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Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

District: Senior Senator from California
Residence: San Francisco
Born: June 22, 1933; San Francisco, Calif.
Religion: Jewish
Family: Husband, Richard Blum; one child, three stepchildren
Education: Stanford U., A.B. 1955 (history)
Military Service: None
Political Highlights: San Francisco Board of Supervisors, 1970-78 (president, 1970-71, 1974-75, 1978); candidate for mayor of San Francisco, 1971, 1975; mayor of San Francisco, 1978-89; Democratic nominee for governor, 1990; U.S. Senate, 1992-present
Elected: Elected: 1992 (3rd full term)
Committee Assignments: Appropriations (Agriculture; Commerce-Justice-Science; Defense; Energy-Water - Chairwoman; Interior-Environment; Transportation-HUD); Judiciary (Crime & Terrorism; Immigration, Refugees & Border Security); Rules & Administration; Select Intelligence - Chairwoman

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State Information: California

Election History
Year	Election	Candidate	Votes	Percent
2006	general	Dianne Feinstein (D)	5,076,289	59.4%
		Richard Mountjoy (R)	2,990,822	35%
		Todd Chretien (GREEN)	147,074	1.7%
		Michael Metti (LIBERT)	133,851	1.6%
		Marsha Feinland (PFP)	117,764	1.4%
		Don Grundmann (AMI)	75,350	0.9%
2000	general	Dianne Feinstein (D)	5,932,522	55.8%
		Tom Campbell (R)	3,886,853	36.6%
		Medea Benjamin (GREEN)	326,828	3.1%
		Gail Lightfoot (LIBERT)	187,718	1.8%
		Diane Templin (AMI)	134,598	1.3%
		Jose Camahort (REF)	96,552	0.9%
		Brian Rees (NL)	58,537	0.6%
1994	general	Dianne Feinstein (D)	3,977,063	46.8%
		Michael Huffington (R)	3,811,501	44.8%
		Elizabeth Cervantes Barron (PFP)	255,036	3%
		Richard Benjamin Boddie (LIBERT)	178,951	2.1%
		Paul Meeuwenberg (AMI)	142,630	1.7%
		Barbara Blong (GREEN)	137,710	1.6%
		Robert Hamming (Write-In)	102
		Kathryn J. Crowder (Write-In)	47
		Jerry Leon Carroll (Write-In)	11
		Linh Kieu Dao (Write-In)	11
		Tim Kalemkarin (Write-In)	2
1992	special	Dianne Feinstein (D)	5,853,621	54.3%
		John Seymour (R)	4,093,488	38%
		Gerald Horne (PFP)	305,699	2.8%
		Paul Meeuwenberg (AMI)	281,972	2.6%
		Richard B. Boddie (LIBERT)	247,799	2.3%
		Jerry Leon Carroll (Write-In)	37

Vote For President
Year	Democrat	Republican
2008	Barack Obama: 61.01%	John McCain: 36.95%
2004	John Kerry: 54%	George W. Bush: 44%
2000	Al Gore: 53%	George W. Bush: 42%
1996	Bill Clinton: 51%	Robert Dole: 38%
1992	Bill Clinton: 46%	George H. W. Bush: 33%
1988	Michael Dukakis: 48%	George H. W. Bush: 51%
1984	Walter F. Mondale: 41%	: