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Despite touting his service as a moderate Republican representing a strongly Democratic district, Campbell was underfunded and a decided underdog against the popular, heavily financed Feinstein. By February, he spent barely $1 million without any PAC money.[ 2] gay rights and abortion .[ 3] war on drugs and calls himself a "maverick", similar to U.S. Senator John McCain .[ 4]
Results
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2000 U.S. Senate election, California[ 5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) 5,932,522 55.84%
Republican Tom Campbell
3,886,853
36.59%
Green Medea Susan Benjamin
326,828
3.08%
Libertarian Gail Lightfoot
187,718
1.77%
American Independent Diane Beall Templin
134,598
1.27%
Reform Jose Luis Olivares Camahort
96,552
0.91%
Natural Law Brian M. Rees
58,537
0.55%
Invalid or blank votes
519,233
4.66%
Total votes
11,142,841 100.00%
Turnout 51.92
Democratic hold
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Results by county
Green Party candidate Medea Susan Benjamin finished second (ahead of Republican Tom Campbell) in six Northern California municipalities, most of which are in the San Francisco Bay Area : Oakland (10.18%), Emeryville (13.35%), Albany (14.37%), Fairfax (15.99%), Berkeley (22.23%), and Arcata (26.77%). She tied with Jones for second place in Point Arena with 21.71% of the vote.[ 6] Secretary of State of California .[ 7]
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County
Feinstein Campbell Benjamin Others
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Votes
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Votes
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Votes
Alameda 67.66%
328,355
22.57%
109,517
6.74%
32,701
3.03%
14,726
Alpine 43.62%
253
41.72%
242
4.48%
26
10.17%
59
Amador 43.85%
6,671
49.32%
7,502
1.70%
259
5.13%
780
Butte 41.52%
34,117
47.41%
38,961
5.52%
4,540
5.54%
4,555
Calaveras 42.31%
7,852
48.42%
8,986
2.42%
449
6.85%
1,271
Colusa 41.16%
2,250
53.70%
2,936
0.91%
50
4.23%
231
Contra Costa 61.60%
232,109
33.23%
125,188
2.30%
8,670
2.87%
10,821
Del Norte 44.91%
3,670
44.93%
3,672
3.10%
253
7.06%
577
El Dorado 40.70%
28,873
51.72%
36,684
2.52%
1,785
5.06%
3,591
Fresno 52.87%
113,228
40.39%
86,502
1.50%
3,210
5.25%
11,235
Glenn 38.18%
3,282
54.26%
4,664
1.54%
132
6.03%
518
Humboldt 46.99%
25,788
36.23%
19,882
11.20%
6,145
5.59%
3,069
Imperial 56.17%
15,937
34.07%
9,666
1.62%
461
8.14%
2,311
Inyo 35.15%
2,711
57.02%
4,397
2.71%
209
5.12%
395
Kern 43.26%
77,676
50.44%
90,564
1.09%
1,949
5.21%
9,360
Kings 48.49%
13,402
44.31%
12,246
0.93%
256
6.28%
1,735
Lake 54.74%
11,410
37.55%
7,826
3.15%
656
4.56%
951
Lassen 35.56%
3,673
54.39%
5,618
1.60%
165
8.46%
874
Los Angeles 64.40%
1,677,668
28.55%
743,872
2.78%
72,312
4.28%
111,402
Madera 43.55%
14,123
48.75%
15,810
1.70%
550
6.01%
1,950
Marin 65.25%
79,421
26.35%
32,077
6.33%
7,699
2.07%
2,524
Mariposa 40.49%
3,195
48.63%
3,837
2.72%
215
8.15%
643
Mendocino 50.99%
16,981
31.54%
10,503
12.14%
4,044
5.32%
1,773
Merced 51.92%
25,426
40.04%
19,612
1.47%
721
6.57%
3,216
Modoc 30.81%
1,221
60.91%
2,414
1.56%
62
6.71%
266
Mono 42.56%
1,818
47.68%
2,037
4.12%
176
5.64%
241
Monterey 57.96%
67,401
35.36%
41,113
2.94%
3,420
3.74%
4,350
Napa 56.70%
28,884
36.20%
18,442
3.24%
1,652
3.85%
1,961
Nevada 41.41%
19,354
49.41%
23,095
4.78%
2,235
4.40%
2,057
Orange 42.72%
403,123
49.95%
471,410
1.85%
17,452
5.48%
51,743
Placer 40.95%
47,169
52.25%
60,182
1.97%
2,264
4.83%
5,569
Plumas 40.76%
4,075
51.23%
5,122
2.57%
257
5.44%
544
Riverside 48.28%
210,235
44.80%
195,085
1.52%
6,632
5.39%
23,484
Sacramento 54.27%
228,992
38.71%
163,343
2.61%
11,001
4.41%
18,623
San Benito 55.04%
9,170
39.29%
6,545
1.83%
305
3.84%
640
San Bernardino 49.13%
200,558
43.40%
177,158
1.81%
7,376
5.67%
23,145
San Diego 51.34%
466,461
40.76%
370,287
2.24%
20,340
5.66%
51,443
San Francisco 72.26%
222,787
15.27%
47,072
10.50%
32,377
1.97%
6,082
San Joaquin 52.65%
86,731
41.23%
67,907
1.29%
2,130
4.83%
7,954
San Luis Obispo 45.14%
47,976
46.15%
49,055
3.59%
3,814
5.13%
5,448
San Mateo 64.80%
165,216
29.92%
76,273
2.85%
7,278
2.43%
6,191
Santa Barbara 49.93%
75,357
40.03%
60,417
5.78%
8,718
4.26%
6,422
Santa Clara 59.62%
320,400
34.97%
187,953
2.29%
12,329
3.12%
16,747
Santa Cruz 56.78%
60,853
30.36%
32,537
9.63%
10,321
3.22%
3,453
Shasta 36.84%
24,027
55.01%
35,884
1.56%
1,016
6.59%
4,299
Sierra 36.63%
666
53.91%
980
2.59%
47
6.88%
125
Siskiyou 38.40%
7,476
51.61%
10,048
2.14%
417
7.85%
1,529
Solano 60.03%
74,414
33.43%
41,449
1.87%
2,316
4.67%
5,791
Sonoma 60.96%
118,455
29.46%
57,244
6.05%
11,765
3.52%
6,839
Stanislaus 48.24%
60,610
44.51%
55,919
1.54%
1,937
5.71%
7,171
Sutter 39.51%
10,326
55.08%
14,394
1.10%
288
4.30%
1,125
Tehama 38.27%
7,870
52.81%
10,859
1.42%
291
7.50%
1,543
Trinity 40.35%
2,307
48.47%
2,771
4.62%
264
6.56%
375
Tulare 45.52%
40,117
47.19%
41,587
1.02%
901
6.26%
5,519
Tuolumne 42.97%
10,028
48.78%
11,385
2.40%
560
5.85%
1,366
Ventura 50.22%
138,836
42.85%
118,463
2.20%
6,073
4.73%
13,067
Yolo 58.18%
35,193
32.28%
19,528
5.06%
3,060
4.48%
2,709
Yuba 40.18%
6,345
51.49%
8,131
1.88%
297
6.44%
1,017
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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Shift by county Trend by county
Republican — >15%
Republican — +12.5−15%
Republican — +10−12.5%
Republican — +7.5−10%
Republican — +5−7.5%
Republican — +2.5−5%
Republican — +0−2.5%
Democratic — +0−2.5%
Democratic — +2.5−5%
Democratic — +5−7.5%
Democratic — +7.5-10%
Democratic — +10−12.5%
Democratic — +12.5−15%
Democratic — >15%
County flips
Democratic
Hold
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Republican
Hold
By congressional district
Feinstein won 43 of 52 congressional districts, including 11 that elected Republicans.[ 8]
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