1998Final results
1998 election for California Senate District 6
California State Senate · California
Deborah V. Ortiz (D) won with 55.2% of the vote, defeating Chris Quackenbush (R) by 14.0 points.
Deborah V. OrtizDemocrat · winner
55.2%128,949
Chris QuackenbushRepublican
41.2%96,227
Gerald KlassLibertarian
3.5%8,244
233,420 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