1994 California Superintendent of Public Instruction election
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
First round county results Runoff county results Map key
Eastin:
10–20%
20–30%
30–40%
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
DiMarco:
10–20%
50–60%
60–70%
Koppel:
10–20%
Smith:
10–20%
Tuchman:
10–20%
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 [ edit ]
Results [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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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