John Garamendi - Electoral History

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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