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Tom McClintock
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from California
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 2009
Preceded byJohn Doolittle
Constituency4th district (2009–2023)
5th district (2023–present)
Member of the California State Senate
from the 19th district
In office
December 4, 2000 – November 30, 2008
Preceded byCathie Wright
Succeeded byTony Strickland
Member of the California State Assembly
In office
December 2, 1996 – November 30, 2000
Preceded byPaula Boland
Succeeded byKeith Richman
Constituency38th district
In office
December 6, 1982 – November 30, 1992
Preceded byChuck Imbrecht
Succeeded byWilliam J. Knight
Constituency36th district
Personal details
Born
Thomas Miller McClintock II

(1956-07-10) July 10, 1956 (age 68)
White Plains, New York, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Lori McClintock
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(m. 1987; died 2021)​
[1]
Children2
Residence(s)Sacramento California, U.S.
Thousand Oaks, California, U.S.
EducationUniversity of California, Los Angeles (BA)
WebsiteHouse website
Tom McClintock's voice
Tom McClintock speaks on respecting the electoral process and mail-in voting
Recorded November 17, 2020

Thomas Miller McClintock II (/məkˈlɪntɒk/ mək-LIN-tok; born July 10, 1956) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 5th congressional district since 2009 (known as the 4th congressional district until 2023). His district stretches from the Sacramento suburbs to the outer suburbs of Fresno; it includes Yosemite National Park. A member of the Republican Party, McClintock served as a California state assemblyman from 1982 to 1992 and from 1996 to 2000, when he became a California state senator, a position he held until 2008. He unsuccessfully ran for governor of California in the 2003 recall election and for lieutenant governor of California in the 2006 election.

Early life, education and early political career

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McClintock was born in White Plains, New York, and graduated in 1978 from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). At 23, he was elected chair of the Ventura County Republican Party, and served until 1981.[2][3] He was chief of staff to State Senator Ed Davis from 1980 to 1982. From 1992 to 1994, he served as director of the Center for the California Taxpayer.[4] He was director of the Claremont Institute's Golden State Center for Policy Studies from 1995 to 1996.[5]

California politics

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California Assembly (1982–1992, 1996–2000)

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In 1982, at age 26, McClintock ran for California's 36th State Assembly district, then based in Thousand Oaks, after redistricting. He defeated Democrat Harriet Kosmo Henson 56%–44%.[6] He was reelected in 1984, defeating Tom Jolicoeur 72%–28%.[7] In 1986, he was reelected to a third term, defeating Frank Nekimken 73%–25%.[8] In 1988, he was reelected to a fourth term, defeating George Webb II 70%–29%.[9] In 1990, he was reelected to a fifth term, defeating Ginny Connell 59%–36%.[10]

After running for Congress in 1992 and for controller in 1994, McClintock ran for the Assembly again in 1996. He ran for California's 38th State Assembly district and defeated Democrat Jon Lauritzen 56%–40% to win his sixth Assembly term.[11] In 1998, McClintock was reelected to a seventh term unopposed.[12]

McClintock authored California's lethal injection use for California's death penalty law. He also opposed tax increases and supported spending cuts. He was a strong proponent of abolishing the car tax.[13][14]

California Senate (2000–2008)

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Tom McClintock as a California State Senator

In 2000, McClintock retired from the California Assembly to run for California's 19th State Senate district. He ranked first in the March 7 open primary with 52% of the vote. In November, he defeated Democrat Daniel Gonzalez, 58%–42%.[15] He was reelected in 2004, defeating Paul Joseph Graber, 61%–39%.[16]

In 2008, McClintock voted against Proposition 2, which prohibits confining calves, pigs and hens in small cages in which they cannot extend their limbs. "Farm animals are food, not friends", he said in response to backlash to his vote. He also cited concern about increased grocery bills.[17] In 2000, he was instrumental in proposing a two-thirds reduction in the vehicle license fee, or car tax. In 2003, he opposed then-Governor Gray Davis's attempt to rescind a rollback of a vehicle license fee.[18] McClintock has also opposed deficit reduction efforts that would have increased taxes. He supported the Bureaucracy Reduction and Closure Commission and performance-based budgeting.[19]

Other elections

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1994 controller election

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Main article: 1994 California State Controller election

McClintock ran for California State Controller after incumbent Gray Davis retired. He won the Republican primary, defeating John Morris, 61%–39%.[20] In the general election, he lost to Kathleen Connell, former Special Assistant to Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley and Director of the L.A. Housing Authority, 48%–46%, with three other candidates receiving the other 6% of the vote.[21]

2002 controller election

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Main article: 2002 California State Controller election

McClintock ran for controller again in 2002, facing Democratic nominee Steve Westly, an eBay executive. Westly outspent him 5-to-1. McClintock's campaigns focused on increasing accountability for the state budget. The ads featured the character Angus McClintock, a fictional cousin and fellow Scottish American extolling McClintock's thriftiness and accountability in low-budget 15-second ads. He lost by a margin of just 0.2%, or 16,811 votes, to Westly, who won with 45.3% of the vote. Three other candidates received 9.5% of the vote.[22]

2003 gubernatorial recall election

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Main article: 2003 California gubernatorial recall election

In 2003, McClintock ran in the recall election against Davis. Republican and film actor Arnold Schwarzenegger won the election with 49% of the vote. Democratic Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante finished second with 31%. McClintock finished third with 14%. Together, Republicans Schwarzenegger and McClintock were supported by 5,363,778 Californians, or 62.1% of the vote. 132 other candidates received the remaining 6.4%.[23]

McClintock performed the best in Stanislaus County, where he received 24% of the vote. He also cracked 20% or higher in several other counties: Mariposa (23%), Tuolumne (22%), Tehama (21%), Calaveras (20%), Madera (20%), Modoc (20%), Shasta (20%), San Joaquin (20%), and Ventura (20%).[24]

2006 lieutenant gubernatorial election

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Main article: 2006 California lieutenant gubernatorial election

McClintock ran for lieutenant governor in 2006. He defeated Tony Farmer in the Republican primary, 94–6%.[25] In the general election, he lost to Democratic State Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi, 49%–45%.[26]

U.S. House of Representatives

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Elections

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1992

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After redistricting, McClintock retired from the Assembly to challenge Democratic U.S. Representative Anthony C. Beilenson in California's 24th congressional district. He won the nine-candidate Republican primary with a plurality of 34% of the vote, beating second-place finisher Sang Korman by 11 points.[27] Beilenson defeated McClintock, 56–39%.[28]

2008

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Main article: 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California § District 4

On March 4, 2008, McClintock announced his candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives in California's 4th congressional district, about 300 miles north of the district McClintock represented in the state Senate. The district's nine-term incumbent, John Doolittle, was retiring. McClintock was unable to vote for himself in either the primary or the general election. Although for most of the year he lived in Elk Grove, a suburb of Sacramento within the 3rd district at the time, his legal residence was in Thousand Oaks, within the borders of his state senate district. The California Constitution requires state senators to maintain their legal residence in the district they represent.[29]

Upon McClintock's entry into the race, fellow Republicans Rico Oller and Eric Egland withdrew from the primary and endorsed him.[29][30] He was also endorsed by the Republican Liberty Caucus,[31] the Club for Growth, and U.S. Representative Ron Paul. McClintock faced former U.S. Representative Doug Ose, a moderate who represented the neighboring 3rd District from 1999 to 2005. Like McClintock, Ose lived outside the district and was painted as a carpetbagger and a liberal who had voted to raise taxes and who voted for earmarks. McClintock defeated Ose, 54–39%.[32]

The Democratic nominee was retired Air Force Lt. Col. Charles D. (Charlie) Brown, who had run an unexpectedly strong race against Doolittle in 2006. In March 2008, Ose's campaign commercials criticized McClintock for receiving over $300,000 in per diem living expenses during his time in the state senate even though he lived in Elk Grove for most of the year. McClintock maintained that the payments were justified because his legal residence was in Thousand Oaks, in his district. He said, "Every legislator's [Sacramento area] residence is close to the Capitol. My residential costs up here are much greater than the average legislator because my family is here."[33] Ose's campaign commercials argued McClintock did not own or rent a home in the 19th district, but claimed his mother's home in Thousand Oaks as his state senate district residence. These attacks prompted a response from McClintock's wife, Lori, who said McClintock stayed with his mother in order to care for her after she fell ill and after the death of her husband.[34] McClintock ran ads attacking Brown's participation at a 2005 protest by Code Pink, a prominent antiwar group, and argued Brown supported gay marriage but not the troops in Iraq. He also portrayed Brown as a clone of Speaker Nancy Pelosi.[14]

By November 23, McClintock led Brown by 1,566 votes (0.4% of the vote), 184,190 to 182,624. Subsequent returns expanded the margin slightly with the last returns coming in from El Dorado County shortly after Thanksgiving. On December 1, McClintock declared victory and Brown conceded on December 3. McClintock defeated Brown by a margin of 0.5%, or 1,800 votes.[35] He prevailed by a 3,500-vote margin in Placer County, the district's largest county. Brown won three of the district's nine counties: Sierra (49.8%), Plumas (47.9%), and Nevada (42.3%).[36][37] McClintock won mainly on the coattails from John McCain, who carried the 4th with 54% of the vote, his fifth-best total in the state.

2010

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Main article: 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in California § District 4

McClintock defeated Michael Babich in the Republican primary, Babich 78–22%.[38] On November 2, he was reelected, defeating businessman Clint Curtis 61–31% and winning every county in the district.[39]

2012

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Main article: 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in California § District 4

For his first two terms, McClintock represented a district covering the northeast corner of California, from the eastern suburbs of Sacramento to the Oregon border.

Redistricting after the 2010 census pushed the 4th well to the south. Only three counties remained from the old 4th: Nevada, Placer, and El Dorado. The redrawn district cut out the 4th's share of Sacramento County, including the part of Elk Grove that includes McClintock's home. Elk Grove is now entirely within the borders of the neighboring 7th District, represented by Democrat Ami Bera, making McClintock one of only a few members of Congress who live outside the district they represent. House members are constitutionally required only to live in the state they represent, but longstanding convention holds that they live in or reasonably close to their districts. McClintock said in 2016 that he intended to move his residence inside the redrawn 4th as soon as home prices rebounded enough for him to sell his Elk Grove home.[40]

In 2012, California instituted its "top two" primary, in which candidates of all parties run against one another and the top two finishers, regardless of party, advance to the general election. McClintock and Democrat Jack Uppal were the only candidates in the "top two" primary, so the general election was a rematch. The reconfigured 4th was as strongly Republican as its predecessor, and McClintock was reelected to a third term, defeating Uppal 61%–39% in the general election. McClintock won all but two of the district's ten counties: Alpine (41%) and Nevada (37%).[41]

2014

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Main article: 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California § District 4

McClintock was reelected, finishing first in California's "top two" primary and defeating moderate Republican challenger National Guard Major Art Moore in the general election, 60%–40%.[42]

2016

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Main article: 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in California § District 4

McClintock again finished first in the primary and defeated Democrat Robert W. Derlet, a physician, environmentalist and retired UC Davis professor, in the general election, 63%–37%.[43][44]

2018

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Main article: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California § District 4

McClintock defeated Democratic challenger Jessica Morse in the general election, receiving 184,401 votes to her 156,253 (54.1% to 45.9%).[45]

Tenure

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During the 112th Congress McClintock was one of 40 members of the Republican Study Committee who frequently voted against Republican Party leadership and vocally expressed displeasure with House bills.[46] In 2011, he voted against the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 due to a provision that would allow the government and the military to indefinitely detain American citizens and others without trial.[47] McClintock's chief of staff, Igor Birman, was a candidate for Congress in California's 7th congressional district in 2014.

In 2009, McClintock signed a pledge sponsored by Americans for Prosperity promising to vote against any global warming legislation that would raise taxes.[48]

McClintock voted in favor of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.[49] He voted against the first version of the bill, displeased with the removal of deductions related to medical expenses, student loan interest, and casualty loss. Those three items were addressed in the final version of the bill. McClintock said the bill would "restore American workers to an internationally competitive position." He expressed concern about the bill's impact on the budget deficit and anticipated that it would be addressed "by spending reforms this coming year."[50]

In 2017, McClintock called for special prosecutor Robert Mueller to investigate President Donald Trump. McClintock felt that Trump's firing of James Comey justified a special prosecutor.[51]

After Trump pulled 1,000 U.S. troops from Kurdish-held territory on the Syrian border south of Turkey in 2019, a bipartisan resolution passed the House, 354–60, that condemned him for abandoning those U.S. allies that would allow the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) to reestablish and regroup its forces, and allow the Turks to attack the Kurds. McClintock was one of the two members of California's congressional delegation to vote against it.[52]

In 2020, McClintock was the sole House Republican to cosponsor the Ending Qualified Immunity Act, which was proposed in response to the murder of George Floyd and resultant widespread protests.[53] The act was introduced by Justin Amash and Ayanna Pressley and cosponsored by 62 House Democrats in addition to McClintock.[54] Because Amash was a registered Libertarian as of the act's introduction in June 2020, McClintock's support technically made the act the first tripartisan piece of federal legislation in modern U.S. history.[55]

In the 118th Congress, McClintock voted against multiple motions to discipline certain Democrats in office, such as the first censure of Adam Schiff, the censure of Rashida Tlaib, and the impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas. In each, he lambasted their actions but believed the motions were an erosion of the standards to which such motions should be held.[56][57][58] Despite making a speech supporting holding Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for the federal prosecution of Donald Trump, he would vote against holding him in contempt for refusing to release the audio files of the Hur interviews in the Joe Biden classified documents incident.[59]

As of October 2021, McClintock had voted in line with Joe Biden's stated position 5% of the time.[60]

Legislation

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McClintock supported the Water Rights Protection Act, a bill that would prevent federal agencies from requiring certain entities to relinquish their water rights to the United States in order to use public lands.[61] The bill was a reaction to the United States Forest Service's decision to pursue a "new regulation to demand that water rights be transferred to the federal government as a condition for obtaining permits needed to operate 121 ski resorts that cross over federal lands."[62] McClintock supported the bill, saying that the Forest Service's regulation "illustrates an increasingly hostile attitude by this agency toward those who make productive use of our vast national forests, in this case by enhancing and attracting the tourism upon which our mountain communities depend."[62]

Committee assignments

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For the 118th Congress:[63]

Caucus memberships

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Political positions

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2020 presidential election

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In December 2020, McClintock joined 125 other Republican members of Congress in signing an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit by the attorney general of the state of Texas that sought to overturn the certified results of the 2020 presidential election in four other U.S. states. The lawsuit was called a "seditious abuse of the judicial process" by the attorney general of Pennsylvania,[69] and "simply madness" by 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.[70]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued a statement that called signing the amicus brief an act of "election subversion."[71][72]

McClintock later became one of seven Republicans who did not support their colleagues' efforts to challenge the results of the election on January 6, 2021. These seven signed a letter that, while giving credence to election fraud allegations Trump made, said Congress did not have the authority to influence the election's outcome.[73]

McClintock voted against impeaching Trump over his role in inciting the 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol.[74]

Animal rights

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McClintock has said that "farm animals are food, not friends."[17]

Cannabis

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In 2015, McClintock introduced an amendment to limit the enforcement of federal law in states that have legalized cannabis.[75] Known as the McClintock–Polis amendment, it failed by a 206–222 vote.[75] It was reintroduced in 2019 as the Blumenauer–McClintock–Norton amendment and passed 267–165.[76]

In 2016, McClintock endorsed California's Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act.[77] He stated: "Our current laws have failed us, and have created a violent and criminal black market that actively and aggressively markets to young people. Legalization takes the criminal profit out of the equation, and allows us to regulate marijuana the same way we currently regulate alcohol."[78]

In 2020, McClintock was one of five House Republicans to vote for the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act to legalize cannabis at the federal level.[79][80] In 2021, he was one of four original cosponsors of a Republican-led legalization bill named the States Reform Act.[81]

COVID-19

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, McClintock expressed the view that wearing face masks should not be mandatory, and while wearing a mask during congressional sessions, said, "this mask is useless".[82] During the second impeachment of Donald Trump, McClintock wore a mask that read "This mask is as useless as our governor", referring to Governor Gavin Newsom.[83][84]

Defense

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In September 2021, McClintock was among 75 House Republicans to vote against the National Defense Authorization Act of 2022, which contains a provision that would require women to be drafted.[85][86]

Environment

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McClintock questions the role that human activity plays in climate change, arguing that the "climate has been changing for four and a half billion years."[87]

Foreign policy

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In 2019, McClintock was one of 60 representatives to vote against condemning Trump's withdrawal from Syria.[88]

In 2020, McClintock voted against the National Defense Authorization Act of 2021, which would prevent the president from withdrawing soldiers from Afghanistan without congressional approval.[89]

In June 2021, McClintock was one of 49 House Republicans to vote to repeal the AUMF against Iraq.[90][91]

In July 2021, McClintock was one of five House Republicans to vote against a bill that allocates $2.1 billion for Afghan visas and Capitol Hill security.[92]

In 2023, McClintock was among 47 Republicans to vote in favor of H.Con.Res. 21, which directed President Joe Biden to remove U.S. troops from Syria within 180 days.[93][94]

Human and civil rights

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McClintock opposes same-sex marriage. In 2008, he said, "calling a homosexual partnership a marriage doesn't make it one."[17]

In June 2021, McClintock was one of 14 House Republicans to vote against legislation to establish June 19, or Juneteenth, as a federal holiday.[95]

Immigration

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McClintock voted against the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 which would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, to increase the per-country numerical limitation for family-sponsored immigrants, and for other purposes.[96]

McClintock voted against the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020 which authorizes DHS to nearly double the available H-2B visas for the remainder of FY 2020.[97][98]

McClintock voted against Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 1158) which effectively prohibits ICE from cooperating with Health and Human Services to detain or remove illegal alien sponsors of unaccompanied alien children (UACs).[99]

Voting rights

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McClintock opposes mail-in voting, saying in 2020 that it was a "corrupted process" that allows ballots to be sent to voters who have died or moved away.[100]

Personal life

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McClintock lives in the Sacramento area and Thousand Oaks.[101] He was married to Lori McClintock until her death in December 2021, from dehydration due to gastroenteritis caused, according to a coroner's report, by "adverse effects of white mulberry leaf ingestion".[1][102] McClintock is a Baptist.[103]

Electoral history

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California State Assembly District 36 election, 1982[104]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock 60,702 55.9
Democratic Harriet Kosmo Henson 47,932 44.1
Total votes 108,634 100
Turnout  
Republican hold
California State Assembly District 36 election, 1984[105]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 94,391 71.5
Democratic Tom Jolicoeur 37,610 28.5
Total votes 132,001 100
Turnout  
Republican hold
California State Assembly District 36 election, 1986[106]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 77,132 73.3
Democratic Frank Nekimken 26,208 24.9
Libertarian H. Bruce Driscoll 1,875 1.8
Total votes 105,215 100
Turnout  
Republican hold
California State Assembly District 36 election, 1988[107]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 101,012 70.0
Democratic George Webb II 39,539 27.4
Libertarian H. Bruce Driscoll 3,782 2.6
Total votes 144,333 100
Turnout  
Republican hold
California State Assembly District 36 Republican primary election, 1990
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 28,740 80.7
Republican Kevin Staker 6,866 19.3
Total votes 35,606 100
Voter turnout %
California State Assembly District 36 election, 1990[108]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 66,081 58.6
Democratic Ginny Connell 40,356 35.8
Libertarian David A. Harner 6,371 5.6
Total votes 112,808 100
Turnout  
Republican hold
California's 26th Congressional Republican primary election, 1992
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock 20,163 34.5
Republican Sang Korman 13,884 23.7
Republican Bill Spillane 10,679 18.3
Republican Jim Salomon 4,382 7.5
Republican Rob Meyer 2,889 4.9
Republican Stephen Weiss 2,238 3.8
Republican Nicholas Hariton 1,805 3.1
Republican Robert Colaco 1,582 2.7
Republican Harry Wachtel 902 1.5
Total votes 58,524 100
Voter turnout %
United States House of Representatives elections, 1992[109]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Anthony C. Beilenson (incumbent) 141,742 55.5
Republican Tom McClintock 99,835 39.1
Peace and Freedom John Paul Linblad 13,690 5.4
Total votes 255,267 100
Turnout  
Democratic hold
California State Controller Republican primary election, 1994
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock 1,112,435 60.8
Republican John Morris 717,681 39.2
Total votes 1,830,116 100
Voter turnout %
California State Controller election, 1994[110]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kathleen Connell 3,980,731 48.3
Republican Tom McClintock 3,792,997 46.1
Peace and Freedom Elizabeth A. Nakano 182,671 2.2
American Independent Nathan Johnson 152,228 1.8
Libertarian Cullene Lang 128,253 1.6
Total votes 8,236,880 100
Turnout  
Democratic hold
California State Assembly District 38 Republican primary election, 1996
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock 13,999 38.2
Republican Ross Hopkins 7,425 20.3
Republican Bob Larkin 4,774 13.0
Republican Robert Hamlin 4,068 11.1
Republican Stephen Frank 3,308 9.0
Republican Peggy Freeman 3,093 8.4
Total votes 36,667 100
Voter turnout %
California State Assembly District 38 election, 1996[111]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock 71,596 55.5
Democratic Jon Lauritzen 51,274 39.8
Natural Law Virginia F. Neuman 6,021 4.7
Total votes 128,891 100
Turnout  
Republican hold
California State Assembly District 38 election, 1998[112]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 78,417 100
Total votes 78,417 100
Turnout  
Republican hold
California State Senate District 19 primary election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock 99,135 52.5
Democratic Daniel Gonzalez 56,739 30.0
Republican Judy Mikels 33,255 17.5
Total votes 189,129 100
Voter turnout %
California State Senate District 19 election, 2000[113]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock 165,422 57.6
Democratic Daniel Gonzalez 121,893 42.4
Total votes 287,315 100
Turnout  
Republican hold
California State Controller Republican primary election, 2002
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock 948,539 45.8
Republican Dean Andal 736,317 35.5
Republican Snow Hume 194,883 9.4
Republican Nancy Beecham 194,583 9.3
Total votes 2,074,322 100
Voter turnout %
California State Controller election, 2002[114]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Steve Westly 3,289,839 45.4
Republican Tom McClintock 3,273,028 45.1
Green Laura Wells 419,873 5.8
Natural Law J. Carlos Aguirre 179,999 2.4
American Independent Ernest Vance 96,019 1.3
Total votes 7,258,758 100
Turnout  
Democratic hold

For a complete list of all candidates who participated in the 2003 recall election, see 2003 California gubernatorial recall election.

2003 California gubernatorial recall election[115]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger 4,206,284 48.6
Democratic Cruz Bustamante 2,724,874 31.5
Republican Tom McClintock 1,161,287 13.5
Green Peter Camejo 242,247 2.8
Independent Arianna Huffington 47,505 0.6
Republican Peter Ueberroth 25,134 0.3
Democratic Larry Flynt 17,458 0.3
Independent Gary Coleman 14,242 0.2
Total votes 8,657,915 100
Turnout  
Republican gain from Democratic
California State Senate District 19 election, 2004[116]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 233,365 60.8
Democratic Paul Graber 151,085 39.2
Total votes 384,450 100
Turnout  
Republican hold
California State Lieutenant Gubernatorial Republican primary election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock 1,760,667 93.8
Republican Tony Farmer 117,335 6.2
Total votes 1,878,002 100
Voter turnout %
California State Lieutenant Gubernatorial election, 2006[117]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Garamendi 4,189,584 49.2
Republican Tom McClintock 3,845,858 45.1
Green Donna J. Warren 239,107 2.8
Libertarian Lynnette Shaw 142,851 1.6
American Independent Jim King 86,446 0.8
Peace and Freedom Stewart A. Alexander 43,319 0.5
Total votes 8,529,165 100
Turnout  
Democratic hold
California's 4th Congressional District Republican primary election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock 51,655 53.5
Republican Doug Ose 37,802 39.2
Republican Suzanne Jones 4,920 5.0
Republican Theodore Terbolizard 2,249 2.3
Total votes 96,626 100
Voter turnout %
United States House of Representatives elections, 2008[118]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock 185,790 50.3
Democratic Charlie Brown 183,990 49.7
Total votes 369,780 100
Turnout  
Republican hold
California's 4th Congressional District Republican primary election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 89,443 78.5
Republican Michael Babich 24,528 21.5
Total votes 113,971 100
Voter turnout %
United States House of Representatives elections, 2010[119]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock 186,392 61.3
Democratic Clint Curtis 95,653 31.4
Green Benjamin Emery 22,179 7.3
Total votes 304,224 100
Turnout  
Republican hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 2012[120]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock 197,803 61.1
Democratic Jack Uppal 125,885 38.9
Total votes 323,688 100
Turnout  
Republican hold
California's 4th Congressional district primary election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 80,999 56.2
Republican Arthur "Art" Moore 32,855 22.8
Independent Jeffrey Gerlach 30,300 21.0
Total votes 144,154 100
Voter turnout %
California's 4th Congressional district election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 126,784 60.0
Republican Arthur "Art" Moore 84,350 40.0
Total votes 211,134 100
Voter turnout %
California's 4th Congressional district primary election, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 135,626 61.5
Democratic Robert Derlet 60,574 27.5
Democratic Sean White 24,460 11.1
California's 4th Congressional district election, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 220,133 62.7
Democratic Robert W. Derlet 130,845 37.3
Total votes 350,978 100
California's 4th Congressional district election 2018[121]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 184,401 54.1
Democratic Jessica Morse 156,253 45.9
Total Votes 340,654 100
California's 4th Congressional district election 2020[122]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 247,291 55.9
Democratic Brynne Kennedy 194,731 44.1
Total Votes 442,022 100
California's 5th congressional district, 2022
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 87,010 45.5
Democratic Michael J. Barkley 64,285 33.6
Republican Nathan F. Magsig 25,299 13.2
No party preference Steve Wozniak 6,045 3.2
Republican David Main 5,927 3.1
Republican Kelsten Charles Obert 2,864 1.5
Total votes 191,430 100.0
General election
Republican Tom McClintock (incumbent) 172,834 61.3%
Democratic Michael J. Barkley 109,003 38.7%
Total votes 281,837 100.0

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California Assembly
Preceded by Member of the California Assembly
from the 36th district
December 6, 1982 – December 7, 1992 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the California Assembly
from the 38th district
December 2, 1996 – December 4, 2000 		Succeeded by
California Senate
Preceded by Member of the California Senate
from the 19th district
December 4, 2000 – December 1, 2008 		Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Republican nominee for Controller of California
1994 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Republican nominee for Controller of California
2002 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of California
2006 		Succeeded by
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 4th congressional district
January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2023 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 5th congressional district
January 3, 2023 – present 		Incumbent
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by United States representatives by seniority
84th 		Succeeded by
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