STATEWIDE RACES

United States Senator Governor Lieutenant Governor Secretary of State Controller Treasurer Attorney General Insurance Commissioner Superintendent of Public Instruction Board of Equalization

This year's statewide races have attracted 90 candidates to seek statewide office. The remarkably high number of candidates is due in part to California's term limits law, which limits statewide officeholders to two four-year terms. Another reason why there are so many more candidates this year is due to the fact that two new political parties - Reform and Natural Law - have qualified in California since the last statewide elections in California. Below is a list of the statewide races and candidates who are running in each race. The California Voter Foundation surveyed all statewide candidates and has compiled information for each candidate, including their photo, occupation, contact information with links to email addresses and web sites, and the candidate's top three priorities if elected. Simply click on the candidate's name to find more information. Also available are job descriptions for each office and links to the candidates' Ballot Pamphlet statements. We are also happy to make available, for the first time ever, archived campaign material - including platform papers, speeches and news releases - for those candidates who ran statewide in 1994 and provided content for CVF's 1994 General Election Online Voter Guide. This kind of archived campaign material would not be possible without the Internet, and we hope it will help voters and journalists do a better job of judging whether politicians have kept their campaign promises. Please be sure to check back with our site again, as these pages will be updated throughout the 1998 election season.-- KA

Indicates primary election winners who will advance to the November general election. Election results are available from the Secretary of State.

DEMOCRATIC	Barbara Boxer John Pinkerton
REPUBLICAN	John M. Brown Linh Dao Matt Fong Darrell Issa Mark R. Raus Frank Riggs (has withdrawn from this race)
AMERICAN INDEPENDENT	Joseph H. Perrin Sr.
REFORM	Timothy R. Erich
LIBERTARIAN	Ted Brown
PEACE AND FREEDOM	Ophie C. Beltran
NATURAL LAW	Brian Michael Rees

STATEWIDE RACES

Governor

California Journal Review | Ballot Pamphlet Statements | Current Office Holder | 1994 Archives

Indicates primary election winners who will advance to the November general election. Election results are available from the Secretary of State.

DEMOCRATIC	Al Checchi Gray Davis Jane Harman Pia Jensen Michael Palitz Chuck Pineda
REPUBLICAN	James Donnell Crawford Dan Lungren Dennis Peron Eduardo Rivera Jeff Williams
AMERICAN INDEPENDENT	Nathan E. Johnson
GREEN	Dan Hamburg
LIBERTARIAN	Steve Kubby
PEACE AND FREEDOM	Marsha Feinland Gloria La Riva
NATURAL LAW	Harold Bloomfield

STATEWIDE RACES

Lieutenant Governor

California Journal Review | Ballot Pamphlet Statements | Current Office Holder | 1994 Archives

Indicates primary election winners who will advance to the November general election. Election results are available from the Secretary of State.

DEMOCRATIC	Cruz Bustamante Tony Miller Larry K. Reed
REPUBLICAN	Noel Irwin Hentschel Tim Leslie Ingrid Lundberg Richard "Dick" Mountjoy
AMERICAN INDEPENDENT	George M. McCoy
REFORM	James J. Mangia
GREEN	Sara Amir
LIBERTARIAN	Thomas M. Tryon
PEACE AND FREEDOM	Jaime Luis Gomez Regina Lark

STATEWIDE RACES

Secretary of State

California Journal Review | Ballot Pamphlet Statements | Current Office Holder | 1994 Archives

Indicates primary election winners who will advance to the November general election. Election results are available from the Secretary of State.

DEMOCRATIC	Michela Alioto
REPUBLICAN	Bill Jones
AMERICAN INDEPENDENT	Carolyn Rae Short
REFORM	Valli Sharpe-Geisler
LIBERTARIAN	Gail K. Lightfoot
PEACE AND FREEDOM	Israel Feuer Marisa Helene Palyvos-Story
NATURAL LAW	Jane Ann Bialosky

STATEWIDE RACES

Controller

California Journal Review | Ballot Pamphlet Statements | Current Office Holder | 1994 Archives

Indicates primary election winners who will advance to the November general election. Election results are available from the Secretary of State.

DEMOCRATIC	Kathleen Connell
REPUBLICAN	Ruben Barrales
AMERICAN INDEPENDENT	Alfred L. Burgess
REFORM	Denise L. Jackson
LIBERTARIAN	Pamela J. Pescosolido
PEACE AND FREEDOM	C.T. Weber
NATURAL LAW	Iris Adam

STATEWIDE RACES

Treasurer

California Journal Review | Ballot Pamphlet Statements | Current Office Holder | 1994 Archives

Indicates primary election winners who will advance to the November general election. Election results are available from the Secretary of State.

DEMOCRATIC	Phil Angelides Mervin Evans Albert Robles
REPUBLICAN	Jan Goldsmith Curt Pringle
AMERICAN INDEPENDENT	Edmon V. Kaiser
LIBERTARIAN	Jon Earl Peterson
PEACE AND FREEDOM	Jan B. Tucker
NATURAL LAW	Carlos Aguirre

STATEWIDE RACES

Attorney General

California Journal Review | Ballot Pamphlet Statements | Current Office Holder | 1994 Archives

Indicates primary election winners who will advance to the November general election. Election results are available from the Secretary of State.

DEMOCRATIC	Charles M. Calderon Bill Lockyer Lynn Schenk Michael K. Schmier
REPUBLICAN	Mike Capizzi Dave Stirling
AMERICAN INDEPENDENT	Diane Beall Templin
LIBERTARIAN	Joseph S. Farina
PEACE AND FREEDOM	Robert J. Evans Gary P. Kast

STATEWIDE RACES

Insurance Commissioner

California Journal Review | Ballot Pamphlet Statements | Current Office Holder | 1994 Archives

Indicates primary election winners who will advance to the November general election. Election results are available from the Secretary of State.

DEMOCRATIC	Hal Brown Diane Martinez
REPUBLICAN	Chuck Quackenbush
AMERICAN INDEPENDENT	Merton D. Short
LIBERTARIAN	Dale F. Ogden
PEACE AND FREEDOM	Tom Condit Gary R. Ramos
NATURAL LAW	Barbara Bourdette

STATEWIDE RACES

Superintendent of Public Instruction

California Journal Review | Ballot Pamphlet Statements | Current Office Holder | 1994 Archives

Indicates primary election winners who will advance to the November general election. Election results are available from the Secretary of State.

(NOTE: THIS IS A NON-PARTISAN OFFICE)

Barbara Carpenter

Delaine Eastin

Miles Everett

Mark Isler

Gloria Matta Tuchman

This page first published May 5, 1998

Last updated June 3, 1998



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