1994 California Secretary of State election
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1994 California Secretary of State election
| country = California
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1990 California Secretary of State election
| previous_year = 1990
| next_election = 1998 California Secretary of State election
| next_year = 1998
| election_date = November 8, 1994
| image1 = Bill Jones, 1995.jpg
| nominee1 = Bill Jones
| party1 = Republican Party (United States)
| popular_vote1 = 3,727,894
| percentage1 = 45.27%
| image2 = 3x4.svg
| nominee2 = Tony Miller
| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)
| popular_vote2 = 3,690,841
| percentage2 = 44.82%
| map_image = 1994 California Secretary of State election results map by county.svg
| map_size = 300px
| map_caption = County results
Jones: {{legend0|#ffb2b2|40–50%}} {{legend0|#e27f7f|50–60%}} {{legend0|#d75d5d|60–70%}}
Miller: {{legend0|#a5b0ff|40–50%}} {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#6674de|60–70%}}
| title = Sec. of State
| before_election = Tony Miller
| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)
| after_election = Bill Jones
| after_party = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{ElectionsCA}}
The 1994 California Secretary of State election occurred on November 8, 1994. The primary elections took place on March 8, 1994. The Republican nominee, State Assemblyman Bill Jones, narrowly defeated the Democratic nominee, acting Secretary of State Tony Miller, who assumed the seat when March Fong Eu resigned to become United States Ambassador to Micronesia.
Primary results
Final results from California Secretary of State.{{Cite web |url=http://vote96.ss.ca.gov/Vote96/html/stats/SOVp94.htm |title=CA Secretary of State - Statement of Vote - 1994 Primary Election |access-date=2008-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704112716/http://vote96.ss.ca.gov/Vote96/html/stats/SOVp94.htm |archive-date=2008-07-04 |url-status=dead }}
=Democratic=
== Candidates ==
- Tony Miller, Incumbent Acting Secretary of State
- Mike Woo, Former Los Angeles Councilman and candidate for Los Angeles Mayor in 1993
- Gwen Moore, State Assemblywoman
{{Election box begin no party no change | title=California Secretary of State Democratic primary, 1994}}
{{Election box winning candidate no party no change|
|candidate = Tony Miller
|votes = 808,841
|percentage = 37.99
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change|
|candidate = Michael Woo
|votes = 670,990
|percentage = 31.51
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change|
|candidate = Gwen Moore
|votes = 649,343
|percentage = 30.50
}}
{{Election box total no party no change|
|votes = 2,129,174
|percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Green=
{{Election box begin no party no change | title=California Secretary of State Green primary, 1994}}
{{Election box winning candidate no party no change|
|candidate = Margaret Garcia
|votes = 12,681
|percentage = 74.40
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change|
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 4,363
|percentage = 25.60
}}
{{Election box total no party no change|
|votes = 2,129,174
|percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Others=
{{Election box begin no change | title=California Secretary of State primary, 1994 (Others)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = California Republican Party
|candidate = Bill Jones
|votes = 1,642,017
|percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = American Independent Party
|candidate = Dorothy Kreiss Robbins
|votes = 18,185
|percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Libertarian Party of California
|candidate = Peggy Christensen
|votes = 13,710
|percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
|candidate = Israel Feuer
|votes = 4,230
|percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box end}}
General election results
Final results from the Secretary of State of California.{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/1994_general/sov_94_gen_complete.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-12-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080730213903/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/1994_general/sov_94_gen_complete.pdf |archive-date=2008-07-30 }}
{{Election box begin no change| title=1994 Secretary of State election, California}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = California Republican Party
|candidate = Bill Jones
|votes = 3,727,894
|percentage = 45.27
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = California Democratic Party
|candidate = Tony Miller (incumbent)
|votes = 3,690,841
|percentage = 44.82
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Green Party of California
|candidate = Margaret Garcia
|votes = 315,079
|percentage = 3.83
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Libertarian Party of California
|candidate = Peggy Christensen
|votes = 248,748
|percentage = 3.02
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = American Independent Party
|candidate = Dorothy Kreiss Robbins
|votes = 151,720
|percentage = 1.84
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
|candidate = Israel Feuer
|votes = 99,916
|percentage = 1.21
}}
{{Election box invalid no change|
|votes = 666,438
|percentage = 7.49
}}
{{Election box total no change|
|votes = 8,234,198
|percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|percentage = 46.98
}}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing|
|winner = California Republican Party
|loser = California Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Results by county=
| width="75%" class="wikitable sortable"
! width="10%" | County ! width="6%" | Jones ! width="5%" | Votes ! width="6%" | Miller ! width="5%" | Votes ! width="6%" | Garcia ! width="6%" | Votes ! width="6%" | Christensen ! width="6%" | Votes ! width="6%" | Others ! width="6%" | Votes |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Tulare
|align="center"|67.00% |align="center"|51,697 |align="center"|26.26% |align="center"|20,261 |align="center"|3.01% |align="center"|2,323 |align="center"|1.59% |align="center"|1,226 |align="center"|2.14% |align="center"|1,652 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Glenn
|align="center"|64.24% |align="center"|5,015 |align="center"|29.24% |align="center"|2,283 |align="center"|1.59% |align="center"|124 |align="center"|2.28% |align="center"|178 |align="center"|2.65% |align="center"|207 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Madera
|align="center"|64.01% |align="center"|16,887 |align="center"|29.94% |align="center"|7,899 |align="center"|2.46% |align="center"|650 |align="center"|1.55% |align="center"|410 |align="center"|2.03% |align="center"|536 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Inyo
|align="center"|61.97% |align="center"|4,382 |align="center"|30.42% |align="center"|2,151 |align="center"|2.11% |align="center"|149 |align="center"|2.83% |align="center"|200 |align="center"|2.67% |align="center"|189 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Sutter
|align="center"|61.92% |align="center"|13,384 |align="center"|31.23% |align="center"|6,751 |align="center"|2.17% |align="center"|468 |align="center"|2.35% |align="center"|507 |align="center"|2.34% |align="center"|505 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Colusa
|align="center"|60.27% |align="center"|2,945 |align="center"|33.48% |align="center"|1,636 |align="center"|1.92% |align="center"|94 |align="center"|2.31% |align="center"|113 |align="center"|2.00% |align="center"|98 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Kern
|align="center"|60.22% |align="center"|89,366 |align="center"|30.85% |align="center"|45,783 |align="center"|3.26% |align="center"|4,845 |align="center"|2.73% |align="center"|4,048 |align="center"|2.93% |align="center"|4,354 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Fresno
|align="center"|60.21% |align="center"|105,217 |align="center"|32.24% |align="center"|56,339 |align="center"|3.45% |align="center"|6,031 |align="center"|1.91% |align="center"|3,344 |align="center"|2.18% |align="center"|3,806 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Shasta
|align="center"|59.39% |align="center"|31,731 |align="center"|32.02% |align="center"|17,108 |align="center"|1.65% |align="center"|882 |align="center"|2.72% |align="center"|1,452 |align="center"|4.22% |align="center"|2,253 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Orange
|align="center"|58.92% |align="center"|428,605 |align="center"|31.81% |align="center"|231,440 |align="center"|2.90% |align="center"|21,082 |align="center"|3.57% |align="center"|25,998 |align="center"|2.80% |align="center"|19,371 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Tehama
|align="center"|58.91% |align="center"|10,740 |align="center"|32.73% |align="center"|5,967 |align="center"|1.65% |align="center"|300 |align="center"|3.31% |align="center"|604 |align="center"|3.40% |align="center"|620 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Mariposa
|align="center"|58.20% |align="center"|4,087 |align="center"|33.68% |align="center"|2,365 |align="center"|2.89% |align="center"|203 |align="center"|2.22% |align="center"|156 |align="center"|3.00% |align="center"|211 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Placer
|align="center"|57.95% |align="center"|42,751 |align="center"|33.88% |align="center"|24,994 |align="center"|2.25% |align="center"|1,659 |align="center"|3.57% |align="center"|2,633 |align="center"|2.36% |align="center"|1,739 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|El Dorado
|align="center"|57.80% |align="center"|30,730 |align="center"|33.75% |align="center"|17,941 |align="center"|2.06% |align="center"|1,093 |align="center"|3.66% |align="center"|1,945 |align="center"|2.74% |align="center"|1,456 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Modoc
|align="center"|57.77% |align="center"|2,196 |align="center"|31.89% |align="center"|1,212 |align="center"|1.47% |align="center"|56 |align="center"|3.84% |align="center"|146 |align="center"|5.02% |align="center"|191 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Kings
|align="center"|57.43% |align="center"|12,822 |align="center"|34.78% |align="center"|7,766 |align="center"|3.09% |align="center"|691 |align="center"|1.71% |align="center"|382 |align="center"|2.98% |align="center"|666 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Mono
|align="center"|57.23% |align="center"|1,936 |align="center"|33.34% |align="center"|1,128 |align="center"|2.63% |align="center"|89 |align="center"|3.43% |align="center"|116 |align="center"|3.37% |align="center"|114 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Butte
|align="center"|56.87% |align="center"|37,705 |align="center"|34.52% |align="center"|22,885 |align="center"|2.39% |align="center"|1,586 |align="center"|3.00% |align="center"|1,989 |align="center"|3.23% |align="center"|2,138 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Nevada
|align="center"|56.36% |align="center"|20,631 |align="center"|33.17% |align="center"|12,143 |align="center"|3.65% |align="center"|1,335 |align="center"|3.98% |align="center"|1,458 |align="center"|2.84% |align="center"|1,038 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Yuba
|align="center"|56.15% |align="center"|7,807 |align="center"|33.06% |align="center"|4,596 |align="center"|2.47% |align="center"|343 |align="center"|3.31% |align="center"|460 |align="center"|5.01% |align="center"|697 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Calaveras
|align="center"|55.38% |align="center"|8,521 |align="center"|35.40% |align="center"|5,447 |align="center"|2.32% |align="center"|357 |align="center"|3.75% |align="center"|577 |align="center"|3.15% |align="center"|484 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Sierra
|align="center"|54.29% |align="center"|847 |align="center"|34.74% |align="center"|542 |align="center"|2.63% |align="center"|41 |align="center"|3.72% |align="center"|58 |align="center"|4.62% |align="center"|72 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Merced
|align="center"|53.91% |align="center"|20,631 |align="center"|39.51% |align="center"|15,120 |align="center"|2.91% |align="center"|1,114 |align="center"|1.87% |align="center"|714 |align="center"|1.80% |align="center"|688 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Riverside
|align="center"|53.90% |align="center"|179,679 |align="center"|36.52% |align="center"|121,757 |align="center"|3.12% |align="center"|10,401 |align="center"|3.17% |align="center"|10,564 |align="center"|3.29% |align="center"|10,973 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|San Luis Obispo
|align="center"|53.64% |align="center"|44,879 |align="center"|36.77% |align="center"|30,766 |align="center"|3.50% |align="center"|2,925 |align="center"|3.19% |align="center"|2,671 |align="center"|2.89% |align="center"|2,421 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Amador
|align="center"|53.43% |align="center"|6,801 |align="center"|39.19% |align="center"|4,988 |align="center"|1.77% |align="center"|225 |align="center"|3.17% |align="center"|403 |align="center"|2.45% |align="center"|312 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|San Bernardino
|align="center"|53.08% |align="center"|177,579 |align="center"|36.85% |align="center"|123,265 |align="center"|3.68% |align="center"|12,299 |align="center"|3.15% |align="center"|10,524 |align="center"|3.25% |align="center"|10,871 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Lassen
|align="center"|52.94% |align="center"|4,216 |align="center"|36.70% |align="center"|2,923 |align="center"|2.07% |align="center"|165 |align="center"|3.87% |align="center"|308 |align="center"|4.42% |align="center"|352 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|San Diego
|align="center"|52.48% |align="center"|371,233 |align="center"|38.46% |align="center"|272,056 |align="center"|3.11% |align="center"|22,015 |align="center"|3.27% |align="center"|23,131 |align="center"|2.68% |align="center"|19,008 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Plumas
|align="center"|52.39% |align="center"|4,367 |align="center"|38.94% |align="center"|3,246 |align="center"|2.05% |align="center"|171 |align="center"|3.38% |align="center"|282 |align="center"|3.23% |align="center"|269 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Tuolumne
|align="center"|51.85% |align="center"|9,928 |align="center"|40.85% |align="center"|7,822 |align="center"|2.26% |align="center"|433 |align="center"|2.60% |align="center"|497 |align="center"|2.45% |align="center"|469 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Ventura
|align="center"|51.01% |align="center"|106,349 |align="center"|39.01% |align="center"|81,338 |align="center"|3.89% |align="center"|8,116 |align="center"|3.23% |align="center"|6,732 |align="center"|1.86% |align="center"|5,960 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Siskiyou
|align="center"|49.87% |align="center"|8,827 |align="center"|39.92% |align="center"|7,065 |align="center"|2.74% |align="center"|485 |align="center"|3.39% |align="center"|600 |align="center"|4.08% |align="center"|722 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|San Joaquin
|align="center"|49.81% |align="center"|61,811 |align="center"|42.67% |align="center"|52,949 |align="center"|2.62% |align="center"|3,255 |align="center"|2.43% |align="center"|3,013 |align="center"|2.47% |align="center"|3,069 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Del Norte
|align="center"|49.18% |align="center"|3,579 |align="center"|42.24% |align="center"|3,074 |align="center"|2.43% |align="center"|177 |align="center"|2.82% |align="center"|205 |align="center"|3.34% |align="center"|243 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Stanislaus
|align="center"|48.81% |align="center"|47,730 |align="center"|43.69% |align="center"|42,720 |align="center"|2.81% |align="center"|2,751 |align="center"|2.13% |align="center"|2,079 |align="center"|2.56% |align="center"|2,500 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Santa Barbara
|align="center"|48.57% |align="center"|60,901 |align="center"|40.64% |align="center"|50,953 |align="center"|4.21% |align="center"|5,283 |align="center"|2.91% |align="center"|3,643 |align="center"|3.67% |align="center"|4,600 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|San Benito
|align="center"|47.68% |align="center"|5,418 |align="center"|41.27% |align="center"|4,690 |align="center"|4.31% |align="center"|490 |align="center"|3.62% |align="center"|411 |align="center"|3.12% |align="center"|355 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Trinity
|align="center"|47.46% |align="center"|2,505 |align="center"|39.01% |align="center"|2,059 |align="center"|3.51% |align="center"|185 |align="center"|4.59% |align="center"|242 |align="center"|5.44% |align="center"|287 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Alpine
|align="center"|46.32% |align="center"|296 |align="center"|37.72% |align="center"|241 |align="center"|5.79% |align="center"|37 |align="center"|5.01% |align="center"|32 |align="center"|7.98% |align="center"|51 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Monterey
|align="center"|45.28% |align="center"|40,260 |align="center"|44.67% |align="center"|39,711 |align="center"|4.02% |align="center"|3,577 |align="center"|2.88% |align="center"|2,556 |align="center"|3.15% |align="center"|2,800 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Imperial
|align="center"|44.81% |align="center"|10,475 |align="center"|40.97% |align="center"|9,576 |align="center"|8.61% |align="center"|2,013 |align="center"|2.04% |align="center"|477 |align="center"|3.57% |align="center"|835 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Sacramento
|align="center"|44.63% |align="center"|153,965 |align="center"|47.32% |align="center"|163,247 |align="center"|2.78% |align="center"|9,590 |align="center"|2.75% |align="center"|9,475 |align="center"|2.51% |align="center"|8,676 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Lake
|align="center"|44.30% |align="center"|8,446 |align="center"|47.16% |align="center"|8,992 |align="center"|2.38% |align="center"|453 |align="center"|3.15% |align="center"|600 |align="center"|3.03% |align="center"|576 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Napa
|align="center"|42.01% |align="center"|17,305 |align="center"|48.81% |align="center"|20,104 |align="center"|3.25% |align="center"|1,339 |align="center"|2.90% |align="center"|1,193 |align="center"|3.03% |align="center"|1,257 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Humboldt
|align="center"|41.29% |align="center"|18,964 |align="center"|44.18% |align="center"|20,295 |align="center"|8.04% |align="center"|3,692 |align="center"|3.12% |align="center"|1,435 |align="center"|3.37% |align="center"|1,548 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Solano
|align="center"|40.46% |align="center"|38,630 |align="center"|50.21% |align="center"|47,943 |align="center"|3.56% |align="center"|3,400 |align="center"|2.88% |align="center"|2,750 |align="center"|2.89% |align="center"|2,760 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Contra Costa
|align="center"|39.57% |align="center"|112,942 |align="center"|51.97% |align="center"|148,350 |align="center"|2.91% |align="center"|8,299 |align="center"|3.02% |align="center"|8,617 |align="center"|2.53% |align="center"|7,229 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Los Angeles
|align="center"|39.08% |align="center"|763,199 |align="center"|50.80% |align="center"|992,169 |align="center"|4.33% |align="center"|84,630 |align="center"|2.67% |align="center"|52,217 |align="center"|3.11% |align="center"|60,731 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Santa Clara
|align="center"|38.73% |align="center"|161,786 |align="center"|49.08% |align="center"|205,034 |align="center"|4.29% |align="center"|17,919 |align="center"|4.21% |align="center"|17,584 |align="center"|3.70% |align="center"|15,455 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Yolo
|align="center"|37.70% |align="center"|17,887 |align="center"|51.27% |align="center"|24,326 |align="center"|5.46% |align="center"|2,590 |align="center"|2.74% |align="center"|1,299 |align="center"|2.83% |align="center"|1,344 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Mendocino
|align="center"|37.63% |align="center"|10,747 |align="center"|47.73% |align="center"|13,631 |align="center"|6.20% |align="center"|1,771 |align="center"|3.93% |align="center"|1,122 |align="center"|4.51% |align="center"|1,288 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Sonoma
|align="center"|35.58% |align="center"|54,154 |align="center"|52.82% |align="center"|80,395 |align="center"|4.46% |align="center"|6,789 |align="center"|3.55% |align="center"|5,410 |align="center"|3.58% |align="center"|5,449 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|San Mateo
|align="center"|34.80% |align="center"|69,791 |align="center"|55.50% |align="center"|111,304 |align="center"|3.99% |align="center"|8,010 |align="center"|3.13% |align="center"|6,287 |align="center"|2.58% |align="center"|5,164 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Santa Cruz
|align="center"|34.59% |align="center"|30,153 |align="center"|48.88% |align="center"|42,618 |align="center"|7.54% |align="center"|6,573 |align="center"|4.72% |align="center"|4,111 |align="center"|4.27% |align="center"|3,727 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Marin
|align="center"|32.33% |align="center"|32,133 |align="center"|56.24% |align="center"|55,902 |align="center"|4.71% |align="center"|4,683 |align="center"|3.06% |align="center"|3,038 |align="center"|3.67% |align="center"|3,641 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Alameda
|align="center"|26.94% |align="center"|102,117 |align="center"|61.69% |align="center"|233,896 |align="center"|5.17% |align="center"|19,618 |align="center"|2.91% |align="center"|11,014 |align="center"|3.29% |align="center"|12,478 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|San Francisco
|align="center"|17.63% |align="center"|38,209 |align="center"|68.13% |align="center"|147,679 |align="center"|7.01% |align="center"|15,205 |align="center"|2.54% |align="center"|5,512 |align="center"|4.68% |align="center"|10,159 |
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