1982 United States Senate election in California
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 1982 United States Senate election in California took place on November 2, 1982. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator S. I. Hayakawa decided to retire after one term. Republican Pete Wilson, the Mayor of San Diego, won Hayakawa's open seat over Democratic Governor Jerry Brown and several minor candidates.
Republican primary
Candidates
- Robert K. Booher
- Ted Bruinsma, president of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
- Rafael D. Cortes
- Bob Dornan, U.S. Representative from Garden Grove
- Barry Goldwater Jr., U.S. Representative from Woodland Hills and son of Barry Goldwater
- John Hickey
- Pete McCloskey, U.S. Representative from Woodside and 1972 presidential candidate
- Edison P. McDaniels
- William H. Pemberton
- Maureen Reagan, daughter of President Ronald Reagan
- John G. Schmitz, State Senator from Corona del Mar, former U.S. Representative, and American Independent nominee for President in 1972
- William B. Shockley, recipient of the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics
- Pete Wilson, Mayor of San Diego and former Assemblyman
Results
| 1982 Republican U.S. Senate primary[1] |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
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Republican |
Pete Wilson |
851,292 |
37.54% |
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Republican |
Pete McCloskey |
577,267 |
25.46% |
|
Republican |
Barry Goldwater Jr. |
408,308 |
18.01% |
|
Republican |
Bob Dornan |
181,970 |
8.03% |
|
Republican |
Maureen Reagan |
118,326 |
5.22% |
|
Republican |
John G. Schmitz |
48,267 |
2.13% |
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Republican |
Ted Bruinsma |
37,762 |
1.67% |
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Republican |
William Shockley |
8,308 |
0.37% |
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Republican |
Rafael D. Cortes |
8,064 |
0.36% |
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Republican |
John Hickey |
7,737 |
0.34% |
|
Republican |
Robert K. Booher |
7,546 |
0.33% |
|
Republican |
Edison McDaniels |
6,945 |
0.31% |
|
Republican |
William H. Pemberton |
5,760 |
0.25% |
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Democratic |
May Chote (write-in) |
15 |
0.00% |
| Total votes |
2,267,577 |
100.00% |
Democratic primary
Candidates
Results
| 1982 Democratic U.S. Senate primary[2] |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
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Democratic |
Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Jr. |
1,392,660 |
50.67% |
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Democratic |
Gore Vidal |
415,366 |
15.11% |
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Democratic |
Paul B. Carpenter |
415,198 |
15.11% |
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Democratic |
Daniel K. Whitehurst |
167,574 |
6.10% |
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Democratic |
Richard Morgan |
94,908 |
3.45% |
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Democratic |
Tom Metzger |
76,502 |
2.78% |
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Democratic |
Walter R. Buchanan |
55,727 |
2.03% |
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Democratic |
Bob Hampton |
37,427 |
1.36% |
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Democratic |
Raymond "RayJ" Caplette |
31,865 |
1.16% |
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Democratic |
William F. Wertz |
30,795 |
1.12% |
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Democratic |
May Chote |
30,743 |
1.12% |
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Democratic |
Daniel Fallon (write-in) |
6 |
0.00% |
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Democratic |
Aristotle Scoledes (write-in) |
4 |
0.00% |
| Total votes |
2,748,775 |
100.0 |
General election
Campaign
Wilson was known as a fiscal conservative who supported Proposition 13, although he had opposed the measure while mayor of San Diego. However, Brown ran on his gubernatorial record of building the largest state budget surpluses in California history. Both Wilson and Brown were moderate-to-liberal on social issues, including support for abortion rights. The election was expected to be close, with Brown holding a slim lead in most of the polls leading up to Election Day. Wilson hammered away at Brown's appointment of California Chief Justice Rose Bird and used it to portray himself as tougher on crime than Brown. Brown's late entry into the 1980 Democratic presidential primary, after he had promised not to run, was also an issue. President Ronald Reagan made a number of visits to California late in the race to campaign for Wilson. Reagan quipped that the last thing that he wanted to see was both of his home state's U.S. Senate seats falling into Democrats' hands, especially if they were occupied by the man who had succeeded him as governor. Despite exit polls indicating a narrow Brown victory, Wilson won by a wide margin.
Results
See also
References
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