executive | Sacramento | 2002 | January 6, 2003 | January 8, 2007 |
| Lieutenant Governor | Executive | Sacramento | 2006 | January 8, 2007 | November 5, 2009 |
| U.S. Representative | Legislative | Washington, D.C. | 2009 | November 5, 2009 | January 3, 2011 |
| U.S. Representative | Legislative | Washington, D.C. | 2010 | January 3, 2011 | Present |
| California State Legislature service | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Session | Chamber | Majority | Governor | Committees | District |
| 1975–1976 | Assembly | Democratic | Jerry Brown | 7 | |
| 1977–1978 | Senate | Democratic | Jerry Brown | 13 | |
| 1979–1980 | Senate | Democratic | Jerry Brown | 13 | |
| 1981–1982 | Senate | Democratic | Jerry Brown | 13 | |
| 1983–1984 | Senate | Democratic | George Deukmejian | 5 | |
| 1985–1986 | Senate | Democratic | George Deukmejian | 5 | |
| 1987–1988 | Senate | Democratic | George Deukmejian | 5 | |
| 1989–1990 | Senate | Democratic | George Deukmejian | 5 | |
| California Insurance Commissioner general election, 1990 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | John Garamendi | 3,770,717 | 52.2 | ||
| Republican | Wes Bannister | 2,736,577 | 37.9 | ||
| Libertarian | Ted Brown | 431,317 | 6.0 | ||
| Peace and Freedom | Tom Condit | 281,276 | 3.9 | ||
| Total votes | 7,220,508 | % | |||
| Majority | 1,034,140 | 14.3 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
| California Insurance Commissioner general election, 2002 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | John Garamendi | 3,346,937 | 46.5 | ||
| Republican | Gary Mendoza | 2,998,243 | 41.6 | ||
| Green | David Ishmael Sheidlower | 277,667 | 3.9 | ||
| Libertarian | Dale F. Ogden | 236,688 | 3.3 | ||
| Natural Law | Raul Calderon | 192,001 | 2.7 | ||
| American Independent | Steven A. Klein | 148,893 | 2.1 | ||
| Total votes | 7,200,429 | % | |||
| Majority | 348,694 | 4.9 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
| California Lieutenant Governor primary election, 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | John Garamendi | 1,045,097 | 42.5 | ||
| Democratic | Jackie Speier | 975,530 | 39.7 | ||
| Democratic | Liz Figueroa | 436,849 | 17.8 | ||
| Total votes | 2,457,476 | % | |||
| Majority | 69,567 | 2.8 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| California Lieutenant Governor general election, 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | John Garamendi | 4,189,584 | 49.1 | ||
| Republican | Tom McClintock | 3,845,858 | 45.1 | ||
| Green | Donna J. Warren | 239,107 | 2.8 | ||
| Libertarian | Lynnete Shaw | 142,851 | 1.7 | ||
| American Independent | Jim King | 68,446 | 0.8 | ||
| Peace and Freedom | Tom Condit | 43,319 | 0.5 | ||
| Total votes | 8,529,165 | % | |||
| Majority | 343,726 | 4.0 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
| California's 10th congressional district special primary, 2009 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | John Garamendi | 27,580 | 25.70% | |
| Republican | David Harmer | 22,582 | 21.05% | |
| Democratic | Mark DeSaulnier | 18,888 | 17.60% | |
| Democratic | Joan Buchanan | 12,896 | 12.02% | |
| Democratic | Anthony Woods | 9,388 | 8.75% | |
| Republican | Chris Bunch | 4,871 | 4.54% | |
| Republican | Gary Clift | 4,158 | 3.88% | |
| Republican | John Toth | 3,340 | 3.11% | |
| Republican | David Peterson | 1,671 | 1.56% | |
| Green | Jeremy Cloward | 552 | 0.51% | |
| Republican | Mark Loos | 418 | 0.39% | |
| Democratic | Adriel Hampton | 376 | 0.35% | |
| American Independent | Jerome Denham | 309 | 0.29% | |
| Peace and Freedom | Mary McIlroy | 272 | 0.25% | |
| Democratic | Tiffany Attwood (write-in) | 2 | 0.00% | |
| Totals | 107,303 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | 29.39% | |||
| United States House of Representatives elections, 2010 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| California's 10th congressional district special election, 2009 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | John Garamendi | 72,817 | 52.85% | |
| Republican | David Harmer | 59,017 | 42.83% | |
| Green | Jeremy Cloward | 2,515 | 1.83% | |
| Peace and Freedom | Mary McIlroy | 1,846 | 1.34% | |
| American Independent | Jerome Denham | 1,591 | 1.15% | |
| Totals | 137,786 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | 35.33% | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| United States House of Representatives elections, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | John Garamendi (incumbent) | 137,578 | 58.9% | |
| Republican | Gary Clift | 88,512 | 37.8% | |
| Green | Jeremy Cloward | 7,716 | 3.3% | |
| Totals | 233,806 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
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