Electoral history of Willie Brown

Willie Brown is an American politician who served as the mayor of San Francisco from 1996 to 2004. Brown also served in the California State Assembly from 1965 to 1995.[1] During his tenure in the Assembly, Brown served as Speaker of the Assembly from 1980 to 1995, which is the longest tenure as Speaker.[2] He was the first African American to serve in the position of both the mayor of San Francisco and Speaker of the California State Assembly.[3] Brown retired from politics after the end of his mayoral term in 2004.

California State Assembly

1964 California State Assembly 18th district election[4][5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Willie Brown 14,308 54.05
Democratic Edward M. Gaffney (incumbent) 11,463 43.30
Democratic James A. Chisholm 700 2.64
Total votes 26,471 100.00
General election
Democratic Willie Brown 32,886 59.07
Republican Russell E. Teasdale 22,789 40.93
Total votes 55,675 100.00
Democratic hold
1966 California State Assembly 18th district election[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Willie Brown (incumbent) 30,444 55.64
Republican Julius Kahn III 24,272 44.36
Total votes 54,716 100.00
Democratic hold
1968 California State Assembly 18th district election[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Willie Brown (incumbent) 38,681 64.80
Republican James L. Walker 17,091 28.63
Peace and Freedom Kathleen N. Cleaver 2,778 4.65
American Independent Dallas F. Givens 1,145 1.92
Total votes 59,695 100.00
Democratic hold
1970 California State Assembly 18th district election[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Willie Brown (incumbent) 32,446 66.74
Republican Frank J. Pagliaro, Jr. 16,167 33.26
Total votes 48,163 100.00
Democratic hold
1972 California State Assembly 18th district election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Willie Brown (incumbent) 47,645 76.07
Republican Joan L. Irwin 14,989 23.93
Total votes 62,634 100.00
Democratic hold
1974 California State Assembly 17th district election[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Willie Brown (incumbent) 44,847 65.47
Republican Alexander "Al" Graf 23,655 34.53
Total votes 68,502 100.00
Democratic hold
1976 California State Assembly 17th district election[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Willie Brown (incumbent) 51,083 67.70
Republican Joan Kukari 21,921 29.05
Peace and Freedom Leslie Anne Simpson 2,457 3.26
Total votes 75,461 100.00
Democratic hold
1978 California State Assembly 17th district election[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Willie Brown (incumbent) 43,732 62.95
Republican Mike Henderson 25,738 37.05
Total votes 69,470 100.00
Democratic hold
1980 California State Assembly 17th district election[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Willie Brown (incumbent) 53,008 60.86
Republican Thomas S. Crary 27,056 31.06
Libertarian Marshall E. Schwartz 4,422 5.08
Peace and Freedom Paul Kangas 2,612 3.00
Total votes 87,098 100.00
Democratic hold
1982 California State Assembly 17th district election[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Willie Brown (incumbent) 70,320 66.84
Republican Thomas S. Crary 27,848 26.47
Libertarian Bonnie Hoy 4,073 3.87
Peace and Freedom Michael G. Zaharakis 2,961 2.82
Total votes 105,202 100.00
Democratic hold
1984 California State Assembly 17th district election[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Willie Brown (incumbent) 93,417 70.07
Republican Lee S. Dolson, Jr. 39,898 29.93
Total votes 133,315 100.00
Democratic hold
1986 California State Assembly 17th district election[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Willie Brown (incumbent) 71,829 70.59
Republican Jeff Corino 25,069 24.64
Libertarian Bonnie Hoy 4,852 4.77
Total votes 101,750 100.00
Democratic hold
1988 California State Assembly 17th district election[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Willie Brown (incumbent) 79,091 69.95
Republican Curt Augustine 28,159 24.90
Peace and Freedom Shoshana Towers 5,826 5.15
Total votes 113,076 100.00
Democratic hold
1990 California State Assembly 17th district election[18][19]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Willie Brown (incumbent) 37,762 100.00
Total votes 37,762 100.00
General election
Democratic Willie Brown (incumbent) 62,951 64.19
Republican Terence Faulkner 26,572 27.10
Libertarian John Whisman 8,537 8.71
Total votes 98,060 100.00
Democratic hold
1992 California State Assembly 13th district election[20][21]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Willie Brown (incumbent) 48,205 81.09
Democratic Ellis Leonard Anthony Keyes 11,242 18.91
Total votes 59,447 100.00
General election
Democratic Willie Brown (incumbent) 103,799 69.47
Republican John Sidline 28,253 18.91
Peace and Freedom Walter Medina 12,042 8.06
Libertarian Mark Valverde 5,318 3.56
No party George Mehrabian (write-in) 5 0.00
Total votes 149,417 100.00
Democratic hold
1994 California State Assembly 13th district election[22][23]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Willie Brown (incumbent) 29,023 100.00
Total votes 29,023 100.00
General election
Democratic Willie Brown (incumbent) 80,158 72.95
Republican Mare Wolin 21,488 19.56
Libertarian Mark Read Pickens 8,233 7.49
Total votes 109,879 100.00
Democratic hold

California State Assembly Speaker

1980 California State Assembly Speaker election[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Willie Brown 51 68.00
Democratic Howard Berman 24 32.00
Total votes 75 100.00
1982 California State Assembly Speaker election[25]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Willie Brown (incumbent) 48 60.00
Republican Robert W. Naylor 32 40.00
Total votes 80 100.00
1988 California State Assembly Speaker election[26]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Willie Brown (incumbent) 40 51.28
Democratic Charles Calderon 35 44.87
Republican Ross Johnson 3 3.87
Total votes 78 100.00
1990 California State Assembly Speaker election[27]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Willie Brown (incumbent) 48 60.00
Republican Ross Johnson 32 40.00
Total votes 80 100.00
1992 California State Assembly Speaker election[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Willie Brown (incumbent) 47 59.49
No party Rejected 32 40.51
Total votes 79 100.00
1995 California State Assembly Speaker election[29]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Willie Brown (incumbent) 40 50.63
Republican Jim Brulte 39 49.37
Total votes 79 100.00

San Francisco Mayor

1995 San Francisco mayoral election[30][31]
Primary election
Candidate Votes %
Willie Brown 72,955 34.71
Frank Jordan (incumbent) 70,764 33.66
Roberta Achtenberg 56,538 26.90
Ben Hom 6,355 3.02
Angela Alioto 1,386 0.66
Joel Ventresca 1,279 0.61
Dan Larkosh 732 0.35
Ellis L. A. Keyes 195 0.09
Total votes 210,204 100.00
Runoff election
Willie Brown 107,500 56.68
Frank Jordan (incumbent) 82,173 43.32
Total votes 189,673 100.00
1999 San Francisco mayoral election[32][33][34]
Primary election
Candidate Votes %
Willie Brown (incumbent) 75,732 38.90
Tom Ammiano (write-in) 49,384 25.37
Frank Jordan 32,893 16.90
Clint Reilly 24,322 12.49
Martin Lee Eng 2,232 1.15
Lucrecia Bermudez 1,709 0.88
Cesar Ascarrunz 1,578 0.81
Jim Reid 1,502 0.77
Joel Ventresca 1,379 0.71
David J. Martz 949 0.49
Mark "Superbooty" O'Hara 919 0.47
A. D. Wyatt Norton 765 0.39
Max Wood 511 0.26
William Felzer 494 0.25
J. R. Manuel 277 0.14
Steve Shyte (write-in) 8 0.00
Larry J. Edmund (write-in) 7 0.00
Anatole Ghio (write-in) 4 0.00
Total votes 192,675 100.00
Runoff election
Willie Brown (incumbent) 131,983 59.61
Tom Ammiano 89,428 40.39
Total votes 221,411 100.00

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