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California's 32nd congressional district | |||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 15.27% | ||||||||||||||||
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Aspecial general election was held on June 5, 2001, to elect a member of theUnited States House of Representatives fromCalifornia's 32nd congressional district to replaceJulian Dixon, who died on December 8, 2000, of aheart attack.
A specialblanket primary was held on April 10, 2001, of which DemocraticAmbassadorDiane Watson won nearly a third of the vote in a field of sixteen candidates. She handily defeated her main challenger, Republican Noel Irwin Hentschel, in the special general election. Watson was redistricted to the33rd district for the2002 election, in which she was elected to a full term.
Located mainly in theCulver City area ofLos Angeles County, the 32nd district was considered a Democratic stronghold. It voted strongly Democratic in the past fewpresidential elections, givingAl Gore a lead of 70 percentage points overGeorge W. Bush in the2000 election.[1]
Julian Dixon was first elected in1978 to represent the28th district. He never faced serious competition during his tenure, and would serve eleven terms. Before starting his twelfth term, to which he was elected with 83.5% of the vote, he died inLos Angeles of aheart attack.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Diane Watson | 29,524 | 32.87 | |
| Democratic | Kevin Murray | 23,697 | 26.38 | |
| Democratic | Nate Holden | 15,005 | 16.70 | |
| Republican | Noel Irwin Hentschel | 4,806 | 5.35 | |
| Democratic | Leo Terrell | 4,387 | 4.88 | |
| Democratic | Philip A. Lowe | 2,742 | 3.05 | |
| Republican | Mike Schaefer | 2,315 | 2.58 | |
| Democratic | Tad Daley | 1,407 | 1.57 | |
| Green | Donna J. Warren | 1,167 | 1.30 | |
| Democratic | Jules Bagneris | 1,145 | 1.28 | |
| Republican | Mike Cyrus | 982 | 1.09 | |
| Democratic | Kirsten W. Albrecht | 768 | 0.86 | |
| Democratic | Wanda James | 572 | 0.64 | |
| Democratic | Blair H. Taylor | 558 | 0.62 | |
| Reform | Ezola Foster | 514 | 0.57 | |
| Democratic | Frank Evans III | 244 | 0.27 | |
| Total votes | 89,833 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | 3.51 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Diane Watson | 75,584 | 74.82 | |
| Republican | Noel Irwin Hentschel | 20,088 | 19.88 | |
| Green | Donna J. Warren | 3,792 | 3.75 | |
| Reform | Ezola Foster | 1,557 | 1.54 | |
| Majority | 54,496 | 54.94 | ||
| Total votes | 101,021 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | 15.27 | |||
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