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Election 1992 Results

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1992 US Senate election in California

Barbara Boxer (Democrat) beat Bruce Herschensohn (Republican) in California in 1992, 47.9% to 43.0%, a margin of 4.9 points and 529,285 votes.

Dianne Feinstein (Democrat) beat John Seymour (Republican) in California in 1992, 54.3% to 38.0%, a margin of 16.3 points and 1,760,150 votes. (This was a special election.)

The Democratic hold continued from 1986, when Alan Cranston won.

Republicans led in 39 of the 58 counties and Democrats in 19. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 2,684,066 votes and went to the Democrat by 12.9 points. The closest was Alpine, where 12 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Senate

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Barbara Boxer won	Democratic	5,173,467	47.9%
Bruce Herschensohn	Republican	4,644,182	43.0%
All other candidates		982,054	9.1%
Total		10,799,703

Special election

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Dianne Feinstein won	Democratic	5,853,651	54.3%
John Seymour	Republican	4,093,501	38.0%
All other candidates		835,591	7.7%
Total		10,782,743

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Los Angeles	1,410,423 52.5%	1,062,974 39.6%	210,669	2,684,066	D+12.9
Orange	317,740 33.4%	550,502 57.9%	82,735	950,977	R+24.5
San Diego	399,087 42.2%	448,181 47.4%	99,161	946,429	R+5.2
Santa Clara	314,884 54.1%	206,913 35.6%	60,186	581,983	D+18.6
Alameda	343,020 66.9%	128,489 25.1%	40,884	512,393	D+41.9
San Bernardino	164,620 36.9%	231,143 51.8%	50,351	446,114	R+14.9
Sacramento	215,853 49.1%	179,844 40.9%	44,020	439,717	D+8.2
Riverside	160,630 38.1%	218,778 51.8%	42,726	422,134	R+13.8
Contra Costa	203,563 55.2%	131,923 35.8%	33,466	368,952	D+19.4
San Francisco	233,068 76.6%	56,972 18.7%	14,332	304,372	D+57.9
San Mateo	158,490 59.4%	87,209 32.7%	21,186	266,885	D+26.7
Ventura	104,335 39.6%	133,274 50.6%	25,700	263,309	R+11.0
Fresno	78,321 36.9%	117,891 55.6%	15,847	212,059	R+18.7
Sonoma	108,991 56.8%	62,696 32.6%	20,339	192,026	D+24.1
Kern	53,141 30.3%	106,916 61.0%	15,309	175,366	R+30.7
San Joaquin	66,484 42.2%	75,032 47.6%	16,212	157,728	R+5.4
Santa Barbara	70,998 45.1%	72,793 46.2%	13,603	157,394	R+1.1
Solano	67,007 51.9%	47,148 36.5%	15,020	129,175	D+15.4
Marin	80,902 63.5%	37,150 29.1%	9,420	127,472	D+34.3
Stanislaus	55,688 45.0%	55,875 45.2%	12,118	123,681	R+0.2
Monterey	54,400 48.7%	45,903 41.1%	11,507	111,810	D+7.6
Santa Cruz	67,927 61.2%	32,482 29.3%	10,562	110,971	D+31.9
San Luis Obispo	41,824 41.2%	49,945 49.2%	9,668	101,437	R+8.0
Placer	34,905 39.3%	44,813 50.5%	9,022	88,740	R+11.2
Tulare	25,311 29.2%	53,856 62.2%	7,406	86,573	R+33.0
Butte	31,505 37.4%	43,338 51.5%	9,364	84,207	R+14.1
Shasta	18,868 28.4%	39,507 59.4%	8,092	66,467	R+31.1
El Dorado	24,601 38.7%	32,368 50.9%	6,667	63,636	R+12.2
Yolo	35,006 58.2%	19,900 33.1%	5,207	60,113	D+25.1
Humboldt	27,916 48.6%	24,757 43.1%	4,729	57,402	D+5.5
Napa	25,746 49.6%	20,655 39.8%	5,477	51,878	D+9.8
Merced	17,848 39.2%	22,360 49.1%	5,311	45,519	R+9.9
Nevada	17,091 39.4%	21,609 49.9%	4,628	43,328	R+10.4
Mendocino	19,818 56.0%	11,718 33.1%	3,861	35,397	D+22.9
Madera	9,401 31.9%	17,609 59.7%	2,465	29,475	R+27.8
Imperial	11,614 44.7%	11,389 43.8%	3,005	26,008	D+0.9
Sutter	7,719 30.8%	14,783 59.0%	2,538	25,040	R+28.2
Kings	8,151 33.1%	14,079 57.1%	2,406	24,636	R+24.1
Lake	10,805 46.8%	9,357 40.5%	2,918	23,080	D+6.3
Tuolumne	9,811 42.8%	10,596 46.2%	2,508	22,915	R+3.4
Tehama	6,450 30.7%	11,893 56.6%	2,662	21,005	R+25.9
Siskiyou	8,115 40.6%	9,568 47.9%	2,306	19,989	R+7.3
Calaveras	6,402 38.4%	8,269 49.5%	2,022	16,693	R+11.2
Yuba	5,638 34.0%	8,726 52.7%	2,204	16,568	R+18.6
Amador	6,082 40.4%	7,366 48.9%	1,613	15,061	R+8.5
San Benito	5,415 43.7%	5,527 44.6%	1,454	12,396	R+0.9
Plumas	4,032 40.5%	4,728 47.5%	1,200	9,960	R+7.0
Lassen	3,761 38.1%	4,823 48.9%	1,289	9,873	R+10.8
Del Norte	3,891 42.4%	4,289 46.7%	1,006	9,186	R+4.3
Glenn	2,271 26.3%	5,373 62.2%	1,000	8,644	R+35.9
Inyo	2,563 31.0%	4,847 58.6%	863	8,273	R+27.6
Mariposa	2,989 36.9%	4,211 51.9%	910	8,110	R+15.1
Trinity	2,261 35.2%	3,184 49.5%	986	6,431	R+14.4
Colusa	1,859 33.6%	3,112 56.2%	567	5,538	R+22.6
Modoc	1,429 32.6%	2,367 54.1%	582	4,378	R+21.4
Mono	1,820 42.2%	2,034 47.2%	456	4,310	R+5.0
Sierra	705 38.7%	878 48.2%	239	1,822	R+9.5
Alpine	272 45.2%	260 43.2%	70	602	D+2.0

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

California Senate elections we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Adam B. Schiff (D)	D+17.7
2022	Alex Padilla (D)	D+22.1
2018	Dianne Feinstein (D)	D+54.2
2016	Kamala Harris (D)	D+61.6
2012	Dianne Feinstein (D)	D+25.0
2010	Barbara Boxer (D)	D+10.0
2006	Dianne Feinstein (D)	D+24.4
2004	Barbara Boxer (D)	D+19.9
2000	Dianne Feinstein (D)	D+19.3
1998	Barbara Boxer (D)	D+10.0
1994	Dianne Feinstein (D)	D+1.9
1992	Barbara Boxer (D)	D+4.9
1988	Pete Wilson (R)	R+8.8
1986	Alan Cranston (D)	D+1.4
1982	Pete Wilson (R)	R+6.8
1980	Alan Cranston (D)	D+19.4
1976	S. I. Hayakawa (R)	R+3.3
1974	Alan Cranston (D)	D+24.3
1970	John V. Tunney (D)	D+9.5
1968	Alan Cranston (D)	D+4.9
1964	George Murphy (R)	R+3.1
1962	Thomas Kuchel (R)	R+12.9
1958	Clair Engle (D)	D+14.1
1956	Thomas Kuchel (R)	R+8.3
1952	William Knowland (R)	R+87.8
1950	Richard M. Nixon (R)	R+18.5
1946	William F. Knowland (R)	R+9.9
1944	Sheridan Downey (D)	D+4.6
1940	Hiram W. Johnson (R)	R+82.5
1938	Sheridan Downey (D)	D+9.8
1934	Hiram Johnson (R)	R+94.5
1932	William Gibbs McAdoo (D)	D+12.6
1928	Hiram W. Johnson (R)	R+55.9
1926	Samuel M. Shortridge (R)	R+26.2
1922	Hiram W. Johnson (R)	R+38.4
1920	Samuel M. Shortridge (R)	R+8.3
1916	Hiram W. Johnson (R)	R+31.6
1914	James D. Phelan (D)	D+2.9