Electoral history of Barbara Lee

Barbara Lee is an American politician currently serving as the Mayor of Oakland. Lee previously served in both the California State Assembly and California State Senate. She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in a special election in 1998, followed by 13 full terms in the House. She represented the 9th district from 1998 to 2013, 13th district from 2013 to 2023, and 12th district from 2023 to 2025. In 2024, Lee ran in the primaries for the U.S. Senate in the special and regular elections to fill Dianne Feinstein's seat, but she did not move onto the general elections. After Lee departed Congress, she was elected in the special election for the Mayor of Oakland following the recall of Sheng Thao.

California State Assembly

1990 California State Assembly 13th district election[1][2]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barbara Lee 28,809 73.32
Democratic Aleta Cannon 7,698 19.59
Democratic Aubrey LaBrie 2,787 7.09
Total votes 39,294 100.00
General election
Democratic Barbara Lee 52,860 79.44
Republican Barbara M. Thomas 13,682 20.56
Total votes 66,542 100.00
Democratic hold
1992 California State Assembly 16th district election[3][4]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barbara Lee (incumbent) 40,193 100.00
Total votes 40,193 100.00
General election
Democratic Barbara Lee (incumbent) 90,432 74.49
Republican David Anderson 24,324 20.04
Peace and Freedom Emma Wong Mar 6,643 5.47
Total votes 121,399 100.00
Invalid or blank votes 13,790
Democratic hold
1994 California State Assembly 16th district election[5][6]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barbara Lee (incumbent) 32,784 100.00
Total votes 32,784 100.00
Invalid or blank votes 12,324
General election
Democratic Barbara Lee (incumbent) 68,197 81.03
Republican Andre-Tanatha Ham-Lamme 15,966 18.97
Total votes 84,163 100.00
Invalid or blank votes 19,925
Democratic hold

California State Senate

1996 California State Senate 9th district election[7][8][9]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barbara Lee 65,481 60.06
Democratic Robert Campbell 43,542 39.94
Total votes 109,023 100.00
General election
Democratic Barbara Lee 196,430 78.23
Republican Thomas N. Hudson 37,341 14.87
Peace and Freedom Robert J. Evans 8,870 3.53
Natural Law Carol Flyer Prettie 8,465 3.37
Total votes 273,226 100.00
Invalid or blank votes 22,120
Democratic hold

U.S. House of Representatives

California's 9th congressional district

1998 California's 9th congressional district special election[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barbara Lee 33,497 66.81
Democratic Greg Harper 8,048 16.05
Republican Claiborne Sanders 6,114 12.19
Democratic Randal Stewart 2,481 4.95
Total votes 50,140 100.00
Invalid or blank votes 2,037
Democratic hold
1998 California's 9th congressional district election[10][11]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barbara Lee (incumbent) 87,389 82.21
Democratic Greg Harper 13,103 12.33
Democratic Randal Stewart 5,812 5.47
Total votes 106,304 100.0
General election
Democratic Barbara Lee (incumbent) 140,722 82.83
Republican Claiborne "Clay" Sanders 22,431 13.20
Peace and Freedom Gerald Sanders 4,767 2.81
Natural Law Walter Ruehlig 1,975 1.16
Total votes 184,497 100.00
Invalid or blank votes 14,602
Democratic hold
2000 California's 9th congressional district election[12][13]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barbara Lee (incumbent) 117,173 100.00
Total votes 117,173 100.00
General election
Democratic Barbara Lee (incumbent) 182,352 84.95
Republican Arneze Washington 21,033 9.80
Libertarian Fred E. Foldvary 7,051 3.28
Natural Law Ellen Jefferds 4,214 1.96
Total votes 229,917 100.00
Invalid or blank votes 15,267
Democratic hold
2002 California's 9th congressional district election[14][15]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barbara Lee (incumbent) 68,550 84.90
Democratic Kevin Greene 12,257 15.10
Total votes 80,807 100.00
General election
Democratic Barbara Lee (incumbent) 135,893 81.41
Republican Jerald Udinsky 25,333 15.18
Libertarian James M. Eyer 5,685 3.41
No party Hector Reyna (write-in) 6 0.00
Total votes 176,852 100.00
Invalid or blank votes 9,935
Democratic hold
2004 California's 9th congressional district election[16][17]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barbara Lee (incumbent) 105,211 100.00
Total votes 105,211 100.00
General election
Democratic Barbara Lee (incumbent) 215,630 84.55
Republican Claudia Bermudez 31,278 12.26
Libertarian Jim Eyer 8,131 3.19
Total votes 255,039 100.00
Democratic hold
2006 California's 9th congressional district election[18][19]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barbara Lee (incumbent) 97,874 100.00
Total votes 97,874 100.00
General election
Democratic Barbara Lee (incumbent) 167,245 86.35
Republican John denDulk 20,786 10.73
Libertarian James Eyer 5,655 2.92
Total votes 193,686 100.00
Democratic hold
2008 California's 9th congressional district election[20][21]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barbara Lee (incumbent) 80,466 99.90
Democratic Brad Newsham (write-in) 79 0.10
Total votes 80,545 100.00
General election
Democratic Barbara Lee (incumbent) 238,915 86.06
Republican Charles Hargrave 26,917 9.70
Libertarian James Eyer 11,704 4.22
Green David Heller (write-in) 37 0.01
Republican Christopher Kula (write-in) 27 0.01
Total votes 277,600 100.00
Democratic hold
2010 California's 9th congressional district election[22][23]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barbara Lee (incumbent) 82,951 100.00
Total votes 82,951 100.00
General election
Democratic Barbara Lee (incumbent) 180,400 84.27
Republican Gerald Hashimito 23,054 10.77
Green Dave Heller 4,848 2.27
Libertarian James M. Eyer 4,113 1.92
Peace and Freedom Larry Allen 1,670 0.78
Total votes 214,085 100.00
Democratic hold

California's 13th congressional district

2012 California's 13th congressional district election[24][25]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barbara Lee (incumbent) 94,709 83.11
No party preference Marilyn M. Singleton 13,502 11.85
Democratic Justin Jelincic 5,741 5.04
Total votes 113,952 100.00
General election
Democratic Barbara Lee (incumbent) 250,436 86.78
No party preference Marilyn M. Singleton 38,146 13.22
Total votes 288,582 100.00
Democratic hold
2014 California's 13th congressional district election[26][27]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barbara Lee (incumbent) 77,461 82.59
Republican Dakin Sundeen 9,533 10.16
Democratic Justin Jelincic 4,602 4.91
Peace and Freedom Lawrence N. Allen 2,190 2.34
Total votes 93,786 100.00
General election
Democratic Barbara Lee (incumbent) 168,491 88.48
Republican Dakin Sundeen 21,940 11.52
Total votes 190,431 100.00
Democratic hold
2016 California's 13th congressional district election[28][29]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barbara Lee (incumbent) 192,227 91.95
Republican Sue Caro 16,818 8.05
Total votes 209,045 100.00
General election
Democratic Barbara Lee (incumbent) 293,117 90.78
Republican Sue Caro 29,754 9.22
Total votes 322,871 100.00
Democratic hold
2018 California's 13th congressional district election[30][31]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barbara Lee (incumbent) 159,751 99.33
Green Laura Wells (write-in) 832 0.52
Republican Jeanne Marie Solnordal (write-in) 178 0.11
Libertarian James M. Eyer (write-in) 39 0.02
No party preference Lanenna Joiner (write-in) 26 0.02
American Independent Vincent May (write-in) 3 0.00
Total votes 160,829 100.00
General election
Democratic Barbara Lee (incumbent) 260,580 88.38
Green Laura Wells 34,257 11.62
Total votes 294,837 100.00
Democratic hold
2020 California's 13th congressional district election[32][33]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barbara Lee (incumbent) 230,482 92.55
Republican Nikka Piterman 18,553 7.45
Total votes 249,035 100.00
General election
Democratic Barbara Lee (incumbent) 327,863 90.37
Republican Nikka Piterman 34,955 9.63
Total votes 362,818 100.00
Democratic hold

California's 12th congressional district

2022 California's 12th congressional district election[34][35]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barbara Lee (incumbent) 135,892 87.69
Republican Stephen Slauson 8,274 5.34
No party preference Glenn Kaplan 5,141 3.32
Democratic Eric Wilson 3,753 2.42
Republican Ned Nuerge 1,902 1.23
Total votes 154,962 100.00
General election
Democratic Barbara Lee (incumbent) 217,110 90.47
Republican Stephen Slauson 22,859 9.53
Total votes 239,969 100.00
Democratic hold

U.S. Senate

2024 United States Senate election in California Regular blanket primary[36]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adam Schiff 2,304,829 31.57
Republican Steve Garvey 2,301,351 31.52
Democratic Katie Porter 1,118,429 15.32
Democratic Barbara Lee 717,129 9.82
Republican Eric Early 242,055 3.32
Republican James Bradley 98,778 1.35
Democratic Christina Pascucci 61,998 0.85
Republican Sharleta Bassett 54,884 0.75
Republican Sarah Sun Liew 38,718 0.53
No party preference Laura Garza 34,529 0.47
Republican Jonathan Reiss 34,400 0.47
Democratic Sepi Gilani 34,316 0.47
Libertarian Gail Lightfoot 33,295 0.46
Republican Denice Gary-Pandol 25,649 0.35
Republican James Macauley 23,296 0.32
Democratic Harmesh Kumar 21,624 0.30
Democratic David Peterson 21,170 0.29
Democratic Douglas Pierce 19,458 0.27
No party preference Major Singh 17,092 0.23
Democratic John Rose 14,627 0.20
Democratic Perry Pound 14,195 0.19
Democratic Raji Rab 13,640 0.19
No party preference Mark Ruzon 13,488 0.18
American Independent Forrest Jones 13,140 0.18
Republican Stefan Simchowitz 12,773 0.17
Republican Martin Veprauskas 9,795 0.13
No party preference Don Grundmann 6,641 0.09
No party preference Michael Dilger (write-in) 7 0.00
Republican Carlos Guillermo Tapia (write-in) 5 0.00
No party preference John Dowell (write-in) 3 0.00
Republican Danny Fabricant (write-in) 3 0.00
Total votes 7,301,317 100.00
2024 United States Senate election in California Special blanket primary[36]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Steve Garvey 2,455,115 33.25
Democratic Adam Schiff 2,160,171 29.25
Democratic Katie Porter 1,272,684 17.24
Democratic Barbara Lee 866,551 11.74
Republican Eric Early 451,274 6.11
Democratic Christina Pascucci 109,867 1.49
Democratic Sepi Gilani 68,497 0.93
No party preference Michael Dilger (write-in) 27 0.00
Total votes 7,384,186 100.00

Mayor of Oakland

2025 Oakland mayoral special election, unofficial results[37]
Candidate Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9
Votes
% 		Transfer Votes
% 		Transfer Votes
% 		Transfer Votes
% 		Transfer Votes
% 		Transfer Votes
% 		Transfer Votes
% 		Transfer Votes
% 		Transfer Votes
%
Barbara Lee 47,177
50.03% 		+17 47,194
50.07% 		+66 47,260
50.16% 		+59 47,319
50.25% 		+245 47,564
50.56% 		+276 47,840
50.92% 		+83 47,923
51.17% 		+424 48,347
51.75% 		+588 48,935
52.70%
Loren Taylor 42,393
44.95% 		+43 42,436
45.02% 		+32 42,468
45.07% 		+66 42,534
45.17% 		+94 42,628
45.32% 		+264 42,892
45.65% 		+366 43,258
46.19% 		+292 43,550
46.61% 		+379 43,929
47.30%
Tyron Jordan (withdrawn) 1,001
1.06% 		+18 1,019
1.08% 		+23 1,042
1.11% 		+22 1,064
1.13% 		+53 1,117
1.19% 		+46 1,163
1.24% 		+124 1,287
1.37% 		+245 1,532
1.64% 		-1,532 Eliminated
Renia Webb 796
0.84% 		+10 806
0.86% 		+23 829
0.88% 		+47 876
0.93% 		+53 929
0.99% 		+106 1,035
1.10% 		+145 1,180
1.26% 		-1,180 Eliminated
Mindy Pechenuk 834
0.88% 		+8 842
0.89% 		+24 866
0.92% 		+32 898
0.95% 		+72 970
1.03% 		+52 1,022
1.09% 		-1,022 Eliminated
Suz Robinson 755
0.80% 		+14 769
0.82% 		+15 784
0.83% 		+35 819
0.87% 		+39 858
0.91% 		-858 Eliminated
Eric Simpson 588
0.62% 		+5 593
0.63% 		+14 607
0.64% 		+51 658
0.70% 		-658 Eliminated
Elizabeth Swaney 324
0.34% 		+9 333
0.35% 		+32 365
0.39% 		-365 Eliminated
Peter Liu 253
0.27% 		+13 266
0.28% 		-266 Eliminated
Cristina Grappo 184
0.20% 		-184 Eliminated
Total active ballots 94,305 94,258 94,221 94,168 94,066 93,952 93,648 93,429 92,864
Exhausted ballots +45 45 +33 78 +48 126 +99 225 +110 335 +299 634 +214 848 +530 1,378

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