2000Final results
2000 election for California Senate District 3
California State Senate · California
John L. Burton (D) won with 72.9% of the vote, defeating Terence Faulkner (R) by 51.1 points.
John L. BurtonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
72.9%238,372
Terence FaulknerRepublican
21.8%71,256
Celeste Joy Blau JokiNatural Law
5.3%17,277
326,905 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET