1994 California Superintendent of Public Instruction election

1994 California Superintendent of Public Instruction election

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Nominee Delaine Eastin Maureen DiMarco Wilbert Smith
Party Democratic Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
First round vote 879,111 548,046 474,025
First round percentage 22.67% 14.13% 12.23%
Runoff vote 3,892,681 3,108,221 Eliminated
Runoff percentage 55.60% 44.40% Eliminated

 
Nominee Carol S. Koppel Gloria Marra Tuchman Joseph D. Carrabino
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
First round vote 381,841 312,562 285,766
First round percentage 9.85% 8.06% 7.37%
Runoff vote Eliminated Eliminated Eliminated
Runoff percentage Eliminated Eliminated Eliminated

 
Nominee Robert Steward Hal Rice
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
First round vote 253,397 251,685
First round percentage 6.54% 6.49%
Runoff vote Eliminated Eliminated
Runoff percentage Eliminated Eliminated

Map key

SPI before election

Bill Honig
Nonpartisan

Elected SPI

Delaine Eastin
Democratic

The 1994 California Superintendent of Public Instruction election was held on June 7, 1994, to elect the Superintendent of Public Instruction of California. The officially nonpartisan position is elected via a general election, with a runoff held if no candidate receives a majority of the vote. Delaine Eastin and Maureen DiMarco advanced to run the runoff, which was held on November 8, 1994 and won by Eastin.

General election

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Runoff

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Results

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California Superintendent of Public Instruction election, 1994[1]
Candidate Votes %
Delaine Eastin 3,892,681 55.60
Maureen DiMarco 3,108,221 44.40
Hal Rice (write-in) 20 0.00
Invalid or blank votes 1,899,714 21.34%
Total votes 7,000,922 100.00
Voter turnout 46.98%

Results by county

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County Eastin Votes DiMarco Votes Rice Votes
Alameda 70.99% 238,980 29.01% 97,654 0.00% 0
San Francisco 70.61% 111,542 29.39% 46,418 0.00% 0
Santa Cruz 63.29% 43,872 36.71% 25,446 0.00% 0
San Mateo 62.75% 105,114 37.25% 62,392 0.00% 0
Mendocino 62.55% 15,002 37.45% 8,982 0.00% 0
San Luis Obispo 62.43% 45,956 37.57% 27,658 0.00% 0
Santa Barbara 62.26% 67,211 37.74% 40,732 0.00% 3
Contra Costa 61.15% 151,462 38.85% 96,245 0.00% 0
Santa Clara 60.88% 213,466 39.12% 137,167 0.00% 1
Marin 60.63% 50,025 39.37% 32,479 0.00% 0
Solano 59.77% 50,780 40.23% 34,179 0.00% 0
Sonoma 59.68% 78,106 40.32% 52,764 0.00% 0
Lake 59.10% 10,094 40.90% 6,986 0.00% 0
Napa 58.73% 20,804 41.27% 14,619 0.00% 0
Nevada 57.56% 17,904 42.44% 13,199 0.00% 0
Humboldt 57.52% 22,542 42.48% 16,645 0.00% 0
Stanislaus 57.18% 49,475 42.82% 37,050 0.00% 0
Yolo 57.02% 24,072 42.98% 18,142 0.00% 0
Los Angeles 56.10% 925,316 43.90% 724,071 0.00% 3
Tuolumne 55.84% 9,417 44.16% 7,446 0.00% 0
Sacramento 55.25% 159,757 44.75% 129,368 0.00% 2
Monterey 55.17% 42,078 44.83% 34,185 0.00% 1
Yuba 55.09% 6,847 44.91% 5,582 0.00% 0
Plumas 54.92% 4,039 45.08% 3,316 0.00% 0
San Joaquin 54.67% 61,609 45.33% 51,083 0.00% 0
Mono 54.66% 1,582 45.34% 1,312 0.00% 0
Lassen 53.99% 3,789 46.01% 3,229 0.00% 0
Ventura 53.84% 94,764 46.16% 81,262 0.00% 0
Alpine 53.62% 289 46.38% 250 0.00% 0
San Bernardino 53.52% 156,294 46.48% 135,746 0.00% 0
Sierra 53.43% 733 46.57% 639 0.00% 0
Modoc 52.81% 1,682 47.19% 1,503 0.00% 0
Mariposa 52.35% 3,265 47.65% 2,972 0.00% 0
San Benito 52.17% 5,273 47.83% 4,835 0.00% 0
Amador 51.81% 5,915 48.19% 5,501 0.00% 0
Calaveras 51.81% 7,122 48.19% 6,624 0.00% 0
Del Norte 51.40% 3,130 48.60% 2,959 0.00% 0
Placer 51.12% 31,703 48.88% 30,318 0.00% 0
San Diego 50.55% 300,616 49.45% 294,060 0.00% 2
El Dorado 50.55% 23,801 49.45% 23,287 0.00% 0
Tulare 50.43% 34,645 49.57% 34,054 0.00% 0
Sutter 50.10% 9,550 49.90% 9,512 0.00% 0
Trinity 49.88% 2,324 50.12% 2,335 0.00% 0
Riverside 49.64% 145,612 50.36% 147,696 0.00% 0
Orange 49.59% 296,160 50.41% 301,091 0.00% 3
Imperial 48.68% 9,455 51.32% 9,967 0.00% 0
Fresno 47.56% 70,729 52.44% 77,995 0.00% 5
Merced 46.90% 15,224 53.10% 17,236 0.00% 0
Inyo 46.53% 2,828 53.47% 3,250 0.00% 0
Siskiyou 45.55% 6,982 54.45% 8,345 0.00% 0
Madera 45.05% 10,475 54.95% 12,779 0.00% 0
Butte 44.54% 26,348 55.46% 32,811 0.00% 0
Kings 43.87% 8,631 56.13% 11,045 0.00% 0
Colusa 43.53% 1,885 56.47% 2,445 0.00% 0
Kern 42.42% 57,248 57.58% 77,707 0.00% 0
Shasta 42.21% 20,134 57.79% 27,565 0.00% 0
Tehama 41.34% 6,701 58.66% 9,507 0.00% 0
Glenn 33.66% 2,322 66.34% 4,576 0.00% 0

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