Electoral history of Tom McClintock

Tom McClintock is an American politician currently serving in the United States House of Representatives since 2009. McClintock served California's 4th congressional district from 2009 to 2023, and the 5th congressional district since 2023.[1] Before his election to the House of Representatives, McClintock served in both chambers of the California State Legislature. He served in the California State Assembly from 1982 to 1992, and again from 1996 to 2000. He also served in the California State Senate from 2000 to 2008.[2] Throughout McClintock's political career, he made several unsuccessful runs for various statewide offices in California, including Controller, Governor, and Lieutenant Governor.

California State Assembly

1982 California State Assembly 36th district election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock 60,702 55.9
Democratic Harriet Kosmo Henson 47,932 44.1
Total votes 108,634 100.0
Republican hold
1984 California State Assembly 36th district election[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 94,391 71.5
Democratic Tom Jolicoeur 37,610 28.5
Total votes 132,001 100.0
Republican hold
1986 California State Assembly 36th district election[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 77,132 73.3
Democratic Frank Nekimken 26,208 24.9
Libertarian H. Bruce Driscoll 1,875 1.8
Total votes 105,215 100.0
Republican hold
1988 California State Assembly 36th district election[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 101,012 70.0
Democratic George Webb II 39,539 27.4
Libertarian H. Bruce Driscoll 3,782 2.6
Total votes 144,333 100.0
Republican hold
1990 California State Assembly 36th district election[7][8]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 28,740 80.7
Republican Kevin G. Staker 6,866 19.3
Total votes 35,606 100.0
General election
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 66,081 58.6
Democratic Ginny Connell 40,356 35.8
Libertarian David A. Harner 6,371 5.6
Total votes 112,808 100.0
Republican hold
1996 California State Assembly 38th district election[9][10]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock 13,999 38.2
Republican Ross Hopkins 7,425 20.3
Republican Bob Larkin 4,774 13.0
Republican Robert C. Hamlin 4,066 11.1
Republican Stephen R. Frank 3,308 9.0
Republican Peggy Freeman 3,093 8.4
Total votes 36,665 100.0
General election
Republican Tom McClintock 71,597 55.5
Democratic Jon M. Lauritzen 51,274 39.8
Natural Law Virginia F. Neuman 6,021 4.7
Total votes 128,892 100.0
Republican hold
1998 California State Assembly 38th district election[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 78,417 100.0
Total votes 78,417 100.0
Republican hold

California State Senate

2000 California State Senate 19th district election[12][13]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock 99,135 74.9
Republican Judy Mikels 33,255 25.1
Total votes 132,390 100.0
General election
Republican Tom McClintock 165,422 57.6
Democratic Daniel R. Gonzalez 121,893 42.4
Total votes 287,315 100.0
Republican hold
2004 California State Senate 19th district election[14][15]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 99,301 100.0
Total votes 99,301 100.0
General election
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 233,365 60.8
Democratic Paul Graber 151,085 39.2
Total votes 384,450 100.0
Republican hold

U.S. House of Representatives

1992 California's 24th congressional district election[16][17]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock 20,163 34.5
Republican Sang R. Korman 13,884 23.7
Republican Bill Spillane 10,679 18.2
Republican Jim Salomon 4,382 7.5
Republican Rob Meyer 2,889 4.9
Republican Stephen M. Weiss 2,238 3.8
Republican Nicholas T. Hariton 1,805 3.1
Republican Robert Colaco 1,582 2.7
Republican Harry Wachtel 902 1.5
Total votes 58,524 100.0
General election
Democratic Anthony Beilenson 141,742 55.5
Republican Tom McClintock 99,835 39.1
Peace and Freedom John Paul Lindblad 13,690 5.4
Total votes 255,267 100.0
Republican hold
2008 California's 4th congressional district election[18][19]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock 51,655 53.5
Republican Doug Ose 37,802 39.2
Republican Suzanne Jones 4,920 4.0
Republican Theodore Terbolizard 2,249 2.3
Total votes 96,626 100.0
General election
Republican Tom McClintock 185,790 50.3
Democratic Charlie Brown 183,990 49.7
Total votes 369,780 100.0
Republican hold
2010 California's 4th congressional district election[20][21]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 89,443 78.5
Republican Michael Babich 24,528 21.5
Total votes 113,971 100.0
General election
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 186,397 61.3
Democratic Clint Curtis 95,653 31.5
Green Benjamin "Ben" Emery 22,179 7.2
Total votes 304,229 100.0
Republican hold
2012 California's 4th congressional district election[22][23]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 114,311 64.8
Democratic Jack Uppal 62,130 35.2
Total votes 176,441 100.0
General election
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 197,803 61.1
Democratic Jack Uppal 125,885 38.9
Total votes 323,688 100.0
Republican hold
2014 California's 4th congressional district election[24][25]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 80,999 56.2
Republican Arthur "Art" Moore 32,855 22.8
No party preference Jeffrey D. Gerlach 30,300 21.0
Total votes 144,154 100.0
General election
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 126,784 60.0
Republican Arthur "Art" Moore 84,350 40.0
Total votes 211,134 100.0
Republican hold
2016 California's 4th congressional district election[26][27]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 135,626 61.5
Democratic Robert W. Derlet 60,574 27.5
Democratic Sean White 24,460 11.1
Total votes 220,660 100.0
General election
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 220,133 62.7
Democratic Robert W. Derlet 130,845 37.3
Total votes 350,879 100.0
Republican hold
2018 California's 4th congressional district election[28][29]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 109,679 51.8
Democratic Jessica Morse 42,942 20.3
Democratic Regina Bateson 26,303 12.4
Republican Mitchell White 14,433 6.8
Democratic Roza Calderon 13,621 6.4
Democratic Robert Lawton 4,593 2.2
Total votes 211,571 100.0
General election
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 184,401 54.1
Democratic Jessica Morse 156,253 45.9
Total votes 340,654 100.0
Republican hold
2020 California's 4th congressional district election[30][31]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 141,244 50.7
Democratic Brynne S. Kennedy 110,771 39.8
Republican Julianne Benzel 12,138 4.4
No party preference Robert Lawton 4,848 1.7
Republican Jamie Byers 4,822 1.7
Republican Jacob Thomas 4,527 1.6
Total votes 278,350 100.0
General election
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 247,291 55.9
Democratic Brynne S. Kennedy 194,731 44.1
Total votes 442,022 100.0
Republican hold
2022 California's 5th congressional district election[32][33]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 87,010 45.5
Democratic Michael J. "Mike" Barkley 64,285 33.6
Republican Nathan F. Magsig 25,299 13.2
No party preference Steve Wozniak 6,045 3.2
Republican David Main 5,927 3.1
Republican Kelsten Charles Obert 2,864 1.5
Total votes 191,430 100.0
General election
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 173,524 61.3
Democratic Michael J. "Mike" Barkley 109,506 38.7
Total votes 283,030 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic
2024 California's 5th congressional district election[34][35]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 118,958 58.5
Democratic Michael J. "Mike" Barkley 66,680 32.8
No party preference Steve Wozniak 17,636 8.7
Total votes 203,274 100.0
General election
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 227,643 61.8
Democratic Michael J. "Mike" Barkley 140,919 38.2
Total votes 368,562 100.0
Republican hold

California Statewide Offices

1994 California State Controller election[36][37]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock 1,112,435 70.8
Republican John Morris 717,681 39.2
Total votes 1,830,116 100.0
General election
Democratic Kathleen Connell 3,983,053 48.3
Republican Tom McClintock 3,796,387 46.1
Peace and Freedom Elizabeth Nakano 182,836 2.2
American Independent Nathan E. Johnson 152,356 1.8
Libertarian Cullene Marie Lang 128,378 1.6
Total votes 8,243,010 100.0
Democratic hold
2002 California State Controller election[38][39]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock 948,539 45.7
Republican Dean Andal 736,317 35.5
Republican W. Snow Hume 194,883 9.4
Republican Nancy Beecham 194,583 9.4
Total votes 2,074,322 100.0
General election
Democratic Steve Westly 3,289,839 45.3
Republican Tom McClintock 3,273,028 45.1
Green Laura Wells 419,873 5.8
Natural Law J. Carlos Aguirre 179,999 2.5
American Independent Ernest F. Vance 96,019 1.3
Total votes 7,258,758 100.0
Democratic hold
2003 California gubernatorial recall election[40]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger 4,206,284 48.6
Democratic Cruz Bustamante 2,724,874 31.5
Republican Tom McClintock 1,161,287 13.4
Green Peter Camejo 242,247 2.8
Independent Arianna Huffington 47,505 0.5
All Others 275,719 3.2
Total votes 8,657,916 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic
2006 California lieutenant gubernatorial election[41][42]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock 1,760,667 93.8
Republican Tony Farmer 117,335 6.2
Total votes 1,878,002 100.0
General election
Democratic John Garamendi 4,189,584 49.1
Republican Tom McClintock 3,845,858 45.1
Green Donna Warren 239,107 2.8
Libertarian Lynnette Shaw 142,851 1.7
American Independent Jim King 68,446 0.8
Peace and Freedom Stewart Alexander 43,319 0.5
Total votes 8,529,165 100.0
Democratic hold

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