CALIFORNIA      Top of the Ticket Races, 1976-88
  1988
Democrats Republicans
Third Party/Independent
Nov. 8, 1988 President
+Bush/Quayle (R) 
5,054,917
51.13%
Dukakis/Bentsen (R)
4,702,233
47.56%
Paul/Marrou (L)
70,105
0.71%
Lenora Fulani (I)
31,181
0.32%
James C. Griffin (AIP)
27,818
0.28%
write-ins (4)
811
-

9,887,065





Plurality: 352,684 votes
3.57 percentage points

  



Nov. 8, 1988 U.S. Senate
+Pete Wilson (R) i
5,143,409
 52.79%
Leo McCarthy (D)
4,287,253
44.00%
M. Elizabeth Muñoz (P&F) 166,600
1.71%
Jack Dean (L) 79,997
0.82%
Merton D. Short (AIP)
66,288
0.68%
write-ins
51


9,743,598

Plurality: 856,156 votes
8.79 percentage points



  1986



Nov. 4, 1986 Governor
+George Deukmejian (R) i
4,505,601
 60.54%
Tom Bradley (D)
2,781,714
37.38%
Joseph Fuhrig (L)
52,628
0.71%
M. Elizabeth Muñoz (P&F) 51,995
0.70%
Gary V. Miller (AIP)
50,547
0.68%

7,442,485

Plurality: 1,723,887 votes
23.16 percentage points



  



Nov. 4, 1986 U.S. Senate
+Alan Cranston (D) i
3,646,672
 49.29%
Ed Zschau (R) 3,541,804
47.87%
Edward B. Vallen (AIP)
109,916
1.49%
Breck McKinley (L)
66,261
0.90%
Paul Kangas (P&F)
33,869
0.46%
write-ins
27


7,398,549

Plurality: 104,868 votes
1.42 percentage points


  1984



Nov 6, 1984 President
+Reagan/Bush (R)
5,467,009
57.51%
Mondale/Ferraro (D)
3,922,519
41.27%
Bergland/Lewis (L) 115,513
1.22%
Bob Richards (AIP) 39,265
0.41%
Sonia Johnson (P&F) 26,297
0.29%
write-ins  382


9,505,423




Plurality: 1,544,490 votes
16.25 percentage points

  1982



Nov. 2, 1982 Governor  R+ 
+George Deukmejian (R)
3,881,014
 49.28%
Tom Bradley (D)
3,787,669
48.09%
Dan P. Dougherty (L)
81,076
1.03%
Elizabeth Martinez
(P&F)
70,327
0.89%
James C. Griffin (AIP)
56,249
0.71%

7,876,335

Plurality: 93,345 votes
1.19 percentage points







Nov. 2, 1982 U.S. Senate
+Pete Wilson (R)
4,022,565
51.53%
Jerry Brown (D) 3,494,968
44.78%
Joseph Fuhrig (L)
107,720
1.38%
David Wald (P&F)
96,388
1.23%
Theresa Dietrich (AIP)
83,809
1.07%
write-ins
88
-

7,805,538

Plurality: 527,597 votes
6.76 percentage points




  1980



Nov. 4, 1980 President
+Reagan/Bush (R)
4,524,858
52.69%
Carter/Mondale (D)
3,083,661
35.91%
Anderson/Lucey (I)
739,833
8.62%
Clark/Koch (L) 148,434 1.73%
Commoner/Harris (I)
61,063
0.71%
Maureen Smith (P&F)
18,116
0.21%
John Rarick (AIP)
9,856
0.11%
write-ins (6)
1,239
 0.01% 

8,587,063





Plurality: 1,441,197 votes
16.78 percentage points






Nov. 4, 1980 U.S. Senate
+Alan Cranston (D) i
4,705,399 56.5%
Paul Gann (R)
3,093,426 37.2%
David Bergland (L)
202,481
2.4%
David Wald (P&F)
196,354
2.4%
James C. Griffin (AIP)
129,648
1.6%



Plurality: 1,611,973 votes
19.3 percentage points



  1978



Nov. 7, 1978 Governor
+Jerry Brown (D) i
3,878,812  56.05%
Evelle J. Younger (R)
2,526,534 36.50%
Ed Clark (I)
377,960
5.46%
Marilyn Seals (P&F)
70,864
1.02%
Therese Dietrich (AIP)
67,103
0.97%

6,921,273

Plurality: 1,352,278 votes
19.54 percentage points

  1976



Nov. 2, 1976 President
+Ford/Dole (R)  3,882,244
 49.35%
Carter/Mondale (D)
3,742,284
47.57%
Eugene McCarthy(w/in) 58,417
0.74%
MacBride/Bergland (I) 56,388
0.72%
Lester Maddox (AIP)
52,098
0.65%
Margaret Wright (P&F) 41,731
0.53%
Peter Camejo (I)
17,259
0.22%
Gus Hall (I)
12,766
0.16%
write-ins (6) 4,935
0.06%

7,867,117



Plurality: 139,960 votes
1.78
percentage points







Nov. 2, 1976 U.S. Senate  R+ 
+S.I. Hayakawa (R)   3,748,973
50.12%
John Tunney (R) i
3,502,862
46.89%
David Wald (P&F)
104,383
1.40%
Jack McCoy (AIP)
82,739
1.11%
Omari Musa (I)
32,639
0.42%

7,470,586
Plurality: 246,111 votes
3.23 percentage points


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