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2000Final results

2000 election for California Senate District 1

California State Senate · California

Thomas Oller (R) won with 57.8% of the vote, defeating Thomas Romero (D) by 19.8 points.

Thomas OllerRepublican · winner
57.8%220,427
38.0%144,997
Jon PetersenLibertarian
4.2%16,075
381,499 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 2000

Races before and after

EvenR+8.61988R+19.01992R+26.31996R+19.82000R+28.82004R+24.52008

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The candidates

Thomas Oller (R)Thomas Romero (D)

Also on the ballot: Jon Petersen (Libertarian), 4.2%