1998Final results
1998 election for California Senate District 12
California State Senate · California
Dick Monteith (R) won with 53.0% of the vote, defeating Sal Cannella (D) by 9.1 points.
Dick MonteithRepublican · winner · incumbent
53.0%110,690
Sal CannellaDemocrat
43.9%91,623
Mary Lee GowlandLibertarian
3.1%6,389
208,702 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1998
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET