Electoral history of Anna Eshoo

Eshoo's congressional portrait

Anna Eshoo is an American politician who represented California in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2025. Before her tenure in Congress, Eshoo served as a member of the Democratic National Committee from 1980 to 1992.[1] She was also elected to the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors from 1983 to 1992.[1] Eshoo initially unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. House in 1988, later being elected in 1992. In 2023, Eshoo announced she would not seek reelection in 2024,[2] leading to the contentious 2024 election to fill her seat.[3]

U.S. House of Representatives

1988

1988 California's 12th congressional district election[4][5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Anna Eshoo 30,963 43.1
Democratic Jim Garrison 26,609 37.1
Democratic Sylvia Simmons 6,354 8.8
Democratic Gary Bond 3,970 5.5
Democratic Ernest R. Macias 3,901 5.4
Total votes 71,797 100.0
General election
Republican Tom Campbell 136,384 51.7
Democratic Anna Eshoo 121,523 46.0
Libertarian Tom Grey 6,023 2.3
Total votes 263,930 100.0
Republican hold

1992

1992 California's 14th congressional district election[6][7]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Anna Eshoo 32,001 40.5
Democratic Ted Lempert 28,858 36.5
Democratic Tom Nolan 11,574 14.6
Democratic Thomas Roy Harney 1,800 2.3
Democratic Gerry B. Andeen 1,655 2.1
Democratic Robert Palmer 1,445 1.8
Democratic Gary Bond 1,242 1.6
Democratic John Yusken 530 0.7
Total votes 79,105 100.0
General election
Democratic Anna Eshoo 146,873 56.7
Republican Tom Huening 101,202 39.0
Libertarian Chuck Olson 7,220 2.8
Peace and Freedom David Wald 3,912 1.5
No party Sims (write-in) 12 0.01
No party Maginnis (write-in) 3 0.003
Total votes 259,232 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

1994

1994 California's 14th congressional district election[8][9]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Anna Eshoo (incumbent) 47,373 86.6
Democratic Donald Tirey 7,338 13.4
Total votes 54,711 100.0
General election
Democratic Anna Eshoo (incumbent) 130,713 60.60
Republican Ben Brink 78,475 39.40
Total votes 199,188 100.0
Democratic hold

1996

1996 California's 14th congressional district election[10][11]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Anna Eshoo (incumbent) 63,510 100.0
Total votes 63,510 100.0
General election
Democratic Anna Eshoo (incumbent) 149,313 64.9
Republican Ben Brink 71,573 31.1
Peace and Freedom Timothy Thompson 3,653 1.6
Libertarian Joseph Dehn 3,492 1.5
Natural Law Robert Wells 2,144 0.9
Total votes 230,175 100.0
Democratic hold

1998

1998 California's 14th congressional district election[12][13]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Anna Eshoo (incumbent) 85,511 93.9
Democratic George Kiehle 5,512 6.1
Total votes 91,023 100.0
General election
Democratic Anna Eshoo (incumbent) 129,663 68.64
Republican Chris Haugen 53,719 28.44
Libertarian Joseph W. Dehn III 3,166 1.68
Natural Law Anna Currivan 2,362 1.25
Total votes 188,910 100.0
Democratic hold

2000

2000 California's 14th congressional district election[14][15]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Anna Eshoo (incumbent) 111,136 100.0
Total votes 111,136 100.0
General election
Democratic Anna Eshoo (incumbent) 161,720 70.3
Republican Bill Quraishi 59,338 25.8
Libertarian Joseph W. Dehn III 4,715 2.0
Natural Law John Black 4,489 1.9
Total votes 230,262 100.0
Democratic hold

2002

2002 California's 14th congressional district election[16][17]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Anna Eshoo (incumbent) 53,132 100.0
Total votes 53,132 100.0
General election
Democratic Anna Eshoo (incumbent) 117,055 68.2
Republican Joe Nixon 48,346 28.2
Libertarian Andrew B. Carver 6,277 3.6
Total votes 171,678 100.0
Democratic hold

2004

2004 California's 14th congressional district election[18][19]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Anna Eshoo (incumbent) 81,911 100.0
Total votes 81,911 100.0
General election
Democratic Anna Eshoo (incumbent) 182,712 69.8
Republican Chris Haugen 69,564 26.6
Libertarian Brian Holtz 9,588 3.6
No party Dennis Mitrzyk (write-in) 24 0.0
Total votes 262,088 100.0
Democratic hold

2006

2006 California's 14th congressional district election[20][21]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Anna Eshoo (incumbent) 65,255 100.0
Total votes 65,255 100.0
General election
Democratic Anna Eshoo (incumbent) 141,153 71.1
Republican Rob Smith 48,097 24.3
Libertarian Brian Holtz 4,692 2.3
Green Carol Brouillet 4,633 2.3
Total votes 198,575 100.0
Democratic hold

2008

2008 California's 14th congressional district election[22][23]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Anna Eshoo (incumbent) 60,856 100.0
Total votes 60,856 100.0
General election
Democratic Anna Eshoo (incumbent) 190,301 69.8
Republican Ronny Santana 60,610 22.3
Libertarian Brian Holtz 11,929 4.3
Green Carol Brouillet 9,926 3.6
Total votes 272,766 100.0
Democratic hold

2010

2010 California's 14th congressional district election[24][25]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Anna Eshoo (incumbent) 66,978 100.0
Total votes 66,978 100.0
General election
Democratic Anna Eshoo (incumbent) 150,542 69.1
Republican Dave Chapman 60,668 27.9
Libertarian Paul Lazaga 6,685 3.0
Total votes 217,895 100.0
Democratic hold

2012

2012 California's 18th congressional district election[26][27]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Anna Eshoo (incumbent) 86,851 61.5
Republican Dave Chapman 42,174 29.8
Democratic William Parks 6,504 4.6
Green Carol Brouillet 5,777 4.1
Total votes 141,306 100.0
General election
Democratic Anna Eshoo (incumbent) 212,831 70.5
Republican Dave Chapman 89,103 29.5
Total votes 301,934 100.0
Democratic hold

2014

2014 California's 18th congressional district election[28][29]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Anna Eshoo (incumbent) 81,295 67.6
Republican Richard B. Fox 27,111 22.5
Republican Bruce Anderson 9,644 8.0
Republican Oscar Alejandro Braun 2,190 1.8
Total votes 120,240 100.0
General election
Democratic Anna Eshoo (incumbent) 133,060 67.8
Republican Richard B. Fox 63,326 32.2
Total votes 196,386 100.0
Democratic hold

2016

2016 California's 18th congressional district election[30][31]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Anna Eshoo (incumbent) 132,726 68.2
Republican Richard Fox 47,484 24.4
Democratic Bob Harlow 14,411 7.4
Total votes 194,621 100.0
General election
Democratic Anna Eshoo (incumbent) 230,460 71.1
Republican Richard Fox 93,470 28.9
Total votes 323,930 100.0
Democratic hold

2018

2018 California's 18th congressional district election[32][33]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Anna Eshoo (incumbent) 133,993 73.4
Republican Christine Russell 42,692 23.4
No party preference John Karl Fredrich 5,803 3.2
Total votes 182,488 100.0
General election
Democratic Anna Eshoo (incumbent) 225,142 74.5
Republican Christine Russell 77,096 25.5
Total votes 302,238 100.0
Democratic hold

2020

2020 California's 18th congressional district election[34][35]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Anna Eshoo (incumbent) 146,225 61.7
Democratic Rishi Kumar 38,826 16.4
Republican Richard B. Fox 28,863 12.2
Republican Phil Reynolds 18,600 7.8
Libertarian Bob Goodwyn 4,462 1.9
Total votes 236,976 100.0
General election
Democratic Anna Eshoo (incumbent) 217,388 63.2
Democratic Rishi Kumar 126,751 36.8
Total votes 344,139 100.0
Democratic hold

2022

2022 California's 16th congressional district election[36][37]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Anna Eshoo (incumbent) 81,100 47.9
Democratic Rishi Kumar 26,438 15.6
Republican Peter Ohtaki 21,354 12.6
Republican Richard Fox 13,187 7.8
Democratic Ajwang Rading 11,418 6.7
Democratic Greg Tanaka 11,107 6.6
Republican Benjamin Solomon 2,659 1.6
No party preference John Fredrich 2,120 1.3
Democratic Travis Odekirk (write-in) 2 0.0
Total votes 169,385 100.0
General election
Democratic Anna Eshoo (incumbent) 139,235 57.8
Democratic Rishi Kumar 101,772 42.2
Total votes 241,007 100.0
Democratic hold

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