Electoral History
| California State Assembly District 28 election, 1980 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Sam Farr | 67,770 | 53.3% | |
| Republican | Ann Welchner | 48,001 | 37.7% | |
| Peace and Freedom | Michael G. Zaharakis | 6,294 | 5.0% | |
| Libertarian | Donald E. Atkinson | 5,073 | 4.0% | |
| Totals | 127,138 | 100% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| California State Assembly District 28 election, 1982 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Sam Farr (incumbent) | 78,534 | 71.1% | |
| Republican | Peter Cost | 31,973 | 28.9% | |
| Totals | 110,507 | 100% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| California State Assembly District 28 election, 1984 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Sam Farr (incumbent) | 94,612 | 72.9% | |
| Republican | Lester Rate | 35,235 | 27.1% | |
| Totals | 129,847 | 100% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| California State Assembly District 28 election, 1986 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Sam Farr (incumbent) | 75,112 | 72.1% | |
| Republican | Jeff Bosshard | 29,025 | 27.9% | |
| Totals | 104,137 | 100% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| California State Assembly District 28 election, 1988 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Sam Farr (incumbent) | 102,654 | 70.8% | |
| Republican | James L. Skillicorn | 42,283 | 29.2% | |
| Totals | 144,937 | 100% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| California State Assembly District 28 election, 1990 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Sam Farr (incumbent) | 80,558 | 71.5% | |
| Republican | West W. Walker | 32,097 | 28.5% | |
| Totals | 112,655 | 100% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| California State Assembly District 27 election, 1992 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |||
| Democratic | Sam Farr | 101,695 | 60.7% | |||
| Republican | Susan Whitman | 58,873 | 35.1% | |||
| Peace and Freedom | David Lucier | 7,050 | 4.2% | |||
| Totals | 167,618 | 100% | ||||
| Voter turnout | % | |||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
| 17th Congressional District of California Special election (round 1), April 13, 1993 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Sam Farr | 23,600 | 25.8% | |
| Democratic | William W. Monning | 17,050 | 18.6% | |
| Democratic | Barbara Shipnuck | 12,982 | 14.2% | |
| Republican | Bill McCampbell | 10,911 | 11.9% | |
| Republican | Jess Brown | 9,360 | 10.2% | |
| Republican | Bob Ernst | 5,126 | 5.6% | |
| Democratic | Martin Vonnegut | 2,985 | 3.3% | |
| Republican | Barbara Honegger | 1,855 | 2.0% | |
| Democratic | Lancelot C. McClair | 1,413 | 1.5% | |
| Republican | John J. Shaw | 927 | 1.0% | |
| Republican | Carl Cieslinkowski | 696 | 0.8% | |
| Republican | Stephen Henderson | 668 | 0.7% | |
| Republican | Tom Shannon | 656 | 0.7% | |
| Libertarian | Richard J. Quigley | 411 | 0.5% | |
| Democratic | Shelley Reinisch | 411 | 0.5% | |
| Democratic | Kyle Samuels | 394 | 0.4% | |
| Republican | Darrin Smolinski | 361 | 0.4% | |
| Green | Kevin Gary Clark | 323 | 0.4% | |
| Republican | Louis Darrigo | 318 | 0.3% | |
| American Independent | Jerome N. "Jerry" McCready | 293 | 0.3% | |
| Democratic | Ed Frey | 257 | 0.3% | |
| Independent | Peter James | 164 | 0.2% | |
| Independent | James Ogle | 120 | 0.1% | |
| Democratic | Richard H. Kraus | 101 | 0.1% | |
| Democratic | Art Dunn | 100 | 0.1% | |
| Democratic | Jack Mitchener | 85 | 0.1% | |
| Independent | W. Gene Humphrey (write-in) | 3 | 0.0% | |
| Totals | 91,570 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| 17th Congressional District of California Special election (round 2), June 8, 1993 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Sam Farr | 53,675 | 52.3% | |
| Republican | Bill McCampbell | 43,774 | 42.6% | |
| American Independent | Jerome N. "Jerry" McCready | 1,689 | 1.7% | |
| Green | Kevin Gary Clark | 1,226 | 1.2% | |
| Libertarian | Richard J. Quigley | 948 | 0.9% | |
| Independent | Peter James | 943 | 0.9% | |
| Independent | James Ogle | 444 | 0.4% | |
| Independent | Tom Shannon (write-in) | 33 | 0.0% | |
| Totals | 102,732 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1994 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |||
| Democratic | Sam Farr (incumbent) | 87,222 | 52.2% | |||
| Republican | Bill McCampbell | 74,380 | 44.5% | |||
| Green | E. Craig Coffin | 5,591 | 3.3% | |||
| Totals | 167,193 | 100% | ||||
| Voter turnout | % | |||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1996 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Sam Farr (incumbent) | 115,116 | 58.9% | |
| Republican | Jess Brown | 73,856 | 37.8% | |
| Natural Law | John Black | 6,573 | 3.3% | |
| Totals | 195,545 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1998 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Sam Farr (incumbent) | 103,719 | 64.5% | |
| Republican | Bill McCampbell | 52,470 | 32.7% | |
| Libertarian | Rick Garrett | 2,791 | 1.7% | |
| Natural Law | Scott R. Hartley | 1,710 | 1.1% | |
| Totals | 160,690 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| United States House of Representatives elections, 2000 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Sam Farr (incumbent) | 143,219 | 68.7% | |
| Republican | Clint Engler | 51,557 | 24.7% | |
| Green | E. Craig Coffin | 8,215 | 4.0% | |
| Libertarian | Rick S. Garrett | 2,510 | 1.2% | |
| Reform | Larry Fenton | 2,263 | 1.0% | |
| Natural Law | Scott R. Hartley | 996 | 0.4% | |
| Totals | 208,760 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| United States House of Representatives elections, 2002 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Sam Farr (incumbent) | 101,632 | 68.1% | |
| Republican | Clint Engler | 40,334 | 27.1% | |
| Green | Ray Glock-Grueneich | 4,885 | 3.2% | |
| Libertarian | Jascha Lee | 2,418 | 1.6% | |
| Independent | Alan Shugart (write-in) | 27 | 0.0% | |
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| United States House of Representatives elections, 2004 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Sam Farr (incumbent) | 148,958 | 66.8% | |
| Republican | Mark Risley | 65,117 | 29.2% | |
| Green | Ray Glock-Grueneich | 3,645 | 1.7% | |
| Peace and Freedom | Joe Williams | 2,823 | 1.2% | |
| Libertarian | Joel Smolen | 2,607 | 1.1% | |
| Independent | David Mauricio Munoz (write-in) | 75 | 0.0% | |
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| United States House of Representatives elections, 2006 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Sam Farr (incumbent) | 120,750 | 75.9% | |
| Republican | Anthony R. DeMaio | 35,932 | 22.5% | |
| Independent | Jeff Edward Taylor (write-in) | 2,611 | 1.6% | |
| Totals | 163,293 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| United States House of Representatives elections, 2008 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Sam Farr (incumbent) | 168,907 | 73.9% | |
| Republican | Jeff Taylor | 59,037 | 25.9% | |
| Independent | Peter Andresen (write-in) | 682 | 0.2% | |
| Totals | 228,626 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
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