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Registered 481,902
| Ballots Cast | Percentage | |
| Voter Turnout | 298,648 | 61.97% |
| Vote by Mail | 75,309 | 25.22% |
| Election Day | 223,339 | 74.78% |
| President / Vice President | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Bill Clinton (DEM) | 209,777 | 72.25% |
| Bob Dole (REP) | 45,479 | 15.66% |
| Ralph Nader (GRN) | 21,471 | 7.39% |
| Ross Perot (RFM) | 9,659 | 3.33% |
| Harry Browne (LIB) | 2,071 | 0.71% |
| Marsha Feinland (PF) | 919 | 0.32% |
| John Haglin (NL) | 688 | 0.24% |
| Howard Phillips (AI) | 303 | 0.10% |
| US Representative 8th District | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Nancy Pelosi (DEM) | 175,216 | 84.34% |
| Justin Raimondo (REP) | 25,739 | 12.39% |
| David Smithstein (NL) | 6,783 | 3.27% |
| US Representative 12th District | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Tom Lantos (DEM) | 43,151 | 74.40% |
| Stomr Jenkins (REP) | 11,944 | 20.59% |
| Christopher Schmidt (LIB) | 1,904 | 3.28% |
| Richard Borg (NL) | 998 | 1.72% |
| 3rd State Senate | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| John Burton (DEM) | 109,148 | 80.54% |
| Curtis Rau (REP) | 18,638 | 13.75% |
| Donald Harte (LIB) | 7,728 | 5.70% |
| 12th Assembly | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Kevin Shelley (DEM) | 89,756 | 78.08% |
| Terrence Faulkner (REP) | 25,196 | 21.92% |
| 13th Assembly | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Carole Migden (DEM) | 114,524 | 42.90% |
| Board of Supervisors | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Barbara Kaufman | 124,716 | 10.40% |
| Sue Bierman | 117,560 | 9.80% |
| Leland Yee | 103,413 | 8.62% |
| Leslie Katz | 100,890 | 8.41% |
| Michael Yaki | 94,272 | 7.86% |
| Jose Medina | 92,977 | 7.75% |
| Margo St James | 78,669 | 6.56% |
| Victor Marquez | 62,646 | 5.22% |
| Carolene Marks | 56,206 | 4.69% |
| Donna Casey | 44,176 | 3.68% |
| Harold Hoogasian | 40,321 | 3.36% |
| Manuela Rosales | 38,413 | 3.20% |
| Donna Clark | 30,005 | 2.50% |
| Arthur Jackson | 29,930 | 2.50% |
| Maria Martinez | 24,312 | 2.03% |
| Bruce Quan Jr. | 23,073 | 1.92% |
| Robert Squeri | 17,624 | 1.47% |
| Carlos Petroni | 17,293 | 1.44% |
| Scott Durcanin | 16,070 | 1.34% |
| Lucrecia Bermudez | 12,079 | 1.01% |
| Lorin Rosemond | 11,544 | 0.96% |
| Robert Coleman | 11,017 | 0.92% |
| Len Pettigrew | 10,293 | 0.86% |
| Teresita Williams | 10,065 | 0.84% |
| Joe Konopka | 8,731 | 0.73% |
| Shawn O'Hearn | 8,533 | 0.71% |
| Susan Zarate | 7,768 | 0.65% |
| Ellis Keyes | 6,481 | 0.54% |
| Board Of Education | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Steve Phillips | 110,176 | 15.00% |
| Juanita Owens | 96,007 | 13.07% |
| Jill Wynns | 82,931 | 11.29% |
| Mary Hernandez | 79,177 | 10.78% |
| Mauricio Vela | 77,928 | 10.61% |
| Jason Wong | 57,484 | 7.83% |
| Meagan Levitan | 37,553 | 5.11% |
| Tom Yuen | 36,850 | 5.02% |
| Adam Sparks | 35,225 | 4.80% |
| Julian Lagos | 31,901 | 4.34% |
| Eddie Chin | 53,788 | 7.32% |
| David Martz | 14,674 | 2.00% |
| Rufus Watkins | 12,674 | 1.73% |
| Larry Kisinger | 8,168 | 1.11% |
| Community College Board | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Natalie Berg | 120,570 | 20.39% |
| Rodel Rodis | 114,866 | 19.42% |
| Jim Mayo | 101,584 | 17.18% |
| RobertVarni | 92,364 | 15.62% |
| John Lira | 64,793 | 10.96% |
| Fernand Tafoya | 52,474 | 8.87% |
| Lauri Irving | 24,472 | 4.14% |
| Tom Lacey | 20,297 | 3.43% |
| Muni Judge #1 | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Kay Tsnin | 129,617 | 59.50% |
| Mathew Rothschild | 88,242 | 40.50% |
| BART District #7 | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Howard Abelson | 4,878 | 17.14% |
| Willie Kennedy | 17,810 | 62.58% |
| Mike Garza | 3,143 | 11.04% |
| Kathryn Washington | 2,629 | 9.24% |
| BART District 9 | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Tom Radulovich | 48,892 | 48.68% |
| Maichel Bernick | 41,486 | 41.31% |
| David Jennings | 10,050 | 10.01% |
| Proposition # 204 | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Yes | 205,719 | 77.25% |
| No | 60,571 | 22.75% |
| Proposition # 205 | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Yes | 111,709 | 43.19% |
| No | 146,911 | 56.81% |
| Proposition # 205 | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Yes | 137,431 | 54.64% |
| No | 114,107 | 45.36% |
| Proposition # 206 | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Yes | 137,431 | 54.64% |
| No | 114,107 | 45.36% |
| Proposition # 207 | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Yes | 116,950 | 46.14% |
| No | 136,531 | 53.86% |
| Proposition # 208 | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Yes | 179,296 | 70.67% |
| No | 74,422 | 29.33% |
| Proposition # 209 | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Yes | 81,861 | 27.41% |
| No | 195893 | 65.59% |
| Proposition # 210 | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Yes | 215,497 | 79.32% |
| No | 56,186 | 20.68% |
| Proposition # 211 | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Yes | 96,461 | 37.31% |
| No | 162,062 | 62.69% |
| Proposition # 212 | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Yes | 118,610 | 47.68% |
| No | 130,136 | 52.32% |
| Proposition # 213 | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Yes | 146,574 | 57.80% |
| No | 107,036 | 42.20% |
| Proposition # 214 | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Yes | 153,898 | 61.44% |
| No | 96,597 | 38.56% |
| Proposition # 215 | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Yes | 215,170 | 78.13% |
| No | 60,218 | 21.87% |
| Proposition # 216 | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Yes | 142,042 | 58.00% |
| No | 102,847 | 42.00% |
| Proposition # 217 | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Yes | 164,573 | 63.99% |
| No | 92,611 | 36.01% |
| Proposition # 218 | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Yes | 93,644 | 37.62% |
| No | 155,268 | 62.38% |
| Local Proposition A | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Yes | 176,599 | 67.40% |
| No | 85,246 | 32.50% |
| Local Proposition B | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Yes | 166,923 | 62.60% |
| No | 99,716 | 37.30% |
| Local Proposition C | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Yes | 130,258 | 50.60% |
| No | 126,703 | 49.30% |
| Local Proposition D | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Yes | 150,017 | 57.60% |
| No | 110,108 | 42.30% |
| Local Proposition E | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Yes | 71,114 | 27.40% |
| No | 188,567 | 72.60% |
| Local Proposition F | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Yes | 96,036 | 36.60% |
| No | 166,087 | 63.30% |
| Local Proposition G | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Yes | 142,163 | 56.70% |
| No | 108,378 | 43.20% |
| Local Proposition H | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Yes | 103,787 | 43.50% |
| No | 134,263 | 56.40% |
| Local Proposition I | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Yes | 111,810 | 45.70% |
| No | 132,656 | 54.20% |
| Local Proposition J | Ballots Cast | Percentage |
| Yes | 87,014 | 33.70% |
| No | 170,509 | 66.20% |