The electoral history of Dianne Feinstein. Feinstein previously served as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Mayor of San Francisco, and was a United States Senator.
San Francisco mayoral elections
1971
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Joseph Alioto | 95,744 | 38.6 | |
| Nonpartisan | Harold Dobbs | 68,637 | 27.7 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dianne Feinstein | 53,911 | 21.8 | |
| Nonpartisan | Fred Selinger | 13,902 | 5.6 | |
| Nonpartisan | Scott Newhall | 8,534 | 3.4 | |
| Nonpartisan | Tony Serra | 2,724 | 1.1 | |
| Nonpartisan | Nathan Weinstein | 1,541 | 0.6 | |
| Nonpartisan | John C. Diamante | 1,477 | 0.6 | |
| Nonpartisan | Stanley Lee Cotton | 670 | 0.3 | |
| Nonpartisan | John Gardner Brent | 661 | 0.3 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jeffrey R. Chaskin | 304 | 0.1 | |
| Total votes | 248,105 | 100.0 | ||
1975
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | George Moscone | 66,195 | 31.5 | |
| Nonpartisan | John Barbagelata | 40,540 | 19.3 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dianne Feinstein | 39,344 | 18.7 | |
| Nonpartisan | John A. Ertola | 30,360 | 14.5 | |
| Nonpartisan | Milton Marks | 27,910 | 13.3 | |
| Nonpartisan | John C. Diamante | 2,218 | 1.1 | |
| Nonpartisan | Roland Sheppard | 1,080 | 0.5 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ray Cunningham | 1,061 | 0.5 | |
| Nonpartisan | Josie-Lee Kuhlman | 477 | 0.2 | |
| Nonpartisan | Donald Donaldson | 433 | 0.2 | |
| Nonpartisan | Nicholas F. Benton | 362 | 0.2 | |
| Total votes | 209,980 | 100.0 | ||
1979
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) | 81,115 | 42.2 | |
| Nonpartisan | Quentin Kopp | 77,784 | 40.4 | |
| Nonpartisan | David Scott | 18,506 | 9.6 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jello Biafra | 6,591 | 3.8 | |
| Nonpartisan | Sylvia Weinstein | 3,529 | 2.0 | |
| Nonpartisan | Cesar Ascarrunz | 1,739 | 1.0 | |
| Nonpartisan | Steve L. Calitri | 1,285 | 0.7 | |
| Nonpartisan | Tibor Uskert | 739 | 0.4 | |
| Nonpartisan | Joe Hughes | 601 | 0.4 | |
| Nonpartisan | Patricia Dolbeare | 573 | 0.3 | |
| Total votes | 192,462 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) | 102,233 | 54.0 | |
| Nonpartisan | Quentin Kopp | 87,226 | 46.0 | |
| Total votes | 189,459 | 100.0 | ||
1983
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) | 117,489 | 80.1 | |
| Nonpartisan | Cesar Ascarrunz | 10,713 | 7.3 | |
| Nonpartisan | Gloria La Riva | 7,644 | 5.2 | |
| Nonpartisan | Patricia Wright | 4,566 | 3.1 | |
| Nonpartisan | Brian Lantz | 3,537 | 2.4 | |
| Nonpartisan | Carrie Drake | 2,700 | 1.8 | |
| Nonpartisan | James Bond Zero (write-in) | 12 | 0.0 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ellis Keyes (write-in) | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Nonpartisan | Bobby Venegas (write-in) | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Total votes | 146,679 | 100.0 | ||
California gubernatorial elections
1990
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Dianne Feinstein | 1,361,360 | 56.3 | |
| Democratic | John Van de Kamp | 1,067,899 | 41.0 | |
| Democratic | Frank L. Thomas | 35,900 | 1.4 | |
| Democratic | Charles Pineda Jr. | 25,396 | 1.0 | |
| Democratic | Franklin R. Geraty | 24,251 | 0.9 | |
| Democratic | John Hancock Abbott | 19,697 | 0.8 | |
| Democratic | Charles A. Mahon III | 17,987 | 0.7 | |
| Democratic | F. Frank Wong | 16,280 | 0.6 | |
| Democratic | Eileen Anderson | 16,116 | 0.6 | |
| Democratic | Lydon Byrne | 11,975 | 0.5 | |
| Democratic | Mark Calney | 7,923 | 0.3 | |
| Democratic | Sue Lockard Digre (write-in) | 68 | 0.0 | |
| Total votes | 2,604,852 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Pete Wilson | 3,791,904 | 49.3 | ||
| Democratic | Dianne Feinstein | 3,525,197 | 45.8 | ||
| Libertarian | Dennis Thompson | 145,628 | 1.9 | ||
| American Independent | Jerome McCready | 139,661 | 1.8 | ||
| Peace and Freedom | Maria Elizabeth Muñoz | 96,842 | 1.3 | ||
| Total votes | 7,699,232 | 100.0 | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
United States Senate elections
1992
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Dianne Feinstein | 1,775,124 | 57.7 | |
| Democratic | Gray Davis | 1,009,751 | 32.8 | |
| Democratic | Davis Kearms | 149,918 | 4.9 | |
| Democratic | Joseph Alioto | 139,410 | 4.5 | |
| Total votes | 3,074,203 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Dianne Feinstein | 5,853,651 | 54.3 | ||
| Republican | John F. Seymour (incumbent) | 4,093,501 | 38.0 | ||
| Peace and Freedom | Gerald Horne | 305,697 | 2.8 | ||
| American Independent | Paul Meeuwenberg | 281,973 | 2.6 | ||
| Libertarian | Richard Benjamin Boddie | 247,799 | 2.3 | ||
| Total votes | 10,782,621 | 100.0 | |||
| Democratic gain from Republican | |||||
1994
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) | 1,635,837 | 74.2 | |
| Democratic | Ted J. Andromedas | 297,128 | 13.5 | |
| Democratic | Daniel O'Dowd | 271,615 | 12.3 | |
| Total votes | 2,204,580 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) | 3,979,152 | 46.7 | ||
| Republican | Michael Huffington | 3,817,025 | 44.8 | ||
| Peace and Freedom | Elizabeth Cervantes Barron | 255,301 | 3.0 | ||
| Libertarian | Richard Benjamin Boddie | 179,100 | 2.1 | ||
| American Independent | Paul Meeuwenberg | 142,771 | 1.7 | ||
| Green | Barbara Blong | 140,567 | 1.7 | ||
| Total votes | 8,513,916 | 100.0 | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
2000
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) | 3,759,560 | 95.5 | |
| Democratic | Michael Schmier | 181,104 | 4.5 | |
| Total votes | 3,940,664 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Dianne Feinstein (Incumbent) | 5,932,522 | 55.8 | ||
| Republican | Tom Campbell | 3,886,853 | 36.6 | ||
| Green | Medea Susan Benjamin | 326,828 | 3.1 | ||
| Libertarian | Gail Lightfoot | 187,718 | 1.8 | ||
| American Independent | Diane Beall Templin | 134,598 | 1.3 | ||
| Reform | Jose Luis Olivares Camahort | 96,552 | 0.9 | ||
| Natural Law | Brian M. Rees | 58,537 | 0.6 | ||
| Independent | John Emery Jones (write-in) | 6 | 0.0 | ||
| Total votes | 10,623,614 | 100.0 | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
2006
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) | 2,176,888 | 87.0 | |
| Democratic | Colleen Fernald | 199,180 | 8.0 | |
| Democratic | Martin Luther Church | 127,301 | 5.0 | |
| Total votes | 2,503,369 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) | 5,076,289 | 59.4 | ||
| Republican | Dick Mountjoy | 2,990,822 | 35.0 | ||
| Green | Todd Chretien | 147,074 | 1.7 | ||
| Libertarian | Michael S. Metti | 133,851 | 1.6 | ||
| Peace and Freedom | Marsha Feinland | 117,764 | 1.4 | ||
| American Independent | Don Grundmann | 75,350 | 0.9 | ||
| Green | Kent Mesplay (write-in) | 160 | 0.0 | ||
| Independent | Jeffrey Mackler (write-in) | 108 | 0.0 | ||
| Independent | Lea Sherman (write-in) | 47 | 0.0 | ||
| Independent | Connor Vlakancic (write-in) | 11 | 0.0 | ||
| Total votes | 8,541,472 | 100.0 | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) | 2,392,822 | 49.3 | |
| Republican | Elizabeth Emken | 613,613 | 12.6 | |
| Republican | Dan Hughes | 323,840 | 6.7 | |
| Republican | Rick Williams | 157,946 | 3.3 | |
| Republican | Orly Taitz | 154,781 | 3.2 | |
| Republican | Dennis Jackson | 137,120 | 2.8 | |
| Republican | Greg Conlon | 135,421 | 2.8 | |
| Republican | Al Ramirez | 109,399 | 2.3 | |
| Libertarian | Gail Lightfoot | 101,648 | 2.1 | |
| Democratic | Diane Stewart | 97,782 | 2.0 | |
| Democratic | Mike Strimling | 97,024 | 2.0 | |
| Democratic | David Levitt | 76,482 | 1.6 | |
| Republican | Oscar Braun | 75,842 | 1.6 | |
| Republican | Robert Lauten | 57,720 | 1.2 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Marsha Feinland | 54,129 | 1.2 | |
| Democratic | Colleen Shea Fernald | 51,623 | 1.1 | |
| Republican | Donald Krampe | 39,035 | 0.8 | |
| American Independent | Don J. Grundmann | 33,037 | 0.7 | |
| Republican | Dirk Allen Konopik | 29,997 | 0.6 | |
| Republican | John Boruff | 29,357 | 0.6 | |
| Democratic | Nak Shah | 27,203 | 0.6 | |
| Republican | Rogelio T. Gloria | 22,529 | 0.5 | |
| Republican | Nachum Shifren | 21,762 | 0.4 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Kabiruddin Karim Ali | 12,269 | 0.3 | |
| Republican | Linda R. Price (write-in) | 25 | 0.0 | |
| Total votes | 4,852,406 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) | 7,864,624 | 62.5 | ||
| Republican | Elizabeth Emken | 4,713,887 | 37.5 | ||
| Total votes | 12,578,511 | 100.0 | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) | 2,947,035 | 44.2% | |
| Democratic | Kevin de León | 805,446 | 12.1% | |
| Republican | James P. Bradley | 556,252 | 8.3% | |
| Republican | Arun K. Bhumitra | 350,815 | 5.3% | |
| Republican | Paul A. Taylor | 323,533 | 4.9% | |
| Republican | Erin Cruz | 267,494 | 4.0% | |
| Republican | Tom Palzer | 205,183 | 3.1% | |
| Democratic | Alison Hartson | 147,061 | 2.2% | |
| Republican | Rocky De La Fuente | 135,278 | 2.0% | |
| Democratic | Pat Harris | 126,947 | 1.9% | |
| Republican | John "Jack" Crew | 93,806 | 1.4% | |
| Republican | Patrick Little | 89,867 | 1.3% | |
| Republican | Kevin Mottus | 87,646 | 1.3% | |
| Republican | Jerry Joseph Laws | 67,140 | 1.0% | |
| Libertarian | Derrick Michael Reid | 59,999 | 0.9% | |
| Democratic | Adrienne Nicole Edwards | 56,172 | 0.8% | |
| Democratic | Douglas Howard Pierce | 42,671 | 0.6% | |
| Republican | Mario Nabliba | 39,209 | 0.6% | |
| Democratic | David Hildebrand | 30,305 | 0.5% | |
| Democratic | Donnie O. Turner | 30,101 | 0.5% | |
| Democratic | Herbert G. Peters | 27,468 | 0.4% | |
| No party preference | David Moore | 24,614 | 0.4% | |
| No party preference | Ling Ling Shi | 23,506 | 0.4% | |
| Peace and Freedom | John Thompson Parker | 22,825 | 0.3% | |
| No party preference | Lee Olson | 20,393 | 0.3% | |
| Democratic | Gerald Plummer | 18,234 | 0.3% | |
| No party preference | Jason M. Hanania | 18,171 | 0.3% | |
| No party preference | Don J. Grundmann | 15,125 | 0.2% | |
| No party preference | Colleen Shea Fernald | 13,536 | 0.2% | |
| No party preference | Rash Bihari Ghosh | 12,557 | 0.2% | |
| No party preference | Tim Gildersleeve | 8,482 | 0.1% | |
| No party preference | Michael Fahmy Girgis | 2,986 | 0.0% | |
| Green | Michael V. Ziesing (write-in) | 842 | 0.0% | |
| No party preference | Ursula M. Schilling (write-in) | 17 | 0.0% | |
| Democratic | Seelam Prabhakar Reddy (write-in) | 4 | 0.0% | |
| Total votes | 6,670,720 | 100.0% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) | 5,976,440 | 54.2% | −8.12% | |
| Democratic | Kevin de León | 5,047,268 | 45.8% | N/A | |
| Total votes | 11,023,708 | 100.0% | N/A | ||
| Democratic hold | |||||
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