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Barbara Sue Boxer (née Levy; born November 11, 1940) is an American politician, lobbyist, and former reporter who served in the United States Senate, representing California from 1993 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party , she served as the U.S. representative for California's 6th congressional district from 1983 until 1993.
Barbara Boxer (incumbent) 2,574,264 92.2 Democratic John Pinkerton 219,250 7.9 United States Senate election in California, 1998; Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer ran for re-election and defeated Republican former Secretary of State Bill Jones. Boxer's 6.96 million votes set the all-time record for the most votes cast for one candidate in one state in one election, although it was surpassed by Senator Dianne Feinstein's 7.75 million votes in 2012.
Despite the last poll before the election showed Fiorina only trailing by 4 points, on election night Boxer defeated Fiorina by a ten-point margin, and around a one million vote majority. Boxer performed extremely well in Los Angeles County, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Boxer was declared the winner shortly after the polls closed.
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When the votes were cast and counted, Boxer won the election by five points. [6] Although Republicans have blamed the defeat on the underhanded tactics of the Boxer campaign, evidence of the connection between Mulholland's outburst and the campaign never surfaced. [7] [8] [9]
Barbara Boxer was reelected with 52.1% of the vote in 2010 against Republican Carly Fiorina. Toward the end of 2014, Boxer's low fundraising and cash-on-hand numbers led to speculation that she would retire. [4] [5] On January 8, 2015, she announced that she would not run for reelection. [1]
Although the race was predicted to be fairly close, Boxer still defeated Fong by a ten-point margin. As expected, Boxer did very well in Los Angeles County and the San Francisco Bay Area . 1998 United States Senate election, California [ 1 ]