CALIFORNIA
      Nov. 6, 2012 U.S. Senate

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+Dianne Feinstein (D) i
 7,864,624 62.52%
Elizabeth Emken (R)
 4,713,887 37.48%

12,578,511
Registered Voters: 18,245,970.  Total Voters: 13,202,158.
Plurality: 3,150,737 votes (25.04 percentage points)
 CA Secretary of State



Notes: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D), first elected in the Nov. 3, 1992 special election, was re-elected to a fourth full term, defeating Elizabeth Emken (R), whose experience includes vice president for government relations at Autism Speaks.  Feinstein and Emken advanced from the June 5, 2012 blanket primary, where two dozen candidates were on the ballot.  Feinstein finished first with 49.3% of the vote.  Emken, who received the endorsement of the California Republican Party in March, finished second with 12.6%.  Feinstein refused to debate Emken (>).  According to Open Secrets (>), the Feinstein campaign spent $12.2 million to $910,209 for the Emken campaign.
 
Campaign Managers:
Dianne Feinstein:  Bill Carrick
Founder of Carrick Consulting, Inc. based in California; he has worked on Feinstein's campaigns since he managed her 1990 run for governor.  Campaign manager on Dick Gephardt's 1988 presidential campaign.  Political director for Sen. Ted Kennedy's 1980 presidential campaign.  Studied political science at the University of South Carolina.  South Carolina native.

Elizabeth Emken:  Jeff Corless
 President and CEO of Venture Strategic Inc. in Orange County from July 2011.  Director of unnamed statewide organization, July 2010-July 2011.  Deputy campaign manager/political director on Carly Fiorina for U.S. Senate, Jan.-Nov. 2010.  Chief of Staff to Calif. Assemblywoman Diane Harkey, Dec. 2008-June 2010.  Chief deputy to Orange County Supervisor Pat Bates, Jan. 2007-Dec. 2008.  Deputy coalitions director on Schwarzenegger 2006 re-election/Victory '06, June-Dec. 2006.  M.B.A. from Chapman University, 2007; B.B.A. in business administration and economics from Loyola Marymount University, College of Business Administration, 2003.





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